My latest addition

[Wideboy]

played it fell in love with the tone so i bought it, i believe its from the 80's early 90's

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m97/Gavino5/Ibenez.jpg


may have a 1980's American made fender Strat coming soon, sadly the painted version and not the varnished, also a Epiphone Les Paul Standard, pheeew 4 guitars.

[MeridiaNx]

Reminds me very much of the patterning on Paul Reed Smith guitars. Ah to own one of those :( Very nice though!

[Wideboy]

Ah to own one of those :(

don't worry, its on my list:p

[dizzyblonde]

ahhh Ibanez for that thoroughly METAL sound....down tuned for your typical Pantera riff

[Wideboy]

im addicted can't put the flipping thing down

[dizzyblonde]

me thinks its time I payed more attention to my two

[Wideboy]

what you got? pics!!!!

[dizzyblonde]

Not much, thirty to forty year old Tanglewood acoustic, thats really nice to play and look at, action super duper
Black Les Paul jobbie, thats not the real Gibson, but a friend who is rather an accomplished musician couldn't put it down once cause it played better than his real one....as I said not much, its how good you make em sound that counts..and with the right pedal thingmyjigs ...haven't decided if i do though

[Wideboy]

well i just picked up my other fender and even though its lesser gooder<<:D that the Ibanez its alot easier to play

it is true, its not what you got, its how you use it and so forth:p

[dizzyblonde]

I want a twelve string they've always fascinated me,but never got me mits on one yet

[Wideboy]

hmm never really thought about that, wanted to start the banjo but looks dam hard

[dizzyblonde]

busy cleaning windows......................

[Wideboy]

lol:D

i meant yokal style i think its called finger style or something like that, like roy clark (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/250178/roy_clark/)

[therealvw]

Check out Steve Vai and his Ibanez's

[dizzyblonde]

yeah but he learned it all off Frank Zappa didin't he

[Warthog]

Nice guitar mate! I have an Ibanez EDR470, they are great guitars. Super thin necks for fast fret-******y (hope you can say that on this forum!) and a floating trem for harmonic dive-bombs a la Dragonforce 8-)

[dizzyblonde]

Dragonforce, my goodness they are the widdler army...they must have twelve fingers:smt035

[therealvw]

Frank who?
What a totally Pretentious TWERP he is!(was)?

[Alpinestarhero]

You git. You complete git.

I want it, now.

Infact, after I have paid for insurance, I am going to buy an ibanez, forget the xbox 360

Im jelous

Git

Matt

[Smudge]

i used to always buy ibanez axes ive still got two Bass's one five string and a four, but i moved on to PRS and my pride and joy is my Dean zilinsky american hard tail its solid mahogony with a flamed maple top and a ebony fret board with abalone inleys, heres a pic
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2349/dean3nj7.jpg

[Smudge]

wouldnt let me put two pics in for some reason so heres the head


http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1269/dean10qt0.jpg

[fizzwheel]

Smudge - thats very nice :cool: I've always liked those

[Filipe M.]

Frank who?
What a totally Absolute GENIUS he was!

Zappa.

Corrected for you.

And no, Steve Vai learned how to play the guitar with Joe Satriani, Zappa only taught him some more important stuff... anyone can w@nk around the fretboard at the speed of light (practice, practice, practice and then some more practice), but to actually do it in a coherent and interesting manner is a completely different ball game.

[dizzyblonde]

i used to always buy ibanez axes ive still got two Bass's one five string and a four, but i moved on to PRS and my pride and joy is my Dean zilinsky american hard tail its solid mahogony with a flamed maple top and a ebony fret board with abalone inleys, heres a pic
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2349/dean3nj7.jpg
ooooooooooooooo thats nice smudge...can I come and play with it???

[dizzyblonde]

Zappa.

Corrected for you.

