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>Post gear
>Post desired gear
>lots of shit posting about Telecasters
Beginner information and FAQ:
http://www.dkfindout.com/uk/music-art-and-literature/musical-instruments/guitar/
Learn guitar:
http://www.howtoplayguitar.com/
Guitar chords and inversions
http://www.guitarhabits.com/the-8-most-important-open-guitar-chords-for-beginners/
String Tension Calculator (D'Addario based):
http://hikkyz.net/misc/stringassembler/
>Steve Vai's Ten Hour Workout
Don't bother
Guthrie Govan's Creative Guitar 1 & 2
probably was a virus
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>Advancing Guitarist - Mick Goodrick
you're not going to bother anyway
>Chord Chemistry - Ted Greene
buy the book you cheap skate bums
http://tedgreene.com/
Others
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2157409/Psychosis-sex-cults-suicide-curse-Fleetwood-Mac-guitarists.html
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>>66331235
Hello /gg
I have about £750 to £800 for a new guitar and would like a 24-3/4" Arch-top
Could you advise me or what would you buy if it was you?
whats the widest neck baritone I can get? I prefer classical guitar necks but i want an electric baritone for a band, the music is rather mellow so a metal looking guitar isn't prefrable
R8 my jazz improv
https://clyp.it/m0mtmwrb
>>66352915
you mean buy 20g of gold?
>>66352744
Have you read about this man? Apparently he changed rock and roll so people sabotaged him by making him addicted to drugs
>>66352003
Headstock broken off, just like a lot of LPs. It happened on shipping.
>>66352924
Sounds chill. Not really an expert on jazz but I liked it.
>>66353133
>WE WUZ CHANGING ROCK N SHIEEETT
>>66352791
What's a Casino's scale length?
Actually fuck it, buy a Casino regardless.
>>66353604
looks a bit cheap and nasty
>>66353634
Get the elitist one, they're made in Japan and I think are in the budget.
>>66353664
£ 1399 to look like POTATO? nah
>>66353791
just stick a bar of gold up your ass if you want to look like a rich cunt to everyone
>>66353791
>£1399 for an epiphone
GG Britain money, literally worth shit
>>66353824
that was really good i actually lauged out irl lol
>>66352791
get an sg, cant go wrong with an esg
>>66353791
Are you referencing Noel Gallagher with that?
Because the Casino is basically the only Epi archtop he didn't use.
>>66352791
Look into Godin archtops, they might fit the bill
>>66353955
Really? He's on the Epiphone advert.
>>66353867
That's not because of Brexit. Guitar stuff was always a fucking ripoff here.
>>66354064
Just get a harley benton like everyone else
>>66353955
blah blah blah blah blah Noel Gallagher blah blah blah blah blah 1995 Epiphone Casino
>>66354049
He played Riverias and Sheratons and got his own signature (haven't seen him play it much), and had a custom Riviera made in the 90's. There's a Ltd Ed. Union Jack guitar which I think is basically a clone of his custom. He mostly uses Gibson ES345's live now. He also used to have a Epi Les Paul but apparently it was absolute shit.
>>66354167
> Sod bless
What did he mean by that?
个人专辑录制
>>66354167
Signed guitars=/=guitars people played on.
He definitely owns a few, but there's few photos of him actually playing them. Likely he got them for free, or bought them because he's diamonds for the Beatles.
>>66354248
> he's diamonds for the Bea
you're kidding no-one
Repost from last Thread.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1vOIq6TuXbt
Can anybody figure the chords/ tabs of "Exhale" by Rarity out for me please?
I'm wondering about the possibilities of converting right handed guitars into lefty ones, being a leftyfag myself, since I recently decided on a "dream guitar to end my search for guitars" and lo and behold, it only comes in right handed models, like most good ones. Would something like that be possible/viable, and how would you go about it? I assume I couldn't just ask the manufacturer to make me a lefty model without first becoming a world famous guitarist and having them offer me a signature guitar, so that's out. Would an experienced luthier be able to do something like that?
>>66352924
p. good, was a little slide heavy for my liking. would also explore arpeggios a bit more since it seemed like you were going back up and down the scale and it would be nice to have a little variation
>>66354356
string it backwards
Or just learn to play righthanded.
>>66354403
Fuck that righthanded playing shit, it feels unnatural and uncomfortable as hell, plus I'd basically have to learn the guitar all over again.
Restringing isn't an option, because the knobs and the cable socket are in such positions that they would interfere with my arm, making it highly uncomfortable to play.
yes i know the secret
thats within your mind
>>66352924
Where did you get that backing track?
>>66354474
>because the knobs and the cable socket are in such positions that they would interfere with my arm
This is why you're asking questions on a Kashmiri button fitting BBS, and not writing the White Album
>>66352924
It sounds as if the player has put in a lot of practice to get where they are though the whole performance misses the bulls eye.
5.5/10
>>66354628
Oh man sorry.
>>66354592
YouTube, search for Polka Dots and Moonbeans backing track.
>>66354618
Oh shit, I thought this was the Bangalore wool knitting BBS, my bad.
Aside from that, I reckon it should be possible to move the switches/knobs/cable sockets around, yeah? I mean, the guitar's body is a lump of wood with holes in it, how hard could it be to add a few more in and patch up the old ones? I was hoping that maybe someone here has tried doing something like that and could share their experience.
>>66354668
>Oh man sorry.
Don't apologize, you're half way there
>>66354717
I wonder how long it would take to get decent, it's pretty hard to play jazz.
>>66354762
you are decent if you were the Op on the clip,
a lot of it depends on magic
>>66354783
yes i'm op. i want to join the college jazz band, but i don't even think i'm good enough.
>>66354675
Well with a hollow/semi hollowbody like a Gibson ES etc. it would probably be relatively easy. Might be weird to fill the old holes, but it should be much easier then doing it with an average Fender style where the entire guitar is backwards. I think Tony Iommi has a reversed SG. I've definitely seen it done, but I can't remember who it was.
