Can you explain these guitar efects to me?
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Start off by having your pointer finger on the first fret of the low E string and your middle finger on the second fret of the same string. \nA hammer on is when you have your pointer finger on the first fret of your high E string and you 'hammer' your middle finger down on the second fret (or which ever fret is called for) You aren't playing the second fret necessarily just bouncing your finger off of it.\nA pull off is similar put sort of the opposite. You start with your middle finger on the second fret and pull it off real quick so you get a partial sound out of that fret as well as the first fret (which you would all so be fingering.)\nHarmonics are when you place your finger very lightly over the metal bar that makes the fret. This can be kind of tricky and takes practice. You are listening for a sound that doesn't quite sound like a normal note, it's in between and has a bizarre sort of sound.\nStaccato (I think, trying to remember) is playing by scratching your pick against the string.\nI hope this helped. Check out some of the many guitar websites like guitarbasics.com for more info.
945070
Well to be honest it's not my style but if you like it that's what matters. I looked at the features and the reviews for it and it sounds like an excellent instrument. The style is a little much for me, but then again I'm middle aged and play acoustic. Never really cared for electric.But to each his own. Keep strumming. Peace
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I agree with the above answer. Go to the music store and play some guitars by Fender, Gibson, and Ibanez that cost more than what you can afford. When you find what you like, write down the model name and number and go to eBay or a pawnshop and get it for the price you can afford to pay. I would keep about $60 in reserve so you can take it to your local instrument repair shop to have it set up (usually about $30) and re-stringed (about another $30 if you get good strings).
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Whew, take a look at this guy.\n\nhttp://www.prestonreed.com\n\nA couple short easy to watch videos: one of them instructional.\n\nhttp://homespun.powerusermedia.com/Homespun_Tapes/VD-PRE-PF01_Concert2.wmv\n\nhttp://homespun.powerusermedia.com/Homespun_Tapes/VD-PRE-GT01_Guitar2.wmv\n\n*may need to right-click and 'save target as'
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Phase shifter is kinda hard to describe. It's kind of like having someone mess with your EQ while you play. It always sounds futuristic to me, like some rocket blasting off.  I think one of the guitarists from the Eagles uses one in the solo to Hotel California.\nCompression Sustainer- Say you hooked your guitar up to a life monitor (EKG) and played some notes. The levels would spike up and down. They would go up at first, then go down as the string stopped spinning.  A compressor will stop the levels from going past a certain point, and make them more stable, thus making the notes last longer.  Basically, it will stop one or two chords from being louder than the rest and make a individual note last longer.\n\nI would look at a multi-effect rack mounted device. I have a Peavy Pro-Fex II, that I bought over ten years ago.  It has compression, Phase shifter and a whole bunch of other stuff on it.  Distortion, chorus, delay, EQ, reverb, you name it, this thing can do it.  It was only about $150, and that was ten years ago. You can probably get a lot nicer one for the same price.\nPut your local music store through the ringer.  Take your guitar there and try every pedal they have.  You should be bugging the crap out of these people, hanging out in their store everyday, anyways. Don't worry, that's why they're there!
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http://guitargeek.com/chat/showthread.php?threadid=75576\n\ntry talking to these guys,,,
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I have been playing guitar for the past 30 years. I too play a variety of music and have owned many guitars. I would say from my experience that it really depends on you and what you are attemping to play. I had both a Fender Strat and a Gibson Les Paul (plus others). As an example the Gibson was more versatile where as the Fender has a thin neck to really rip out a riff or two quickly. I would suggest going to a music store and play both or many to see which "feels" and sounds right for you. Another is to find articles or info on the net of artists that are playing the music you want to play. I am a huge Paul McCartney fan and I know through research  what equipment he is playing on and for what songs.  This not only helped me learn the tunes accurately but better appreciate the guitars that the pros's use to create what sounds they are getting from them. Good luck in your research!!
