have you not heard of the saying that goes " the player makes the guitar."? it goes for your amp as well.
27 23-01-08 10:21:21
Re: Best amp for bedroom practice? (15 replies, posted in Amplifiers)
a Marshall MG15CD 15 Watt Combo would do all the goodie goodie in your bedroom. trust me.
have heard some bad reviews but if they wanted more sound, go for a better one.
28 22-01-08 20:54:46
Re: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
Relic Guitar Resource Directory
http://www.thisoldguitar.net/ - of course..
http://www.relicguitars.com/
http://www.virtualvintageguitars.com/
http://www.revelatorguitarworks.com/
http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/ - John Elliot
http://www.jaymunnguitars.com/
http://www.caraguitars.com/relics.asp
http://www.crookcustomguitars.com/
http://www.nashguitars.com/index.html
http://www.relicdeluxe.com/ - Relic DIY tutorial site
http://www.haarguitars.nl/test/Index2.htm
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751- … customshop
http://stratoblogster.blogspot.com/2007 … ot-em.html - relic-ed AMPS "Tortured Tweed"
29 22-01-08 20:53:54
Re: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
Strat Schematics
http://www.guitarnucleus.com/schems.html
http://www.guitar-mod.com/rg_diagrams.html
http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/ - support-wiring diagrams
http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/shield3.php - Strat shielding-grounding tutorial from Guitarnuts.com
http://www.diyguitarist.com/
http://stagemaster.blogspot.com/
http://stratoblogster.blogspot.com/2007 … d-way.html
30 22-01-08 20:52:35
Re: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
www.gilmourish.com
for all who wants to know the secrets of david gilmour's rig/gear.
Beginner's Guide to Guitar
http://beginnersguide.com/guitar/
31 22-01-08 20:41:29
Re: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
Ever wondered what all gears ur fav. artists are using? visit >> http://guitargeek.com/
http://www.ocmusic.com/vpc.htm
http://jguitar.com/
chord and scale finder for the beginning keys player
http://guitar-wav.com/
good site to learn solo riffs on the guitar, for all kinds of musical styles. has WAV example files to play a long to and sometimes also midi files. it also has some WAV files for tuning the guitar. beginner/intermediate level.
http://www.guitarists.net/lessons/index.php
guitar lessons in the form of grouped articles. from beginner to advanced levels.
http://www.teoria.com/
i think this one was already mentioned, but it really is an invaluable theory source. intermediate level.
http://www.fareed.com/lessons.html >> nice site with lessons
Music Theory Elements and Fretboard Pattern Study for Guitar, Bass, and Mandolin players who can’t read music >> http://www.thecipher.com/
32 22-01-08 20:40:08
Re: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
some good sites >
www.freeguitarvideolessons.com
Check out >> http://www.rockhousemethod.com/?friend=18509
I am a member there its a very helpful friendly site for learning music.
A guitar teacher from Orange, CA and he have been teaching for close to 18 years. I have just started putting free PDF lessons on the site >> www.markwein.com
has beginner and some advanced stuff, very very good younger teacher, and great ideas. uses his web site and youtube with lots of lesson vids.
www.justinguitar.com
33 22-01-08 20:39:37
Re: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
excellent site with VIDEOS >> http://chadcoggin.com
chord house : chords and scales for guitar and piano >> http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/
Welcome to Olav Torvund's Guitar site
http://www.torvund.net/guitar/
Here's another, this is very basic stuff but the videos are helpful on many of the lessons.
Watch and Learn >> http://www.freeguitarvideos.com/guitar_lessons.html
General overview, but quite helpful.
http://guitar-masters.com/Scales/
http://www.guitar-masters.com/Scales/SS-Primer.html
Beginners Site >> http://www.looknlearn.com.au/
WholeNote features customizable music playback of all examples on the site to help you learn faster, so make sure your browser is properly configured to hear our music.
http://www.wholenote.com/
Another Guitar Site - a nice one >> http://www.guitartricks.com/
LA based pro guitarist Jeff Fiorentino's instructional website
Online guitar lessons, guitar lesson DVDs & much more!! >> http://www.jfrocks3.com/guitar/guitarlesson/
Very Helpful site >> http://www.nicklayton.com/articles.htm
This site helped me more than anything I have found on the net. It would cost 100's of dollars if you had to purchase this info. Very helpful site. Makes understanding theory alot easier>> http://www.myguitarsolo.com/
Here is also a neat site. This guy gives some pretty good video lessons. Not alot to choose from but the info on here is first class >> http://www.farhat.name/
34 22-01-08 20:38:30
Re: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
Free lessons by Steve Vai:
Little Black Dots >> http://www.vai.com/LittleBlackDots/lessons1984.html
Some advanced picking techniques (George Benson style):
Pick and Fingerstyle guitar >> http://www.tuckandpatti.com/pick-finger_tech.html#1.0
Check out the sample lessons and audio/video examples on this site to get an idea of this approach to jazz studies. At the very least, this guy should inspire you to take your playing to new levels!
