Poll: The Beginners Guide To Guitars, Other Musical Instruments And Equipment Sticky

Which First Guitar

  • Yamaha Pacifica 112

    Votes: 90 37.7%

  • Squier Standard Stra

    Votes: 59 24.7%

  • Ibanez GRG170

    Votes: 11 4.6%

  • Epiphone Les Paul Special II

    Votes: 36 15.1%

  • Ibanez RG321

    Votes: 24 10.0%

  • Epiphone G400

    Votes: 19 7.9%
  • Total voters
    239
Dist said:
Does anyone have a link to a site explaining the different types of effects pedals, and what sort of sounds they make?

I tried learning the guitar a few years ago (only a simple guitar and amp, nothing special) but i got a bit fed up when i couldnt get it to sound the way i wanted to. So i was thinking of trying again to learn but this time buying a effects pedal to make it actully sound a bit better (i know it wont make me a rock star just by getting the effects, but having my guitar sound like a proper guitar would keep me playing it). The problem is, i have no idea what effects pedal i need to get the sounds i want. From what i read so far, if i want to get a a metallica sort of sound, a distortion pedal should be used, but what effect would i have to use to get the sort of sounds that dragonforce guitarists make?
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Not really the kind of thing I'd listen to here he's explaining some of the effects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtUiQJc7ZMI
 
Bass question here.

I'm trying to tune to DGCF but well... I just ended up breaking a string.

I have a basic Korg tuner and I was trying to tune the second string to G but it just wasn't coming up on the tuner. What gives? :s
 
Tobes said:
Bass question here.

I'm trying to tune to DGCF but well... I just ended up breaking a string.

I have a basic Korg tuner and I was trying to tune the second string to G but it just wasn't coming up on the tuner. What gives? :s
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You are tuning it DOWN to DGCF arn't you?

lmao if you were tuning it up :p
 
My Line6 Spider Valve 112 guitar amp arrived this morning. :)
This is my first tube amp so I want to make sure i'm using it properly. In the instructions it says to put the power on, then wait 1 minute before switching the speakers on. My mate recommends to wait 3 minutes as it will make it last longer. Is this true?

It doesn't mention anything about switching off. Is it ok if I just switch the power and speakers off at the same time?

Thanks
 
i;m not sure if i'm allowed to make threads or what but this one looked the closest

Anyway

Is there any pc software that i can use to make music? / samples / etc? fairly easy to use the better
 
iBot said:
Is there any pc software that i can use to make music? / samples / etc? fairly easy to use the better
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What kind of program do you mean?

Make music (record, edit) - Pro Tools if you have an M-Audio device, otherwise Cubase is good too, Audacity is good and free.

Sampling - as above, maybe Sony Soundforge and Adobe Audtion too.

MIDI sampling - Propellorhead Reason is a brilliant program for synthesisers / sampling, and Native Instruments B4 is great if you want a well-modelled hammond organ.
 
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