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by CapriOrange
Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:04 am
Forum: Playing Technique, Theory, Recording Tips, and Talk
Topic: Alternate picking
Replies: 16
Views: 13733

Try playing La Grange without upstrokes....it just sounds so wrong.

Now play it with upstrokes, and....voila!
by CapriOrange
Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:07 pm
Forum: Playing Technique, Theory, Recording Tips, and Talk
Topic: Question about pain when forming certain chords
Replies: 3
Views: 6619

When I was teaching myself to play I had a 10 buck KMart guitar with strings like railway tracks and an action so high that you could stick your hand on the fretboard and not touch the strings. My parents used to threaten to hide it because I'd play so long my fingers bled.

It will get easier.
by CapriOrange
Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:04 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: CIJ Capri Orange Mustang
Replies: 28
Views: 18599

She has arrived, and she is GORGEOUS. White button tuners, white pearl guard, original pickups in the SD boxed.

I'll throw a set of 11s on tonight and post some pics tomorrow.

Cheers
by CapriOrange
Thu Feb 18, 2016 5:52 am
Forum: Playing Technique, Theory, Recording Tips, and Talk
Topic: "Cut through the mix"
Replies: 20
Views: 22393

1 Don't crowd. If there are 2 guitarists, NEVER double up (I don't care what Metallica do). Stay out of each other's way. 2 Don't compete. It's a BAND. 3 Let the singer shine. (In other words, don't play like Santana does now-he never shuts up!) 4 What are you trying to achieve? Dancing? People danc...
by CapriOrange
Thu Feb 18, 2016 4:26 am
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: CIJ Capri Orange Mustang
Replies: 28
Views: 18599

Thanks guys. What do you think 10s or 11s? I use 9s on my PRS and Strat and 10s (occasionally 11s) on my Ibanez AF75.

I'm thinking 11s?
by CapriOrange
Thu Feb 18, 2016 1:48 am
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: CIJ Capri Orange Mustang
Replies: 28
Views: 18599

CIJ Capri Orange Mustang

Hi all, new guy here! I've just purchased (unseen) a reissue Mustang (2007 I think) in Capri Orange with the competition stripes. It has had SD Antiquity 11 pups installed, and comes with the originals as well. Trem bar and soft case. I'm paying $700AUD (exactly $500USD at today's rates). The pics l...