I think I find one I like....the Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff. More controls than Boss distortion pedals, and I read excellent reviews on it. Thanks for your advice, though.
302 2008-09-12 20:54:47
Re: Boss pedals (8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
I'm new to the world of pedals and effects....I know there's a ton of crap out there....but I need some advice on buying. I'm thinking about the Metal Zone, but there's a DigiTech pedal that has the Boss Metal Zone incorperated into it along with several other distortion pedals, for 10 bucks cheaper than a Metal Zone, mind you. The thing is, I don't want to play exclusively metal stuff-I'd like a pedal where I can go from blues to rock to metal. Any reccomendations?
303 2008-09-10 22:04:37
Topic: A good shred song? (0 replies, posted in Electric)
Hey guys I'm not very accomplished with alternate picking.....but I was wondering if anyone can offer a fairly easy (ie, not Yngwie Malmsteen) shred-instrumental thing to play. If anything like that exists.....or should I just work with different scales? If so what scales should I utilize?
304 2008-09-10 20:49:50
Re: Boss pedals (8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
I'm going to the local music shop to try out some Boss pedals and some (cheap) Danelectros. I'm bringing my guitar and amp to see what combining my amp's distortion with the DS-1 will get! And if the Dano sounds ok, I might get that, cuz it's only 18 bucks!
305 2008-09-09 23:06:23
Topic: Boss pedals (8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Hey, I'm looking for a pedal that can get some more distortion out of my 30-watt solid state amp, and I've read (and actually heard in action) that Boss pedals are pretty good. I know a guy who has a Metal Zone and it sounds sweet, but I really don't want to spend almost $100 on one, and I've read that the Metal Zone is a bit of a one-trick pony anyway. I was wondering if buying a DS-1 would be a better idea, then I can get distortion without having my amp screaming, but if I do want a heavier sound, I can combine the pedal with the overdrive on my amp. What do you guys think of this idea? If anyone owns either pedal or has a different pedal to reccomend, please offer any opinions!
306 2008-09-09 11:16:01
Re: Soloing/key/chord progression questions... (6 replies, posted in Electric)
Thanks for that link! That will be very helpful.
307 2008-09-06 01:01:21
Re: Soloing/key/chord progression questions... (6 replies, posted in Electric)
Or is it a matter of knowing what key you're in, so you have a guideline of what notes-frets to play?
308 2008-09-05 01:43:37
Topic: Soloing/key/chord progression questions... (6 replies, posted in Electric)
I just started playing in a jazz band (unfortunately my guitar skills aren't at the level they need to be to play for something like this, so I play trombone), and I'm curious about how some of the guitar soloing is done. It gives the chords on the sheet, but at the guitar solo section there's just chords. How do you play a solo just by using the chords? Does knowing the scales based on the chords allow you to do this? How do you know what scale is based on a Bb9, for example? This is one thing that baffles me still-I can read down tabs just fine, and strum along or play fingerstyle with chords, but to play a solo I need to see tabs. Can anyone help me here?
309 2008-09-05 01:20:41
Topic: Can anyone give me some tips on alternate picking? (3 replies, posted in Electric)
If anyone can offer any advice on alternate picking, sweep picking, or just how to play faster, please let me know, thanks.
310 2008-09-02 11:01:25
Re: GUITAR ANGELS (7 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
gitaardocphil wrote:
Well dear fellow chordian, that's a mystery. As you know I do quit a lot of research BEFORE posting a topic (80% = blood, swear and tears to find what I want).
I mentioned this after the "amazing discovery" of some lists about the best guitar players.
If you see the first thread I mention GUITAR GODS like CLAPTON, HENDRIX, SRV, JEFF BECK and JIMMY PAGE and probably I forget a few. I didn't mention SATRIANI, VAI, MALMSTEEN. They are fantastic and great guitar players but my opinion is that these guitarists are VERY, VERY SKILLED because they had probably A MUSIC EDUCATION. Malmsteen is an amazing player but is he really playing straight from the heart or is he showing us HOW GOOD HE IS?
Try to find 5 different lists of the top 100 guitar players and the results will never be the same.
You will find indeed one constant factor: Hendrix, Page, Beck, SRV, Clapton in the top 10. I also mentioned that in one list GILMOUR is on 9 and in another list on 56. "LISTMANIA" is strange.
In the Rolling Stone top 100 you will find Mark Knopfler on 27. If I put a CD in my CD player with JJ CALE you will be convinced that it is Mark Knopfler. I would rather say that KNOPFLER has PERFECTED the JJ CALE style. And so we can start to discuss about who influenced who, which gives us a nice new topic.
