anyone wanna talk guitar shit? pic is mine. Fender Duo Sonic

Love the look of that guitar. Well worn. How long have you been playing? also
>tube
>solid state
>digital
pick one

Very nice! What strings you got mang?

>>741473681
just generic ernie ball 9s. i dont really consider strings to have the craziest influence on tone so i just go for something easy and cheap.

>>741473289
Beginner guitar player here. I bought off an rg350dxz from a friend who apparently didn't like it, and i have a used Vox VT20+.

Side note apart from the rig, anyone have any playing tips? Like what should i develop/make a habit as a beginner.

>>741473516
i've been playing for about a two years. and tube. its what i've always been used to, in guitar stores when trying out amps i've just enjoyed tube amps much more. never enjoyed digital that much. but i dont mind solid states.

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2001 Parker, pre-refined master race

>>741474538
voxs are nice. not too bad for beginner. and tips i would reccomend just do scales. constantly. just always try to learn scales. it lets you improvise and make up licks so if you get lost in a song while performing you can just do some shit in the appropriate scale and just play your way back in the part.

>>741474729
sexy

>>741474270
it's relative tho, tone comes 90% out of your fingers and 10% out of your tools and as far as i'm concerned, heavier gauge of strings produce more tension on the guitar thus a richer more dense tone considering that more energy has to be put into the attack to make them vibrate

speaking of vibration, thicker/heavier gauge tend to produce a louder sound because of the extra amount of material and velocity produced from the tension they put on the guitar

SRV in his prime used to rock .014's strings(taking into consideration that 0.009 are ultra light gauge, 0.10 light and 0.11 medium gauges) and that's one of the main reasons he used to have the fat tone he had

but Tommy Iommi had an injury to fingers which led him to play 0.008's and he still had a great tone so it depends on a bunch of factors

>>741474538
Practice muting the strings you're not playing with the palm of your picking hand.

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>>741473289
your guitar looks cool OP

are bassfags welcome?

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A few of mine.
Dean dimebag rebel

>>741475375
>bass guitar
in theory, yes

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>>741475595
Bad pic, but the Gretsch Streamliner, and the Breedlove Pursuit

>>741475375
of course

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>>741473289

Anyone know anything about Takamine EF340SC '03 limited edition?

What it's worth? I can't seem to find any info on it

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>>741474538
These are fun, good for finger exercises

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Roadhouse Strat, Epi Les Paul semi-hollow, and a cheap Ibanez acoustic. A good acoustic is my next purchase, since that's what I play 90% of the time.

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My first guitar was a re-issued duo-sonic from the 90's. This Kay Silvertone is my current guitar.

>>741473289
what's a student model?
instrument rookie here

>>741475803
Thanks anon, ive actually been looking for something like that since i still dont have muscle memory over frets.

>>741475916
Check out the Breedloves for acoustic. The one I posted a little way up was about 500.00, and everyone that plays it loves it.
Has the built in tuner/amp as well, makes it nice not having to use the snark.

>>741475116
>Heavier gauge needs more energy
You just confirmed that you know nothing about what you're talking about and your post may be disregarded.
The thinner the string the easier it is to bend, but the lower the volume since it won't vibrate as much because of the lesser tension.
Obviously a higher gauge is the complete opposite of that.

>>741475116
SRV also tuned down to Eb. Fat strings and down tuning is the secret to good Strat tone.

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>>741476092
Welcome.
I assume you are doing the minor pentatonics as well?

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Here's my arsenal.

>>741476158
what i meant by energy is that you'll have to attack the string twice as hard as the thin string because of the tension it produce on your guitar

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>>741476158
And here we go, the arguments start

>>741475975
exactly as the name implies. a guitar designed for students and practicing. but fender still made these guitars really nice so the still sound great. they're also smaller.

>>741476418
Sweet as fuck!

>>741476248
Indeed but still, even if he'd had played in E standard he probably would've stayed with 14's or worst case scenario 13's which is still impressive with the amount of feel and sound he could produce, dude had mad wrists and well developed elbow, arms and forearms to be playing this hard

>>741474729
sexy af. More!

Anyone play guitarsmith?

I've been dicking around with the guitar for a few years and just got it and I feel like it's made me a lot better in a matter of a week.

