Prince's telcaster edition
>Post gear
>Post desired gear
>How long have you been playing?
>Favorite guitars?
>Favorite guitarists?
>Projects?
>Talk about and play music
Beginner information and FAQ:
http://www.justinguitar.com
Learn guitar:
http://www.justinguitar.com/
Guitar chords and inversions
http://www.chordbook.com/guitarchords.php
String Tension Calculator (D'Addario based):
http://hikkyz.net/misc/stringassembler/
>Steve Vai's Ten Hour Workout
http://www.mediafire.com/download/kzw6kjuocgicwks/Ten_Hour.pdf
Guthrie Govan's Creative Guitar 1 & 2
http://www.mediafire.com/download/bn8803xzlrbds3b/Guitar1.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/download/9uhtufuf3z9cx8m/Guitar2.rar
--
>Advancing Guitarist Mick Goodrick
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cvfno10fv4lf4a8/Advancing-Guitarist-Mick-Goodrick.pdf
>Chord Chemistry - Ted Greene
http://www.mediafire.com/download/61n5op7eiifxztg
Others
>Mickey Baker's Jazz Guitar
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zq35xorj2iaqh22/Mickey-Baker-s-Jazz-Guitar.pdf
>Modern Chord Progressions: Jazz and Classical Voicings for Guitar - Ted Greene
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oflu4wdwofhqqtb/Modern-Chord-Progressions-Jazz-and-Classical-Voicings-for-Guitar-Ted-Greene.pdf
>Jazz Guitar: Single Note Soloing - Ted Greene
>Vol. 1
http://www.mediafire.com/download/07o65qdh5in1nsq/Jazz-Guitar-Single-Note+Soloing-Vol-1-Ted-Greene.pdf
>Vol. 2
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jmu86f7dj8bdxcd/Jazz-Guitar-Single-Note+Soloing-Vol-2-Ted-Greene.pdf
previous thread
>>64219741
>Post gear
'99 LP Standard, '70 Strat, Marshall DSL40, EVH100
>Post desired gear
Cheap but decent subtle reverb pedal that I can click on and forget about it
White ES-335
>How long have you been playing? 10+ years
>Favorite guitars?
Gibson, PRS
>Favorite guitarists?
Jeff Beck, Slash, Larry Carlton, Brent Hinds, Alex Lifeson
>Projects?
Working on metal thing with a buddy. Plan on recording a few songs and then looking for band mates.
B)
>>64254750
>Marshall DSL40
How do you like that marshall? I was thinking of buying one but all the clips i've heard online make the distortion sound kind of buzzy.
>>64254771
It's pretty great, I honestly have no complaints. I've been able to dial in each what I've wanted every time without too much of a hassle. The trick is to tone down the distortion a little bit and up the bass.
>>64254771
Were you listening to clips of the DSL40C or DSL401? The DSL40C is a lot better.
post grails
>>64255026
>>64256386
Do you automatically play fast on that guitar?
>>64256428
It doesn't have a bright 80's color, it won't work as well
>>64256386
I like it otherwise but
>dat headstock
is so fugly
>>64255026
>tfw you want to play a jazzmaster but only play on 9 gauge
>>64256478
Do Jazzmaster bridges go better with thicker strings? What gauge would you recommend?
>>64255026
This looks ugly as hell, it's literally one of those shitty 2000s Charvel Skatecasters. And why would you want humbuckers in a Jazzmaster that gets rid of any unique tone from the thin single coils they regularly have.
Some of you people have wack taste.
>>64256547
>>64256478
I might be wrong but I was quite sure that you could just use 9's on a Jazzmaster since they're regular Fender scale length. On the Jaguar and Mustang, you probably want to use tens or elevens due to the shorter scale.
>>64256673
It's because of the bridge. Apparently that bridge fucks up somehow if you put too thin strings on it.
>>64256478
Buy a mastery bridge, problem solved.
>>64256710
Oh right, yeah you should honestly upgrade any Fender bridge though, even the modern ones are still pretty shitty. I can't think of many guitar manufacturers that come with good stock bridges unless they use real Floyd Roses or other shit.
I have been playing guitar for 22 years.
I have owned and played tons of Fenders, but I always loved my first electric which was a Yamaha Pacifica strat. Yamaha makes great guitars and they are, imo, a much better deal than any Fender or Squier. Obv not as nice as an Am Std strat, but a 120 dollar Yamaha blows a MIM or CV Squier out of the fuckin park
Anyways, I hope my next purchase will be a Yamaha Samurai. These things just look fuckin cool and from what I have read they are very comfortable to play
>>64256735
I fucking hate my Ibanez Edge. It's really a one trick pony, and that is if you have long hair and like 'abusing' the bar. But I have outgrown that thing and its a hassle to maintain the guitar.
>>64256756
Vintage Yamaha's are great. I want to pick up one of pic related some day but they're pretty expensive, in the $1000+ range now. They also made some pretty cool basses in the 70s and 80s. I really feel that the highest quality regular guitars were the MIJ ones from the 80s and early 90s.
