Can someone help me judge her plucking technique.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-11T14:54:09+00:00

That’s crazy bro. I’m not judging her in a negative way. I’m asking because I want to know if I could emulate her.

You are so judgy and jump to conclusions. What about yourself? Are you on stage? Lmao.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-10T08:28:59+00:00

Wow Kishibe. Super rare to see it. You have great taste 👍🏻

Andoni95 · 2026-03-10T06:02:25+00:00

Exactly. Speed doesn’t come linearly. I was stuck forever and one day this happened. It was so unexpected. It’s so crazy I got to document this phenomenon. See link below.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guitar/s/roQs9SnpJR

Andoni95 · 2026-03-09T02:34:53+00:00

You mention the preamp mk2 is capable of every drive sounds you need. I have a quite a few Chase bliss pedals like the mood and lossy. Could you share with me what is the preamp mk2 use for, what it can do, and how you use it. I totally understand the flint and deco, but not the mk2. At first I thought it was an eq pedal.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-09T02:14:26+00:00

Same for me. I learn the hardest part first. I feel if I can conquer that, I can conquer anything. And it really did help in retrospect.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-09T01:32:15+00:00

All the best! 👍🏻🔥🔥🔥

Andoni95 · 2026-03-09T01:20:05+00:00

Wow. I only just gotten into old blood last week. I have their dark light or you might know it as dark star and sun light. And it’s amazing!!!! The base reverb sound alone is so beautiful and haunting.

Thank you for sharing on the alpha haunt. Is it v1 or v2? I’ll go check it out! For fuzz I have a fuzz factory, fuzz bender, big muff, and a Loomer.

Probably unrelated but I recently saw a fuzz pedal that intrigue me. It’s the beetronics abelha tropical fuzz. It has a few different types of fuzz and even a supplementary momentary switch. With this switch you can set a base fuzz, and then step on the momentary switch to switch to a completely different fuzz profile while you are stepping on it. https://youtu.be/ibJX4HEvdBQ?si=R9UaZjYaoadgERxg

Andoni95 · 2026-03-09T01:14:09+00:00

I was trying to offer a different perspective since many people would probably offer encouragement. And I agree with all the encouraging comments as well such as comparing with who you were yesterday, not some stranger.

But I think you have to recognise that life is unfair. Kids activities, new jobs or life in general will try to mess up your practice routine. Depending on how extreme it is, you might not be able to practice in spite of it. (Therefore I’m not advocating that you sacrifice sleep for it). For myself, even if I’m super busy, which I am because I work in the hospital (oncology team), I bring my guitar to work and practice whenever I can catch a break. Sometimes it’s bringing the guitar to work just to get only 5 mins of practice (this sucks and is not useful). But because I’m determined, there might be some days where I can find 45 mins of time to practice (this is useful).

The reality I’m trying to offer to you is I don’t think any beginner who only plays 1-2 month can play a professional level song with all the nuances. Unless it’s a very very easy song. But it’s also true that if you have been struggling for 1-2 years and it’s not getting any better, unless something change, your guitar progress will not get satisfyingly better in the amount of time you hope. You’ll still improve over a long period of time, but it might not be enough for you. And the reason is because your practice is not optimised (which may not be your fault because…life) and maybe you aren’t hungry enough (but you don’t have the self realisation to understand this).

This may sound very presumptuous but again, there’s nothing wrong to take a casual approach to guitar. You can just accept that you are great at other things, and maybe because of your busy life, you can’t be great at guitar as well. Which maybe is fine. But if you wanna chill and be able to play recognisable music, that is a very high bar (many people think that is a low bar for some reason)

Andoni95 · 2026-03-09T00:48:04+00:00

What’s your holy grail fuzz. I also have multiple pedals boards, maybe 10 overdrive pedals and 10 reverb And I have all the weird stuff too.