I always just played acoustic but now I'm getting more into electric and I'm wondering if any of the modeling amps are any good. It would be nice to just dial up the tone for a band and jam instead of needing 500 pedals.

>>741476711
Not saying Eb made it any easier to play those fatties. Just pointing out that down tuning a Strat has a huge impact on the tone.

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Strat copy I built.
Was fun, but the painting part totally sucks.
Plays really well though, I'm happy with it.

>>741476911
I use the Fender Mustang V2.
I don't need anything large or expensive, and for a hundred bucks, it's great.
You can use the amp or the software to model and save to presets.

>>741477169
fucking awesome. i've always wanted to build my own guitar. i just get overwhelmed with all the electronics you need to buy. plus other shit

>>741477169
What kind of pickups did you use?

>>741477445
I'll never build another one, I'll put it that way.
End of the day, you don't save much money. And factoring in your time for labor, you don't save anything at all. The painting was ridiculous, I used lacquer. Lot's of gloss, lot's of hand polishing.
But you get the satisfaction of doing it yourself, so there's that.

>>741476418
why thank you

>>741477560
Texas Alnico Swaggers from Guitar fetish

>>741473289
i've been looking into learning guitar recently but can't decide if i should go acoustic or electric, and to learn on my own or pay for lessons. any opinions?

>>741477787
*stagger

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>>741476304
a e s t h e t i c

>>741477810
electric because the strings are harder to play and bend so you develop better finger strength. then if your happy with it you can move on to electric and make it your bitch because of how easer the strings can be.

>>741475918
hnnngg

>>741478047
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0KKftW8K0k

>>741478114
you said electric twice, clarify please

>>741477810
Start on acoustic. Take a few lessons do get you pointed in the right direction.

>>741474729
>>741475595
>>741476304
>>741477786
ew

>>741478458
Heh, we got's us a snob here.

>>741476304
lol

>>741477810
I'd say electric as well.
But I'd have to disagree with the other anon who said the strings are stiffer. This all comes down to how the guitar is set up, and in an electric you get to have a say on how it plays.

Electrics are also a bit more forgiving for beginners, you can set them up with high action if you like to strum hard, or low action if you have a light touch and like to shred. In acoustics, unless you're a builder and know what you're doing, you're basically stuck and have to stick with how it was set up from factory, action and intonation wise.

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>>741478458
Just because you don't like em'

>>741478627
lol @ u 2 >;^)

>>741478787
Thanks. Still don't.

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hap p kids 2011 great sound also got a brio kiddocaster from 1998

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>>741478915

>>741478915
Then you aren't shit with guitars. Anything that anyone enjoys playing is a good guitar, to them at least. And that's the only thing that matters.

There's one of you on every thread though, has to shit on everything. All good though, wouldn't be /b/ without your type.

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>>741478986
this is my autistic guitar

As somebody who's been playing professionally for 6 years, you faggots like to hear yourselves talk about the "tone" of a body and your neat little vintage setups. Strings, pickups, preamp. Unless you're talking about acoustics, that's all there is to it's raw tone.

>>741479096
ok, cool. I'll stick to my tele.

>>741473289
>Admittedly its a student model
Yeah fuck off.

i assembled some strat model today still have to finish the headstock
if someone has a suggestion what i can write on the headstock let me know

>>741479065
that's... actually kind of amazing.

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Framus BL-10, built in 1969.

Custom P90's. BL stands for Billy Lorento (Will Lawrence / Willy Lorenz ...) who designed both the guitar and pickups.

Great, great instrument!

>>741479261
even in acoustics, the wood type doesn't matter much (to an extent of course), it's all about the soundbox and how its joined to the body.

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me and my guitar i mostly play spanish guitar

>>741479483
False

>>741476418
Nice!

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avarage guitar player

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My stuffs.

>>741477169
Fair play to you but seriously: who builds a strat copy? I mean every other knockoff guitar looks like a strat.

>>741479268
>tele
You just proved the point, good job.

>>741479872
thanks, honey

>>741479621
explain

i build a guitar not because i needed a good guitar or whatever i just felt like making something and making my own paint design etc

>>741474538
>make a habit as a beginner
perfect practice makes perfect, lazy practice makes crap.

>>741479846

Comes down to neck, bridge, and pickup choices.
You won't find near as many options with anything except strat style.

