Noob metal guy questions
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Noob metal guy questions
Hello!
Continuing my laughable journey into metaldom, and I have many questions.
If I like 10’s on a Gibson scale length, what gauge would work equivalent in drop C?
What’s the secret to rad palm mute chugg?
How would I get toanz like in this video?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PsdraZGJdmk
Feel free to drop any advice here too
Confused, Kapiti
Continuing my laughable journey into metaldom, and I have many questions.
If I like 10’s on a Gibson scale length, what gauge would work equivalent in drop C?
What’s the secret to rad palm mute chugg?
How would I get toanz like in this video?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PsdraZGJdmk
Feel free to drop any advice here too
Confused, Kapiti
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Re: Noob metal guy questions
How's your Lion Red consumption going?
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Woefully inadequate it seems.
Where does one even purchase this? The only place I even saw a billboard for it was outside of Dargaville
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Re: Noob metal guy questions
High gain amp with a tube screamer into the front, gain on zero, giver some level. Palm muting is all about position, you need to move your hand back and forth to find the sweet spot, I rest the part of my hand nearest the wrist on the bridge and go from there
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Re: Noob metal guy questions
on a gibson?prob 11-52, but it depends on how angry your right hand is.Mine is a homicidal maniac with a 3.0 big purple stubby (jb overload) which is also the chug main ingredient.Eough gain to be big but not too much.
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I've got my Gibson scale ESP setup to C standard with 11-52, feels good. JB/59 pickups. You're using modelling now right? I find the 5150 or Engl models to be the best for chug.
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Woodstock bourbon and cola premixes work just as well I hear, as long as you call them woodies.
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Re: Noob metal guy questions
Nyxl 11-56. They are tensioned to feel the same a d standard as a set of 10s on e standard. Have run them on my sg at drip c no issued.
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Note that in the vid you posted, they're using quite low pre-amp gain settings, so maybe not boosting with a pedal.
But the modern high gain market is saturated with amps and manufacturers, I'd suggest watch loads of Ola Englund vids and start picking out gear you like the sound of.
But the modern high gain market is saturated with amps and manufacturers, I'd suggest watch loads of Ola Englund vids and start picking out gear you like the sound of.
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Re: Noob metal guy questions
TmcB wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:38 pm Hello!
Continuing my laughable journey into metaldom, and I have many questions.
If I like 10’s on a Gibson scale length, what gauge would work equivalent in drop C?
What’s the secret to rad palm mute chugg?
How would I get toanz like in this video?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PsdraZGJdmk
Feel free to drop any advice here too
Confused, Kapiti
I've got 10-56's on my SG and PRS. Former gets tuned to Drop C occasionally, the latter there by default.
Practise chugs by just open string palm muting i.e. right hand workout (cue JB ) to get that down before you start with the left hand fretting.
Noise gate is your pal as Nik mentions.
Use high gain but then back off to about 50-70% of available gain, and boost the rest with a TS9 style all-level/little gain style front end kick.
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Fascinating thread, I’m totally ignorant of this kind of playing. C is very low indeed Do you need to take the action up to accommodate the wider string vibration?
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No, a well set up guitar tuned to C standard or dropped C, with the appropriate string gauge (I use 12-56s for C standard), will play and feel much like a guitar tuned to E standard with 10s on it.olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:39 am Fascinating thread, I’m totally ignorant of this kind of playing. C is very low indeed Do you need to take the action up to accommodate the wider string vibration?
I had my BC Rich Gunslinger set up for C standard in the UK by Gary Moore's old live/touring guitar tech, it was beautiful to play with nice, low action.
One thing to be aware of is that modern metal requires tight, precise playing and lots of control over your picking hand and respective technique, you're not smashing out big chords or really digging into the guitar as you might with high energy blues or rock.
It's one of the reasons why amp review vids are often great right up until when the guitarist tries to demo the high gain metal settings, playing metal is a specific set of skills you don't develop by playing rock, blues, country etc.
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Drop C is effectively the E standard of metal these days.olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:39 am Fascinating thread, I’m totally ignorant of this kind of playing. C is very low indeed
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