What Did You Do With Your Guitar(s) Today?

[DrewJD82]

No, I think he was correct. It's a similar technique to what Zakk Wylde did in closing out section of No More Tears solo.


edit: added vid. 4:53 mark

Petrucci is picking each note.

They’re both picking each note.

 

[FuzzyAce]

They’re both picking each note.

Not sure why, but I had assumed there was a hammer on in hearing the sequence. But I've been wrong before.
Guess I should learn the solo before assuming?

 

[DrewJD82]

Not sure why, but I had assumed there was a hammer on in hearing the sequence. But I've been wrong before.
Guess I should learn the solo before assuming?

Petrucci adds a subtle mute ((I lift my finger a pinch and cut the note short…or try to) on the 2nd and 4th notes of that phrase,it adds a really nice dynamic to it that almost sound like a pull-off because it’s not quite as loud as the first and 3rd notes and Zakk just rips right through them. You can play that lick a million different ways and it’ll sound cool as fuck!

 

[greatmutah]

Played some AiC riffs on my H-157 through my Rockerverb and Egnater Seminar amp via ABY box.

 

[shanesiegle]

Got a new guitar last week. I had to work so I obsessed over the bridge hum bucket all day. Still not sure if I love UT or it needs to go.

 

[la szum]

Visited with family this afternoon/evening, and had both nephews wanting me to teach them some things on guitar.

Good kids!

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Loaded my cab with G12M-25 and G12H-30 Heritage 55hz speakers, wired them up, setup my SYN-2 with OS (Dumble ODS style) and IICP (Mark IIC+ style), hooked it up, and gave it an hour or so spin with one of my guitars. The speakers are stiff (no shit), but I think they'll be great one they break in. I really like the OS, but the IICP needs more time dialing it in. If I don't totally gel with it, I may return it and get something different.

 

[Trollbait]

Plugged my '81 Ibanez artist into used Crate Palomino V32 that I purchased yesterday for $150 locally. I mostly play clean tones and found that the over drive channel with the overdrive turned down sounds better than the clean channel for clean tones.

1st full tube amp since I sold my '60s Fender twin reverb in 1978. At least I can lift and carry the crate.

There's a simplicity to a guitar plugged into an amplifier and nothing more.

 

[TJontheRoad]

I've been living in synthland of late and not touched a guitar in a while. Each passing day when this happens, my guilt rises until not even the local priest can find me absolution. So, I grab my LP, plug in to the FM9, and give the synths a break for a while. They don't seem to mind much.

 

[Achilles]

Working on this and I don't know why it feels so alien. First note is picked and then the next two are hammer ons from nowhere.

Easy
E - 2nd fret index finger
B - 3rd fret middle finger
G - 4th fret ring finger

Stumbling
E - 3rd fret index finger
B - 5th fret ring finger
G - 5th fret middle finger

It's the skipping of fingers 1 to 3 to 2 on the left hand that's tripping my brain. Especially trying to go back and forth between the two parts fast.

 

[JasonE]

I haven't really played much in the past few years. I still have an interest but I have had trouble deciding what type of playing situation I want to be in. I got really burned out on gigging. I have done it for years. When COVID shut things down the break was very welcomed. I have been picking my guitars up and playing a little here and there but it hasn't been anywhere near as much as it used to be.

I went through a couple of pedal buying sprees this year. I purchased a number of high end compressor pedals looking for something specific, more like a studio compressor. I was able to get what I wanted from a few of the pedals I bought and now have more information I could share to help others out.

I then went on an OD pedal buying spree. This particular type of spree happens with me from time to time. I ended up doing this one twice this year. I got some great pedals that I really like.

About a month ago I decided to buy a new guitar. I haven't bought a new guitar in about 3 and 1/2 years. This along with some of the new pedal purchased has really sparked me playing again. I could really feel that I was gripping the neck too hard. I decided that during my lunch breaks I would put my desk up to a standing level and hang a guitar on me and start running scales and finger exercises. I found an interesting finger exercise that I had not seen before. I put it on the computer screen and work my way through parts of it. I got sore fingers pretty quickly since I have not been playing. That helped lighten up my grip. I decided to start doing this every day starting this week. I felt a huge improvement this week from just two days of doing this. I feel like I am just about back to where I was when I was gigging every weekend. This is great because I have another project that I plan to start that will have me getting some use out of my recording equipment. I have been itching to play. Hopefully this keeps the motivation up.

