Just some guitar problems

[madnessman]

So I'm trying to learn the Aerodynamics (by Daft Punk) guitar solo. And I'm having a bunch of problems.

1) Can't 15-7-12-7 because my pinky is too weak. Do you think that I should buy one of those finger training machines they sell at Swee Lee? Or should I just practice more?

2) My tapping is really soft. I'm pretty sure that the fault here is with my guitar. I lowered the action down and it seems a little bit louder for the lower strings but it's still soft for the higher strings. What should I do?

3) I think that in general my lower strings are louder than my higher strings. Could this be pickup problems? Problems with the set-up (I know this guitar comes "horribly set-up" but I haven't taken it to a pro yet)? Anybody have this problem before? Know any fixes? Or should I just cough up $50+ and bring my guitar to Beez?

 

[hutkahn]

1) Just keep practicing the pulling off slowly at first then improve your speed!

2) Are you tapping with your right hand finger? I get that sometimes when I'm attempting taps, so I just use the side of my pick to tap :O Be careful though softer picks spoil damn easily this way..I use tortex picks to facilitate this weird habit haha

3) Its the set-up of your pickups. Just take a screwdriver and adjust the pickup height at the lower strings until the sound is consistent throughout

 

[subversion]

My tapping is really soft. I'm pretty sure that the fault here is with my guitar. I lowered the action down and it seems a little bit louder for the lower strings but it's still soft for the higher strings. What should I do?

you might just need more distortion.

 

[madnessman]

Thanks for the advice. My gain is already cranked up to the max already. I think I'll just bring my guitar to standard value for a set up since they have their sale right now. Might go for a complete pickup change too. Triple Tesla pickups+orange drop sounds pretty good cool.

 

[kryptic]

TRAIN THE PINKY! My pinky used to retarded too, but i made myself use it till it got stronger. I'm not sure bout the tapping though, i'm not really good in that area

 

[Revelt]

CUT YOUR NAILS !!!

I find it easier to tap after that.. Yea..