Yup totally boring subject I know but I'm trying to help a friend out. He is in the market for an acoustic, essentially your dreadnought style one and has asked me for advise. Problem is I have never had any interest and therefore history of purchasing or caring about dreadnought acoustics...

It was on sale cheap, and I felt insane, so I bought this: For those who don't know what it is, it's an Erhu, a Chinese bowed instrument. It's distinct for a number of reasons: it's got 2 strings, the bow hair is in between the 2 strings, a qianjin, which is a string that ties the 2 strings...

Greetings all from near the Toronto area. I did a search for metal guitar gear forum and this lovely abode appeared so here I am. I love metal, I love electronics and I love to play guitar so this is a great place for me to hang. I suck at playing and Im a total beginner of the terminology of...

Right. I'm new to this whole music recording thing with the software etc, I've got Reaper which won't play any sound back to me, it records what I play but no output what so ever. I've got GuitarRig2 which works fine, it shows a signal when I make a track for it, I can make and save presets...

Hi all! I'm a former bass guitar player (stopped playing about 10 years ago), and decided to start playing guitar. I expect to be primarily playing rythm guitar parts (once I get good enough to, that is to say). My requirements for the guitar - good saturated sound, but with a decent clean...

Examples of his playing I just love the classical/evil sounding exotic scales he uses... I realize it has taken his entire life to get where he is, but I really don't even know where to start to be able to play that style a few years down the road. Ultimately I'd like to be able to improvise...

Anybody know of a good source for beginner backing tracks? My daughter's at the point where she knows (but doesn't really know she knows) C & G Major Scales (although, she sometimes mixes-up the F/F#) in 1st position and we're working on the A Minor Pentatonic in 5th position. Yesterday she...

I put this together the other day when I took my first amp that I ever owned and tried to produce a decent metal tone out of it. Let me know what you think.

anyone interested in doing some not-too-serious online collaboration? Would be nice to get another beginner guitarist/drummer/vocalist to record some DSBM or just regular black metal Main influence would be Austere, Lost Inside, Darkthrone (early) and Kampfar something i have done by myself...

Hi guys, new beginner - intermediate player here. Been playing for about 10 months and right now I'm finally getting to the point where my playing doesn't sound like ass on a stick. Finally got through raining blood without messing up about a week ago, it was a pretty glorious moment. Joining up...

Hey, guys...just looking for some thoughts here. To the best of my recollection, I've never been on a motorcycle before...at least, not one that was actually running. However, I've seen a lot of scooters around Boston, and the other day, took notice of a Honda Ruckus parked down the street...

So I sat down this afternoon to throw together a quick lesson about some of the things that helped make the seven click for me when I first picked one up. A couple hours later, I had almost 20 minutes of video. :lol: I sort of geared this towards a fairly competent guitarist who'd never played...

Hello all metal guitarists :) I am looking for some expertise and help regarding amps. Long post I know, but please be patient. [note: following section is classified with a newbie warning] xP I am recording a lot of original music in my room, plugging my guitar into an audio interface through...

Introduction: I've been playing a little over 6 years now, September of 2004 was when I started playing guitar. Nothing super interesting happened for a majority of the time. Thrash started it for me; Metallica, Pantera, etc. and then I moved to Death Metal, and I'm into Black Metal now, as...

OK, thanks for all your feedback on my previous posts, I really appreciate them all. If you were me, would you keep Peavey Vypyr 15, or get a ROLAND Cube 15X instead? Bear in mind, I have never played an electric guitar, and I want something simple. I am looking for metal sound, I won't be using...

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