>>741480172
Okay. I get your point.

Still would choose a different design.

>>741480240
good body on that thing.

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stop being so gay first post boi pussy now this nobody wannalook at this shit

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Where my autistic metalheads with expensive gear at?

>>741480396
what does metal mean to you meshuggah and disturbed?

>>741479844

Here is what has an effect on sound:

1. Wood (basswood and bubinga aren't the same)
2. Pickups (no name pickups are shit)
3. Strings (Pure nickel for me, not steel)
4. Cables (cheap cables cut high end)
5. Overdrive pedal (The standard is the Ibanez 808)
6. Amp (this is the obviously very important)
7. Speaker Cabinet (low end or no end, your choice)
8. Speakers.(read Celestions have much larger magnets than even low end Celestions)

I had a friend once that had no idea pickups make a guitar sound different. My mind was kind of blown, he had been playing 7 years but never compared a Strat to a Les Paul.

>>741480567
I like a lot of melodeath and swedish stuff like opeth, bodom, amon amarth, entombed, carcass etc.

>>741480731
wow i wanna live your life amazing story bra

>>741479065
Looked like a balloon guitar in the thumbnail kek

>>741480396

>>741479844

I spent $800 for my bass but new it's like fucking $3400.

>>741473289
I had a Mustang from the same era, spangly tone and fun as hell to do all the EVH stretched licks without raising a sweat.

>>741475595
sexy as fuck

>>741477786
kek
the guitar of stachel

>>741480731
1. Wood does not make an audible difference on an electric guitar. Wood doesn't have an effect in the disruption of a magnetic field, which is what an electric guitar sends a signal of, a disruption of its magnetic field.

2. I will agree on the pickups, they do matter, but to say that no name pickups are shit is an understatement. Of course if you mean generic $10-15 a pair pickups, then yes I can agree, but it's all dependent on their magnetic and electrical properties.

3. Agree.

4. Cheap cables do cut high end, but this tends to happen more on the longer side of cables as well as passive pickups. Try using an active pickup with a cheap long cable, while there is some loss of signal, its very minimal because of the preamp.

5. Same is true for any other effect being applied.

6, 7 & 8. Agree.

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>>741480853
You my niqqa.

This is my edgy piece of beauty

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>>741480396
i'm a metalhead without expensive gear.

pic related, thats my axe

>>741481319

Wood has an effect on the way the strings vibrate.

A three piece neck through guitar with alder wings is going to be more responsive than a basswood guitar with a maple neck.

The biggest thing you will notice is "attack" when you hit the strings with a pick.

Basswood and bot-on guitars often have a "dull" attack compared to guitars made of harder woods.

Harder woods don't just add more clarity to attack, but they also result in more sustain.

I have played the same guitar with a mahogany body compared to a alder body and the attack was noticeably different, without the guitar even being plugged in.

>>741475595
"Ooooh say can you see!!"
- Grady Champion aka Dimes guitar tech

>>741481364

That guitar is birth control. kek

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2011 EVH Wolfgang Special
1986 Roomian Strat w/ Floyd Rose and Screamn Demon bridge pickup

>>741482283

As a lefty, what does it feel like having to order scissors that are specially made for your kind?

Do you have a left handed mouse?

>>741481863
believe what you want, once you realize that wood selection is purely done by cost you'll see things differently.

I'm a luthier, I build guitars for a living, I wouldn't want to screw anyone off with the belief that wood makes a difference.

No tree is the same, no guitar is the same, you can find a guitar that's made out of alder but sounds like its korina and vice versa. It's too much of a variation that comes from building tolerances than the result of the species.

Think about it, if wood made that big difference then all guitars would be made of what is a "superior" wood.

Bolt on guitars sounding dull... don't you think that has more to do with the fact that it could have a shitty neck pocket joint and the waves don't transfer well. The same could happen with a set neck if it has too much glue.

Harder woods having more sustain is bullshit. I have a guitar made out of basswood that has more sustain than my les paul custom and they're both TOM bridges. different bodies to be fair, but still. The way the strings are attached matters more. The fact that a fixed bridge results in less frequency being absorbed has to do with this, not anything else. The harder has nothing to do, the denser yes.

