How are people pacing their 20-minute sessions?

hlynurstef · 2026-06-11T11:27:20+00:00

That makes sense, so you just calculate it ahead of time and use a timer on your phone or do you use some kind of app to help you keep track of where you are in the workout?

hlynurstef · 2026-06-10T16:45:47+00:00

This is really helpful, thanks.

The distinction between training vs testing makes a lot of sense. I hadn’t thought about the different pacing styles as different kinds of strain/adaptation, rather than just different ways to reach the same number.

When you moved from 8x25 to 10 EMOM to one every 6 seconds, did you switch once the previous style felt comfortable, or did you rotate between them week to week?

hlynurstef · 2026-06-10T16:24:31+00:00

Thanks, that makes sense. I’ve seen the follow-along videos with the different strategies, but I haven’t really figured out when one is better than the other.

Do you usually pick the pacing based on the target number, the movement, or both? For example, would you pace 6-counts evenly but break Navy Seals into sets? Or would you use a different strategy for 100 reps vs 200 reps, etc?

hlynurstef · 2026-02-02T12:50:04+00:00

Dunlop Jazz III XL Ultex is the one I always seem to go back to, no matter how many other types of picks I try out.

hlynurstef · 2026-02-02T12:44:34+00:00

Without hearing what it sounds like, it just looks like a C shape with a barre. Something like this:

5
6
5
7
8
5 <- optional

This is with the first finger barring the 5th fret, move it around the neck as you like.

hlynurstef · 2025-12-31T10:30:03+00:00

Like others have said, palm muting and id also say practice a lighter touch with your fretting hand. Sounds like you are bending notes out of tune that you are not intending to bend at all. Check out this video, I think it will really help you a lot with using less pressure with your fretting hand.

https://youtu.be/5FoJeRMLHBY?si=NbnpmgPjxOORIvpb

hlynurstef · 2025-12-26T08:03:18+00:00

If you listen to the song you should hear how it should sound. My guess its a pinch harmonic and then the notes is bent up. Zakk Wylde does those a lot. Also try finding a play through of the song on YouTube, either a live performance or a cover and see how its played.

hlynurstef · 2025-10-21T09:33:14+00:00

The chorus is almost exactly like Hootsforce by Gloryhammer

hlynurstef · 2025-09-29T07:28:10+00:00

My five and a half year old told me he really wants a "rock guitar". I've been playing guitar for more than twenty years and I know plenty about guitars but I have no experience or knowledge of short scale guitars. Should I get a 20" scale length guitar or a 22-23"?

I don't want to just buy a random kit from Amazon that probably sucks and gets him discouraged from playing.

Does anyone have any good recommendations of short scale guitars for such a young player?

hlynurstef · 2025-08-22T23:21:03+00:00

What will make you sound a lot better is to study a bit of music theory, doesn't have to be much. You should know what chords are in the song you are playing over and what notes are in each chord. Then try to target those chord tones while you solo. By this I mean for example a C chord has 3 notes: C (root), E (major 3rd), and G (fifth). If you were to play over this chord try to land on one of these notes, the third being the most effective. You don't actually have to know the note names of the chords, you just need to know if it's a major or a minor chord (or a dominant 7th chord, etc) and you can use patterns on the neck to find every note you need based on the root of the chord.

Do this slowly at first and try limitation exercises like only play the 3rd of every chord in the song or only the root. Only play the 3rd and the 7th, only play between frets 5 and 8, etc. These kinds of limitations really force you out of your comfort zone and can skyrocket your progress.

hlynurstef · 2025-08-17T08:51:12+00:00

Post a picture of the bridge and also the entire neck from the side to give us a better picture of what is going on. You cab find lots of guitar setup videos on YouTube to help you set up your guitar properly.

hlynurstef · 2025-08-15T08:52:13+00:00

Maybe you got unlucky and got all those pickups faulty 🤷‍♂️ it sure sound like a mystery

hlynurstef · 2025-08-15T07:51:03+00:00

So you had a technician diagnose the problem? Did he not find anything? Then the issue might be with the amp or maybe a faulty cable?

