Guitar and or player thread. Here,s some of mine. WTF do

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My only two instruments.

>>742854487
sweet. i did a lot of shows back when i was younger with a violin bow page type solo. it got a bit expensive

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>>742854357
Posted these earlier this year.

>>742854794
haven't seen these before, tell me about them

>>742854912
The guitar is a first act i spruced up with duct tape. The see through 5 string bass my dad bought me at a garage sale for 150. The input jack cable has been torn from its ground and needs to be soldered back on but other than that plays great. The classical was 25 bucks, is northrn brand, which ive never heard of, and plays nicely. I have two other classicals not shown in pic and a ukelele...but fuck ukes.

>>742855237
>The classical was 25 bucks, is northrn brand,
that's the 2nd one i've seen up here in two days that looks like my Conn, far right in the OP pic

>>742855237
>The guitar is a first act i spruced up with duct tape
and BTW, you have to explain this. i've never spruced anything up with duct tape. i gots to know

I have a squier strat

>>742857014
pics or it didn't happen

>>742857014
get it setup and it'll sound fine, I used a squier start that I bought in yearly for tune ups and it played fine for 2 years.

>get it setup and it'll sound fine
yeah. i played some seriously cheap shit when i was young and i got by. i'd have given my left nut for a squire back then.

I've got a Yamaha acoustic. I really like it, but I haven't been able to get strings for it for a few months so it's just hanging on my wall with no strings.

Yes I'm too broke to afford guitar strings.

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>>742858192
I also have one of these

>>742858286
>I'm too broke to afford guitar strings
that's pitiful. christ, i'd give you a set. so sad

>>742854608
Sure you did.

>>742858337
what the hell is that? looks like something i saw hanging up in woolco back in 1975

>>742858424
>Sure you did.
don't fucking even. i was ripping off jimmy page when you were in fucking diapers

>>742858286
its 6 fucking bucks for a set of ernie balls

>>742858674
and like 7 for some cheap daddario strings

>>742858713
>daddario strings
i actually like those, when i can't find dean markley custom lites, i use d'addarios or just buy 2 sets and mix em up

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probably my favorite guitar i own

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>>742858286
There she is. I actually forgot that she has SOME of her strings. But both the E strings snapped. I tried practicing a bit without them, but it just doesn't work.

>>742858892
fuck me.

forgot to crop the fucking thing.

>>742858892
>>742858947
cant crop and are too poor to afford a cheap set of daddario strings


good job getting to this point

>>742858595
In front of your mom and 3 distant cousins.

>>742858947
>fuck me.
hahahaha
i wouldn't dream of it
now that's funny

>>742858871
When you don't cry yourself to sleep you hugless virgin.

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Okay, there's a proper pic.

>>742859003
oh fucking god, it's you again. dude, just admit you have no fucking talent and bail in the thread. you don't have to try to impress everybody here to make up for your lack of purpose.

everybody ignore this guy. he will bomb the thread with pissed off comments because he never progressed beyond red river valley in the mel bay songbook

Ive got a shit Gio Ibanez i like to make noise with

>>742859087
damn how do you recognize me from a guitar pic

>>742859228
Gio isn't a shit guitar. it's an entry level, but it's not a shit guitar

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2 mosrite clones. 1 is a Man or Astroman signature, the other the one nirvana used in the heart shaped box video

>>742858713
I actually bought two sets of daddario strings last time I bought strings.

The first set I put on lasted over a year for me. But the second set snapped both the E strings.
Go figure.

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>>742859325
True, but Ive been too lazy to really get anything better. I couldnt take a pic of mine so i nabbed one off of google. Its exactly like this one.

>>742859367
>nirvana
ouch. i remember that toe on the trigger day. he wasn't my favorite Seattle asshole, but damn what a way to go.

>>742859367
I saw the circuit board pattern and popped a boner.

