ahhh.....i learned something new today.

i don't see why using a .09 makes you a whimp. it's just preference. isn't THAT what this is all about. some people prefers thicker gauge, some doesn't. some people prefers low action, some doesn't. besides, .09 is easier to bend anyway.

it's the same case for all trems. for .09, 3 springs should "lessen" the effect.

fast solos requires alternate picking. u can't do the fade to black solo with only down picking, it's tiring(sounds horrible too). the trick is try to predetermine the position of your fingers, on both hand. minimize the movement of your hand, let your fingers move around. and, practice helps. i'm having trouble with sweet child's solo where the wah came it, but i'm almost nailing it .

masters is on downstroke. but this is rhythm part, not solo part. so it can be done with downstroke.

1st, check your positioning(guitar and hand). make sure you're comfortable and your wrist can strike easily. why? i find it difficult to downstroke on a sitting position, standing is easier.
2nd, warm up. always warm up before doing masters. it'll be painful and tiring if you just dive in.
3rd, use only your wrist and fingers(right hand). try to get your right hand into a smooth motion.

hope that helps. if you find MOP is difficult, try blackend (with downstroke of course) .

hope my advice above can help.

yeah, MoP is actually easy once you get the hang of it. although some part is a bit tricky, i salute you if you can downstroke the interlude riff after the solo, just before getting back to main riff. the one with C scale i think(?).

the rule of thumb that i usually follow is:
1. crank up the bass till the amp starts to buzz, then backup a few notch
2. crank the treble so that it'll balance the bass
3. add mids as desired.

i found that eq settings differs a lot from one gear to another, so the mid-scoop setting may not necessary be the best. just use your ears.

my 2 cents.

i don't think u should go with the mid-scoop way, since you wanted to add more tone to your guitar. try putting in more mids instead. try to balance the mids and treble.

try not to use the notches to gauge balance. all 8 doesn't necessarily means balanced. heck, it'll sound horrible actually, no matter on what gear. just try the steps i've posted, it have helped me a lot. the hard part is to get the balance between bass and treble. the mids depends on your taste. believe me, mids does help put some crunch in your tone, don't neglect it. even for metal.

hmmm......sounded good. can't wait for the whole thing to come out. no more drop tuning crap.

btw, listening again, that song sounded like "fade to black" in patterns.

slow-->heavy interlude-->slow-->heavy interlude-->solo

unforgiven III is out in youtube. cool song, though i still prefer the riff and solo of unforgiven II. anyway, i'm sure gonna get the CD, at least no more st. anger crap.

add-on: dang, all nightmare long has some pretty cool riff. metallicious. hammet still won't ditch his wah though.

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Sep 6 2008, 06:54 AM

i see nothing wrong with that. unforgiven II solo is one of my favourite solo. i agree on the drum roll part, it gives some relations for the title.

yes, you have to bend it together. you can get by with only bending the B, but it will kill the <i forgot the name> effect. i think it's "artificial harmonic".


This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Sep 23 2008, 10:29 AM

well i believe what he is referring to is something similar to the starting of the "enter sandman" solo. in which case, the B(15) string is used to create artificial harmonics(?) to the e(12) string. in most cases, usually only bending the B(15) will work too (without the artificial harmonics).

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Sep 23 2008, 01:17 PM

as i said, i can't recall what it's actually called. (see the question mark?)

bending said notes together (e12 and B15) will cause some sort of effect (which i can't recall the name) that is used in many rock solo patterns.

i use guitar pro. even better than a band i think. the only mistake would come from me and i only have myself to blame .

using a backtrack is another option(free), but i can't edit anything on it. the most common problem i have is tuning. I'm on FR, and i've set it to 1/2 step. GP allows me to detune all the songs i like to 1/2 step . no prob having to retune my guitar.

....only if all the band member shares a common interest.

which section was it? i just got back from that place, lots of books with cheap price. gonna go there again tomorrow and buy a whole bunch .

the thing is, with the MT-2, most people tends to just scope the mids. this is why it won't cut through. play around with the mids and mid frequency and it'll cut through most things, provided with a good pickup of course. the MT-2 is really versatile provided you know how to set it up(well, gain isn't everything to me).

i'm on d'addario exl120. yeah, have to agree, with proper care, most strings will tahan lasak one.

hey, i thought "meh" is a chinese word. any chinese to verify?

number of springs is affected by string gauge. in order to do a drop C, you need bigger gauge strings, thus if you're not already using it, you'll have to add springs.

so yeah, like everdying said, "its everything to do with the springs.".

tips: always, have a spare fixed bridge guitar for alternate tuning. leave your FR one alone.

ok, i was fooling around with a recording software. i was recording a few stuff(crappy) to test things out a few hours back. when i listened to it, i kinda like it. i've been using this new setting for a couple of months, but never tried to record it. so this is a surprise to me, my old setting didn't sound as nice when recorded. so click on the url below, it should stream if you have quicktime. downloading is faster, 900Kb snippet.

clicky

the question is, with apologies to the bad playing(no warm up), did i nailed the sound (in terms of NICE sounding)? sounds pretty sweet to my ears. share your opinion please. is this sound setting a keeper?

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Nov 25 2008, 12:10 AM

my bad. i think external linking is not allowed. copy the link to a new tab/windows.

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Added on November 25, 2008, 12:14 amnothing really. i did it all the time. polishing the fretboard as i change the strings. try searching in youtube, u need to block the FR to take out all the strings. the FR might come off if you don't.

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Nov 25 2008, 12:14 AM