Hope I'm posting this in the right place...If not, I'm terribly sorry. Does anyone know where I could learn to tune my acoustic guitar? I haven't played it in a long time because it's out of tune and miss it! Again, sorry if this is in the wrong place.
Okay....where could I get one? The local "Triads" store (music store that sells all sort of stuff and gives Musical lessons<guitar, and all that kinda stuff>) Or somewhere else? And also...is there any way of learning to do it by ear? or does that just take loads of time to learn?
The best way is to get a tuner. However, once you have the lowest note E, perfectly in tune, you can play the 5th fret on the E string to get an A, then tune your next string (the A string to that pitch). You can do that to each one, except from the D string (third highest) to the B string (second highest), where you need to play the fourth fret. All others are on the fifth. Its called relative tuning. Its a good way to develop your ear, but getting a tuner is the best way. Your local music store will definately have tuners, just go over and ask where you can get them. The standard ones are Korgs, I forget the model, but they are fairly cheap (about $10-$15) and its reliable so I recommend getting that.
yeah, thats the way i do it. im cheap [/b][/quote] because you are talking about guitars, i will buy an electric guitar in a weeks time.Bc rich guitars are they good?about 600 dollars
because you are talking about guitars, i will buy an electric guitar in a weeks time.Bc rich guitars are they good?about 600 dollars [/b][/quote] well my uncle is giving me his $200 pedals and told me to buy an electric guitar. i havent gotten one yet so i have no idea about whats good or not either.
That's a good way, but if your guitar's intanation is off, it won't do anything if you're playing in different spots up the neck.
because you are talking about guitars, i will buy an electric guitar in a weeks time.Bc rich guitars are they good?about 600 dollars [/b][/quote] don't buy bc rich guitars...crap...
don't buy bc rich guitars...crap... [/b][/quote] Why they are crap? A loto of guitarists use bc rich guitars.
I've always like both BC Rich & Ibanez. BC Rich have a great sound in my opinion, especially if you like distortion and stuff. Ibanez are also great guitars. Myself though, I'm gettin' a Jackson next. You might want to look into those if you're going to be playing stuff a bit on the heavier side.
Yeah, I'm not too sure about what brand of amp though. I think some of the big ones are definitely Marshall, but here's what I would do: Look at what you're favorite band's guitarist's equipment is. You seem to have a pretty big budget here, so it shouldn't be that big of a problem. I have a question of my own: How do you get the feedback and squealing and stuff from the amp? Like in Nirvana concerts and stuff, they have that unnerving hellish feedback and stuff. I always thought that it just involved sticking your guitar close to the amp, and that works a lil' bit for me. I just have a small amp with these controls: -Gain/Distortion (1-10) -Volume (1-10) -Treble (") -Bass (") -Middle (") -Presence (") What combinations of these could I use?
Yeah, yeah they are pretty nice. My bass guitar is a B.C. Rich and it plays pretty nicely. I don't have any problems with it besides the fact that I got it used and the previous owner broke a lot of things (thus me getting it for $150) My friend has a B.C. Rich guitar and the only problem he has with it is that it doesn't stay in tune very well. But, once again, he got his used from the same person, and they were not kind to it. But yeah, B.C. Rich is good, or at least I really love my bass. And my friend's guitar plays really nicely.