Guitarists only!! licks/tab/songs

man you just have to sit down and dedicate yourself. tabs are great. find somewhere online that really teaches you how to read tabs. several years ago tabcrawler.com was the best site to find good tabs. they also had a great article/write up on how to read them. however, last time i went there my virus protection went ape shit so i don't go there anymore. also, there are much better sites now anyhow.

learn how to play "Simple Man" by lynyrd skynyrd. it's the perfect song to develop good picking skills. get it down with a pick first and work on your technique. if youre going from a higher string to a lower string, pick "up", not down. does that make since? most beginners will try to down pick every string instead of up and down. with "simple man" your hand should end up looking like it's waving up and down the strings, because the progression goes up and down.
after you get it down, drop the pick and use your fingers. you can do sooooo much more and play soooo many cool songs by finger picking. it will take a long time to train your hand and fingers to do what your brain wants them to do, but it's worth it. for finger picking, "Dust in the Wind" is a great song to try and master.

practice, practice, practice.

 

I need to find a good tube amp, but not interested in dropping 500 bucks on one. Interested in something with 1 12" speaker and at least 40 watts.

I like the Valveking 112s...

any other options?

 

find a Fender Blues Junior on craigslist. pretty good and time tested tubey. been thinking about getting one myself.

 

I'm worried the fender amps won't give me as much distortion as I sometimes like. Just need to play on one I guess.

 

I won a Boss RC-3 Looper Pedal today off Ebay, anyone have any experience with these? I'm really hoping it will bring my playing to another level as a practice tool. Super pumped for it to get here!

 

bump this shit up. Who's playin nowadays?

 

all the time dude. . . how you been

just recorded this for you. didnt mess with my mic, or what room i was playing it in so the quality is terrible. just thought id throw i up though.

ive become addicted to finger picking. my latest project has been that old school bass role where you get your thumb to do the alternating bass and the other fingers to pick the song. freaking hard. it's just a matter of telling your thumb to think different than your other fingers. bout got it down though. can play about 6 or 7 different songs with that pattern.

like i said, this was hurried, but you get the idea.

Will The Circle Be Unbroken
https://soundcloud.com/jgwheeler17/will-the-circle-be-unbroken

i apologize once again for the crap quality haha.

 

Interesting to see this thread show up! I'm a guitar player too!!

 

the OP is very lazy and rarely comes around

 

HAHHA! true, very true.
Good to see you wheeler.

 

Welcome sir.
Spring is here and alot of us are doing other things but we need to keep this alive.

 

Sounds good. I havnt touched my guitars in a while.
You need to pack some beers up and come down to gville. Need to finish getting this studio up.

 

and I still have my Tascam dpcf 8 track up for sale and my tripplexxx Peavey fs.
Good stuff. barely used.

 

Yeah I've been quite busy myself, I do get around playing guitar, just maybe il get around doing some kind of recording lol

 

dude you know id love to pick with you sometime. . . maybe sometime in the future worse case we'll sit around a TW organized campfire and do a little show haha. im pissed i wont be able to make it to uwharrie in two weeks.

i know man, i saw that FS thread pop back up in my CP the other day. great price on great gear. i'd love to have something like that. with everything going on in my life right now (graduation, moving, etc) my money is unfortunately going to "more important" things

 

Made this video for another forum showing what happens when you use the iphone to film guitar strings in direct sunlight - just a little warm up diddy. I'll get around to taking a video of the new stuff I have been working on; much more intricate and complex chordings. Acoustic all the way!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMoDDDiXxyE

 

bump

 

Damn I forgot about this thread.

I didn't touch any of my rig last semester to focus on school. Rough one. Never really did start back until I got a gig call one Tuesday. "Can you learn 40 songs by Friday night?" Since then—bout two months—I been gigging with this country band. Been a lot of fun, really got the desire to play again, and it's finally got me working on my blues and country chops, comp, etc.

Let me see if I can find a video from our last gig...

 

I am working on the rhythm for this. I think I have it,, Anyone do lead?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdVDy8ioG_o

 

this isn't me..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Sh9cKEDH0

but i have been working on it for a friends wedding next month. it's a challenge, but really not too difficult. im probably going to have to play it with the sheet music/tab as there is no way i'll have it memorized in a month, but still, fun project and a good challenge. i'll see if i can post up a video im proud of when i get it down.