FOUL! Haha just kidding, I just had to throw my two cents in when you mentioned Joe. I enjoy Malmsteen, but Satriani is a hero of mine. I think he...

My thoughts exactly Arjen.

Oh, no problem. But as far as I can tell, you don't have to mute the high E on either version of the chord. You have A, C# and E in the chord. No p...

Couple of options. For me, I can bring my thumb up around the neck and mute the E. That way works well for the barre version because it gives me som...

I also have a GRX40 and I'd have to agree that it's not a bad guitar. Has some issues with the higher frets and action, and I don't like the bridge, ...

Ah, I see now.

I just bought the complete Leavitt Method, and even in the first few pages I've found my reading skills have improved greatly. This is coming from an...

Not sure if I was clear, I meant a C Major scale pattern, not the chord. There's a number of ways that I can mute the low E on that chord, but what I...

Well, at one point I probably was doing it unintentionally back when I was just starting out. But now, I've been learning to read music so starting w...

Is it necessarily a bad thing if your fingers do touch the other strings? For instance, as I learn patterns that include open strings and notes on ad...

I was going to ask about easy outs, as I'd just learned about them. From your post I'm assuming that you can use them multiple times. That is, they ...

I had been changing all the strings at one time, mostly so I could clean the board and the area on the pickguard under the strings, but I'll start doi...

Haven't tried to move them without tension. Maybe I'll give it a shot.I could probably just leave it where it is, except sometimes when I restring th...

I ordered my first guitar from Musician's Friend almost 2 years ago, an Ibanez GRX-40. I ordered a blue one, got a red one the first time. Sent it b...