I started trying to figure out Echoplex myself, based on the DVD I'm pretty crap at tabbing stuff out tho. But the Slip is pretty guitar friendly, so I was hoping to be semi-sucessful. I haven't seen any real threads about it thus far tho. Did I miss one?

i'm working on figuring them all out.
I've got nearly all of "1,000,000", the main riff of "Echoplex", "Discipline", and just about all of "Letting You"

you should try playing everything in drop-D tuning, down one half step, so from Low to High:
- Db (or C#...whichever way your tuner looks at it)
- Ab
- Db (or C#)
- Gb
- Bb
- Eb

the only song that would be different would be "Head Down" cause it's played on a baritone.

none of the songs on "The Slip" are terribly hard to figure out. most of what I have for "1,000,000", "Discipline", and "Echoplex" is all based on what I hear

you can definately play "Discipline" and "Echoplex" in standard. i have found though that the tuning i've used makes playing the song easier...especially if you play the songs sequentially.

yeah the baritone thing...i wondered about that too and the dvd in the slip confirmed my suspicion.
he's using a Jerry Jones, Danelectro style baritone. not sure what model specifically though.

well after nearly a decade of playing, i would hope i'd know the difference between the two...haha

www.ultimate-guitar.com

They've got good tabs for 1,000,000 and Discipline.

I thought all tabs sites were shut down? I had a great supply of bass tabs, then they were gone and I haven't bothered looking them up anymore.

6_string_vendetta posted:

I can play the main rhythm for "Echoplex" but I can't play that lil solo Robin Finck throws at almost half through the song...

its like right at the "2:20" mark...

In the album version it sounds like he's doing a single note solo...

but then on the DVD he riffs that part? What the hell? Confused...lol

but then again you can do that...so maybe I'm just over reacting.

Still I'm trying to figure out that solo...

and I consider myself pretty good at trying to figure out lead parts..

since I'm obsessed more with lead than rhythm guitar.

I hope you know what the difference between "lead" and "rhythm" is... for the sake of this conversation...hahaha

well, he's playing one note and the octave to that note (he does this in the album version as well). it's like a power chord without the note in the middle (use your index finger to mute that one).

I know plenty of guitar theory.

My problem is I'm tone deaf and can't figure out even basic chord progressions without reading it first.

Sharon_Pinhead posted:

I know plenty of guitar theory.

My problem is I'm tone deaf and can't figure out even basic chord progressions without reading it first.

that's not uncommon. my ear didn't get better until i went to school and had ear-training classes.
i'm still not amazing at it, but I am definatly better at it than i was.

my girlfriend however, has an incredible ear for chord progressions.

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the best advice i can give anyone is to sit down with your guitar and try to play along until it sounds right. i know it will be hard, and slow, but you'll start to be able to recognize pitches better by having your guitar right there.

it is very hard as well to me.

I would consider myself mediocre in this category at best.

Give me a group of kids new to electric guitar and I'll teach everything there is to know about tone.

tone tone tone tone tone tone!!!

If you want to play "Head Down" on a regular guitar, just tune the 6th string down so open it sounds the same as the 5th string at the 12th fret. I'm pretty sure that's what I did. I don't have my guitar by me now but it's something like that. And sorry for the lack of proper music terminology in saying that, hah.

If I'm not feeling lazy tomorrow, I'll try and tab out a few songs, beginning with "Echoplex".

heres my interp of the songs im 90% sure about( Most from Slip Dvd)
1000000:
Drop D

e |---------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-10-12-10--10-12-10--------------------------------------------|
19 secs in the switch to

e |---------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-10-12-10--15-17-10-12-----------------------------------------|


Chorus(variations)
e |---------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
G |----16-------------10------------------------------------------|
D |------X8ish then-----X6ish-------------------------------------|
A |----14------------- 8------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus2
e |---------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
G |----16-------------10------------------------------------------|
D |------X8ish then-----X6ish-------------------------------------|
A |----14------------- 8---------------------------------2bendx5--|
D |------------------------------9x8------------------------------|

NOW
e |---------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-10-12-10-0000000-15-17-10-12--00000 then repeat---------------|
Listen for chage


ill put more up tomorrow