>>64256769
I literally got fed up with my Ibanez edge tremelo on my nice old RG and took it to the shop and traded down to a MIM strat. I was so fuckin tired of having to do a complete setup everytime I broke a string. Floyds/Edge/Kahler whatever are just a pain in the ass. Honestly, fender trems are also a pain in the ass but much less bothersome after you get it set up right, it will stay that way. Just a pain in the ass restringing and getting everyting stretched and settled again
>>64256735
Did I just hear shitty bridge ?
>>64256818
Can't you block FRs/Kahler/Edges ?
>>64256818
Real Floyd Roses are pretty great, I don't even play any shred stuff, I just use it with a clean sound to get sort of a nice warbly sound sometimes and occasionally to do dive bombs from chords which sounds much different than the hair metal style.
Plus a real one has great tuning stability if setup properly and I do like that the bar is much more sensitive than most "vintage style" tremolos. But really it's just something to have on one guitar, it would be a pain if my only guitar was my one with a locking tremolo.
>>64256883
Props to you I guess. It's the best tremolo out there, best tuning stability, widest range. But fuck its a bitch to maintain.
I'm probably gonna get a Tele for its fixed bridge, but I'm considering the jazzmaster because it's trem can be easily blocked. Then again I'm not comfortable with 11 gauge strings..
>>64256441
There is nothing wrong with Sonic's shoe
>>64256916
Teles are pretty easy and hassle free, but the stock Fender saddles still seem kind of shitty. I haven't played a modern American model though, they might be better.
>>64256963
Yeah the neck is probably the best part of that guitar, trash the rest
>>64256985
I was looking at a jazzmaster, it's short 24" scale might make 11 gauge not seem like a nightmare. But holy shit it's like someone pimped the 'electric' in an electric guitar.
>>64257033
jaguars are the short ones. Jazzys are 25.5 like a strat/tele
>>64257033
Like the other guy said you're confusing Jazz's and Jag's but eleven gauge strings aren't really even that bad. Just start practicing on a 12 string acoustic and everything is easy to play after that.
>>64256883
Is that your guitar? That thing is sexy.
>>64257065
>>64257123
Yes sorry I meant jaguar. What do those fucking knobs do holy shit.
And I'm having a thing for offsets guitar, maybe it's the post-rock and hipster faggot stuff kicking in.
>>64257125
Nope just wanted to post a photo of it, the Nagel print custom Jackson/Charvels are beautiful.
Is it possible to get non-telecaster rosewood body?
Best modestly priced in-ear monitors?
>>64257267
Shure se215 or Soundmagic E30 I personally own the e30 and it's comfy and has a balanced sound signature.
First jam session with my new band tomorrow. What's the least douchy guitar to take, an explorer body, or a LP body with a snake scale like print on it?
>>64257460
The guitar you're most comfortable playing.
>>64257422
Thanks br0
>>64257714
Take it with a grain of salt however I'm not much of an "audiophile" I just buy what's cheap and sounds good.
>>64257181
>What do those fucking knobs do holy shit
Seriously, people like this exist. Just look it up, damn. There's nothing confusing about them. They don't even do anything useful.
>>64257997
That makes me remember that anon who traded his SR500 against a P bass because he didn't know how to use the EQ on it.
So are there any guitarists who write pieces for electric guitars solely?
I know it's mainly a lead instrument meant to be played in a band setting, but I'm dying to hear some electric guitar being used in pieces and stuff. Just the guitar, nothing else.
>>64258458
reposting some of the instrumental stuff I posted a few threads ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrhpqOx371M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_d4t7KWkg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLOE0s9Y7b0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYeOLM_43tc
if you mean electric guitar only and no other instrument, I don't really know anything that fits for that criteria
>>64258556
Not instrumentals, I'm talking about pieces written for the electric. Like some sort of Sonata or something, even though it doesn't need to be classical.
I know acoustics and classical have lots of writers for them, but no one seems to bother about the electric. That's sad.
Anyway, used to be a big fan of AAL and CHON, they are pretty tight.
How do you afford the Axe Fx II and the pedalboard?
>>64258458
http://youtu.be/plL2VDAoThU
http://youtu.be/BPPFUmYZLVw
The performers didn't write these but one link is a solo piece with I guess tape looping and the other has like an orchestra of ostrich guitars.
>>64258859
Yes! Electric Counterpoint is exactly what I'm talking about. A composition for the electric guitar. Well, maybe not a electric guitar, more like an entire ensemble of it.
>>64255026
Just want the best playing jazzy masty I can get.
>>64256386
gotta riff fast
>>64256849
Honestly, how the fuck does a bridge get that fucked up? I'm not being a dick. I really can't figure it out.
I get how a guitar body and some of the hardware could get banged up over time, , but this is continuous, deep scraping down below the level of the strings.
>>64259254
Man, I love those brass pick guards.
