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What should I practise to reach my guitar goals and stay motivated?

Join a band. If you can manage it, one where the other musicians are slightly better than you. There's no better motivation than having to 'get it right on the night' in front of other people. They ...
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Can I have the output of an audio interface redirected to a headset that's connected directly on the PC?

Your USB headset is a USB audio interface in itself, so what you're trying to do is, use one USB audio interface for audio input from the guitar, and another USB audio interface for audio output to ...
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Squealing string when muting after strumming

On the assumption it only happens on the open A string - and possibly other A notes, it sounds like one of the springs just happens to be at a tension which makes it vibrate sympathetically with that ...
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Can I have the output of an audio interface redirected to a headset that's connected directly on the PC?

I actually made it work for me with a virtual cable. I tweaked around and managed to find a low latency setup, or at least low enough for me to play the songs I like. I'm sharing my configuration in ...
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Comparing different trem systems

The only advantage inherent in the Floyd Rose system itself is that it is "double locking". This simply means the string is locked at the bridge and the nut. With non-locking tremolo systems,...
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What should I practise to reach my guitar goals and stay motivated?

Agreeing whole-heartedly with Tetsujin's answer - it's what I've done dozens of times - but it's not easy to make that first move, and find a band that accepts you. After all, most bands which search ...
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What should I practise to reach my guitar goals and stay motivated?

You've been playing for 6 years but "eventually I want to start performing guitar publicly"? What's keeping you? Most people join a band THEN start learning guitar! (OK, that's a joke, ...
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Guitar build — Will the wrong neck work?

Bear in mind that Les Paul style guitars have set necks. Their necks aren't bolt/screw on, like, say, Strats. 'Fits the body quite nicely' - I'd want it to be such a fit that it'd need a vice or such-...
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