TL;DR it's possible, but it might require alot of bog filler and re-routing. Not sure if any given luthier will take it on.
>>66354901
you are definitely good enough
>>66354917
Yeah, you want a symmetrical guitar.
Although a fender strat would be fun just to get the Hendrix sound out of it.
>>66354951
you think so? I hope that's the case man. I know they are just a bunch of guys who play jazz for fun, not studying music or anything. But I don't know what kind of standard they hold.
>>66355035
well, if they're decent people they won't give you a hard time
you sound great
Go (You)!
>>66355121
Thanks man.. I hope I can get better at jazz before I eventually get bored of it and move on to something else.. Like I did with metal.
Oh wait there's nothing else to move to already..
>>66355188
Classical, avant garde
>>66355188
there is always a frontier to cross
>>66355227
I already play classical on the piano, I'm not smart enough for avant garde
>>66355263
???
>>66355188
>Like I did with metal.
>tfw it's happening to you too
I just want to play complex stuff, why can't everyone write complex music
>>66355318
Why don't you write complex music? and if you do, please share
>>66355684
I can't write anything. I'm an absolutely terrible musician, I can't jam, and every attempt at writing something turns into a hour of trying to force out a few measures, and deleting it because it's shit and doesn't please me.
>>66354296
I mean its not much - quite unorganized
>>66354917
>>66354999
The guitar I'm thinking of is an Explorer, and while it's not exactly symmetrical, the body shape seems like should work upside down, as long as the knobs are moved to the other side and the cable socket is lowered somewhat. But yeah, doing some research it seems that it would be nearly impossible to find an actual luthier who'd do something like that, as all luthiers that are good enough to pull off something like that would seemingly sooner build you an inverse guitar from scratch rather than customize an existing one.
Also, didn't Fender actually release a reversed strat so that right handers could get that Hendrix sound? I'm pretty sure I read someplace about that.
>>66356552
honestly dude, an upside down guitar doesn't look like a right side up guitar. Why do you need an explorer specifically? It's just like every other HH guitar. Just get something you like that does exist in lefty and work with that.
>>66356735
Because of this motherfucker. It's my dream guitar, and if I have to flip it upside down and learn to bend my arm around the cable and knobs, I will. I was just wondering if there's a way to make it less awkward to play.
>>66356766
It will look like ass.
pic related.
Where my acoustic niggas at?
>>66356824
In the 1800's
>>66356793
I'm actually kinda liking the look. Heavy bottom and lighter top, like it should be. Also that thunderbolt decal is sweet.
>>66356857
Not sure if bait, or the poorest aesthetic taste...
>>66355867
O-oh. How long have you been playing?
>>66354717
Why is Liam pretending to be POTATO?
>>66356824
Always here m8
>>66356880
I really mean it. I think it looks good, if sorta weird because I'm not used to seeing it upside down. The only problem with that particular guitar is the color scheme, which is atrocious, but I legitimately dig the design.
Then again, I still can't understand the logic behind guitars having thin strings on the bottom and thick ones on the top, when the natural order of most things goes from a wide/thick foundation to a narrow/thin top, so maybe it's just me.
>>66356931
I heard that nylon strings are for pussies who can't handle the real deal and that they also sound like shit. Any comment on that?
>>66356992
>when the natural order of most things goes from a wide/thick foundation to a narrow/thin top
Autism
>>66356824
I'm right here bro
Ike Turner was a great guitarist but Jesus Christ was he a terrible person. Read up on how he treated Tina Turner.
>>66357028
Yeah, I know how it sounds, but think about it. You don't see mountains start out thin and get thicker as they go up, do you? And when you stack something, you naturally put the heavy/wide shit on the bottom and the lighter/narrow stuff on top. Same thing with guitar strings. It just seems to me that it would make more sense to have the heavy, thick strings at the bottom, where you also have more finger strength to leverage, and the thin stuff on top, where you have less strength to push down on them. But hey, maybe it's just me being retarded, I don't know. The fact remains that the upside down Explorer looks cool, and now I'm actually thinking how come nobody has ever tried playing the guitar upside down without restringing it. I bet you could find some fun chords and scales that way.
>>66357066
literally who cares
hey /gg/, never posted here before, but i just found my old fender stratocaster in my closet and want to start playing again. messed around a little, it sounds tuned and is in good condition.
what websites/youtube channels/books could i use to teach myself guitar? would like to learn at least some basics and play a little bit. thanks
>>66357066
they addicted him to cocaine
:(
>>66357265
Justinmusic has all you need to get from zero to actually knowing enough basics to get some fun out of your guitar, and he even goes into some advanced stuff in his lessons, so there's plenty to learn.
>>66356824
always.
how do I git gud?
Also define gud. When is one gud?
>>66357151
I can't remember who, but I swear I remember hearing a story about some guitarist who was left handed and just played a right handed guitar without re-stringing -- so the low strings were at the bottom and the high strings were up top.
I feel like you're bound to run into some chord shapes that are just physically impossible for your hand to make with the strings reversed though.
>>66357346
Pretty sure that's Dick Dale.
>>66357346
a couple guys have done that. the most famous one is some blues guy but i can't remember his goddamn name
>>66356883
Two years, so I'm not exactly desperate, but I always feel like shit when I drop by my friend's house to play some stuff and we only do covers.
On the plus side, I'll most likely be able to play most of what I'll write later on.
>>66357346
That's when you come up with your own chords. Or just play shit that doesn't need a lot of chords, like surf rock. Or just git gud.
>>66357379
Makes sense when you think about it. He's mostly known for playing single notes really quick, and you can have your stings in any order for that. And he also does it with 16 - 58 strings, too. Dude's crazy.
>>66357484
You're thinking of Albert King. He basically did everything "wrong" on purpose, and it worked out for him.
>>66352744
"—today he was an outcast, an untouchable. A leper to be kept out of the industry."
