I've read alot of things that suggest I should be training my ear to hear the scales and such that I'm playing. That made me think that alot of my practice is with no amp. I seem to be able to tell when a string is out of tune, but will practicing with no amp affect my 'ear'?
Also, I have a Peavy 15w modelling amp, and it seems that nearly any kind of distortion or overdrive makes the sustain go on forever. Is there a specific kind of adjustment I can do to adjust the length of the sustain? maybe the gain? pre or post gain? I seem to be stuck with nearly none to way too long.
And if anyone knows.....why do the magnets in my single coil pickups stick up out of the cover at different heights but the ones in the humbucker are level with the cover? How far from the strings should the pickups be? And is the string hieght above the fretboard supposed to get higher as you go from nut to bridge or should they be level along the fretboard?
Thanks for any tips