Just in case you're not familiar with these tunes (shock-horror-disbelief), here's two live versions (Scuttle Buttin is played at warp speed ?)
Challenge: The Pointy vs Paddle headstock Duel!
pearl jam - yellow leadbetter.
in nominating that, V8 has already one.. Norio - we wait your loser video.
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thinking about this some more..
you need separate songs thats traditionally been played on both headstocks..
so , again, my song nomination for the hockey stick heads - pearl jam Yellow better,
and a song for the pointy heads - ...well.... uhm.... just bang out a E chord repeatedly, with volume, overdrive and distortion set on 12.. thats abouts covers all that pointy heads are good for.
you both doing a version of each, and the winner is chosen.
Hey you paddle-headstock loving guy! You gotta pick between the above 2 songs ? Then we see if it's better with a proper guitar or a paddle-headstock guitar ?
Actually, @V8, maybe @StephenG is right. Maybe we should do one of each?
Your original pointy nominations were these right?
- Peace Sells (Megadeth)
- Raining Blood (Slayer)
Maybe the first 2 weeks we do paddle-esque songs and the next 2 weeks we do eye-gougers? Winner of both wins the whole challenge. Draw results in a new challenge with new songs ?
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NorioDS Maybe we should do one of each
I'm happy either way! Though I think I'll swop out Raining Blood for either Enter Sandman or Nothing Else Matters, so that you have a sliver of hope... Raining Blood has some immense triplet picking that is unreasonably tricky to pick up in two weeks.
StephenG V8 has already one.. Norio - we wait your loser video.
Don't be too confident. The paddle side has me rather...nervous. Those two are ones I've never even thought of attempting. I reckon we be starting on relatively even ground there.
Though I'm thinking @NorioDS will get a education if we do the pointy side of things ?
its always fun until someone puts an eye out!!
Yikes, just listened to Slayer — Raining Blood for the first time. I have zero chance ?Honestly all the songs are sooo far out of my league it ain't funny. But I'm a good sport ?
And if I get one good riff or new skill out of this, it'll be well worth it. I picked Little Wing for all the chords and embellishments. Totally out of my noodling comfort zone. And I picked Scuttle Buttin' for the tasty fast blues rhythm. I have just about never played anything fast, ever.
@V8 can we get some background on your choices?
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Peace Sells is one of my favourite tunes that I never learnt but wanted to. I think It's a really fun chuggy riffy feel with a touch of groove to it.
Raining Blood is another I always wanted to do but never did. It just sounds mad evil, especially on the live album played twice as fast as the studio version! ?
The issue with Raining Blood is, Alternate picking the triplets at that tempo takes a while to build up - It's quite a technical skill that has a surprisingly amount of subtleties. Plus I'm half-decent at it already - particularly after having to work on it for the djent band...on a BEAD tuned bass ?
V8 Peace Sells is one of my favourite tunes that I never learnt but wanted to. I think It's a really fun chuggy riffy feel with a touch of groove to it.
Nice! Love that song. I'm super keen to learn to play (and sing) - Megadeth - In Nothing We Trust.
V8 It just sounds mad evil, especially on the live album played twice as fast as the studio version! ?
Yikes! Ja no, waaaay outta my league. But if the Guitar Talkers wanna see me in pain, then I'll have to put on my big-boy panties and get on with it ?
YIKES! ?
So I pick up my guitar this arvie just before sitting down for my afternoon work session and I decide to practice some alternating picking at 120bpm. Triplets and 8th notes. Felt like I was trying to learn a new language.
THAT'S how long it's been since I've practiced properly.
Most of my "speed" practice in my teens and early twenties went into legato. I don't think I ever got a decent picking speed going at all. (And I'm still rubbish at legato. I can hammer on fairly well but my pull-offs are shyte.)
The good news (for YOU guys) is wifey got a short clip of me practicing. I'll try get it and post it here as part of the challenge updates.
Here it is, folks. I can't even pick anymore.
Ok folks, coz I messed up the newsletter, we didn't get any votes for songs so we flipped a coin. Actually it was a pick...
We actually both wanted Jimi so... I guess the universe wants us both to sukkel a bit. (I even thought, when I saw "Dunlop" that we got Little Wing ? )
So there you have it folks, 14 days begins today. Let's say entries have to be in by 23:59 Monday 28 May)
It's on!
So Norio flicked a coin and we have....
I'm gonna have to find a red hat and a pipe - hopefully there's some speed in the accessories ?