Guitar

[LTb1ow]

Been trying to get back into playing my guitar lately. Figured I could take a photo shot of it. :lol:

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs008.snc1/2856_1147095953593_1113366798_463345_7299523_n.jpg
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs008.snc1/2856_1147096033595_1113366798_463347_3147446_n.jpg

Whatchu think?

[69BirdX]

like it...........ill have to post pics of my dean and SG. The only pics i have right now.............me back in like senior year of HS
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r227/Ames66/Me.jpg

[procamaroz28]

looks like a guitar that batman would own LOL.. jk dont just post pics... giv us some sound clips!!!!!!!!!!!!

[deadtrend1]

I never liked BC Rich. I'm a Jackson and Charvelle fan

[LTb1ow]

Yea not many people like em, bit extravagant I guess is the word. I really like the looks and sound of it. Thin neck and a really light body.

[transmaro93]

bc rich is soooo metal!!!!! yeaaa!!!!!! ahhaah j/k looks nice... i was close to buying a warbeast... the newer one that looks like a warlock but its smaller... but then i got into esp's and havent looked back... love em.... how long have you played for... never knew you played.... i know your ahuge slayer fan... what songs can you play....

[LTb1ow]

Aha, I wish I could play some slayer songs.

I am pretty much a beginner though, I am working on my scales/chords.

[69BirdX]

Im learning All Nightmare Long by Metallica as we speak

[transmaro93]

yo man im still pretty much a beginner too... but i can play some songs.. iv been playing for like maybe 2 years... but only serious for like a year and half... if you ever want to get together and jam maybe i can show you a few things... i mostly play megadeth and metallica stuff though... i can play the beginning of raining blood... but im not really to into slayer so dont really look up to much of their music.... we should have a JSFBOA jam party!!!

[LTb1ow]

Aha, megadeth/metallica... I wasn't aware of a difference. ;)

I am more of a fan of mustaine. And yea, I would be down for a jam session.

[enRo]

I learned guitar when I was 16 and never fell into the groove of it... instead, I play this :nod:

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5096/ibanez.gif

[transmaro93]

hey a good bassist is hard to find.... as far as the megadeth metallica thing... im a fan of both... but mustaine is my idol... actually the sleeve im having drawn up to be tattooed is pretty much a tribute to him and his music... but metallica still wrote some killer songs on their first 5 albums... but that had a lot to with mustaine too... OH and dont forget kerry king played with megadeth for a short time so he probably picked up some of mustaines sound too.... hes just a metal genius nothing more too it... would try to play some more newer stuff but my guitars arent set up for down tunings and dont sound good with them... plus its a pain to down tune all the time you wanna play a song so i just play in standard.... standard sounds better anyway... and btw... metallica and megadeth sound nothing alike... megadeths music is far far far more intricate than metallica... not to mention better lyrics too... and lars is a douch and hammet is way over rated... cliff was the man i never liked newstead... so that just leaves hetfeild... but im prob still going to see them in november anyway hahah

[madness410]

dam dude thats a pretty sweet lookin guitar

[bubba428]

ehh, they just look cool. I'm not a big fan of the electronics they use. I preffer ESP/LTD I've got a LTD MH-300 with the Zakk Wylde EMG 81-85 set. I've got an Über Metal box and a Raven RG100 2x12, evil...so evil.

[91chevywt]

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm43/91chevywt/S3010152.jpg

Theres one of mine. Notice its not a Gibson. Its got a combination of crappy components for a very unique sound. I bought it at Columbus farmer's market for $25 missing a lot of parts. Anybodys up for a bit of jamming in the south jersey area I'm game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97b7qPC91dM

This guitar is awesome, if you havent noticed, I like unique looking and sounding guitars. It is my favorite. The queens of the stone age used it to record a couple songs on their new album and it sounds WILD

[Jam]

no offense, but B.C. Rich sucks donkey dick. they are just heavy POS. I have a Schecter C1-Elite w/ custom whammy bar it owns =], but btw if anyones wants to buy my B.C. Warlock for dirt cheap let me know.