And no, Steve Vai learned how to play the guitar with Joe Satriani, Zappa only taught him some more important stuff... anyone can w@nk around the fretboard at the speed of light (practice, practice, practice and then some more practice), but to actually do it in a coherent and interesting manner is a completely different ball game.
thanks for that...I knew he'd done soomat important for him..Mr.Vai is not quite my cup of tea cause he's a tad showoff, Somewhere I've got an old vid of him when he was younger playing with Zappa, must have been rather early on

[Smudge]

ooooooooooooooo thats nice smudge...can I come and play with it???
anytime








EDIT oh you mean the guitar lol

[Filipe M.]

Mr.Vai is not quite my cup of tea cause he's a tad showoff,

Nope, he's completely showoff, but he's the best at it! ;)

[Smudge]

Nope, he's completely showoff, but he's the best at it! ;)
i rekon micheal angelo is better at showing off have a look for him he's got poodle hair and plays a v twin guitar with both hands fretting

[Filipe M.]

i rekon micheal angelo is better at showing off have a look for him he's got poodle hair and plays a v twin guitar with both hands fretting

That's the problem, I like music too, not just the fretboard onanisms. And that's where Vai cuts it for me. ;)

Yes I'm biased. :p :mrgreen:

[Smudge]

do you remember the film cross roads with the karate kid that was steve vai

[Filipe M.]

Jack Butler, the devils player. Losing to Ralph Macchio (whose final guitar solo was played by Steve himself). ;)

Edit: the first Macchio solos were played by Ry Cooder ;)

[Smudge]

Jack Butler, the devils player. Losing to Ralph Macchio (whose final guitar solo was played by Steve himself). ;)

Edit: the first Macchio solos were played by Ry Cooder ;)
i thought it was all Stevie Vai i wonder if Vai hasnt leant how to use a slide

[Wideboy]

thats a nice guitar smudge, what wood is the body made of, my ibanez is mahogany but veneered with some other crap for some bizarre reason, i would have preferd to have the mahogany polished

[Wideboy]

You git. You complete git.

I want it, now.

Infact, after I have paid for insurance, I am going to buy an ibanez, forget the xbox 360

Im jelous

Git

Matt

ha :smt035 :dwarf:


going to make 3 more hard guitar cases so they can all be safe when they're not hanging on the wall

[Mike2165]

don't worry, its on my list:p

I did, birds and all, lovely red. When I had to let it go I was gutted, looking for another now:smt009 Got a PRS tatoo though, they won't take that away....well unless I lose me arm!

[Wideboy]

i was going to get fender on the back of my fore-arm as it was me first guitar but something stopped me

[dizzyblonde]

ha :smt035 :dwarf:


going to make 3 more hard guitar cases so they can all be safe when they're not hanging on the wall
ya can buy those, wouldn't it be simpler??
I got a nice one my Les Paul jobbbie sits in, all velvety inside so's not to scratch the shiny black finish and gold bits, got loads a spaces for leads and stuff

[Wideboy]

ya can buy those, wouldn't it be simpler??

where's the fun in that:p, and when i say make i mean hide in the corner at work and do it in their time:cool:

[dizzyblonde]

now thats sounds a good plan,

[therealvw]

Zappa.

Corrected for you.

And no, Steve Vai learned how to play the guitar with Joe Satriani, Zappa only taught him some more important stuff... anyone can w@nk around the fretboard at the speed of light (practice, practice, practice and then some more practice), but to actually do it in a coherent and interesting manner is a completely different ball game.
Nope sorry. Seen a vid of Zappa a live performance. He wouldn't start a song becuase the rest of the band didn't start at 'EXACTLY' the correct time. Buggered if I could tell the difference. Made them do it 4 times. You must have Preternatural hearing to tell the difference.

