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Music Theory:
>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/
Floyd Rose Setup Video Tutorial:
>http://youtu.be/umY5NBKg5AA?list=PLcm7Ag6Q-OkZAmlY6dAhS2ZL9TUMeRZdI [Embed]
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
Impulse Response Pack
>http://www.mediafire.com/download/svtfxjtillrdwt8/Gods+Cab+1.3.rar
>http://www.mediafire.com/download/4n28zkjw0zgmdj9/ASEM+RECTO+V30+L2.wav
Free VST downloads (amps and effects simulators):
>http://www.vst4free.com/
ASIO drivers (essential to use VSTs while playing):
>http://www.asio4all.com/
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>Advancing Guitarist Mick Goodrick
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cvfno10fv4lf4a8
>Chord Chemistry - Ted Greene
http://www.mediafire.com/download/61n5op7eiifxztg
Others
>Mickey Baker's Jazz Guitar
http://www.mediafire.com/download/zq35xorj2iaqh22
>Modern Chord Progressions: Jazz and Classical Voicings for Guitar - Ted Greene
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oflu4wdwofhqqtb
>Jazz Guitar: Single Note Soloing Vol. 1 & 2- Ted Greene
http://www.mediafire.com/download/07o65qdh5in1nsq
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jmu86f7dj8bdxcd
>Beefhearts 10 guitar commandments
https://archive.org/post/338826/captain-beefhearts-10-commandments-of-playing-the-guitar
LAST THREAD: >>61737912
>>61748580
>Dat op image
Commendable effort anon. Exquisitely meme'd.
>>61748561
Pick material makes a very noticeable difference. Try it yourself or look up some videos about. Also picks with the same material and thickness but a different tip shape/edge will sound different
>>61748561
Haven't you ever used a metal pick? It will definitely produce a different sound.
>>61748580
Might see how much a proper custom one of those are, I need a new 7 and I want it to be nicer than the Schecter I have.
>>61748561
Grad a coin, a regular pick and a wooden pick. They all affect the sound differently.
>>61748697
>>61748711
I have quite a few different picks, i.e Gravity, V-Picks, a few metal ones among others, and yeah some felt nice, but I just find myself keep going back to either the Dunlop Nylons or Tortex
>>61748207
[intro beat]
Yo
ah-hah
'aight
It's your boy anon here
Time to spit some lyrical madness on y'all
[beat picks up]
Thursday niz-ight, postin on /gg/
Say to this nigga "you gotta listen to me"
"What you on, senpai" he starts to moan
"Use picks made of stone fo superior tone" (what?)
I say "picks of stone for dat superior tone, nigga"
Been learning guitar for a few months. I'm currently following justinguitar's intermediate method. I'm trying to learn e shape barre chords (minor and 7), but goddamn my wrist hurts after a 10 minute workout. I'm also practicing playing major scale with a metronome but that adds up to the pain, too. Is this expected or am I doing something wrong? I don't think I have an unconventional hand position from what I've seen from the videos.
I can't deal with this >>61748842
reposting from previous one:
so what's a nice fuzz pedal without that chiptune-sounding octave stuff? just need some dirty, imploding, suffocating sound
just wound Red Witch Fuzz God II and it sounds neat, anyone know anything about that one?
>>61748997
you playing acoustic? if so pain is pretty normal but shouldn't be ignored. Wrist pain is especially important to deal with. Try playing in classical position for a while. keep your elbow in. You want as little bend to the wrist as possible.
Has anyone else been through the process of recording an album and having to deal with bandmates' bruised egos along the way?
I had to track the rhythm guitarist's parts since he's not as clean as he needs to be, and he's throwing a huge fit about it. The same thing happened with the bass player, but I only had to do a couple of his parts. I knew these guys were a little sloppy and we might run into issues with it, but I had no idea they would be this volatile in the studio
>>61748997
It's pretty normal man, just don't over do it and keep it up, it will get easier.
If you are experiencing a lot of pain often, you could try playing with lighter strings.
>>61749082
Tell them that if they want to record an album they have to get over themselves and act like professionals while making it; what's the point in making an album if you don't want to make it the best you possibly can? Make it clear that you just want them to improve not only for the band but for their own sakes as well that it could help them zoom in on what's holding themselves back and what they could improve to be better musicians.
>>61749047
>>61749091
I'm playing electric. I think I over do it sometimes, but generally barre chord practice hurts my wrist even for a short while. At first, I realized my thumb was way left behind the neck, but I think I fixed that. I might try the classical position and also I'll buy a lighter string next time, thanks fellas.