[69BirdX]

Ive been playing for 3 years but i havent had time to practice in the last two so i suck ha ha, I started out playing bass. I think the best guitar to play is my epiphone SG its plays so easy. Im sure a gibson would be better but i cant afford that. I like Deans alot to and jacksons. Never been a fan of BC rich or Ibanez both sound nice but dont like they way they play

[Jam]

lol epiphone (teh cheap gibson) . schecters are the bomb, they f'n rock.

[bubba428]

no offense, but B.C. Rich sucks donkey dick. they are just heavy POS. I have a Schecter C1-Elite w/ custom whammy bar it owns =], but btw if anyones wants to buy my B.C. Warlock for dirt cheap let me know.

lol epiphone (teh cheap gibson) . schecters are the bomb, they f'n rock.

are you done attempting to validate your life?

[GrandmasterCow]

<- Ibanez all the way. Primary: RG-7321. Secondary: RG120Z. Backup: GRX20Z

[LTb1ow]

no offense, but B.C. Rich sucks donkey dick. they are just heavy POS. I have a Schecter C1-Elite w/ custom whammy bar it owns =], but btw if anyones wants to buy my B.C. Warlock for dirt cheap let me know.

Um, have you ever played on one?

Mine is prob the lightest guitar I have played on, and it has a really nice thin neck... I would like to have a whammy bar, but its not needed at the moment.

[Jam]

yah i have a warlock. i've been playing for 7 years. they use cheap ass e-pickups and sound like crap IMO.

[Kat]

I prefer my carvin over all. Personally jacksons and fenders suck ass. I"ve been playing off and on now for about 11 years and a cover band here and there. B.C. Rich's aren't bad at all tho

My main guitar is my carvin V with EMG 81 and 89 and the backup (which I need to finsh painting.Started that 1.5 years ago. lol) is a Guild Star.. Never got the actual model name for it. That has EMG 81 and 60 in it. Also have a Schecter C7+ diamond series limited with whatever crap pickups that came in it. For an amp I have the Line 6 Vetta II :drool:

[LTb1ow]

And how much do Warlocks run?

[transmaro93]

ehh, they just look cool. I'm not a big fan of the electronics they use. I preffer ESP/LTD I've got a LTD MH-300 with the Zakk Wylde EMG 81-85 set. I've got an Über Metal box and a Raven RG100 2x12, evil...so evil.

ESP/LTD FTW!!! haha... i have an ltd ec-400vf with seymour duncans in it... and i have a ltd ex-100 that i custom painted and put seymour duncans in... both guitars are passive pickups... yo matt dont listen to them... you play what feels right in your hands... but i hear ya im ont ready for a whammy either... but what i wanted to tell you is if you want to learn a really easy song look up "for whom the bell tolls" its just the normal 3 string barr chords and some palm mutes... really simple song and fun to play.... i dont know what jam is talking about bc rich being heavy... the warbeast i was looking at was also very light... besides unless your playing blues or somtihng with alot of clean tones... the heavyness really doesnt matter as much... and anything with active pickups will sound the same... you can put active pickups in a peice of ply wood and they would sound good.... haha... warlocks although not super heavy are quite large though i must say.....

[transmaro93]

heres a pick of my babies.... the pic was taken before the blue one was funished obviously...

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x29/transmaro93/new.jpg?t=1241472355

[Jam]

to be quite honest, it's not the guitar, it's the player. what kind of playing do you guys do . I usually just do a lot of sweeps and speed alternate picking . favorite music to play : Trivium and Avenged Sevenfold . Mostly play in D, hate dropping everything to C.

[LTb1ow]

Dropped D :shock:


And you were making fun of my guitar..... :rofl:

[Jam]

huh?

[LTb1ow]

Dropped D is for newbs who wanna make a lotta noise and no clear solos. IMO of course.

[69BirdX]

I love playing Killswitch engange, as i lay dying and trivium. But im to impatient to try and solo

[transmaro93]

i cant shred but i play in standard all the time... just sounds better to me... and matts right... you can make anything sound heavy in drop tunings... it takes more skill to make heavy music in standard.... megadeth... metallica... maiden... priest.... slayer... you get the point... the real "original" metal bands...

[LTb1ow]

Eh, Slayer is dropped D for most of their newer stuff....