That is a Teisco tulip, i believe. MIJ. very thin bodies.. too bad you dont have the gold foil pickups, its worth about $100

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got it with no fucking clue as to what to look for.

overall pretty ok, but i need some proper pickups and most likely a fret levelling.

also i hardtailed it cuz floating bridge doesn't lock and it's gotten to be a pain

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>>742859451
i've got a 7 string Gio and i had a 6 string HSH that i gave to my housekeepers daughter for christmas (pic included). wifey is about to get a Gio bass, she's going to be my bass player if she will get off her ass and practice. i wish i could have had access to decent instruments like this for a resonable price when i was a teenager, hell maybe i'd be a better player now than i am.

anyway, here's that Gio i gave away

>>742859845
>i need some proper pickups
curious, what do you not like about the stock pickups?

my latest acquisition. $80

i trussed it and tightened up everything, new strings, and taadaa!!

80 fucking dollars. seriously.

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>>742860600
oops, forgot the pic

>>742860110

tbh i don't really hear anything problematic but
they say "designed by EMG" and i just heard that the proper brand stuff is superior.

also they tend to lose their height over time and i have to readjust them every so often.

>>742859255
Dude, you're one of /b/'s stars. You're the MVP.

>>742860851
it's probably the same pickup but made under license. i always say go with your ear. the sound is what matters, above all.

seriously, when i'm just grinding like all hell, does anyone really know or care what i have under my strings? if i can get the sound i want, i could give fuck all who made the equipment.

>>742859201
>you have no talent
>you're trying to impress
Throwing the 'you have no talent' insult at me for just recognising the casual *I'm a guitar God* dream , literally fits the usual situation where idiots like you get debunked and then show frustration.

>>742860937
>You're the MVP
Most Virtuous Player?
My Vital Penis?
More Virtual Plantain?
you must be more suspifick.

>>742861197

sounds good, thx. it was a low priority anyway. the fret thing is more annoying.

>>742861250
well sorry, i thought you were that other asshole that just hangs around waiting to dive bomb guitar threads to show his knowledge of things he knows nothing of. my mistake.

you must gimme a break, every time anyone says anything about music, that asshat jumps in and trys to show himself off as an expert on everything. my apologies

>>742861514
All fine dude, if that Lester is yours, it's a sweet geetah. I'm getting a Lester myself soon for slide purposes.

>>742861774
>>742861250
>I'm a guitar God

and actually, i never said that. i said i did violin bow solos, ripping off page. that is true, my band played many shows in the 1980s (yes, i'm old) and i did violin solos at any show i could get away with it at. not so much in bars, those where shorter sets, but in halls or gymnasium size venues, yeah. sorry, not going to apologize for being good.

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I like guitar

Custom Fretless Ibanez 4 string bass - Worn Blue
Squire by Fender BASS VI - Olympic White (Custom Staytrem hardware)
Fender Jaguar 2008 Bass - Fiesta Red with matching headstock

And two guitars

Fender Jazzmaster MIM (Not the Cheap HHS shit)
Fender American Telecaster Seafoam green all rosewood neck (one piece)

>>742862069
but not good ones

>>742862098
no you to be honest

>>742861774
good, all fine
less fighting and more playing, that's what we need

>>742862070
pics or it didn't happen

>>742862273
But I've got a new phone with no pics on it, and my girl is sleeping.

>>742862352
ok, given. don't wake her, you'll be in deep shit

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>>742860645
another of my Washburns, pictured here with my epiphone. which, by the way, has come out as a great guitar lately. it took a few months to get some sound through it, but it's sounding really fucking good now. i was about to sell it, i'm glad i didn't

but anyway, the Washburn is top shelf. mahogony and sounds like a fucking dream

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Did the majority of you guys self taught or took lessons? I self taught

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Got this from my grandpa who passed away recently. A 70 year old german semi-acoustic guitar by FRAMUS. What do you think?

