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>>54434332
I've only seen a good green that wasn't actually blue a total of once and that guitar is definitely not it.

Someone has loveless's pedal?, opinions?

How often do you change bass strings?

I've got a warrick hand down with 15 year old ones that I gig with occasionally.

>>54434593
Warwick copy I should say, I wouldn't be that cruel to a proper instrument.

>>54434593
more often than that, I'm guessing. I heard yearly, but a guy I know usually does it every 2 or 3 months.

>>54434593
I'm a guitarist mainly, but I've never changed the strings on my bass and I've had it for 12 years.

Convince me to sell/keep my Axe-Fx II. I love it at times, but it can be extremely complicated. I miss the traditional setup. I miss pedals. I miss the amp in the room sound

>>54434738
no wait, I did change them once, like 8 years ago.
pic related

>>54434771
if you miss the "traditional" setup, there's your reason. we can tell you what to do, but ultimately it's all your choice.

>>54434717
>>54434738
I'm just kinda lazy because of how annoying the process is. Decent strings are $20+ a go and they indent if it doesn't catch the peg first time.

Thankfully they don't break.

>>54435418
I feel you, man. People on here talk about restringing guitars as often as every 3 weeks and I went a year without changing them before. never had tuning stability issues with older strings anyway, so I can tolerate it.

>>54435512

I can understand going a year without changing on a practice only guitar but if you do gigs you gotta respect your audience more than that.

>>54435512
>often as every 3 weeks
I changed them every week when I was woodshedding it up and needed to hear what I was working on. Shit is like gum.

>>54435651
I changed a little less than monthly when I played anywhere outside my bedroom. don't worry, buddy.

>>54434565
Is that a noisemaker pedal? What does it do?

Guessing 2 fuzzes or fuzz and reverb/pitch vibrato

I have a mex fender strat that I just feel is kind of a shitty guitar, i'm entering a point in my life where I could buy a bit more expensive. Is it worth it or should I just upgrade my current strat?

2nd question: i'm looking for an amp as well, and have heard good things about kemper profilers. Anyone else have opinions on them? Pic related

Can I learn much from listening to guitars on shitty speakers? I know I'm missing the low end, but it seems like I get a clearer view of the top and harmonics.

>>54436303

Just get a cheap but decent pair of headphones and learn how to EQ them properly, silly.

Anyone recommend a good passive bridge pickup for me to look in to?

The guitar shop had a couple of "pickup sample" guitars AKA, 5 Squiers with different pickups in each one

The only one that I really liked on what they had bridge wise was a DiMarzio D'activator-X, it had a certain level of clarity to it and volume in general the other ones didn't have with the same thick distortion on all of them.

I could pick it up for $80 but I want to check some more out, the maximum im willing to spend is $150, and it would have to really blow me away.

If not something else, how do you guys feel about said pickup?

>>54435850
Do like the sound and feel? I have a 50s vibe mexican strat and I think its great.
If you have a mediocre amp now and $ burning a hole in your pocket, I think you'd do better to put it towards amplification.
A lot of guys hate the profiling stuff but I can get great sounds from my POD.

>>54435850
>Is it worth it

up to you. it's true that you really can immediately feel and hear the difference in a serious guitar though

what I would recommend is doing your research, not just on a model but the specifics of the actual guitar. the origin of it's parts can vary hugely depending when it was issued and it's pretty easy to get ripped off this way

>>54436784
I feel like pickups are almost all preference. What sound do you want? I've had great results from the tone zone and crunch lab.

>>54436784
what are you looking for in terms of tone and genres?

>>54436620
I've got all that, I just don't always feel like plugging in or hunting down headphones when I'm on a laptop listening to stuff. I've found that when I do plug in, there's more going on, but it's not like a good guitar gets any better. The shit ones do, but once you hear something you don't like, you can't unhear it no matter how much is added.

>>54436982
If you're doing any mixing or tone shaping, you wont get far with computer speakers. Either plug into a good sound system or use phones. I prefer the former.

>>54436940
>>54436955
I thought I mentioned that, sorry, I'm tired and at work.

This guitar is more for metal type stuff a good 80% of the time, I'm running 11-49 gauge strings in open C, every thing I've ever done has been put a lot of distortion on, and I have hit on a really good balance on my amps/pedals that gives me really deep smooth bass sound without sacrificing the clarity of my higher notes, it's hard to explain, the most common first sentence out of someones mouth playing my setup is "That's really, really clear..."

I'm really bad at explaining myself.

>>54434466
wat

>>54437171
Seafoam green is blue. Half of mint greens are blue. Green is a bitch color to get to not look hideous.

>>54437342
>Seafoam green is blue
No it's not.

>>54437144
Take a look at stuff like the Lace alumitone deathbucker. they're not my kind of thing, but apparently they handle metal great and sound very balanced. If I remember right, you can coil tap them and they end up sounding closer to a single coil than regular tapped pickups.

ALL OF MY FUCKS. This is how you do a fucking demo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIvj_4mL5cY

>>54434466
I could dig a green Casino.

>>54437342
This is simple yet objective color spectrum analyzer. To get to cyan, which is probably would you'd begin to consider blue, you'd still have to move halfway through the green spectrum.

If this looks blue to you, either your monitor is heavily uncalibrated or you have some sort of rare color vision deficiency, most likely tritanopia color blindness.

This looks pretty good

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>54437635
Another one with another shade (and much lighter) of surf green. Still absolutely green and very far away from cyan.

