So Anyway...

RVA said:
So anyway, trying to learn any type of music theory from the internet is a wild goose chase. Everything starts in the deep end. I need to backtrack to the basics so I can follow more easily.
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It's very simple.

1- There are 12 notes.
2- You're a guitar player.
3- Now there are only 5 notes.
4- Soloing - Play the 5 notes over and over in different orders.
5- Playing chords - Play some of or all 5 of the notes all at once.
6- The most important - Make pretend you actually know what you're doing.

That's all there is to it.
 
Also, once you memorize the notes in the scales, it's a very small step to learn how to actually build chords.

For example:

G major scale - G A B C D E F# G

A G major chord contains G, B and D, the root, the 3rd and the fifth.
A G 6th chord contains G, B, D and the 6th note of the scale, E.

(Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here.)
 
So, anyway...scored a new amp stand from our bassist $30.00.

Really changed where my sound is in the overall room mix.

It made it quieter on my side of the stage, but was perfectly mixed up front....

@Mitch Pearrow SJMP was in attendance and tells me the tone was very full and well balanced...

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eSGEe said:
I admire your desire to dive into theory Ray -- I wish you much luck-- discovery and happiness in your endeavors--
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I am not trying to cover the field. I just want to bring myself back up to speed and learn enough to better understand some lessons that are out there. I took it in high school, so many of the concepts are coming back quickly
 
So, anyway, yesterday I am playing my (genuine) gold Gibson Les Paul. It has always had a habit of going sharp - whether played or in the case - and it doesn't matter how new or old the strings are.

There is never any 'pinging' when tuning, and the nut slots have been lightly polished and graphite. It's just how this guitar is it would seem.

So I'm playing my fake LPC, and the strings have been on it a while, and it's in tune every time I check it.

Same with my double neck. Every time i pull them out, they are in tune and my genuine Gibson's are always sharp - hot or cold.

So I switched back to my 2016 Gibson Les Paul 50's Tribute 498T and the drummer asked if I had changed my amp settings. I told him I had switched guitars and he said black fake LPC sounds much better overall.

I'm always taken back by that and it happened in our last band too.

I just wonder what it is that makes a garage-built guitar, literally built from a hodgepodge of junk parts, sound better and have more stable tuning than my Gibson which cost 4 times more than the copy???

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So, yesterday at rehearsal....I just killed it. What a great day. We were super tight. Even though our guitarist and bass player got in an argument about the bass playing a third over one of the guitarists phrases, it was a great rehearsal...
 
Robert Herndon said:
Before this...my amp was hard to hear up close and deafening at the edge of the stage. Now, it's just so well balanced sonically.
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Ok... So you reduced the amps volume cuz the speaker is directed more to your ear?
Did you encounter any speaker beaminess or new feedback issues with this setup?
Did the the amount of low-end thump change?
 
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