>>742862550

i self taught for 3 years, got a teacher for one year and then self taught again to this day.

it just a hobby though. nowadays i play the rhythm parts of metallica songs when i need to burn some energy.

>>742862550
self taught. learned to play with a silvertone guitar, the first led zeppelin record, and Aerosmith's draw the line on 8 track. i didn't come out of my bedroom for about 6 months. when i finally did, i was pretty damn good. i was recruited by every band in town for quite a while, until i figured i could make more money elsewhere. so now i do it as a hobby

>>742862550
self taught with justinguitar, mans a god

>>742862815
never heard of them, how does it sound?

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>>742862494
found a video of me playing the new tele and I screenshotted a piece.
here is what it looks like

>>742862070

>>742854357
you are a loser.

show us who you are, show us a youtube video of you shredding, or, well. suck a dick you are nobody. that's the rules.

wanna fight? I CHALLENGE YOUUUUUU TO A ROCK OFFFF. LETS GO FAGGOT.

yes it's me. this is easily one of the only ways we can wheat from the chaff these idiots in music industry.

show us what you got, bitch. let's go. if not, i have bad news for you.

>>742862980
i've thought about getting a telecaster, but i just don't think it's my style. i love the way they sound, i just don't think my style would match up with a tele. i've played my friend's old one, i think it's like a 59 semi acoustic, but i just don't know.

>>742854487
retard asian. go away. you are ant ant person and don't have any heart. next.

>>742862980
I went to buy one of those at guitar center, it was 1450 I said okay okay thats fine and said next paycheck. I came back it was 1550, now it's fucking 1600 something. Read they only made 200 of those so the prices keep going up. im gonna snag one literally tomorrow now. ugh

>>742854794
beginner scrub, come back in 5 years.

>>742858337
ugly worthless pile of shit you can't play. next.

>>742863085
>I CHALLENGE YOUUUUUU TO A ROCK OFFFF

oh christ, look out. jack black just got in town. look out hero

>>742858871
fatass no talent, shitbag with a complete waste of time guitar. next.

is there any actual talent on /b/?

>>742859117
literal retard. no contract for you. who else?

>>742863214
let's hear you genius

>>742859367
go smoke some more meth/speed.

not interested. next.

>>742863114
That's why I have a Jazzmaster as well. What type of music do you play? I only just bought this telecaster after not liking them for 8 years or so. This one sounds so good and feels amazing.

>>742863133
Yeah I was fortunate to get it around the original 1449 price, saw it go up to 16-something not even a week later. They are limited edition I believe you're right it was 200 and the Strat was limited to 800.

>>742863085
>>742863121
>>742863165
>>742863214
>>742863275

remember, i warned you guys about this

Got an Ibanez grx70qa-tks and an ltd ec-330fm

I'm a beginner and broke

>>742859845
fucking what. just stop.

>>742859866
tryhard no skills. next.

>>742860645
>washburn

kys

>>742862069
>i spend money on flame maple tops but can't play, the post. go die. next.

>>742862543
cancer the post

>>742862815
sell it

>>742862980
just, just go die. plz k thx. no record contract for you. next.

>>742863288
>What type of music do you play?
anything, just anything. i've been in gospel, bluegrass, metal, jazz, and classic rock bands. i don't give a shit, i just like to play

>>742863423
everybody just ignore this asshole, he's only here to piss you off. he gets his kicks like that

>>742863439
Get an offset, Jazzmasters and jaguars always look amazing on stage and would fit any of those genres perfectly both style and sound wise.
If you want more punch mod the pickups. You can get a decent MIM on sale for 700ish or used for 500 if you look hard enough.

>>742863356
awe whats wrong? drunk crazy music industry guys aren't allowed to be on /b/ in the middle of the night looking for talent? SHOW ME TALENT THEN, FAGGOT.

show me a single one of these people doing ANYTHING other than playing cover songs or some other stupid shit. show me someone with TALENT. I'll wait! i'll legit sit here and wait. let's go. you want a fucking contract? show me why. show me you have the ground support, the fans, the actual interest. show me you're not a fucking loser nobody neckbeard with too much money on his hands who buys expensive gear and doesn't know how to play it. SHOW ME THAT.

i'll wait.