>>66352744
Where should I start if I want to get into Ike Turner
I don't suppose anyone has any experience with this Italia? I want it but with so much going on I feel like this only means more stuff that can break down.
>>66357843
Start doing coke and beating the shit out of your wife.
>>66357314
thanks so much
Can anyone explain to me why not all guitars have 24 frets? Is there any advantage to having just 21 or 22 frets instead of two full octaves? Seems to me like you just lose some range for no good reason.
>ywn be able to afford a complete fleet of moogerfoogers
>>66357641
>You're thinking of Albert King. He basically did everything "wrong" on purpose, and it worked out for him.
Deconstructing's one of the best ways to come up with new stuff.
>>66357893
If you can solder you're fine.
>>66357022
I think that's silly as hell. Nylon strings can sound great, and while they may be easier on the fingers that's totally irrelevant to whether or not the player is a pussy. It's just a totally different sound, and a totally different instrument.
this just came in today
yay
>>66357499
How much theory do you know? Just learning about scales and a little about chord building helped me get into songwriting a lot. I'm still not good at it by any means but I don't hate everything I make anymore
>>66358688
looks nice, happy NBD.
>>66358747
sounds nice too, it's my first fretless and the first bass I've actually gone out and purchased and not just obtained
don't regret my purchase one bit
SUPERMOON
or
NEUNABER WET
i cant choose. i love them both.
Vocaroos
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ahDynnax5Y
Yes I know it's cliche. At least it's not stairway to heaven.
>>66358688
Well Done
>>66352744
do you cutie pies buy from Reverb? a guitar i want is up $100 cheaper than the big stores, but im afraid of it arriving damaged and have to deal with the random guy selling it.
>>66358097
>tfw no shops near me have the MF drive anymore
Nick Colionne will sell you a guitar
https://youtu.be/pyD9zUjMC70
>>66357893
Italia guitars are surprisingly well built, I have a the limited edition Maranello with the "Gold Mist Sparkle" finish and it's sick. I've never played an Imola, they look sweet and probably sound amazing.
>>66358819
Somehow I knew this was going to be Under the Bridge before I even opened it. Sounds good though.
>>66359023
I played one of those, and it actually sounded great. Best sounding humbucker guitar I've tried desu senpai.
tbf, all the other ones were spiky meal guitars or cheapshit.
>>66358733
A fair bit actually, I got all my modes down, a few keys I can play without even thinking about it, and I get the basic idea behind chord progressions
It's probably just that I'm too demanding and not confident enough in myself,
After a year of playing guitar I covered my favorite song by the band that inspired me to play guitar. How did I do /gg/
>>66359439
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nszIIZeBm5Q
forgot link
>>66359439
Well you didn't make the grade for the Mars landing but well done on playing 'Beat on the Brat'
>>66359470
I can't tell of the song is very jazzy or you just suck
>>66359470
congratulations
Can I connect my amp's headphone out to my computer's mic in and record stuff? Can I listen to what I play live on the computer?
>>66358819
Here's my attempt at the same song. It's not perfect but it was my first try, so fuck it. How'd I do?
https://clyp.it/bv5on3x4
>>66359664
Nope. I tried that once.
>>66359470
Sounds okay mate, I hate your tone kek but I guess the cover is alright.
Pretty sure that with some extra practice you'll get it tight. Kudos for song choice.
>>66359704
not too shabby. What are you playing?
>>66359664
no but you can buy a usb adapter and plug it in to your computer's usb port.
>>66359768
What happened, was the volume too low? What exactly do I need to do recordings at home, an interface + good headphones/monitors?
>>66359785
this >>66357065. My laptop mic is apparently just shitty as fuck.
>>66359664
The headphone out will have a much hotter signal than the mic in will be able to cope with, it'll sound like shit.
>>66358993
I just traded my Mastotron for a MF Drive today. The gain can go a lot higher than the demos on YouTube suggest and with my setup you can create tunable feedback with the guitar's volume knob like the Stab control on the Fuzz Factory. Definitely try it out if you ever get the chance.
>>66359785
>>66359840
That's a Martin 000cx1 btw
Whenever I tell people I play guitar they ask me if I play in a band.
Fuck me, right?
Alright /gg/, let's play Name This Song: easymode
https://clyp.it/oyte01d1
>>66360010
Christ dude are you even trying to play in time
>>66360010
the metal by tenacious d
play it better
>>66360062
Yeah yeah, my timing sucks dick, I know. Let's hear you do better.
>>66360157
but I'm tiiirrrrrred
>>66360257
go to bed
Decided to straighten the poles of my Custom Shop '69 pickups, which are staggered. Everything went fine until I fucked up the neck pickup and probably broke a copper wire inside, dead pickup. Fuck.
Anyway, decided to list and sell the two remaining ones because my OCD can't live without a complete set and went back to the stock SCN (Samarium Cobalt Noiseless) ones. I'll be damned if these things don't sound a lot nicer than I remembered them.
They don't nail that vintage strat quack tone for sure but that's never what I used anyway, I grew to think the vintage strat/quack tone is too specific and can get old and annoying unless you're playing too much Mark Knopfler stuff. With the CS69 I was 95% of the time on the neck pickup with the tone rolled slightly down.
The SCN basically introduced me to a more varied range of more neutral sounding 'singlecoils' that are more versatile in the end, even if they don't scream "strat!" in your face. Even though they still get a lot of hate, I think I'll keep them.
How versatile is a PRS Custom 22/24? What kind of music can I play with one?
>>66358688
Welcome to funland mate!
>>66360157
>Let's hear you do better.
I hate hearing that as if it somehow valids your bad timing. unless you didn't mean that.
>>66360309
>different things sound different
wow who would have known
>>66360327
you can play anything on any guitar, just have a good amp that suits the genre and learn to dial in a tone
>>66360358
>wow who would have known
I was just expressing my experience and personal thoughts, hopefully so someone can also jump in on the conversation about these pickups or the subject. Why are you salty?
