Guitarist Alliance of Game Winners

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Welcome to the Guitarist Alliance of Game Winners!

Hey all, this is my new clan meant for all guitarists and bassists to come and discuss what they can play, give help to each other and begginers, give tabs of riffs that you may have made, and to just chat.

No requirements to join other than the fact that you play guitar or the bass guitar.


Founder-
SS4 Sephiroth

Members-
drawkcaBstIeduD
anthesiac
Adam
linkinrocks
Commander Cool
Same Old Story
Icarus
o_OSquirrelO_o
*ZELDA*DUDE*
MightyGanNing
Omnia
Rob64
lickin' Sweet
beefbutcher88
Pyrodreams415
Grouchman
Andramalius
The Anonymous Hero
limpit 64
GameFreakster
The Gta Spartan
GTA God
troubledsociety
dobby
Gameplay_216
Biocide
Firey
EVH 5150
WTF d00ds?
Cody.
bounty93
Spiner202
Twilight
Dragonese

Total count-34

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Drummers are hard to come by. Not like guitar players; they're a dime-a-dozen. :D

Settle for an adequate drummer. Better than no drummer at all.

Not easy to do when you want to play groove oriented tech metal :-\

You know stuff like Meshuggah meets Between the Buried and Me. Drummers that can groove like that are very hard to find because most of them are already in one or more bands.

[wii champ]

cani I join

[Kansas]

Yeah, you better believe Justin is good. Last year, he made All-State in Band! I'm not in Band myself (I quit my freshman year.)

[SS4 Sephiroth]

cani I join

Course ya can, but what do you play?

[The Eye in the Sky!]

Hehe, split. (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=548275)

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Bump't

[WTF d00ds?]

Wow, seriously old thread. You made this thing just over 4 years ago? I'm surprised it didn't get trashed. I'd like to join, I play guitar and have been for almost 3 years ago. I play mainly electric now, but I do make my guitar sound acoustic on some stuff I write. I've also been told that the stuff I write sounds like if Godsmack and AIC got together and started writing heavier stuff.

[Cody.]

I would like to join, I can't play much, just bits and pieces of various songs And some short and simple tunes of my own. I own an acoustic guitar right now but I plan to get an electric guitar sometime during this Summer.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Added. Yea i cant believe it was 03 that i made this, definitely seems like it was 06 that i made it...lol

[WTF d00ds?]

I would suggest getting an Ibanez starter pack, Cody.

Also- lol at smilecat.

[Cody.]

Well I was looking at getting this Dean Vendetta XM electric guitar I found online at Guitar Center's website, natural finish. Its only 120 bucks and it averages a 5-star rating so I thought it would be good for a first electric guitar.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Dean's aren't bad. But honestly if I were you I would go to a local Guitar Center or Sam Ash and try some guitars out. DO NOT ask for help from one of the people that work there, they always try to sell you as much as possible. Try out a few guitars, listen to how they sound, feel, play and so forth; then make your decision from there.

[Cody.]

Yeah that's more than likely what I'll do first before I buy anything, but that's just what I've got my eyes on right now. Anyone know of any other electric guitars either $150 or cheaper that are decent guitars I could check out? I need a guitar that's going to last until I can afford a better one later on.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Yeah that's more than likely what I'll do first before I buy anything, but that's just what I've got my eyes on right now. Anyone know of any other electric guitars either $150 or cheaper that are decent guitars I could check out? I need a guitar that's going to last until I can afford a better one later on.
Check your PM's

[Vaati]

I would like to join.

I own a Fender Stratocaster, It's got a black base, with a white cover. My amps a piece of Sh!t but it gets the job done.

I've been playing for about two years and can play only a few songs, Paint it Black(first song I ever learned), Knights of Cydonia, Smoke on water, and Thunderstruck to name a few.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Welcome to the club :)

[WTF d00ds?]

So what tunings does everyone here use? I usually go with either standard or drop D, but I have written a few songs in drop D flat and sharp, and drop C. I've only written 1 or 2 in drop C, but everyone who's heard it says it's heavy as hell.

By the way, if anyone here knows what I need to get songs recorded and uploaded to my myspace profile, let me know. No one around my area seems to know.

[Spiner202]

Can I join? I own 2 guitars. The first a starter fender squire which sucked. The second is a Jackson, not positive on the model though, but I love it. I've been playing almost 2 years, though I'm not too good.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

So what tunings does everyone here use? I usually go with either standard or drop D, but I have written a few songs in drop D flat and sharp, and drop C. I've only written 1 or 2 in drop C, but everyone who's heard it says it's heavy as hell.

By the way, if anyone here knows what I need to get songs recorded and uploaded to my myspace profile, let me know. No one around my area seems to know.

