/gg/ Guitar and Bass General

>>69703635
>GOAT edition
>starts thread with a picture of a drugged out guitar hack
???

Go gray or go home

>he doesnt own a gibson
Keep playing your 80 dollar epi from best buy and pretend its good

Any recs for a great looper pedal? Just for bedroom use, doesn't need to be super high quality. I'd like the best bang for my buck as far as my needs go.

I usually read user reviews and google things up (and I have) but I want to hear it from you guys.

u cant call a guy who basically wrote half of rock canon a hack m8

nice try

>>69703961
Do you want something with a bunch of dials and settings or just a basic stomp?

>>69703923
Nigga, I've got a 1000 dollar Ibanez and a 1000 dollar Tele.

I don't need your Gibson trash.

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> tfw finally figuring out how to use my new audio interface

https://clyp.it/0xdkubd4

>>69703961
I have a Jamman Solo XT and like it quite a bit, but people around here seem to prefer the Ditto loopers. I'd say it depends on what features you want. Do you want to be able to save and store loops? Do you want the ability to record loops longer than 5 minutes?

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>>69704209
>1000 dollar
>ibanez

>>69704209
>price=quality

>>69704273
Pretty loud. I think you might be clipping a little bit.

>>69703961
NUX Time Core has a 40 second stereo looper that is awesome. They are dirt cheap...here's first google result but I'm sure they I've seen them for like $35
https://www.amazon.com/NUX-Guitar-Effect-Models-Bypass/dp/B00BK3VBWC

I wanna play sick 70s rock solos ala running on empty, led zep, etc. where do I start?

>>69704436
Start with running on empty.

>>69704436
do you have a guitar?

>>69704436
Copy Rory Gallagher and Jimmy Page and Pat Travers solos or something and muscle memory and your own ideas of what licks you like will kick in and you'll incorporate that shit into your solos.

Maybe.

That stuff is usually pentatonics sometimes with an added 9th or 6th.

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I asked this in the other thread, but should I get the epiphone sheraton ii or the casino? Rec me some other guitars with nice hollow body design/shape

>>69704436
black sabbath - first 6 albums

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>Bought new guitar
>Open it and dad grabs his acoustic I got him years ago
>Didn't take to it because he had no time
>Start showing him some chords
>A week later see he wrote chord charts out

It reminds me when I starting learning and was obsessed to learn more. Feels good to share playing music with him.

>>69704514
do you already have a p90 or bucker guitar?

i'd say get the casino cuz youre more likely to pick up an LP later that will have humbuckers.

>>69704436
Play your guitar like a saxophone.

Goddamn I am torn between
>the blackstar ht club 50,
>egnater tweaker/rebel
>the bogner alchemist

I have found some decent prices between all off them, and liked the sound of each of them. Which of these do you think is more versatile, or just straight up better?

>>69704568
No I have an SG

>>69704514
T E I S C O

>>69704574
how though

>>69704309
You get what you pay for.

>>69704299
It was actually 850, but with the case and tax it came to 1000

>>69704708
Listen to Sonny Sharrock for inspiration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiDR87-HRhA

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>>69704708
With this. I want one so bad.

Hey /gg/ been gone awhile, what's new?

>>69704754
I'm going to cum

>>69704851
Were still jacking off over accessories

>>69704714
Indeed, you pay for a brand name.

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BOARDS

>>69704851
Tripfags ruined everything

>>69705055
Anything interesting?

>>69705123
>>69705123

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>>69705107

>>69705241
Nah just an attention whoring, mentally ill Israeli weeb

>>69705107
>>69705264
What do youse guys use to tie up any loose excess cable hanging off the bottom of your board?

>>69705309
cable ties

>>69705309
I just use twist-ties.

>>69705304
Is /pol/ here now too?

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>>69705346
Doesn't the metal in those cause electrical infetterance?

>>69705365
We all /pol/ now

>>69705409
Couldn't say. I have my amp/pedals/interface right next to my computer, so any excess noise/hiss I assume comes from that.

>>69705409
Yeah, you need to build a faraday cage first

>>69705346
>>69705327
>not using tone ties

>>69705513
>not making your own tone ties from the hair of fallen geetar heroes

>>69705107
Looks fun, what's above the memory man?

Beginner here, I've noticed my biggest problem with chord changes is that I place each finger on the fretboard one at a time for certain chords which is obviously a no-no but when I try moving them all at once they're just too retarded to do it all at once

Do you know of any good exercises to help this?

