Originally Posted by: KLZ39

Jut asking... how do you know how low or up they need to be?

this is how they look now... btw the bridge one seems to have a little inclination (ignore the ripped paper, it wasnt me)

https://imgur.com/5larBK1

https://imgur.com/JzYEGKt

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I'm not sure it's causing all the trouble, but Herman is right, you should definitely lower your pickups. I'd say just lower them until the tops of them are level with the pickup rings (the black plastic spacers surrounding them). You can raise them later when & if you need to once you've built some basic technique.

Originally Posted by: KLZ39Nothing? I plugged an Aux cable from the headphone jack to the computer line-in[/quote]

Your signal chain is everything including the guitar, any cables, any devices. It could be that the signal going out the headphone jack is way too high for plugging into the computer line in. Look in your computer sound mixer console for the volume control on the line in.

Originally Posted by: KLZ39The settings on the computer have the audio in volume somewhere over the middle, its louder but honestlyI didnt hear really that different than putting the headphones right in the AmPlug[/quote]

Is that the OUTPUT (the speaker or headphone volume)? Or the INPUT? Because if you have the input too high it doesn't matter what the output is on, it's going to be way too hot.

Originally Posted by: KLZ39Im not using the Orange because it produces a lot of interference when I connect the guitar, i think its related to the power supply or something because it way cleaner running with bateries[/quote]

I don't understand that. Where is interference coming from when you simply plug the guitar into the amp? I mean with out using the Vox or the computer at all.

You can't turn the amp on a low gain & low volume setting? I'm guessing that might solve a lot of problems for you. Can you plug it into a separate electrical outlet than the computer & try it? Or just use the batteries?

Regarding the Vox unit: it's probably going to be too loud & overdriven for ANY and ALL beginner material regardless of how you set it.

[quote=KLZ39]Yeah but got me thinking... there must be something else wrong here, isnt it? i mean this is all dials on 1

Any metal amp or setting is designed to be very high output with lots of gain. I really think you need to set that Vox aside for now. :)

[quote=KLZ39]I did watch the muting tutorial (many times) but even when its part of the same, it kinda look like a different case, i mean even when you are showing how is not muted you still dont get the cat concert i get every time i go near the strings or like when you just move your hand like around 3:25...

That's because I have my amp on a very simple, basic clean tone at a low volume. And because whatever setting you are using is strumming a basic, beginner open D major chord with an amp set for a Metallica crunch sound. :)

In your videos it looks & sounds like you are at a beginner level trying to strum a D chord that has some open strings & you are strumming in a way that makes all the strings ring together. That's fine if you have a clean tone with low volume.

If you do that through a metal setting (high gain/overdrive simulating loud volume) it will sound terrible! That kind of amp setting is designed for use with a lot of palm & finger muting & playing very staccato riffs (short quick sounds) in which the strings do not ring all over each other.

[quote=KLZ39]Btw, just wondering where in the program is this lesson located? i mean, how long after fundamentals you are supposed to get there? or is a separated thing? im a little lost here and this seems like very important info for the people who start with an electric

My older fundamentals is more aimed at students starting with electric. Since the majority of people start with acoustic, GT had Lisa do the new fundamentals starting with an acoustic guitar! You can find my older course here.

https://www.guitartricks.com/course.php?input=guitarfundamentals1v1(discontinued)

In summary (for now!), unplug that Vox & set it aside until you are ready for metal style palm muting & precise picking techniques. Play without an amp at all or try to make you Orange amp work without any gain at all, just a clean tone. If you can't get the amp to work, then just play your guitar unamplified for now while you are learning & practicing basic technique.

Let me know how it goes!