>>61749033
first time posting in /gg/, thought the threads went faster than that
>>61749218
Damn I know what you mean, I can remember practicing power chords and my thumb muscle used to fucking kill haha
Uni + learning bass is stressful. I wish I had more time to practice honestly, how can I use my time the most efficiently? I don't want to lose motivation because I hit a plateau.
>>61749033
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWq-l5igRuE
>>61749357
lose sleep
>>61749378
>arcadinator
Jesus
>>61748997
I had this problem recently too. I used to touch the back of the neck with my thumb only. Obviously my wrist was quite bent most of the time.
What eliminated the pain for me was holding my neck a bit like one would hold a baseball bat, by wrapping my thumb around it so that it rests on the side of the neck near the lower E string. Doing so helps to keep the wrist in a more straight and natural position and enables your forearm muscles to assist in generating enough pressure for barre chords.
By resting your whole palm on the backside of the neck instead of just the tip of your thumb, all of your fingers will also have a much stronger and stabler base for most chords and riffs.
>>61749405
But I like sleep and hate coffee...
>>61749033
Dunno if it's the tone that you're looking for, but I've got a Dunlop Mini Hendrix Fuzz and that thing fucking slays
>>61749441
>By resting your whole palm...
Not actually the whole palm though, but most of the thumb-side area.
>>61749082
yes. if it some little mistakes then you are being a dick, if it is totally wrong notes or dispassionate performance, then decide to fire them. fire them by quitting and regrouping with members that are good/actually care. get a new band name.
>>61749033
Big Muff
>>61749357
Just make sure to practice every day. Even if it's as little as five to ten minutes it's better than not practicing everyday. And the good thing is that no matter how busy your schedule is, you can always find the time for those ten minutes.
Whether you practice scales, rhythm, new songs or whatever does not matter as long as you're 100% focused on the guitar for those few minutes.
>>61749441
I tried what you said but I don't think I quite get it. The way I tried it, it didn't feel natural. Maybe a pic would help?
>>61749682
Something like this. You probably have to play around with the position a tad to find a variation that is comfortable for the individual physique of your hand.
>>61749682
>>61749795
Actually, this is closer to my grip.
Hey, just got my 2nd pickup in the mail. You guys want me to blog post the swap for educational purposes? I also need to fix the grounding.
My custom 92
>>61749875
87 MIJ strat body with a 69' strat neck>>61749875
>>61749905
>Cheez Whiz
Are there any chords that sound "off" when played properly in position? My tuning and intonation are spot on, yet if I play an A chord in 5th position it just sounds off to me. Yet same shape for G in 3rd position sounds fine.
>>61749826
Thanks, will give it a try.
my luna
>>61749999
nice quads
maybe the spaces between your frets are not perfect
>>61749905
wat is this
>>61750018
headstock
>acoustic guitars
>>61749999
could be you're not used to the order the notes come in
>>61750088
acoustic electric guitar
>>61749932
Yea dude Cheez Wiz
The missing sunburst at the horn gets me every time.
>>61750098
You might be right. I'll try pinching some chords so all notes are played at once next time I play.
>>61749875
I wish modern Gibson would bring back headstock patterns.
>>61750199
wait are you memeing or
>>61749158
I told the guitarist almost exactly that, but apparently all he heard was "you're a terrible guitarist, you suck."
>>61749506
It's mostly improper timing and strings ringing out where they shouldn't. I wouldn't want to disband or fire people over it, hopefully I can convince them it'll just take effort and practice to improve themselves and the band
good soldering. I wasn't expecting mini pots. I might as well do the no load mod while I'm at it. gonna test the grounding, I'm beginning to think it was my imagination, everything looks good. I don't really feel like doing cavity grounding, is it worth it?
>>61748997
Play over your left leg, not your right, and angle your neck upwards. This gets rid of awkward wrist angles
>>61749441
Don't listen to this guy, he's got inefficient technique
>>61750088
this desu
fuck them, only cool ones are maybe 12 strings but even then, why
>>61750267
Not memeing. By pinch a chord I mean pluck all the strings fingerstyle so the are played at exactly the same time. Strumming is just a really fast arpeggio, so if the order of the notes is what's sounding off to me playing it like this might sound better.
>>61749875
Beautiful.
>>61750018
Very nice, would peck and sing with.
>>61750282
Now that you are there, why not?