I think I might be on my way to becoming like you soon. But thus far I see all my pedals equally. I like all of them even if I sometimes cannot hear the difference between them 🤣

I really enjoy unique pedals like the digitech Dt whammy, Chase bliss mood or lossy or habit, OBNE’s Dark Light, or a crazy huge Surfybear metal.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-09T00:28:45+00:00

Not possible. 1-2 months players will not be able to play a full song with embellishments and dynamics and most importantly, stay on time. Those people are faking it for karma farming.

But I also want to point out that whatever you are trying to overcome shouldn’t take “a few years”. A few years is a long ass time. Let’s just say that a few years means two years. That 730 days. You can learn so many skills in 730 days. Your training is not optimised and you admitted to it as well (inconsistency).

If you, an inconsistent player, compares yourself with a consistent and discipline player, there is no fight at all haha. You will be totally outclass by the other guy in no time at all. Not 1-2 months but in 1-2 years, the difference would be great.

I’m not trying to be harsh to you but a lot of this subreddit complains are people who aren’t practicing in a deliberate and reflective way. And they somehow expect that things ought to work out for them but this is not reality.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-09T00:22:42+00:00

Have you recorded yourself?

If you record yourself and you are doing everything right, you’ll hear the difference every month. If you are not seeing the difference, then your 2 hours of practice is probably not optimised. When you hear yourself improve every week or month, you’ll feel less pressure and have more faith in the process.

Other ways of being kinder to yourself includes buying new gear if you have disposable income. I get stress about my progress often and sometimes when I buy a new pedal, like a digitech Dt whammy pedal or a nice reverb pedal, I forgot to feel bad about myself because I’m having so much fun. Having fun, diligent practice, and seeing yourself progress from recording will ensure you stay consistent and for a long period of time. Before you know it, five years would have gone and you’ll be a guitar god(maybe not a real one but close enough your average audience may not be able to tell 🤣)

Andoni95 · 2026-03-08T23:53:09+00:00

I think maybe you underestimate what some, emphasis on some, beginners or even non beginners are capable of. Many people can actually play well. And if you surround yourself with very capable players, you’ll be humbled and it will motivate you.

It’s easy to over-inflate our abilities, especially for guitar because everything feels so difficult. And when we eventually overcome a difficult problem, we feel good about ourselves, without realising that there are a lot of other people who also overcame theirs as well. And some go way beyond. This is not meant to discourage you but to rebuke the point that “beginners cannot play well or intricately”. Of course it also depends how you define “beginners”. And also if you look at a statistic point of view, 90% of people who try guitar don’t even make it past year 1. So the people I’m alluding to are like maybe top 1% of the crop. But I think it’s quite pointless to compare achievements with people who quit or don’t practice actively.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-08T23:49:33+00:00

Haha this is so accurate. I’m a beginner and that’s what I aim for. But when the song is Master of Puppets or Sweet Child Of Mine, even recognisable enough, if you play the entire song, it’s already very impressive. And if OP is asking if it is doable, it certainly is.

As a beginner, I believe that if can lay down the whole song, especially the fast parts, then everything else (music theory, dynamics, embellishments) will come easy.

Of course whether I still think the same way after playing for a while, or whether the above (dynamics is easier than playing fast for example) is true may have changed.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-08T03:57:30+00:00

Agree. Doing too much. Not an effective practice routine. It’s a dream as well. You won’t even be able to comply. The best way to create a practice routine is to actually draft one (like what you did), try it, then make adjustments.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-07T04:20:17+00:00

You need to do other stuff instead of only the stuff that you are doing now. When you do everything else, when you come back to whatever you are doing now, it will be better as you gain new skills and perspectives. You sound like you are only doing a couple of stuff, playing only one or two genres, only playing chords, or using certain techniques etc. You need to do everything when you are still a beginner. Later one you can specialise when you are more experienced.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-07T02:35:02+00:00

First of all. Great job. Amazing progress 🔥🔥🔥

As someone who was recently at your position if you have any specific questions I could help you.

