marnold
June 7th, 2011, 01:13 PM
This is a follow-up to this thread (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php/18532-Not-sure-what-to-do).
Well, after starting that thread, I've been listening to a bunch of metal and got the desire to play again. Yeah, I screwed more than a few things up, but it was fun. I just plugged my Jackson right into my Jet City and played. I decided that I was going to get back to learning the solo to "Breaking the Chains" since it is just about the easiest Lynch solo out there, although there is a ton of bending, including a couple of step-and-a-half bends. Gotta hit those right or the whole things sounds off. My fingertips are very sore now, but in a good way.
I know it sounds weird to post this only four days after starting the other thread, but remember that had been going on for a couple of months before I said anything about it. Maybe just writing about it was catharsis enough. I've often found in counseling that I don't have to say anything brilliant most of the time, just let the other person talk. The lesson for today is don't sell anything when you are in a bad mood (kind of like "Don't go grocery shopping when you're hungry.")
Hopefully after this I plan to revisit the lead parts to Sabbath's "Paranoid" (aka "Hound of the Baskervilles" (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php/18237-Worst-Black-Sabbath-cover-ever)) and John Hiatt's "Perfectly Good Guitar."
I also can't help but wonder if my ennui was due to the fact that since I got my Jackson and my Jet City, my level of GAS has been as close to nil as any guitarist's could ever be. I mean, I've had the guitar for two years and the amph for one and a half. Usually by now any warts would be glaring. They just aren't there. Yeah, I've glanced at some Agiles, but only in passing. I'd also like to get a true-bypass delay pedal to replace my Boss, but that's pretty low-end GAS. Maybe my life as a guitarist up to this point has been more GAS-motivated than playing-motivated. I just need to adjust to the new reality.
I now return you to your regularly-scheduled metal:
YihnTEpjJQw
Well, after starting that thread, I've been listening to a bunch of metal and got the desire to play again. Yeah, I screwed more than a few things up, but it was fun. I just plugged my Jackson right into my Jet City and played. I decided that I was going to get back to learning the solo to "Breaking the Chains" since it is just about the easiest Lynch solo out there, although there is a ton of bending, including a couple of step-and-a-half bends. Gotta hit those right or the whole things sounds off. My fingertips are very sore now, but in a good way.
I know it sounds weird to post this only four days after starting the other thread, but remember that had been going on for a couple of months before I said anything about it. Maybe just writing about it was catharsis enough. I've often found in counseling that I don't have to say anything brilliant most of the time, just let the other person talk. The lesson for today is don't sell anything when you are in a bad mood (kind of like "Don't go grocery shopping when you're hungry.")
Hopefully after this I plan to revisit the lead parts to Sabbath's "Paranoid" (aka "Hound of the Baskervilles" (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php/18237-Worst-Black-Sabbath-cover-ever)) and John Hiatt's "Perfectly Good Guitar."
I also can't help but wonder if my ennui was due to the fact that since I got my Jackson and my Jet City, my level of GAS has been as close to nil as any guitarist's could ever be. I mean, I've had the guitar for two years and the amph for one and a half. Usually by now any warts would be glaring. They just aren't there. Yeah, I've glanced at some Agiles, but only in passing. I'd also like to get a true-bypass delay pedal to replace my Boss, but that's pretty low-end GAS. Maybe my life as a guitarist up to this point has been more GAS-motivated than playing-motivated. I just need to adjust to the new reality.
I now return you to your regularly-scheduled metal:
YihnTEpjJQw