[Jam]

that's not true at all. all you are doing is bringing out the convenience of one finger power chords otherwise how else do you figure it's soo much easier. a scale is a scale.....

[91chevywt]

to be quite honest, it's not the guitar, it's the player. what kind of playing do you guys do . I usually just do a lot of sweeps and speed alternate picking . favorite music to play : Trivium and Avenged Sevenfold . Mostly play in D, hate dropping everything to C.

Very very true...what sounds good or plays good to one person is merely a matter of opinion. Almost every guitar has its place in the "food chain" and different guitars are meant for different people. Some may be better off with a B.C. Rich, some may be better off with a Fender.

As far as learning other songs...I don't like to concentrate on that too much...I find that working really hard to learn someone elses style leads to that person "sounding like so-and-so."

[bubba428]

I tune to D standard, then drop, and lots of chuggy chuggy ultimate chug. I play mostly doom metal and thrash, lots of pre-90s metalica, slayer, exodus and megadeth. been learning a lot of zakk whylde stuff lately. Zakk Whylde's bark at the moon is freaking sick!!!

As far as learning other songs...I don't like to concentrate on that too much...I find that working really hard to learn someone elses style leads to that person "sounding like so-and-so."

ehh kinda, I mean I like learning different guitarist styles and getting the playing down identical, then moving on to another. that way my covers sound good and my own stuff has a very mixed sound and I can toss in the EVH tapping, Zakk Whylde artificial-harmonics, malmsteen sweeps, iron maiden harmonized solos. all played with my unique guitar and rig...yea...its ****ing metal as hell...then cut the distortion and kick it with the SRV.

[B4C]

BC rice make some relly nice higher end guitars but ther cheaper stuff really is junk. My frined bought a warlock starter pack and it was the worst guitar ever. I love my solid mahogany Gibson les paul, its heavy as crap but has awsome tone and sustain for days:wink: Im more into blues, jazz, and jam type music, but it has the abillity to crunch out some :twisted:METAL:twisted: from time to time. I currently suck though as I havnt really practiced in about a year.:|

[Jam]

wat i usually do is just blast a song I like and pretend i'm jamming with them. Fbody + Metal = ONe badass mother****er = the guy all girls love .

[69BirdX]

New metallica is in drop d or atleast most of the songs. I Usaly have a my one guitar in standard and the other in C

[HeadlessNorseman]

yo man im still pretty much a beginner too... but i can play some songs.. iv been playing for like maybe 2 years... but only serious for like a year and half... if you ever want to get together and jam maybe i can show you a few things... i mostly play megadeth and metallica stuff though... i can play the beginning of raining blood... but im not really to into slayer so dont really look up to much of their music.... we should have a JSFBOA jam party!!!

I can play bass, guitar, cello..and off for 6-7 years more or less. Lets play in my basement. Noones home weekdays 9-5. Or friday night most weekends

[HeadlessNorseman]

wat i usually do is just blast a song I like and pretend i'm jamming with them. Fbody + Metal = ONe badass mother****er = the guy all girls love .

If you live in mississippi maybe. BTW, avenged is one of my favorite bands. Esp the self titled CD

[Jam]

we should all start a garage band called " the Fbody AvengersssSS".......::cricket cricket:::

[HeadlessNorseman]

we should all start a garage band called " the Fbody AvengersssSS".......::cricket cricket:::

Id be down for that in real life. not on the internet though

[bubba428]

that band would have the biggest ego EVER

[LTb1ow]

Yea, my problem is I listen to some friggen hard ass metal, tough learning curve... lol

And I actually bought a top of the line BC rich, don't ask me why.

[Jam]

"metal" is such a broad word. I used to play some crazy **** . like dillinger escape plan ****.

[LTb1ow]

Metal as in guitar metal. Not some angry person grunting/screaming into a mic.

Slayer, etc.

[Jam]

no i used to listen to **** metal like retarded sporadic scales and shreds. but now I listen to cleaner metal. (where you can understand what they are saying), like Killswitch, A7X, Atreyu, BTBAM, trivium. blah. pretty much bands that sound the same lol.

[DevilDougWS6]

it looks like something you could play at a concert, then start slap chopping heads off.