>>66360380
oh hey no need to jump to conclusions I never knew how different your different pickups sounded !
Whose guitar here smells of stale cigarettes?
>>66360358
>I hate hearing that as if it somehow valids your bad timing.
Uh, what? I only said it cause that guy was talking shit. I have no problem with constructive criticism, but if you're just gonna talk shit, you should be able to back it up.
if i practice thumb over chords will i be able to do them at a certain point or will the size of my hands prevent me from learning?
>>66360570
If your timing is shit and his is better, your timing is shit.
If your timing is shit and his is worse, your timing's still shit.
Stop trying to hide your bad habits behind other people's bad habits.
>>66358688
>>66358787
>fretless
>has frets
What
>>66357321
NEDERDRAAD HEUUUU KANKERLIJEEERR!!!!
>>66360997
it might just be painted on idk i have no depth perception and im not the op but ive seen basses like that. or with very very small, like part of the fretboard, metal pieces. i might just be retarded tho
>>66361024
KANKEEEEEEEEEER!
>>66361083
Yeah painted frets exist but those look like real frets to me. And I don't think fender has painted frets, just fretless or non on all models
>>66360961
Kek, what the fuck is even your point? I knew and acknowledged that my timing was shit well before I even posted that clip. I'm not hiding shit, why are you so bitter?
>>66360520
I had an SG Special in high school that never stopped smelling of formaldehyde.
when do I stop wanting to learn new instruments?
currently play keyboard and guitar, learned a little banjo.
but wanna get into synths, violin, drums, etc
how many is too many
r u guys the same way
>>66361447
yes desu
>>66361380
Why?
What's a good guitar for ambient, post-rock type music?
>>66361593
Charvel Surfcaster
>>66361593
bc rich
>>66361673
I wanna play Jazz on a Warlock wearing a suit
>>66361593
most people seem to like jazzmasters but i think a strat works very well for all styles. especially since you are going to be running through a bunch of pedals probably, you could be playing a fucking vaccuum cleaner.
>>66360327
I can get pretty much any tone I want out of mine
though I got one of dem Korean ones
>>66361593
Really any guitar would work, but I imagine single coils would be best
when do i stop wanting to learn to play all the instruments?
currently play keyboard and guitar, learned a little banjo
wanna learn violin, drums, synth
when is it too much?
r u guyslike this too?
>>66361775
I'm like that, but poor. So I want to pick up bass and classical instruments, but I don't even have a proper, non-starter guitar
Hey /gg/,
Anyone here a career musician? I was thinking about becoming a session musician. Is that still a thing, or are those days gone?
>>66361481
know any musicians like Danny Poissant who do all their own stuff with multiple instruments? sort of motivational if you know what i'm sayin, really makes you think
Just bought a Squier Classic Vibe 70s P Bass /gg/ and now I have to wait 5 days for it to arrive from California. How do I fill the void until then?
>>66361511
No idea. I got it from eBay but it was still the original finish. Ended up selling it to an emo band who really liked one from the same batch they used in the studio.
>>66361807
i always feel that there's this arbitrary point where it reaches "too many"
it's not like i'm trying to be the best keyboardist/guitarist though, so fuck them right
>>66361969
Too many's when you start neglecting some instruments, or mixing them up. Everyone's memory is different, there's no definitive number for that.
>>66361808
Yes they certainly still exist but your sightreading and all around musicianship must be top tier, because many recordings in town will be done by the same 10-15 dudes
>>66361808
If you want to do session work you need to know people that need session musicians, and even then it's mostly occasional odd-jobs that sometimes won't even take up more than a few hours of a day.
The only people who make careers out of being session musicians are those that have spent decades in the industry working with all kinds of different people.
>>66361807
You can get some pretty satisfying gear and instruments if you're poor these days. Kinda hard for string instruments besides lutes though.
>>66362142
This, basically its only one of the ways the professionals make cash
>>66361808
I was 23 when I started on Les Mis. I was 42 when I finished.
https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/2013/down-the-pits-west-end-musicians/
>>66362328
As someone who knows almost nothing about professional musicianship this was a good read
>>66362664
This
"The calibre of dep musicians used in top West End shows means they don’t need to rehearse the music beforehand, unless the musical director insists on it. Instead, the dep comes in to the previous night’s performance and sits next to the musician in question, listening and observing."
That would take some nerve
yo what kind of acoustic guitar should i get
budget's $500, i like the sound of dreadnoughts like the yamaha FG730S but can't decide whether it would be more practical to get an acoustic-electric in case i want to perform someday
>>66362824
Check out Seagull. There's this one model that runs about $325 and it's excellent. I don't think it's an acoustic-electric but you can get a decent soundhole pickup for around 50 bucks.
Which is better for a straight-ahead jazz amp?
Fender '65 Princeton Reissue
Supro Tremo-Verb Reissue
>>66362936
I would go for the Princeton Reissue if you're dead set on a tube amp.
But if you're willing to go solid state, you can't beat the Roland Jazz Chorus.
>>66362898
I'm a beginner and didn't even realize soundhole pickups existed - maybe I'll just get the yamaha and a pickup then.
>>66361765
How much did yours cost? You recommend it to a beginner?
>>66363136
They're a great option as long as you don't mind the look. My guitar player uses one of these: http://www.seymourduncan.com/acoustic/woody-single-coil
It sounds great, I have a Martin 12 string that's acoustic electric and the soundhole pickup sounds just as good as the built in system in my Martin.
>>66363267
I think I got it $500 new. Though now I know buying new is for suckers. Look around the used market, I've seen em go for as low as 300. I'd recommend it for a beginner if you're sure you're going to stick with it. Floating tremolos are a bit of a bitch to set up right when you're a beginner, but I think the PRS SE ones are relatively ok.
