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Topic: Guitar advice needed
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pppaaaüüülll
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posted August 30, 2006 12:55
    
Hi fellas,i used to play guitar when i was about 12 yrs old and haven't done it ever since. But i want to pick it up again only then slightly differently. This is my idea. I am going to buy a decent electric guitar! But the thing i always wanted to learn to play is thrash. The kind of guitar you hear when you play "Ride the Lightening" - by Metallica or even better "THrash Attack" by Destruction. You know what i mean? The question is how do you get such a sound. What technique, how do i use the plectrum and most important: what kind of guitar or amplifier should i buy? I hope some of you are willing to teach me this. thanks. -------------------- trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr
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pppaaaüüülll
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posted August 30, 2006 13:06
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Originally posted by Mezcalhead:
I would ask Emlyn K.
Allright then: Emlyn could you please give me some advice? thanks Others that want to share, please do...  -------------------- trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr
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Emlyn K Helicopter
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posted August 30, 2006 15:26
Golly, cheers for the vote of confidence mez!Paul - you live in Holland, right? Thomann is where I get all my gear these days. You could get a reasonable quality LTD package like this for 240 euros. Work out how much you want to spend (about 250-300 euros) and go for a guitar you like the look of. You gotta like it enough to want to pick it up every day. The amps these things come with won't sound like Ride The Lightning - but nothing does. You can get Behringer pedals for 20 euros these days, or a multi-fx thing for 50. If you're absolutly determined to play thrash, and have a spare 800 euros, don't fuck about - get one of these babys. The difference between an 800 euro guitar and a 200 one is that it's easier to play, sounds better, stays in tune and makes you to take it seriously because you just spent a shitload of cash on it, and your woman will give you hassle if you don't. Anyway, once you actually have the thing - heres how you learn to play guitar: 1. Pick up the guitar and play it until your fingers hurt, then stop. 2. Do it again the next day. It doesn't matter what you play - just let your fingers do their thing. 3. Do it again the next day, and every day after that for ever. I'm not joking. If you stop, you begin to suck very quickly. 4. After about a year and a half you should be able to play For Whom The Bell Tolls all the way through - except the solos 5. After two and a half years you can play Ride The Lightning and have a fair crack at the solos. 6. After four years you might do a passable impression of Creeping Death 7. After 17 years I'm still trying to get past the first few bars of Fight Fire with Fire. That shits FAST! Good luck. Playing guitar makes you look even cooler than smoking pastel-coloured cigarettes. -------------------- Der der der-der DER! Der der der-der DER! DER!
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Emlyn K Helicopter
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posted August 30, 2006 17:37
If the Mayor's rig doesn't get you the Ride The Lightning sound, I don't know what will!If it gets you the RRROOOAAARRR!!! sound I suggest you consult an qualified service engineer. Paul - never mind about what strings or picks or pedals and shit, just save up as much as you and the missus feel ok spending on a piece of painted wood, go into a guitar shop and try a bunch of them. Ask for something with hot humbuckers, a fixed bridge, and an airbrushed womans face on the front. Don't get a BC Rich unless you have over a grand. The cheap ones are NASTY. -------------------- Der der der-der DER! Der der der-der DER! DER!
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jf
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posted August 31, 2006 07:43
 the offending piece of wood  It's a 1972 SG copy, complete with cracked machinehead  Through the mickey mouse noisemaster 3001 (also known as the orange box from hell) it makes an awefull lot of racket. i love it. -------------------- (11) Le texte original dit quatorze, mais maintes raisons invitent à supposer que, dans la bouche d'Astérion, ce nombre représente l'infini.
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pppaaaüüülll
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posted September 07, 2006 03:08
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Originally posted by Mezcalhead:
So Paul are you practicing HERE yet?
Haha, i watched this at work with no sound. Watching his fingers he is pretty fast... I found this Epiphone Explorer for $500,- second hand. But my wife told me to hold my horses for the time being for other things to buy first. FOOK -------------------- trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr
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pppaaaüüülll
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posted September 09, 2006 06:49
He, people. I bought a guitar. Explorer by Epiphone. a black one.  I followed your advice not to buy a cheap one and just pick one i liked hang it around my neck and feel. Wow was that a feeling!! I bought an amplifier "VOX" along with it. The man in the shop showed me some tricks to get some nice tunes out of it. It is second hand but looking as new. Now i need to practice a lot. I do not know all the chords (most of them i don't
 ) All together it costed me around $600,- Now i want to learn "Return to the Eve" wich looks not so difficult to learn to me. Has anyone the tabs to that song? Again thank you all for your kind advice and i hope i made the right choice.  I talked to a friend of mine who is in a band, "Vrolijk Pasen" what means happy easter. He is going away for a year abroad. He asked me to take over his place. They play songs like Bon Jovi, Rage against the machine. I do not know if this is going to work on such a short notice. We'll see.... -------------------- trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr ta trrrrr
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posted August 30, 2006 13:19
posted September 09, 2006 14:07
Paul! Now your boys will want one too.
