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Re: A question to any professional guitarists!!!!!!
From: Pookster
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As far as equipment goes, all you need is a good sounding guitar and amp. It really doesn't matter what kind of guitar, as long as you can play it well. A great guitar does not make a great guitarist and a great amp doesn't either. Effects are not all that essential, but they don't hurt none. A wah pedal, delay, volume, chorus/flange, compressor will help to inhance your sound, but still don't make a guitarist great.
What to know: This is the important thing. Know the scales and what goes with what. Why this can be played and why that can't be. As a studio musician, you get stuff thrown at ya' you have never heard before and when they are paying you there is no time to practice what you are going to do. You will have to do it as you go, off the top of your head so to speak, so you have to be creative. As a performing musician, it's pretty much the same. Only there will be practice sessions and time to work things up. Either way what you know is the key. It is you and your ability and how you present your self that will be judged.
Practice: You can't do it to much. I do it daily if at all possible. I don't practice what other artist can do though. Anyone can mimic someone else, monkey see monkey do. Right!? Try to develop your own style and sound. It will take a lot of practice to achieve this, but that's when you will get noticed. I do like to hear people say, "He can play just like..." whoever they might say, but when I hear them say, "He's a bad ass guitar player!" it's different. I guess I'd rather be known for what I can do and not what others can do.
In short: Get good at playing whatever you got. Get good at doing what you can do. Learn all the ins and outs of music. Never stop practicing.
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