Brian Young

[jhale667]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
I was talking to Ted Nugent last summer and he told me people are learning to play guitar through too much shit. He said learn to play through a basic amp with no effects and no distortion peddles. He said you learn to coax sound out of the strings and guitar that way. He's right. The less crap, the better you learn to play.

I have found amps I didn't like before have a whole knew life just because I pick and play the strings differently.

Actually, the best way to practice is without an amp at all...if you can get your note articulation down to where you can hear every note in a fast run acoustically, you will be blazing by the time you do play amplified...

[cdwillis]

True about playing without an amp, but you also miss out on all the string noise the amp would pickup on.

[jhale667]

Originally posted by cdwillis
True about playing without an amp, but you also miss out on all the string noise the amp would pickup on.

Ah, but if you're articulating the notes properly acoustically, there should be less string noise anyway.

[BrownSound1]

Hell just practice on an acoustic. :D Builds the fingers up.

[DirtyDeeds]

I've always been a guitar-straight-into-amp kind of guy myself. That's really cool about the Nuge. I didn't know he knew all those people. I've been working hard to sharpen up my skills. By the end of summer I'm looking forward to getting some top-notch gear. Why not? It's fun, I've been saving and training for it, and I might as well do it now while I'm young (19) before I have real big bills to pay.

[cdwillis]

You might as well get top quality instead of some piece of shit equipment and have to put just as much money into it to make it decent.