[Smudge]

Nope sorry. Seen a vid of Zappa a live performance. He wouldn't start a song becuase the rest of the band didn't start at 'EXACTLY' the correct time. Buggered if I could tell the difference. Made them do it 4 times. You must have Preternatural hearing to tell the difference.
theres nothing wrong with being a perfectionist

thats a nice guitar smudge, what wood is the body made of, my ibanez is mahogany but veneered with some other crap for some bizarre reason, i would have preferd to have the mahogany polished

yep its mahogany with a flamed maple top and an ebony fretboard the neck is striaght through, i was going to get a Les Paul but prefered the dean the sustain is awsome

[stewie]

I actually saw Zappa live in Germany in the 80,s, 82-83 probably , he was truly awsome, played for hours as well, did everything from 'Bobby brown' to experimental jazz, possibly the best gig I ever went too. I have a couple of guitars meself, a crafter electro acoustic and a marlin slammer strat copy, the marlin has been gigged a lot in the last 20 yrs or so, but not by me btw, and looks totally relic'd. Think Ill get them out now actually

[therealvw]

Can anyone play the Firth of Fifth 'solo' by Genesis?
That is a very nice guitar 'solo'

Check it out on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ksoDr3Ip_w
Bit PROG ROCK, but stay with it!

[Wideboy]

could give it a shot i suppose, is that a special live version? don't know if i could get my pedal like that

[therealvw]

Thnk it is a normal EARLY genesis version that I posted up there.
There are several on Youtube, some of which are the latest versions by Steve hackett and his band, Vocals by a chap called John Wetton. Gets abit weird compared to the 'original' version.
Brilliant guitar sound though, and Hackett is an amazing Guitarist. Rutherford too. Shame they all can't just get together and do almost original lineup with Peter Gabriel, Tony Bank, Michael Rutherford, and Phil Collins(he wasn't the orignal drummer; but brought a lot of talent and direction).
anyhoo, thats one of my little soap boxes!

[Wideboy]

cant find the tabs for this programm thingy i have but will keep looking

[dizzyblonde]

Can anyone play the Firth of Fifth 'solo' by Genesis?
That is a very nice guitar 'solo'

Check it out on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ksoDr3Ip_w
Bit PROG ROCK, but stay with it!
I could probably manage it..if i configured my pedally thingy...i was given the task of trying 'maggot brain' by funkadelic by my fella a few months ago, cause apparently i've got the nack of being able to start playing a solo half way through listening to a track
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KXq4GlHgROQ
wait for the black screen to clear cause its rather good

[northwind]

Here's my baby, no surprise that it's a half-finished endless project/ludicrious bitsa :)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/Image1.jpg

It used to be two guitars, both japanese Fenders, a 91 Hot Rod Reissue 50s and a 90 HRR 60s model. But one of them sounded great, and one of them played better than the other, so I crossed the streams... Then added a pair of custom shop seymour duncan pickups and an oversized machined block for the floyd rose, and replaced all the electrics, and made up a new scratchplate... But I've slightly run out of enthusiasm so it's been nearly-finished for about a year. I'm half terrified that I won't like it when it's finished :jocolor:So instead I play my £50 Squier Tele...

[Wideboy]

noooooo finish it, i've always wanted to have ago at making one but never had the time, blokey at work made a les paul out of Brazilian mahogany, but put budget electrics in it

[dizzyblonde]

hmmmm, all this chat bout geeeeetars, me thinks i is going to blow off the dust on my electric tomorrow, its not seen daylight in a while

[Wideboy]

yeah pick it up, i might sell the ibanez my mate really wants it and has made me a very tempting offer :cool:

[SDMF]

Super thin necks for fast fret-******y (hope you can say that on this forum!) 8-)

If you like that kinda stuff then have a look at Michael Angelo Batio... here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rutyA12z3Ok) :smt103 To be able to play like that... :rolleyes:

[dizzyblonde]

yeah pick it up, i might sell the ibanez my mate really wants it and has made me a very tempting offer :cool:
MMMMM Les Paul, mmmmmmmmmmm

thought you'd just got that??
Have you checked out my last link??? its lurverly

[Wideboy]

i've seen a blind man play like that, sort of, he layed it on his lap and played the frets like piano keys

[dizzyblonde]

If you like that kinda stuff then have a look at Michael Angelo Batio... here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rutyA12z3Ok) :smt103 To be able to play like that... :rolleyes:
wwwiiiiiiiiidddddddddddllllllllllllyyyyyyy wooooooooooooo

Enters the realms of Spinaltapdom

[dizzyblonde]

i've seen a blind man play like that, sort of, he layed it on his lap and played the frets like piano keys
thats what you call a steel guitar mee thinks

[therealvw]

thats what you call a steel guitar mee thinks
Could have been, but I seem to remember seeing a blind chap play a NORMAL guitar on his lap before now too.