>>69704754
Thinking about grabbing one as well. Sounds like it would be awesome for swells/pad sounds if used with a long tape delay and modulated reverb.

Trying to self teach on base but this book completely fucked me with the latin names of scales, can anyone help with pronounciation?
Ionian (eye oh en ee an?)
Dorian (doh ree yan?)
Phrygian (fer gee yan?)
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian

>>69705592
Real tape delay?

>>69705604
Are amerishartlets really this dumb?

>>69705604
>base
*bass

>>69705604
please stop

>>69705604
Those are modes

>>69705589
Practice slowly with a metronome. Gradually increase the BPMs when you get comfortable.

>>69705632
>>69705632
come on guys, i have no idea where to go for this kind of shit

>>69705604
I'll help you senpai :^)

eye-OH-knee-in
DOOR-ee-in
FRIDGE-ee-in
LID-ee-in
mix-oh-LID-ee-in
a-OLE-ee-in
LOCK-ree-in

>>69705592
I really want one but I'm gonna hold out for a cheap deal on CL or something. I don't think I'd use it enough to justify spending $200. Either that or I'll have to settle for a B9/C9/Key9

>>69705683
Pretty good

>>69705683
>LOCK-ree-in
>not LOW-kree-in

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>>69705656
I dont even know anymore

>>69705589
slowly practice this exercise with a metronome.
Play the chord, then play a muted chord (lay hand over fretboard) then play the chord again. it forces you to take your hand off and reposition over and over again.

another one I do is play the chord then take my hand off and slap my thigh then play the chord again. its such a huge movement away from the guitar I have to quickly get back and get my fingering down right

>>69705714
You're right, but Locrian doesn't matter anyway

>>69705604
Ionian - eye-oh-neyun
Dorian - door-eyun
Phrygian - fridge-eyun
Lydian - lid-eyun
Mixolydian - mixo-lid-eyun
Aeolian - ay-oh-leyun
Locrian - lock-ree-un

>>69705723
Do what you gonna do, but maybe look into learning Major and Minor scales before getting inti those modes.

>>69705683
thanks anon, i appreciate that [spoiler]this is when i memorise these names by heart and get laughed at when i try talking music with another fag because i got le tricced right?[/spoiler]

>>69705765
already got those down which is why im moving on to these modes, are chords important to learn if im just using scales for practice and not writing music?

>>69703923
>he thinks the people who hate Gibson would buy an Epiphone
Are this a meme or are you stupid?

>>69705683
>a-OLE-ee-in

more like ayy-ol-ee-in

>>69705782
Learning what intervals are involved is more important than the names desu

>>69705805
more like ayy-lmao amirite?

>>69705812
>intervals
w-what, the book doesnt mention intervals

>>69705803
Once you understand scales building chords is a breeze, they are just built on different intervals of you scales. Might as well learn both at same time

>>69705805
>can't tell if you're making an ayylmao joke or misinterpreting what was supposed to be a long A as a short A sound

That sound is hard to notate without phonetic symbols. Ayy or Aye more often get misinterpreted as a long I sound

>>69705824
While step, half step..distance between two notes

I want to start a noise rock fuzz funk band, but everyone in town thinks Im fucking crazy.

>>69705900
*whole

>>69705427
Oh. Did /tg/ bring musicians who know shit or just more idiots?

>>69705656
Modes are scales as far as I'm concerned.

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>>69705818

>>69705264
How's that Doom Bloom? Always meant to try Tom's pedals, do to know what circuit it's based on?

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>>69705888
I was just joking tbqhfam

>>69706008
Me too, just pointing it out for anon.

>>69706036
Is that a hot rod deluxe or regular blues deluxe?

>>69706036
Joking has no place in phonetics. It's a very important subject

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>>69706017
>>69706036

>>69705683
>>69705750
>using the actual alphabet for phonetics
>caring about pronounciation for latin

>>69705750
locrian is lo-cree-un

>>69706312
>implying using the phonetic alphabet would help anyone at all
The people who know the phonetic alphabet wouldn't need help on pronunciation

>>69704603
get the casino

How long has /gg/ been this shitty now?

>>69706396
Probably since 2014. I went through a handful of threads in the archive last week. I forgot how nice this place used to be

What combination of two chords gets a pussy wet?

>>69706396
about a year

used to be cool now it's constant low effort bait

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>>69706396
>implying it was ever anything but a meme

>>69706424
Did Anons fuck off to reddit or somewhere else?

