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Slipin Lizard
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Slipin Lizard
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Posts: 711
12/29/2011 5:46 am
Can't help you with the "playing like Hendrix"... I'm a firm believer of finding your own voice with your guitar, but there's hints your posts that make me think your frustration may be that you're not playing enough. Practice is great, but you need playtime too, so here's my advice:

-set up your guitar/amp or effects box or computer, whatever you're using, so that you can listen to backing tracks and play along with your guitar with effects like overdrive, reverb & delay that you like. If you're using an amp, then make sure you have a way to amplify your backing tracks so it mixes well. You could also look at things like Line 6 Guitar Port, which you can then find "jamtracks" on-line to play along with, or Boss's DR880 which has bass and drum patterns built in, and actually really good guitar effects, so its just a "plug-in & jam" unit.

-set some really clear, attainable goals for yourself, like learning one position of the major or pentatonic scale.

-practice, but everyday, take time to just jam using what you know.. don't worry about playing fast or a lot of notes... just have fun and be creative.

I think you'll find this very rewarding, and you won't be so frustrated, because even though your inspired by a really great guitar player, you're able to have fun with your limited knowledge.

Hope that helps!