Electric Guitars !

[Cha0s360]

Hi guys.. (not sure if this is the right forum..)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Want to learn how to play some Rythem Guitar...I was looking at many different brands etc.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which would you reccomend? Im on a budget.. (150-220)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep in mind im a noobie and im wanting to play fast metal muah!

[assassin_696]

Moved to music and movies :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sadly I don't know much about rhythm guitar and if there's any specialist guitars/styles. I play lead. But I do know Epiphone are a good brand across the board who aren't too expensive. But there may be others out there that are better suited.

[Ozzy_Patrick]

150-220 pounds or dollars?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

anyway, you're not gonna get a great guitar for that (especially if that's for the amp as well). i'd recomend getting a starter kit or somthing which will probably have somthing similar to a squire strat in it. all you really need is somthing you can learn on and when you have experience and knowledge (and you're sure you want to carry on) you can buy somthing that will suite you (once you have a bigger budget).

[Kwisatz]

Drive Wildfire X3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picked this up for my first guitar about a week ago, plays like a dream once you set it up a bit. Buzzed a bit, but by tightening the truss rod and messing with the bridge a bit plays great now. Got that and a Marshall distortion pedal, plus an el cheapo 10W amp. If you wanna play metal then buy some cheap Metal Pedal, tune to drop D and shred away. Seriously, my FIRST DAY of having my guitar I played ]this. One-finger power chords and palm muting isn't difficult at all. That's assuming you mean Nu-Metal though - classic and trash take a bit more skill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And for Jesus' sake learn some theory - as in, what goes where on the neck. Everything always makes so much more sense when you know basic stuff like that rather than just reading tabs and practicing for hours on end.

[Lateralus]

 

 

 

And for Jesus' sake learn some theory - as in, what goes where on the neck. Everything always makes so much more sense when you know basic stuff like that rather than just reading tabs and practicing for hours on end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tab is perfectly fine for an absolute beginner to be playing with. When you first get a guitar, you just want to play some songs. So I'd suggest that this guy ignores your advice, learns some songs, and has some fun. Having fun is the key to sticking with an instrument - Don't bore yourself with theory before you're ready for it.

[Kwisatz]

 

 

 

 

And for Jesus' sake learn some theory - as in, what goes where on the neck. Everything always makes so much more sense when you know basic stuff like that rather than just reading tabs and practicing for hours on end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tab is perfectly fine for an absolute beginner to be playing with. When you first get a guitar, you just want to play some songs. So I'd suggest that this guy ignores your advice, learns some songs, and has some fun. Having fun is the key to sticking with an instrument - Don't bore yourself with theory before you're ready for it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He doesn't need to learn the frickin' mixolydian scale. He needs to know about 12 half-steps being the octave, how to form all the basic chords, power chords, what people mean by fifths, fourths, diminished fifths... basic stuff like that. That takes all of ten minutes to learn. Then when he finally learns a song via tabulature he can make things easier to play. Take "Carry On My Wayward Son," a song I liked before Guitar Hero came out and that I looked up tab for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e|-----------------------------------------------|



B|-----------------------------------------------|



G|-----------------------------------------------|



D|-------------------------5---------------------|



A|-------3~--------5~--5/7---7p5-3--5----5-------|



E|-5-3-5-----5-3-5--------------------3~---2~----|

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Becomes...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e|-----------------------------------------------|



B|-----------------------------------------------|



G|-----------------------------------------------|



D|------------------0---2-5p2-0------------------|



A|-------3-----------------------3--5----5-------|



E|-5-3-5-----5-3-5--------------------3----2-----|

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bit easier than having to negotiate a span of four frets on two string, I think. Things like that.

[Lateralus]

*snip*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You don't need to know any of that stuff when you're learning. Why learn what a perfect or augmented 4th is, when you're just gonna read along with a tab?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most important thing when beginning is to play songs you enjoy playing in order to get your fingers used to being on the fretboard. Understanding the neck is important, yes, but you have to get hooked first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, Mixolydian is a mode, not a scale.

[Kwisatz]

 

*snip*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You don't need to know any of that stuff when you're learning. Why learn what a perfect or augmented 4th is, when you're just gonna read along with a tab?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most important thing when beginning is to play songs you enjoy playing in order to get your fingers used to being on the fretboard. Understanding the neck is important, yes, but you have to get hooked first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, Mixolydian is a mode, not a scale.

 

 

 

The Mixolydian mode is a musical mode or diatonic scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not quite sure what is what since I've heard the terms interchangeably, and since I technically don't know any scales besides the Chromatic and Pentatonic Major/minor I can't really talk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's also not really my problem that people don't learn stuff like that early on, but that they don't learn it all and then profess themselves to be musicians. To me, a musician is someone versed in music, and being versed in a way of writing that caters to ease of reading but lacks more intricate expressions does not readily apply. And when you just read tabs, what incentive is there to learn anything about theory at all?

[Lateralus]

 

 

*snip*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You don't need to know any of that stuff when you're learning. Why learn what a perfect or augmented 4th is, when you're just gonna read along with a tab?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most important thing when beginning is to play songs you enjoy playing in order to get your fingers used to being on the fretboard. Understanding the neck is important, yes, but you have to get hooked first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, Mixolydian is a mode, not a scale.

 

 

 

The Mixolydian mode is a musical mode or diatonic scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not quite sure what is what since I've heard the terms interchangeably, and since I technically don't know any scales besides the Chromatic and Pentatonic Major/minor I can't really talk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's also not really my problem that people don't learn stuff like that early on, but that they don't learn it all and then profess themselves to be musicians. To me, a musician is someone versed in music, and being versed in a way of writing that caters to ease of reading but lacks more intricate expressions does not readily apply. And when you just read tabs, what incentive is there to learn anything about theory at all?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By playing along with tabs you'll develop a want to understand the instrument which you're playing. When people decide they want to learn to play guitar, it's so they can play along with songs they like. Learning those songs by tab and then playing along with them will not only help you improve, but it'll make you feel good. You need little morale boosts like that to sustain your will to learn. Your want to learn theory will come when people decide they're bored of just reading along with something, and want to understand what's actually happening on the neck. I don't see why an absolute beginner should need to know any theory before they're sure that playing guitar is for them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, modes can be thought of simply as scales, but that's not what they are. They're 'scales' with a different tonal centre. Mixolydian, for example, has the same intervals as the major scale (WWHWWWH), but it starts on the fifth interval of the major scale, not the first. So the Mixolydian mode is WWHWWHW. So the G Mixolydian mode has the same set of notes as the C Major scale.