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Ed Seith

Ed Seith

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Supreme Galactic Overlord 50 From Marana, AZ USA
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Sieze the Day Solo

I don’t usually play solos note for note, and this is not QUITE an exception, but it’s such a wonderful, tasty and emotive place that I had to put some of my...
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Ed Seith

Ed Seith

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Supreme Galactic Overlord 50 From Marana, AZ USA
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  • Dominik Gräber
    Hey, what's your opinion on headless guitars? How's your experience with them?
    Been getting into the Idea of having one someday but any decent looking headless is expensive af
    Ed Seith
    I changed the name of my YouTube channel. "Cooking with Captain Ed" lacks punch and could be confusing. I took Jak's other part of her name for me and just changed the spelling of my last name, so it's "Captain Ed Scythe." Years ago, one of my bands actually wanted to call our band "Scythe" and have me use that spelling as a stage name. Decades later, eh, why the fuck not, right?
    Ed Seith
    Thirty years ago, a good friend begged me to paint the front of his brand new Marshall 4x12 cabinet. He still has it and still plays it, and now my artistry has come full circle to @Syn Gates with the amp-naming contest header. I had no idea how far ahead of his time Pete would become.


    Ed Seith
    I started doing physical therapy today, on my left arm shoulder, which has been problematic since January, and on my left knee, which has been problematic since before you were born, but got especially ornery when I tried to start running a month or so ago. I'll be good as used in eight weeks!
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    Lindsey
    Lindsey
    Good luck, hopefully it will get better quick!
    Alicia Willis
    Alicia Willis
    Good luck Ed ! The hubs has been having issues with his left arm and shoulder for months now too....but he’s hard headed and refuses to go get seen about it 🤣 I’m going to show him this post and be like “well, Captain Ed is doing it so should too”
    Ed Seith
    Ed Seith
    Apparently, sitting at a desk all day for 20 years is bad for you. Who knew?

    (and yes, I work out and cycle religiously, but oh well).
    Ed Seith
    The SECOND Bill Hudson Masterclass is in the books, and folks, this one was a fucking monster. Nearly three hours on the center of the music theory universe - the Major Scale. Bill connected a lot of dots for me about how theory really applies to the shapes and patterns long since burned into my memory but not really understood. His approach is genius, and I have a lot of study to do before the NEXT Masterclass down the road on beginning modes. Thanks again to the inimitable @Jak Angelescu for pulling it together and MCing. What a day!
    Ed Seith
    It's like they're not even trying. Just banned a spammer with the name "Cialis 5mg." REALLY, GUYS???
    Ed Seith
    I just watched @Aileé Guerra Aréizaga 's video on making videos. She shares a LOT of great info in there. Every time I watch one of her videos, though, I feel bad. She's always so meticulous - her hair, makeup, dress, lighting. Even her words are as if she's memorized a script. I look to make sure there isn't cheese dripping down my shirt and hit record. I have huge respect for the effort she puts in!
    Ed Seith
    Haven't watched it yet, but Johnny released a cover of Iron Maiden's Aces high with some friends today. Check it out.
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    Radu-Cristian Perde
    Radu-Cristian Perde
    Yeah well I mean, its fun to watch once but if I want to listen to Aces High, im for sure listening to the OG version. As for the bass at the end, its the standard one so I am sure that its an extra or stock or a bass that he doesnt mind damage done to it
    Jacques
    Jacques
    I also dont think i saw any cue chalk on the end of his bass. ALWAYS gotta chalk up the end of your bass before breaking for the best spread possible!
    Ids Schiere
    Ids Schiere
    Wasn't expecting a tour through Johnny's house tbh.

