u/Andoni95

Last year, i made a "one year guitar progress video" and wondered where I where i will find myself in another year. I spent a lot of time learning to play solos. Stairway to Heaven, Hotel Cali, Comfortably Numb, the usual suspects.

In order to learn to play these songs i needed to be comfortable with alternate picking, legato (hammer on and pull offs), bends, 2nps and 3nps (notes per string). In this two years i must have played like 200-300 rock guitars solos. Because I don't spend a lot of time on each song, my playing is sloppy, but I was very exposed to a wide range of guitar riffs, licks and solos.

Moving forward, for my third year, i want to spend my time working on my bend accuracy, vibrato stability, sense of timing, phrasing, and improvising.

Some FAQs:

1. Tone

I got lazy when recording this video haha. I wanted to record it quickly rather than trying for the perfect take. So i used mostly the same tone for almost all the songs xD Sorry if the tone is not the most fitting.

2. Practice

I dont practice any of the songs. Instead i just look at any given song and identify the most difficult part and i practice just that 1-4 measures. I also catalog techniques like 3nps or sweeping and I practice those. I have a video showing how i practice. The pros of practicing this way is you can eventually learn to play any song very quickly. The cons is that because i dont practice the piece and i dont practice the transitions, even though i can play the song, i dont capture the nuances and the feel of the song really well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz1GU-lan-I

3. Fender Strat sticker

I will remove the sticker soon haha. This guitar is new and i wanted to take a New Gear Day video but im too lazy hahaha. Soon!

4. Recording

I record everything on my phone. So yeah the EQ and the volume and mix is terrible. Sorry!!

I’ve played the guitar for two years. Can play full songs from Oasis to Metallica. Avenged Sevenfold is now my current challenge, am not that great at playing chromatic notes and fast sweeps. Probably another 1-2 years to cross this bridge. Meanwhile wanted to mess around with some 7 strings just for variety. Can anyone recommend some songs? I think I need to be on B standard due to floating trem. Might lock my bridge but since the guitar is new, let me just see what it can do without changing tunings first.