Tag Archives: Guitar

Rocksmith Listing

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Freejack

This is a listing of the three main lists I can get from the main menu. I don’t have a list of Venues yet but I’ve only been to two. Games Ducks – Ok so far. Just pluck the note … Continue reading →

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More Rocksmith

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Freejack

So doing more practice tonight. I was told what the > is on the wireless controller. See in the menu, you can go forward A, back B, quit Y, or go to the main menu >. But there isn’t a … Continue reading →

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More Learning Guitar

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Freejack

So Zack has been teaching fingerpicking this quarter and altering chords. So I play a Fm chord and drop my pinky to get a different tone from the fingerpicking. I just need to coordinate the transitions so I don’t stop … Continue reading →

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Rocksmith Day Two

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Freejack

Just finished playing it again and have some more observations. I can see that it’ll be a big help with speed but also with transitions. If I’m on a specific position, I can get some speed out of it, but … Continue reading →

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Rocksmith!

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Freejack

Rocksmith is a new “game” from Ubisoft. It lets you plug your electric guitar into a game console or (eventually) your PC in order to learn how to play guitar. I heard about this months ago and started paying attention … Continue reading →

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Guitar Time

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Freejack

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve updated the blog. I have a couple of updates I’ll be adding in over the next couple of evenings. First off, I did stop lessons back in August. I wanted to take a … Continue reading →

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Guitar Cables

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Freejack

Found a good post on understanding guitar cables: Well, there are two factors to think about in terms of cable–tone and construction. The primary reason for tonal differences between cables results from a cable’s capacitance. Cable capacitance, together with pickup … Continue reading →

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Guitar Lessons

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Freejack

Ok, it’s been a few weeks since last I blogged about this. Zack’s been having me learning new techniques and focusing especially on 12 bar blues and embellishments and on breaking out of the rut of the single location on … Continue reading →

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Sold a motorcycle, bought a guitar

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Freejack

We finally got the ad up on craigslist for my 2001 Suzuki SV650S, exactly the same time as someone was looking for just the bike. I posted the ad early Friday for what I thought was a fair price. I … Continue reading →

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Lessons

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Freejack

I let Zack (my teacher) know about the upcoming jam session and he shifted the lesson a bit to help me play better with a group. In this case, he showed me the 12 bar blues and a couple of … Continue reading →

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