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mmoncur
@mmoncur
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Joined: Sep 5, 2007
Topics: 5 / Replies: 163
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Re: Started playing at 20 and have no ear, am I doomed?

First of all, I've been playing guitar for about a year and a half too. With hour-long lessons every week from an excellent teacher. And I've BARELY r...

15 years ago
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Re: Drop Tunings

Drop tuning isn't just for heavier sounds. Here's John Mayer playing his song "Neon" in Drop C tuning.Notice that he's able to get a bass-like sound o...

15 years ago
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Re: Caged System

I generally use "C" shapes when my teacher makes me do it as a form of torture, or when I'm switching from an A minor shape, which is an easy 1-finger...

15 years ago
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Re: Fingerpicking basics

Vic and gnease, thanks for the feedback. I play electric 90% of the time and hadn't stopped to consider the soundhole of an acoustic.Since I like to k...

15 years ago
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Re: Proper Pick Grip Inconsistent In Research Results

Redbeard,Holding my pinky knuckle on strings 1+2 feels very odd to me. I used to anchor using a pinky below the strings like rparker said - now I tend...

15 years ago
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Re: Fingerpicking basics

Wow. I'm a beginning fingerpicker, but am I really the only one who anchors using my palm on the bridge?I can play "hovering" but it feels awkward. Ac...

15 years ago
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Re: Proper Pick Grip Inconsistent In Research Results

Redbeard: He has me resting the 2nd knuckle (towards the fingernail) of my right pinky in between the 1st and second strings to anchor my right hand i...

15 years ago
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Re: Cheap guitar (not your normal question here)

I'd say "none of the above" too. You can get a $119 Squier Bullet (also by Fender) that is way better than the Starcaster, and for $250 in the used ma...

15 years ago
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Re: 82 12-Bar Blues Backing Tracks

I downloaded a bunch of those a while back, but it looks like they've added even more! They're top notch.

15 years ago
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Re: Need help please :)

I'd say you shouldn't pay more than $8.99 for it. Domain names mean very little. If you're setting up a big corporate site, it's probably worth paying...

15 years ago
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Re: TAB/Chord Sheet Sites?

mxtabs looks promising - they post the same usually-crappy ASCII tabs as everyone else, but they have legal permission to publish them, so at least th...

15 years ago
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Re: Straps

I like the padded cloth straps by Planet Waves. They're comfortable and they have a "pick pocket" that I can stash a pick in just in case I forget to ...

15 years ago
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Re: F maj chord opinion

I'm weird (and I do have large hands) so my experience was different - I could never get the 4-string F to ring out properly, but I picked up the full...

15 years ago
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Re: GAS.....

I have one of those. Same color and everything. It's a great guitar. I haven't played it much lately because I have newer toys, but I need to get it o...

15 years ago
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Re: Strat Mod Question

I highly recommend the noiseless single coils - I have the SCN versions on my mexi strat and they're very very nice. But I'm more of anti-hum purist t...

15 years ago
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