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04-10-2014, 12:17 AM
Musicians-
I love playing guitar but I need some inspiration to make my playing better. I find myself having a bluesy metal vibe like Corrosion of Conformity but Inwould like to have a faster more crisp feel that's not cheesy. If anyone can relate I'm all ears for new inspiration.
Also guitar players-
Do you use certain tunings you prefer (been using Drop D flat on a 6 string with 13 gauge sets- and Incan play Maiden and Queenstyche solos on strings that thick btw) but a lot of guys are using 7 and 8 strings now- I imagine that would make them sound like Deftones guitarist Carpenter.
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04-10-2014, 01:24 AM
Countdown to extinction from Megadeth.
Immaculately constructed album.
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04-10-2014, 03:09 AM
Faster and more crisp? Are you leaning more towards thrash? Something like slayer with a blast blast blast feel or something like megadeth with a bit more of a beat to it? Or something completely different?
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04-10-2014, 07:45 AM
I learned most of Kill 'Em All. Fun songs to play, pretty simple but fast.
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04-10-2014, 03:16 PM
fast and crisp? Perhaps some early Helloween and Gamma Ray. It wasnt cheesy back then
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04-10-2014, 06:30 PM
Preferred tunings: Eb for thrash. Drop D for hardcore. D for death metal.
Drop C is overused these days and everything sounds like Parkway Drive when you use that tuning. Anything below D makes the strings too floppy and then you have to work on intonation/change string gauges/etc. At least that's how it worked with my guitar.
It's hard to come up with anything unique sounding when you use standard tuning. I used to have a 7 string and I liked using either standard B or Bb. An 8 string is too fat for my fingers and the low string sounds muddy/shitty anyway.
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04-11-2014, 12:34 AM
Thanks for the replies. I already am a fan of all the popular bands.
Is it just me of do you guys love it when you find a band and they really kick ass and no one knows about them hardly? I was that way with Soils Scars album- I've had discussions with their creative brain Adam Zadel (lead guitarist)- he's a cool Chicago polish dude.
I love that Mesa rectifier early 2000s sound of tone but with a lot of speed- any advice there for albums like that?
Sweet Jones- all of the above- I truly enjoy hearing totally new things.
Make a list- its all about learning new music. That's what inspires me and When I get writers block I get some cool philosophy books and read and the ideas just flow but new records do that for me to. Been listening to a lot of Maiden lately and had a good creative streak from it by I love that Mesa Boogie tone with total ferociousness and speed. Marshls are cool but the bogners and Mesas do it for me.
Ps- Why can Jerry Cantrell take two chords and make it the coolest thing ever? What makes a player that cool stylistically (I'm talkingmd AIC not the newer stuff)?
I always want to at fast- and I definitely have the bluesy metal vibe down like Corrosion of conformitys "Vote with a bullet" that's what my sound is a lot like but I want to have that sophistication of refined simplicity like Cantrell but hit as hard as a grenade on my thrash runs too.
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05-27-2014, 09:23 AM
Deftones - diamond eyes
Sikth- the trees are dead and dying
Animals as leaders- joys of motion
Textures - dualism
Suffocation - effigy of the forgotten
I can go all day. Want more?
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05-27-2014, 12:29 PM
Newer I would say Isis or Pelican.
Older, Sabbath.
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05-27-2014, 09:36 PM
Vitriol - fuck yeah on Gorguts and Cryptopsy. Two of my favorite death metal albums of all time. "Slit Your Guts" is one of my favorite lifting songs.
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05-28-2014, 05:02 PM
For what it's worth, I've been listening to a lot of Motorhead recently, great stuff. Lemmy is a legend.
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