>>61750350
but acoustics are needed for certain sounds
>>61750350
>2016
>not using piezo equipped electrics
smth family
>>61750379
overall fingerstyle sounds better than strumming
>>61750379
oh nice. i love pinching chords, it sounds so resonant
>>61750442
i don't really care for the sound most of the time but i especially don't like the way acoustic guitars play, and they're not designed for a lot of more advanced guitar techniques, they're limiting
still can't believe that i played acoustic almost exclusively for two years when i first learned
>>61750488
are you stupid? acoustic guitars have so much more advanced guitar techniques such as fingerstyle in and of itself flamnco rumba acoustic is nowhere near limiting if anything electrics limit a lot of sounds you can make such as since most electrics are not hollow you can't get a good beat out of them such as using your fingers to tab and using the palm of your hand on the upper bit of the guitar to make a kick drum sound so much more things you can do on acoustic than you think
>>61750488
I have an acoustic and a classic that sit unplayed at their stands. I very much prefer to play electric.
However, having an electric guitar with a piezo has made me appreciate the sound and enjoy playing acoustic songs in it.
>>61750467
here are some fingerstyle tabs for youhttp://www.guitarnick.com/scarborough-fair-fingerstyle-guitar-tablature.html http://zaidshoufan.com/info/guitar/tabs/FingerStyle/Hiroshi%20Masuda/Lucy%20In%20The%20Sky%20With%20Diamonds.pdf and here is also a site with tons of fingerstyle tabs http://zaidshoufan.com/info/guitar/
>>61750627
nice dude, i'll check em out
>>61750560
You can still use fingerstyle on an electric.
The only way acoustics can limit you is when you're playing cheaper ones with bad action or really limited fret access.
The only thing they truly lack against electrical guitars is modulation, and tremolo. Though there's probably someone who built an acoustic with a bigsby on it.
>>61750685
cheap trash acoustics are no good plus i think you could still use peddles with some sort of acoustic electric
>>61750765
Yeah, as long as it has a pickup. Damien Rice used to use pedals with his acoustic.
Original pickup. The cover won't come off so I think I'll leave it, which is a shame cuz I don't really like having Seymour Duncan written on my pickup covers.
>>61749082
>bass player sloppy
are you playing some super fast metal garbage or something? the fuck
>>61749795
do people generally play their C chord with the G at the bottom? It sounds like shit
>>61750875
You can buy empty covers and then sand em, check online you'll find a few
>>61750834
one of the best acoustic guitar players i would say is tommy emmanuel i still havent found someone as good as him
>>61750922
It's used when you are playing the bass line, you pick it, don't strum it in most situations. Think johnny cash
>>61750190
>that lazy neck pickup route
WHY?
I seriously hope that's not a fender
>>61750875
Is the cover epoxied on?
Anyone have any experience fixing stripped screw holes on the guitar's body? A couple of my pickgaurd holes are toast, no buzzing yet but I'd like to fix them. Drill and fill with dowel seems like overkill, should I try filling with bondo?
>>61751077
I'm guessing it's Yamaha since it's written YM-JB on the pickup >>61750875
>>61749871
Cheap production pickup's aren't going to make that SX turd sound much better brah. You got shilled or are the shill.
>>61750876
>fast metal garbage
Yep. Non-professional metal bassists universally sloppy. It is known
>>61751175
>>61751077
He posted in a couple threads ago of the full bass, if it's the same guy then I'm pretty sure it's a cheap SX bass that he's doing loads of mods to
>>61749875
>sploosh
I've got a boner for LP customs in bursts. They're like special snowflakes.
>>61751077
boy will you be disgusted if you ever look under the pickguard of a strat
that routing is actually better than most fenders
>>61751077
>not a fender
Fender is much lazier
>pic related usa standard
>>61751175
That'd be interesting if they are Yamaha pickups. The bass is an sx. I think the covers are glued on to the old pickups but I might try cutting them off. The new pickups are slightly different in size and it would save me from ugly gaps and sanding the pickguard.
Not gonna bother rotating this one but as you can see the gap is not that noticeable.
>>61751279
in the world of cheap made in china guitars, brand barely matters anyway.
It's like the Ibanez RG8's pickups which were at onen point Cort bass pickups. I don't know if it's still true to this day.
>>61751350
not anymore, people throw shitfits about ceramics in Basses now, especially the type of basses Cort makes.
I will say on the topic of pickups that the Neodymium magnet pickups are really fucking impressive and I wish they were more popular.
So if i do end up buying the Larrivee lv-05 for $800, ill be posting a picture of it.
I know nothing about guitars tbhgg
>>61751213
As a non professional bassist who mostly plays metal I can confirm this
But hey, that's why I practice, so I can actually grow to be competent
>>61751566
I replied to your first post about it, but I feel like I should say something again:
It's not a "if I end up buying it" thing, even if you don't really want to play or get into guitars, buy it. Really, anon. Fucking buy it. You can resell it and instantly make 1000$ profit.
>>61751527
>about ceramics in Basses now
But don't active pickups almost always use ceramic magnets?