>>64259723
The first reason would be sweat since I play a lot, and maybe the salty air since I live on the coast, it keeps getting worse and the problem is only on the uppermost saddles.
Besides it's chinese hardware, cheap molded iron that's the metal version of basswood.
Also the bridge's placed like shit and the high E goes off the fretboard at the end of the neck, and I can't get it to intonate right.
So basically I don't really mind the rust on that bridge, it already plays like shit and will probably dissolve itself in the next few months if I keep at it.
Anyone have experience with the Ibanez mini delay or its equivalent?
I'm looking for a simple analog delay that can squeeze on my board, suggestions welcomed
>>64259909
Fuck me this looks good.
Im enjoying my carbon copy very much
>>64259967
Cheers
I listened to tests/reviews of the CC and I thought it sounded too dark especially at longer delays and when compared with the CC Bright, the Bright was punchier and the notes came through more
So Ibanez wants me to use a Mr. Clean magic eraser to get this excess whatever off... pretty sure that will fuck up the satin finish
>>64259723
acidic sweat is the main reason. i have acidic sweat but i clean my saddles so they don't get all grunged up and nasty. everyone should routinely check their saddles/bridges and clean them because eventually, unless you have like stainless steel saddles, the strings will eat and dig burrs in saddles and that will cause problems
>>64260307
What about the seller/distributor mate? I agree with you, it will mess the satin finish.
>>64260307
maybe try naphtha or lighter fluid? don't take my word on it, google it, but it's a good degreaser.
>>64260443
I've been in contact with GearTree and customer service should have contacted Ibanez about how to return the guitar since I don't have the original box. Apparently they only restated the magic eraser part. I might have to restate that I want to exchange it for a good one.
>>64260509
I tried a bit but it wouldn't break through. If anything I only messed it up because my rag dried out the surrounding finish...
>>64260554
>I tried a bit but it wouldn't break through. If anything I only messed it up because my rag dried out the surrounding finish...
you're supposed to use some type of rehydrating polish after you use naphtha
>>64260588
Good to know. What works best?
>>64259740
>brass
Are you retarded?
>>64260307
>buying a guitar before inspecting it
Your fault, retard.
>>64261261
Don't be an ass
How do i compose something that sounds good for a guitar? I play piano and i have a band, but when i say to the guitarist to play what i composed it never sounds as good as it sound on piano. Help pls?
>inb4 get a guitar and learn how it works
>>64261418
You should indeed get a guitar and learn how it works. Or maybe your guitarist is shit.
>>64261418
Maybe they just need to use different chord voicings. Also playing chords with several close intervals on distorted or overdriven guitar usually doesn't sound that great. Often you can take the fifth out of a chord completely and/or move the third up an octave to have a less dense, more piano sounding voicing, ala Eric Johnson.
This dude has some pretty great chordal chops, imo:
https://youtu.be/eaFDQagQICI
>>64261527
>this dude
hey cody johnson
>>64259909
>>64260036
How's the Flashback? I'm looking for a second delay pedal to do some echoy/Ed O'Brien stuff and I'm deciding between a Flashback, a Line 6 and the Memory Man/Boy.
>>64260437
>the strings will eat and dig burrs in saddles
How do you even prevent that ? It's already started to happen on mine but I'd like to know for my next guitar, would just cleaning sweat solve it ?
>>64261592
He just said it in the very post you replied to. A saddle that's not made of butter metal.
>>64261589
The Flashback is cool, analog isn't as natural as a true analog, hence me asking. But it covers everything quite well and TonePrint is nice if you have time to test out the loads of options you can download. If you don't need any of the options to flick through all of the delays on the fly on the Flashback, the Flashback mini might be more your style so you can download which echoy delay works best for you and save some $$
>>64261629
>tfw hands don't sweat
>cheap bridges don't rust from resting my hand on them
>savings$$$$$
>>64261629
Damn. I hoped there was a cheap way to prevent that.
>>64261527
There's a lot of subtle things that also make guitar playing more interesting, slides, vibrato, dynamics... I think some voicings are a bit of a trap too, they sound too "generic".
>>64261744
I wish I was as cool as you are
>>64256985
My primary guitar is a 2013 American Tele, the main issue with the stock 'bent steel' saddles is that they occasionally leave the factory with a very small metal burr at the apex of the saddle where the string makes contact. They can look perfectly filed to the naked eye but for some reason you keep snapping strings right at the saddle. That leaves you with two options, get the saddles refiled by a shop (or try yourself) or swap the saddles out for another type (I went with Gotoh saddles and haven't had an issue since). I think a lot of people buying Teles today will eventually swap out their saddles anyway, I've never met somebody that prefers the 'bent steel' saddles over brass barrels or Gotoh types.
do you guys think a classical guitar in a hardshell case would be fine in the lower compartment of a peter pan bus? i need to transport it and i'm not sure if they'll let me take it on board
>>64262201
I love the natural wood + solid black pick guard combo.
