Some might say, "What??? You still exist?", and yeah I haven't been that active on here. But I finally got some recording software for my computer, and it is KICKASS!!
I will list all recordings I have, will, and might put up in this blog.
Already uploaded: (Kind of self explanatory) Beginning to "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" solo (alternate picking skill) "The Unforgiven" solo All of "Paranoid". I only played the guitar and I downloaded the backing track.
First "Fade to Black" solo (rough)
The NBC tune in Natural Harmonics
A lick I made up
Will be uploaded: (Not put up yet for some reason or another) "Fade to Black" solo
Something of my own making
Pending: (Not recorded or even learned all the way, but probably will be) "Stairway to Heaven" nondistorted parts only, acoustic guitar "Unforgiven" Rythym track
"Fade to Black" whole
Have you ever thought that your killswitch was hard to reach or was hard to use?
Well I accidently created something called a "KillPick"!
It is basicly a pick that kills the sound every time you touch the strings!
I know, sounds a little unusable, but it has many uses, many of which I have yet to figure out!
You can make it sound like you are picking twice as fast or eliminate the scrape you get every time you switch chords or try to mute the strings!
It is basically a metal pick attached to a wire that leads to the POSITIVE end of the output in your guitar. Your strings should be grounded so it immediatly cuts off the sound.
Problems includ that you can't do sweeps. It also makes a high pitch buzz. If you wrap thwe pick up, then it isn't near as loud but it is still there.
Happy Picking!!
Building a guitar is not as expensive as buying your own, but it feels like it.
First you need to buy some form of hardwood (There is preferences and diferences in sound.) big enough to make a body.
(About 1 1/2" to 2" thick.)
I normally buy two 1" thick pieces of hard wood and paste them together with wood glue so that it is 2" thick.
If you buy a solid piece of 2" thick wood, yuo need a router to carve out the pickup and neck slots.
If you paste two separate pieces together, you will have to paint it.
But the good news is that you don't need a router. You can cut out all the slots on the top piece before you paste it on!
If you have a tremolo bridge, you will also need to cut out, or router out, a slot on bottom for the springs. Make sure to get everything PERFECT!
I will add in pics that show the dimensions later.
That is about all I have for now...
Have you ever wondered how Aerosmith dets that awesome guitar sound?
It sounds kinda like a hard rock techno sound.
I've noticed that a lot of heavy metal songs have a cool low pitched run followed by a hit (My own way of describing it.) What I mean is something like this...
v ^ v ^ v ^ v v ^ v ^ v ^ v v
e||.---------------------------------------------- --.||
B||.---------------------------------------------- --.||
G||.---------------------------------------------- --.||
D||.------------4-----------------------4-----5--- --.||
A||.------------2-----------------------2-----3--- --.||
E||.0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0--- --.||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
It sounds good to me but the run where it is pm'd doesn't sound right.
I turn on the distortion all the way up and I still can't do it.
And what about Bullet for My Valentine? How do they get that metallic sound?
Does Drop C do that?!
What about the 'bend' sound that sounds thick and high pitched at the same time?
You know like during the verse of "Animal I Have Become"?
As is mentioned, I am building my own guitars. It is truly a pain in the ass! But the reward is worth it! It kind of sucks cause you end up putting like $550 of work into a $200 guitar. Right now on the X Frame, I need to add frets, finish painting, and buy the materials I can't make. Most of the hard work is done. Although I have to admit, I didn't paint it properly and it is made of plywood.
I have also started building an axe shaped guitar. This one will be done properly! I will post pics as they become available.
Yeah... I just gave up on the X frame. Too much work for too little profit. However the experience was more than valuable!!
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