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Van Halen Flanger

June 30th, 2010 admin No comments

Van Halen Flanger

mastering the electric guitar?

hey i got 2 questions
first off ive got a fender mexican strat. with a peavey 212 chorus.. i have a a pedal board i made with... my ditech grunge, tube screamer, digital reverb, digital chorus, delay, and a flanger...

my dads been playing 25+ years and can pretty much play any Van Halen, Metallica, AC/DC song or any older rock/ metal

ive been playing for about 8 months..
ive been taking lessons since then and i can play alot of blues and these are the songs
back in black
one
sweet child of mine
walk
seek and destory
sweet home alabama
enter sandman
lay it down
and your in love

but when i play i still make minor mistakes.. i play for about an hour and 30 mins everytime i pick up my guitar... how long will it take to master these mistakes?

Hi,

I've read your question twice, but still only find one question.

However...to answer it I have to make the following observation. You say you know a bunch of songs (listed by you above) so what kind of errors are you making?

Is it a memory problem? Or is it a guitar/playing problem?

If it is a memory problem, e.g. you 'forget' just what notes/chords come next, there is little you can do except continue what you are doing and 'add' memory aids for you to refer to while playing. (Some players use written 'chord sheets' or even 'on screen' computer patterns)

If your mistakes are 'misshits' or inaccuracies in hitting the right notes, etc. Then, again, you have to continue doing what you are doing.

90 minutes of practice a day is plenty enough for general learning of your instrument.

You are striving for somewhat more than that...you have a number of effects pedals and you are trying to re-create a particular sound and method that others got to through their own learning time.

Eight months may seem a long time for you, but you have, quite obviously, learned a great deal already and you are continuing to work at 'getting it right'. It may be that your 'mistakes' are nothing more than differences in playing style and not real mistakes.

Copying may sound an easy option, but it is not always the best way to go. Perhaps if you change the sound you want to create and strive for an individual sound to any piece? You'll find the 'mistakes' will, quite possibly, disappear?

Other than that, just be patient...I've been playing and singing for well over forty years and still make mistakes.

A good friend of mine (Bill Dynamo-that's his 'stage' name) who is among the most skilled players in many styles I have ever heard (He's now a session musician in Germany and has played on many artists' recordings)

Once told me, many years ago when I complained his playing made me sound amateur 'Don't worry about it...when I started I practiced every day (age 11) for six or seven hours a day for six years before he felt good enough even to join a band. He still practices every day (though perhaps not for quite so long) and says he need the time to get 'good enough'.

Everything WILL come and you are already doing the right thing...how long? Well, without knowing exactly what your 'mistakes' are that's impossible for anyone to say, but you are probably being over self-critical. (Which, like with Bill, is a great thing to be)

Keep up the practice and good luck.

BobSpain