Lesson 34 Tuesday 3rd September 2013

For this lesson I took my new Amp and Footcontroller to show the teacher and learn a bit on how to use it.

I was shown about the different sounds. We had it in clean and and crunch and the two different types of overdrive. The amp seams to give out a good sound even though it is not that big. We added the Footcontroller and tuned the guitar with the tuner on the footcontroller. Tuning on the Footcontroller was easy with the name of the string being struck shown and a light on the left or right depending on if it was too low or high and a light in the middle when it is tuned. You can also save in sounds into the footcontroller which I will have a practice at doing






I started off practising the Oasis Riff in the song "I'm Outta Time".

This is getting better but I have developed a habit when I strike another string which sounds out when I am doing the first bend. I have to practice more to get rid of this habit of pulling the other strings.

I next had a look at how I was doing with the Wet Wet Wet version of "Love Is All Around". I started off with the difficult capo 1 version with the bar chord.

Moving from A to Bm is still proving to be a problem. On the brighter side though I have managed to get the bridge chord sounding nearly right.

I then went onto the capo 3 version.

This one is starting to get there a bit but I have to remember that a lot of the chords I need to mute the top string with my thumb. The chords on them selves seam to be getting a lot cleaner. However moving from one to another my fingers need to hit the strings a lot more sure than they do now.

Amp For My Electric Guitar

I have been looking for an amp to go with my electric guitar. After looking around I decided to go for The Marshall MG15CFX.

I also went for a MG Series Footcontroller too.

The Amps's Features Are:

Outup(RMS) = 15 watts
Speaker = 1x8"
Channels (storable) = (clean, crunch, OD1, OD2)
Digital effects = (Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Octave)
Digital Reverb = (Spring, Studio)
Internal Frequency Dependant Damping
MP3/Line In Jack
Emulated Headphones Output
MG Footcontroller Compatible
Dimensions = 382x379x205
Weight (Kg) = 7.7
I have had a go on this amp and have got some sounds out of it but I do need to read the instructions on how this all works. The size is small but perfect to put in a small nook in my little house. The sound is still good and I have already had my kids complain that it is too loud.

I also got the footcontroller which is compatible with this amp.
The pedals can be programmed to different effects and sounds so for example a clean version and also a reverb version.
I have not used the pedal out yet as I think I need to work out the correct sounds on the amp which would be good to program in.

I have a lot of dials to learn now which will be fun to get used to.