[Jam]

you're gonna love my nuts lol

[LTb1ow]

it looks like something you could play at a concert, then start slap chopping heads off.

Prob could, the points are pretty damn sharp. :lol:

[transmaro93]

problem with down tunes is your guitar needs to be set up for it.. .and mine arent... but i dont like it anyway... plus whoever said they playin D standard but then said they played all that old thrash.... all that thrash is mostly standard... and old slayer is in standard too... im sorry but a metal song in standard will walk on tuned down song anyday... its so easy to chug chug chug all day long with it tuned to C but to make a song heavy in standard then your talken... MY opinion of coarse... but i feel pretty strong about it....

[transmaro93]

Metal as in guitar metal. Not some angry person grunting/screaming into a mic.

Slayer, etc.

well said!

[69BirdX]

problem with down tunes is your guitar needs to be set up for it.. .and mine arent... but i dont like it anyway... plus whoever said they playin D standard but then said they played all that old thrash.... all that thrash is mostly standard... and old slayer is in standard too... im sorry but a metal song in standard will walk on tuned down song anyday... its so easy to chug chug chug all day long with it tuned to C but to make a song heavy in standard then your talken... MY opinion of coarse... but i feel pretty strong about it....

but its harder to write a song in c or b becasue it sounds so muddy

[transmaro93]

it doesnt sound that muddy if you have the right strings on your rig... just doesnt do it for me... i mean i listen to music with it.. but i dont like to play in it.... ehh my preference i guess...

[LTb1ow]

Stevie Ray Vaughn, if you wanna listen to some good guitar, listen to him. Awesome songs.

[Jam]

i usually play in standard or drop d standard. thats all. and who here besides me can actually write music lol. not in tabs.

[91chevywt]

I can, I've been involved in music for a long time...I'm taking a theory class right now even though I'm not a music major. I used to be a brass player before I got involved with the guitar

[transmaro93]

jam you have to stop boasting about your self if you want people to take you seriously... lots of us are still beginners just having fun in our bedrooms jamming out... haha besides some of the most successful guitarists learned by themselves... lots didn't learn any theory until well after they were a full time musician... and some don't know it at all and still write kick ass music.... and i dont know if its just my setup.. but barr chords to me dont sound as clean in drop D as they do in standard E... E is so crisp.... most new trivium is written in standard... HMMM?/ i wonder why.... it sounds better!!!

[91chevywt]

jam you have to stop boasting about your self if you want people to take you seriously... lots of us are still beginners just having fun in our bedrooms jamming out... haha besides some of the most successful guitarists learned by themselves... lots didn't learn any theory until well after they were a full time musician... and some don't know it at all and still write kick ass music.... and i dont know if its just my setup.. but barr chords to me dont sound as clean in drop D as they do in standard E... E is so crisp.... most new trivium is written in standard... HMMM?/ i wonder why.... it sounds better!!!

That is very true, there are people out there who can play some really sick stuff on the spot and write some pretty cool riffs...only knowing how to read/write tabs. knowing theory is an advantage, but guitar is one of the few instruments that can play from tabs. When I write stuff it is much more convenient to scratch it down as a tab then break out the manuscript paper...

[Jam]

^^ i was just asking cause 69birdx said something about writing a song and I thought i wouldn't hurt to ask. I didn't mean to come off condescending, don't read too far into it. and Trivium mostly plays in D, they just started using standard, since they did that Metallica cd. and that whole " having fun in our bedroom" line came off funny haha.

[transmaro93]

haha yea... trivium really only had one cd before the crusade... ember to the inferno was an ep so i dont count it... plus it really wasnt that good... ascendency was their best if you ask me... shogun is epic though also... but again they arent to most original band... i can pick out riffs that they strait stole off megadeth in a song or two and they deff do that with metallica also... but i still love their music... i just feel as far as metal goes but lots of other genras too.. is that their is no more originality... its all just a copy... even children of bodom... their riffs sound exactly like what jeff waters would play in annihilator 20 years ago... just drop tuned and screaming like a crazy finland guy.... real metal... not hair metal... peaked in the mid late 80's... i mean listen to any maiden song... amazing.... no metal band today has the staying power like that.... none...