>>69706481
Dischord

>>69706426
boipussy?

>>69706506
girlpucci

>>69706537
Any major chord change, minor chord change for mentally ill trannies

>>69706426
Cmaj7 Em9

>>69706506
You need to be a bit more brooding for boipucci
Em Bbmaj7

>>69706580
Can I substitute in Cmaj9 or does that make 'em dry up?

>>69706580
>>69706638
thats just wrong

all you need are Bb and F.

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>>69705365
we're everywhere

Why do maj7 chords sound so pleasant? Especially F#maj7 on the Emaj7 position. So sonically pleasing.

>>69706022
I'm not that other guy. I own the regular Bloom. I've talked with Tom through mail. It's not really based on any particular circuit, and you can hear it.

>>69706022
>>69707657

Yeah, it doesn't sound like a Big Muff, which is one of the reasons I got it. I like it, but I'm not really sure how to describe it. I feel like this video shows it off fairly well and what it can do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHaiO-FvBHQ

>>69707871
These pedals are memes
It's the same as playing with high gain and a DS-1

>>69707910
What is your favorite Tone Bender?

>>69703635
https://clyp.it/4v1ggt34
r8 my shitty blooz

>>69708045
Ladies and Gentleman! THE LOOSE CHANGE!!! With Johnny Copeland on guitar!!!

Did the Russians take over /gg/

>>69708045
If you're going to bend this much, at least practice bends so you get them more in tune

>>69707630
there are two perfect fifths in seventh chords (C and G) and (E and B) opposed just to just one in a normal triad

>>69708045
could be worse. how long have you been playing?

>>69708438
About 5 months now.

>>69708469
keep at it, anon. i was nowhere near that good at five months.

>tfw your music retailer gives you such good deals that you feel guilty and can't figure out how they make a profit

>>69708580
I used to think this, then I realised they're still making money, and their markups are massive

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can anyone help me ID this guitar? I think its a vantage but i cant find shit on them online and the pictures are all too blury

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>9 days until I get my 6505mh and finally replace my 1x8 vypyr combo for a 2x12 v30 cab.

What will it feel like? How much better will it sound? Just tell me anything to get my hype up.

>>69706309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSnSeUhmHKg

>>69708758
http://www.jhs.co.uk/brands/vintage/vintage-electrics/vintage-vsa535-semi-acoustic-guitar-cherry-red

>>69708580
If you're not getting at least 20% off instruments and 15% off electronics you are paying too much. Start haggling at those discounts and you should get up to 5% more off.

t. guitar shop employee

>>69703635
What's it called when you can't read music worth shit, yet when you hear a song you can play it on your guitar/bass almost instantly? Autism?

>>69708800
GG mate thanks

>>69708816
I've got some bad news anon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpIigV7-kJk

>>69708580
>not understand the concept of wholesale and retail pricing

>>69708045
is this jamming or are you playing a song you learned? its really good

Should I bite the pillow and buy a blackstar ht 50 club or should I get memed on and get a egnater rebel 30? I have heard both, but don't know which one I should get.....

>>69708938
Thanks anon, it's just jamming. All I ever do desu

>>69708884
I wish I was autistic :(

>>69704602
I'm partial towards Bogner but I've always wanted to try out the tweaker.

>>69709025
I was considering the alchemist as well, but I have heard they are not as reliable? Have you had any experience with it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlDIebFfG2c

How do I get tone like this? What amp settings do I need and any effects?
How do I find girls like her?

>>69709080
It's just some humbuckers with delay and reverb, nothing special.

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>>69708816
I've got Aspergers Syndrome and I can often do that. Recently learned "I told everyone" by Dinosaur Jr. on guitar just by listening to it.

/gg/, can't decide between a peavey 6505mh or a EVH 5150 iii 50W.
What do?

I can get the 5153 at ~700 USD with current exchange rate. Meanwhile, the 6505 is about 550 USD.

Don't know if the supposed volume jump in channels 1&2 in the 5153 will be too bothersome.

>>69709080
why is this so unmusical to my ears?

>>69709109
Better question then, how do I get tone like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zne2aFaPEjE

This is what I'm looking for in a tone and I don't know shit about building tones

>>69708816
It doesn't mean much of anything, because learning something by ear is a trial-and-error process and is usually easier than actually learning to read music.