>>742863602
as if you are the only one that has pretended to be a scout with the checkbook in your back pocket. so sad. i've used that ruse many more times than you probably have, and with more success. still, i don't want to blow your cover, so......

>>742863602
I'd never sign with you you're unstable and close-minded. Those who sign, always whine.

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as a beginner, I used bronze phosphor strings at first and that was BAD for my fingers they hurt like hell everytime i played

>>742863731
NO
TALENT

Don't you have better things to do, you gabagool

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my cordoba c5
idk i thought a demon lived in it for a while after taking acid
thought it could calm demons down
i got pretty high

>>742863706
smart man, there is nothing to sign with. he's looking to get something. trust me, i know this routine, i've used it before myself

>>742863706
that's fine, plenty of other idiots to do the job.

>>742863702
blow.... who's cover, exactly? the chans are a widely known public message board. we're only looking for talent. i don't see what the problem is.

but since you can show none of us anything, at all, not a youtube, not a soundcloud, not a spotify, not a single thing with any views...

have fun with your expensive guitars you pretend you know how to play. bye.

t. WMG, literal, unironic, asshole, music industry pricks who come out on here to fuck around and maybe scout someone decent. goodnight.

>>742862815
nice guitar, i really like hollow-bodies buuut...dem shoes man, sweet lord above

>>742864106
see, the big labels routinely scrub 4chan to find new talent.....yeah, right.

i got a bridge i want to sell you so call me.

i've been there, done that. you are pretending to be something i was 20 years ago. HAHAHA

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>>742854357
I'm trying to learn to play with Rocksmith, but it's frustrating as fuck
Any tips?

>>742864277
Is it a Floyd rose? They look pretty, but I heard they're stupid.

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Don't worry that's not the amp I use

>>742864277
In his defense I'm a tour manager for a couple of very popular bands in the USA and while I couldn't sign anyone I know people from several different labels who would be inclined to listen to anything I send them.

>>742864357
>Is it a Floyd rose?
oh, you....you are a wise one ain't you?

>>742862977
It needs some love and Restauration actually. It's getting some love right now and then we'll have the warm sound back soon!

>>742863423
Not gonna sell it though! Family, memories and shit. It's worth 1.500€ though

>>742864172
I knew someone would say something about dem shoes :D my funeral shoes... don't wear them other then funerals and weddings ;) also I don't really gibe a shit

>>742864377
well good luck up here. assuming you aren't just full of shit, as i said, i'm on the downhill side of this. i've done all the touring i'm going to do, made my nut and i'm just siting around drinking, shooting and playing with my dogs now. you might find someone up here, but seriously, i'd put my time into somewhere else. really.

>>742864389
No, I'm the one that owns the entry level Ibanez and LTD.

I'm so low on the scale of wise that metal bands use me as tuning

>>742864411
>my funeral shoes
my sides, venus, you get the idea

>>742864349

slow down
use a metronome
build speed in tiny increments
be patient
appreciate every minor improvement
???
profit

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>>742854357
on my way to get a demon schecter 6

>>742864563
hell, you made a funny as fuck joke and didn't even get it? bridge? floyd rose? duh

>>742864612
are those worth a fuck? i thought about picking one up 2nd hand

>>742864656
Oh, that bit was intentional.

But I'm still a fuck up. Heh

is it just me, or is /b/ a fucking POS today? i try to post and i get error after hiroshimoot error. fucking slope don't know how to run a board

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random saturday night. please, no shit from the "record company scout peanut gallery"

>>742864972
Smart enough to drop a hack on imgur to rape eight chin but still fucks up 4chan

>>742863330
Nice guitar man!