>Have an Epiphone SG
>Want a Gibson Les Paul Studio 2014
>Been played 3 years
>Fucking love Les Pauls
>Jimmy Page is good
>Singe coild pickups are for faggots

>>54437730
And last one just to make the proof clear. Yet another shade of seafoam/surf green, still completely green and far from cyan.

Get your monitor or your eyes checked. The fault is one of them.

>>54437741
I'm pretty sure bumfuckers are for faggots.

>>54437523
Writing it down. never heard of it. Thanks

>>54437888
they're a bit of a break from traditional looks, but don't skip on them for that. a lot of people are going to call it a sterile sound, but those are the same people who say that about EMGs or other actives.

>>54437977
forgot to say, they are still passive. not active.

>>54437977
I'm not typical /mu/ who thinks cosmetics are more important than, or even have any bearing on the sound a comfort of a guitar. If two dicks taped together wrapped in copper sounded/felt good, I'd play on it.

Making a guitar out of a tree that fell in my backyard. Trying to decide on finish. It's a willow, so the grain isn't going to be the most interesting thing on the planet, but a natural finish isn't out of the question considering that I'm planning to build it neck-through. I guess what I'm asking is:

clear finish
stain under clear coat
solid color
metallic color
solid burst
metallic burst

or some combination?

>>54437741
>not liking that single coils are noisy, articulate, and jangly

That shit's cool. If I want super distortion, sponge, or honky then it's hbs for sure.

>>54438235
Make a test board and try out all sorts of shit. Then pick your favorite.

>>54438401
that's probably what I'll end up doing.

>>54438235
Got any pics Anon?

>>54438235
How did you dry it? Also noice supermoon solar eclipse wood if it fell in the past couple days.

>>54437741
>He doesn't know that jimmy page used a telecaster for a shit ton of recording including the solo to stairway to heaven

>>54439922
dubdubs of truth confirm this

>>54437730

Just got the Strat in the middle tonight. American Special. It's awesome as shit. The amp is a Laney cub 12.

>>54441283
Clean your room and get some stands.

>>54441349
No and I have stands but this was just a quick shot of them.

>>54441283
nice! what's that on the right?

>>54441283
solid guitar collection anon

but tidy your fucking room

>>54441383
Fender showmaster. Korean made but neck through. Great shredder guitar.

>>54441383
Looks like a Fender Strat SE.

Maple veneer, twin buckers with coil split.

>>54440550
I would own a guitar in every one of those colors

>>54441283
where to start my man

I'll start with a positive: sweet strat man. not a huge fan of maple neck/fretboard but that's still a nice guitar

also what is the guitar on the right?

also also I recommend stands or cases for those

Do I really play most jazz chords by sort of 'plucking' the first, third, fourth, and fifth strings with a grabbing motion?

why do fretless basses exist /gg/?

transposing on the fly must be a nightmare

>>54441523
Only you know the answer to that question.

>>54434593
I change my strings every 2 months or so. I hate it when my strings get dull sounding. If you don't mind that dull, thumpy sound or you use flatwounds then the strings literally last forever though.

>>54441523
It should feel like when you grab a boob.

>>54441523
Most jazz chords are played on 4 strings only.

You can still use a pick fine as long as you mute other strings.

>>54441567
because bassists wanna be fly like jaco

>>54441607
don't listen to this guy. The squishiness may be eerily similar to the layman, but guitars don't spray you with mace and call the cops.

>>54441567
It makes it even easier. You can even play in just intonation.

What are the heights these 2 should be set to /mu/?

>>54441741
It depends on the nut and truss rod. It's derp o'clock and time for bed, so I can't remember the order you mess with them in.

>>54441741
Any advice on restringing this thing that I sould know?

>>54441283
I had one exactly like yours for a while and sold a few weeks ago.

American Specials are really great guitars. Poor fret job, though.

>>54441927
don't fuck up.

>>54441927
What's with those fret inlays?

>>54438587
not yet. I just decided to start sawing it up today. I'll post pics when I have the log separated and planked.
>>54438670
The thing fell a couple of years ago, but we're in a dry enough climate that it hasn't really rotted. We'd been hoping that it would be dirt by now, but since it isn't making any real progress that way I'm cutting it open to see what we've got. There's still brown inside, but it's been bleached grey by the sun on the surface. I'll be drying it more once I have it sawn up.

>>54441927
use a capo to hold the strings.

>>54442055
Didn't even notice that.
>>54442288
Like this?

>>54441523

Play them however the fuck you want to play them. Play them however you think they sound good. Just play what you feel and don't let anyone tell you it's wrong. That's what jazz is all about.

>>54442477
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRxqGZrnyYA

>>54442477
Even the pickups look funny.
Any way I should loop the bottom?
Sorry for the spam. I'm just a guitar noob trying to not mess up fixing this guitar

>>54442068
You have much experience with crafting then? I don't know anything but I guess there's a science and engineering voodoo to building any instrument.

>>54442558
Thanks!

http://vocaroo.com/i/s04DZkNX4x1l

My name is Ten Jay and I'm here to say
It doesn't matter what you play
As long as you like it, that's okay
Word

>>54442719
Ripped off of One Way Road btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJdcxeQxNRU

>>54442477
>>54442618
How hard would it be for you to Google/Youtube "How to restring Bigsby"?

>>54437550
With a shirt that shows my tattoos and in a Canadian accent?

>>54442815
Sorry.

>>54441721
But they can't call the cops when you're blocking their sound-hole...

>>54442620
frankly, no, and it's extremely likely to be a shitty guitar as a result. I'm optimistic, though, because I have a couple of luthier friends, I'm very good at researching things on the Internet, I have a library card and know how to use it, AND I know people with good woodworking tools.

