[Vai Freak] Glacius

Mood: Neutral
Listening To: Nothing yet.









Please be warned that you will get lost while reading this journal, but if you're planning to record guitars, and if you're a clumsy player in the studios, please read on.  You might learn a thing or two.

Note to Wormy:  Found a cleaner way to record guitars now.  WHEEEEEEEE

I think there's a new revolution to guitar recording for me, if I'm lazy to practice.  Although it's not really a method that'll earn respect from other great guitarists, but here's a time saving method to record guitars if you're a clumsy/dirty player.

Like, hitting the open strings during a solo, or when you bend your strings too hard, and eventually hitting the other strings which causes an open noted string.  Or unwanted raked notes with the pick/palm.

Kelvyn taught me to use a sock (or anything that you can tie around the guitar neck to muffle any unwanted sounds) and tie around the guitar neck, and start pulling off legato notes .. Or the two hands on the neck technique, like what Steve Vai and Joe Satriani does on concerts.

It would be crazy to have your right hand always holding onto the neck for an hour or two when you're practicing at home, right?  So just use the sock to replace your right hand then.

Not only is this method good for practicing legato solos with, but it's a good 'tool' to use to record solos which are based on the frets which aren't being muffled by the cloth/sock.  I tried it just now, and my playing sounded superb!  No messiness for the first time in my life, but I was cheating myself.

Only in the studios, I guess I'll use this method for a cleaner guitar sound.  Other than that, I'll just keep on practising.










Yum.  Any FDM guitar riffs that needed to be recorded?  :D