>>61751275
>also pic related american special body
>>61751598
idiot question, but does it matter how old it is?
>>61751612
most of the single coil EMG guitar and J or P bass active pickups are Alnico V iirc
>>61751566
Just make sure to inspect the guitar before buying. A deal like this is almost too good to be true.
So I'm mostly a funk and jazz bassist (Jaco, Marcus Miller, Pattitucci and so on) and I want to get into metal. Is there an efficient way to master the three-finger technique? Some sort of exercises other than just playing continuously with three fingers? I've been practicing for a while but I feel like I have nowhere near the speed I have with two fingers. How did you metal bassists learn how to do it?
>>61751659
Not unless it has scratches and wear from being older. In the case of Larrivee they're solid wood, very well made, and their wood comes from the best places you can get wood for an acoustic. Their factory location is in a good place too(more important than most people think).
https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=larrivee+lv05
They all sell for much higher than $800
So i just tried learning pinch harmonics and i just cant fucking do them. I hold the pick lower and do a flick so my thumb hits after the pick does but it won't work. Anyone got any tips?
>>61751658
what the fuck man
>>61751779
It's feeling. After working at it you will feel the technique go from two motions to one, and you'll be able to...just kind've be able to do them from now on. It's hard to describe but no matter how you hold a pick, with a bit of practice just digging your thumb in a little will get you a pinch harmonic.
>>61751766
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB_DFUVkkAE
I dunno how experienced you are but this is generally how I started out
The whole channel does decent basic lessons
Learning songs that incorporated galloping also helped a little bit, like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86URGgqONvA
>>61751779
>Pick
>LIGHTLY touch the string with your thumb like you're pleasuring your waifu's clit or something
>If it screams, good job, now do it in one motion
>>61751779
Make sure you're using the bridge pick up, I didn't know that when I first tried doing them lmao
>>61751779
rotating your picking hand when you hit a pinch harmonic helps a lot, like you're mimicking turning a screwdriver. not a big motion, just a little flick
>>61751900
Well I'm currently playing Used to be a (cha cha) from Pastorius with my teacher I don't really know, intermediate-advanced perhaps?
Anyway thanks for the exercise, I'll see if I can get more. One of my goal would be to be able to play this at the same speed : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMorAdnCixg especially the long middle-part.
>>61751805
What do you mean, anon?
>highway one body
>>61750088
>Not wanting to make comfy bedroom folk
You're such a lamekin
>>61752043
What pattern are you using/comfortable with? Have you tried a different pattern? Personally I'm comfortable with ring-middle-index-middle-repeat, but there are any number of combinations you might find work better.
But in general, speed is ironically the slowest thing to come to most players. To keep your playing clean, start slow and progressively get faster, which is really the basic concept for anything. It'll take time for your muscles to break in and get comfortable with moving extremely fast like that.
Are high mass bridges a meme?
>>61749033
The Hyperion
>>61752219
Basically. They are good bridges, just nothing stand out. They look nice though.
In other news I finished sanding the pick guard.
>>61752180
Right now I'm simply using the Ring-Middle-Index pattern but should I use a 4 finger pattern like you?
Yeah just like my 2-fingers techniqurme really. I was just wondering if there were special exercises to get comfortable playing with three fingers instead. Of course I don't plan to play at this kind of speed right away.
>>61749003
Why not a zero glide nut instead??
>>61748580
that's off the rails
>>61752369
https://youtu.be/BrfyF1MD7U8
>>61752314
I only use a 4 finger pattern because it keeps me in time better. 4 finger pattern for a 4/4 rhythm lets me focus more on what I'm playing.
I would suggest to just experiment with different patterns to find what works best for you. Just make sure to dedicate some time to speed training every time you practice.
Make sure to practice string transitions and skipping with 3 finger technique too, otherwise you'll only be able to chug one string.
>>61752309
Even when they have useful features like multi-slotted saddles?
>>61752417
>scalloped acoustic
Don't know if I approve
Hey /gg/ I been playing for a month now and my fingers are like starting to peel or something. Like a snake peeling its skin. Is this normal?
>>61752482
Pics?
Does it hurt? If so, stop it you idiot.
>>61752482
Yes
Google calluses
>>61749033
do yourself a favor and lurk some ilovefuzz
>>61751779
Break the pinch harmonic down into two steps. It's just picking then the closest part of your thumb touches the string as lightly as possible. Try picking then just touching the string with a finger tip afterwards instead just to find the best picking hand position to bring them out. Position up and down the string matters a lot here. Remember super soft thumb touch, lots of gain, lots of vibrato.
