predcon: And by "sort of" I mean "help me learn some of the terminology for all the different bits and bobs that can be added to an electric guitar for different effects", not necessarily how to play the damned thing. I can figure that out on my own. I used to fiddle about with an 8-string bass, but I never knew anything about it.

Anyway, long story (relatively) short, my headshrink said I ought to take up a hobby that's a little more 'soothing' than my current practices of gun shooting and model-building. She says the former begets "violent impulses" (an ignorant observation, but the less said about that the better) and the latter causes frustration. I'd go to a different doctor except she's the only one that the payroll dept. will pay for. Anyway, I decided to pick the guitar since, as I said, I'd done it before and it would be easier than starting from scratch with a new instrument. I bought a Peavey Rockmaster (the one with Deadpool on it; I love that guy! He's a cancer survivor and a Weapon X experiment!) and dug out my old Peterson and some alligator clips and and currently trying to find the floppies with the tuning software on it (which sounds redundant since I mentioned using a Peterson, but this software basically turns the Amiga and it's monitor into a fully-fledged oscilloscope as good as any Tektronix). If all else fails I can just search AmiNet.

So, what I'm trying to figure out is how to make sounds like the "fade" effect as heard in the Game Over sequence in SotB 2 (I realise that most of that may be post-processing, and that it might actually be completely synthesized, rather than an actual guitar; But with Tim Wright's ability, it's really hard to tell) or in the latter half of EWJ's "Living on a Landmine". I practices with a headset on (that is, 1960's-70's style giant ear-covering monstrosities; they're much more comfortable), and would appreciate any direction given towards hardware like PC inputs that would let me practice with the "post-processing" effects in realtime without having to go to a studio (ex: a soundcard or adapter and software, etc).

predcon: And by "sort of" I mean "help me learn some of the terminology for all the different bits and bobs that can be added to an electric guitar for different effects", not necessarily how to play the damned thing."

Stuff: In regards to the above -

I don't have either of these and would suggest buying a used copy if you wanted to use this method.
There is always Joe Walsh's attempt but he is pretty much stoned out of his . . . well, you know Joe . .

One of my favorite guitarist of all time is Joe Bonamassa. He is awesome IMHO but you may not like Blues.

I can't say either is what you are looking for and would suggest Banamassa over Walsh but that's just me . . . = )
Don't get me wrong, I was a Walsh fan starting with the James Gang

deelee74: If he doesn't like the Blues, he could check out Black Country Communion. Bonnamassa plays guitar for them. It's straight up awesome hard rock.

serpantino: You say you can figure it out yourself... sure I guess if you only want to play electric but I really can't stress the importance of having lessons. If you just self teach you'll end up making lots of mistakes and getting into bad habits that will be much harder to get out of the longer you continue playing without realising.

One thing I'll say with playing is to treat it like chess and always try to think at least 2 moves ahead otherwise bad finger positioning and choice will make it much harder than it needs to be.

predcon: And by "sort of" I mean "help me learn some of the terminology for all the different bits and bobs that can be added to an electric guitar for different effects", not necessarily how to play the damned thing. I can figure that out on my own. I used to fiddle about with an 8-string bass, but I never knew anything about it.

Anyway, long story (relatively) short, my headshrink said I ought to take up a hobby that's a little more 'soothing' than my current practices of gun shooting and model-building. She says the former begets "violent impulses" (an ignorant observation, but the less said about that the better) and the latter causes frustration. I'd go to a different doctor except she's the only one that the payroll dept. will pay for. Anyway, I decided to pick the guitar since, as I said, I'd done it before and it would be easier than starting from scratch with a new instrument. I bought a Peavey Rockmaster (the one with Deadpool on it; I love that guy! He's a cancer survivor and a Weapon X experiment!) and dug out my old Peterson and some alligator clips and and currently trying to find the floppies with the tuning software on it (which sounds redundant since I mentioned using a Peterson, but this software basically turns the Amiga and it's monitor into a fully-fledged oscilloscope as good as any Tektronix). If all else fails I can just search AmiNet.

So, what I'm trying to figure out is how to make sounds like the "fade" effect as heard in the Game Over sequence in SotB 2 (I realise that most of that may be post-processing, and that it might actually be completely synthesized, rather than an actual guitar; But with Tim Wright's ability, it's really hard to tell) or in the latter half of EWJ's "Living on a Landmine". I practices with a headset on (that is, 1960's-70's style giant ear-covering monstrosities; they're much more comfortable), and would appreciate any direction given towards hardware like PC inputs that would let me practice with the "post-processing" effects in realtime without having to go to a studio (ex: a soundcard or adapter and software, etc).

SirPrimalform: I disagree. If he's only playing as a hobby it's fine to self teach. I'm of the opinion that it's only worth learning the 'correct' way of playing an instrument if you want to make money from it.

hedwards: I used to play something mysterious...