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I was going to post something defending Vai, but I think that argument has become more of a pissing match than anything else. What the hell, I'll say it anyway. A lot of people didn't appreciate Mozart either, saying that he played too many notes. Now, I'm not saying that Steve Vai is the...

Should I use a long medium-quality cable or a short low-quality cable? This isn't a serious project so I'm not too keen so go out and buy expensive new ones. I'm just recording a guitar through a pod and I have a couple shitty 10 ft cables and one acceptable 20 ft. Also, is there anything you...

When we were recording our latest album, I said something to the effect that I was generally unimpressed by EVH. The engineer took some offence to that and played me this incredible song by him. It was some unplugged thing where Eddie was doing tapping stuff on an acoustic guitar. On that...

Yeah, I don't mean to sound overly harsh. Van Halen will undoubtedly be famous long after the rest of these guys are old and arthritic. He was a great innovator and all the modern guitarists owe a lot to him. I just mean that he's nowhere near the fastest or the most musical guitarist around...

Now, I respect that Eddie was one of the greatest innovators in guitar history, but I'm always extremely underwhelmed by his playing when compared to modern guitarists. This video is a great example. He's just noodling for ten minutes, and for some reason people are loving it. You'd think that...

I really like what you've done with the song. Subtle variations during the solo, etc... The rhythm tone on the left sounds a bit strange to me, but I don't have the know how to describe exactly what it is. Perhaps more presence, perhaps turned down, perhaps some reverb to blend it a bit more...

Sounds good overall. To me it seems like the cymbals should be brought down a bit, they kind of dominate the mix. But that's a totally uneducated opinion, so don't take me too seriously.

You know what's embarassing? Trying to give a grown man a giant box o' porn!

I like the music. In terms of tone, I think the guitar needs more attack, it all sounds a bit muffled. You could say it's "heavy" perhaps, but not aggressive. Also, with the drum beats I'd try to avoid hitting the same cymbal repeatedly in straight time. When every hit sounds the same it can...

I too seem to suffer from artistid ADD. Can't seem to stick to any one project long enough to finish it. On the plus side, that sounds pretty good man. I'm looking at recording some stuff (just on my own, nothing professional) in a similar way, so it bodes well for me.

I'd recommend playing the traditional right-handed way. For one, your choices will often be really limited in terms of lefty guitars to buy. Also, for the majority of guitar styles your fret hand will be working a lot harder than your picking hand (the exceptions being complex metal palm...

listening to these guys is a bit like listening to classical music. Some songs can be appreciated by anyone, but for most of them you really need to gain a deeper understanding of the music to get into it. Every time I attempt to learn a Vai song (attempt being the operative word) I instantly...

http://www.guitargrimoire.com/gt01.htm The guitar grimoire. This is something of an industry standard despite the cheesy title and terrible website. The thing has every mode of every scale (including several artificial scales) diagrammed in great detail. You could literally buy this and never...

Out of curiosity, what did you use for the guitar tone?

I like it, it's got kind of an Against Me! feel to it. I agree though that the acoustic should be significantly louder.

Yes, the ibanez S-series would probably be good too. They have the same neck as the RG's with a more contoured body and a much fancier bridge which you should really read up on (ZR tremolo).

I checked out the tonelab demos. They sound really nice (to my untrained ear anyway) but seem to lean more towards the country/blues/folk end of things, which I won't be playing a lot of. The pod xt is out of my price range so it basically comes down to the v-amp 2 or the pod 2.0. From...

What about overall? I'd like to play a bit of both, if possible.

The title pretty much says it all. Is the extra price of the Pod worth it? A lot of reviews I've read indicate that you're just paying a lot more for a product that's only marginally better, if that.

In many cases, I believe dkerwood is right on this one. I'd say that with loud independant bands at least (this doesn't really apply to people who play acoustically) the live sound quality is usually bad enough that no one can hear the majority of what a guitarist is playing anyway. Bands with...