>>61752435
That's actually what I was worried about. Can I still get a clean and nice sound using a three finger pattern? Sometimes I lose track of the first beat and it gets a little messy but I guess it's because I just started playing with three fingers.
Yeah I'll be sure to do that. Thanks for your advice.
>>61752482
most of the dust in your house is skin
>>61752524
Yeah, consistent sound from finger to finger is also something to take into account. If you're worried about getting even sounds from every finger, just play in a way that's both comfortable for you and plays cleanly. It's a little hard to be specific here, mostly because everyone plays differently and has their own definition of what's comfortable. The best I can give you is, again, start really slow, get it perfect, then go faster. I'm sure I don't have to tell you, but using a metronome is a must.
>>61752656
And when I say perfect I mean perfect the way you like it
>>61752318
finally pulled out the goddamn dremel.
>>61752482
Regularly file down your calluses.
>>61752514
only my second and third finger tho
>>61752763
You're fine
Basically this >>61752517
You're developing callouses, which is an okay thing I guess.
Oh shit, I just caught myself pulling a bloozface during a held-out bend in the middle of a shreddy solo I'm writing.
Can I save myself, or am I too far gone?
>>61752851
>not making faces when playing bends, using wah, using whammy, or anything else like that
Bruh, just makes it more fun.
>>61752656
>>61752676
Yeah I'll use the metronome and increase the speed by little steps while trying to keep the sound as perfectly clean as it gets. Thanks for taking your time to help me.
>>61752917
No problem man, happy to help
Good luck and have fun
come at me fags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAktV72_nnE
YOU GUYS.
EVERYTHING IS STARTING TO MAKE SENSE, I'M DOING IT
>>61753166
w...what is he trying to accomplish?
>>61753241
How'd you do it?
>>61753307
I JUST DID IT, IT ALL STARTED TO COME TO ME
>>61751152
Just slip some bits >>61751152
of wood glue and toothpicks in. It fills out the whole and the toothpicks give the screws something to bite. Had to do this to my bass because the input jack was fucked.
>>61751152
>Drill and fill with dowel seems like overkill, should I try filling with bondo?
Bondo will be shit if you plan on drilling new holes for screws
if my last tip breaks before I'm done I'm killing myself
well that's that
>>61754203
>>61754288
lmfao
Where can I buy everything to build a DIY pedal?
>>61754325
amazon
>>61754203
>>61754288
r.i.p. in peace
>>61754325
literally just google diy pedal kits or the individual parts if you want to go the hard way
>>61754378
The thing is that I've got the schematic for a DIY-only pedal. It's an original design so no kits are sold, so I need to buy the individual parts.
>>61754427
c-can i see it?
>>61752417
Slug's 48k
>dc resistance doesn't mean anything
herp derp
>>61754325
byoc, mammoth, tayda, mouser if you're a baller,
>>61754427
mouser
If I electrocute myself tell them I was /diy/
>>61754685
solder gun tip made from what... a coat hanger?
>>61754771
yeah
it's not heating up too good. not a tight fit in the socket.
>>61750560
Meme
>>61754882
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuVLYnDdom4
does anyone have any tips for having extremely small hands
>>61749661
seconding this
>>61751213
>>61751578
>mfw friend makes a new band out of old band
>guitar player and bass player switch places
>go to record album
>the bass parts that the former bass player turned guitar player sound awful
>guitarist/studio guy have to rewrite all the bass parts cause nobody noticed that former bass player didn't know what a fucking root note was until recording them
>i noticed that they sounded awful but didnt want to say anything cause im just a roadie
I shortened it and it worked
>>61752851
>unironically wanting to have a petrucci-tier stage presence
>not wanting to be a good showman
Oh my God, DT's music is a drill but watching them live is depressing
>>61753166
A-alahu a-akbar?
>>61748715
A custom .strandberg* is about the same price as a Les Paul Custom.
>>61749033
Big Muff. I use an Anarchy Audio Vagiant.
>>61750232
They still use them on LPCs.
>>61752022
You can do pinch harmonics on the neck pickup.
>>61754588
DC resistance isn't a good way to measure output, but it will give you a rough idea.
I got my avatar 2x12 cabinet Wednesday. Should've on Tuesday, but Fedex delayed due to weather.
This thing is beautiful. I have a cannabis rex in the top left and private jack in the bottom right. I have the cabinet set to be open, it's convertible. Huge bass to it. It was very bright with the Private jack on top, so I switched it to the bottom.
The only problem was the back of the cabinet is such a perfect fit, it's nearly impossible to remove. It must've scraped the tolex off of the corner edges when they pounded the back panel in, and when I had to pull it back out to install my speakers, but these are impossible to see thankfully.