Late 90's, around the time of Extreme. :pukel:
Sort of southern america feel to it, think it was Jeff healey.
Southern American feel could be wrong as he is Canadian. ABOOT!

[Smudge]

If you like that kinda stuff then have a look at Michael Angelo Batio... here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rutyA12z3Ok) :smt103 To be able to play like that... :rolleyes:
this link is to you tube for anyone who gets b@llocked for going on at work, im gonna stop looking at links without the address on. i met Micheal Angelo in liverpool he was doing a promo for Dean guitars when i bought my hardtail hes not as creepy as he looks, ive got a tutorial video by him and you wouldnt believe how easy it is to pick up, its like going into spazm mode on a zx spectrum you keep your wrist stiff and twitch your elbow, looks good but sounds naff when used in a song

[Smudge]

i've seen a blind man play like that, sort of, he layed it on his lap and played the frets like piano keys
that sounds like Jeff Healey, he was in the film Roadhouse with swazey

[gettin2dizzy]

Batio's a batty boy!
It's like adding the halfords catalogue to your guitar, twin necks were cool as it allowed two different tones/style of guitar. Batio was just trying far too hard. Malmsteen is king :)

I've got a Variax 600 :) - It's beautiful, however it makes it harder to find excuses to buy more planks :(

[Smudge]

Batio's a batty boy!
It's like adding the halfords catalogue to your guitar, twin necks were cool as it allowed two different tones/style of guitar. Batio was just trying far too hard. Malmsteen is king :)

I've got a Variax 600 :) - It's beautiful, however it makes it harder to find excuses to buy more planks :(
totaly different to a double neck but id like to see someone play a double neck with both hands, oh no you'd need four arms no one can do what Micheal Angelo does and you carnt say that about any other guitarist, even if it does sound pants
ive never understood the concept of two guitars stuck together both facing the same way, you can only play one at a time just get a twelve string and a six and save your shoulder

[gettin2dizzy]

Vai plays both at once. Often with a sampler, but not always. Guitar is about the passion, not the speed. Look at slash; perhaps the laziest player out there yet one of the best! (it only took him 30 years...) Batio is talented but it's youtube 30 seconds music, not rock conert material.

[Smudge]

Vai plays both at once. Often with a sampler, but not always. Guitar is about the passion, not the speed. Look at slash; perhaps the laziest player out there yet one of the best! (it only took him 30 years...) Batio is talented but it's youtube 30 seconds music, not rock conert material.
totally agree that his music is just freak show material lol and his look but i bet he is very passionate about it, its quite classical its just the super fast stuff that gets any notice

[Filipe M.]

Vai plays both at once. Often with a sampler, but not always. Guitar is about the passion, not the speed.

Make that 3 necks. I don't remember the name of the song, I think it's on G3 latest DVDs, triple neck guitar, IIRC it's 1 12 string that goes into a sampler (or Eventide, or everything all at once), 1 normal 6 string and 1 fretless 6 string. I'll try looking for it in youtube, must be there somewhere.

Oh, and another Variax / PODxt Live user here. And yes, I know real guitars and valves are better, but you can't beat my rig for the price I paid for it, thank you very much. *jealous mode off*

[Filipe M.]

Clicky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2EokjFIE5g).

[gettin2dizzy]

Make that 3 necks. I don't remember the name of the song, I think it's on G3 latest DVDs, triple neck guitar, IIRC it's 1 12 string that goes into a sampler (or Eventide, or everything all at once), 1 normal 6 string and 1 fretless 6 string. I'll try looking for it in youtube, must be there somewhere.