 

[adam]

I fitted a new pickup to my main guitar. It had an oil city blackknight in the bridge, but its a bit bright for my tastes and it's in a very bright guitar.

I swapped it for a tonerider generator, which is a budget JB like pickup as I tend to get on with JB-ish pickups and I'm on a bit of a budget right now.

So far so good - it's punchy and thicker than the oil city, but it does miss a tiny little bit of the bite that the oil city had tons of.

 

[DrewJD82]

Played some AiC riffs on my H-157 through my Rockerverb and Egnater Seminar amp via ABY box.

I REALLY want to do one of Bruce's seminars and I think I might make that a little present to myself the next time he does one. I've been waiting until I get some more electrical education via work but I'm not sure there's much more I'm going to get that'll help me in the way of building an amp.

What kind of build did you do for yours??

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

How does someone like Bruce have the pedigree he has while his amps seem to shit the bed so often? It seems his amps are pretty faulty if internet forums are anything to go by.

 

[megametal7]

I did absolutely nothing.. i think work is burning me out and I have no motivation to play….

 

[Drop The Sun]

I recorded a short metal clip and made a playthrough video of it.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done this. I’ve only jammed random riffs for the last few months and haven’t really had any inspiration to write/record. Well, that changed now.

I used Tonex, EzBass, EzDrummer and Parallax plugins.

 

[JasonE]

How does someone like Bruce have the pedigree he has while his amps seem to shit the bed so often? It seems his amps are pretty faulty if internet forums are anything to go by.

I think it is because his amps have been made in China. I have owned two of his amps. I bought one of the Tourmaster combo amps many years ago. I wanted a 4 channel amp. I had it setting in a room right next to my Peavey JSX 2x12 combo. The Peavey killed the Egnater. The biggest issue I had with the Egnater is how loud the gain channels were at idle. I could never have played a gig with it. I called the vendor I bought it from and they said it may be a tube. I told them I was not about to start flipping tubes through a brand new amp that was supposedly burned in over the period of days. I ended up sending it back. I always wondered if it wasn't that tyroidial (not sure how they spelled that) transformer in it that was the real issue.

The second is an Egnater Tweaker 40 combo. I still have it. I bought it used from Guitar Center. They had it priced wrong and it should have been at least $100 more than what I paid. They discovered it after I started asking questions about it and if they had the footswitch. I had purchased things from this sales guy before and he told me they screwed up on the price and that if I didn't buy it they were going to raise the price on it as soon as I walked out the door. I told him if they had the footswitch for it I would buy it. He found it so I bought it. I played a few gigs with it and it immediately pissed me off. It started shutting off on it's own. It sounded like someone kept flipping the standby switch while I was playing. I turned around and kicked the top of it at one point and it hit the wall behind it and it came back on. This happened at two gigs so I stopped gigging it and figured that was why someone sold it to GC or traded it in. I talked to the local amp shop and told them what it was doing. They told me to open it up and look for any dull solder joints on the tube sockets. I found one. I reflowed that pin and have not had an issue with it since.

I think these things are from crappy workmanship. If they would stop trying to save a buck and actually build them here and make them worth the money as a quality build, they would probably be better.

 

[la szum]

Bruce is a legend. But yeah, the sketchy quality control on his line of 2010s amps
was rough. It's kind of sad, because Bruce innovated a lot of great ideas. Really great
ideas!

Probably innovated a lot more than others who are doing better in the Amplord Realm
right now. Won't mention any names, though.

I owned a Tweaker 15, Tweaker 88 (KT88s!), a Renegade 65, and a Rebel 30. I gigged a
few times with the Tweaker 88 and Renegade. I also had intermittent issues with 2 of the
4 amps. 50% failure is NOT good.

It really is too bad that he didn't align with better overseas manufacturing. For instance,
what would have been the story if Bruce had contracted with someone like B.A.D? I can
almost guarantee the outcome would be different, and Egnater amps would be looked at
differently now.

Moral to the story seems to be, "Be careful who you partner with when and if you are ready to
take your ideas/designs to market."

 

[fretworn]

Moral to the story seems to be, "Be careful who you partner with when and if you are ready to
take your ideas/designs to market

 

[fretworn]

Trying to write a tune the old fashion way with just a guitar.

Still on the tele into a brownface with blooming reverb … Hopefully I’ll have a tune in a week.