>>742864737
yup all they sound good if your major is metal, heavy, etc
plus it looks kind of good n they're cheap

better than alot of ibannez in my opinion

>>742865057
maybe it's a plan. a plan with an end. a plan with an end to a plan. now that might be it

>>742865182
ibanez*

>>742865182
oh hells, don't be talkin shit about my ibbys. i loves my ibbys

>>742865182
>>742865207
>>742865231
it's like i've always said. a good player can make any guitar sound good. bottom line

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These are mine. Each is set up quite differently and with different tuning.

>>742865398
well fuck, show and tell. in detail, i'm bored as fuck anyway

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>>742854357
I don't play enough anymore but looks good on the wall

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Been playing guitar for about a year and a half and I have this sort of entry level Harley Benton with some stuff modified,so far it didn't disappoint.

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spector legend 5 custom (neck thru)

I begrudgingly had to sell

>>742865612
details dammit, details. i'm so fucking bored i'm playing joan baez

>>742865682
To be more specific the guitar is an Harley Benton SC-500 BK and I've just modified the knobs the pickguard and the pickup covers

>>742865298
>facts

>>742865595
is hanging guitar by the neck bad I need another stand and wall ones are cheaper

>>742865850
you can get guitar stands dirt fuckin cheap, i buy them by the dozens sometimes

>>742865850
I've had wall guitar stands for a while now and I didn't notice any problems.I'd recommend these,they're pretty good: https://www.thomann.de/gb/gravity_gs_08_wmb.htm

>>742865789
>Harley Benton
i'm not familiar with that brand. it's pretty, i'll give you that. how does it play?

>>742866034
Honestly Harley Bentons are pretty cheap but they play very well for their price,I've had no problems with the pickups and the build quality is way better than on other cheap guitars imo

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>>742865663

Ibanez EDA905
only one in this color that I have seen in the USA
spends most of it's time in it's case, barely any time

>>742865510
Alrighty.
Left and right are both Dean Hardtails with trem. The left uses elixir 10-46 gauge and is set up for general purpose playing in e standard. It has coil taps on both pickups, individual tone and volume for each pickup, using the stock Dean pickups.

Hardware in the right one is pretty much the same, but the pickups were switched out, bridge is a seymour duncan full shred, neck is a PRS 57/08, also installed a piezoelectric pickup into it, wired to the bridge pickup, strung with 12-52 elixirs, tuned to whatever I feel like at the time.

Middle is a DBZ Mondial. Same story with coil taps, but it's shared volume and tone knobs. I strung that one with a 7 string set, tuned it to b standard. It has a v-shaped neck for more comfortable playing, which comes in handy for prog.

All of them are Mahogany body, carved maple top, straight thru necks. Those 3 guitars have done more for me than my old collection of 14 that I used for different sounds.

>>742854357
Jeff Jacob Band FTW!

>>742866086
where do they hail from? i've never heard of them

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>>742854357

My MIJ 90" Squire by Fender

I also have a Yamaha F310 Acoustic

>>742866166
Germany,the brand is owned by thomann which is an online store for instruments and other stuff like that

https://www.thomann.de/gb/index.html

My bass broke, i put the bottom 6 strings of a seven string set on a metal-based ibanez guitar

I don't know what i'm doing anymore.


Got a baritone sound guitar now though.


I'm sad so heres a song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eqv3DJJ6eU

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Look out bois it's real nigga hour
My room mate and his 7 string Vader.
Followed by my Ibanez Premium and actually pretty decent Agile 8 string

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>>742866336

>>742866372
Sorry about the shitty pics phone camera is ass

thought 4 chan had more happy hippie type guys now me and my acoustic r sad

>>742866455
I'm this guy >>742866124
Don't feel sad. I have 2 beautiful Tanglewood acoustics. One 6 string and one 12 string. You gotta have some diversity. Any guitar is a good guitar in the right hands.