>>66363554
I didn't even realize they all have tremolo system. Ree! Yours looks nice tho!
Vox AC15C1
Yay or nay?
>>66363843
If you like staying real clean it's great. It won't get too dirty at lower volumes, so you'll have to use pedals or crank it if you want to get distortion. You can push the power tubes quite a bit on the top boost channel. The tremolo and reverb are quite nice too. I personally prefer it to Fender amps for an amp that has a really good, crisp clean sound.
>>66363835
Just the 24 does, though the 22's bridge doesn't have the intonation adjustable for each string, so I wouldn't recommend that. Also thank you, I'm pretty happy with it. The wide thin neck feels great, and a few years later I still don't really regret the gaudy look. I got mine when I had only been playing 4 months, so it's not like I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner because of the floating tremolo, just be aware it's not the most simple thing to set up. It's not hard though.
Anyone have any suggestions for smooth overdrives for bass? I'm not really looking for something that's too fuzzy. I have a fuzz on my board, and I like that sound but I need something more smooth and rounded. I'm sort of at a loss because it seems like a lot of pedals tailored for bass lean more towards the side of fuzz, which I already have on my board.
Kind of like this sort of sound:
https://youtu.be/OS0o4nD3QFs?t=6m30s
Post memes
>>66361126
>>66361083
>>66360997
They are lined fretless basses, you can tell this is one due to the lack of Fret dots on the fingerboard. Besides that the frets don't shine, which again shows its a lined fretless.
>>66363904
I mainly play clean with with a chorus pedal to make it little wet. Sounds good
>>66364439
I want to actually have this built one day just so its existence can piss everyone off
Newfriend here. These threads have gotten me interested in guitar I started about two years ago and I am getting decent for where I'm at but I'm still not able to get one thing down that is really bugging me.
How the fuck do I power chord?
Seriously it just feels awkward for me to do how the fuck so I make this comfortable and easy?
Thanks.
just started the bass. im having trouble muting strings when i move from a higher string to a lower one (like D -> A). when picking with your index and middle finger, is there a trick to doing it?
>>66364606
my sides holy fuck
so my shit is on topic, got a little bear BS1 for $40 and it sounds incredible
>>66364664
lift your finger off the fret
>>66364153
I don't think it looks gaudy at all desu. Really wish they made a hardtail version for the 24 tho. I feel like I wouldn't use the tremolo often to warrant its disadvantages. I need to do more research! Thanks for the help.
>>66364716
what if its open string though
>>66364930
Use the fingers on your fretting hand to mute the strings you're not playing. It's hard to specifically teach, you just have to practice and you'll get a feel for it.
>>66364745
You could just block the tremolo off, effectively making it a hardtail.
Happy to help
>>66365016
I forgot to ask, what are good places to buy gear used?
>>66365189
Craigslist, ebay
Someone on here once said to check craigslist around the end of the month, to look for someone desperate to pay rent who is selling their gear for super cheap
>>66365189
Reverb.com
>>66365189
Try out Guitar Center's online used section too. Sometimes you'll find some really nice stuff at really good prices.
>>66352791
Eastman 371ce or an old Greco fa70.
>>66352791
There's a used Peerless Monarch at Anderton's, can't link because I'm on mobile. Seems like that could be one of the best choices for you since shipping into the UK is ridiculous
>>66356824
My Martin 000M. Great guitar I got for 8 or 900 I think. 2007. Before they started making the budget sawdust guitars in mexico
What's a good new 7 string guitar for $400?
i post more on /gg/ than i play
>>66352924
this was very tasteful anon, I enjoy your playing!
do these actually work?
i heard theyre really good
https://www.inlaystickers.com/collections/fret-markers/standard
>>66359470
A little sloppy, but you're shooting for pretty difficult stuff, you'll get there anon
How did you guys learn to read? I'm having a lot of trouble at being able to properly read music to the point where going through a page of music will sometimes take me up to an hour of squeezing my brain. I have to learn a piece for thursday but I end up getting distracted with random shit since I progress so slowly it's boring the shit out of me.
>>66365684
>Eastman 371ce o
Yeah, Anglo name, developed and made in China...
they look great, I don't know how they play, but at £800, I was expecting something more than an Oriental copy.
Someone said a Godin, see pic
>>66366857
i took music lessons when i was a little kid. i dont use it very often anymore desu.
>>66366148
I used to own an Ibanez RG7421. I think I picked up for like $250 used a few years ago, and they go for $400. You can't go wrong, they sound and play great and come stock with some cool features.
>>66366921
Fug, learning to play classical so reading is a must, wish I had learned all this shit when I was a little kid and not now that I'm 21 years old.
>>66366857
the music you're reading is too hard
by all means, learn difficult music from paper, but then practice it, even memorize it. practice sightreading easier shit
I'm trying to figure out how to wire up a push-pull for the volume option I want.
It's a Tele-type wiring: Two pickups, master volume (tone control is irrelevant to this circuit).
Stock is both pickups -> Switch inputs -> Volume -> Jack.
What I want is to switch between stock and an independent volume for the neck pickup, so it looks more like: Neck pickup -> Volume -> Switch input -> Jack, while Bridge pickup - > Switch input -> Jack.
For the life of me I can't figure it out and I'm starting to think it's impossible.
The closest thing I can think of is the blower switch, which bypasses the bridge pickup straight to the jack, but I don't want to do that. I just want to remove the bridge pickup from the volume pot when the switch is activated.
Any ideas?
>>66367278
what about from papyrus?
>>66364606
Im already pissed 2bh senpai
I have to make an eight string guitar suck less because reasons. It came with a pair of flubby chinese humbuckers so those are first to go while I get the frets leveled.
What's the least painful current set of pickups for these meme machines? I'm thinking either Pegasus/Sentient or D-Activator sets, but it's hard to get a feel for either from demos.
