Recent content by tony82

Thanks a lot of all the feedback guys! It's greatly appreciated and confirming my impression that this is a great way to play soft songs. Now would someone happen to know if this technique has a more formal name maybe? If find the title of the thread to be a bit of a mouthful, but couldn't...

Thanks for your response, well I'm glad you also noticed the issue with fast songs too, as I was wondering if I should insist..! I might, but if you also feel like it's a bit unnatural, then I know I'm not imagining it... Still, I find the pleasure I now experience of playing slow songs has...

Hi all, Lately I've been experiencing with this technique (it may have a more formal name I don't know of!). I basically put my thumb for the plucking hand on the side of the fretboard, instead of making it rest on one of the pick-ups. With the angle my hand forms, I end up plucking the...

Hi all! I just bought new strings and decided to change the strings myself for once, I usually bring it to a store so they can adjust my action as low as possible (I'm not an expert...). A pro friend of mine recommended the ernie ball super slinky (pink - 45 to 100) since I have problems...

best resource I've found so far for that... http://multitrackdownloads.blogspot.ca/ tons of multitracks available for dl, and therefore you can easily turn off the bass, or only have the bass playing! audacity comes in handy :D anyone knows of others like that? i'm still looking for some...

awesome list, where did you get that?? is there any chance you could upload it all somewhere or even create a torrent for it? i think a lot of us are looking for songs with tracks separated like that, for all kind of instruments..!

Thanks Fergie, your links seem to just link to YouTube, no video in particular.. forum restriction maybe?

Hi all! I apologize if this' been asked before but a quick search on "fretting angle" was not very fruitful. Ideally I'd create a poll with various angles (in degrees) but I'm not sure how to go about it here... So i'm just trying out a new way to play, whereby i try to hit the strings at...

histogram based on Pilgrim's excel file (used gnuplot). as one may expect, it's roughly a normal distribution centered around 9-ish (sample is a bit small though)

interesting, I guess it's also about acting in a way. but old habits die hard :) Thanks, are you referring to the video? or your post?

That's a really useful answer, kind of what I was expecting. That 'grip of death' is a real problem of mine., I guess working on independence of strength in fingers of each hands is the key here. Thanks!

Hi farceol, thanks for the response. But do you have any suggestions in order to make it sound a bit more energetic? i kinda have the feeling that fretting hand should always be soft, but if i pluck hard with the right one then the fretting fingers don't hold the note properly anymore..

Hi everyone I have a bit of a problem deciding what's a good combination of strength to apply in each fingers (for both hands). Surely there is not only 1 way to go but I can't seem to find the right balance here. I find that using the minium strength in the fretting fingers helps a lot...

Wow, so many responses in so little time! You guys are awesome :hyper: Although how the **** did you end up talking about bagpipes?!! :eyebrow: Anyways, all the testimonies gave me a good idea of what's available. It's crazy how differently people play, and we're pretty far from the theory...

Hi everyone! I'm a self-teaching player :bassist: and i'm doing alright so far except for one thing :eyebrow: : how do one keep the strings you're not playing from vibrating (when accidentally touching them). It usually happens with the strings lower than the one I'm playing on. Should I: 1-...