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Offline skrumian

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #150 on: May 04, 2008, 11:18:28 AM »
Ripped from the October issue of Guitar Player

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Investing in distortion boxes instead of a good amp.

Learning 100 intros and no songs.

Limiting yourself to one style of music-usually metal.

Not taking the time to learn music theory.


Playing "Smoke on the Water" on the high-E string.

Playing too loud, and with too much distortion.

Setting your amp's Gain on 10, and Mids on 0.

Relying on picks.

Not learning how to perform a basic setup.

Not maintaining your gear.

Not jamming enough with other players.

Over use of legato with a complete disregard for tempo.


Poor phrasing.

Weak vibrato.

Buying too many effects.

Listening to tone snobs.

Immediately launching into thirty-second-notes during a blues solo.


Thinking that playing the local bar circuit constitutes a "tour."

Believing that opening for a national act means you're on your way.

Not knowing the difference between tube watts and solid-state watts.

Relying too much on printed music and tabs.

Thinking a year of lessons and $5,000 worth of gear makes you ready to play in a band.

Wearing the guitar way too low.

Using too much hand/finger pressure when fretting.

Taking guitar lessons from a friend.- teka lang, mali ba dito? paano kung marunong naman yung friend mo?

Giving up immediately because you sound like dog doo.


Not learning how all your gear works.

Tuning every guitar at Guitar Center to dropped D, and then not retuning them to standard pitch.

Bringing full stacks to tiny bar gigs.

Saying "All [insert hated style of music] sucks, dude!"

Learning with your eyes, instead of your ears.

Not learning to play in time with good groove and feel.


Not investing in good earplugs for playing loud gigs.

Obsessing about playing burning solos, and not caring about rhythm guitar.

Thinking that playing fast pentatonic-box patterns makes you a hot guitarist.

Not putting casters on viciously heavy amps.

Wearing bowling shirts emblazoned with flames and dragons.

Realizing guitar is too difficult and taking up bass instead.

Spending more time on Philmusic.com and other forum site than actually practicing.

Forgetting that playing music is meant to be fun.
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Offline emmangulaman

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #151 on: May 04, 2008, 01:58:31 PM »
nako. mukang guilty ako dito sa lahat.  :-D

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #152 on: May 04, 2008, 02:47:41 PM »
nako. mukang guilty ako dito sa lahat.  :-D

hehehe ok lng yan kaya nga pinost yan dahil para mabago yung mga pagkakamali natin e
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Offline arkeetar

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #153 on: May 04, 2008, 08:07:24 PM »
Using too much hand/finger pressure when fretting.
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nagagawa ko toh pag mahina yung dating ng ampli... kaya ko nabibigatan yung pressure... pero pag malakas naman hindi...
nangyayari toh pag walang pa system... amp lang talaga labas ng tunog

 :-D

Offline tiyowoy

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #154 on: May 06, 2008, 05:59:01 PM »
Taking guitar lessons from a friend. - eh pano kung friend ko si Joe Satriani?
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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #155 on: May 07, 2008, 12:33:00 AM »
using a bad monkey + any zoom products....magtutunog cheesy! :-D

biro lang
guitarist telling the drummer what the intro to laklak was. caught on video.at binilangan pa ang drummer 1-2...1-2-3..lol

Offline tiyowoy

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #156 on: May 07, 2008, 08:39:13 AM »
using a bad monkey + any zoom products....magtutunog cheesy! :-D

biro lang

Zoom products? Nosey sound.
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Offline White Falcon

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #157 on: May 07, 2008, 09:02:17 AM »

Limiting yourself to one style of music-usually metal.

Playing too loud, and with too much distortion.

Not maintaining your gear.

Not jamming enough with other players.

Believing that opening for a national act means you're on your way.

Not knowing the difference between tube watts and solid-state watts.

Wearing the guitar way too low.

Using too much hand/finger pressure when fretting.

Giving up immediately because you sound like dog doo.

Not learning how all your gear works.

Realizing guitar is too difficult and taking up bass instead.

Forgetting that playing music is meant to be fun.

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Offline blues2death

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #158 on: May 07, 2008, 09:46:53 AM »
Zoom products? Nosey sound.

wag masyadong seryoso...have a sense of humor brad :-D
guitarist telling the drummer what the intro to laklak was. caught on video.at binilangan pa ang drummer 1-2...1-2-3..lol

Offline tiyowoy

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #159 on: May 07, 2008, 02:02:05 PM »
wag masyadong seryoso...have a sense of humor brad :-D

...but I was smiling when I wrote that.  :-D
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Offline bluejem

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #160 on: May 07, 2008, 02:59:22 PM »
Ripped from the October issue of Guitar Player

large 400%

Investing in distortion boxes instead of a good amp.