>>741482649
I pretty much made myself learn how to cut w/ right handed scissors and pretty much everything else to jerking off and what have ya. Writing left handed and playing so sucks the big fuck, tho. Those two I couldn't pick up right handed wise.

>>741482806

I know a lot more than you might think.

I'm also a luthier and the answer to your question as to what the superior wood is, it's likely Swamp Ash that has been through a baking process.

There is no denying that basswood and purpleheart are extremely different woods.

There are woods like Lignum Vitae that sound like metal when they are hit because they are so dense.

So the ideal wood would be something light, stable, and hard. Like baked swamp ash.

Factors that make woods sound different:

1. Grain consistency
2. Density
3. Weight

I know some woods can sound wildly different, but that has a lot to do with lack of grain consistency.

Why not make everything from pine and see how that sustain dies, or make everything from ebony and see everyone complain about the brightness.

It's literally acoustic physics, it's not even an opinion.

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alright boys

>>741484481
Hipster rig/10

Gtfo Coldplay fag

>>741484481

Hipster as fuck rig haha.

Let me guess, shoegaze?

>>741484653
Coldplay's fucking shit, dude..

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>>741473289
Just got a warlock as a starter guitar, gud?

>>741484735
hahahaa yeah man

>>741482806
>The same could happen with a set neck if it has too much glue.
Then again, depends on the glue. Bone glue hardens to a rock-hard mass. You could probably put half an inch on it in your joint and it would still sound great.
As to bolt-on guitars, I hear many snobistic opinions about them. Mine sound excellent.

>>741484481
Buy an amplifier with plenty of gain so you don't tap around like a ballerina onstage with your toys.

>>741484794

Be honest though, you want to make whale sounds with your guitar.

>>741484794
I used to think Coldplay, Muse and all of those multigender bands were cool until I removed the cock from my ass

>>741484895
Not really. Mostly play Beatles tunes and Oasis.. hahaha

>>741484813
Shred on \m/

>>741484840

bullseye!

I like shoegaze tbh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjcYwU69r8

>>741484481
I like your rig. Not a hipster btw and I hate coldplay and shoegaze.

These kids don't know what's nice.

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any guitar tech fags in here?

my harmony guitar stopped working and i think it has to do with this loose wire. anybody know where it solders into?

>>741484813


Thats a beast jr. not a warlock.

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>>741485324

>>741474925
Yeah, but equally important is rhythm. Seems that people gravitate towards one or the the other, but the reality is that you need both if you are going to be a competent instrumentalist. For as much practice as it takes to get get good at scales, there is little glory in being a shredder.

If I only play at home is better to virtualize pedals and amp?

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>>741485324
>>741485633

thanks /b/ro full pic of my axe, it's a beater.

>>741485633
eh - no look again that top wire disappears into the pickup wire shroud.

the bottom loose wire should be soldered to centre pin on the RH pot as shown in the picture. you can see where it broke off from.

>>741485324
Right pin of the potentiometer where the black wires are

watching you idiots fight about guitar wood and or giving advice about any guitar related is fucking hilarious.

I OWN A STEW MAC FRET LEVELING KIT IM A LUTHIER

LEARN UR PENTATONICS

SHOEGAZE SUX

hahahahhahahah

CHECK OUT MY SICK LANEY

>>741485712

Yeah, I like to play shred stuff but it's a little dated to just sweep pick and tap.

My solos now are all about melody and feeling.

I like Jason Becker, but I love Pink Floyd.

>>741475595
am so jealous

>>741485906
this. i've played guitar for 35 years and coming here to read its the same old same old.

i've given up my studio and never play any more, i just can't stand guitarists, of any level.

>>741476711
I'm not disputing his talent but SRV has never done it for me. Seemed stilted and uninspired. I've honestly never understood the reverence.

>>741485848

I stand corrected.

I didn't even see that solder on the pot with nothing attached to it.

Been playing for nearly 2 years
Got myself a black Gibson les Paul

Any good blues or older rock songs to learn?

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>>741485324
>>741485884

>>741486048
what is best about all of this is seeing shit is almost all of it is absolute garbage gear and when anything is any good at all its owned by people who have no clue why that is or what theyre talking about.

i dont hate the people saying their shit really, its just funny.

but the tonewood arguments, string gauge arguments. fucking hilarious, calling shit beginner guitars bwhahaha

>>741485906

I am way past the point of caring what gear I have.