Oh, and another Variax / PODxt Live user here. And yes, I know real guitars and valves are better, but you can't beat my rig for the price I paid for it, thank you very much. *jealous mode off*
They're ace aren't they! You can get a better sound out of these than many systems costing thousands. Simply because they're set up perfectly. You need your own roadies otherwise! Is it worth getting the XT Live? I play through a fletone III at the moment.

[Smudge]

depends what style of music you play ie theres no point having a vintage valve amp if you play thrash metal, i never got on with line6 i dont think an amp sim sounds anything like miking up a nice cab

[Filipe M.]

They're ace aren't they! You can get a better sound out of these than many systems costing thousands. Simply because they're set up perfectly. You need your own roadies otherwise! Is it worth getting the XT Live? I play through a fletone III at the moment.

I never tried the Flextone, so I can't vouch for it... but I'm in love with the XT Live, I bought it before I got the Variax and that's what made me take a very serious look at that guitar. If you're not afraid of tweaking to get "that" sound, then it's worth it (and the PC / Mac interface is a very good bonus, plus it allows you to use the Variax Workbench without further add-ons). When you start doing it then you're really into tweakheaven...

Just make sure you upgrade the POD's software (you can do it on the Mac too), and get a decent external compressor stompbox if you need one, the internal ones aren't that good (of course you can forget the internal noisegate after doing that, but hey... it couldn't be perfect).

Oh, and btw, I love daisy chaining my SansAmp into the PODxt... yes I am nuts and proud of it! :smt077

[Filipe M.]

depends what style of music you play ie theres no point having a vintage valve amp if you play thrash metal, i never got on with line6 i dont think an amp sim sounds anything like miking up a nice cab

I know. Read above comment about price, though. Being a Vai fan (whatever...) I'd kill for a Carvin Legacy and a coupe of JEMs, plus some other niceties like Eventides, Digitech Whammys, Morley Little Aligators and Bad Horsies, and some Keeley modded BOSS distortion pedals, etc etc... the problem is I'm not rich and don't have the room to put all this junk. The XT lives nicely under my desk, though, and it didn't put a hole through my bank account. :roll:

[gettin2dizzy]

Exactly. I'd rather have the originals any day of the week even it'd sound too similar to differentiate.

Lead sound designer Jeff Slingluff told me he once set up a blind listening test for some industry guitar players to see if they could tell the modelled Line 6 amp from the original. To start with, the listeners always picked out the Line 6 model even before a note was played — because the hum went away whenever the signal was switched to the Line 6 amplifier! To make things fairer, he set up a third tube amp between the two, and left it ticking over with no input so that there was background hum all the time, and after he'd done that, the results were split almost 50/50, which is exactly what you should get if the sounds are too close to tell apart.

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar06/images/line66amproom.l.jpg
It's not fair is it!

[Filipe M.]

Soldano SLO 100....................

*goes off to rob a bank*

[gettin2dizzy]

Yeah. That's a mean mean sounding amp :)

[dizzyblonde]

I had the pleasure of using A vox amp for a while(ac-30??) belonged to an ex fella....now that was nice apparently they're worth quite a bit these days

[Wideboy]

Changing the subject a tad

thought you'd just got that??
Have you checked out my last link??? its lurverly

well I've had it a week today but didn't post till Monday i think, my mate offered me more than i paid for it and he knows and he doesn't care:-s

and yeah i saw maggot brain looks wickedly awesome, don't think i'm quite that good though. YET!!!:smt045

[northwind]

this link is to you tube for anyone who gets b@llocked for going on at work, im gonna stop looking at links without the address on.

If you hover your mouse over it in IE (assuming that's what you have), it should display the address. Alternatively, right click it and check properties. :smt045

[thedonal]

Here's my baby, no surprise that it's a half-finished endless project/ludicrious bitsa :)

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/Image1.jpg

It used to be two guitars, both japanese Fenders, a 91 Hot Rod Reissue 50s and a 90 HRR 60s model. But one of them sounded great, and one of them played better than the other, so I crossed the streams... Then added a pair of custom shop seymour duncan pickups and an oversized machined block for the floyd rose, and replaced all the electrics, and made up a new scratchplate... But I've slightly run out of enthusiasm so it's been nearly-finished for about a year. I'm half terrified that I won't like it when it's finished :jocolor:So instead I play my £50 Squier Tele...

