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    DISTANCE OVER TIME

    Dec 17, 2019 4 minutes

    1. UNPLUG IT

    “If you want to find out where you rate in terms of technical ability, it’s really effective to practice electric guitar acoustically. Don’t play through an amp. Instead, go into a tiled room, like a bathroom, where you have a little bit of natural reverb. Then you can really dissect your playing and figure out what’s going on with your technique, because you don’t have the sustain of distortion, or any effects or delays hiding anything. All you have is what’s actually physically happening when your hands are touching the instrument. That can be very revealing.”

    2. TAKE THE TIME

    “I’ve said this a million times, but I’ll say it again:

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