Sorry, I meant the top 100 list, not yours. I didn't see Malmsteen, Johnson, or Satriani on there. Also, you're right about the "listmania". I really don't care who Rolling Stone puts on their top-100 list. I have my own list, so it doesn't matter 
311 2008-08-31 16:43:32
Re: I love a lot of PHRASES underneath an answer or thread so.... (46 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
"Stifle yourself"-Archie Bunker
312 2008-08-31 16:40:31
Re: GUITAR ANGELS (7 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Clapton is great, but I question why he's above SRV. I read through that whole list and didn't see Yngwie Malmsteen, Eric Johnson, or Joe Satriani mentioned. Steve Vai may have made the list, I'm not sure. Yeah, I do agree that Hendrix is a bit overrated. So are Pete Townsend and Carlos Santana, both of whom are on that list from Rolling Stone.
313 2008-08-31 16:37:06
Re: Altered tunings (3 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Drop tunings are really cool but you don't have to change the way you finger chords normally. Drop-D is probably the most common, but if your low E string can handle it, you can go to drop-C, or even lower (I once playd an acoustic piece in drop-A). If you learn to play slide, you can experiment with open tunings like open D or G.
314 2008-08-30 15:35:27
Re: YES THE DOC IS BACK: Cover songs better than the original song (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
SRV's Little Wing is pretty much just as good if not better than Hendrix's.
316 2008-08-27 16:20:16
Re: Dee? (4 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Dee, by Randy Rhoads (though it appeared on Ozzy Osbourne's album)
317 2008-08-27 14:29:51
Re: Are there bands who got a tremendous poularity caused by a member? (8 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Pete Townsend-The Who?
318 2008-08-27 13:11:48
Re: how to learn TABS (3 replies, posted in Acoustic)
e
B
G These are your 6 strings "e" is the top string, the high E-note, and "E" is the bottom string, the low E-note.
D The numbers you see are the fret you play that particular string on. Like this:
A
E
e 3
B 0
G 0
D 0
A 2
E 3
That would be tab for a G-major chord picked one note at a time from low to high, since you finger a G-major 320003.
319 2008-08-27 01:39:17
Topic: Dee? (4 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I just found tabs for this amazing little instrumental. Does anyone have any information on this song?
320 2008-08-26 13:30:53
Re: Maybe string bends will be possible now (4 replies, posted in Electric)
That's right I do remember someone saying how their friend takes them off and it looks weird with the extra tuners and stuff.
321 2008-08-26 01:13:45
Topic: Maybe string bends will be possible now (4 replies, posted in Electric)
Well, I'm fed up with not being able to play very fast or bend the strings on my Dano 12-string more than 1/2 step, so tonight I removed the 6 high-octave strings. Wow, now it's a completely different creature. I can bend the top strings up a full step and more! Songs sound "right" now. If I get sick of the 6-strings I can always put some new high-octave ones back on. Anyone else do this with a 12-string (electric or acoustic)?
322 2008-08-24 16:15:57
Re: Pickup covers (9 replies, posted in Electric)
DrewDruncan wrote:
BTW, under the cover, lipstick pickups do not look like much. They are made of an Alnico II bar magnet and thousands of loops of fine enameled wire. Being forced into the cover makes the wire wrap a little bent and crooked looking. Some have goopy wax in there too, plus the wire is very fragile. - not the best choice for using without a cover.
Oh, I didn't know that. Well, whatever. Thanks!
323 2008-08-24 00:34:29
Re: Pickup covers (9 replies, posted in Electric)
I like the look of covers on humbuckers, but mine are singles and the lipstick covers look a bit goofy.
324 2008-08-21 13:13:23
Re: MOST STUPID ALBUM and/or TITLES (4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Where the heck did the name "Classical Gas" come from?
325 2008-08-20 02:28:05
Re: pls help, teaching myself, i hope (10 replies, posted in Acoustic)
ApeDoctor brought this up-chords change as you move them, because the notes that make them up are changing. However there's more than one way to finger a certain chord-take C, for example. You can finger C x32010 (you don't play the bottom string because the "3" on the A string is a C-note, the bottom note of the chord), or you can finger a B (which is quite difficult at first) and take it up one fret-one half step-so it becomes 335553. Likewise an open G chord, 320003, can be fingered by making an F chord (an E chord up one fret, one half step) and taking it up two frets (two whole steps), so you finger 355433.
Chords also are changed if you put a capo on the guitar, but all the capo does is the same thing barring that fret would do, but it allows you to finger chords that would be extremely difficult or impossible to finger using barre chords in an easier way. I hope I didn't confuse you with all this! Happy playing