[Cantankerous]

that's a pain in the ass though.

[alyasa]

Yeah... but then I think about Tom Morello, and how he simulates turntable scratching by rubbing his left hand on the strings and flicking the toggle switch with his right hand... That sounds like a pain to me too...

(You can hear that effect on 'Bulls On Parade')

[Cantankerous]

i think i may have seen him on some show on VH1 about the 90s or 80s or something.

[Norma J]

Originally Posted by alyasa

I saw an ebow being used in an REM video once.... It gave a creepy, theremin-like effect... Ultra cool.

 

Yeah, Daniel Johns from Silverchair uses one of those in the song 'Too Much of Not Enough'. They sound pretty neat.

[alteredcourse]

That's the daddy, eh ? i just thought he was just shredding on a couple strings .

[CHOUT]

I can play One Note Samba...kinda. Can't figure out all the notes, though.

[GeneticKiss]

Well, let's see...been playing guitar around 6 or 7 years now...actually I learned the basics when I was 12 but didn't really start playing much until I was 17...I can play:

-Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom (except the lead break), Come As You Are, Drain You, Sliver, Aneurysm, and the main riff to Aero Zeppelin by Nirvana
-Cherub Rock by the Smashing Pumpkins (not note for note, but pretty close)
-When I Come Around by Green Day
-10:15 Saturday Nght, A Forest, Play For Today, and One Hundered Years by the Cure
-She's So High and Song 2 by Blur
-Duel by Swervedriver
-Creep, Fake Plastic Trees, and Just by Radiohead
-Get Free, Outtathaway, and Ride by the Vines
-Bohemian Like You and Godless by the Dandy Warhols
-Mildred Pierce by Sonic Youth (I don't like to mess around too much with tuning)
-Paranoid by Black Sabbath
-Just Like Honey by the Jesus and Mary Chain
-Tomorrow by Silverchair

I know I know more but I don't feel like listing them right now...

[soniknirve]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

learning entire hole and nirvana records when you're 11 really qualifies for that.

i don't even remember how to play most of them.

nirvana is the easiest shit to learn when you're starting off. most of the songs are only 3 or 4 chords and maybe a cheeseball solo here and there. i don't know any hole to judge.

[John Violence]

When I first started playing guitar I would learn a few licks from songs. My Dad started calling me the sample man because I couldn't play full songs. I think that has something to do with me always learning and writting songs now.

My favorites lately have been

Dinosaur Jr.-Bulbs of Passion
Dinosaur Jr.-Kracked
Dinosaur Jr.-The Lung
Dinosaur Jr.-Does it Float
Black Flag-In My Head
Black Flag-Drinking and Driving
Black Flag-Modern Man
Black Flag-Slip It In
Minutemen-Little Man With A Gun In His Hand
Faith No More-Suprise! You're Dead!
X-Nausea
CKY-Testing
Jawbreaker-Housesitter

Plus all of my songs and some random others

[krastian]

A shit load, but I play drums so......

[alteredcourse]

Originally Posted by krastian

A shit load, but I play drums so......

Saaaame heeeere....
though i cant really bash away without somethign to play to .
im not very creative i guess . i cant just drive a melody from my head .
and i have some problem with filling things out . ive played since december ..

are you self-taught ? got any pointers ?

[porkmarras]

I cover merzbow a lot.

[darthblav]

I have not really played other artist's songs for years. When I have done a cover, it is normally a different take than the original.

When I was just starting out guitar player and guitar magazine helped me learn all the 90s alternative essentials on guitar (pj, nirvana, stp, soundgarden, pumpkins, weezer, etc) but i also had big classic rock influence by learning all the led zepplin I -III from front to back on bass, pink floyd, beatles, hendrix catalog (on bass), neil young, bowie. I also knew the whole pumpkin catalog pretty decent, same for pj. But then I went to college, and that is a different chapter in this story.

Like others said, I prefer creating my own stuff to play. I guess that is why I am in a original band?

I do think for the newbie musicians, learning songs is a great way to develop yourself technically and stylisticly. For me, it helped me develop the writing style I use today. Ultimately, I think what really makes you strong is playing with other people as a musican because it is a different ball game from playing along with a song.

As for Ebows, I do love them. Yes the sound can be replicated, but it still is not an Ebow.

I have been playing bass for about 11 years and guitar for 10. I would consider myself a decent bass player and just an ok guitar player.

[LittlePuppetBoy]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

how long have you guys been playing for?

5 months

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by soniknirve

nirvana is the easiest shit to learn when you're starting off. most of the songs are only 3 or 4 chords and maybe a cheeseball solo here and there. i don't know any hole to judge.

hole is equally easy if not easier for the fact that absolutely none of their songs have a solo, especially the first record.

[Savage Clone]

Not that anybody cares, but there was an ebow thread a long time ago and I zipped three old tunes from three bands I've played in where I went into ebow overindulgence.
I still had the file, so I upped it again given the ebow discussion here...
Enjoy or not.

http://www.badongo.com/file/1286006

[alyasa]

Thanks, Savage Clone for the files... I'll give it a listen...

[alyasa]

BaDonGo Sucks.

[Cantankerous]

Originally Posted by Diesel

i think thats their best album too, simple is good yas

i like the second one better and i don't like the third one at all. i threw it away i think but i probably stomped on it first.

[HaydenAsche]

Boring songs. I'm mostly into electronic instruments and sampling.