$3400 bass btw
$0 ampeg software as my amp btw
$Cum stains on my fretboard

Doctors hate him!

>>741486061
like wtf is this, SRV uninspired? dude i dont like his playing but calling him uninspired?

the fuck is this guy on hahahhaha

>>741473289
The duosonics and mustangs basically have strat p'ups of the same era, of course it has great tone.

>>741486332

10 watt practice amps btw

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I have a potato phone camera but less potato instruments, I hope. 2012 Les Paul Studio, 2014 American Standard Jazz Bass, 2015 Gretsch 5620T (modified with Tru-Arc rocking bar bridge), 2016 Fender Standard Telecaster (modified with Stetsbar vibrato).

>>741486411

Stickers give your guitar bad tone.

SRV deserved to die.

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I have 8, one of which isn't pictured (it's a 3/4 scale First Act that I keep for sentimental reasons).

Anyway, 1/2. 1968 Teisco E-110, Epiphone Les Paul, Apollo Monster Bass of unknown vintage.

>>741484481
Agreed. Solid setup. Probably a bit heavy on the electronics for my taste, but good on you for experimenting. Fuck the haters.

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>>741486855
2/2. Fender CD140S Acoustic, Squier Mustang, 1967 Silvertone 1437 (Teisco K4L), Chinese P-Bass knockoff.

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>>741486944
Stompboxes I use.

>>741486332
i can't sell any of my good stuff. nobody knows what it is. i have tens of thousands of pounds worth of studio & guitar equipment that may never sell.

i got so sick of people arguing about how digital couldn't possibly be different to analogue, it was mathematically impossible.

every time you play a gig, 10 guys want to come and give you advice.

turn up at a party and people pull out a guitar and want you to play but they don't really want you to play, they just want you to play one song so that gives them an excuse to play for the entire night, inflicting their endless ego-driven foolishness on everyone.

musicians and working/socialising with them ruined music for me. guitarists are the worst. by the end i'd just give my gig money to another kid so he'd set everything up for me and i just could come in play and fuck off again.

>>741485945
Yeah, man. It's good to have the skill set, but more often than not you find yourself pulling it back. I'm kinda going through the same thing.

>>741486739

Classy selection of instruments /b/ro.

All you need is a Les Paul and a P-bass, a Rickenbacker bass, a Jackson Soloist, and Meshuggah signature guitar and you could rule the world.

Also a 5 string Warwick Dolphin and maybe an Ibanez JEM and also a Dimebag sig for the lulz.

God Bless!

>>741486411
Yeah, broseph. That's what i said, what I meant. Practically everything he played was a cover, and when compared to other guys that played the same covers (Hendrix, for instance), Stevie comes up short everytime.

However, this is just my opinion, as obviously musical taste is extremely subjective.

>>741487172
Thanks man. I'm actually thinking of selling the J and looking for a good used P-Bass somewhere. Rick is great but to rich for my blood. Also 2 truss rods scare me.

>>741487052

This is the main reason I started learning MMA.

Give me guitar advice, and pay for it with your limbs and life.

All these bitches with their non-jazz III pickups, are you kidding me? You don't even have the right to look at my guitar eat shit.

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My Ibanez Iceman Ic400

>>741487390

Yeah I prefer P-basses. Very easy to play and can sound awesome.

The first bass I ever played was a 5 string Jazz bass and that thing felt weird as hell compared to a regular guitar.

>>741487460
Good scenes exist out there man, but they are hard to get in to. Find some punks. They'll run elitists right out the door and there will be a glorious few months of bliss before the elitist punks show up and mock you because you haven't heard of grey matter or know what skinhead culture actually means.

>>741487460
{True Strike}

i gave it up, moved down the coast and took up watersports. then i found out there is exactly the same thing, a huge bunch of wristers who want to bore you about gear, show off, prove they are better than you, have a clique and not put you in it, or try to brown-nose you and exclude others.

people are just fucking dicks, in all walks of life. what happened to just getting on with things with the tools at hand instead of endlessly discussing the tools themselves.

you restore classic cars, other guys try to bore you about what tools are best.

run a club and guys try to bore you about what record labels they like. the constant one-upmanship fucking depresses the hell out of me.

this board gives women a hard time, but fucking guys are utter, utter bores 99% of the time.

its always about toys/tools. my toys are better than yours, macs can't be good, pcs are better, fucking big tyres vs fucking little tyres on fucking bicycles. fucking cyclists, at all. fuck sake.

