"I use 11 or 12's to 54's but recently have swapped out just the 54 for a 58, this really helps for open tunings (which I use a lot) especially for things like low C tuning."
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I found this on youtube and i thought it was really cool and very well demonstrated and explained. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfzKflDoLI Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by David Youngman May 29, 2011.
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kevin wills replied to Dale Kneeland's discussion Alternate tunings string breakage."I started using elixr nano web strings, haven't had on break yet and I re tune for nearly every song.
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David Youngman replied to kevin wills's discussion 240 chords in 6 minutes"Hey Kevin,
That is pretty cool. I was thinking after I watched it that you could quickly make it 480 chords by moving the low E string notes to the high E string."
kevin wills replied to Dave Waldenmaier's discussion Percussive Fingertyle Technique (Andy Mckee, Don Ross, Antoine Dufour)"thanks for that link, i've been moving in that direction too, I found that while at first it just looks impossible, once you have nailed a couple of tracks in this style you dont feel so intimidated anymore."
kevin wills replied to Jerry Mobbs's discussion Can someone help me determine what year my guitar was made?"why not email Takamine and ask them ?
just a thought."
kevin wills replied to Bill's discussion Cutting Through the Online/L&M the Guitar Hype"Being able to sing really helps"
kevin wills posted a discussion240 chords in 6 minutes
I found this on youtube and i thought it was really cool and very well demonstrated and explained. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfzKflDoLI See More
kevin wills replied to Tom Jarema's discussion Holding The Guitar"I never really took too much notice of how i held it before i started learning tapping, then i had to find a way to keep the thing stable or it was impossible to hit the neck accurately with the right hand, especially if you start doing percussive…"
kevin wills replied to GHISLAIN DIMITRI's discussion Practising"I really like what you guys are saying about playing slowly and getting it right, the old guy that originally taught me finger-style and country blues used to insist I practice at 3/4 or even 1/2 speed with a metronome.
in fact the metronome is a…"
kevin wills replied to Dave Waldenmaier's discussion Percussive Fingertyle Technique (Andy Mckee, Don Ross, Antoine Dufour)"I know exactly what you mean, It's driven me bananas too, all I can say is, just practice practice, I have been trying to nail this one track by Masaaki Kishibe: Sleepless Night, it has this really tricky snare beat that sets up a downward…"
kevin wills replied to GHISLAIN DIMITRI's discussion Practising"I seem to have bursts of activity re practicing, so i'll practice for a couple of weeks everyday for a few hours a day if i'm learning a new piece, then i'll drop off and not play much at all for a couple of weeks."
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