>>64262253
It should be fine as long as far as being banged around so long as you're careful about where it goes in the stack of other luggage. But, personally, I'd be more concerned with temps down there.
Honestly, though, it all depends on the quality of the guitar. You transporting a $500 guitar? Don't sweat it. You transporting a $5k guitar? Fucking buy a ticket for it.
>>64262201
Plank tele = dank tele
>>64261841
>Damn. I hoped there was a cheap way to prevent that.
they aren't that expensive, you can get some nice quality saddles for a tele/fender type of bridge for like $20-30.
>>64262541
yeah it's around $500, i'm not too worried. i just don't want to take it out and see it really damaged.
when you say temps do you mean high temps from the engine?
>>64260307
why do you even care about blemishes like that
if the guitar is still playable
unless you dont actually play and you're one of those fags who hangs their guitar on the wall and admires it
you guys got some funny ideas
A buddy of mine recently found himself one of the 120th Anniversary Flying V's. It's basically a part-for-part brother to my SG. Same finish, same neck, same pickups ('57 Classics), both reissue/historic models. Plays great, very light build, very fast neck.
Anybody have experience with a modern telecaster? Short scales make me giddy
>>64257181
from top right to top left:
Pickup selector
neck pickup on/off
bridge pickup on/off
bottom from right to left only operational when neck/bridge is in bridge position:
neck pickup on/off
bridge pickup on/off
circuit mid tone cutout/cut
I want to practice lead and solo work more, any lessons or songs to get the hang of it? I'm inspired by Sugizo's guitar work.
>>64262552
I'll look into it, but since I'm going down the erg path I'll have to order more and that's going to be annoying if they sell them in packs of 6.
>>64262842
Caring about how your guitar looks doesn't mean you're not playing it, If I bought a guitar and it had a huge ugly sticker on it, i'd take it off, it's the same with a stain like that.
7-string or a baritone?
>>64263529
That James Page fellow had some ok stuff
>>64263666
26.5 7 string
Just as ergonomic, and has more range. 25.5 feels weird on a 7 string, I don't know why.
>>64263170
I mentioned my 2013 American Tele above. Do you consider 25.5'' short scale? My SG is 24.75''. The string tension on my Telecaster is definitely higher than on my SG, the SG is easier to bend with the same tension strings but has less tuning stability compared to the Tele. Modern Teles are the most stable guitars I've ever played, very little pitch wobble, very solid and durable builds. The main selling point of modern American Teles to me is the pickups, they are so much fun, tons of personality, especially when paired with Fender or Fender-styled amps. Classic twang and bite in your bridge position, spanky and full in the middle position, thick and silky in the neck position. They're also very comfortable to play in any position, have fantastic necks (especially the maple necks), and are super easy to work on/setup.
>>64263825
SG is easier to bend with the same gauge strings*
>>64263825
How do you like that b-bender?
i had a mex tele for a while but i bought that modern player short scale telecaster when it came to the US (was it late 2014 or early 2015? i can't even remember), but yeah, pretty comfy and sounds great to me (even for a $400 chinese fender).
the tiki board
>>64264220
i guess you cant tell but there is significantly more bamboo on the other side
This sansamp paradriver is literally the best thing ever holy shit
Would a 30W amp be ok for rehearsals?
>>64256985
the MIM standards come with 6 saddle bridges now. Definitely an improvement.
>>64257997
they're pickup selectors, what do you mean they aren't useful?
>>64263170
wow I didn't know the Modern Player Tele was short scale until just now.
I don't know if I want a Japanese Strat or a Japanese or MiM Tele when the tax refund gets here. :/
Choices are hard and I just want a nice used Fender with single coils under $600.
>Post gear
95 fenix strat - honey, now vintage white
99 fender strat 62RE - 3cSB
04 washburn acoustic - clear blue
09 gibson lp traditional - goldtop
12 fender tele 52RE - butterscotch, glorious pre-revision, old wiring, clear coat
>Post desired gear
i need a jazzmaster, a 5th avenue, and a black cabronita
>How long have you been playing?
20yrs
>Favorite guitars?
Fender is best bang for your buck, but i want to try godin
>Favorite guitarists?
I dig greg koch
>Projects?
Just trying to get back to play after a 2 month downtime. I dont have the mood lately
Pic related, love tiny valve amps
>>64264389
I'm assuming it's a tube amp. That should definitely be sufficient for practice but maybe not for an gig without a PA. I have to dime my 40W Bandmaster sometimes to get over my drummer in certain live situations.
>>64264439
My solid state hybrid's 20w and it's loud enough to play over a drummer without cranking it up.
>>64264403
only the modern players that state they're short scale are short scale, as far as i know, only a strat and tele modern player short scale made their way to the US from the UK in late 14 early 15 exclusively through guitar center, but it was a limited run and i believe there are no more short scale modern players, on the new market that is, you could probably find used or new old stock of those on ebay, craigslists, etc.
