GET A Wii, they have a cool guitar game you can jam right along with your favorite songs.
PS update here, thanks -- hope all is well.
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=516449
I slacked off myself, as I currently need to lose some baby weight here, have been very busy at work sitting in those damn chais for 10 hours at a time as well.
PS update here, thanks -- hope all is well.
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=516449
I slacked off myself, as I currently need to lose some baby weight here, have been very busy at work sitting in those damn chais for 10 hours at a time as well.
If you are going to spend that much time getting good at guitar hero you are better off investing your time in the real thing. Playing that game for thirty minutes actually got me off my ass to buy myself an electric(something I hadnt had in like eight years). I almost bought that guitar controller but realized I would be a total *** if I actually took the time to become good at it.
First piece of advice, make sure you pay for a decent guitar. Do not go cheap and get something that is not playable. Make sure the intonation is correct. People sometimes make the mistake of thinking they'll buy something cheap and upgrade once they learn a bit. More times than not, they simply get pissed off due to not being able to learn. Often times, it is the guitar that will not sound very good, or the strings are an inch off the fret board, or, as I mentioned, the intonation is off. no matter what skill level one is at, they will sound terrible with these factors. Could be very frustrating.
Anyways, I'll speak a little more on intonation as this, to me, is something that drives me to trash a guitar. This is also something that an inexperienced buy/player may not know about. Basically, it is having the guitar in tune with itself. If the intonation is not perfect, your guitar will sound in tune at the lower end of the neck but sound out of tune as you move higher up the neck. This will mean that know matter how skilled you are, it just won't sound right.
So, before buying a guitar, hold it, strum a few chords, even if you don't know any, just to see how it feels. If you feel like you are fighting the strings in order to fret them, this probably is not the guitar for you as you will have fits trying to learn. Then, make sure the intonation is correct.
How to check the intonation: Strike an open string (strum a string without touching it with your non picking hand) which will obviously sound a pitch. Now sound the natural harmonic at the 12 fret of that string. That pictch should be exactly the same. The untrained ear will need an electronic tuner, however, if you have a bit of an ear, you will be able to hear the difference, if any. Could go on all day on this stuff and recommend it as once you truely learn to play a song, it just takes you away. Then playing with others (bass, drums, etc) takes even beyond that, so, good luck.
Anyways, I'll speak a little more on intonation as this, to me, is something that drives me to trash a guitar. This is also something that an inexperienced buy/player may not know about. Basically, it is having the guitar in tune with itself. If the intonation is not perfect, your guitar will sound in tune at the lower end of the neck but sound out of tune as you move higher up the neck. This will mean that know matter how skilled you are, it just won't sound right.
So, before buying a guitar, hold it, strum a few chords, even if you don't know any, just to see how it feels. If you feel like you are fighting the strings in order to fret them, this probably is not the guitar for you as you will have fits trying to learn. Then, make sure the intonation is correct.
How to check the intonation: Strike an open string (strum a string without touching it with your non picking hand) which will obviously sound a pitch. Now sound the natural harmonic at the 12 fret of that string. That pictch should be exactly the same. The untrained ear will need an electronic tuner, however, if you have a bit of an ear, you will be able to hear the difference, if any. Could go on all day on this stuff and recommend it as once you truely learn to play a song, it just takes you away. Then playing with others (bass, drums, etc) takes even beyond that, so, good luck.
Keef, very informative first post, if this was a music forum you would be a rockstar. Question regarding intonation: I just bought a guitar a couple weeks ago, it was a low end Ibanez but a pretty nice sounding guitar. I wanted to have it intonated at the shop but they said I would have to leave it overnite and I decided not to because I was anxious to get it home and fool around with it. I found after getting it home that the 5th and 6th string are getting a little fret buzz, is this a problem with the bridge settings and can be fixed by calibrating the guitar or is this a factory defect that I should report before the Warranty expires?
Nes, would have the shop look at it as fret buzz could be the bridge, the nut, or the truss rod. If you know not what you are doing, you will ruin your guitar. Keeping the guitar overnight is no BS. There is a little work to it. Hardest part is determining why the buzz is there. I've been playing for over 20 years and to this day will not deal with fret buzz. Somehow, I just cannot fix it, and yes, have ruined a few guitars. It's like I understand why it is there, and in general, understand what is wrong, but just lack some of the technical, mechanical know how.
You haven't been paying attention to the REAL Guitar sales that have skyrocketed since the release of Guitar Hero.
Guitar Hero is a gateway drug to turning kids into real rockers. Its the best thing to ever happen to Gibson and Fender. Why do you think those two guitar manufacturers are so on board with that game?
Unless there is severe structural damage to the guitar there should be no problems. If it's just a little buzz, then you should not have to worry. May just need to file the fret wire a bit. Also, should not cost more than 25 bucks for the whole set up (checking of the bridge, nut, truss rod etc, including the remedy).
