Where to begin?

[Metal66]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

[croninburg]

Just learn songs that you like until you can be bothered to learn some theory and maybe some physical exercises.

[DBS]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

what?

[croninburg]

Oh yeah, buy a metronome.

[Metal66]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

what?

You rule at guitar. I was asking what you did. Simple enough right?

[DBS]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

what?

You rule at guitar. I was asking what you did. Simple enough right?

there's plenty of better players here than me. i started with an acoustic guitar from argos, then bought a red strat copy. then i bought a luminous orange charvel which i exchanged for a black les paul copy. before i swapped the guitars i bought an ibanez destroyer, then a gibson explorer and finally my washburn. so i have a bunch of guitars that i upgraded every 6 months or so. it was a natural progression for me.

as for amps, i started with a starfire, then moved onto marshalls. basically, i knew absolutely nothing about gear whn i started i just learnt from experience as i went along. im really not the best person to ask.

Warhead Dime, dimejandro, metallash, floyd and scrotal tug are the boys for equipment. outlaw could have taught you a thing or too aswell.

[Metal66]

Good shit man. Yeah I'm gonna move along a lot too I'm sure. My stuff will work for now until I get somewhere with it. Thanks for the advice.

[Muffin]

outlaw could have taught you a thing or too aswell.

What ever happened to him?

[DBS]

outlaw could have taught you a thing or too aswell.

What ever happened to him?

i think he can be found on whatever that big musician forum is called. hes pretty big over there i think. he started posting as sheldon for a while but left then. that was gay - outlaw ruled.

[Jefferino]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

Ill give you some advice...you'll suck for awhile, guaranteed. But for dexterity excercises I would suggest starting on the first fret, first string.
Hit each note using all four fingers like:

E---1-2-3-4---
A---1-2-3-4---
D---1-2-3-4---

And so on...Then reverse the process. ...and move all the way up the neck.
At least thats what I've found to be a good excercise. Spanking it now and again doesnt hurt either....

[DBS]

as basic as that sounds, its a really helpful technique.

[Muffin]

outlaw could have taught you a thing or too aswell.

What ever happened to him?

i think he can be found on whatever that big musician forum is called. hes pretty big over there i think. he started posting as sheldon for a while but left then. that was gay - outlaw ruled.

Harmony Central?

[DBS]

yeah thats it

[croninburg]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

Ill give you some advice...you'll suck for awhile, guaranteed. But for dexterity excercises I would suggest starting on the first fret, first string.
Hit each note using all four fingers like:

E---1-2-3-4---
A---1-2-3-4---
D---1-2-3-4---

And so on...Then reverse the process. ...and move all the way up the neck.
At least thats what I've found to be a good excercise. Spanking it now and again doesnt hurt either....

Have you seen Vai's 10 hour workout?

[Jefferino]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

Ill give you some advice...you'll suck for awhile, guaranteed. But for dexterity excercises I would suggest starting on the first fret, first string.
Hit each note using all four fingers like:

E---1-2-3-4---
A---1-2-3-4---
D---1-2-3-4---

And so on...Then reverse the process. ...and move all the way up the neck.
At least thats what I've found to be a good excercise. Spanking it now and again doesnt hurt either....

Have you seen Vai's 10 hour workout?

[warhead dime]

outlaw could have taught you a thing or too aswell.

What ever happened to him?

i think he can be found on whatever that big musician forum is called. hes pretty big over there i think. he started posting as sheldon for a while but left then. that was gay - outlaw ruled.

Outlaw is awesome. We actually used to shoot the shit on a regular basis. He was a cool dude. He never goes on msn anymore or he got a new address.

[Gnarkiller]

This is the first time DBS has actually helped somebody. Also it is the first time he didnt make a smart ass comment.

DBS is this your first fan?

[BassPhemy]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

Ill give you some advice...you'll suck for awhile, guaranteed. But for dexterity excercises I would suggest starting on the first fret, first string.
Hit each note using all four fingers like:

D----------------------1-2-3-4---
A-------------1-2-3-4---
E---1-2-3-4---

And so on...Then reverse the process. ...and move all the way up the neck.
At least thats what I've found to be a good excercise. Spanking it now and again doesnt hurt either....

I assume this is what you mean with the tab, not barring 3 strings with a finger. And your strings were upside down.

[BassPhemy]

And don't start playing guitar with stupid chromatic exercises. You'll quit guitar before you can wear out your first set of strings.

The first thing I ever learned was the 12 bar blues riff. From there I learned the basics like "Smoke on the Water" and a bunch of other 3 or so chord riffs. I remember when I first started playing and I played a riff and it actually sounded like the song. That right there was enough to keep me motivated.

Smoke on the Water
Iron Man
Owner of a Lonely Heart
Danzig's Mother

There are also tons of punk riffs by Green Day and The Ramones that are simple and will get you started. I was never much of a punk fan when I started guitar but I wish I would have known about them earlier. It would have been great beginning experience and exercise.