When I practice bass upright I have trouble sliding and I notice I lower the instrument to a traditional playing position to hit higher notes... Will this go away in time?
>>64264560
maybe if you stop asking this every thread you'll get better
iam playing a telecaster nashville for ten years now. never got bored of the sound.
also got a digitech obscura delay pedal, which is perfection in it´s combination
>>64264612
lovely blog, sign me up to your newsletter.
>>64264612
Have you tried other guitars?
>>64264647
nope. i just own a gibson j-45 acoustic, which goes well with the sound of the tele.
Would you recommend something?
>>64264482
and a lot of people use AC15s with no problem, too. I don't normally roll my volume knob up more than halfway during practice but I play a lot of house shows where the stage volume has to be loud as fuck and I need enough headroom for my pedals.
>>64264543
it's too bad they're so ugly. Fender should make more mini and short scale guitars. The Japanese Fender version of the mini Strat is very cool.
Is there anyone earning money through playing music?
Has anyone ever played around with a Duo-Sonic ?
Thinking about getting one t.bh
I hate practising on my acoustic. I can't hit high notes as well and barre chords require so much pressure...
>>64264680
i agree, they're not that pretty but i think fender makes em like that on purpose to distinguish them from their non-modern player line. and yeah, i wish they made more short scale, or at least they should have made a regular run of the short scale strat and tele.
>>64264280
I concur.
I tried a HH tele in a guitar shop while testing pedals a couple years back when I started seriously practicing. I really liked the feel of it, but I have a LTD Viper with humbuckers, rendering it samey in my opinion.
Should I have considered getting it?
>>64264680
That's because a lot of people forget sound isn't linear, the difference between 100 and 120w isn't the same as between 20 and 40w, and there are a lot of other factors than just power, the design of the amp and the speakers come to mind.
>>64264704
I already hate 24.75" on LPs, I can't imagine how awful 22.5" must feel. And their prices are high for something that's supposed to be a student guitar imo.
>>64264686
nick drake never made much money from his music and he ended up getting pretty popular. money's not everything
>>64264686
Yes, but nowhere near enough to live off of.
>>64264754
Stick with it and playing electric will feel effortless.
>>64264679
Ayy I have a J-45 too
Anyways, I was gonna say you oughta try out something else and see how you like it. Something with humbuckers. I feel like after 10 years with the same guitar you should give it a shot
>>64262722
No, you'd be worried about low temps climate depending. Honestly I wouldn't worry, this is only really a problem with airplanes.
>>64264754
I'd be surprised if someone didn't have this problem when they were learning
>>64264900
I guess that's something to be gained from it. I'll keep at it.
>>64264841
whatever happened to him? It's like he dropped dead or something
Is it difficult to learn Judas Priest - Electric Eye lead?
>>64264990
to soon
When I practised consistently working my way through justinguitar's beginner and then intermediate lessons I made considerate wear on a .88mm pick. Is pick wear true sign of progress alongside the obvious playing better?
My goal is to wear down a 1mm celluloid pick somehow
>>64264686
Guitar tutoring ?
>>64264901
nice.
yeah, i was thinking about buying a cheap hollowbody from epiphone
or a 12-string fender guitar
>>64265043
Over ten years.At least am able to play Beyond the Realms of Death and Dreamer Deceiver solos
>>64264704
What's the difference between a Duo Sonic and a Mustang? No tremolo?
>>64264999
https://youtu.be/_EQ_mH4G_xM
>>64264818
What's the purple thing in the lower right?
>>64265117
AMT Japanese Girl Wah.
>>64265082
not sure if it that's accurate
>>64265144
It sounds close enough for rock & roll to me. Put the actual track in Amazing Slow Downer or a similar program and work out the parts that sound off to you.
>>64265167
Found a gtp tab now, seems pretty accurate
>>64264704
I have a Musicmaster II (posted a few threads back) which is a Duosonic without the bridge pickup. It's routed for one though, so it can be converted from a MM into a DS, hence the "II" on the end of the name. I love it, it's my only vintage guitar and it has a lot of character. It's beautiful, too.
Is it a good guitar? Eh... who cares, it's cool and fun. Just be warned that setting the intonation on that bridge/tailpiece SUCKS. Mine is pretty spot-on at the moment, but it was a pain to get it there.
I think Mustangs sound a bit better but if you want a hardtail/something less run-of-the-mill, go for the DuoSonic!
My current rig. Need some LEDs to go in the gaps where the old pots were. It's currently got a Seymour Duncan humbucker with a killswitch and a volume pot. Didn't like the built in EQ.
Next up is a portaflex 2x10, a korg rack tuner and a flight case then I'm set.
>>64264704
When they first started making Squier classic vibes they had a duo sonic model, but they discontinued it, maybe for lack of interest?
>>64265076
Mustang has the hot dog tremolo and 3 position switches for each pickup so you can set them both to "out of phase" but imo those extra positions sound weird.
