critter74
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so I'm working on the Mean Streets intro which is fun as I haven't played it since my early 20's. So it's like learning it all over again. I have 2 key issues.
Anyways, having a small issue which I know is partly technique (playing it smoothly) but also seems to be either amp setting, guitar setting, etc.
OK long story long: I keep getting residual ringing/open string noise from the open string tapped harmonics. This obviously is partly resolved by just practicing until it flows better, I get that. Not my first rodeo. But in listening to the track the guitar is much more percussive. If I set my amp and guitar to the right percussive ness, it's a little too residual noise. If I roll the tone back a bit, the tapped harmonics don't ring through as nice. I have also noticed the guitar was tracked clean with reverb added in Post production, as even a small amount of reverb can cause an aural soup with so much tapping and open strings that need to ring a bit for the harmonics.
So it seems stupid but any help or advice would be appreciated. Again, I know there is a good 75% that is just getting my technique back. But the tonal percussive ness is causing an issue.
The second issue is more just me bitching: ******** that last part with the 5/7 frets double stop pull offs and harming tapping on 17/19 frets is a bitch to do clean. And Eddie makes it look so easy.
I would upload a video but I do not have it at a level yet I feel comfortable. It's a mess and in the woodshedding stages (most individual parts are played clean but I haven't strung them together yet).
Thanks for y'all's help.
Anyways, having a small issue which I know is partly technique (playing it smoothly) but also seems to be either amp setting, guitar setting, etc.
OK long story long: I keep getting residual ringing/open string noise from the open string tapped harmonics. This obviously is partly resolved by just practicing until it flows better, I get that. Not my first rodeo. But in listening to the track the guitar is much more percussive. If I set my amp and guitar to the right percussive ness, it's a little too residual noise. If I roll the tone back a bit, the tapped harmonics don't ring through as nice. I have also noticed the guitar was tracked clean with reverb added in Post production, as even a small amount of reverb can cause an aural soup with so much tapping and open strings that need to ring a bit for the harmonics.
So it seems stupid but any help or advice would be appreciated. Again, I know there is a good 75% that is just getting my technique back. But the tonal percussive ness is causing an issue.
The second issue is more just me bitching: ******** that last part with the 5/7 frets double stop pull offs and harming tapping on 17/19 frets is a bitch to do clean. And Eddie makes it look so easy.
I would upload a video but I do not have it at a level yet I feel comfortable. It's a mess and in the woodshedding stages (most individual parts are played clean but I haven't strung them together yet).
Thanks for y'all's help.