Peg/Sent seems to be really full and cut well through demo mixes, but it also sounds all fizzy in the upper mids. Lot of unpleasant noise on the pick attack. But maybe that's because all the demos are by the sort of people who get hard listening to Keith Merrow and name their songs shit like AKHLUT THE DEVOURER.
D-activators were at least used in a bunch of thash and power metal albums that didn't suck, but none of them were tuned this low. Does that shit get gross on a low F? It sure seems like people avoid these pickups enough as is, so while I'm happy with everything I hear, I also wonder if there's some landmine in the low end that made ERG nerds dodge these.
>>66366878
Eastman are not copys. They are genuinely good quality hand made all wood guitars of great quality, and just happens that the company is Chinese (not abroad company that went there to get a cheap product line). I got an ac422ce and is at least equal (i think normally better) quality than the martins and Taylor of the sligthly higher price. It is 100 % wood, while the taylor martin have just the top board of the body wood and the rest a combination of part wood and a polymer.
>>66366131
Those guitars are GOAT for that price level.
>>66366148
>>66366956
Used RG7621. Nothing new in that range that'll stand up to an RG7621.
>>66367384
Lower output pickups tend to work better on ERGs in my experience. Try something like a Bareknuckle Emerald.
If you need high output my go-to would be a Lundgren M8 or a BKP Painkliller. Possible a BKP Aftermath if you prefer a dryer, flatter (EQ-wise) pickup.
>>66367384
>the sort of people who get hard listening to Keith Merrow and name their songs shit like AKHLUT THE DEVOURER.
kek
I'm guilty of that
Thanks,
To be cont.
(better than an Ibanez Artcore??)
>>66367493
Boutique shit iin't in the budget. This is gonna be ran for a few months and then dumped, I'm not wasting an extra hundo on a set I'm going to end up hocking on Reverb.
I mean yeah, I could spring for a $200 Lollar too, but I am looking for something I can ride hard and put away wet, not something I'm gonna keep until I'm 40.
Whats up my dudes
i want to use this riff but i dont know how to continue it
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0WlZq34A09X
some help?
>>66367573
Eight string Emerald bridge would be about $170 US. Most of the SDs will cost $135-155 depending on which mount you need.
As far as SDs go I'd probably base it more around what amplifier you're using. The Pegasus is nice but if your setup isn't particularly tight it could flub out. A Nazgul might be better options in that situation.
Might be worth looking at Distortions too but they're pretty crazy as far as output goes and are fizzier than Nazgul but it'll hit the front end of your amplifier a bit harder if you need the extra trim.
>>66352744
sup my dudes
just get a new guitar literally from trash, and hitting some strings right now
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0WlZq34A09X
>>66367709
The other issue with BKPs is that this is going to happen SOON. I can't buy ones that aren't in stock with a U.S. dealer right now. Otherwise I'd be buying some proper keeper stuff for my regular instruments.
Amplifier is a non-issue. Axe FX. Good enough for government work.
>>66367860
Give Nick at The Axe Palace a buzz and see what he has in stock. Any of the ones I mentioned above would work.
>AxeFX
Yeah I'd probably go Pegasus then unless you particularly want that ceramic pick attack--in which case Nazgul. You don't really need the super output of the Distortion considering you can just turn the input trim up slightly in the I/O menu anyway.
You can take the fizz out easy enough with a PEQ block set to blocking at 8kHz or so.
If a Drive block doesn't get you tight enough just swap to the FAS Brootalz sim. That's an SLO100 front end with a Savage back end. Probably one of the tightest models in the thing.
>>66367962
>unless you particularly want that ceramic pick attack--in which case Nazgul.
Is there a reason you wouldn't suggest D's for ceramic options?
>>66362183
true that, especially if you keep trading/selling up
>>66368164
Personal preference mainly.
I don't like the midrange/uppermid quality pretty much all DiMarzio ceramic pickups have. They always sound like I've got a cocked wah on or something.
I really like some of the BKP offerings and SD seem to be trying to copy them for the most part recently.
>>66367660
loop it and start noodling
>>66358960
Yes bby
Bought a guitar and pickups from reverb, it has protection and seller feedback for (You) to check.
Good luck qt
My strap keeps falling off my Mustang so I've decided to get a straplock for it.
However I don't want to modify it through drilling, jamming toothpicks in it, etc. Can any of you guys recommend a straplock that can easily fit in a Mustang without said modifications? Thanks in advance lads
>>66368191
See, and I don't dig BKP much for low stuff. Part of my reluctance with the Pegasus/Nazgul is them seeming a lot like the Aftermath/Painkiller/C-bomb, and when people first started importing those in the late 2000s in that big BROOTZ movement the midrange on a low note always pissed me the fuck off. You'd hear an F1 and it'd sound like a dude yelling into a Metalzone as heard on the other end of a tin tube.
I've had great success with their alnico stuff, clean, in extended range and baritone guitars, but then you run into the opposite problem of needing a lot of corrective EQ to unfuck the bass. At least, with the models I've used. I've never played anything with an Emerald in it.
>>66367314
I think you need 3 poles. Ask guitarnutz2
>>66358048
They're longer and will bang into shit more
>>66368492
I never liked how the Aftermaths low-mids sound, but the Painkiller is great for it. C-Bomb is a so-so pickup. I get why people love it, but it's not for me.
I pretty much only use Painkillers and Holy Divers now. Holy Divers work brilliantly in sevens, but not sure how they'd go in eight strings.
Emerald works well because it's fairly neutral sounding and lowish output. You can run more boost/input trim and the sound is really nice and even on an ERG.
>>66368363
>>66368580
do those actually work? They look like grolsch beer bottle washers with the Fender name on them. I think my guitar's strap button is about the same size as yours
>>66357346
Yeah, some times you run into impossible chords, but if you got a solid music foundation you can just find an different fingering or position for it. Inversely, I can do impossible fingerings for normal players. Tho, it's not a big deal.
In all, I just albert king, elizabeth cotton, dick dale that hoe. Knobs and wires and all that shit never bother me.