>>64265344
those CV Duo Sonics were really nice. I debated getting one instead of my Fender Cyclone. I hated the anodized pickguard and the"desert sand" finish looked like sickly human flesh kinda.
>>64264686
I think there might be at least one session player that posts in these threads, might be wrong
Most difficult solo you have mastered`?
>>64265028
...No
I've gone through a ton of picks. Why? I play really hard. You can't gauge progress that way and you'd get pick wear from noodling anyway. Btw fender picks suck ass, they wear and chip like motherfuckers.
>>64265406
we actually drove one out a while back because he was an asshole who didn't even enjoy music... at all.
How do I git gud at jazz? I know I need to know scales, extended chords, and arpeggios like the back of my hand. Are there any other essentials?
>>64266131
being able to hear a melody in your head and being able to play it immediately is the most important thing for improv, if you find yourself "playing with your fingers" rather than 'playing with your ears" then it's just never going to sound right
>>64265028
pick wear doesn't mean anything, why would you want to wear down your picks?
>>64266131
You have to be a cool cat
No nerds allowed
>>64265440
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0vsUx7g5esO
maybe
>>64266131
This is a good skill to build.
>>64266243
To develop that skill, Learn to sight sing with solfege, it will help you translate what's in your head but also will speed up how you pick up melodies or riffs by ear.
>>64266397
I was expecting twinkle twinkle little star, you really disappointed me.
>>64266243
How do you get to the point where you can do that?
>>64266586
it takes a while, you need to internalize all the scales, chords, chord extensions, arpeggios, intervals, songs you've learned, etc, all the shit you practice you should be able to just grab them at will to get what you want out of them
i guess you could just skip all that and go straight to practicing what you hear in your head, but chances are what you hear in your head is directly related to all that stuff i listed
its a lot of work
>>64266586
Just play stuff you know/hear or noodle around for several hours. Building fretboard literacy doesn't always require things as rigid as drilling scales or transcribing an entire song note-for-note, although those definitely things help.
You just have to play a lot to eliminate the guesswork and start playing with your ears. Play a ton, play every day, and then play some more.
How do I learn to alternate pick fast aside from choking up on the pick, angling the pick, using a relatively thick pick, practicing 3nps scales with a metronome, and watching Troy Grady videos until my eyes bleed?
>>64259254
what are the switches near the neck?
>>64266786
watch some guthrie govan alternate picking videos, he has a couple and he covers pretty much everything you need to know to develop it.
>>64260307
Well shit. Time to buy a Magic Eraser
>>64266786
Basically I want to sound like a baseball card in bicycle spokes, e.g. Chris Impellitteri.
https://youtu.be/j4vxLHln7QE
>>64266807
that's the rhythm/lead switch. The knobs only control the lead circuit and the rollers only control the rhythm section.
The Jazzmaster is actually a stupid and shitty design, coming from someone HAD to have one and learned my lesson.
>>64266836
he's actually not picking that fast to be honest. the difficult part with playing like that is consistency and nailing everything with your fretting hand. shredders seem to neglect how developed your fretting hand needs to be to play that fast, that's where the really complicated stuff is, the right hand is just going up and down and a (hopefully) consistent pace
>>64266865
*rhythm circuit
I figured /mu/ guitar thread would be the place to ask:
So there are software and apps out there like shazam and soundhound that can be used to identify songs. Has anyone come up with an app or piece of software than can hear a song and compose it into sheet music or tabs?
Is this doable?
Should I ask /g/ instead?
>>64266918
i doubt anything like that exists, it might be possible if you are only feeding the program something like a song with only 1 instrument, like a solo guitar piece, but i can't imagine it's possible to do that with a full band or something, too many things going at once
>>64266962
thats kind of what I figured
![15eb5e7[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/8fBT4ee.png "15eb5e7[1].png")
does anyone use Riffstation? what is your experiences with the site?
https://youtu.be/I6NjwOI75j8
could you guys give me some feedback on this set i did? it was at a veteran bar so they kept telling us to turn it down
>>64266878
How long should I practice at one tempo before bumping up the metronome?
>>64267157
once you get it clean and accurate at whatever tempo you are playing, then bump it up. could take a few days, could take 3 months.
>>64267208
How big should the increment of the bump be? 1bpm? 5bpm? 10?
>>64264924
Oh no it's like 75 here
>>64264704
oh yeah and if that's a slab body pre-CBS Duo Sonic (looks a lot like a converted MM so I'm guessing it is) it probably has Brazilian rosewood, so consider that if you plan on traveling with it.
