-= Building a Guitar from Scratch with Absolutely No Woodworking Experience =-

Welcome @@Trevellyan82

Yes!  Managed to beat my 95% target  :) Only had to play it a thousand times, at least that's what my fingers feel like

 

Int Lead - 96.43%

 

 

Also a Rhythm score

 

Int Rhythm - 92.77%

 

Updates on my week so far.

 

Beatles:

 

http://s14.postimg.org/yu36f1txt/beatles_she_loves_you_lead.png

 

I don't play enough of these types of songs, my chord playing has gone downhill. Took a good few goes to get this down.

 

http://s7.postimg.org/hfikysx6j/beatles_she_loves_you_bass.png

 

Iron Maiden: Working on getting the descending legato lick up to speed, everything else is done.

 

Dream Theatre: Bass is finished, unfortunately the low tuning leaves my strings with all the tension of wet noodles which leads to lots of note recognition issues. I had a run earlier where I hit every note but finished with 98.75%. It is what it is, nothing I can do about it.

Guitar wise I've done most of the rhythm parts and I'll be starting on the solo tomorrow.

Running Free 99.8:

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=626085378

 

She loves You 99.68. I panicked at the end...

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=626095167

 

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The one with the really long name on bass = 100%

 

It looks like it only took 3 tries, but I spent a lot of time in RR at 90% to 95% speed.

I put a bi of RR time into Running Free on bass.  I'm already up to 98%, but I admit that my swing eighths are a little uneven.  I should work on keeping an even swing tempo some more regardless of the score.

crocheting a frog for my #1 son that turned into "the thing that should not be" (it's quite hilarious,

 

Lol!  I want to see it!

@@Trevellyan82 - great that you are here !!!!

... glad to be apart of the group.

;) you are right - its always good to split up to get your head clear and rock.

I'm getting closer! :)  http://s8.postimg.org/3owiwozit/Running_Free4.png

Offtop  :(

 

 

Well, I made a video to demonstrate my problem with lower frets.

Please don't care about palm mutes and the other things.

Could someone tell me how to "fix" that.

I chose that song and that speed especially to show what is going on.

First try - I pressed the 5th string till the end (first photo). And the second - just a little (second photo).

As far as I'm concerned the trouble with the 5th and 6th strings and 1-2 frets.

Video: https://youtu.be/L_M4y1Zm6mw

Ugly fingers 1: http://i.imgur.com/my37mtd.jpg

Ugly fingers 2: http://i.imgur.com/NQn5STh.jpg

 

My last strings (La Bella HRS) had the same problem but only with 6th string 1st fret.

Now I'm using dunlop strings and that thing pisses me off!

Thank you in advance!

And sorry for offtop.

 

 

Here's a picture for you to use: http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/e/e9/Nelson_Ha-Ha.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20121205194057

Here's a video to apply to: https://youtu.be/AuJ-4QnPeP0 (i can't play so fast so far)

Only been learning for 4 months so here goes...

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/314494232288338194/0821A96298A3385BC76CACF513D6F0FAFFAE6EBA/

Todays scores :

 

http://i67.tinypic.com/2943v42.jpg

http://i66.tinypic.com/2z4iw00.jpg

Offtop  :(

 

 

Well, I made a video to demonstrate my problem with lower frets.

Please don't care about palm mutes and the other things.

Could someone tell me how to "fix" that.

I chose that song and that speed especially to show what is going on.

First try - I pressed the 5th string till the end (first photo). And the second - just a little (second photo).

As far as I'm concerned the trouble with the 5th and 6th strings and 1-2 frets.

Video: https://youtu.be/L_M4y1Zm6mw

Ugly fingers 1: http://i.imgur.com/my37mtd.jpg

Ugly fingers 2: http://i.imgur.com/NQn5STh.jpg

 

My last strings (La Bella HRS) had the same problem but only with 6th string 1st fret.

Now I'm using dunlop strings and that thing pisses me off!

Thank you in advance!

And sorry for offtop.

 

 

In this song you have a very low tuning, is it drop C?

In your video's first run are many misses on that one note A1, also it sounds out of tune there: the pressure of your index is way to strong. On second run are no misses, also it sounds in tune, using a light pressure there, so what's the problem?

For low tunings you need to play heavy gauge strings to avoid any going out of tune effect by pressing the string too hard and/or strumming too hard. So the problem is not caused by the brand, more the gauge of your strings.

Generally you finger should always placed as close as possible to the next fret rod, not in the middle or the bottom of a fret. This way you need less pressure and the notes are sounding clear.

@@Sammerh Welcome :)

http://i65.tinypic.com/9gf1j9.jpg

:huh:

Running Free update

I don't know why i have problems with intro - almost always failing

@@missis sumner I hope this works... Frog... now renamed Fwrong! :) https://www.dropbox.com/s/wx0hzcn7rcswn8t/12697222_10153255557031644_1579525995181256605_o.jpg?dl=0

@@missis sumner I hope this works... Frog... now renamed Fwrong! :) https://www.dropbox.com/s/wx0hzcn7rcswn8t/12697222_10153255557031644_1579525995181256605_o.jpg?dl=0

 

Awww… that's much better than I thought, and far, far better than anything I could do! lol!

Thank You @@missis sumner ,It was my first attempt after 4 days of trying to learn how to single crochet and increase... how the heck did folk work this stuff out I will never know ? :) again, I'm highjacking the thread with non relevant rrrrubbish... back in a bit with some bass :D 

Didn't have much time to play tonight but I finally got round to playing dream theater... And oh my, what a bass line :) I'm pretty emotional right now ! No scores yet, but there will be :D

Started on the Dream Theater solo tonight, but I wasn't really in the mood so I played Black Keys songs all evening instead - I regret nothing !

 

@@NoonyDeloony there's nothing fwrong with your frog, looks great ! I tried making a bunny for easter once, we don't talk about it.

I also started with the DT solo, and I found any things I won't practice like that and should be improved for a better fretboard logic and playability. So I just unpacked the psarc and did some significant changes in the solo, changed the new xml and repacked it. And here is the new version

DT - Looking Glass v2

practise is delayed to tomorrow

My very first time in this part of the forum, this is my first attempt to participate:

 

http://postimg.org/image/40gyxdmjz/

 

 

Trying to be less lazy this week. :P Spent 20 minutes on the legato in Running Free.

 

http://i.imgur.com/ANfifl3.jpg

 

I think I'm getting the hang of it.

 

I haven't hit those last two bends in any of these playthroughs, in spite of the fact that I can play them fine on their own. Shifting to them fast is really hard!!