>>741487719
I got the J after a string of pretty awful budget basses, so i took a chance and ordered it. I don't exactly regret it, but I've come to realize that there were better choices I could have made if was more patient/researched better. I just liked the way neck felt on the J's I had played so thats what I went with. Personally I also think a 5 string would be too much for me.

>>741488000
This guy gets it.

>>741488000

I have had a lot of friends in bands that were signed.

Every single one of them was an asshole with ego problems.

I learned to play bass and drums. I no longer need to deal with musicians, we are assholes.

Check out my self awareness level. We are all making sounds trying to be cool, aliens probably think we are so dumb.

>>741488000
Unadulterated truth. Trips is simply a bonus.

>>741488000
This made me really, really want a beer. Too fucking true. And made worse by the fact that I know I'm guilty of this too.

>>741488000
Trips for truth.

>>741488066

At least you got something that keeps it's value.

Thats one thing I learned about buying instruments. I do lots of research and I try to pay less than half for things in excellent condition.

I have had a few surprises, like peeling the velcro off the bottom of an Ibanez TS9 to find out it was the special Japanese one. Spent $60, sold it for $300.

I don't flip gear often, but you could make a lot of money if you know your shit.

>be me
>7/10 unatractive guy
>move to LA
>been playing guitar for over 6 years now
>play guitar by my own in small bars and pubs while having a shitty job
>3 guys come to me and tell me they play too
>we get together, form a great band
>1 bassist, 1 drummer, I'm lead and the other one is rhythm guitarist
>been playing for over a year now
>have our first big gig at a bar and actually get paid 500$ each
Cont?

>>741489071

>my Bon Jovi cover band blow each other

cont?

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>>741489071

*playing live*

gay

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>went to staff accommodation for work for 3 months
>come home
>sister has put '66 reissue Jaguar against the radiator
tfw

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My guitar. DiMarzio pickups and Floyd.

>>741489416
>take a loan for $200 and buy another 'reissue' you fucking slave to marketing

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>>741489553
salt

>>741489659
yeah but its a reissue of the original redmond's sea salt from 1965. its been hand-abraded because that tastes a lot better than when its done by a machine. the packaging is corrugated cardboard, and I don't care what people say, 90% of the taste is the the packaging, the other 10% from the atmosphere inside.

which is vintage air.

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>>741489878
>not maldons sea salt
git gud

>>741490131
too mainstream.

>>741475375
I hate where the out put jack is on your deluxe. I always like em on the front.

But fuck yeah thems is gorgeous

>>741489254
I'll bite

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couple of mine

>goes to grandfathers
>does house work
>summoned to his bedroom
>asks me to pull old leather guitar case out from under the bed
>opens case
>breaths in 30+ years of dust
>tells me it was from his niece
>says she dated one of the members from lynyrd skynyrd
>goodbye gift was guitar
>gives guitar to me
>tears of joy

>>741481863
So you can tell what wood a guitar is made from in a blind test, right?

>>741484351
>Why not make everything from pine and see how that sustain dies
Pine is an excellent body wood and doesn't lack sustain at all. I have build several pine strats and teles that sound great.

The main reason it's not used more widely is because it dents easily if knocked, not because it sounds bad.

It's too soft for a neck wood obviously.

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>>741491253

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>>741491253
actual guitar

>>741491787
Allen Collins?

>>741491867
That's a beautiful piece. Do you play it or does it just sit in its case day after day? It's a shame if the answer is the latter.

>>741474270
it depends of the music you play and if you play lot of leads and stuff. heavier strings have longer sustain and richer tone (i.e. they give stronger signal).

>>741479065
Randy Piper had the ugliest guitars.
Who the fuck wants a guitar shaped like a bunch of pipes?

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Did you know that Dave M. was one of the first King V customers for Jackson? Here's his first guitar. He also kept the same guitar for few years and kept modding it. I always thought he had shitloads of guitar but until early 90s he only had ~3 guitars which he used live.

>>741492792
And iirc Robbin Crosby got the first King V ever made? Or at least the first iteration of that. Since he was a big dude, they made him a "double rhoads" model, which was like a King V but with longer wings.