>>66368656
They are exactly that, and yes, they do work. I have an actual Grolsch washer on my bass and it's fine.
Anyone ever play on an Ibanez RC330T Roadcore?
Anyone here with any experience of putting a Jazz pick up in a fender P bass?
I really want a jazz bass sound and am tired of playing so close to bridge, and don't want to spend too much $$$.
Will I just get a poor imitation?
I did the calculations. I don't think I'll be buying a Gibson anytime soon on minimum wage. Fuck...
anyone played one of these?
Any advice on how to harmonic better? I can harmonic fine, but the pitch change isnt as high as when I hear other guitarists do them. Like I want to get it to sound like a squeal, but it doesnt get that inteanse.
I do use .10 gauge strings so I dont know if thatll make it sound deeper than a standard set would.
>>66369926
Ive played an explorer before and it was kind of annoying because I didnt like how little room there was for my hand by the bridge, but thats just me
what do you think about this intro?
https://clyp.it/lrjx0ab0
>>66370662
if you cleaned it up it'd be pretty cool
>>66370662
I thought of it once while listening.
I will never think of it again
>>66370662
I think you're halfheartedly wanking over power chords as a joke
>>66359704
What guitar are you playing on? Sounds great
>>66356766
Man this guitar is butt-ugly.
>>66357321
You're good when you can play exactly what you want to play. If you want to play folk, then that's dope! Chicago bless? Dope. Just play what you want, and don't worry about those weird losers who only care about complexity. Prog rock is the most boring shit anyway.
>>66358819
Listening to this and not having you even begin to sing the first stanza was a top-notch blue ball.
>>66372824
But what if you only want to play "a horse with no name"?
>>66354356
Dude, just look for some one to make you a body, then steal a neck and electronics from another one, or do it yourself, it's not terribly hard. Converting one would be more of a pain with all the filler and sanding then repainting. It would be easier to start from scratch and look better in the end if you want to see the wood grain. Otherwise, go for it, just get a router, saw and drill, then hack one up.
>>66364561
>>66361083
yep, lined fretless, might be able to see better from this angle
I bought used so it's unclear to me if it came standard as is, but I'd assume so, little evidence of it being tampered with
>>66364660
Gear Gods just uploaded this
http://youtu.be/ik9TGv4YNX8
>>66364660
Use your index finger and pinky like a real guitarist. It's easier to play, less angle means less strain on your wrist
Every time I see someone play them with index and ring finger, I laugh and assume they're retarded
>>66373181
I hate half of these names but it's pretty useful. Take a look at Death's latter albums if you want to hear a lot of add9 power chords (especially sound of perseverance), or Gojira's From Mars to sirius for the "inverted power chord" (which is just a 4th).
Also if you augment the 9 in the add9 chord (moving it up a fret), you get a really cool voicing of the minor chord for metal.
>>66373234
Index and ring makes sense if you add an extension. Or if you're high on the neck.
>>66373265
Yes, of course. But for the normal root/5th power chord, pinky should be the standard
acoustic master race here with a question:
when i play fingerstyle, should i hold the guitar like the classical guitarists do? ie: guitar on the left leg, headstock almost level with my own head, left leg slightly raised.
it feels a bit weird for me, but i feel i can do barre chords much more comfortably and it just sounds cleaner. strumming gets really awkward, though.
The hole where my strap locks go has gotten too loose so you can just pull the screw out, what do?
>>66373384
penor in hole
>>66373384
Break Wooden Skewers, put them into the hole, and screw the screw back in. Or Glue.
/good morning/
How do I get her guitar tone in the first song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiNvJKF-pks
>>66373623
A tremolo going very very fast, perhaps? Check out some Earthquaker Hummingbird videos. I can get that sound with mine.
Wot think of new Roland JC-40 for jazz?
>>66373754
>Roland JC-40
just get a used jc120. buying new gear is a meme
>>66358688
Good buy anon. Are you a big Jaco fan or do you just like fretless jazz basses?
>>66352791
Also going to suggest the Peerless Monarch. Have personally played one. Very woody sounding and suited to jazz. Beware though, lots of finish issues on the one I played. Sloppy binding similar to the botched jobs you get from Gibson these days, blotches on the body and headstock where they inexplicably fucked up the curing process. Great sounding guitar but be aware you may run into quality control issues cosmetically.
Rough draft.
for the morning crew.
I'm making coffee cups.
Thoughts so far?
>>66373363
can someone please answer this?
>>66373948
Just practice fingerstyle in the same position that you do everything else. You don't want to be that fucker at the show with his guitar strap super high because he never practiced in any position that wasn't the immediate easiest.
>>66360309
>SCN
You might already know this so don't take it as anything but trying to make you more aware, but please try some Kinmans. If you think the SCNs are even anywhere serviceable, that shit will blow you away. I have the Big Nine-0s, Woodstocks and for Tele, the Bridge Blaster. They're as close as I've ever heard and probably as close as we'll come for a very long time to true single coil sound without the hum.
>>66373363
>>66373948
it's not completely necessary, you can if you want to. i have a classical and a foot stool and it really just helps with perfect technique, but i think most of the stuff you'd play on an acoustic wouldn't really require absolutely perfect technique.
i rarely play acoustics like that
>>66361153
Don't worry about that faggot. Guitar is full of dickheads that are absolutely abysmal but wanna cut others down too. I saw some guy trolling the shit out of Andy James on YouTube comments once and the twat just kept taking the bait instead of removing himself from that dumb situation as fast as possible.
Practice hard bud. Only way to go about it.
>>66373363
>>66373948
you don't need to, but it's good form anyway. if you want to get the advantages of sitting in the proper classical position, but want to feel more comfortable, try using a strap and wear it high so the guitar sits in the same position as when you are sitting in the classical position.
it's WAY more comfortable
>>66373971
Don't be like this guy.