The basic plan is a through-neck SG with no neck angle (which means a different bridge), three humbuckers, 24 frets, weird switching (each pickup has an individual off / coil-split / full humbucker toggle instead of a 3-way selector), weird knobs (3 volumes and a passive treble/bass setup).

Omitting the neck angle makes shaping easier, but I'll still need to angle the headstock because I don't want string trees. Considering that I'll need to laminate the neck/center block, I'll probably just do a scarf joint through the fucker to avoid exposing the shorter grain.

I'll be sure to post plenty of pictures of the process. I think I have one of the tree.

>>54438235
Is something like pic related out of the question?

>>54443141
not if you saw it in pieces and glue them back together.

>>54443178
I just think it'd look real pretty if you simulate a similar appearance anyway you see fit.

>>54443141
no, there'll be enough left when I'm done to make a table or something too. I just want to try and make a guitar.

>>54443006
>woodwork lingo

Straight over my head.

Good luck though, I'll look out for progress pics. Always admired hand made instruments.

>>54443209
oh, you mean as far as appearance. I'd need wood from more than one tree, or I'd need to partially finish some pieces before gluing it all together. If I laminate the neck with a darker wood (I was thinking wenge, maybe?) it'll look something like this when it's done.

I'm likely to fuck up, though, and paint hides a great many sins.

>>54443275
I think you may be able to do it to an extent by varying natural and satin finish.
Gluing pieces doesn't sound bad.
You could also try some careful wood staining, though.

>>54435795
https://soundcloud.com/noisemaker-effects/loveless-demo

This is surprisingly good, jump to 1:15 for instant loveless

>>54443275
You could also get the jigsaw effect with a ruler, a soldering iron, and a light touch.

>>54436784
im using the X2N, sounds great to my ears. might also try out a super distortion, ive hear good things.

I'm normally a woodwind player, and I've been fucking around with the guitar in the past year or so. Nothing serious- I barely know three chords or so. But today I figured out how the fourth fret on the first string is a whole step down from the first fret of the second string and that this continues for most of the fretboard and lots of shit just clicked. I've begun to memorize which notes correspond to which frets on which strings, and now I can play major scales and dominant 7th scales from any note starting on the first string (as in the low E string). I watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QcEoGrmpqc and am able to get the major G 7th, dominant 7th, minor 7th, and minor 7th flat 5 chords really easily. I'm able to play major scales and dominant 7th scales starting on the first string in 16th notes at 72 BPM now, and have even started to solo and play chords over basic blues standards like Freddie Freeloader. What's a good way to learn more about jazz guitar? It feels like something clicked today.

What kind of bass guitar do you want to play jazz music?

asking this again anyone have any experience with small 1 to 5 watt heads. want something to drive this

>>54444094
Double bass.

Or if you're a pleb, the Fender standard is so widely used for a reason. Stingray if you want to venture into more funky stuff.

>>54434332
>Post gear
pic related
>Post desired gear
I need to get monitors for mixing. I'm thinking KRK Rokit 6 or maybe Yamaha HS5
>How long have you been playing?
9 years
>Fav guitars?
I'm not picky. I've had a Schecter for 6 years that's done me no wrong, I enjoy the brand. In general, I like the stereotypical strat shape and necks that aren't too thin.
>Fav guitarists?
John Frusciante, Dimebag, Mikael Akerfeldt, Paul Masvidal, Plini, Tosin Abasi, Ryan Knight, Misha Mansoor, and more
>Projects?
https://soundcloud.com/turpsy-q
A lot of different stuff, but mostly metal instrumentals

>>54444296
Not interested in single coils at all?

>>54444090
You've barely touched technique.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY7GnAq6Znw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iJZBNRoQ0k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am0pGhRyb-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Jh1BV1EOc

>>54444375
No need to state the obvious, my friend. A better response would be one that actually tells me how to improve my technique- you know, useful information.

>>54444400
>one is taught according to their ability to learn
Is it so difficult to pay attention, watch and learn?

>>54444509
>>one is taught according to their ability to learn
That's bullshit, but it does bring up some relatively important non-bullshit things.
>the ability to learn varies by the individual for various reasons

>>54444509
I assumed that all the videos you sent me were just to either show me a goal to set for myself or to show me that I'm objectively shit at the moment. I'll watch them and see what I pick up, but I doubt they'll substantially improve me.

>>54444334
I'd be open to a single coil neck pickup. But it's not a make-or-break thing for me

>>54444090
start by reading up on arpeggios

jazz improv theory can get very odd very quickly. you can never do enough study on how chords are constructed and their relative notes though

>>54444606
I just got here and I get to say it so soon?
>Remember kids, experience is only as creditable as how it's interpreted.

Here's a painting I like.
Artists tend to specialize quite a bit, painting, sketching, composing for a solo classical guitar, drinking, smoking, being depressed.
But they don't mix visual arts and the auditory arts (musical arts? Maybe that's too narrow...) as much as I'd like.
I think it'd be great if every image had a well fitting musical composition accompanying it.
Sure, it's common in film and what not, but I find that it's not as intimate. A single image may have many things to say, many things that may be interpreted musically for dozens of minutes.
I can vaguely envision some of it now.
Some artists creating things like a women sawing her arm off with a look of serenity on her face, with something like Yakety Sax playing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg6ApDTkplI

>>54434771
Don't. Try running it through a tube poweramp and into a 4x12. It's how I've always ran mine.

It gives you the in-room feel, and allows your patches to be MUCH more straight forward.