>>61754685
Holy shit my sides. You seriously need to buy a Hakko iron or some shit, that thing could cook a turkey.
I'm gonna be amazed if this actually conducts. What a fiasco.
>>61755407
reddit is a cool place were you can get upvotes for all of your helpful insights
>>61755541
How does your iron work? I'm curious,
I just hope you aren't doing arcs
>>61755591
reddit is a cool place where children act more mature than the children on 4chan
>gb2reddit xD
>>61755591
I've been posting advice in /gg/ since it started. If you don't like it ignore my posts.
>>61752851
Resources for learning to write shreddy solos?
I can play fast legato trills but I need to learn how to build a solo out of it
>>61749082
You might be a perfectionist but it all depends on the genre. One man's slop is another man's style.
>>61749999
Your intonation could be off.
>>61750018
Nice.
want to black out my Jaguar bass
>>61756040
Oh forget the intonation... Unless, maybe, your tuner isn't very accurate. TU-3 master race...
>>61755930
Learn other people's solos, know your scales, have a good ear. Don't just play notes because you're fingers want to go there, think of how you want it to sound in your head first
finally done. Put some boiled linseed oil on the fretboard. Gonna buff the frets too.
Bretty happy with dat rig
Now I just need to find a drummer who wants to play black metal with me :(
>>61756340
Nice rig, really. Not a huge fan of the guitar but it seems like a pretty versatile set-up.
thought the frets needed cleaning, looks like they need sanding. signs of rust? idk they got some schmutz on them
>>61756469
Thanks friend. I got super good bargains, so the whole thing cost me less than $800. I'm coming from bass, so experimenting with all this guitar stuff has been a blast.
Bringing some Nova Scotia into the thread.
Rate me /mu/.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0THTVZju0Ug
>>61756697
you sing like you wear a fedora
>>61748580
i had to pick up my SG to make sure that i was being properly memed, good job OP
>>61748715
>randall cab, schecter with emgs, line6 preamp
post a clip of your tone, please. 7 strings are gay, by the way
>>61750018
sweet grandpa's guitar
>>61751779
the suggestions people have posted are correct. start with a hard pick attack, then a light thumb graze on the string. slowly turn those two motions into one. just practice the harmonics by themselves for a bit, outside of riffs, just to get the technique down. position on the strings matters too, as someone else said, closer to the bridge makes for higher harmonics. they're also harder to do the closer to the bridge you get, and harder the higher the note/string is in frequency. just keep experimenting with it, just takes practice
also, they work fine on the neck pickup
>>61752763
stop if it hurts, but you look fine bro
welcome to the guitar world, have fun on your visit
>>61752851
girls cream their pants over those faces man, you're so sensitive, you're so expressive.
>>61755930
what do you already know about music theory? also, what's the genre of music you're going for? i don't know a ton, but i might be able to help.
solos are a mix of scales and arpeggios, with flair thrown in that changes depending on (but is not limited to) what genre you're doing (legato for blues, pinch harmonics for metal/rock, big arpeggios and taps for metal/classical/jazz/etc) there's a lot more to it than just this, but hopefully i can help your learning process
>>61755407
gothicbro represent, i played with some guys earlier this week that were complaining about lack of inlays and "it's hard to follow, there's so much gain on your guitar"
he was playing pic related
>>61756740
What does that even mean
>>61756780
I know about scales and modes and keys and intervals and chords etc
I just want to make fast, bluesy minor penatonic solos with lots of fast hammer ons and pull offs, like slash or dave Navarro in their soloing
i can pick out 3 or 4 notes that work and then play them in a fast loop, but I don't know how to mob up and down the frets and build that into a whole solo
>>61756951
It's just practice dude. It takes practice to be able to play scales all over the neck. If you're doing pentatonics then its even easier than regular scales and modes, so get off gg and practice. You have no excuse
Well boys... She growls. Gonna raise the pickups some more soon for the real growl. But yeah this bass is a mean machine that makes me want to dig in on every note and get a lot better at using a pick. I think I will have this bass for the rest of my life. Now to add 2 pickups, 4 switches and 2 knobs. Also the white PG is growing on me, looks really good up close but I think the tort looks better from a distance.
