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A good book of scales and modes for guitar. Not just a bunch of licks or speed execerises. I'm looking for something to show me what I'm playing, not how to play it.

A Chessmate nylon string accoustic was my first guitar A Hondo All Star (strat style H & H Red with Black pickguard like Night Ranger's Brad Gillis) was my first real guitar :rolleyes:

There is a mystic force that has been teaching guitarists of all styles to play guitar. Hendrix: Nope Stevie Ray Vaughn: nada Van Halen, Clapton, Malmsteen, or even Les Paul??? No on all accounts It's Mel Bay. Go find one of his beginner’s books. Millions of guitar players started with him...

Don't get this crew started.. . this is an old debate but yes you do get what you pay for. I owned a Gibson Les Paul before it was stolen 15 years ago. I recenty got a Epiphone Les Paul Custom and after new tuners and pick-ups I'm really happy with it. I think it plays better than my old...

How long did it take you to put the guitar together start to finish? How hard was it. I've been thinking about buying one as a side project

I've been reading some reviews of the 500 series and the biggest thing that sticks out is the fact that the tuners stick and the fact that the guitars take so long to fix when they break down. I've been thinking of buying one, but I'm also tempted to wait until I can afford the 700 model or...

just my opinon.... until you know exactly what you want hold onto to your cash. Closets are filled with unplayed guitars bought because they thought they should be playing something else. One day when you at least expect it, the right guitar will jump out at you.

How hard are these things to put together? Do they come with instructions. I know there are some posters that have these so fill me in: what paints did you use? How long did it take you to put it together and can anyone do it?

Is there anything else I need? just wonder what I need next Studio projects C4 (on order) Shure KSM27 Audio Technia 4040 Shure SM57 (2) Audio Technia 2020 Berhinger B1 V-Tech Dynamic (SM58 clone) Senheiser 609 is on my wish list. Do I need anything else in my price range?

I don’t know if people have changed that much. If you think about it music theft has always been around. Though it’s not on the grand scale and same scrutiny as it is today. Back in the 80’s my friends and I were always making tapes for each other. It was common practice that if there were...

A few months ago Guitar World did an article with Butch Vig on the recording of Nevermind. It went into detail about how many vocal tracks he used, what tricks he used, equipment etc.... pretty good read. There might still be a copy on the news stands, or find a guitar player who subscribes or...

Which is what most people spend on beer in a month. Funny how musicans have no problem scrimping, saving, sacrificing and then paying top dollar for a Fender or Taylor but will complain about the price of software. Or will pay for more money for a celebrity endorsed product when the orignal is...

Saw them in OKC.... with Skid Row opening supporting their Subhuman Race album. The band wasn't bad but (Skid Row lead singer) Bach started a rant about how he wanted to kick the guys butt who bombed the Murral Building (less than a year ago at the time) Pretty much turned off the audience...

I'm working on a project where I had a loud singer. I had her properly compressed (so I thought) and the meters never hit the red. However when I got back into my studio and played it back it sounds a bit destrorted when she goes to the higher notes. I know I should have been checking the...

Well this is just me but I've never heard a processor that sounded as good as a Cry Baby, so in that department your better off going for the pedal there. As far as the rest it depends on a few things. Do you play more live or in a studio? What is your budget and what sound are you looking for...

Did some recording with a friend who plays a 6 string bass and sets his amps so the low end comes out strong. On the recordings the bass gets lost in the mix and turns to mud. I’ve tried to EQ and compress it so that it will bring it up, but the bass player really demands that the bass be...

Got it fixed. For anyone using a firepod with AA and has this problem click on the presonus logo at the bottom go to CPU and click low. This seemed to solve the problem.

I upgraded to one gig memory and it does wonders. Check your settings. I believe there is a box to check there if you want to monitor your mix in real time. While your there check your buffers. Raise them a bit over the recomended level (usually AA recomends 8, I do 10) Also might want to...

I was recording my band this weekend. Out of 8 tracks only 3 didn't have an place or two where it sounded like the band skipped ahead a half a beat. When I tried to play a click track or put in a drum look it would still cut out and then come back in off the beat. Latency???? Buffers...

If you've got an amp which gets the tone you want, better to go for a better soundcard. The majority of posters here perfer a amp and mic to a amp sim. Not to say they don't have their uses. I use the PodXt all the time, however I've just been doing demos so I'm going to start hooking up an...