>>54437144
Something like a Duncan Distortion will probably cover most basses. It's not really my thing, but people love them. X2Ns can be a bit much at times.

>>54444296
Been thinking of grabbing a 6505+ to put next to my 6505. Kind of want that upper mid goodness at times.

>>54444800
I have a marshall 1960av 4x12 lying around, should I use that or sell it? I think a 4x12 might be overkill

>>54444828
>4x12 might be overkill
That doesn't make sense. If you like the sound of the Marshall voiced speakers, use it. They're great cabinets.

4x12s are like 50/100 watt tube heads. It's not nearly as uncontrollable as people want you to believe.

>Be poorfag
>Looking at everyone's rig ITT
>tfw always will be poorfag

>>54444874
I grew up in a low income family. I busted my ass working to get my gear. Really, it just takes commitment and time.

>>54444800
>>54444828
Do you guys live in the woods or something?

Lots of posters here seem to have venue standard amps lying around their house.

>>54444874
>been playing around 10 years
>have less than 3k worth of gear
>not even worth that much anymore because of
-muh damaged
-muh used gear

>>tfw always will be poorfag
There's always a small change that some rich guy will randomly select someone to give 10k to in your country, and that person be you.
There's also a small chance that a comet will fall from the sky and hit me dead in my sleep tonight.

>>54444946
I live in the foothills next to a national park, but really a lot of those amplifiers are more than usable in your bedroom.

Maybe not a 6505 (it doesn't sound good until 3-4), but a DSL50 sounds great on one and isn't really THAT loud.

Also, when I'm playing arpeggios or scales, should I use my thumb, index finger, and ring finger for plucking the string, switching to the next finger with every new string?

>>54444946
no I live in LA I just use the axe-fx for my live shit. I bought my JCM 800 + cab when I was 15. worked all summer for that shit.

>>54445038
If your JCM800 has an effects loop, run the AxeFX output 1 into the effects return then from the 800 to the 4x12. I run mine like that with the DSL.

Depending how old your 800 is though, a lot don't have loops.

Not that it matters, JCM800 with a TS-9 is one of my favourite tones ever.

>>54444874
>>54444966
If it's possible to be saved, it's possible for you to help yourself and get yourself onto a pedestal with some dedication.

>>54445012
There's no right or wrong plucking hand technique, some lend themselves better to different styles of music but ultimately it comes down to whatever feels comfortable. There are bad habits though, so stop yourself if you start overusing your index or playing random bass notes.

Standard classical (E A D thumb, G index, B middle, e ring) will build muscle memory and good form, so maybe just practice simple fingerstyle pieces with that for a while.

>>54441927
set the bridge so its intonated by moving it slightly de-tuning and re-tuning again. when you have to restring it string one string at a time to keep the bridge in place. don't take all the strings off at the same time unless you feel like doing this all over again.

>>54445605
Did all that lol. Its the third guitar I played ever and it sounds great! Its my bosses dads guitar "dad is kill" so I want to return it to him perfect.

>>54444800
>quad-dubs
>not a word about it

>>54445079
i'm like 99% sure mine doesn't have a loop.

>>54445864
Pic related is my best.

>>54445886
Just have a look on the back.

>>54445909
yeah i was right it doesn't

>>54434593
Boil them, I play 3 times a week in pubs and outdoor venues, pull your strings off, boil them in water to get all the dirt and oil out and they'll sound good as new.

Don't do it with guitar strings though

>>54434593
Once a month if I can usually, somewhat varies by the amount of gigging too

Hey guys, which of the jazz tutorials would you recommend for a guy who can already play blues and funk rhythm and solo really well but doesn't know a million inversions to each chord? I want to learn to play jazz but I don't want to have to sift through a bunch of "babbys first guitar" stuff

Which color would you choose?

1

>>54446324
>>54446335
First one

>>54446349
yeah I'm thinking the same but then it looks completely cheap in other pictures.

>>54446324
This one.

>full hollow body
>one neck pickup

What do these sound like

>>54446432
I just think in person that the first one's color tends to look way better. Can't go wrong with either though

>>54446264
Don't get too caught up in the cerebral side of jazz getting a good feel for the music is more important for a solid foundation, you can study chord theory as you go along.

Start by transcribing bebop solos (charlie parker, charlie christian, barney kessel, tal farlow, lee konitz etc..) Then you can move on to modal stuff and finally chord melody.

>>54446450
It's a floating pickup (not attached to the body) so it actually sounds pretty acoustic, but with a tone knob so you can get a more rolled off electric sound. I like to use bronze strings for that acoustic sound though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WNh8JIeqd4

>>54446495
Nice. I know it's a professional demo vid but that clean tone is gorgeous.

>>54446324
teardrop burst a shit
perimeter or bust

Put together a new pedal.

Really cool OD that split lowend and highend frequencies with separate gains and volume controls.

Any pedalbuilders in /gg/?

Just copped this guy. Absolutely love it

>Spectrum Guitar with a Silvertone Smart III's

>Marshall JCM600 Head; Orange PPC412C

>1 year
>Gibson Les Paul Junior
>Joe Satriani
>Maybe thinking of making a band when I get better.

>I usually don't talk about music but I play that RockSmith 2014 game when I want sometimes.

>I always wanted to play bass. Anyone know some good basses I can get?

My RG1820X has active piezo and passive pickups. Does anyone know if removing the battery fuck with the normal pickups' sound/output?

>>54448403
Try it and see what happens, it's not rocket science.

