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I was in a similar situation to you having only cycled a bit here and there for the last 5 years or so due to illness and injury. I started with the Zwift 'Back to Fitness' plan, although I had more time to ride so completed it in 7 weeks rather than 12. But seems to have got me back in the...

The thing I found useful for learning to nail a solo like that is to track down a few different live versions of it, as well as using the original audio. It can be really helpful if you get a couple of good shots of their hands during the tricky bits to see what they're actually doing. For the...

Crazy isn't it? I've always upgraded my graphics every couple of years and got whatever is the best value for money in the £150-£200 range. I tend to not really pay any attention to latest graphics tech the rest of the time. So, I jumped on here recently as i realised i bought my RX580 in Sept...

Yeah man, your entire bending motion there is coming from the finger. That's making things much more difficult than they need to be. If you were doing that with wrist/forearm rotation and keeping your pinky still so it's only fretting the note, it's much easier and involves way less tension once...

For bends with any finger other than the index finger, you use the fingers to the left of the one you are bending with to support that finger. So if you're bending with your pinky, the other fingers are lined up behind next to it on the same string and help to support the pinky as it does the...

My excessive pedal board/gigging setup: Although there is a Fractal AX8 right next to it, so it's not all frugal.

As usual with these things, the answer tends to be somewhere in between. I started out on a Marlin Sidewinder strat copy that I worked all summer washing dishes to afford (we were living in a matchbox with one piece of cheese to share among the whole family at the time). It was an absolute pos...

Nice to see some PRS love in here. Don't think I've ever seen one quite like the blue one before - very cool. I've had an S2 semi hollow for a few years now that I really dig but just picked up my first 'real' PRS about 6 months ago - a second hand Hollowbody II. I'd been eyeing it up on...

Personally I'd be looking at a bundle like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Focusrite-Scarlett-Studio-Interface-recording/dp/B01E6T54E2/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=focusrite+bundle&qid=1558523925&s=gateway&sr=8-2 It'll give you all the hardware and software you'd need to get started. Sure, there are...

I can pull together a few tips around this stuff if you like? Maybe over a basic 3 chord 12 bar blues or something? I wouldn't worry too much about scales at this point, you can get a lot of mileage out of just pentatonic plus the dominant 7th arpeggios for each of the 3 chords - that's really...

Thanks man - of course it's much easier sitting in my room doing that than doing it for real on stage in front of people, for various reasons it's been a while since I've had to 'perform' to an actual audience. So I have way more respect for guys like yourself out gigging it on a regular basis...

Yeah, Marty Friedman has some influence from non western music and he tends to do quite a lot of subtle articulations to mimic certain phrasing you might here in Japanese or Indian music. Lots of little slides into and out of bends or microtonal stuff. Hard to replicate precisely, but good fun...

Why not combine the two? I changed my practice routine a couple of years ago to only practice things in the context of songs. So I tend to work on a different tune every month, and then whatever I'm working on is based around that tune. My focus is primarily jazz and blues, but you could adapt...

42 Currently playing FarCry 5 and a bit undecided. Looks lovely but not yet enjoying it as much as 3 or 4. 1 is still the best. Recently completed: AC Black Flag - first ever AC game and really enjoyed it. AC Origins - loved this. 100% completion on this one - not been this attached to a game...

Ah right, cool. Aye, bit of a shame after the great weather we've had, but still it's been some summer so far. Glad to see you're kicking *** though. Yeah, that time i could ride ok a couple of years ago I actually did less organised intervals and stuff. I just did a lot more commuting and...

Jeez dude, you are flying these days! Seen on Strava you'd been out doing the saturday douglas run. Not working in the shop anymore?

Thanks! Cheers for checking it out. :cool:

Hey folks, I've written and recorded an EP over the course of the last year if anyone wants to check it out. It's got lots of guitar on it. All the details are on my Facebook page, but you can listen to the whole thing on Bandcamp/Soundcloud: Facebook...

My first guitar was a Marlin Sidewinder - possibly the worst guitar in the world. Definitely the worst trem. Action a mile high. I spent a year washing dishes in a hotel kitchen when i was 14 to get the money to buy it as well. That was all i had for about 18months, it still amazes me i ever...

Have had nothing but good experiences in GuitarGuitar in Glasgow. It's three stores all next to each other up here - acoustic store, electric store and the digital/drums/piano store. Service has been excellent in all 3. Big Robert that works in the main electric store is a top bloke. I specced...