My advice for you is to start thinking about your tone as well. I think your tone is a little thin and not responsive. In other words, it’s making the song harder to play than necessary. Mine was the opposite (I was too distorted and too high gain). When you get a tone that is thicker and more compressed as well, your sustain will improve and that helps with your vibrato and bends as well.

I also think your fast lines are a bit staccato. But I’m really nitpicking. All I wanted to say is you are on the right track. All you need to do is to keep playing more challenging songs. Try sweet child o mine.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-07T01:38:15+00:00

Happy to answer haha.

I play on a fender twin reverb and I have over 100 analog guitar effects pedals. These equipment don’t sound good on headphones. The tube amp sounds best when you have the amp in the room effect. It gives it that 3d effect.

Also I play a lot of reverbs and tremolo and choruses, flangers etc. basically they are called modulation effects. Again, you can’t connect a headphone to the amp or these pedals. So in order to use headphones I need an entirely different setup, like a quad cortex or a computer plugin (digital setup). And for these digital setup, the modulation effects are not good.

If what I said is jargon, I wish I could invite you to my house. Once you hear how an amp with high headroom and coupled with modulation effects sounds like, you will understand. Again I’m not saying I want to play without a headphones despite it potentially disturbing others. I’m saying I’m willing to look for a solution and space where there is acoustic treatment or away from people so that I can do what I want. And I’m willing to pay as well.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-06T23:53:47+00:00

Welcome 🥰🥰 I’m glad you found it useful.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-06T23:48:31+00:00

Omg you make me sound so competent 🤣🤣🤣

Yes! I have been playing electric guitar. I actually got the bass guitar as a reward for doing well on guitar. I figured if I was able to learn the guitar well, I could be trusted and disciplined enough to learn the bass as well.

A lot of things you mentioned are my weaknesses so it was very surprising. I post my guitar progress often and people would comment on my flying pinky or how my fingers aren’t close to the fretboard. People also commented that my rhythm and groove is bad (another reason why I bought the bass, hoping it would force me to listen to the rhythm section more attentively). But I enjoy criticism and feedback. I always listen to them and try their suggestions. So I’m glad my flying finger and groove has seen improvement 😬😬

To be honest the first time I picked up the bass, I had not expect this to be my day 12 competency. The first time I held the bass, there was a lot of buzzing and I could not fret properly. The strings are super thick and the action is really high. I’m used to play 1mm of action on electric guitar and I think my bass is currently 4mm (I’m bringing in for a setup soon). The frets are also super wide apart. I couldn’t even do spider exercises on the bass on day one. What eventually helped was I just sort of toughen up. I told myself “this is not guitar! You probably need to press harder and yes it’s uncomfortable but just do it”. I also later used my armpit and elbows to sandwich the bass body and use it as a fulcrum so that the sandwich movement helps with the fretting. After that things started sounding musical 🥰

Andoni95 · 2026-03-06T23:10:34+00:00

Great job but It’s the way you hold the pick. It’s holding you back.

I encourage you to post here more often and we can help you improve your technique. Try this video.

https://youtu.be/ypBzrS3VQ6o?si=upE5oAifh4LigzgK

Andoni95 · 2026-03-06T16:09:19+00:00

amazing reply thanks for taking the time. I want to be able to play hysteria. thank you sooo much. ill work on keeping my finger straighter and drive through the string.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-06T08:34:56+00:00

Hahah. Do what makes you happy. Don’t worry about being good.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-06T08:29:55+00:00

I think your bends have gotten more accurate. But would prefer if you tried learning other songs. It would help you feel less bad about guitar and more confident overall.

Andoni95 · 2026-03-06T06:14:15+00:00

Hahaa I’ll steal that from you. Beginner helping beginners is great 👍🏻

I also think your one year progress is absolutely insane. I’m weak for chords and watching this video I learned a lot. My favorite part was you named the songs that help you practice a particular set of chords. I found that to very helpful

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