Learning 100 intros and no songs.

Limiting yourself to one style of music-usually metal.

Not taking the time to learn music theory.

Playing "Smoke on the Water" on the high-E string.

Playing too loud, and with too much distortion.

Setting your amp's Gain on 10, and Mids on 0.

Relying on picks.

Not learning how to perform a basic setup.

Not maintaining your gear.

Not jamming enough with other players.

Over use of legato with a complete disregard for tempo.

Poor phrasing.

Weak vibrato.

Buying too many effects.

Listening to tone snobs.

Immediately launching into thirty-second-notes during a blues solo.

Thinking that playing the local bar circuit constitutes a "tour."

Believing that opening for a national act means you're on your way.

Not knowing the difference between tube watts and solid-state watts.

Relying too much on printed music and tabs.

Thinking a year of lessons and $5,000 worth of gear makes you ready to play in a band.

Wearing the guitar way too low.

Using too much hand/finger pressure when fretting.

Taking guitar lessons from a friend.

Giving up immediately because you sound like dog doo.

Not learning how all your gear works.

Tuning every guitar at Guitar Center to dropped D, and then not retuning them to standard pitch.

Bringing full stacks to tiny bar gigs.

Saying "All [insert hated style of music] sucks, dude!"

Learning with your eyes, instead of your ears.

Not learning to play in time with good groove and feel.

Not investing in good earplugs for playing loud gigs.

Obsessing about playing burning solos, and not caring about rhythm guitar.

Thinking that playing fast pentatonic-box patterns makes you a hot guitarist.

Not putting casters on viciously heavy amps.

Wearing bowling shirts emblazoned with flames and dragons.

Realizing guitar is too difficult and taking up bass instead.

Spending more time on Harmony Central than actually practicing.

Forgetting that playing music is meant to be fun.


So sad but yet so very true!!!Nice one sir Bamf. :-D
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Offline voidmain

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #161 on: May 07, 2008, 04:49:00 PM »
Sir you forgot asking kung "Ok ba ang RJ guitars?"

Sorry OT, just couldn't resist. :-D
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Offline ierofan

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #162 on: August 16, 2008, 11:42:12 PM »
sapul ako sa iba. sakit pree.. tagoooss..
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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #163 on: August 17, 2008, 12:23:03 AM »
ouch! sapul ako!

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #164 on: August 17, 2008, 12:29:38 PM »
pwede ba idagdag "taking too long to set-up on a gig..." at "bringing faulty gear onstage resulting to set-up rpoblems and hence prolonging set-up time..."
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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #165 on: August 18, 2008, 04:31:04 PM »
Yoko na nga!!! :-D

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #166 on: August 20, 2008, 06:52:32 PM »
ouch? hahaha!
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Offline simon_divitico

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #167 on: August 20, 2008, 08:04:38 PM »
Did I miss this? :

Music is in the heart; thus, it's not supposed to be played for the heck of showing off :-D
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Offline frkuri

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #168 on: August 21, 2008, 10:21:52 AM »
lahat ng nabangit ay na akin, damn.

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #169 on: August 27, 2008, 04:11:09 PM »
Puwede ba toh " Playing an entire song in palm mute" and "Using Pinch harmonics in songs too often"

Offline Metal Gear Solid

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #170 on: August 27, 2008, 05:26:30 PM »
^ahaha Zakk Wylde ikaw ba ine?

Offline arkeetar

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #171 on: August 27, 2008, 05:32:37 PM »
guilty  :lol:

ako...

http://talk.philmusic.com/board/index.php/topic,106291.0.html

dami matututunan wag lang mag aaway at baka ma lock na naman  :-)

Offline bogert_24

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #172 on: August 28, 2008, 10:00:47 PM »
guilty rin ako dito hehehe  :evil:

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #173 on: August 29, 2008, 11:29:42 AM »
patay ako dito hehehe hmm sino kaya nakaperfect nito?? yung wala talagang kasalanan hehehhe guitar god sya siguro hehehe

Offline nancy brew

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Re: Top 40 Newbie Mistakes
« Reply #174 on: August 29, 2008, 03:14:33 PM »


Not knowing that soundchecks, rehearsals, and check-my-chops sessions are three entirely different things.

 :-D

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