Well, more like one sounds better with the other.

[QUOTE=heavy metal kid]No kidding, but i think i can play around 14 hours, but 8 of those hours would be pure tapping.

I have a lot of stamina, the bad thing is that i can't play something real complicated.[/QUOTE]

I'm at school about 7 and asleep the other 8, so that only leaves 9. I play for probably most of it, but only about 2-3 hours is practicing.

[QUOTE]Well, more like one sounds better with the other.[/QUOTE]

That's what I mean, one compliments the other and makes them sound better

I play maybe 4 and I'm pretty good I can only imagine 16

[QUOTE=munky_magik]Pardon?[/QUOTE]


Oh, remember munky, the avatar that you had 'bout the time I joined here. (Like late Feb.- early March) I think it was you that had this weird looking mouse as an avatar.

[QUOTE=Britton]I play maybe 4 and I'm pretty good I can only imagine 16[/QUOTE]


When I started playing I was on Independent study so I only had to go to school once a week. I would play around 16 hours a day sometimes more.

It didn't really help much but I did learn some cool stuff (like the simpsons theme and MOP)


edit: sorry about the DP

NP

so you played 16 hours a day? or you could?

witch one is it?

I need to set aside my days off for just practicing. I don't get hardly enough practice on guitar, and could use some more drums.

[QUOTE=Joe]but only about 2-3 hours is practicing.[/QUOTE]
Maybe I should be practicing? Well, what do you mean by practicing?
I spend maybe 2 hours working on a riff, 2 hours on some scales or something, improving my down pick (Well Slapping Penguin thinks I should just down pick everything, but I have a tendancy (And ability! :p), to alt pick anything and everything so...

I did play 16 hours a day. I took full advantage of the free time that I had and I outplayed most ppl that had been playing just as long as me. (then I hit a kind of a rut and didn't get better for almost a year.)


Well chu, try downpicking stuff for a while then up-picking for a while. I tried doing the up picking and it just feels very weird, but is very good for your chops.

[QUOTE=Chu]Maybe I should be practicing? Well, what do you mean by practicing?
I spend maybe 2 hours working on a riff, 2 hours on some scales or something, improving my down pick (Well Slapping Penguin thinks I should just down pick everything, but I have a tendancy (And ability! :p), to alt pick anything and everything so...[/QUOTE]

Is there any advantage to downpicking everything?

I'm not sure, I've never really downpicked (Sometimes I downpick power chords, but it's mostly a sort of alt strum), all I've ever known is alt picking, I don't even know if my technique is any good :confused:

You get a more bassy kind of tone. The difference is very subtle at best though. You can kinda notice it when you're palm muting on a scooped tone.

[QUOTE=Huber]I need to set aside my days off for just practicing. I don't get hardly enough practice on guitar, and could use some more drums.[/QUOTE]

heh i play like 5 hours a day on the drums until blood is flowing from my calloused hands and i cant hear anything. i lovvve it. my mom hates it.

[QUOTE=Huber]Is there any advantage to downpicking everything?[/QUOTE]

not at all, bad habit

yeah...downpicking everything like literally everything is impossible when you're a good guitarist. well its not impossible but it makes you sound worse.

[QUOTE=Chu]Maybe I should be practicing? Well, what do you mean by practicing?
I spend maybe 2 hours working on a riff, 2 hours on some scales or something, improving my down pick (Well Slapping Penguin thinks I should just down pick everything, but I have a tendancy (And ability! :p), to alt pick anything and everything so...[/QUOTE]

I try learning a new song or a work on an old one. I'm also taking guitar lessons so I practice that too. I'm still working on Fade to Black so I've been doing that one little riff in the intro all day and i can finally do it perfectly. Improving your down pick is good and all, but alt pick i think sounds better. PM is something you should work on since you said you're not very good. Play alt picking (like MOP sounds better alt than down).

I can't play MOP if I down pick.

I practice scales and theory for about 2 hours a day then
I play abother 2 then with my band alot on some days.
right now I'm working on PH's and stuff metal techniqes mostly

Hey, got any advice for learning how to sweep pick? Or play fast runs like Yngwie Malmsteen? I havfe been one guy that learned to play lead downpicking almost everything..except shredd up high..liek wylde style soloing. Any advice?

Just practice practice man

got my amp back today

Anymore news on the upcoming Metallica cd?

[QUOTE]Alexi Laiho, I believe, dropped of out school so he could play guitar for 16 hours a day or something like that. Look at him now...[/QUOTE]

just :eek:

So Slapping Penguin came around again, we jammed, we even recorded this time :p
The quality is so bad, we used one of those iPod recorders, in a jumper in front of the drum kit (The 2 guitar amps were behind the kit), it is just horrible :(

It's cool though, since we don't have a singer (Or a bassist :(), Slapping Penguin just makes up random solos during the verse/s :)

Very good, and he left with a few gigs of music that I know he's going to enjoy :D

[QUOTE=Chu]So Slapping Penguin came around again, we jammed, we even recorded this time :p
[B]The quality is so bad, we used one of those iPod recorders, in a jumper in front of the drum kit[/B] (The 2 guitar amps were behind the kit), it is just horrible :(

It's cool though, since we don't have a singer (Or a bassist :(), Slapping Penguin just makes up random solos during the verse/s :)

Very good, and he left with a few gigs of music that I know he's going to enjoy :D[/QUOTE]

:lol:

hey chu
by the way are you from the UK?

[QUOTE=GiB_PlAyEr123]Anymore news on the upcoming Metallica cd?[/QUOTE]

None that I've heard.

[QUOTE]So Slapping Penguin came around again, we jammed, we even recorded this time
The quality is so bad, we used one of those iPod recorders, in a jumper in front of the drum kit (The 2 guitar amps were behind the kit), it is just horrible

It's cool though, since we don't have a singer (Or a bassist ), Slapping Penguin just makes up random solos during the verse/s

Very good, and he left with a few gigs of music that I know he's going to enjoy [/QUOTE]


Cool, you gunna upload some???

I have one of those iPod recorders too. I tried recording drums with it one time. I don't even want to talk about how bad the quality was.

[QUOTE=Trivium]not at all, bad habit[/QUOTE]
yeah right. Downpicking as much as you can builds up strength and helps with tremelo picking.

[QUOTE=Happy]yeah right. Downpicking as much as you can builds up strength and helps with tremelo picking.[/QUOTE]

Down Picking is my Favourite Picking. :cool:

I always down pick if I use OD. sense I play rythym all the time.

I got photos up of my room. so you guys can go look at that
Metallica poster.

[url]http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/bc/4341ffcc_1695f/bc/Britton%27s+Rig/Metallica+poster.jpg?bfX1rQDBq.PemLeR[/url]

just put it in you're browser

[QUOTE=NightHorse]Down Picking is my Favourite Picking. :cool:[/QUOTE]


I like it but not as much as nose picking. :p