>>69709080
Play out of tune with some reverb

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>>69707910

>>69708954
...but can you djent bro?

gonna be a weird question, but fuck it
what desks and chairs do you guys have for your home studios? I'm looking to upgrade both

tfw considering selling my 4x12 cab that never gets used (I don't live at home anymore and I can't even use the thing in my apartment). i have a twin reverb but even that's too loud for my apartment, so i might sell the cab to buy a used princeton or something like that. should i do it?

>>69704554
awh :) thats nice anon

>>69709975
just go to ikea like the rest of the djenting memers on youtube. dont forget to use biasfx.

>>69709999
Is it still too loud even at minimal volume? If it's a good rig I'd keep it, you never know when it may come in handy again.

>>69710022
It's a 50w amp. even a princeton (15w) is arguably too loud for some apartments

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>>69709975
All leather executive chair- except I removed the arms.

similar to pic related

>>69709402
>learning by ear
>trial-and-error
Only if you have really bad relative pitch

>>69709975
If you're gonna be playing guitar in the chair, make sure you get one with folding armrests.

>>69706008
No, this mentality will make things 10x harder. Lets take D Dorian for example, DEFGABC, it's just a c major scale with D as its tonic. This means that with a major scale you can play over all modes, by knowing what makes that mode different, i.e lydian's characteristic is the #4 giving it a dreamlike sound.

>>69710186
Your mentality makes it a lot more confusing for beginners. So many people trying to learn modes like that can't hear any difference and just hear C major no matter where they start from in the scale

If you start them all on the same root note and treat them like different scales people get it more easily

So what's your recs for getting a dark funeral/dimmu borgir rhythm guitar sound? I have a Peavey Bandit 112, a tube screamer, fulltone gt-500, fullbore metal, and I'm playing on my Washburn PXL-10. I can get lead tremolo sounds fine, melodies almost, but getting good firm black metal rythms are where I'm lost because I'm so use to focusing on my trems with a little mid

https://youtu.be/NvkQ6GZAy7k?t=78

How does he get this kind of sustain with this low gain tone? Particularly with this 3 note compound bend, I just don't see how it's possible without cranking up the distortion or cranking up the compressor, both of which ruin the dynamics of the tone. But obviously he's doing it, so it must work somehow, don't know if it's the guitar/amp combination that he's using or particular settings or what.

>>69710303
The bend is at 1:18.

>>69710303
Tubescreamer and vibrato

>>69709975
I have a work/listening to music office chair and a wooden chair for playing

>>69710333
this, might not be a ts but its an od

Would you play a fuzzy guitar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g77eCIdKlHY

>>69703635
What's up /mu/? I just recorded a cool little video of me playing the guitar. Check it out (: it's kind of monomotion (aka I'm not trying to portray and colors or emotions, just some old fashioned shredding) but it's still cool.

https://youtu.be/hOuWSc2og3g

how do i emulate the sound of my glasses on my head vibrating against the body of my guitar ?

>>69705573
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8_fhBNVhJk

its after the zoom because I like to do that j mascis type wah feedback thing and it works best with the distortion after the wah

>>69710926

No, I have enough issue with static electricity in this dry climate already.

give me a topic to write a verse about

>>69711504
Being abducted and raped violently by a lamia.

>>69711504
browsing /gg/

>>69711519
a llama?

>>69711542
Lamia. You know. The snake ladies.

>>69711549
I'm writing the verse about a llama

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>>69710926
Only if I'm able to wear the spinning guitar strap

>>69710926
Absolutely.

holy shit

chords have a root note

this is crazy

>tfw live 3 hours from a guitar shop

not looking forward to the drive tbqh famalam

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>>69711908
Wait, what?

>>69712271
ok so like
D and Dm both have the note D in common

>>69712343
I'm still not getting you
They have more than just a D in common. The only difference between them is once note.

Guys how can I palm mute faster? I am struggling to play "When I Come Around" by Green Day.

>>69712583
Literally just practice more. There is nothing you can do technique-wise. Just practice and it gets easier and faster.

>>69712442
lol this is starting to make sense
so the second note is 7 steps (notes?) away so im guessing thats what people mean by 7th

the difference between a minor and a regular(major?) is a note thats 4 steps away & by googling i found something about a perfect 4th

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>>69712644
Whoa, whoa, whoa slow down
I can only handle so much new information at once

Why is D the root? Why is this stuff so hard?

>>69712694
im just trying to figure out what im doing rather than just playing a chord

>>69712842
I just play random notes and hope they sound good together. Sometimes they do sometimes they don't

>>69712644
wtf, this just hit me

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Local shop had this, I've been looking for one for AGES. Couldn't be happier :^)

hey bassfriends, I'm trying to build 3 finger speed but I can't seem to get past ~90bpm sixteenth notes

does anyone have any tips for me, or should I keep practicing and hope for the best?

