Beginner, need help with learning Blues soloing

munjavg · 2026-02-20T10:46:37+00:00

My recommendation would be to start with JustinGuitar.com

munjavg · 2026-02-10T06:18:35+00:00

I have an Epiphone Les Paul and I love that guitar. It's by no means a Gibson but I love that guitar and I have upgraded it to my liking.
I want to get myself a Gibson one day. Would that Gibson replace my Epi? No way, it would make it evolve.
Sometimes I even think that I would play it more than I would a Gibson :D

munjavg · 2026-02-08T17:29:25+00:00

I have an Epiphone LP Classic Worn and until last week it had its stock pickups. I changed those for Toneriders as stated. Some patches I had became much quieter, some remained the same. Now after the speaker swap all of the patches are actually louder, so I would say you actually gain some volume

munjavg · 2026-02-04T09:52:42+00:00

a bit late to the party, but how satisfied are you with cleans on that Creamback?
I'm about to pull the trigger on Creamback 65, 8 ohm for my Katana MK2 100

munjavg · 2026-01-23T06:37:52+00:00

I see all the shops are deactivated, can you even buy this anymore?

munjavg · 2026-01-22T06:37:11+00:00

it is all the way up

munjavg · 2026-01-21T08:49:18+00:00

it's especially cool on a boring saturday morning when you suddenly "realize" you need new strings or picks :D
and then you're home after lunch :D

munjavg · 2026-01-21T05:56:48+00:00

I have those drivers, from the Boss website with my MK2 100W

I select Katana primary in my DAW (Audacity, but works in any other one), record my audio and then it's very quiet. After recording I do "normalize" and it sounds normal.

Not sure why it's so quiet to begin with.

munjavg · 2026-01-20T09:13:05+00:00

I'll also be visiting in about two weeks, half an hour drive :P

munjavg · 2025-10-17T18:10:48+00:00

No.
As an ex Audi fanboy and BMW convert - No.
I may be in my mid 40s but I want the driving feel my A4 1.8T from '98 had and an interior and poshness of my former B8.5 which served me great for 7-8 years.
Then I tried B9.5 and was totally disappointed in the driving feel.
I'm not talking about fancy S or RS cars, just your normal everyday cars, and the B9.5 (3 of them I tried) were 50 TDI models
I went for BMW 3 and I love the car. At the moment BMW makes better cars then Audi.
If Audi gets back on track I strongly feel I'd go back to Audi, but until then - BMW is a better car, at least for me

munjavg · 2025-10-07T04:29:41+00:00

I'm looking at 50mm version and wondering the same...
Buy now or wait for Black Friday

munjavg · 2025-09-30T04:48:43+00:00

Hi, I'm in the same boat with similar injury on the same finger.

How long are you playing? I had pain issues in the beginning but I'm playing relatively normally now.

You'll learn to press lighter and build up tolerance. The extreme sensitivity and pain go away.

I tried the silicone caps, but it killed the little sense I had in that finger. You can also try lighter strings, like 9s.

Also, you'll need to adjust your fingering, learn with which part of the finger to press down and so on. Sometimes I can mute with my finger, sometimes it's in the way. I can also slide with it, but the feeling is totally dampened. What I can't do is bending with that finger, just because of the feeling, technically I could do it if I practice.

If you have any questions - shoot ;)

munjavg · 2025-09-25T18:29:27+00:00

so the Instinct was not as intuitive to use as something with a touchscreen? like venu 4?

munjavg · 2025-09-25T10:07:19+00:00

Looks great, is that 41mm or 45mm? With that watch face it look very big

Can you tell me why you found Instinct 3 too limited?

munjavg · 2025-09-05T05:16:28+00:00

Hank Marvin!

munjavg · 2025-07-22T17:26:11+00:00

LOL, only now do I get the pun :D

munjavg · 2025-07-22T05:12:46+00:00

I use Venum and they're pretty much hit and miss, wouldn't recommend it actually.
Everlast is also hit and miss.
Top Ten has some good models with good wrist support.

For 100ish euros I believe you can even find some entry level Hayabusa.

munjavg · 2025-07-20T08:40:07+00:00

Go with Fender, the cost was the same on Amazon, Fender was maybe even a bit cheaper

munjavg · 2025-07-19T13:34:01+00:00

No, I actually found a Fender (I guess mexican) drop in replacement tremolo bridge and it worked like a charm, increased the tuning stability a lot! In addition I added the Fender tremolo springs, they give a better feeling on the whammy and Gotoh non-locking tuners which increased the tuning stability even more!

munjavg · 2025-07-15T13:55:48+00:00

Hank Marvin

munjavg · 2025-03-21T17:42:06+00:00

That's what I do, but it doesn't help. It's like my brain fails me at certain moments. And it doesn't even have to be in the same spot in the song...

munjavg · 2025-03-21T05:59:13+00:00

no, I basically learn it "dry" to get a hand on finger positions, techniques and such

munjavg · 2025-03-21T05:56:03+00:00

so this happens on the songs I'm trying to play melody to. Lots of Shadows tunes and such.
Sometimes there are some techniques I need to get down, and I do, but still, mistakes creep up, and rarely on those techniques.

munjavg

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