>>741493129
Yeah I think so. And only after few custom only runs they started to mass produce them in early 90s (?) . I'm not 100% sure about it but probably very close.

It's also funny to see how cheap they were even after the inflation applied. Because these days custom shop stuff is easily over 3k. And you can't get Ernie Ball Music Man Petrucci model even for that. Then on other hand there are now so many different models which are mass produced in oriental countries. There are more guitar brands than ever in the history and yet, the amount of guitar players are on decline. Jazz and Rock are considered to be on decline. Sad.

>>741492115
I play it regularly

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I like them a lottttttt

>>741493820
Good answer. I don't understand the point of guitars just being wall-hangers. They're instruments meant to be played, regardless of condition or whose sweat got on it back in 1976.

>>741494238
Very beautiful hollowbodies there.

I've got a Switch Revolution 6 string, the black model with the Floyd rose. I've had to replace some hardware and I changed the stock passives to EMG85 bridge and EMG81 in neck, so I had to do some fiddling in the control cavity. So not stock, but still looks fine as hell. Fairly rare-ish guitars, I love it though. Will never get rid of it if I can. I'd post a pic but I have none currently. Regardless, Switch guitars are pretty neat.

My dads got an old danelectro that's pretty rare, worth like 2400 bucks or something. But I know pretty much nothing about it.

>>741489071
Continuing now, sorry, I ate somethinf and now I'm back.
>we get to know each pther pretty good
>rhythm guitarist gets into alcohol too much
>he got drunk af at a concert
>we had to kick him out of the band because he was also aggressive
>two years passed, got another rhythm guitarist for 1 year and a half now.
>drummer got married
>good for him.jpg
>bassist still alone
>we all hang out to a few drinks now and then and talk about past
>another festival is coming and I get a call that we might be the first band that plays
>we all get excitend and drink
>after a few drinks we all start playing and compliment ourselves about our looks
>it feels pretty gay and I change the subject
Cont?

>>741495136
In order to succeed in LA you need lot of hairspray and that tall, thin tranny look. But please, continue.

>>741473289
I've got a 60's teisco that my uncle gave me when i was 12, thinking of picking up a strat squier instead and just keeping the teisco cause it looks cool.

>>741495343
Teiscofag here, I'm interested. Pics?

Also, why a Squier Strat and not something better?

>>741495136
Continuing, and yes, you're right. I would need a lot of hairspray
>huge gig comes in, at the festival
>we already had lots of experiences with playing live but we got really excited about this one
>everything goes great on stage until bassist starts fucking up a few songs
>no one really notices so it was alright
>days pass and bassist says he had enough of jerking it on his own
>we all decide to jerk it for him
Joking.
>we hook him up with this hot chick but she leaves him, telling us she never saw someone with so much hair on it's back
>fall comes and we go to swimming pool for the last time that year
>everyone is ok but people are looking at his back from time to time
>lots of fun.jpg
>in the winter we just rent a room to play
>pretty boring all that time
>bassist decides it's time to leave town
>search for another
Cont?

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Fender HSS mex strat & Gibson Standard 2016

>>741496166
Fukken continue man, holy shit. Don't even ask just write the fucking story.

I can't imagine half the shits on 4chins in a real conversation with a real person going "should I continue? Continue? Continue?" Every few sentences.

We are interested, fucking continue

>>741496552
Do you think I should continue? I'm not sure.

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PRS S2. Bought this as a scratch and dent online for $1000, but got damn i love it. Only complaint is that theres some burrs in the tremolo that break strings.

>>741496728

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR YETI BASSIST AND HIS INCORRECT SOCIAL SKILLS

TELL ME OR ILL CALL YOU NAMES IN ALL CAPS

Okay, but I'll get to the end cause I am going to sleep
>this gay hair trap bassist comes in, telling us he think he's the man for the job
>2 minutes later leaves the room
>we found our guy, a preety neat dude without a gf and that is pretty addicted to weed
>we don't really care and it's alright
>we play together for another year or two
>big festival comes in again
>we make a tribute band, covering big songs of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Buckethead etc
>people are loving it and we make huge ton of mony from learning songs off of songsterr
>decide it's time to go on tour
>we play everywhere except for places our fans tell us to come
>20 years later, in our late 50's one member dies of drugs in his mansion
>other one fakes it's death
>i still play from time to time with the drummer
-forgot to say that the guys got married, etc in those 20 years, and we played a lot and had great fun
>the story finally comes to an end where I inject heroin and die shitting on my laptop
Good night guys. If the thread is still up tomorrow I'l continue writing other stories of my life.