>>69712245
imagine living in a shitty hick state? jesus christ what a nightmare

So are any of you even actually good at guitar?

>>69713180
why is that important to you

>>69713180
no but check out my pedalboard

I'm at a show and nick Reinhart is like 10 feet from me

Trips decides what I don't think

>>69713180
I don't even play guitar

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>>69705107

>>69713524
Is some of that in a loop and some in front

Or are the two row connected, and if so in what order

>>69713573
It's a DRRi so no fx loop, the gain section goes into the Decimator internal loop.

>>69708778
You are literally me. Had this cab collecting dust for 2 months, and if I dont get spoiled with the 6505mh on xmas, ill buy it myself

idiot here

which amp

Marshall DSL15C
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009AF7V2G/ref=twister_B0188O6ULW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

or

Orange Tiny Terror 10 Combo Tube
https://www.amazon.com/Orange-Terror-Combo-Guitar-Amplifier/dp/B01I5MIZRO/ref=sr_1_7?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1481956637&sr=1-7&keywords=tiny+terror

Got a guitar with p90s and another with HBs.

Currently got a peavey classic 30 that sounds alright but fuck my friend has a marshall that I like and I also played an orange 35rt (solid state so i guess its trash :/) and loved that too.

The marshall has good reviews, but fuck man there is like no online info about the orange one.

>>69713822
neither

>>69713841
what do you recommend? I like playing fuzzy stuff and stuff with lots of reverb and delay. Price range is 500-600.

>>69713913
Get a used Blackstar HT Stage 60. Or if that's too loud for you, get a lower wattage one.

>>69713913
Blues JR w/ pedals of choice?

Not the dude above you though

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why does orange inflate their cabinet prices?

>>69713975
aesthetics/brand name

>>69713950
>>69713937
thx m8s. im def interested in the blackstar, ive always wanted to mes with one.

>>69710014
bias is great m8

>>69713524
prettiest board I've seen posted here desu

Why would you own a dog if you know that it shits?

do you have to have long nails to play fingerstyle? I'd like to learn but I don't want to look like a gargoyle

>>69714554
Nope, you can definitely play with the flesh on your fingertips. I actually prefer it to having gross nails. And fingerpicks are another option

Has anyone had any experience with the Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 50? Reviews of it seem pretty positive, and I found one on the cheap. So, should I pull the trigger?

>>69714554
you can but it will be very quiet compared to using nails. fingerpicks are good too but theyre really more of a banjo thing.

some people use those glue on fake nails

join https://discord.gg/VTa4jC4

>>69705604
Its not Latin, its Greek

>>69714645
It's a pretty dope amp. Definitely a different flavor of high gain than the stereotypical 5150/6505, not necessarily better or worse just different. An OD as a boost definitely helps. The cleans are great too

>>69715071
Man, the journey of getting an amp is so difficult. So many options, so little money. I think I might just pull the trigger on this one after all, and get a decent 4x12 cab. Thanks anon.

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dear /mu/
I come to you in these dark times in search of wisdom.
I'm playing the bass through two cabs atm, one being a 210 ampeg portaflex, and the other being a ernie ball music man 212 hd, an old cabinet that I love and bought used this year, pic related.
I want to make some changes, and I have two options.

1: sell the portaflex and get the matching music man 410 used. Very hard to find, but not impossible.

2: sell both cabs and have a friend of mine build a big ass fridge, he has experience with speaker enclosures. I'll explain the project better in another post, but basically I'm still considering a 212/410 combo with all eminence speakers.

what would you do? Do any of you have ever had the pleasure of playing through the music man 410? It might help the fact that it's basically a markbass 104 HF with italian b&c speakers.
I generally play everything going from garage rock to heavily distorted stoner bass, I don't know if the music man will do the trick since I cannot try it

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>>69715601
Now the other project.
It would be a single cabinet but with two separated ported spaces, the bottom one with the 212 and the top one with the 410.
Two sets of wiring, 8ohm for the 212 and 8ohm for the 410, so that I can either biamp or run two cable from the head and work at 4ohm.
The 212 section will be consisting of two 12" eminence delta, one being the 12LF for bigger low ends
The 410 section is going to be four 10" eminence 820 speakers.

