TSJMajesty
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... boost or not-to-boost the amp, vs. using the boost in the amp block (wrt modelers), and the variations of how it affects your tone... I don't really hear huge differences myself.
But what I do hear, is when soloing with any high-gain tone, and your string changes are not accurate, and you get that millisecond of note overlap, that causes a glaring dissonance while those 2 notes sound together.
It takes lots of practice, with decisions as to whether you keep your fingers raised off the fretboard, in which case your timing has to be perfect. And, you have to decide whether you want to completely lift your finger off the note you just played, or raise it just enough that you retain contact, thus muting the string, which is made more difficult the lower your action is.
Or, you go about the issue completely differently, in that you keep your fingers at a low angle across the strings, and use the tips and undersides of your fingers to mute the strings for you, which doesn't work for all patterns and directions the riff is heading.
I still find myself using various combinations of those techniques, as I strive to get my string changes perfectly accurate.
So I was kinda wondering if any of you guys spend this same amount of time with this sort of thing, as you do with using, or not using, boost pedals, since both have an effect on how your playing sounds, ultimately.
But what I do hear, is when soloing with any high-gain tone, and your string changes are not accurate, and you get that millisecond of note overlap, that causes a glaring dissonance while those 2 notes sound together.
It takes lots of practice, with decisions as to whether you keep your fingers raised off the fretboard, in which case your timing has to be perfect. And, you have to decide whether you want to completely lift your finger off the note you just played, or raise it just enough that you retain contact, thus muting the string, which is made more difficult the lower your action is.
Or, you go about the issue completely differently, in that you keep your fingers at a low angle across the strings, and use the tips and undersides of your fingers to mute the strings for you, which doesn't work for all patterns and directions the riff is heading.
I still find myself using various combinations of those techniques, as I strive to get my string changes perfectly accurate.
So I was kinda wondering if any of you guys spend this same amount of time with this sort of thing, as you do with using, or not using, boost pedals, since both have an effect on how your playing sounds, ultimately.