>>61756951
is your knowledge of the scales that you want to use all over the neck (in whatever key) good?
i had the problem that i knew the scales in one position on the neck, but didn't know how to link it all properly together. learning the neck more helped me almost instantly
solos almost always have licks like what you're describing, but when you can slide those licks up and down the neck, it really changes the voicing. sweep type arpeggios might help too, once you get them down they start to sound real slick
sounds like you like hard rock? it's not my chosen genre but it seems like it's mostly pentatonic licks with accents focused on notes that connect the underlying changing chords
hope this helps
>>61756951
Just learn the blues scale and start playing it over backing tracks. That's basically every Led Zep/Sabbath/Cream/White Stripes/Hendrix/Van Halen/etc. solo ever. You'll fill in the gaps around the fretboard the more you play but you need to actually play. It comes together pretty quickly once you get a couple basic scale shapes under your belt and the experience of running over them in a soloing context is pretty much instantly gratifying as a beginning guitarist.
>>61757032
Lol what kind of faggot shit is this
I'm asking for advice on a technique so that I may practice it
Why aren't you practicing now you fucking weakling? What's your excuse pussy? Have you learned everything there is to learn about guitar?
>>61756951
i'm >>61757123
>>61756780
>>61757032
is also right, it just takes a whole lot of practice
run the scales by yourself, sometimes the immense amount of practicing that it takes is daunting. but all the theory in the world doesn't matter if you don't practice
then run the scales by yourself again, and again, then set up some sort of backing track and try to solo over that
>>61757123
>>61757129
Thanks guitarbros
My bass rig. I don't gig or anything, I just noodle around for my own amusement.
Picking up a Stingray 5 tomorrow.
>>61757174
Dude if you know how to fret and how to pick, the most basic fucking techniques, then its all memorization from there. Don't get pissed at me for not giving you the answer you wanted to hear
>>61757292
Dude nice. I'm ordering a 5 string Stingray tomorrow too
>>61756812
>What does that even meme
don't respond to shitposts
Might as well post.
Here's a thing i'm working on with a friend.
he's doing guitar and i'm doing all the drums and shit.
https://soundcloud.com/miaandmonaco/wip-for-someone
Been on a dry spell lately. getting pretty good at tech stuff and improv though. any advanced players here?
>>61757292
looks just fine for gigging to me, have fun with the new bass
>>61757316
confirmed for being bad
the dude just wants to learn,
so let him learn,
he doesn't need your negative shit, doesn't help dude
pic related is my main jam,
memes on top of memes
>>61757463
What's your standard for advanced players?
>>61757531
I dono... like.. more than blues boxes and power chords? i'm obviously not very good from what you can see in my soundcloud
>>61757518
I'm sorry dude but I straight up don't see how I'm being rude. The trick for what he's asking is to know the positions of the pentatonic scale all over the neck, which is something that requires, aside from some tricks like octaves positions, straight up rote memorization. Am I wrong?
>>61757552
dood I think I just got promoted to advanced player
>>61757570
fuckin A! haha
>>61757292
those basses are so pretty. Particularly that one.
>>61757552
Oh well then yeah I'd consider myself an advanced bass player by your standards. I'm in a deathcore band (think The Faceless, Abiotic) and I play pretty technical bass lines. I'd post shit but we're hitting the studio soon so I don't have anything to share yet, sadly
Some of my favorite techniques are sweep tapping, double thumb, and three finger tremolo picking
>>61757559
but dude, you could have posted all of those things the first time. you're right, and i agree that practice is at the root of it, but
>the positions of the pentatonic scale all over the neck
what you just said is infinitely more helpful than your original comment
>it takes practice
tone matters man. remember, you love guitar, just like I do, just like this guy does. we should be helping each other. the guitar has obviously brought us great joy in our lives, so we should pass that on.
not saying it doesn't take practice, but sometimes a helpful hand/mind can teach you more in 3 hours than 3 months of practicing alone
>>61757643
well shit, evan brewer is a beast. i've got some metalish shit on my soundcloud. if you like what i play would you be down to collab?
>>61757668
Very true. Sorry about that
>>61757689
Yeah dude! I've never done an online collab before, sounds like fun
Hit me with a link to your SC and I'll message you
>>61757712
https://soundcloud.com/miaandmonaco/last-song-i-worked-on
Not metal, but literally the last song that i worked on by myself.
doing a a cover of the faceless's a prophesy of fruitation 2
>>61757643
This was kind of funny to me, because I don't even have any "techniques." I just play bass. I never thought about it that way. Then again I'm just a rhythm player, so I probably think about bass in a different way. I should probably learn stuff like 3 finger tremolo and tapping for when I need to do a big fill on a fast song though. I dunno, you guys think you can fit this stuff into punk?
>>61757789
oh definitely dude. you can fit anything into punk. imo
>>61757782
Thanks dude. I'll listen and hit you up in the morning
>>61757852
No prob man
>>61755467
cool head. is it modded at all?
>>61757292
how do you like that peavey? i see them cheap all the time and am always tempted to pick on up
what guitar should i buy so women will want to have sex with me when they see it in my room?