Any experience with these products?
Any of you guys went this route an built their own cabinet?
pic related my extreme paint skillz

>>69713524
who puts a noise gate at the start of the signal chain?

>>69713180
NO

>>69715936
Considering most of the noise comes from your pickups, everyone should.

Is it a bad idea to plug a bass into a focusrite scarlett? I don't have an amp yet but i have a scarlett solo and decent speakers. I know that electric guitars sound alright if they're plugged in directly but i don't know anyone who has tried it with a bass and i can't find anything else online about this

>>69716215
Yes it's fine with a bass

>>69716239
nice, thank

>when there are bees on stage but you're too comitted to play through the whole gig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smg3coINg0E

>>69715693
That seems pretty cool, i will say that itll be a bitch to move, youre going to be limited to trucks and big vans. Youll also probably need help to lift it.

T. Guy who had a band member with an 8x10 and 6x10

>>69716215
If its like my 2i2 id recommend getting an active di box with a pad, that way you can keep the level up on the scarlett without going red. Not neccesary, but my sound quality has improved. A sans amp would do the job too if you have one laying around. If you dont like the sound of the sa just turn the blend all the way to clean.

But it wont hurt anything.

>>69716481
the cab will rarely move outside my house/studio
thanks for the input though
looking at enclosure design softwares now, but I still have an itch for that 410 music man...

>>69715693
Mixing different speakers only works if you split up the signal, so every speaker only handles a certain frequency range. What you want to do is similar to people running a 410 and a 115 cab, there is a very detailed thread about this on talkbass. You could get phase cancellation and all kinds of other issues.

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>>69703635
I finally have a decent pedalboard. Still looking for a nice auto wah, but besides that I'm pretty happy.

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"Oi anon, I heard you can play guitar. Here take mine and play something for me."

What do you play?

>>69716769
Careless Whisper

>>69716769
"Sorry M'Lady, I only play classical guitar and bass"
*tips Fodera*

>>69716793
>classical guitar
Thats a classical guitar my dear gentleman.
Now play something.

>>69716769
I play this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp6TSg4_1qo
then I rape her

>>69716777
I forgot to mention that I play the sax line with my kazoo at the time. That's probably the most important part

>>69716722
the thing is, I've been mixing cabs for a while now
I've also read all those thread on tb, but the feeling I get from that forum is that most of the posters rarely get to test what they're advising against
but you made a good point, since adding passive crossovers to the system would prevent me from succesfully biamp
on the other hand, if I go the music man route, music man itself suggest the pairing of the 212 and the 410 cabinets to fully cover the frequency spectrum
I'd say some cabs (or some speakers) blend well together, and some don't.

>>69716801
No it isn't my dear Lady, it is a western guitar. Do you not see the bridge and the steel strings?

>>69713524
How is the compressor?

>>69716832
True, which is why I said you COULD get these issues. Just wanted to point it out, I'm fairly happy with a simple 410 cabinet.

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>>69716868
I'd be probably happy too with a 410 cab, but you know, going the DIY way, I wanted to make something really definitive. Not something I'd might wanna add another cab to in the future
I considered building a 612 or a 412 speaker cabinet, something like pic related. But I like how some 10 sound and I don't want to miss them.
Of course on the 412 I'd be putting two eminence delta LF and two regular eminence delta. Ive heard a cabe made by hope custom lab with these two speakers working together, it was AMAZING

Pretty new to effects, could someone please tell me what type of pedal is used at the solo at 2:05 in this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSGDT-bxu3c

Lurked and saw this is another thread last week.

Barre chords with a secondary barre are supposed to be played with the ring finger right? ie. C, D, E etc.

>>69717101
sounds like reverb + tremolo set at a high speed

>>69717171
It depends on the chord itself, and what you want to do with it, like trills, hammer ons, bending...

>>69717244
But it's not bad form per say? Just that I've always played them like that.

Especially since you can use your pinky to spice them up a bit.

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>>69716215
wot

Of course you can. I've been using my bass with my Scarlett Solo for a long time. You can use your pedals with it as well.

Install asio4all then download AmpegSVX, its the bees knees cat's tits yo. I think its bundled with Amplitube software. I like the SVT4 and SVT4-Pro simulator.

pic related

>>69717244
Thanks!

>>69714554
>>69714629
>>69714709
>quiet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7n-J3ccHJg
Nah. But still, stop biting your nails.

>>69711276
Nice, I've got a Collins harmonic percolator...really great pedal. Always wanted to try more from Fredric, I've had their Os Mutante before and it sounded great but replaced it with a creepy fingers build that had more parameters to tweak.

