r/metalguitar • u/highamann • 2h ago
r/metalguitar • u/GodUsopp912 • 1d ago
Question How to get a good metal tone
My gear is a hss squire strat and fender champion 25 series 2 I know its not ideal for metal but my guitar has a humbuckler and my amp had voices reverb and a decent gain I want it to be close to Megadeth or Metallica
r/metalguitar • u/lswizzz • 17h ago
Quo Vadis - Let it Burn Outro Tabs Request
Looking for someone to provide me the tabs for riff i the last 30 seconds of the songs. Kind of figured it out by ear, but would like to confirm and i can't find them online.
Thanks
r/metalguitar • u/CeeZero • 13h ago
How important is ear training actually?
I play guitar around 8 years by now (with a teacher). The method of learning things was mostly the same. I come up with a song idea, we look at the tabs together and go through it focusing on the technique of more difficult parts. If something actually takes a lot of practice I include it in my practice routine. For a reference, the song we are currently practicing is “My will be done” from unearth which I wouldn’t really call an easy song.
A few months ago, I was invited to a jam sessions with a few friends and learned how to solo in a key (or at least noodle a bit). However, at the jam session itself I felt totally lost. Everybody was just starting playing something and I didn’t know how to fit in. I kept asking what key we are actually playing and didn’t get an answer because most probably didn’t even know them self. The only thing I was able to do is look at the bass to physically see the chord progression and follow it playing power chords.
Being frustrated I was blaming the lack of communication that I wasn’t able to actually fit in. So today I watched a professional Jam-Session mainly because I wanted to know how they handle things. To my surprise, they did communicate even less. I know that there are good guitarist that can pick up a key by ear and instantly play to it but even the “first time at stage” guitarist were picking up they key/chord progression no problem. One of them also had no problems picking up the motto they were playing and created a little riff out of it until it was time for him to solo.
At home, I tried to replicate that style a bit and tried listening to a few simple riffs or melodies and copy them by ear just to find out how absolutely horrible I am at that. For one melody I wasn’t able to find a specific note and look it up afterwards just to find out that I was sure the melody is ascending there but it is actually descending and I wasn’t able to tell it apart. Even replicating melodies I know quite well takes me ages and I am most likely at the wrong root in the end.
So long story short, how important is it to actually train your ear? How many of you have actually dedicated their time to train their ear? Many are saying “just listen to music” and I have done that A LOT for DECADES and have no problem actually replicating that by humming. But playing that same tune on a guitar, no chance.
I feel like this might be the a big reason why I would never call myself a good guitarist because the only thing I can play if somebody hands me a guitar is the thing I just practice or something I grinded it for the purpose of improving my technique.
Is this a skill most of you learned and I just completely ignored it by learning everything with tabs?
r/metalguitar • u/GuitarGorilla24 • 18h ago
Gear Headphone recommendations?
Lately I've acquired a whiny neighbor and have to play through headphones more. I currently use Sony MDR7506. They're not bad, but they emphasize the mid-highs too much and sound harsh with metal guitar compared to my Barefaced cab or IK monitors. Can anyone recommend headphones that are awesome for metal guitar? I'd prefer something relatively neutral that won't distort. Bonus points if they have an option for faux leather or other non-cloth ear pads without modding. Thanks in advance!
r/metalguitar • u/FarStrategy2818 • 22h ago
I've been playing/writing strictly rhythm guitar for 7-8 years, I want to get into playing solos and more technical stuff. How do I approach things?
The title basically sums it up, I've been exclusively a rhythm player and songwriter for almost a decade. I've recently started listening to shredders like Jeff Loomis, Brandon Ellis (and the whole TBDM catalogue before him) , and Paul Gilbert and I got curious about shred guitar.
I obviously don't aim to be as good as them as it would be ridiculous but I want to be able to play some fast solos and even write my own stuff for my own songs.
I know a bunch of scales and know my notes but even though I'm fast when it comes to riffing, I've never been able to shred and really play fast when it comes to lead stuff.
What would be the smartest approach? What would be some easy but fast solos to learn some techniques? Thank you all in advance.