[Jam]

transmaro one day would u like to come over and jam out together, while sitting in our fbody's hatchbacks and painting my hood?

[69BirdX]

Trivium has a whole CD in standard and the new one uses alot of seven string. I like all there stuff. I go to use to tabs, But i use tp play trumpet and started teaching mysrlf music but i got to bsuy and gave up. Started spending to much time and money on cars i got my bro to ask for msuic stuff.

[Kat]

and old slayer is in standard too... ...

I think Show No Mercy is in standard and the rest are in flat up till Undispputed Additude and that was Dropped D Flat. Stuff on Diabols in Musica is in that and dropped C. Also God Hates Us All and Chirst Illusion is a mix of that and seven string guitars.

And for stuff in B/C.. All I have to say is Dream Theater :D

[deadtrend1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ukcso9TQeA

[69BirdX]

quick pic of my guitars. my bro has 3 tohttp://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r227/Ames66/IMG_0288_0671_edited-1.jpg

[transmaro93]

i dont know alot of slayer but the few songs i looked up are in standard... dream theater is just nasty on all levels... every player inthat band is amazing... they dont count for anything because they are that good... anyone else in here a MAB fan... he gets some crap but i think hes awsome.. and peope say he has no feeling which i call BS on.. but what ever... nobody can do what he does.... the way he does it... and as clean....

[LTb1ow]

Slayer is just awesome, old stuff that is.

[deadtrend1]

i can play the into to dead skin mask. thats the extent to my slayer ability

drums are a different story

[Jam]

i think the most difficult song I know how to play is .....the optimist by Between the Buried and Me.

[LTb1ow]

I wanna learn how to play War Ensemble by slayer... such a good song.

[Jam]

btw, for those who are true guitarists you will appreciate what I'm about to say... I have dimebag darrells guitar pic from his concert prior to his death. =]

[HeadlessNorseman]

btw, for those who are true guitarists you will appreciate what I'm about to say... I have dimebag darrells guitar pic from his concert prior to his death. =]

Thats awesome. Pantera is sitll FTW. Thats some of the only metal i enjoy listening to lol

[Whiplash Performance]

Nice warlock.

I have a ESP M-100
I mostly play drums.
I have a Pearl ELX Fusion kit.

[bubba428]

problem with down tunes is your guitar needs to be set up for it.. .and mine arent... but i dont like it anyway... plus whoever said they playin D standard but then said they played all that old thrash.... all that thrash is mostly standard... and old slayer is in standard too... im sorry but a metal song in standard will walk on tuned down song anyday... its so easy to chug chug chug all day long with it tuned to C but to make a song heavy in standard then your talken... MY opinion of coarse... but i feel pretty strong about it....

well your assuming that by playing in D standard your slowing down. I play D standard with GHS boomers. the low E is .052. the thicker strings and the lwer tuning makes for better sound. I've even in the past gona as far as using a bass G for my E

[LTb1ow]

Nice warlock.

I have a ESP M-100
I mostly play drums.
I have a Pearl ELX Fusion kit.

Its a virgin, not a warlock. Out of production.

[HeadlessNorseman]

well your assuming that by playing in D standard your slowing down. I play D standard with GHS boomers. the low E is .052. the thicker strings and the lwer tuning makes for better sound. I've even in the past gona as far as using a bass G for my E

This is true for bass too. thin strings suck. it also makes a difference in sound if you clean the strings well and wipe them down with good lemon oil before you play. I try to do it once every 2-3 weeks to keep the strings nice. I dont know if it makes them last longer or anything but it makes a noticable difference in sound. You will have oily fingers untill it soaks in too so be warned

[transmaro93]

This is true for bass too. thin strings suck. it also makes a difference in sound if you clean the strings well and wipe them down with good lemon oil before you play. I try to do it once every 2-3 weeks to keep the strings nice. I dont know if it makes them last longer or anything but it makes a noticable difference in sound. You will have oily fingers untill it soaks in too so be warned

yea ill have to try that... where you get lemon oil or dio you just use the lemon skin... and change your sig dude!!! i seen your fbody...