>>64267272
the number doesn't matter, find some spot where you can kind of play it, but not a spot where you are completely out of your depth. so find some balance between those two
keep doing that until you get to where the song BPM is
>>64264102
It's a piece of shit lol, worst guitar I've ever played, but I absolutely love it regardless, no plans on selling it, it's worth keeping around as a conversation piece. The bender device was invented by a dude in Vancouver, he built the guitar out of a counter top and a Squire strat neck to test it with brass barrel saddles, the bender basically caused the b string to saw through the saddle, no bueno. I'm the third owner, I replaced the brass barrels with Gotoh saddles which work way better with the bender mechanism and re-finished it with a uniform natural brown to compliment my other Tele, but the neck and pickups are trash. It has these terrible 60s Teisco pickups in it that probably sounded fine once upon a time but all three have since gone super microphonic so they pick up everything, you can knock on the headstock and it comes through the amp as loud as any note. It could be restored with a new neck and pickups into a pretty great guitar, I probably will eventually, but as of today it's only fun to look at and joke about.
>>64266962
my 80s keyboard can do this, but it doesn't export. To do it with guitar you just need a some way of converting yo midi, and there are many methods to do so.
>>64267147
I can't hear shit, worthless recording and clearly underage. In short: go away.
>>64267642
/gg/ isn't a mean thread
go be mean somewhere else
>>64267536
You can pot the pickups yourself, it's not that difficult. That and a fret level and your fender is gonna have a run for it's money. A decent day's project for the weekend.
>>64267662
I'm nice hear 100% of the time... When I'm not talking to underage. Underage absolutely should not be here or feel welcome. Next thing you know I'm gonna have to watch my mouth around the kids.
>>64267590
i don't think that's what he wants, i think he wants a program that he can run a song through and have tabs/sheet music auto generated
as far as i know that's almost impossible
Should I wax pot my Charvel's active pickups?
>>64261434
My guitarist has a pretty good technique. How much for the most affordable but still usable electric guitar? and how long does it take to learn how it works?
>>64261527
Thank you, i'll try to use your tips
>>64267829
oh, yeah. It'd be way too noisy. But I'm sure something slightly less than automatic is possible. You'd need to at least partially isolate each instrument, then prune the false detections.
>>64264686
My band makes about $200-500 every week or two from playing shows (depending on merch sales and how much of a jew the promoter is). We've also made $100 from a free-download/pay-what-you-want EP that we put out recently. All of it and more goes back into a band fund that gets used for more merch orders, promotion expenses, gear replacement, etc. It's pretty much impossible to make any net profit as a local band
>>64268197
If you have a cover band that plays weddings you can rake in a ton.
>>64267878
It's probably already potted. If the covers are plastic the potting is easier to get right, but poor coil potting can still create some microphonics. If you don't have probpens don't worry about it.
>>64268234
>playing covers
>being in a wedding band
>>64268298
It's good money, ya know, that stuff you're gonna need to afford to live after your mom kicks you out.
>>64268289
If I tap the body of the (solid body) guitar and I get a hollow jangly or rattling kind of sound through the amp, doesn't that mean they need to be potted?
>>64268344
Are you fucking retarded?
>>64268298
I don't have any disrespect for cover bands that make money. If I were an older musician without much else going on I would totally join one of those bands, jam on some classic songs for drunk strangers who don't care, eat/drink for free, and split a few thousand dollars with the rest of the band at the end of the night. Not a bad gig. Obviously wouldn't consider that now, in my early 20s though, fuck that.
>>64264686
meh
i play in a cover band and i get anywhere from $60-250 per gig, the high numbers are exclusively private parties. i can't live off it, not possible where i live, i'd need to gig every single day to barely make minimum wage.
wedding bands and things like that make some decent money, but you really need to know how to play to get some of those gigs, i'm talking knowing hundreds/thousands of songs and being able to pull them out of your ass at a moments notice. wedding bands are kind of going away too, a lot of people now just get a DJ.
then there's studio musicians, which is even more difficult to get into, that's another area where you really really really need to know your shit and need to be able to play in a shit load of styles and be able to sight read quickly.
shits hard man
>>64268357
Maybe. Explain why you think that may be the case.
>>64268023
It takes a long time compared to keyboard if you're talking about writing for it. Better to just make sure you have the chords you want the guitar part to be played on. It's likely to be on other chords different from what you're playing.
Here's a fresh portion of RAGE if anyone's interested:
http://www.godammit.com/2007/01/09/why-men-pretend-to-like-jazz/
And I actually read the whole thing.
>>64267147
would get drunk to
come off the mic some when it's that hot and go find an audience
Anyone play a Schecter Baritone? Any other good options?
>>64268344
you muting the strings when you do this?
>>64268580
Of course.
>>64264413
I've almost finished my v4 but the minimat in these threads has me looking up submini guitar amps.
>>64268576
Looks great, and as a schecter I bet it's plays fine. But come on, schecter is expensive.
>>64268607
was muting strings part of your plan?
>>64268635
That's qt as fuck
>>64268576
I've been interested in the Gibson SG baritone.
>>64268635
i feel like a queer saying this, but that is the cutest amp i have ever seen in my life
>>64268635
that looks great
>>64268647
I love the looks too, just never had the chance to actually play one or asses their quality. Price doesn't seem expensive, i'll more than likely be buying secondhand. Where do they cut corners?
