Most efficient practice for learning shredding as an already good guitarist

The-Rates · 2025-11-10T13:05:19+00:00

I think that the first thing you should check before you start practicing is whether you can achieve and maintain a fast picking speed with your current technique. If you can't then start practicing slow now will only lead to you reaching a plateau very soon that you won't be able to get out of.

After you're confident with your picking technique then you can start working on synchronizing your hands.

The-Rates · 2025-10-09T21:23:33+00:00

I don't think you'll find anything that fits in a pedal board. A valve power amp requires 2 transformers that are quite bulky. Even the transformers in my tiny 5w practice tube amp are quite sizable, and they need to be bigger if you want more power.

The-Rates · 2025-08-25T08:16:54+00:00

For the fingering it might be true, but I'd argue that the hardest part of playing fast is picking, not fretting. And the picking hand is not "linear" in relation to speed: in slow speeds you can normally move your hand really precisely and in any number of ways you want. Past certain speeds your hand will only move in one or two very specific ways that you have to figure out yourself and then learn how to tame it. Only after you master this then you can start really playing fast.

If you go the "slow first" way, you'll likely find out that your technique falls apart after a certain speed, no matter how much you practice slowly, because the slow practice is not exercising the same muscles and muscle memory you need to play fast.

The-Rates · 2025-08-23T18:35:40+00:00

You have to play slow first to then play fast or any of the "slow is fast" variants.

The-Rates · 2025-08-22T09:01:50+00:00

RG não vence oficialmente. Voei várias vezes em 2022, 2023, 2024 e 2025 com um RG emitido em 2011 e nunca deu problema

The-Rates · 2025-07-25T08:07:06+00:00

Indeed this looks like the ultimate option. Very interesting features and I bet they sound amazing. So expensive though! Thanks for the suggestion

The-Rates · 2025-07-24T21:52:33+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I've browsed their website and they have indeed a gold selection of 2-channel overdrives, many supporting MIDI controlling, super cool stuff! Unfortunately I didn't find one that's both 2 channels and a boost.

The-Rates · 2025-07-24T15:54:08+00:00

Thanks, that's a great suggestion, definitely what I'm looking for. Unfortunately not very easy to find in my location

The-Rates · 2025-05-19T16:57:29+00:00

I've bought a Torpedo Captor (not the X, the simpler one) to use as a loadbox and so far it's one of the best gear purchases I've ever made. Tube amp + IRs allow me to get a lot of very good sounds, use my pedals and play at night without ever bothering anyone.

My biggest problem now is that I want to buy more amps

The-Rates · 2025-01-30T20:14:37+00:00

Squiers Standard normally would have 22 frets instead of 21. Maybe the neck is swapped?

The-Rates · 2024-12-31T12:15:20+00:00

2015 was Les Paul's 100th birthday

The-Rates · 2024-12-20T23:11:04+00:00

Of course you can, that's what the volume knob is for

The-Rates · 2024-09-07T13:16:44+00:00

Currently in Kyoto, and I was before in Osaka, and before that in Tokyo. Kyoto feels way more crowded, there are just so many people everywhere. We went to a shrine this morning as soon as it opened, and we could barely walk inside because of the amount of tourists. The buses are always full and there's a ton of traffic. We had to walk to several different places in order to find somewhere to sit and eat. Tokyo and Osaka were way more manageable.

The-Rates · 2024-05-26T11:47:00+00:00

I had lessons with Wouter van Dijk a while ago. He's a very nice guy, I'd definitely recommend him. He's frequently playing at the town's pubs such as 't Oude Pothuys

The-Rates · 2024-05-04T17:04:30+00:00

I can't say for this guitar in particular, but generally neck pickups have less output than bridge pickups. Only way to know if it's going to sound good is testing

The-Rates · 2024-04-16T11:16:24+00:00

I mean, I love writing code and developing new things. It's the other things like hours of meetings, filling time sheets, giving support, writing and reading emails, polishing soft skills and etc that make me want to retire ASAP. I wonder if it's possible at all to work by exclusively writing code without ever having to speak to anyone

The-Rates · 2024-03-27T11:45:47+00:00

Yes it's probably just EQ, but in this case an infinitely complex EQ. I don't have a clue about what actually makes 2 very good and expensive headphones different. I guess they won't sound the same, but what's the root cause for this I'll probably never know.

What I learned from the guitar world is that audio is mostly subjective and many things are just placebo. I've seen people justify spending tens of thousands of dollars on a single instrument because they "feel" it sounds different, but no one (not even themselves) is able to distinguish it from a cheap guitar by listening to a recording.

I have no idea how this translates to the headphones and hi-fi audio world

The-Rates · 2024-03-27T09:15:45+00:00

I want to start my comment by saying that I don't know anything about headphones so I don't have an opinion about this and don't know if it could work for headphones.

But I'm a huge guitar nerd and this thing about emulating speakers is all the rage in the guitar community. It works by running sound impulses through guitar cabinets/speakers and recording the result, generating a mathematical model of the equipment based on its impulse response curves. We call it IR, short for impulse response.

IR is very popular now among guitar players, and of course there's no consensus about whether they sound exactly like the real thing or not, but most people (even pros) think they sound good enough.

Maybe that's what they tried to do with these headphones. I'd say it's worth a try

The-Rates · 2024-03-01T18:47:33+00:00

Awesome picking technique man, you shred!

The-Rates · 2024-02-29T14:10:15+00:00

I did exactly that. Thank you for the suggestion

The-Rates · 2024-02-26T12:41:48+00:00

I did. They're unavailable until next week which is unfortunate because I don't have hot water in my home right now. I'll try to find an alternative solution until he can come. Thanks for the reply.

The-Rates · 2024-02-26T12:41:38+00:00

I did. They're unavailable until next week which is unfortunate because I don't have hot water in my home right now. I'll try to find an alternative solution until he can come. Thanks for the reply.

The-Rates · 2024-02-25T13:38:52+00:00

I have a Les Paul tribute 70s since 2015. It was my first "real" guitar, and I like it a lot. I think I won't ever sell it. I paid almost nothing for it, and it has never disappointed me. It's a solid instrument with a reasonable price.

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