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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Super cool! Can we get a picture of the controls?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I knew it would be when and not if on the advancing guitarist popping up. I got my copy of it like 10 years ago, and I definitely wasn't ready for it. Only relatively recently am I really starting to get a lot out of it.

I'm not familiar with the other one but will have a look!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've heard good things about that book, but never had a look myself. I definitely put really learning the fretboard off for way too long - felt like an asshole once I put in the time on it and realized how much it opened things up for me!

 

Anyone else really enjoy picking up new ideas from books? There are a lot of crap ones out there, but some real gems too.

Pic related is what I'm working through now and it's fantastic. Randy has another book that's a more general introduction to jazz guitar, which is probably the most useful information dense guitar book I've ever found.

What are your favorites?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh God I think I spent more on batteries for that thing in 3 months than I did for the actual handheld.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"what kind of sound can you get out of it?" "Yes."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Clever idea but probably really a niche case - but I could see it making its way into the marketing for when e.g. Gibson puts out high end replicas of their old 60s guitars

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This makes me nostalgic for when I lived alone and had my studio setup permanently online. Playing barefoot on a carpet over hardwood is great vibes!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well said. I'd also be curious to see what OP thinks about it with his (presumably) young eyes. I'd probably pay actual money to watch him Livestream when he gets to Tubular

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Cool, TIL, thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good luck! I personally started to use compression in my chain much more once I started thinking of it as a waveform shaping tool.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, excellent, I subbed to it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It used to be not embarrassing myself at the next rehearsal, but nowadays a big motivator is setting a good example for my kid and showing him the value of putting in the work to get results.

 

Maybe this is useful for some of you - it's a table of optimized random root sequences for the chromatic scale.

Ive found it helpful for reducing the influence of muscle memory when working things out on the fretboard. If I'm practicing things e.g. chromatically or moving around the cycle I find myself cheating and relying on pattern knowledge as opposed to actually thinking about where my notes are.

The guy has a better explanation and some use cases on his site. Enjoy!

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