>>69715936
You can use it as an "effect" kinda like tremolo too ya know?

>>69717750
Yeah, just crank that baby up to mute and stomp on it 8 times per second, you'll get that real nice hard trem effect

>>69717823
>stomp on it 8 times per second
not hard to do for a death metal drummer

>>69717508
that guitar is plugged in though

im talking about it you have an unplugged, unmic'd acoustic, just playing in a room. just fingertips will be much quieter than fingernails or fingerpicks. have you ever played fingerstyle before lm?

>>69717836
>stomp
all in the ankles brotha

>>69717922
Yes, I play fingerstyle. I have ugly gargoyle nails. I played for a long time with just fingers. You can get the same volume. It's more about the direction you send the initial vibration than what's hitting the string. I just happen to prefer where my hand floats when I have nails.

Is online the only way to find bands to play with? I play bass and am told that its in high demand but from the looks of it, not many bands need a bass

>>69718002
Find out where the record store is. I mean actual records. If they have a corkboard, there will probably be old style flyers with the bottoms you can rip off. Its where I found my band.

>>69718002
craigslist/gumtree if you're in the uk

could also go down to your local college/university and speak to a few guys. I know when I went to music college outsiders would get involved from time to time

>>69717836
I dont think you can heel/toe a push button

>>69718016
>>69718028
thanks guys, im going to try these today.
if i go to the local music university how do i strike conversation?
Do i just walk up to randoms and ask if they need a bassist?
wont competition be fierce since these are actually trained musicioans (as opposed to me, who is self trained)

>>69717992
maybe, but that has never been my experience. you also go a lot slower with just fingertips.

you really notice it on banjo, once you put the metal fingerpicks on you can play twice as loud and twice as fast

>>69718092
Do you know the difference between rest and free strokes?

>>69718082
university might be a bit different, I went to a standard college performance course that was really laid back both with structure and staff

A lot of those guys will have their own bands and know others too, can't help to just introduce yourself and ask around for possible opportunities

>>69718082
Don't even say shit. Just say "Yeah, i play bass, wanna jam?" If you mesh, you stay. If you guys clash personality wise, you move on. Don't say shit about training. I'd rather have a guy who only plays root notes being cool af than have some virturoso who can play three songs at once on his bass but is a complete toolbag to work with.

>>69718102
yea but i never use rest except for certain thumbwork

>>69718109
>can't help

*hurt, obviously

>>69718109
>>69718111
thanks again guys, i really appreciate it. wish me luck!

>>69718142
Good luck.

>>69718126
Rest strokes really useful for making a specific voice motion stand out in the texture. I would strongly recommend experimenting with it, especially with ring and middle fingers.

>>69718142
>>69718111
>>69718109
also one more question, i occasionally see street performers on guitars and give them a pound or two when i walk by to the point they are kind of familiar with me. would these people be a good way to find bands or is there a reason why they play solo?

>>69718142
godspeed

and remember young musicians are enthusiastic and friendly as anything, no need to be shy

>>69718160
It might be. I personally have never asked buskers about being in a band. But I'm sure they know a guy who knows a guy.

It goes without saying, don't interrupt their rendition of "Wonderwall" to ask about being in a band.

>>69718157
will do

throw some percussive slaps in there and ill be an indie star in no time

Lets start an online band, /gg/.

>>69718241
>international big band of shitposting
you wish

>>69718111
This is true, an old band of mine had the weirdest line up but were great dudes. Double pedal heavy drummer, root note bassist and a lead who did whatever the fuck he wanted (was shit hot tbf) regardless of tempo or sometimes even key.

Didn't last long but it was a lot of fun.

>>69718241
https://discord.gg/VTa4jC4

k, hmu

>>69718241
how active is this board? maybe we could arrange actual meet ups. anyone plymouth (uk)?

What's the best way to learn to improvise jazz? I know some theory but still struggle when I see a standard and complicated chord changes and things.

>>69718309
buy a beret, become black, start going bald, induce blindness
congratulations, you are now a competent jazz player

>>69718309
In a nutshell by mastering all keys and imaginary pitch. Broadening your listening and improvisation to many different artists and forms, and practicing like your life depends on it.

Books, and not just the technical learning type, but about the "feeling" top jazz musicians express will help you far more than anything here. It's musical mastery at its finest for a reason, bloody difficult.

