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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:15 pm
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Hey guys i just recorded this im using a 96 strat plus if anybody wants to know. Just give it a listen and give me some tips. I'm 13 and have been playing for 2 years.


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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:27 pm
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Ok heres the hard line.
Some of your bends are sharp some are flat, some of your note choices sound hurried.

Heres the good stuff.
Excellent rhythm track, great playing on that rhythm track realy.
Very fluid bends, your straight to the note with no messing (even when you went sharp or flat), it shows great confidence in your playing and rightly so.
Beautifull seemless slides.

playing two years you say, ive been playing 23, can i have some lessons :oops:

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:57 pm
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What nikininja said...
Pretty good your tone was a tad on the high side if you're playing on the bridge try rolling off some of the treble somewhere between 5 and 7 (could have been my puter speakers). Timing was good. Work on your bends. I liked it. I wish I played like that when I was your age.

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:06 pm
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thanks it was a bit hurried, and i was playing through a solid state marshall beginner amp because it had a line in. I think u guys are right i listened back and the bends are a little harsh.
Please keep them coming be honest I want to improve.


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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:44 pm
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Theres not a lot to improve upon that wont happen naturaly for you mate. Bends, tone, note selection, it all comes together with practice. Btw dont blame your tranny marshall some great tones have been captured through solidstate amps, you were a little trebley, so what. Like no one heres never had a bad guitar sound. My first recordings were abysmal, i dont have a copy of em even though it was a indie label published album. I think most guitarists get nervous when they first hear emselves coming through a hifi.

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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:10 pm
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I liked it. The more you listen to blues and play blues the more fluid and creative and "authentic" you will become. The fact that you even want to play blues puts you way ahead of almost everyone else your age.

As far as tone, you can't get much more "trebly" than Albert Collins "The Iceman". So if it sounds good to you it is correct.

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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:47 am
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At 13, for two years, amazing, really. At any age, very good too.

Some quick notes...
- good tones, lot of grit in there, i love that
- bends need to be more precise
- good chops
- you can be a little "lazier" on some of the phrasing, just here and there on some riffs, to sound more bluesy/jazzy
- don't overplay, not that you did, but don't worry about playing too many notes
- a little "tension" is great, as long as you resolve it (jazz philosophy)


... and that's just me being nitpicky. Nice job though.


If you're not already, listen to some Stevie Ray Vaughan and old Jeff Beck. Learning some of their stylings and riffs will make your own ideas come out better I think.

Keep jamming :)


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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:56 pm
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I think you did a lot of nice bending for your age. Your bends are what will seperate the boys from the men. You hear it all the time in GC, with the young 'uns doing their Yngwie speed runs but can't bend. Lots of speed but no real control.

For you, it just needs to be a little more controlled; sometimes you are a little sharp and sometimes a tad flat. But ... reallly ... overall, very nice work. Really. You have the makings of a really good lead player.

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