[Jam]

....lol really? you feel a difference in sound quality when lemon oil cleanser is applied. i'll have to say Nay.

[91DropTop]

My Goodies

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l57/mitecl1990/MourningWaits038.jpg

I play with the CGCFAD tuning and its not muddy at all i use earni ball skinny tops heavy bottom strings and the guitars are set for the tuning so it sounds crisp with great sustain

[transmaro93]

sweet rigs man.... that red jackson is the same body that friedman used to play... i thought id post up... i just started learning tornado of souls-megadeth... i got the opening riff down.. now just to play it at speed... heh... its a tough one but i think i can get it with time... im not that fast and clean yet hah...

[LTb1ow]

Ahh good song man!

I should start going through my collection one of these days...

[Jam]

sick setup. I just use a fender 69' tube amp.

[transmaro93]

Ahh good song man!

I should start going through my collection one of these days...

yea man thrash is where its at for me... im hooked!!

[bubba428]

you like thrash? learn some exodus

[LTb1ow]

Never liked exodus.

[HeadlessNorseman]

and change your sig dude!!! i seen your fbody...

Its still my GFs car at the moment. Im paying her off for it. Doesnt really matter i guess since i already registered it and have it on my insurance, its just like a bank loan. But yeah i guess ill change it lol. And yes, with lemon oil on the bass strings it makes a huge difference. I was in monmouth music playing a maroon jazz bass. I want it!!

[transmaro93]

yea im really not that into exodus either.... mainly... megadeth, metalllica, some slayer.... anthrax... the big 4 obviously... then i like annihilator is one of my favs... overkill is good...testament... stuff like that.. althought he singer of testament gets to me after a while because his voice doesnt change its the same every song.... tahts why im not a huge slayer fan... i love the way bobby "blitz" i think his name is sings in overkill crazy voice... hah... mustaine FTW though.... nobody can sing like him...

[bubba428]

3 best exodus songs...these are the only reasons I listen to them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmXILTFuIwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoiQ4F6Zx8g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHA0GuvgbEM

O and for the metallica fans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6kb5fvv6_A
learn that...took me damn near 3 months just to get down the song with out solos

[transmaro93]

seriously who isnt a mettallica fan... its like the only trendy thing im into hahah... but in reality and justice is probably the most intricate album metallica made... every song on that album is really hard to play.... kill em all is still my fav album though from them... i think and justice is also lars best druming performance... but i still hate him...

[sweetbmxrider]

didn't read the thread, don't know sheit about guitars, but that thing is pretty bad ass

[transmaro93]

hey your back... fricken mic!!!

[LS1Hawk]

My '08 Les Paul Standard (one of the last Standards before they made all the weird changes to them)

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/Johnboy81/Other/IMG_0389.jpg

I also have a '95 Mexican Strat with fat 50s and a '92 Ernie Ball Musicman Sterling bass

[noboundreez2345]

Drummer here as well(right around ten years). Listen to all types of music NJFBOA jam session?

[HeadlessNorseman]

Drummer here as well(right around ten years). Listen to all types of music NJFBOA jam session?

I already said id do it. im not to into metal tho so idk lol. is there any non-metalhead guitarist on here?

[Knipps]

I already said id do it. im not to into metal tho so idk lol. is there any non-metalhead guitarist on here?
http://www.furiacontralamaquina.com/blog/uploads/dethklok/skwisgaar.jpg

grampa's guitars are so not metal

[91chevywt]

My '08 Les Paul Standard (one of the last Standards before they made all the weird changes to them)

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/Johnboy81/Other/IMG_0389.jpg

I also have a '95 Mexican Strat with fat 50s and a '92 Ernie Ball Musicman Sterling bass

I always thought they were beautiful between looks and sound...if I was seeking another guitar and had almost any budget that would be the one right there.

[91chevywt]

I already said id do it. im not to into metal tho so idk lol. is there any non-metalhead guitarist on here?

I'm not really into metal, but I don't know many songs either, so if you up for just riffing and seeing what happens i'd be up for that.

[bubba428]

http://www.furiacontralamaquina.com/blog/uploads/dethklok/skwisgaar.jpg

grampa's guitars are so not metal

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