Considering i have 4 guitars that i play almost all the time i use a bunch of tunings. Right now my ESP 7 string is tuned F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb (half step above standard Bass E) my Ibanez 7 is in standard 7 tunings (BEADGBE) my ESP V-100 is tuned DGCFAD sometimes down to drop C and sometimes Open C (CGCGCE Devin Townsend's favorite tuning) And my Les Paul Standard is tuned Standard E or half step down(half step at the moment)

Welcome to the club Spiner :)

[Spiner202]

Does anybody know how much Jackson Randy Rhoads signatures go for, preferably without a tremolo? I've been looking for a guitar without a tremolo bar and the Randy Rhoads model is one of my favorite guitars/guitarists. Also, could anybody reccomend anything other than that without a tremolo, preferably between 200-450ish$? I was thinking about either getting a third guitar (my starter sucks and I want a guitar that doesn't have a locked bridge) or a good amp (mine sucks). Could someone also reccomend a good amp? I don't know much about them, but I want good distortion and the effect where loud notes and quiet notes sound the same dynamics.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Wait so you want an amp with no dynamics to it? If so get a Line 6 Spider. If you want an amp with a lot of dynamics get a tube amp. Or do like i did and get a power amp head, 4x12 cab and a Line 6 POD X3 Live =D

Good guitar for 200-450, almost any Schecter in that range, my Les Paul standard was about 4 and is one of the best guitars i own. Try one out.

[Spiner202]

I want an amp that has the ability to make most notes sound the same dynamic. For example when I play harmonics, you can barely hear them, but my guitar teacher said that you can get amps where they can even things out. But I'd also like to be able to turn that off.

Also for a guitar, I'd prefer a jackson or an ibanez. Other brands are fine, but those two I'd prefer.

[WTF d00ds?]

If you want a guitar in the $200-$450 range, I'd suggest either an Epiphone, or an Ibanez. The Ibanezs will be a little pricier, but they're worth it. I own 2 (an ARC350, and an SZ520QM), and I absolutely love them. I use the 520QM almost exclusively now, as I like the sound it produces better, but I still use the 350 from time to time.

[Commander Cool]

Talk about a super bump.

My former user name was Black Sabbath, to clear any confusion.

And yes, I still play guitar, somewhat.

Yeah, that's all I got.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

I want an amp that has the ability to make most notes sound the same dynamic. For example when I play harmonics, you can barely hear them, but my guitar teacher said that you can get amps where they can even things out. But I'd also like to be able to turn that off.

Also for a guitar, I'd prefer a jackson or an ibanez. Other brands are fine, but those two I'd prefer.
I definitely suggest you try out a Schecter though, or an ESP LTD both are amazing guitars.

Updated, CC :)

[Spiner202]

I've heard good things about ESP. My brother (he's a really good guitarist) said it's the only type of guitar he doesn't own that he really wants. Also I know a lot of great guys use them like the guys in Metallica/Megadeth.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

And Children of Bodom, Strapping Young Lad/Devin Townsend. And tons of other metal bands/artists. They are great guitars, i suggest at least giving them a try at a guitar store.

[Cody.]

Have any of you learned how to play any theme songs on guitar? I just figured out how to play the Batman theme song and a part of the Spider-Man theme song yesterday, Its pretty cool and really easy :)

[Spiner202]

I wanted to learn the King Of The Hill theme but I'm not good enough :(. Otherwise, I find it hard to find tabs of songs that I don't know the band/isn't done by a particular band.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

I've learned plenty. I actually have a collection of Final Fantasy 7 midi/tabs that i play every now and then, they are very fun.

[Cody.]

Yeah, we didn't use any tabs, my friend has the Batman ringtone on his cell phone, so we used its as a guide to help us find the right tune. And we just decided to figure out Spider-Man theme after that. So they probably don't sound like the real deal but hey, it works. :D

[SS4 Sephiroth]

I rarely use tabs. But i keep the FF7 ones around because they are general midi which can be used in recording. And i plan to record some heavy metal versions of some of the FF7 songs some day :)

[Spiner202]

Well I don't have a very good musical ear, so I have trouble picking up stuff like that.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

It comes with time. I started figuring stuff out relatively early on, but after about 3 years or so i was really picking stuff up well and getting it right most of the time.

[Cody.]

Yeah it took us a bit to figure out both of those themes but after awhile it just sorta clicked. Not to mention my friend has been playing guitar for at least two years now so, I used him as a reference as well. :D

[WTF d00ds?]

I can play the tetris theme perfectly (I use some killer distortion/delay, and it sounds sick when I play it), part of the mario bros. theme, the twilight zone theme, the opening riff to dueling banjos, and the main riff in "Turning Japanese", but I dunno if that's a theme or not.