>>54448538
I tried it but I can't tell for sure, especially because I don't play this guitar often

Ded thread
Ded game

>>54448403
It doesn't on a 2127X, can't imagine it's any different.

>>54444285
>electric jazz
>pleb
get off the computer grandpa

Garage got broken into last night. They took my guitar, my bass, my bass amp and my guitar amp.

The only thing they didn't touch was my pedalboard which is actually worth more than my guitar and amplifier put together.

>>54449293
fuckin niggers

>>54443739
Doesn't sound like anything special. I think it's too harsh for the loveless vibe

Am I the only one that thinks telecasters are ugly as fuck? I mean they're great guitars, but I find them revolting to look at in any color. Then again I find the Gibson firebird and fender jaguar sexy as hell, so maybe its just me.

>>54449746
i think teles are great looking, especially with p90s.
I wouldnt think much of firebirds but jaguars are sexy af.

>>54449746
Teles were somewhat of an acquired taste for me.

>>54449945
Yea, they definitely aren't close to being the ugliest guitar out there, but for one of the more popular guitars, I think they're "boring". To each his own I guess.


BTW, what do you guys think of pic related?

Reviewfag here, I'm having a fit of keks at all the related videos that have popped up.

I'm feeling pretty somber with all the rain, I think I'll do a lesson on bossa nova today. All you hep cats and cool kittens want to learn those funky grooves, right?

>>54450134
vomit-inducingly ugly

>>54449746
I thought I filtered you.

>>54449746
Would you a SE?

If you don't like that then giddafuck out my face.

>>54450134
yeah i agree that theyre boring, my jaguar is just god tier though, wouldnt change it for the world.

Im not sure about that, the round part of the body and scratchplate kills it for me. head stock is sick as fuck though.

>>54450189
link to your stuff?

>>54450264
shits hideous

>>54450297
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTp_YePbW3E

>every guitar demo ever

>>54450219
I expected this response.
>>54450245
Why would you?
>>54450264
I actually would.
>>54450279
I don't like it either but I love the shape for some weird reason.

Thoughts on Steve Vai?
Talented or shredwanker?

>>54451200
He knows how to create and carry a melody and play more than arpeggiated 16ths. Beats out 99% of progressive metal that is missing the actual song over top of the scale runs and arpeggios.

>>54451200
The only song I ever cared for were the non shredded parts of for the love of god.

I respect his talent but I don't listen to him, same with most guitarists that guitar players jizz themselves over

>>54450328
You need to have a better camera job, a better mic for your voice (and guitar), a better set and a script.

It's only fun if you make it look legit and as if some serious thought, effort and production went to it.

Otherwise there's no sarcasm and just looks like an actual poor review.

>>54446986
I dunno about guitars, but those Peavey natural bass models with those cool ass humbuckers are chic as fuck right now in grunge-revival music, and they sound hot as shit and I need one (even though I play softer stuff, it looks amazing).

>>54451565
I couldn't decide if the parody of the amateur review or the pro one was better to go with and ended up with some serious cable access quality. I'll probably delete it and make something even better at being worse once I get a mic and camera, but a new guitar is first on the list. That 660mm scale is killing me and nylon isn't meshing with what I want to play.

What I really want to do are some of those VHS quality lessons where you can't actually learn anything from it. Wear my superwhale cord leisure suit with a denim shirt and talk like bob ross while being completely useless at explaining anything.

>>54438235
stain & french polish

>>54452220
>french polish
>electric
Why?

>>54443006
>no neck angle
you will regret this

>>54444285
Double basses are hard to hear in band settings. Especially if you have a large horn section. It's not a case of being a pleb it's a case of wanting to be heard in a band. Both instruments are good but I think electric basses are more practical than double basses.

>>54452288
because polished with pumice from mighty volcano

>>54452339
you can use amplification with a double bass

>>54452343
That's not how you do it.

>>54452381
>superfine pumice

Does anybody else remember the good old days before guitar center when a pack of ernie balls were 20 dollars and the staff would eye you with disapproval if even looked like you came in intending to test something?

>>54452607
I think you're describing every single store in my country nowadays.

>>54452681
Most likely. GC and the internet were the best things to ever happen over here. A lot of people don't remember that the little stores were even bigger jews back before they had competition. There would be all these ragged looking amps that barely worked going for the same price as the new ones and a capo was 60 dollars.

They actually had nice guitars on the walls, but the prices on those were even worse.

>>54434823
>>54435418
Do you guys use round or flatwound?

I used to use roundwound on my bass, but they sounded really bright at first then they had an extremely short period of sounding awesome then they went dead.

I have switched to flatwound and now they sound awesome all the time and don't die. I change them once a year, but I also give them a wipe whenever I finish playing, so they don't go rusty or gunky. They are expensive as fuck though, £45.

>>54453159
I play D'addario half-wounds, which are coiled round inside and coiled flat outside. Rreason being, I used to play exclusively flatwounds, but I found myself in a rock band where I was using distortion, so I needed lots of buzz and attack to hear myself in our practices. I switched to roundwounds, and it sounded great, but I was getting so many blisters that I couldn't practice between sessions. Half-wounds are bright and feel almost as smooth as flatwounds. I still have trouble playing roundwounds, which I should just force myself to do eventually. Maybe just as a recording situation or something.

>>54452896
Yep, that's what happens here in Brazil.

You go to a store, most employees will be doing something else and ignore you if you need help. There's also the opposite situation where someone who clearly didn't want to be there will show up to "help you". They have (and they make sure to display it) no incentive whatsoever to sell.