    Pretty solid cover
    Ed Seith
    QUICK TIP if you play with those piss-yellow Ultex picks. Blacklight makes em glow bright if you can't find it on the carpet!
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    Imactuallyadrummer
    Imactuallyadrummer
    Oh funny I just lost one of those. Guess I gotta see if i have a blacklight lying around :ROFLMAO:
    Ed Seith
    Ed Seith
    We have a blacklight flashlight because in Arizona this is how you find scorpions at night!
    Imactuallyadrummer
    Imactuallyadrummer
    Lol I was thinking about your status update last night. I dropped a pick and my floor ate it... but while looking for it I found my piss yellow Ultex pick! Now, any tips for finding a brown pick on hardwood floor/carpet?
    Ed Seith
    Left the blue Ibanez in today. It's the one I put the Syn pickups in. Lots of frets lifting out and there's a dip in the fretboard around the 15-18th frets. As a result, it needs a refret. The refret will cost as much as I paid for the guitar. Oh well, at least it will be BUTTAH when I get it back in a few weeks!
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    Donovan Etue
    Donovan Etue
    @Ed Seith what's a better way of finding out if a shop does a good job refretting guitars than with a guitar that's the same price as a used car haha.
    Donovan Etue
    Donovan Etue
    @William Byerley Yeah it's definitely possible. I'm not sure to what extent you would want to mess with the string gauges but yeah it's definitely possible. During my second to last string change on my Schecter I accidentally broke the high e string which was a part of a 10-52 set. I didn't have another pack of 10-52's on hand and I didn't want to break into the three pack of 10-46's I had on hand. So I looked through my drawer that's got loose packs of strings from times before I learned about how to effectively change the strings on my guitar without locking tuners. I found a 9 gauge and threw that on. That worked like a charm for 7 weeks or so until it broke when I was down tuning it of all things haha.
    Ed Seith
    Ed Seith
    Ed Seith
    I've now had two hour-long deep-tissue massages to relieve the built up stress poisoning my body. Like Shrek, I've got layers like an onion. It will be one or two more sessions to work it all out (very sore and lots of swelling) but I feel better - a lot better - already. I had no idea I was in this bad of shape, stress-wise. It was noticeably impacting my playing and practice to.
    Ed Seith
    I have a serious knot in my shoulder (strap area) that's new, and one in my left bicep that's been around for months but getting worse. Definitely time for some deep tissue massage, and maybe a chiropractor. Call made. Waiting for appointment #GettingOldSucksButItBeatsTheAlternative
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    Jak Angelescu
    Jak Angelescu
    Hit up Holly on Instagram! She worked in a chiropractor's office and is working towards her corrective exercise/therapy certificate! Until you go she can talk to you and figure out what you're doing and give you relief treatments and exercises🙂 she worked wonders on my shoulders!
    Ed Seith
    Ed Seith
    I may do that if the appointments are too far out. Thanks, Jak!
    Dominik Gräber
    Favorite song off City of Evil and The Crusade??
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    Ed Seith
    Ed Seith
    CoE probably changes, but I might just have to say The Wicked End. I think Matt hit a writing and performance peak on that song.

    The Crusade, it's probably To the Rats. It's not perfect, but that opening riff and most of that song are what I think of first when I think of that album.
    Dominik Gräber
    Dominik Gräber
    Don't think I've actually conciously listened to To The Rats. Gotta give it a listen!
    Nocturne
    Nocturne
    I don't know The Crusades, but in City of Evil it may be M.I.A., but it's so hard to pick only one.
    Ed Seith
    I realized it's time I accept that I really don't enjoy playing at tunings lower than Drop C#. I had m oldest guitars set up in Drop B (Black Ibanez) and B Standard (Red Ibanez). I've brought the red one up to EB standard and prefer it. Other one coming soon.
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    Ed Seith
    Ed Seith
    I certainly enjoy LISTENING to it, with your Parkway Drives and your Periphery and your Five Finger Moose Knuckles and all that, but I just don't get into PLAYING it really. Just still learning and accepting things about my own style and taste. That's kind of a newer exploration of things for me.
    Dominik Gräber
    Dominik Gräber
    What I don't like with lower Tunings is that the lower you Go the more you rely on the Drums to give you that kick and tightness
    Lindsey
    Lindsey
    There are a few songs I like that are in drop B, but for my own playing I don't go lower than drop C. Maybe I'll also put it back to drop C# soon.
    Ed Seith
    I've been really lacking in keeping up with posts here on the site. Not just riffs, but POSTS. I apologize and will try to do better. I used to read through EVERYTHING and I'm just so far behind right now.
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