Unless it’s really detuned I usually tune by ear, each string can be tuned in relation to the next one. Learned how to do that a long time ago.
Yeah I use GuitarTuna
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No offence, but this had me giggling a bit. I think everyone knows how to do that.
What @Cologne-Liverpool said. 
I’m not pitch perfect (if that’s how you say it in English?), so I can never tell if my first string was correctly tuned.
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I’m with you - but in a hurry getting the guitar in tune with itself is close enough to practice or play a little something as long as you’re not trying to play with others.
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Absolutely. I think it’s what pretty much everyone does, me included if I just grab a guitar and don’t even bother plugging it in.
Might only be an issue if you want to play along some music. Although especially older music isn’t always ‘perfectly’ in tune either, often because of the recording process.
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I’ve seen plenty who are overly tuner dependent. I’ve not got perfect pitch but I’m pretty accurate with an E. The rest is relative.
Also the better your guitar the less it goes out of tune. And if it’s a Floyd rose double lock setup then it doesn’t go out of tune at all. Not really seen the weather here in London have much of an effect on guitar tuning myself.
Ok, Mozart. 
Going from freezing cold to an overheated room/club I’ve found tuners somewhat conveniant with our shit guitars. And Floyd Rose is for wankers.
( I’m just pulling your leg)
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You have to be more specific, I have 9 guitars with a mix of fixed bridges, Floyd’s, headless guitars etc.
Headless, eh?
Like I said, wankers…( )
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Its been despatched!!!
So I’ve been reading through some of my old posts on here…
I only started playing guitar in April 2020 - so nearly 5 years.
I had and sent back/sold about 20 guitars since then,
Currently have a Gibson Les Paul Standard, Yamaha Pacifica and a Harley Benton Tele is on the way.
Not sure if I mentioned it but in September last year my tutor moved about 40 miles away so that was the end of that. Not sure I was getting much out of it - was a lovely bloke and could talk for hours but that was the issue - we talked, done fuck all else and it was costing me £20.
In late Sept I started feeling odd - went Doctors and was told my iron was low so was put on tablets as I was feeling really down. For some reason it affected my playing as I lost all my confidence and didn’t want to play.
Few months on I’m better now and around mid Nov i got my guitar mo-jo back but I didn’t have a tutor.
I was walking home from work about a month ago and in the little parade of shops round the corner was a sign for “the lick library” and it looked like records. So when I got in went on their site looking to see what records they had but to my surprise it was an online guitar thing.
Its £20 a month - cancel anytime - you can arrange lessons online - all part of the monthly fee and they have 100s of courses, albums and songs to learn - so I signed up.
Home - LickLibrary guitar lessons
Just doing the “play like Slash course” and am really enjoying it.
My main issue with guitar playing at the moment is soloing - I can do a solo but if learning one I find it so hard to remember it and I don’t understand what I am playing.
Something just isn’t clicking - So I’m pretty shit and that’s the next hurdle - soloing - remembering them and understanding them.
I still meet up with the band once or twice a month and we finally have a singer now so can move on with that.
My Marshall Amp stopped working a few months ago, took it to a bloke to repair and he did for £80 but withing 5 minutes it stopped again so I have to drop it back.
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This is partly my issue but also the guitarist’s i like would often be pretty quick, too quick for me. So I decided that i would just learn the feel and any major hooks that a solo had and go from there provided I was playing in the right key. If they played a fast run, I would play my fast run in a similar position and key. That’s how they do it live, and so would I.
So I started trying to learn that way but have stalled a bit.
Best of luck with the other stuff too.
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@Walshy07 @Noo_Noo best way to learn and remember solos is breaking them down into sections and learning each one. Then joining up the parts until you have the whole thing.
Before playing fast, first thing is to learn it so that you can play it from memory. Next is to play cleanly, no unwanted strings ringing out.
You can also do something called burst practice. Play a section as fast as you can and then notice where your difficulties lie. And burst practice primes your nervous system to be able to eventually play it fast. Try burst practice a few times without the metronome.
Another way of learning, getting proficient, getting faster is to play a section of the solo lower on the fretboard. And playing it in different positions so that you left hand gets used to it. Also helps from practicing it becoming boring.
Hope that helps!
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Yeah pretty much the same.
Oddly I got the solo for Every Rose Has its Thorn down in 2 nights and was well chuffed.
Then I wanted to learn Id Die For You solo by Bon Jovi (its on Lick Library) and I just watched it and thought…Ill never get that.
Maybe I can with the advice of @koptician
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Love hearing about your guitar work. Keep at it!
I learned to play a few chords years ago, then as a younger man I went through loads of guitars, trading, buying more gear, mostly acoustic, but electrics too. I learned scales and a bit of lead here and there, but I was a very modest guitar player.
I didn’t play for a long time and whittled everything down to one guitar, a Taylor 814ce. As it happens my daughter wanted to learn to play so I bought her a guitar, and it has been a lovely bonding thing for us. She will share a song she wants to learn and we break it down and work it out - usually there’s free info online too.
Anyway, I wish I got good but I didn’t! I had a break from playing for years, but sort of kept my hand in a little bit, and now, years later, it has been a little thing I’ve done with my daughter.
Keep shining!
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Just listened to it as I couldnt remember the solo.
Yeah looks tough but remember there’s no way Sambora, or the new guy play that the same live.
@koptician is right on this one. Break it into chunks. Some of the faster sections are a repetitive lick that Sambora often uses so shouldnt be too bad.
The last run will be the difficult one (for me) and I’d honestly just work at it but also kind of do it my way.
Looks like a tough one to get the pinch harmonics right though. I always struggle with those on a bedroom set up. Sambora uses them a lot. Dead or Alive is another one of his that I find tough to get the harmonics right.
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My band are learning Fool for Your Loving by Whitesnake so I’m gonna surprise everyone and learn that solo.
I did first little run of notes this morning. I also wrote them down in a format I understand.
Like this 5D 3G 5D - The number means the fret number and the letter the string - I find that way easier.
They have a video for this on Lick Library so I watch the guy play it, pause it and write down what he is playing when he is explaining what he is playing.
So first notes of that solo are:
5D 3G 5D 5GP3G 5G 3G 5D G3SG2 3D 3DS5D (P = Pull off S = Slide)
That makes sense to me.
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If its stupid but it works, it isnt stupid.
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