Remember, it's important to challenge yourself!
http://www.sheetsofsound.net/lessons/index.htm
This site has a bunch of lessons on various topics, including legato from Satriani, picking by Gilbert, sweeping from Malmsteen, and others. Be sure to look on the right side of the page for special lesson links. >>
http://intimateaudio.com/psycho_licks.html
Another site with goodies
http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer
Also some good programs:
.)Keynote-----practice reading the treble clef, and the notes on the guitar/piano
.)PET (Personal Ear Trainer)-----I used this one for interval ear training, but its the trial and it expired so now I ues that link I posted above.
I got this site off of the first link that was posted.
http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/31
JazzInstruction.com >> http://www.jazzinstruction.com/
Guitar KnowledgeNet is a collection of tools and lessons that acts as a learning resource for guitarists of all levels. >> http://www.guitarknowledgenet.com/
35 22-01-08 20:37:49
Re: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
I haven't read through this book yet, but...this is the book that I've heard Miles and Coltrane and Dolphy and others read that that really turned the tables on jazz and formed a lot of what became Be-bop and Jazz Modal Concepts...The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. Check it out!
http://www.lydianchromaticconcept.com/r … ride1.html
http://www.marsjazz.com/georgerbio.html
http://www.georgerussell.com/lc.html
A Jazz Improvisation Primer. Here you can find information on almost every topic relating to jazz improvisation, from jazz history to music theory to practical advice on playing in a group.
http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/index.html
Here's a Clapton tutorial site that goes further than that
Slowhand Blues Guitar - http://www.12bar.de/index.htm
metal guitar lessons - palm muting, machine gunning etc.
http://www.audio-guitar-lessons.com/met … ssons.html
A site indexing some sites.
http://www.theguitarport.com/instruction.htm
Yet another one:
http://www.petethomas.co.uk/jazz-theory.html
And a good one too, I've used this one a lot, together with two or three more that have been mentioned already.
Plus a text from that site which can't be missed, here:
http://www.petethomas.co.uk/jazz-yogi-berra.html
finally a general theory one...
http://www.chrisjuergensen.com/lessons.htm
This is a series of lessons on Blues Guitar. Although the lay out is new (and unfinished), the content is the same as on my old web site.(i love this one.)
Blues Guitar >> http://www.torvund.net/guitar/index.php … luesguitar
Fretboard Warrior, nice freeware program to help you memorize the notes on the fretboard:
Fretboard Warrior >> http://www.francoisbrisson.com/fretboar … rrior.html
Some information about guitar maintenance and repairs, like "what is fret-dressing", etc.: Tips and Tricks >> http://members.aol.com/gtctracy/tips.htm
In-depth instructions for the proper care and maintenance for a Floyd Rose bridge; much of this was news to me, and it has vastly improved my understanding of my instrument, so anyone with a Floyd Rose-type bridge, give it a read:
Floyd Rose manual >> http://www.floydrose.com/originaltremolo.html
36 22-01-08 20:26:51
Topic: The Links you cant live without! (12 replies, posted in Guitars)
Hello there, in here you can find some quality links that you'll ever come across your whole life.
be sure to check them out.
http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/105
cool little lesson on chord/scale relationships
http://www.zentao.com/guitar/theory/
music theory lessons that helped me a lot
http://www.guitarists.net/lessons/lessons.php?id=63
another theory site
http://www.thecipher.com/intervals_1.html
explanation of intervals
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/ … ntals.html
(advanced) speed-shred informational
http://www.f-p-e.com/media2.php?id=2
some sweet videos
http://www.pentatonic-guitar-lessons.co … ssons.html
more pentatonics!
http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
music theory galore
http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm
awesome site with tons of info
http://gibson-guitarist.blogspot.com/
its all about the guitar blog
For Blues and Rock players wanting to get started in Jazz or get a taste of it. It'll take everything you already know and turn it into Jazz before your eyes, and show you how simple some cool stuff can be...and how simliar all of the styles actually are...
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/3573/blues1.html
This one will show you common ways Jazz players form their chords...again it will show you how primitive Jazz stylings are and that there isn't a whole lot of intimidation involved...
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/3573/swing1.html
This is a wonderful lesson by the Chord Master, Ted Greene. He'll show you what 'chord voicing' really means.
http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?s … code=11345
For some great ii-V-I stuff...Scroll down to the ii-V-I Progessions and the ii-V-I Lines lessons. You'll have to signup. This is a great site.
http://www.guitaraxis.com/LearningCenter.asp
Many many licks, ideas, and phrases from just about every great jazz guitarist. Invaulable stuff here:
http://www.jazzguitar.be/jazzguitar_licks.html
And, you'll get some very vaulable, and usable, lessons from my website as well. There's theory lessons on Intervals and Chord Construction. As well as On Topic Tutorials such as the Phrygian Dominant Tutorial, a Melodic Minor Scale Primer, and Super Imposing basic Pentatonic Scales to create musical phrases as opposed to 'scale licks' as well as automatically adding Chromatics to your playing...these are ALL things most guitarist know for years but never peice the puzzle together on.
