I mess around with my guitar a fair bit so I follow all the folks everyone does Justin, Marty and all those dudes but the algorithm just brought your channel to me and I really dig what you're doing. I subbed. ;) Here's to hoping you keep putting content out because you're a good teacher and I super dig your taste in music. I almost never comment but I thought it was criminal you only had 40 views on this super good lesson and wanted you to know the internet appreciates you! Cheers man!
I’m a Lifelong Punker and ska style guitar player and wanted to say You’re guitar playing is stellar buddy, great fretting! Seeing that you have lots of vids and take your channel serious, I’d like offer some advise. I think you should do a play through of the songs (with the chords and techniques you’re gonna teach in the video) in the very beginning to acclimate the less experienced and less familiar viewers to the lesson. It works pretty well for a lot of other channels Marty etc. keep shredding and grinding RUclips I subbed
Thank you! I do a play through at the beginning of all my videos. Sometimes i leave out the bridge or parts that repeat for time sake. Thanks for your comment!
I recently was looking for a gift for my brother and got him a test pressing from a ska band. While looking for his gift, I was exposed to some great music. I loved the guitar so much that I bought an ephiphone les paul with amp kit with the goal of learning ska style. I tried some youtube videos but am completely in over my head. Any suggestions how to get started in learning abou tmy electric guitar and eventually learning some ska songs?
Ska style is mostly about right hand rhtyhm and left hand chord pressure. Since you are starting from scratch there are several things to learn first like holding a pick and left hand thumb position. Barre chords and triads are essential to that style. Don't jump right in to barring chords though. You need to buiild up the strength in your left hand first. Start by learning power chords and the D major chord shape. Sit there with a metronome and strum the D chord down up down up. There are more complex rhythms, but this would be a good place to start. The D shape can easily be moved around to form other chords. Go from the 2nd fret to 7th fret then to the 9th fret with that same shape. This gives you D G A. Practice strumming down up while changing between those chords. With power chords, learn the moveable shape and start practicing all down strokes. This is refered to as chugging rhythm. These two things will help you build up your rhythm to a point whee you can begin learning more advanced rhythms and muting techniques used in ska music. Learning some reggae style songs would be a great way to get into that style. Sublime and 311 have a lot of friendly barre chord ska/reggae type rhythms. Pretty much any Bob Marley song has them too. First thing's first though, you gotta get your hands in shape and gradually work your way up to more advanced things. Also, try to listen to as much of that music as you can. It will help train your ears for the rhythms. Good luck and always practice slow!
Great question. I think a strat or telecaster through a fender amp gives the fullest tone but ironically almost every ska band seems to play a les paul. I think that is because they also have to switch between a clean sounding verse and an overdriven chorus. It's really more about your right hand smacking down on the strings a certain way. Pickup selection is a big one too. I always use the neck or middle position. The neck pickup gives the chords a nice fat sound with low end..The middle gives you more pickup smack but you have to roll off the tone knob so it's not too bright. The less fx pedals you use the better for ska rhythm type stuff. It can make the tone too muddy. Hope that helps. Thanks for the question.
@@borderlineguitarguy in my band we’ve got this new song that has some ska parts with some punk parts. I’m gonna stomp back and forth but my proficiency with ska is not there. I’m trying to dial in the amp settings to get it right and practice the timing of the rhythm but it’s way harder than it looks lol.
Thanks for this great lesson !
Thanks man! Hope it was helpful. 👍
Just perfect I’m glad I found this channel !! Thanks!!
Thank you so much! Welcome aboard.
Immediately subscribed the second you started telling how to play the song. I already know how to play guitar, I just want a cheat code for the song.
Thanks man! Glad it was helpful.
I mess around with my guitar a fair bit so I follow all the folks everyone does Justin, Marty and all those dudes but the algorithm just brought your channel to me and I really dig what you're doing. I subbed. ;)
Here's to hoping you keep putting content out because you're a good teacher and I super dig your taste in music. I almost never comment but I thought it was criminal you only had 40 views on this super good lesson and wanted you to know the internet appreciates you!
Cheers man!
Thank you so much for the kind words! Means a lot. Thank you!
I’m a Lifelong Punker and ska style guitar player and wanted to say You’re guitar playing is stellar buddy, great fretting! Seeing that you have lots of vids and take your channel serious, I’d like offer some advise. I think you should do a play through of the songs (with the chords and techniques you’re gonna teach in the video) in the very beginning to acclimate the less experienced and less familiar viewers to the lesson. It works pretty well for a lot of other channels Marty etc. keep shredding and grinding RUclips I subbed
Thank you! I do a play through at the beginning of all my videos. Sometimes i leave out the bridge or parts that repeat for time sake. Thanks for your comment!
Dude I’m totally sorry about that I must’ve seen the video previously and it started in mid video this time thanks again for killer content!!!
The only one that has it right.
Thank You! Hope it was helpful.
Thanks - well done !
Thank you!
I recently was looking for a gift for my brother and got him a test pressing from a ska band. While looking for his gift, I was exposed to some great music. I loved the guitar so much that I bought an ephiphone les paul with amp kit with the goal of learning ska style. I tried some youtube videos but am completely in over my head. Any suggestions how to get started in learning abou tmy electric guitar and eventually learning some ska songs?
Ska style is mostly about right hand rhtyhm and left hand chord pressure. Since you are starting from scratch there are several things to learn first like holding a pick and left hand thumb position. Barre chords and triads are essential to that style. Don't jump right in to barring chords though. You need to buiild up the strength in your left hand first. Start by learning power chords and the D major chord shape. Sit there with a metronome and strum the D chord down up down up. There are more complex rhythms, but this would be a good place to start. The D shape can easily be moved around to form other chords. Go from the 2nd fret to 7th fret then to the 9th fret with that same shape. This gives you D G A. Practice strumming down up while changing between those chords. With power chords, learn the moveable shape and start practicing all down strokes. This is refered to as chugging rhythm. These two things will help you build up your rhythm to a point whee you can begin learning more advanced rhythms and muting techniques used in ska music. Learning some reggae style songs would be a great way to get into that style. Sublime and 311 have a lot of friendly barre chord ska/reggae type rhythms. Pretty much any Bob Marley song has them too. First thing's first though, you gotta get your hands in shape and gradually work your way up to more advanced things. Also, try to listen to as much of that music as you can. It will help train your ears for the rhythms. Good luck and always practice slow!
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Which songs do you want to learn? I did a short of this one too: ruclips.net/user/shortsunS6lk86Xj8
@@borderlineguitarguy Their whole catalog
What do you recommend for getting a good ska tone?
Great question. I think a strat or telecaster through a fender amp gives the fullest tone but ironically almost every ska band seems to play a les paul. I think that is because they also have to switch between a clean sounding verse and an overdriven chorus. It's really more about your right hand smacking down on the strings a certain way. Pickup selection is a big one too. I always use the neck or middle position. The neck pickup gives the chords a nice fat sound with low end..The middle gives you more pickup smack but you have to roll off the tone knob so it's not too bright. The less fx pedals you use the better for ska rhythm type stuff. It can make the tone too muddy. Hope that helps. Thanks for the question.
@@borderlineguitarguy in my band we’ve got this new song that has some ska parts with some punk parts. I’m gonna stomp back and forth but my proficiency with ska is not there. I’m trying to dial in the amp settings to get it right and practice the timing of the rhythm but it’s way harder than it looks lol.