Got a Fender Squire Jazzmaster w/ vintage 60s pups on it, as well as the typical bridge mod.

Pedalboard
>Cheap tuner
>Proco Rat 2
>Donner noise killer
>Unnamed chorus pedal from a carboot sale
>Donner Golden Tremelo
>TCE Ditto X4 looper
>Roland Space Echo

Amps
>Marshall DX100
>Some no name 15w valve amp I use for recording

>>741497271

FAGGOT

>>741491867
Oh shit that looks beautiful

>>741496872
Given that guitarists are mostly pricks, I'm surprised at the supportive, playful thread we have here.

And yes, please continue. I, like this fine gentleman, am waiting to see how this all plays out.

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>>741495599
I don't make a lot of money atm, so whatever doesnt go towards bills goes to funs or booze. Also I'd hate to put a lot towards a guitar and then possibly end up not enjoying it as much as I thought

Just picked up a fender studio bass amp, 1978, any thoughts?

>>741473289
...But can it djent?

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97, absolute joy to play.

>>741497796
You have an ET-220. Very very nice.

If you're going Squier, save up a slight bit more and get something from the Classic Vibe range.

>>741481319
>wood doesnt have an effect on sound
Stopped reading immediately

>>741499460
Have you heard the Gittler guitar?

>>741495599
You can get a mexistrat fo $500, you'll be glad you upgraded

>>741499272
I was thinking along the lines of the Vintage modified. not a big fan of the look of the classic vibe. Is it any better than a vintage mod? I don't know a whole lot about guitars.

>>741500266
Anything that's not an Affinity or Bullet is a good choice when it comes to Squier. The Mustang I posted earlier in the thread (next to a Teisco of my own) is from the Vintage Modified range and it's one of my favorites. If you're lucky and/or persistent, you may be able to get a used Mexican-made Fender for about the same price.

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Nano thread
The greatest threat, or our only hope? As I laid in bed staring at electron micrographs of virus the thought occupied my mind, that perhaps virus are the only thing preserving carbon life in the universe.
It is possible that this universe is a simulation by a higher form of life that is attempting to exterminate carbon life from it's own universe.
>We need immortality
>We need to colonize mars
>We need to terraform earth
>We need to mitigate seismic instability
>We need better nuclear facilities
>We need better grand designers
>We need better air quality control
>We need better understanding of our drugs
>We need better surveillance
>We need better dentistry
>We need better simulations
>We need better vocabulary
>We need better traitors
>We need better goals
>We need better self awareness
My dad has a few guitars. I have one of his old Yamaha's
Excellent acoustic guitar

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r8

>>741500719
thanks friend, never played guitar so any tips on good sources to learn?

>>741500964
One point for every string.

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Ibanez SB70. I also have an Ibanez GRG170DX which I use more seeing as the SB70 needs some serious refurb.

>>741473289
Mfw I will never afford a fender.

>>741501150
I started off by taking lessons for a few months until I knew roughly what I was doing. after that, I bought a book of guitar chords and learned songs I was interested in via Ultimate-Guitar online tablature. There are no doubt plenty of YouTube videos on how to play as well, and might be better if you learn best by demonstration.

>>741501150
There's also a relatively new service called Yousician. I haven't tried it myself, but give it a shot if you like.

>>741501543
Neither could i until i could. Dont give up, and definitely look at the mexis. All you are missing is the high cost of union labor IMO

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Obviously not mine but that's what I have. It's 2007 as far as I know. Usually Deans suck but this one seems to be okay. When it came from factory the tuning pegs were loose and bridge wasn't properly screwed... But otherwise it's great, ultra loud and sharp tone and plays well and stays in tune. But word of advice: don't buy Dean, unless you get old ones built in USA.

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>>741502351
Thx moral boost anon

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One of my acoustics, Washburn mahogany dreadnaught. Love this guitar

>>741479065
I didn't know H R Giger designed guitars.