If you want to try an instrument, you have to ask first and they will do it with the worst face and mood on earth. They will also stay by your side staring at you while you play. You don't usually have the guts to ask to try more than 2 guitars.

Ernie Ball strings cost $12. The very few high end instruments are usually locked in a glass cases or up high, you basically can't try them unless you're going to buy and are just checking for flaws.

>>54453245
That sounds like a good compromise, how long do they last?

I really didn't like roundwounds, not so much for how they felt to play, but they died way too soon.

>>54453245
I usually change once a year cause like, they still work, it's obvious some sustain is gone but they don't feel stretched or anything, they still play great.

>>54444240
they're just less loud tube amps
i know lots of people like the kustom defender and the vlave jr

>>54434565
I saw it on Reverb.com a few days ago, but now I can't find it.
Did it get removed or something?

>>54449293
What a cruel world we live in.

I really want to nail the silversun pickups sound. What pedals should I look into?

>>54453702
Probably sold out.

>>54453413
That sounds the same as it was here back before I started playing in the late 90s up to about 2008. They were always chatting with the black guy playing a piano or standing around looking pissed about nothing.

Back around that time I did my best to dress like I was a rich kid with more money than sense (I had just barely enough for a nice guitar) and no one even attempted to kiss my ass take my money. I turned and left without even trying anything. The next time I went last year, all they had were squiers and plywood acoustics.

I went to another place in a different town and instead of the failed rocker douchebags with gelled hair working there who scorn the idea of an acoustic, it was fat old guys who hated anything that wasn't blues or bluegrass. That was where I had a greasy man watch me like a hawk.

I still haven't bought a nice guitar. Probably for the best as I'm not all that good, but I shouldn't have to put on a recital to buy a guitar.

I'm gonna pimp out my guitar this weekend. Should I get a new tune-o-matic bridge first or a new tailpiece first? I'm selling some old stuff and I think that I can only get one for now.

>>54454130
Tune-o-matic a shit so get roller bearings.

>>54434332

Been playing for about 10 years. I'm not in a band, I just play for myself. It's more a hobby (A damn good one) than profession for me, although I am proficient at the instrument.

influenced by Vai, Hendrix, Chili Peppers, Dethklok, any jazz guitarist, Guthrie, Joe, SRV, etc, etc, yadda yadda.

play ONLY with d'addario strings 9-42, and with Jazz III plectrums.

Pickups are Crunch Lab (bridge), and Air Classic (in neck), My guitar is modded with a heavier bridge and 500k pots.

I push the gain thru a modded SD-1, and thru a cocktail of the proper pre amp tubes for a Van Halen esque gain. Um, pretty much it.

I mostly just imrpov solo over backing tracks and songs. I have a couple fully written songs with a Hendrix vibe using mainly the clean channel (think wind cries mary and Have you ever been to electric ladyland).

think that's about it.

If any St. louis players are reading this, I recommend checking out Gravity Strings. Those guys have a great collection of gear and they can repair/set up anything you want.

>>54454178
Love the guitar, amp and strap; drink better beer.

>>54454178
I don't know why this reads like a subtle troll.

>>54454277
it's because he has an edgy pointy guitar

>>54454256
lol, k

>>54454277
I'v been on 4chan since 2006 now.. everything I type has a subtle "trolliness to it". mean no offense

>>54452368
Good point. I would still rather travel with an electric though, haha. I imagine carrying a double bass everywhere is a nightmare.

>>54446986
was that in the gta kijiji?

>>54449293
Thats terrible. I take pictures of all my instruments and their serial numbers just in case. I may never see them again. But if I do I'll have evidence.

>>54455612
Our local town has only so many pawn shops and music stores that selling a stolen instrument just means you'll get caught within a few days, and if you seem shady they won't even buy from you. That said, they very rarely change up stock. The only non-strat and non-djent guitar in one shop is a Danelectro that's been around for 3 fucking years and it's always $500 and I always remember when I don't have money to burn.

>>54451383
The thing about shred is most guitarists misuse it. It just sounds awkwardly out of place in most contexts that guitarists use it in. When it's used properly, like to accent a frenetic part of a song or to build tension in a solo, it can be amazing, but it just sounds forced in most contexts.

>>54455819
That's also true of playing above the 12th fret and too much harmony fill in arrangements. It takes a very light touch of it to make you and the song sound better. Now balls to the wall dueling shred is epic and feels like baroque counterpoint.

No other guitar can ever be as meme as this.

>>54456657
what's a meme?

>>54456657

>>54456758
That actually sounds okay. All the other thing can play is tinny memetaps.

>handle hole on a guitar

>>54456858
>That actually sounds okay.
But there's no fucking point to it. There's a 12 string neck, a fretless neck, and three 6 string necks. Why the fuck does there need to be three 6 string necks? The guitar clearly only needs three necks. Meme as fuck.

>>54457010
One sounds like a strat, one sounds like a LP, and the one in the middle has a Floyd

>>54457034
>sounds like a strat
Meme.
>sounds like a LP
Meme.
>a Floyd
Meme as fuck.

>>54457088
One is single coil, one has humbuckers, and one has a vibrato arm.

>>54457182
What is Rick Nielsen best known for? That's right. He's "that dude with the 5-necked guitar."
Meme. As. Fuck.

>>54457292
We're not saying it's not a meme guitar you dumb fuck, you said there was no point to having 3 six strings when clearly the 3 six strings serve different purposes.

>>54457341
Should have thrown a bass on that thing lol

>>54457341
It's kinda autistic to have one neck for humbuckers and one neck for single coils when you could just have one neck with humbuckers that can be switched to single coils onstage.