Also, I've developed a far better musical ear myself as well. I learned the opening riff to dueling banjos by ear, as well as a few other parts of songs (the main riffs to smoke on the water- I play it in drop D, and the main riff to Iron Man, also in Drop D), as well as a multitude of other various riffs.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Well, if anyone is interested i have a Soundclick profile with a bunch of things i've recorded/composed and a couple of covers(one of them sucks big time)

[Cody.]

Playing the Tetris and Mario bros theme sounds really fun, I've tried to figure out a Mario theme once, but it didn't work out so great. :(

Well, if anyone is interested i have a Soundclick profile with a bunch of things i've recorded/composedSure why not? I'd be glad to hear some of them. :)

I recently made tabs to what I know of the Batman and Spider-Man themes, I'll see if I can post them if you guys would like me to.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

www.soundclick.com/anthonysmusic

Everything was played/programmed by me. The New Millennium Cyanide Christ cover is terrible, i dont know why i left it up. The Rational Gaze cover, however, is quite good.

[WTF d00ds?]

Playing the Tetris and Mario bros theme sounds really fun, I've tried to figure out a Mario theme once, but it didn't work out so great.

The tetris theme is easy as hell, it only took me about 5 minutes to learn, and an hour to perfect. The mario bros theme is slightly harder, I still can't do all of it yet. If you know how to read tabs, an excellent site for them is ultimate-guitar.com. In fact, it's the only site I use. They have tabs for any song you could think of (almost a million tabs in total), and for any kind of guitar you can think of (bass, 7 string, 12 string, etc.). And if you want to learn the twilight zone theme, it's only played on the high e string in standard tuning, and goes like this:

3-4-3-0-3-4-3-0-3-4-3-0-3-4-3-0 (this continues for however long u like)

[SS4 Sephiroth]

I actually find it more out there to play it like this

e-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------
B-3-4-3-0-3-4-3-0--------

Makes it sound a bit creepier by going from a major second to a minor second to a 4th.

[Cody.]

The tetris theme is easy as hell, it only took me about 5 minutes to learn, and an hour to perfect. The mario bros theme is slightly harder, I still can't do all of it yet. If you know how to read tabs, an excellent site for them is ultimate-guitar.com.Alright cool, I'll check out the website sometime. ;)

I can read some tabs, but I have a hard time understanding power chords and slides on some tabs. But I've got my dad teaching me how to understand/read those kinds of tabs though.

Here's the tab for Spider-Man that I and my friend made up:

E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------5-3------------------------------------------------------
A ---------5-3---------4-5-5-5-3 0-----3-6-----6-3-------5-3------5-5--5-3-0-3-0------------
E ---3-6--------6-3-3----------------3---------------3-6------- - 6-3-------------------3--------

Hopefully thats legible, Its kinda hard typing up tabs on GW.

[Spiner202]

If you don't have it yet, I would highly suggest investing in Guitar Pro. It has literally made me such a better player than I would be without it. It has both the tabs and the notes so it's easy to read, and you can turn one or the other off if you like. If can basically take any instrument and you can write your own music for the instruments. As well as downloading tabs for it. I would say it's definately worth it :).

[Cody.]

I assume this is a computer program. How much does it cost?

[Spiner202]

I'm not sure, my brother bought it...here (http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php) is their website. I would try out try out the free download of it.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

I compose everything in GP5. It's especially easy for programming drums. Makes it so much easier for someone like me who writes pretty much polyrhythmic drum parts for everything. Not to mention its easier to work with the tempos and note durations. Export a midi of the track and import right into my DAW, route through EZdrummer and i have a drum track to record to! =D

[WTF d00ds?]

I compose everything in GP5. It's especially easy for programming drums. Makes it so much easier for someone like me who writes pretty much polyrhythmic drum parts for everything. Not to mention its easier to work with the tempos and note durations. Export a midi of the track and import right into my DAW, route through EZdrummer and i have a drum track to record to! =D

My head hurts just reading that.

[Cody.]

Sounds pretty convincing. I'll look into it and maybe give it a try. So far I've been learning everything I've learned on my own or the harder way on a classic acoustic so, anything to make things simpler is well worth it. :)

[SS4 Sephiroth]

My head hurts just reading that.

Recording has a language of its own. haha

And damn. Cody's rep gives me like 10,000 points...its crazy hahaha

[Spiner202]

I compose everything in GP5. It's especially easy for programming drums. Makes it so much easier for someone like me who writes pretty much polyrhythmic drum parts for everything. Not to mention its easier to work with the tempos and note durations. Export a midi of the track and import right into my DAW, route through EZdrummer and i have a drum track to record to! =D
I understood some of it :).