I've got an HRR strat- my first Fender. Needs fixing- a few of them had wood problems behind the trem- so I've gotta get a bit of wood slotted in there (oo-er!!). I've got a Seymour Duncan 59 in the neck and the original DiMarzio whatever it is in the bridge, I love that guitar- It sounds ACE. Just need to pop it to Charlie Chandler to give it a damn fine fixing.

Wideboy- lovely guitar that, I take it it's an RG? I've got a RG500EX- see the avatar. Needs a new neck and some decent pickups, but I love that guitar too.

Other axes are a Fender Montara acoustic- lovely tone, needs a new machine head. And a bit of setting up. Also an Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty 3 pickup. Could do with some decent pickup as they squeal like piggies when the amp's cranked up. And a Fender Strat Plus. Needs the frets doing and the Lace pickups are a bit characterless, but another goodun.

In fact, most of my guitars need some attention to them. It's gonna cost a fortune, but I'm thinking of maybe doing some gigs next year, so it'll be required. Only my bass is in fine fettle. A washburn 5 string. It's lovely.

I might post a pic of the collection at some point.

It's good to rock.

[dizzyblonde]

Changing the subject a tad



well I've had it a week today but didn't post till Monday i think, my mate offered me more than i paid for it and he knows and he doesn't care:-s

and yeah i saw maggot brain looks wickedly awesome, don't think i'm quite that good though. YET!!!:smt045
I have attempted it and I start off quite well, its quite easy, then the improvisation comes in and then, well i'm afraid thats why the guys a master and not me:smt045

[northwind]

I've got an HRR strat- my first Fender. Needs fixing- a few of them had wood problems behind the trem- so I've gotta get a bit of wood slotted in there (oo-er!!). I've got a Seymour Duncan 59 in the neck and the original DiMarzio whatever it is in the bridge, I love that guitar- It sounds ACE. Just need to pop it to Charlie Chandler to give it a damn fine fixing.


Aye, the other one had the crack by the trem post, where the cavity was routed too big, I imagine yours is the same? Easy enough fix though unless it pulls too far, this one's reinforced around there with a bit of rock maple cut to shape and glued in, horrible job though.

Not many of these left... Feller from Iron Maiden has 5, bought them off Richie Sambora. I wish I could do that, just phone up, "Oi, Sambora, got any spare guitars?" "Aye, as it happens they just made me a load of custom shop strats so my old japanese ones are going spare, yours for a tenner Adrian"

[loneranger]

no stairway to heaven....waynes world party on dudes

[Wideboy]

I have attempted it and I start off quite well, its quite easy, then the improvisation comes in and then, well i'm afraid thats why the guys a master and not me:smt045

send me tabs plz!!!!!!!

[Mike2165]

I aquired a Trace Elliot lead amp and 4X12, sounds great. Theres a pic of the speaker on you and your garage somewhere. I had Marshalls and HH (going back a bit) Used to have a JMP1, JFX1 and Peavey rack mounted 50/50 classic, through 2 1036 2X12 cabs, sounded awesome.

[northwind]

Which Trace is it you've got? I had a Speed Twin 50 for ages, traded it in against my vox since I didn't have space for a halfstack any more :( It was ace.

[dizzyblonde]

send me tabs plz!!!!!!!
unfortunately I don't use tabs.....like I said I kinda start playing as I listen to the track, it sort of happens....people will say play this, and well....I do. It might come in tab form some where

[Wideboy]

dam you:D

learning carlos santana - smooth at the mo i new the some of it but looked at it again yesterday and thought i would do the rest E.I. the solo which is surprisingly easy for one of his songs

[dizzyblonde]

I don't have a problem with the solo bits, its the chords, i'm not a strummer I'm a picker if that sounds right. i used to jam with a mate of mine that had played guitar since he was 6. i was jealous cause he was technically brilliant and him of me cause he couldn't ever improvise. So together I suppose it sounded alright
and yes smooth is quite easy for a solo, i was surprised