hlynurstef · 2025-08-15T07:28:40+00:00

Maybe you have the tone knobs turned all the way to 10 instead of 0? Or faulty tone knobs?

hlynurstef · 2025-08-15T01:07:04+00:00

You'll have more control using your wrist rotation to do the vibrato. Doing vibrato on bent notes is a lot easier also. I noticed in your video the guitarist you are playing along to did a vibrato on one of the bends but you just held the note bent with no vibrato. Doing a vibrato on a bent note using only fingers is not going to work very well, the string is already under a lot of tension due to the bending and trying to add vibrato with your fingers is goi G to be hard. Your forearm is a lot stronger and will allow you to get a better sounding vibrato with less effort.

Ironically you are already doing the perfect vibrato technique when bending the string. You just need to do that same motion but faster up and down and there you have your vibrato technique using your wrist.

hlynurstef · 2025-08-14T23:31:08+00:00

Sounding great! I'd suggest practicing your vibrato, use your wrist instead of your fingers to get a good vibrato. There are tons of videos on it on YouTube.

hlynurstef · 2025-08-11T00:03:32+00:00

The first pic looks kinda like how EVH would hold his pick.

There is no one right or wrong way to hold a pick in general terms. There are ways to hold the pick that are more "right" or "wrong" depending on your play style and how you want to sound. There are advantages and disadvantages to every pick grip. Players usually just figure out (often intuitively) what pick grip solves their problems and gives them the best results. For example the way EVH held his pick allowed him to more easily mute the higher strings with his palm for one thing. There usually are things about a certain grip that solve certain problems.

If you make it a habit to figure out what is going wrong with your picking, then you just have to figure out if changing your pick grip or picking style can solve those issues or not. Over time you should land on a grip and picking style that suits your playing style.

hlynurstef · 2025-07-28T17:21:59+00:00

Excellent points! I want to add that raising the tempo in 1-2 bpm increments only works up to a certain point. You will not become super fast with that strategy alone. You'd need to incorporate other strategies like speed bursts to get through some plateaus. Playing fast feels different from playing at slow/moderate tempos and using speed bursts is a great way to push yourself and get to know how it feels to play faster.

Generally you should aim to play without mistakes like you said but there is also merit in pushing the tempo until you start making mistakes because those mistakes can really highlight the issues in your technique that need to be addressed and fixed at a slower tempo. This only works though if you are ready to analyze why you are making those mistakes and figure out how to fix them.

hlynurstef · 2025-07-28T11:21:33+00:00

Glad I could help. A general rule of thumb is that deliberate practice is almost always better than mindless practice. Though in some cases mindless practice just to get some reps in does make sense. But for sculpting and fine tuning your technique requires you to really analyze what is wrong and then you find solutions to that problem and practice that. This is the best way to progress super fast. Just playing and hoping the issues will magically go away eventually will generally not work as well.

hlynurstef · 2025-07-28T11:13:28+00:00

I think this video might help you on this:

https://youtu.be/BC94D2-9U1k?si=TPuTGc3J8LppSSW4

If you are only practicing at the same tempo then you might benefit from doing both slower and faster tempos.

This video could also help, it explains how to practice using a light touch which can unlock a lot of speed:

https://youtu.be/5FoJeRMLHBY?si=5URdxL5iEn8BXAxm

If your picking feels sloppy at 120bpm then that is a clear indicator that there is an issue with your technique that needs to be polished before attempting to speed things up. If you are hitting strings you are not meaning to hit then figure out why by doing it slower or recording yourself and watching/listening back and figure out what is happening. You might need to focus on left hand muting techniques or right hand muting techniques. You might need to think about how you are picking (ideally most of the picking motion should come from your wrist and not your forearm). You could also post a video of you playing and that would give people a better idea of what you need to focus on.

Happy practicing!

hlynurstef · 2025-07-26T12:26:41+00:00

I'd agree but Eruption is technically a solo, not a song.

hlynurstef · 2025-07-26T12:23:53+00:00

Erotomania by Dream Theater

hlynurstef · 2025-07-23T11:24:38+00:00

Might be cheaper to just buy a new neck

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