>>54457481
>coil split
>not worst of both

>>54452324
not if I don't use a tune o matic bridge

>>54456657
>>54456858
you can do some pretty cool shit on a Warr guitar tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0k7B2eiDg0

and it makes a great bass substitute too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNYOTVKpj3Q

Novice guitarfag here.

I always loved The Beatles and loved John's Rickenbacker. I'm thinking about saving up for one. They're pretty pricey, but are they worth it?

>>54456657
>>54456758
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEyI24nb010

the best part is when it explodes out of nothing in mid air and than falls into his hands and he just immediately proceeds to start shredding.

>>54457805
They are.

They are also, however, very peculiar instruments with very narrow fretboards, unique pickups, shape and features (such as glossy bubinga fretboard, which is highly unusual).

Keep saving, but there's a chance you'll grow to hate or love them in the future as a guitar player. When that time comes you can just purchase a better suited instrument if you dislike the Ricks.

Also, I hope you're referring to John's 6-string Rick. He also used a 12-string Rickenbacker that isn't really an all-around versatile guitar. It's more of a studio and very specific equipment.

>>54457961
I can't decide whether the guitar or pants are more meme.

>>54446170
man that rick makes me thick
nice swollen pickle and green rhino too

>>54457961
so the 80s were basically just a ten-year period of cocaine, perms, and unwearable pants?

>>54458010
The whole video is like a peyote fever dream really.

and these are your spirit guides.

>>54458063
Basically yeah. Don't forget terrible hair metal.

>>54458088
Glam is still a thing in Japan though isn't it?

Shit like X-Japan?

>>54458146
Yeah, in it's own niches the genre lives on but it's not the disgusting monster it was in the 80's
I mean metalcore is basically the new glam rock now.

>>54457962
Thanks. I'll keep that in mind

Lollar VS Seymour Duncan VS suspiciously cheap Charlie Christian Telecaster neck position pickups. Which would you choose?
Apparently Duncan's is the closes reproduction whereas, sound-wise, Lollar's is about 6/10. I have no clue about this:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hand-Made-Charlie-Christian-Tele-Neck-Pickup-hand-scatterwound-/281635224906?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4192c47d4a
He's seemed to have made a lot, according to his feedback, but is $95 cheaper than Duncan's.
NB my Telecaster will not be a hollow body.

>>54457961
I'll see your hair metal and raise you a fat bloke doing everything but play guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz5cZrC-KIg
It's just as ridiculous but without all the smoke and hair and awesome pants.

>>54458767
>sound-wise, Lollar's is about 6/10
Where is this coming from?

>>54452339
That was a joke friend, there's nothing wrong with bass guitars.

I was lucky enough to play a Stentor classic on a group tour once though, damn difficult to get to grips with but simple walking lines have never sounded so good.

>>54458856
>simple walking lines have never sounded so good.
You could actually hear it? Were you running monitors or in-ears? :^

>>54458832
hearing soundclips on YT. never heard one personally, but that's what it sounds like on a solid body. have you ever heard before? what do you think it sounds like? I just searched up Vintage Vibes and I already trust them more than that one guy on eBay

>>54458909
Foam fingers, trade secret.

>>54459015
Lollar pickups are praised as one of the best in the market nowadays. Generally considered a step-up from companies like Seymour Duncan, Dimarzio etc. They are also generally more expensive than these brands.

Taste is extremely subjective and I won't discredit your personal preferences because I think that would be narrow minded and immature. Some people for example prefer the stock pickups on Squier Classic Vibe Telecasters than the ones in the $2.2k Fender American Vintage Reissue ones. That being said, Lollar pickups are seriously incredible.

I have one telecaster with Lollar 52Ts which previously had Seymour Duncans (Vintage Lead 54 and SM-3). I was not satisfied with the SDs and got the Lollars. They were incomparably better to me.

I also have a LP with Lollar Imperial humbuckers and I have another one with Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers. I also prefer the sound of the Lollars though in this case the difference isn't as extreme as it was in the telecaster. The SD Seth Lovers are still pretty amazing.

>>54458806

>>54458292
Asian guy looks lost

do you guys think the squier tele classic vibe is a good buy?

i want a telecaster but im not sure if i should get it now or wait and save for a fender

What's the best general music theory book out there?

>>54459434

You have to play them before you buy them, same with Mexican Fenders. If you find one that feels good to play it can be a great deal. Most of them feel like shit and have serious setup problems.

>>54459462
Harmony by Walter Piston. Counterpoint by him is also getting to be a good read.

Will solid state amps ever surpass tubes? I can't imagine that some one won't figure out a way to make them at least sound equal.
>>54459315
Anon, they're all lost.

#edgy

anybody else get one of these emails? maybe I should unsubscribe

>>54459678
We're just barely learning how to make acoustic guitars sound good unplugged. I'm surprised the amp is as old as it is because electricity only covered about 60 percent of the country at the time.

The short answer is it it already has, or come close enough, but putting it into production as a quality alternative would rape the massive profits on tubes.

>>54458806
What's the problem with this? I had issue with it until he started doing those cool touch harmonics.

>>54459930
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLHQQuiX02o
These are cool harmonics. That is just slappy tap where every note sounds the same.

5 favourite effects brands?

>Z.Vex
>Electro Harmonix
>MXR
>Digitech
>Boss

>>54459977
She's great, does she have any recorded stuff?

And yeah, slappy shit is bad but I admire his ability to do those harmonics because I can barely do them.