[7Dime7MetalMassacre]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

Ill give you some advice...you'll suck for awhile, guaranteed. But for dexterity excercises I would suggest starting on the first fret, first string.
Hit each note using all four fingers like:

D----------------------1-2-3-4---
A-------------1-2-3-4---
E---1-2-3-4---

And so on...Then reverse the process. ...and move all the way up the neck.
At least thats what I've found to be a good excercise. Spanking it now and again doesnt hurt either....

I assume this is what you mean with the tab, not barring 3 strings with a finger. And your strings were upside down.

Owned

[Jefferino]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

Ill give you some advice...you'll suck for awhile, guaranteed. But for dexterity excercises I would suggest starting on the first fret, first string.
Hit each note using all four fingers like:

D----------------------1-2-3-4---
A-------------1-2-3-4---
E---1-2-3-4---

And so on...Then reverse the process. ...and move all the way up the neck.
At least thats what I've found to be a good excercise. Spanking it now and again doesnt hurt either....

I assume this is what you mean with the tab, not barring 3 strings with a finger. And your strings were upside down.

Owned

Well obviously Im not a tab savvy indivdual like yourself. Im tryin to help the kid and you're just being a nay saying poop stain.
UnOwned

edit: you must be pretty passionate about my post, you even went so far as to edit my quote...

[Sir Dan]

Practise 38 hours a day.
In order to do that, I have to play 400 notes per second to go back in time.
But I stopped it, because the ageing process went faster and I killed people.

[HoustonKJ]

Practise 38 hours a day.
In order to do that, I have to play 400 notes per second to go back in time.
But I stopped it, because the ageing process went faster and I killed people.

and anyway, yeah, dexterity exercises are the way to go. I'm amazed how much better I've become just by doing these. It builds confidence in your muscle memory which translates over into much better improvisation (playing by instinct). When you're not screwing up on your fretting those little mistakes don't add up into frustration.

[Sir Dan]

Practise 38 hours a day.
In order to do that, I have to play 400 notes per second to go back in time.
But I stopped it, because the ageing process went faster and I killed people.

and anyway, yeah, dexterity exercises are the way to go. I'm amazed how much better I've become just by doing these. It builds confidence in your muscle memory which translates over into much better improvisation (playing by instinct). When you're not screwing up on your fretting those little mistakes don't add up into frustration.

John Petrucci Psycho lessons


Yes and training the stamina is also very effective.
and doing a little training session before going to bed.

[Lager]

Practise 38 hours a day.
In order to do that, I have to play 400 notes per second to go back in time.
But I stopped it, because the ageing process went faster and I killed people.

Are you in Bloodshot?

[Sir Dan]

Practise 38 hours a day.
In order to do that, I have to play 400 notes per second to go back in time.
But I stopped it, because the ageing process went faster and I killed people.

Are you in Bloodshot?

Sorry what?

[Lager]

Practise 38 hours a day.
In order to do that, I have to play 400 notes per second to go back in time.
But I stopped it, because the ageing process went faster and I killed people.

Are you in Bloodshot?

Sorry what?

[Sir Dan]

[warhead dime]

[Sir Dan]

Am I supposed to understand it?

[warhead dime]

My eyes were rolling at how much that joke didn't work.

[wal]

Hey everyone,
Yeah I'm just now starting out trying to learn the guitar. I got a peavy raptor and a peavy amp that I got for like $150. What did u all that play do to get started. DBS you rule. Thanks.

get a job.

[Metal66]

Where?

[DBS]

This is the first time DBS has actually helped somebody. Also it is the first time he didnt make a smart ass comment.

DBS is this your first fan?

i didnt really help him.

[PABassPlayer]

Danzig's Mother

I really hate that song, but it is alot of fun to play.
It always goes over well in most clubs too, one of those
songs every one forgets about, and get excited when they hear it.

[Juhis75]

Here is something cool coming...

Heavy Karaoke - Hits of Pantera

1.COWBOYS FROM HELL
2.I'M BROKEN
3.THIS LOVE
4.CEMETARY GATES
5.FUCKING HOSTILE
6.BECOMING
7.5 MINUTES ALONE
8.A NEW LEVEL
9.HOLLOW
10.MOUTH FOR WAR
11.NO GOOD (ATTACK THE RADICAL)
12.DOMINATION
13.WAR NERVE
14.STRENGTH BEYOND STRENGTH
15.WALK

http://www.hevikaraoke.fi/eng/newpages/ ... p=products

There is 16 different mixings of each song to play or sing...

[SuicideNote]

Email notification?

[cottonmouth]

I started by playing nirvana songs because they were easy enough and I was really into that at the time. Don't put the bar too high when you're starting out or you'll get demotivated.

[PABassPlayer]

I started by playing nirvana songs

just don't blow your brains out.

[cottonmouth]

I started by playing nirvana songs

just don't blow your brains out.

Nah, I'm going to switch to playing Hendrix and choke on my vomit