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As a fellow self-taught guitar player.. I understand your dillemma. I taught myself off of tabs and chords.. mainly from Ultimate-Guitar.com or 911tabs.com.\n\nIf you cant find them on those sites then Im sorry.. but I bet you will!\n\nx♥x
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I've played one, and I agree, for as cheap as the artcore series is, they are some very good guitars, anyone looking for a good guitar definately needs to look at these. I currently have a carvin dc400 with active electronics and a air norton in the neck and a duncan sh10 full shred  in the bridge. it's an awesome combination. I'm currently looking into a new acoustic, but if I didn't have the carvin, I'd definately look into it more
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You need to play the notes that coincide with the string of the same note and turn tuning peg till same note is played.  It's very hard to explain in writing about tuning and the different wave cycles that are heard between the two notes.  Best bet, purchase a guitar tuner...if it's not an acoustic, that is.  \n\nGo here for a small explanation.  \nhttp://www.guitarsite.com/tuning.htm#how\n\nthis will help if you do not know keyboard layout.\nhttp://www.doremifasoft.com/pikeystmap.html
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thnx for ur suggestions u gave me abt improving my guitar.\ni'm playing it for 6 months,practicing on my own with few professional help.i mostly like plucking,so i've practised some songs such as:one last breath,nothing else matters,fade to black,unforgiven2,breakdown, dust in the wind,holiday,don't cry,so close,n some others including my own n local songs.
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Good question.  I'll try to keep it short.  The sound is produced by the string vibrations, this also causes the face of the guitar and other strings to vibrate.  The sound from the vibrating guitar string goes into the sound hole, bounces arround, then comes out out, but louder from the soung hole.  This is why accoustic guitar are louder than unamplified electric guitars.  \n\nIf you wish to use a mic, I recommend an onmi-directional microphone into an amp.  Then you can use the effects loop if your amp has one.  Remember onmi-directional mics pick up from all directions.  So if you are near the bass amp, you may want to consider exact placement.\n\nBest wishes.
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You sound like you are after a beginner's guiitar, do the following:\n\n1)Take a guitar lesson (anywhere between £15-£25 an hour usually, depending on where you live) and look on the net to find how to play the major choards, but in particular a G major, F major, any major barre chord, and a B minor.\n2) Have another few lessons and learn the pentatonic blues scale 1st position (sound difficult, but it isn't and your instructor should make it clear) + play the chords again.\n3) Go into a guitar shop and try playing what you've learnt on - A Stratocastor, a Les Paul, an SG, an Ibenez and then any other you like the look of or they recommend.\n4) Spend a good chunck of time playing each until you find one that feels comfortable.\n\nYou should have a good idea of whick one to buy now, the other major consideration is the sound you're after though. Basically Humbuckers = Rock/Metal, Single Coil pickups = better for softer, cleaner sounds.\n\nDiscuss this with them at the shop and mail me or ask on here again if in any doubt.\n\nPeople band names about like Fender and Gibson, and to some degree they are right, but I'd never buy a guitar I'd not played. I owned a modified Gibson Studio worth £700 but traded it in for an Epiphone Les Paul standard that I now gig with and to me it is better.\n\nRemember, Slash's main guitar is a hand built one by a now dead guitar maker, he bought around 50 odd £1000+ guitars and still never found one he liked as much.
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every guitar has a different feel, different tone, ect.\n\npicking the right guitar for you is a personal thing that no one else can answer for you\n\nhowever, imo i think ibanez's play VERY well, but go for what sounds and feels right TO YOU not these other people who answer for you
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Find your local instrument store and pick up a used acoustic bass (no amps, no cables, ready to go) a cheap ten dollar tuner and a book with CD that shows scales and riffs. You can prob'ly leave spending under $200 on the right day. Or, Guitar Center or one of the other big stores sells fairly decent starter sets including the bass amp cord tuner bag book and some other thing under $200. But decent means when you learn what you're hearing you'll wanna sacrifice your instrument to the gods. But ya gotta start somewhere.
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you can use different effect pedals, and distortion, and all that. and as for the pick, you can use it in the beginning, but i would advise you not to. as you get better you will find you don't really need it, and it will just cause bad habits.
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You can try this site for help:\n\nhttp://www.1728.com/guitar.htm\n\nbut I suspect you're going to want to take it to a decent music shop that has very knowledgeable techs. This won't be a walk in the park for you.\n\nGood luck!\n\nKabum