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    Interested in switching DAWs.

    I don't think Linux is really an option you should think about unless you are not using any third party plugins at all. Most of the modern DAWs will do things you want in most of the cases. Ableton is sensible option if you think you will need a DAW to use in live environment. Reaper is...
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    Now that I've had an Evertune guitar for a while...

    If it isn't already obvious, this doesn't say much about evertune. This specific guitar you played in a store had a tone that was a combination of your playing style, your habits, specific pieces of wood, specific pickups, specific neck profile, specific amp, AND evertune. It made you feel in a...
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    What's your go-to shredding-exercise?

    I started long ago with with bad VHS copies of Vinnie Moore and Paul Gilbert stuff (It was only possible to get blurry pirated copies in my country at the time) :) As others have said, using metronome and making sure to playing cleanly is important. Through the years of giving lessons there...
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    Struggling with bad guitar tone in my song

    I think guitar tone is OK, but it's hard to judge because drums sound bit strange. Like there is a lot of room and ambient mics taking space in the mix.Try to work on drum sound first, try just direct mics, add some subtle plate reverb to snare and toms and then just blend a little bit of...
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    What DAW do you use?

    Sorry for the late reply, for some reason I have missed your post. Glad you solved the vst folder problem. There is a table comparing Cubase versions on the Steinberg site with all the details. I would be probably just fine with Artist version, but difference was something like 50 buck at the...
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    How often do *you* need to practice?

    How long have you played the guitar? I am asking because I have noticed (and it's also my own experience) that people who are still learning technique stuff tend to regress faster. When I was working on my picking a lot, pausing for a week would be a LOT for some reason, but in the recent years...
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    Problems with band member

    I kind of agree with Rubbishplayer, but I will also try to give you a different angle. Maybe it's just me but I feel there is a problem within a band, apart from the singer. The rest of you should be on the same page when it comes to what is acceptable, what is good business and what is not...
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    How to learn to sweep pick

    Or this Petrucci recorded this with alternate picking, but he often plays economy live.
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    How to get used to playing different guitars?

    It isn't unusual to have a bit of a problem when shifting from neck to neck. After years and years of playing it is still kind of hard for me to immediately move from Ibanez style flat wide neck to rounder and more narrow neck. It doesn't take a lot of time these days but it still takes 10 to 15...
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    Should I memorize the notes of the fretboard in E standard?

    I looks to me that for some reason you strongly feel a need to make a point even if you probably know that guitarist who knows some music theory and doesn't know where the notes are on the fretboard is a rear occurrence. What if knowing notes on the fretboard would strongly benefiting your music...
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    How to learn to sweep pick

    Well maybe you have extremely reliable foot! :D
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    Should I memorize the notes of the fretboard in E standard?

    Well, I was just browsing through forum and saw a thread in which you ask people to suggest something technically harder for you to work on. Why if you don't care about being good on guitar? And if you make a composition, obviously you have to play it and record it, that takes some decent...
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    How to learn to sweep pick

    Cool playing, great chops you have there! Btw not sure I got picking directions, maybe it is a typo? I am plying it d-u-d-d-d-u-d-d-d-u-d-u-u-u-d-u-u-u-d Or in other words if you pick every note on E string, it changes the direction of the pick automatically, so you end up sweeping back when...
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    Should I memorize the notes of the fretboard in E standard?

    Are you sure that you have so limited guitar learning time that you have to carefully manage how you are spending it? In my experience 95% of guitar players spend their practice time with the instrument by noodling licks. Knowing that even one hour a day of organized, well used guitar practice...
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    How to learn to sweep pick

    As Kisielk has said, term gets sometimes used interchangeably, so I am not sure. Also, IMHO, it is the same thing. Some people, Steve Morse for instance, do play arps by using alternate picking, so sweep picking is economy picking applied to arps. Or you can turn it around and define economy...
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