Even though I don't really write any music, I love just taking some instruments into GP and just messing around. I especially love making up drum beats because you can do so many things. I really wish that there were a few more options for drums, even though I know nothing about them.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

There will be, hopefully. I wish you could do more with the accenting on them. Or the velocities so they dont sound so robotic.

[Cody.]

One more question, does the Guitar Pro program only work for certain computers? I didn't really read much about it, but so far it looks as though it only works for Mac computers, like Garage Band.

(Unless Garage Band was a program specifically made for Mac computers.)

[Spiner202]

Actually I believe guitar pro was made for windows, then ported to mac. but it works on Mac & Windows.

[WTF d00ds?]

So what are you guys' biggest influences? I have a few, but my main influences that are really obvious in my playing are Godsmack and Alice In Chains. I've been told that my stuff sounds like if Godsmack and AIC got together and started making heavier stuff.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Meshuggah is the number one influence right now. Opeth is right there as well. Porcupine Tree is a definite influence. More recently Queens of the Stone Age have got me trying some different stuff (for me at least)

Also random bands. I get a lot of influence just from bands i hear on the internet.

[WTF d00ds?]

I'm the same way, seph, it's just that Godsmack and AIC are my 2 biggest influences, and all my friends have told me that it's obvious in my playing style. My only other friend who listens to LoG has told me he can detect some influence from them in it too.

[Cody.]

Actually I believe guitar pro was made for windows, then ported to mac. but it works on Mac & Windows.Cool, just making sure because I've got Windows. I don't know, I've mentioned it to my parents and there considering on getting it. It would help my dad out too. :)

My main influence would have to be my dad really, other than that, rock in general has inspired me to play the kind of music I play.

[Spiner202]

I wouldn't say that I really have an influence since I don't create my own music, but if you were to say bands that influenced me to pick up a guitar, then definately Metallica seeing as they were the first band I really listened to. But I would consider Alice Cooper, HammerFall, Iron Maiden, & Metallica to be the most important bands to my guitar playing.

[Twilight]

I'm down for joining. I am in a band and so is my brother. I just bought a new guitar last night..and most of the time people say the stuff I write sounds like Bullet for my Valentine.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

welcome to the club!

[Dragonese]

Uhh, can i join, I play guitar (lead for my band)

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Suuure! Welcome to the club! By the way we need people to post more often!

[Dragonese]

Thanks dog, I'll attempt to post :P

[WTF d00ds?]

If you play guitar, calling someone "dog" isn't really the right term of endearment. Anyway, has anyone learned to play "Thunderhorse", by Dethklok (technically it's by Brendan Small, but w/e)? I've started to learn it and it's a helluva lot harder than it sounds. I've gotten Awaken down pretty good though, except for the solo.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

If you play guitar, calling someone "dog" isn't really the right term of endearment. Anyway, has anyone learned to play "Thunderhorse", by Dethklok (technically it's by Brendan Small, but w/e)? I've started to learn it and it's a helluva lot harder than it sounds. I've gotten Awaken down pretty good though, except for the solo.
I will try it. It shouldnt be too hard considering I've been learning Necrophagist songs :x:

[Dragonese]

Uhh, my band is playing a gig for my buddys going away party (:(). Soo, we're gonna play Oye Como Va. Can someone get me the percussion and bass stuff? Thanks in advance.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Bass can be found here
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/c/carlos_santana/oye_como_va_btab.htm

Drums you can find on the same site, but in Guitar Pro files.

[Dragonese]

Thanks man

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Not a problem at all!

[WTF d00ds?]

Are we allowed to post links to videos of our gigs, if we have them?

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Please do! I dont mind links to anything music related in my thread.

[WTF d00ds?]

Too bad I'm not in a band and never have been. Getting people together with the same musical tastes to make a band is a bitch anymore.

Would anyone happen to have the tabs for Lordi's "Biomechanic Man"? That song is just pure sex.

[Dragonese]

Yo, uh you got the guitar pro software crap? I can't see the stuff

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Guitar pro rules. Never call it crap!

[WTF d00ds?]

No, I don't have it. My computer is absolute ****e. I'm still using aol dial up for christ's sake.

[SS4 Sephiroth]

:| I thought AOL was non-existent in this day and age. I got me a beastly computer with Verizon Fios man...lol sorry to hear about your luck =/

[Dragonese]

Hey SS4, my buddy Jake was wondering if you wanted to be an affilate for his clan, PM The Flame if your interested

[SS4 Sephiroth]

Whats the name of it?

[Dragonese]

Its the link in my sig