Thundergod Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I might be just nuts, but I kind of got tired of playing heavy stuff... I have played lots of styles when playing with bands or artists, but when it came to me playing at home or in the studio, most of the stuff was as heavy as a tank, which was fine with me, but lately I find myself plugging my lester directly into the AC30 with no pedals at all (maybe the loop station, but that's not an effect), and I've become somehow tired of the high gain stuff and fast riffs, for a month now I have been playing just (slow) scales and they sound fantastic, I love the sound of my amp clean (I like how it responds to a high gain pedal too) and I was just wondering... you guys ever get tired of playing the same sh-t? I've been playing heavy stuff for more than 15 years now... 5 of which were really good (the other 10 I think I sucked but I didnt realize that until I started playing as desired). I have to note that the symptoms started right after I bought my Telecaster... which now is #2 and spends her days in her case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I think you are finally ready for the Blues Thunder.... I play clean, crunch and overdrive, hardly ever turn on my metal zone. My Casino straight through my Epi Valve junior with upgraded transformer and JJs sounds great for very mild crunch/overdrive. My Les Paul sounds great through my Fender Champ Head, nothing in between. I play clean with delay and modulations just to fool around and for a change but not too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 +1 never tire of the blues. Can be played clean, dirty or any where in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 During my metal days, I rarely played clean. These days, I don't find myself tired of playing with heavy tones but I do use a much greater variety of sounds than I used to especially with my band. That is, different amounts and types of overdrive and various pickup combinations. It's probably easier to illustrate my setup: Treble booster -> Vibe -> Flanger -> Clean boost -> amp Throw the flanger and vibe to the side - I consider them to be "special" effects that I use on a couple of songs and not part of what I use to get different tones. The treble boost has a switch on it for high, mid and low EQ settings; I use just the high and mid (low is a little too fat) so there are two settings for what is more or less an overdrive and the pedal is not even remotely subtle when I click it on. The clean boost is a two channel box; I keep one side for a mild boost in volume and midrange and the other for a much bigger boost. There's two more sounds. With nothing on, that's my clean sound. Another tone. I play a Strat with my band - three pickups for five different sounds. Whatever that adds up to with all the possible combinations ends up being a lot of different sounds to choose from. If you're the type of player who uses the volume knob(s) on your guitar for something other than an off/on switch (I'm an on/off guy) and the tone controls, you can get a lot of shades in between as well. But, that's with the band. At home, I play mostly clean or with just a touch of overdrive and I just grab whichever guitar I happen to feel like playing for whichever sound I want. That's partly out of laziness though as I can't be bothered with hooking up a bunch of crap at home so I just keep an overdrive pedal with the amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callen3615 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I have played metal for awhile now. Lately Im into classic rock tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allen Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 +1 never tire of the blues. Can be played clean' date=' dirty or any where in between. [/quote'] I'd have to add that the versatility of the guitar is what makes it so damned compelling to play. No matter what your mood, you're guitar can do that for you. The guitar can be so many things to you. No matter what mood you want to communicate the guitar can give you the voice to do so. Especially the Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Yea, take a simple suffle, play it slow and get in the groove or play it fast with a swing feel or play it tight a la AC/DC, all different voices yet the same fingering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybass Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'm with you. A couple months ago I picked up a metal muff and was chugging away on some doom until I picked up a fender musicmaster bass amp a couple weeks ago and now I plug straight in or just a delay for some creamy cleans on the neck pup. I have so many pedals though that I always find a new sound to get tired of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBENDS Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I've always liked to mix it up; clean, distorted, bluesy. I love the acoustic as well, but I need a better acoustic guitar. It depends on who I'm playing with too. Some guys just can't be open minded about different styles of music, especially drummers. I rarely use effects anymore except the reverb on the amp. I do love the Boss loop station too. Use it regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swmcv2007 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I spend a lot of my free time flipping all the switches on my SG and hitting different pedals to see how they respond. My main rhythm guitar sound is always clean with the amp being pushed just enough for a light overdrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarmann199 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 never get tired of the blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T50 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Yup, I think those single coils are messing you up... :) It's a good thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I got tired of playing dirty so I took a shower. When I get tired of playing clean, I don't bath for days at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I'll go you one better. I haven't even picked up a guitar since I broke my left arm in Oct. It's as healed as it is ever going to get, but I've lost all interest. I haven't even played a CD or anything. I can't figure it out; first such thing in 40 yrs. of playing. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mick Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Without variety I'd go nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Without variety I'd go nuts True so so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I'd have to add that the versatility of the guitar is what makes it so damned compelling to play. No matter what your mood' date=' you're guitar can do that for you. The guitar can be so many things to you. No matter what mood you want to communicate the guitar can give you the voice to do so. Especially the Les Paul. [/quote'] +1. Since I got my current LP I've been getting, generally speaking, cleaner and cleaner. Then, when I add some growl with the Vol control, it simply Makes My Day Complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninety1vee Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 i like to keep myself on my toes i play thrash and heavy metal alot, but i throw myself curveballs like spanish classical and reggae at least once a session the blues is like second nature to me, so it's not exactly a curveball... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Sometimes I like a mellow sound sometimes I like to ROCK! I know what you mean though. These days I tend to lean towards a refined style of playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Allen Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I got tired of playing dirty so I took a shower.When I get tired of playing clean' date=' I don't bath for days at a time.[/quote'] LOL! I play naked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 LOL! I play naked. OMG... TMI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshole Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 I know with bass, I sometimes play too much shreding bass rather than just playing dynamic bass, Like I wanna have bass lines similar to getty lee but sometimes I play the whole entire song like im cliff burton soloing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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