[Smudge]

know what you mean we once auditioned a sax player that said he was grade 8 and we ask him to jam with us in e as ya do and he looked horrified, i ended up having to write all his riffs out, i started by learning chords then scales then modes its easy if you already have the music in you

[dizzyblonde]

sounds like your a pro then smudge....I may be able to play by ear so to speak...that don't mean anything, like i said, solo's are quite easy to pick up if ya can hear em right, but if you asked me wot an E minor 7th was i'd say erm duhh??...Ihave a natural ability to pick up an instrument and be able to knock aa tune out.....doesn't mean I'm any good
people have tried to teach me properly in the past and i've just ended up giggling in a heap cause of embarassment

[Wideboy]

same here, i talk to people at guitar shops ect and most of the time i look at them with a blank face, then i say "i have no idea, as long as it plays then im happy"

[Mike2165]

Which Trace is it you've got? I had a Speed Twin 50 for ages, traded it in against my vox since I didn't have space for a halfstack any more :( It was ace.

I got a super tramp, sounds nice

[Smudge]

sounds like your a pro then smudge....I may be able to play by ear so to speak...that don't mean anything, like i said, solo's are quite easy to pick up if ya can hear em right, but if you asked me wot an E minor 7th was i'd say erm duhh??...Ihave a natural ability to pick up an instrument and be able to knock aa tune out.....doesn't mean I'm any good
people have tried to teach me properly in the past and i've just ended up giggling in a heap cause of embarassment
i find books the best way then your pride doesnt have to come into it, if you got a book on scales and started with the pentatonic (blues) ones within no time you'd be making lead riffs up, thats what its all about for me so you can create your own, you'll have to pop over to mine for a coffee Dizz ive just been made redundant so ill be spending most of my days at home in the studio, when i say studio i mean a twelve by twelve room with acoustic foam everywhere with a miced up pearl kit, PC running cubase sx and reason 4 with firewire mixer and monitors plus my guitars and basses and a box full of bits like cabassa,guero,triangle,flutes and all kinds of hippy nonsense

[dizzyblonde]

can do tha scale things, I learnt a few of them years ago, i'm a lazy minx that don't have much time between kids bikes and work to practise.....might take up that offer of a coffee though.......today is the day the Suzy machine gets brought back from the dead,,,,,if ya listen carefully you might be able to hear her roar

[Smudge]

all i can hear is Asian screeming kids were i am little 2 n 3 years olds playing in the middle of the road, are you and Chris out the back tonight sorting the bike out if so i may pop up for 5mins if thats ok

[dizzyblonde]

carb cleaner hehehehehe...... we're inthe back til daylight ends...ya can pop up....bath and ratbike in front drive(chris's haha)

[Smudge]

got to go to rishworth after work, to fix mi mums tele she said it fizzed and smoke came out so she switched it off sounds like triacs have fried the power supply, so i'll have to leave it for tonight as i dont finish work till 5

[Wideboy]

me and my friend and started learning THIS!, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xjJXT0C0X4) but this kid is way to good for me

[dizzyblonde]

metal!!!! think I might try that!
you may find some it quite easy, it appears quite slow in places and based around scales, its making the fingers do the rock-god a la Dragonforce bit that would be harder.
go on give it a go, let us know how ya get on

[haggis]

me and my friend and started learning THIS!, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xjJXT0C0X4) but this kid is way to good for me

Aaaargh! I'd be getting cramp around 3mins50s there. :smt103

Bleedin' good player tho.:thumright:

[dizzyblonde]

its amazing what talent we have hiding in someones bedroom, a shame they don't surface very often,better than x factor cats chorus and the like

[Wideboy]

don't mean to offend people but dont they go out? i mean they must spend all their time outside of work playing guitar in the room, which i suppose can be fun at times but surly not all the time

[haggis]

I started playing when i was ten. Luckily for me child labour hasn't got the same demand these days. :p