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When I try playing the song below ( Master of Puppets ) , the sound is getting all mixed and fvcked because it's played on multiple strings.......... Should I lower crunch lvl or just play it on only one string ?
Original Version ( Played on multiple strings )
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----9-----5--4--3--------------------------------------------5--4--3------|
A|----7-----7--6--5----------------7-------------6------------7--6--5-----|
E|----0-------------------0--0--0------0--0--0-----0--0--0----------------| etc...
1string Version ( Played on one string....duh )
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----9-----5--4--3------------------------------------------------5--4--3------|
A|----7-----7--6--5------------------------------------------------7--6--5------|
E|----0-------------------0--0--0--12--0--0--0--11--0--0--0-----------------| etc...
Answer me plz........
Btw I'm using this gear:
Guitar ---> Godin Freeway Classic
Ampli ---> Laney HCM15R
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It sounds all mixed and "fuxked up" because you are trying to play it too fast too soon. The pace of that song is back-breaking and the actual note placement isn't too friendly either. Unless you down pick it, it's awkward, because the strokes would be down-up-down.. the last down stroke being on a string below it. It's quite the awkward placement for your fret hand. The key here is playing it with all downstrokes(Like James and Kirk) or, like me, slow down to around 1 note a second and work your way up using alternate picking until you can pick every note clearly and precisely with absolutely no clicks, muted strings, or any of that jive.
There's absolutely no way to cheat it. Your tone or guitar is not to blame, your own technique is. Error in your play. You must work at it to get it, it's not an easy song. I don't understand how people can say they learned that song as their first(IE Pantallica). When I learn a song, I say I learn it when I can play the riffs clearly and accurately at the speed the original artist plays. To do that with a song like Master of Puppets is NOT easy by any means. It's actually quite tough.
Bottom line is you're gonna have to slow the riff down and play time and time again until you get it right. There's no bullshitting or cheating involved, you just gotta do it. Point blank.
James and Kirk play it on the bottom two strings, not all on the E string. You don't want to play it on the E string. It loses it's balls and it sounds like shit. And, that's not how it's played. If I were you, I would do chromatic (1-2-3-4 exercises all up and down your neck) using all downpicking. Evnetually, try and get it to y our breaking point speed wise. However, do NOT force speed. Speed is a byproduct of accuracy, not the other way around. STart slow and slowly get faster; don't force anything. That's where lots of players mess up. THey try to get every note in rather than making the notes they can get in count.
Take it slow, play it a million times, work your way up. It's the ONLY way.
Don't blame tone for your own flaws
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I ALWAYS play down-picking........ I can't play down-up-down-up-etc ..... lol
So, it's not my picking...... =/
It does that fvcked up song everytime I play on multiple strings on max distortion........
The thing is that 0's from E string are still ''sounding''(sry for cheap vocab. ) while I play the A string so it mixes them and it makes a weird song where you don't even hear next notes ....... =/
Should I lower crunch lvl to 6-7 or so ??? ( instead of 9-10 )
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I thought I was clear. It's your technique, not your tone. You can be in denial all you want. The notes are still "sounding" for lack of a better word because distortion heightens harmonics and sustains notes. Your pick hand muting sucks. The key to metal guitar is speed, accuracy, and control of harmonics. You must effectively mute the notes with your picking hand as you, at the same time, pick the next note and fret it. You chug the two open E's(Which are palm-muted, by the way). Then, as you move your pick hand DOWN you move your picking hand up an inch or two, rest it on the strings, lift up your pick hand, and pick the A string note. Then, revert back to palm-mute position and do it again. That's how I do it.
Then again, like I said, it's not your tone, it's your technique. The reason it sounds cleaner with less gain is because the harmonics and sustain isn't as noticable.. because there's less gain. Gain brings out harmonics/sustain.
One last time, you can't blame your tone on your own technique. You have to slow it down, get every note to sound as you want it too, then work your way up. You can't jump into the song at full speed and expect to get it right, and you can't hide behind distortion either.
I just repeated my first post. Maybe you'll listen this time. It's YOU, not your tone. Sorry if it hurts, but it's the truth.
SLOW IT DOWN, PLAY IT RIGHT, WORK YOUR WAY UP. It's the ONLY way to clean your chops up
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It doesn't hurts.......
I like constructive comments ...... 
Hmmk.....So basicly, you play on a string, then mute strings with a short PM and play other string ???
Sorry if I seem dumb a bit but I don't know what's harmonics , gain and sustains..... =/
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Okay, how you are playing master of puppets and not knowing what gain, sustain, and harmonics are is totally beyond me. Metal 101 up in this bixch.
Harmonics - The high-frequency feedback you get at certain sweet spots on your neck. They can be produced via pick hand technique(pick/pinch harmonics, the zakk wylde squeals, Billy Gibbons is also famous for them), natural harmonics (IE Ain't Talkin' Bout Love by Van Halen).. You also get 'harmonic feedback' when you run alot of gain. The squeals.
Gain is another word for distortion. How much 'gain' you are running is basdically how much 'distortion' you're running
Sustain is how long a note can sound. Hit an E string on clean. It's gonna fade away pretty fast. Crank up your gain and hit it. It's probably gonna sound 3 or 4 times longer, if not more. That's called sustain.
You MUTE the strings, not palm mute. You stop ALL vibrations, hence stopping all sound. You mute the string so it doesn't sound into the next note
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k thats what I tought ( for muting )
And hmm, for sustain, do I need a pedal or what for it ???
Or is it like Reverb ???
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Sustain isn't an effect, it's a term. It refers usually to how long your guitar and amp combination can sustain a tone. Ie, how lnog an E string will ring.
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