>>64268607
Can you post a pic of your pickups? Depending on the mounting it could be the pickup itself moving rather than the wires or pickup covers moving.
>>64268657
That is the dumbest guitar for a baritone design. It's gonna neck dive like a motherfucker. Please believe me, it's not worth it.
>>64268713
They don't... It's not a great price but it seem like your comparing it to gibshit or something.
>>64256756
Agreed on value of entry level guits. I regret selling that Pacifica
>>64268773
I'm used to playing aluminum neck guitars which are seriously neck heavy. I play seated 90% of the time with guitar so it's not really an issue.
Here's my Fender Tele Baritone next to a Tenor Guitar.
>>64268851
I'm just comparing it to anything else available. Never played one of their instruments so anyone who has actual experience's opinion is worth hearing.
>>64268576
Sorry, but that isn't a baritone guitar.
>>64268716
Also worth noting: I've stuffed foam in the cavities the pickups sit in to keep them from moving around too much.
>>64268900
is it a bass vi?
Help me decide which Reverend to pick. I play jazz
>>64268900
>>64268922
it's either a short scale 6 string bass or a baritone guitar, depending on tuning and string gauge. It's a 30" scale so I'm not sure why that anon would say it's not a baritone guitar.
>>64268922
speaking of bass VI here is my fender bass VI
>>64268963
stopppp
>>64268963
woops, that's my jvri 66, HERE is my bass VI
Kinda leaning towards this Binson 100w tube amp. Anyone played this?
>>64263134
Fuckin' right on, man. Good looking combo.
>>64269082
>>64268893
Well I don't have experience with them, though I've played a couple basses and they were really nice. Tone wise one of them was downright fabulous. Honestly though, I wouldn't take too much from that. I've never fully understood this, but often basses and guitars coming from the same company and even the same factories have very different quality standards.
>>64269082
this particular example looks pretty nice inside
>>64268683
I was surprised at how good the minimat and minimat 2 sound. You've got a matamp preamp there so it makes sense.
Normally little amps are for the birds to me. I've gone through a few vintage widow-maker amps and was never happy with the results.
I've got a Silvertone intercom like this one. Hope to make a mini full stack out of it. Only the best 3" speakers.
nice lookin '37 epiphone archtop on reverb. only $1,100
what...
>>64269214
who cares
>>64269279
.....the fuck?
>>64269279
one of these is unlike the others
>>64268870
>Blacktop Baritone Telecaster
Thanks for reminding me I own one of those pieces of shit.
>>64269128
You'll never get 100 out of two el34s. Cool looking stuff though. Reminds me of a Dynaco. The partridge transformers are what you'd see in hiwatts and sound city's. The potted transformer is a mystery, but they went the extra mile.
>>64269303
>flying doritos
noice
>>64269303
at least some of them are interesting. Better than the dude I met who had a wall of gibson les palls, the other wall of prs, and one heavy relic fender telecaster that he always played.
>>64269380
i wouldn't mind at all to be either of those guys
>>64269279
>be in a woods
>see dead timber chunk
just plane it and gloss it senpai. got another aluminum neck right here. I have so many aluminum necks I thought I'd have to bin this one.
>>64269398
or rather, to have their cherry guitar/bass anyways
>>64262201
>tfw your strats body doesn't match the maple neck and will never look this naturally pretty.
The suffering. I should have looked at a wood comparison in person before i bought it or stepped up and got the oiled ash because the fender websites photos are a bit lighter. I still like it though, i might just give it a rosewood neck
really hope to score one of these someday
What does /gg/ think of strandberg?
>>64269406
speaking of aluminum necks i'm looking forward to grabbing a bastin neck from his next production run....which is hopefully soon
desire
>>64269694
I like them, but I get others don't. would play at home, would play telecaster out.
What do the colored squares do?
>>64270214
what is that?
>>64270214
look it up
>>64270214
midi triggers probabbly
Hey guys, guitar pleb here again
I've become a bit more active because I'll be getting back to my guitar soon and I should clear questions up first
My mentor/teacher has been bedridden for a few days now (rang him up and his wife said he hadn't been feeling well lately, possibly caught Dengue) so he might not be helping me out
On the last thread a friendly anon advised me to have my guitar set up. I currently own a pic related and am looking into having some adjustments made to it. I'm quite short on cash and was wondering what cost-effective mods can be made to enhance my shitty playing experience aside from getting gud at playing. Also, what's the best course of action to take? Assuming I can't get my mentor to help me out during the process.
Thanks again for the help.
>>64269303
are you vincent gallo?
>>64270529
If you want, you can try to set the action and intonation yourself so you don't need to pay a shop. I did it to a Squier I picked up recently, and it sounds much better and plays nicer too. I also readjusted the pickup height.
My nut is really worn out so I'm switching that out this weekend.
Not really sure what you can do mods wise.
>>64270529
replace all electronics and hardware. get a quality replacement neck and a new body made out of better wood.