>>69718397
I had a look at some of the books in the OP but I'm not sure if I like them. I'm okay with most modes right now but I'm lacking arpeggio knowledge even though I know the scales. Probably because I'm shit at reading music and rely on patterns. I also don't know shit about diminished scales and stuff which seems pretty important

>>69716752
How do you like the mammoth? Thinking about building one.

>>69718414
>I also don't know shit about diminished scales and stuff which seems pretty important
Oh, yes, indeed

>>69718435
It's been so long since I sat down and learnt scales and stuff and it's not entering my head well. I'll keep trying to get them down though

>>69718443
Try playing over the changes of the A-section of Con Alma using different diminished scales. I'm an ear-player for sure, and not all of the diminished scale notes sound right but it's an exercise in tendency tones that I really like to do. Maybe it'll make sense to you.

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>>69718241
/gg band/

>>69718484
I don't think we'd be quite that hopeless looking.

>>69718241
i can play a mean 4/4 drum beat and snare roll fill, sign me up

>>69718484
They've even got a modded shitty offset that really is /gg/ incarnate

>>69709351
Lightly overdriven amp. Clean up the grit by turning the volume knob on your guitar down. Or something. I don't know.

>>69710186
>No, this mentality will make things 10x harder.
I disagree. If you think of D Dorian as C Major, your lines are going to sound like shit because you'll be emphasizing and resolving to tensions. To be playing "in" D Dorian, you should be emphasizing the D, F, A, and B notes. If you're just noodling around with the C Major shapes you know, acting like you're playing C Major, you're going to be hitting C, E, and G a lot, and likely sounding like shit.

>>69718432
Just build it. It's a few dollars worth of components. Works great on bass, retains a lot of low end. Can't comment on it for guitar.

>>69713524
clean/10

>>69715936
That gate reads your clean guitar signal, then puts all your noise producing pedals that come after it into a noise suppressing loop.

>>69718711
When I first started learning modes, everyone was just like, "D dorian is just the major scale starting from the second note". This lead to problems you are talking about where you end up emphasizing the Cmaj notes and sounds bad.

Eventually I started to think of modes as just altered major or minor scales. When I think of dorian, I think of the natural minor scale with a raised 6th

>>69716769
https://youtu.be/5QD5n98R_nk

>>69718902
People always make modes way more complicated than it is. I've known killer players who keep breaking their necks over it. You either get it or you don't, I've concluded.

All right, /gg/, how the fuck do I memorize the fretboard for improvising? Do most musicians memorize intervals locations relative to roots? Or every damn note?

>>69713524
Don't you fuck up your switches live in dark rooms with adrenaline pumping?

Maybe I'm just retarded but my pedals are pretty minimalist for that purpose

>>69719001
I just remember that the third fret of the E string is G and go from there.

>>69719001
intervals is probably the easiest way. when you're improvising you can't really think about note names and all that crap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2txO_u2eNg

that gives you a good overview of what's going on in their heads when they play

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Can I use one foot switch for all four functions on an engl ironball or am I going to have to get two?

>>69709975
A metal chair that you would use when you have guests for dinner

>>69719001
Roots and their shapes, though it eventually becomes muscle memory. If you're playing in one key of course which 90% of music is.

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>>69719031
>>69719300
Thanks a ton. I didn't think I would get any good responses.

>>69719220
Im not sure whats going on here.

So jack 1 is master volume boost+reverb on/off

Jack 2 is channel boosts which can be switched independant of eachother?

Depends on your footswitch's wiring.

Each jack will use a trs cable, two leads sharing a ground. If you have a footswitch that will take 2 trs inputs and has 4 buttons that would work. I would make my own.

If both jacks share a ground a ground you could use a 5 conductor wire with 2 trs jacks on either side so you only have to run 1 cable. It would be easier just to use 2 trs cables and zip tie them together.

Find out which contact point is ground, wire those together on the switches, then connect one of the remaining terminals on the jack to each switch.

So you have tip ring sleeve. If tip is ground, connect sleeve 1 to switch 1, ring 1 to switch 2, sleeve 2 to switch 3, ring 2 to switch 4. That will allow you to house each one in a single switch. Would probably cost you about $25 for everything.

Look at a schematic.

>>69719540
Also, if for some reason both amp jacks dont share a ground only tie ground together on switch 1 and 2 and then tie the other to 3 and 4

>>69719540
Thank you based anon!

>>69716769
smoke across the water on one string

>>69709249
because she has horrible tone and technique and the music she's playing is awful. she has no understanding of chord progressions and it seems like she's just randomly noodling