>>54459996
Boss
EHX
Mooer
DigiTech / DOD
Line 6

I wish I could put ZVex on that list but they're so expensive. ;_;

>>54459781
Are you implying that companies can create amps that are better, but refuse to in order to continue selling their much more expensive tubes? That would be unfortunate, but I don't think we are quite there yet.

>>54459930
It's called
>He's doing something different and looks like he enjoys doing it so I'm going to make fun of him for doing it.

>>54460017
>slappy shit is bad
>playing harmonic chords is bad
go fuck yourself faggot. you're a fucking idiotic bullshit sorry excuse for an intelligent life-form.

>>54459996
>EHX
>EarthQuaker Devices
>MXR
>Boss
>Strymon

>>54460017
Tons, or at least quite a bit.

The artificial harmonics are pretty easy once you get down the motion. I learned it during that week I wanted to be Jaco.

>>54460122
Butthurt, lol. If he varied his playing style or played with a less harsh sounding instrument it would be fine.

>>54459622
I know it's spoon feeding but, I can't find it, got a link?

>>54460154
check libgen.org

>>54460179
thanks, forgot to ask which edition is the most patrician, should I just go with the newest one?

>>54460146
In the span of time between your comment and this one, I taught myself artificial harmonics all by myself.
I couldn't have done it without your help, I'll name my first born heir by your name, in your honor.

>>54460147
>I don't have an argument so I'm going to say he's butthurt
>I'm going to bash on the guitarist and his instrument because I can't say shit
Does your mommy tell you that you're special, faggot?

>>54460147
You're walking into the landmine of anons that don't think a guitar makes for a shitty sounding drum or that extreme tapping on an acoustic isn't one-dimensional wank.

>>54449293
the church I work at got broken into, they made off with two guitars and a bass worth about $2000 total. After about two weeks the thieves got caught when they tried to sell the instruments to guitar center and the serial numbers came up as reported stolen. We got all those instruments back. Report the robbery for sure.

>>54460249
Patricians are uneducated faggots that don't have anything else going for them so they have to feel superior about their partial understanding of music.

>>54460318
As if I cared about what an asspained teenager thought. There's creativity and then there's that slap and tap BS that was cool for all of three months after August Rush.

>>54460318
I don't give a fuck about what it sounds like that shit's fun

>>54449945
where would i look to find a pickguard like that? I'm building my own tele and I love that shape

>>54460397
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Uncut-Pickguard-Material-Great-for-Custom-Pickguards-_c_224.html
Download a template for a Telecaster custom online and cut it out of this material.

>>54460367
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>>54460457
>Vos es fucking mortuus kiddo.

>>54459763
Jazzmasters are cool looking guitars, don't know why /gg/ rail on them so much.

>unconvential tones for the digital age
>checked strap to turn heads
>MOD INSPIRED

this is bullshit though.

>I'm going to play guitar because I can't play a real instrument.

>>54460597
I know you're shitposting, but guitar's not the only thing I play.

>>54446986
i've been GASing for one of those for a while now.

but the 81'+ model with the blade pickups instead of the toasters. I Heard the toasters have a harsher sound than the blades. but that's great if it's your thing.

>>54460597
>I'm going to play an instrument because I can't compose with pen and paper.

>>54460597
What instrument do you play?

>>54460597
How is guitar not a real instrument? Lots of people that play the guitar are talentless hacks that learn a few chords and scales, but it has harmonic potential and has a nice sound to it.

>>54461051
The only instrument with more talentless hacks are the bass and the harmonica.

>>54461128
>playing an instrument that some other people are bad at

How is that supposed to be insulting

>>54460983
>>54460983
>>54460983
>>54460983
>>54460983

>>54457961
Ain't got nothing on the rage Kage

>>54461287
Guitar.

>>54461233
Well, every guy I know plays guitar. That's why I also play flute. No one but pretty girls and Sir Jethro Tull play flute. It's much easier to be really good at it as opposed to another guy that plays guitar.

>>54461396
>It's much easier to be really good at it as opposed to another guy that plays guitar.

Stop caring, you aren't 14 and trying to impress girls by playing chords anymore. Other people being better than you has no relevance to your playing or passion for an instrument.

>>54461497
It's easier to fill a niche. Guitarists are a dime a dozen and fiddlers close to it. Break out the flute and you are a hot ticket for a gig.

>>54461756
same could be said for the bassists and harp players you slated 3 posts ago

So why even bother with passive pickups?
>muh organic sound
>muh dynamic range
I really don't get it. Active pickups are far better in many ways. If you can afford a couple of batteries, that is.

>>54461756
stop playing instruments because it makes you feel more needed. play instruments because it's fun and fulfilling to play.
>>54462080
I just never found active pickups that I liked. different strokes, I guess.

What's the best guitar for Rap guitar?

>>54462763
A wrap guitar.

>>54444800
mr. axe-fx man, are you still here

>>54443006
first of (probably) many setbacks: that tree is fulla bugs. Even if it doesn't look like dirt, it's well on its way.

So, I went to the lumber yard and bought some wood because I need a project god damn it.

From left to right:
4 feet of 8/4 hard maple
4 feet of 8/4 walnut
more feet of 8/4 cherry
walnut bending stock

>>54463090
I'm just going to assume you've already looked up how to build a guitar and wish you luck.

>>54459996
Shin Ei
Blackout Effectors
EH
Catalinbread
EarthQuaker Devices

I want to arm/do the guitar that Rivers Cuomo used '94-97' but in a Squier/Fender Jaguar, and have a question, they can put on capsules humbucker (of preference those of Rivers)

Fresh thread bros

>>54463798
>>54463798
>>54463798