>>61749003
brass nuts wear down a lot faster than other nuts on the market. Get it changed out for one of the graphtech verities.
>>61757047
Is it an Ursa? Also I figured out how your soldering iron works lel. I'm just not used to that kind of soldering irons.
I'm worried about your multi pickup solution generating magnetic interference between each pickup though. If you have some way to try it before routing the body I'd definitely do it if I was you. Otherwise you could be off for a nasty surprise (pickups work because the vibrating string alters the magnetic field, if it's stronger because of magnets outside a given coil maybe those variations could become less apparent).
That said, nice work and enjoy your bass!
>>61759675
The most expensive Gibson Les Paul you can find.
>>61759675
>>61759675
any acoustic
but it still won't work since you're autistic
>>61759823
kek
Might as well buy a 90s ferrari with that kind of money :^)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferrari-348-TS-/301847366074?forcerrptr=true&hash=item46478149ba:g:XXgAAOSwa-dWlrDz&item=301847366074
I want to change the pickups in my musicman, neck and bridge humbuckers for something hotter. thinking about a dimarzio tone zone and evolution, any other recommendations?
>>61759897
both are PAF pros
>>61759675
>>61759897
Bartolinis
>>61759922
That would scream with a hotrails pickup. A powerful animal, if Ive ever seen one.
>>61759945
Ive heard of those. They use to come stock in someother guitar I cant think of right now. Ive tried a lot of others. Most notably was the lace Death bucker, but eventually I noticed it was too even frequency wise, but it was hot and nice in split coil mode.
>>61759990
They come in several warwick basses, and probably even in some MMs. They get a lot of praise so I guess they must have something about them.
you gearfags
i've been playing on a shit tier encore fake strat for 11 years and i bet im better than the lot of you
>>61760186
My shit tier fake strat is 22 years old and I bet she's better than yours :^)
Why is the average Music Man bass design so pig disgusting?
>>61760262
I like the hockey stick headstock. Im sure if anyone has a cheap strat/guitar, if they got it setup by a real pro tech; not guitar center, it would play better.
>>61760300
The design is pretty comfy wear on the body. For what ever reason, the MM basses always feel bigger or longer than anyother bass.
>>61760362
Thanks m8, the headstock was what made me fall in love with the model. Picked it up 3 months ago, I absolutely love it. I'm glad I know how to set it up. Weighs like a rock though but that's not a problem for me.
>>61759675
"If you're a guy and want to impress girls, get an acoustic. If you're a girl and want to impress guys, get an electric."
>>61760300
>>61760373
Their guitars on the other hand are much better, although many of them are pig disgusting too, including their superstrats. The St. Vincents and Armadas look interesting, if edgy. L III and Majesty look awesome too. The Cutlass is a nice spin on the Strat.
>>61760389
wow, that sentence makes a lot of sense
The pic in >>61760381 was for >>61760391
>>61760391
Yeah, the guitars are really nice and comfy. This is my Silhouette >>61759897
The basses are a different animal. To each their own I guess, but the different tones and actual carry and balance is fucking awesome.
>>61760431
>The basses are a different animal. To each their own I guess, but the different tones and actual carry and balance is fucking awesome.
Oh I won't dispute that. There is no funk tone superior to that of a Music Man bass. That said, if I was going to get one, it would be a Stingray 5. I'm deeply disgusted by the toilet seat look of Bongos. Stingrays and Sterlings don't look like a toilet seat but they're pretty ugly still. The game changer isn't too bad I guess.
Listen to this Spanish girl, enjoy and fall in love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_AI2v-4DTs
>>61760466
sweat and jizz stains always look horrible on a black finish.
>>61760487
>implying the problem is the black finish
>>61760508
>never jizzed and sweat and jizzed some more on a MM honeyburst finish
>he's a gearfag
>>61760563
>he's a broke ass nigga
>>61760572
ayyy nice mcgyver amp, should at least have painted the front panel
Anyone can help me with math rock? what i'm particularly interested in is two-handed tapping, i wanna do twinkly shit. recommend tunings (i'm in open c right now), licks, tips & tricks, whatever.
also check this shit out, it's awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtclmNV4T34
>>61760619
>not knowing Verellen amps
Keep playing that Tiny Terror, kid.
>>61760619
>mcgyver amp
Anon's status:
[ ]Rekt
[ ]Not rekt
[x]Tyrannosaurus rekt
>>61760641
Looked them up and could only think of one thing:
>paying over 2 grand for a mcgyver amp
>>61760733
What do you own? Post a pic, Im sure your knowledge and experience could benefit us all.
>>61760747
wew lad
