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Old 04-19-2015, 03:40 PM
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Angry the big list of guitar cheats
guitar cheaters - they're out there.

i'll start with some of the big ones. please help by contributing to this list:

capo
open tunings
picks
electronic tuners
frets


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Old 04-19-2015, 03:52 PM
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Don't forget pedals/effects...I'm pretty sure pickups are cheating too.
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Old 04-19-2015, 03:52 PM
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Hi mc1,

Perhaps also
Tab
Sheet music
Lead sheets
Fake books
Real books
Compensated saddles
Store-boughten straps
Them recorders that slow down without changing pitch
YouTube tutorial videos
Strings that ain't Black Diamonds

I'll also include guitars that you didn't make yourself, starting first by planting the tone woods.
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Old 04-19-2015, 03:54 PM
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Several people here at the AGF have claimed that not only pickups are cheating, but that it isn't even acoustic guitar.
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Old 04-19-2015, 03:57 PM
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Hi mc1,

Perhaps also
Tab
Sheet music
Lead sheets
Fake books
Real books
Compensated saddles
Store-boughten straps
Them recorders that slow down without changing pitch
YouTube tutorial videos
Strings that ain't Black Diamonds

I'll also include guitars that you didn't make yourself, starting first by planting the tone woods.
The Internet.
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Old 04-19-2015, 03:58 PM
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Default the big list of guitar cheats
Picks, and because the on word is too short, Picks!
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Fret markers
Nice set-ups
Tuning machines with higher ratios than 1 to 1
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High quality Guitars. Creates an uneven playing field.

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MP3 files...

Slides not made from bottle necks...

Coated strings...
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Don't forget new strings!
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Old 04-19-2015, 04:18 PM
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Why don't we include Knowledge and Training as cheats.
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Old 04-19-2015, 04:35 PM
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Why don't we include Knowledge and Training as cheats.
teacher anagrams to cheater.

coinicidence? not likely.
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Old 04-19-2015, 04:45 PM
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Opening tuning is definitely cheating.

Ever notice how players who use open tuning periodically lift their fret hand off the fretboard? Sometimes the hand just has nothing to do.
Looks kind of like the Queen waving to the peasants.

That's gotta be cheating.
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