Just follow Marty Friedman's advice at 0:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV0LucbHPsg
>>66374026
Forgot pic
>>66373971
better than having it at slash height desu. playing barre chords with a low strap is an absolute nightmare for the wrist too
>>66360327
I have a Custom 24. Talking strictly the guitar with the stock pickups, you can play anything on it. They're a bit polite for my tastes, which are Bareknuckle (Nailbomb, Miracle Man, Aftermath etc) and EMG81 among others, but all you have to do is add a little more gain, maybe, and compensate with some technique. Nothing world ending. You can easily play death metal on a completely stock C24.
Some things to note, the position of the neck pickup on the Custom 22 versus the 24 means you'll have a more Les Paul type sound. Obviously on 24 fret guitars, the neck tone suffers. A lot, in my opinion. But I'm willing to put up with it on the Custom 24 because it's such a flawless, shockingly amazing guitar, and you get those extra 2 frets to make up for it so no biggy.
If you really wanted, you could change the pickups but on a £2k+ guitar, ehh. Only if you REALLY wanted more power from the pickups.
>>66373971
>You don't want to be that fucker at the show with his guitar strap super high because he never practiced in any position that wasn't the immediate easiest.
>i need to look cool playing the guitar so i kill my wrist with low strap height: the post
>>66374036
his strap isn't even ridiculously high what are you talking about. seems like the absolute most comfortable way in order to facilitate easy technical playing. pretty sure guthrie plays at this height. and eric johnson
>>66374098
that guy is retarded, that's not high at all, that's completely fine
when i think high strap i think tom morello or the beatles, they had their guitars like directly under their armpit
>>66374110
yeah agreed. honestly if i was just playing an easyish show i'd probably have it a bit lower, but if i was playing anything technical at all it would be at that height definitely
seems like morello and the beatles played it uncomfortably high
>>66374149
george wore it pretty crazy high, i don't know how he even played like this, when i play this high the guitar digs into my armpit and my arm gets kind of numb
>>66370651
Practice, that's all I can say. Practice pinch harmonics for HOURS. It'll come. Also keep in mind that the players who use pinch harmonics a lot are using EMGs with an absolute fuck ton of distortion on the amp plus a solid state pedal in the front to boost the signal about 99.9% of the time.
>>66374232
yeah especially with that guitar
how often do guitar picks break?
I'm a beginner too.
>>66374273
They don't, unless you have too much tension and the worst picks in the world. Which means they don't break.
They wear out, but that depends on how/what you play and how long.
>>66374268
worse than that, when you wear a guitar that high you're kind of forced to mostly use your arm, it feels very awkward to play strictly with your wrist. the angle is all wrong for wrist playing. there's a sweet spot for guitar height somewhere around the stomach where you get the best of both worlds, most people who do technical stuff have it around there too
>>66374251
Actually if you're using that signal path, you don't use much distortion, you make use of the different gain stages instead, that's how you keep it clear and precise.
CHON does pinched harmonics with very little gain, as much as it may help, it's not completely needed.
>>66373591
Dimarzio Chopper?
>>66373591
>liquid near the pedalboard
TRIGGERED
MOVE THE FUCKING COFFEE
>>66373849
>>66373754
Coming from someone who owns a JC120 and JC50
The idea of a true stereo amp sounds really convincing to try it out.
>>66374317
agreed. i always thought the beatles had a kind of peculiar way of playing their guitars, with the way they hold them and the way they hold the pick, and their wrists while they strum. it seems like they just use their arm
>>66374549
how is a jc40 different from a 120?
Tell me something. The neck pickup on the red RR50. Is that chrome piece the actual pickup or just a cover? I'm trying to determine if someone replaced my neck pickup or if I have the original and I'm just missing the cover.
>>66373591
Mornin' comfyman
How do I acheive a loose, slipperly bass tone like in this song (around the 2:45 mark onwards as a specific example)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEr1XCEn-I
>>66375154
It's all in the fingers, anon
>>66374251
You can do pinch harmonics without any distortion if you know how to
Sweet Home Alabama solo does it
>>66374363
Yup
>>66374566
>how is a jc40 different from a 120?
IT'S NOT AS LOUD
>>66373591
what made you choose to get the bellwether? I'm looking for an analog delay but can't decide between it and the tonal recall
>>66374077
Oh wow, so enlightened. Sure got me.
>>66375343
that's what i thought but it seemed like he was implying that it had some difference in speakers or something
>>66375368
Pretty sure the 40 is 2x10 and the 120 is 2x12
>>66375389
i meant sound-wise not like how loud it is. he mentioned something about stereo
>mfw I just realised I was listening to the same song on loop for an hour
>>66375368
It's got 10" instead of the 12's, It's a great amp designed for easier portability, and home play. A JC120 is ridiculous for home use, it's huge, way loud, and just not a good choice unless your nearest neighbor is six miles away.
>>66375410
The difference in speakers changes the sound, but I think the JC120 isn't actually stereo, and it splits the channels between speakers, or the chorus is mono or something.
>>66374077
He didn't say you had to look cool, just not like a dipshit.
got $100 to blow on gear
wat do
easy mode: guitar gear
hard mode: bass gear
>>66375763
2nd delay pedal
>>66375830
I already have 2.
>>66375874
Tremolo
Or
Octave
>>66352915
Kek
>>66375763
Buy parts to DIY a pedal.
>>66374296
Right. How often do they wear out then?
How often would I need to replace them?
So any female guitarists here?
>>66376442
not frequently enough to even worry about it. One wearing down just makes it a but less sharp, there's no rush to replace it.
>>66376442
Like I said there's no definitive rate. String gauge and type, attack, pick material, thickness and shape all affect how fast they wear, a <.80 tortex lasts me an afternoon while an ultex jazz III 2.0 lasts about two weeks.
Just replace them once they lose their edge.
>>66376442
You buy a pack and never worry about it again unless you keep losing picks like a moron.
