Vai blows Satriani away. Far more diverse technic, absolute studio wizardy, flow, style inovatine. Satriani is fast and knows gangs of scales. Bah
Summers...... yep, hes got smoothness.
Morse.... he's a god
although not state of the art, you can pick up a used Roland VS840 on ebay these days for about $300 American. Not a bad way to step into the stand-alone recording game
Theres plenty of software recording and editing programs out there. Frankly opinions all vary from person to person. Best thing you can do at this point is go to www.hitsquad.com and browse thru the listings of multitrack recording programs. Most of them have some version of a demo that you can...
I have never cared for the little pocket sized $20 tuners. I use a Korg DTR-2 in my rack. I like the fact that I can see the strobe from accross the room. That and its part of the chain so I dont need to unplug replug stop and start. Just tweek a knob. Never really used many other tuners myself...
you can not plug your guitar directly into a soundcard and expect any sound. You need a pre-amp or mic or something to boost the actual signal from the guitar.
Oh see now you just doomed yourself. Pulling any guitar out of the deep freeze and then plopping in front of even a mild conflagration will be the best way, hands down, to put stress on the guitar.
I think Zack most impresses me with his flexibility, so overall he gets my vote. Jake Lee is probably the fastest player of the mess, yet Randy really breeched the classical speed barriers. Brad Gillis impressed me more on his own than with Ozzy.
Thats pretty cold. Frankly I'd be impressed if your fingers can change chords at 20 degrees. Odds are that it wont do the guitar any favors and you need to accept that its a fireside/beach/camp guitar and wont last a lifetime. I would suggest tuning it down a half step to reduce neck pressure...
If I were to pick one persons tone/effect sound I would have to vote for Brian May. Even to this day in a sea of effects, processors and digital everything, I have heard no other player match that dreamy melancholy weeping of his guitar.
All things considered Jimi is great. Clever, creative, inovative the whole deal. As a guitar player I can totally respect the mans gift as a player and master of effects that didnt even exist.
I think what urks me about the mans repor is when it comes from idiots. What I mean by that is from...
<b>Here's some definitely underrated guitarists:
Steve Vai
Eddie Van Halen
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Page
Yngwie Malmsteen
Andrés Segovia </B>
Are you drunk? Every one of these dudes has held the title of top dog at some point. Odds are each still rates in the top 100. Feel free...
So after a mild and amusing search on completed auctions on E-bay, I found pretty much NO les Pauls that closed for $700... unless you count the ones with the name Epiphone in them or the word project.
Plug in: a software version of an effect. Installed generally as a third party (outside of the main recording program) utility that sort of loads itself to the recording program. Compare to Image editing software. The normal image program allows you to maybe resize and crop but the "plug in"...
Seems to me that you have all the key elements to be able to record just fine on your computer. A Gina is a wonderful card, your mixer is going to do its jb fine. Unless you are at some sort of impass where you cant get the things done you want... you have the tools you need to begin many solid...
Taking the unit to a shop for a good solid cleaning is not a bad option, and generally not very pricey. Sure you can buy a few assorted cans of cleaners and take a stab at it, but a shop will be very very thourough and generally have a guarentee.
And if anyone snivels about your English (which...