>>742866124
damn bud, i like the cut of your jib. you are on heavier strings, i was always a dean markley custom lite guy, i can bend shit that most guys don't want to bend.and i've got one guitar with a coil tap, i fucking love being able to go in and out of a humbucker like that. i love mahogony in any form, i've got a washburn dreadnaught in mahogony, the sound is incredible. you took it from 14 to 3, that's pretty amazing. my toll just keeps going up, i'm at 20 or more now.. at this point i'm probably more a collector than a player. all well, alls well that ends well they say

>>742866455
ill post my acoustics in a second

i just gotta take a pic

>>742866256
>https://www.thomann.de/gb/index.html
thanks, i'll check them out. always on the lookout for good hardware

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tfw only 4 strings

>>742866637
whatever works man

>>742866327
there's a red house over yonder, that's where my baby stays

>>742866633
no problem,have fun

>>742866449
>Sorry about the shitty pics phone camera is ass
don't feel bad, my camara sucks too

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>>742866637
pic got cropped pretty bad

>>742866570
Nice, dude. I did have a 7 and an 8 string in that collection, but I rarely used the 8 string, and the 7 string can be replicated with the heavier strings and the right setup, so I ditched them. I did have a PRS Custom 24 too, but I preferred the weight and feel of the Deans. DBZ was made by Dean Zelinsky after he left Dean Guitars. The Mondial wasn't made for very long, unfortunately. Zelinsky now has his own line and DBZ was renamed to Diamond. A lot of time and money went into getting them just right, and I couldn't be happier.

>>742866531
>Any guitar is a good guitar in the right hands
this, 1000xxxx

>>742866779
i have one cheap 7 string and the only purpose it serves is to play that Tonic song so i don't have to drop D

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>>742866914
a picture is worth a thousand words, i guess

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>>742866591

>>742867075
oh shit, we got a southpaw in the house

>>742867133
yeah, kinda sucks, 2 of those acoustics i had to make left handed

>>742866811
Hell yeah dude. I've had the chance to talk to some pretty awesome guitarists.

Michael Angelo Batio played my red Hardtail when I first got it (in store meet and greet, just happened to be the day I picked it up) and it sounded incredible.
Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth plays his SE signature model on albums and live, believing that if it's good enough for the general public, it's good enough for him.
I watched Steve Vai play on a god damn Gio Ibanez to prove that expensive guitars aren't what makes the guitarist.
Also had the opportunity to meet John Petrucci after a DT concert and talked to him for a while. His only advise to me was to practice until I started to hate playing, and then practice some more.

A basic guitar and a good amp will always sound better than a $5k guitar and a $100 amp.

>>742867208
>I watched Steve Vai play on a god damn Gio Ibanez to prove that expensive guitars aren't what makes the guitarist.

i've spent damn near my whole life saying this. it's all in the player, not the instrument. now granted, a real POS doesn't help, but talent overrides everything in the end.

>practice until I started to hate playing, and then practice some more

smart man. muscle memory takes care of so many fuckups. not just with music, with a lot of other shit.

>>742862815
Sweet. Framus makes extremely nice and extremely expensive guitars. Not sure if that was the case in the 40s though.

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the washburn dreadnaught

>>742868016
Mmm, looks sexy as fuck.

>>742868048
yeah, and damn does it sound sweet. i've never played anything that sounds as good as this. it's like fuckin butter, but with cinnamon and sugar

>>742868133
this is what i was playing diamonds and rust on an hour or so ago. goddamn it's fine as all fuck

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my ovation, just to keep the thread alive

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http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Electrics/Les-Paul/Les-Paul-Standard-Plustop-PRO.aspx

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http://www.warwick.de/en/Warwick---Products--Instruments--RockBass--Streamer--Streamer-Standard--4-string--Pictures.html

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>>742869018
so is this what you want, or are you the only person in the world without a cell phone camera? if you have them, show them. or at least make up a convincing lie

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Dad gave me this. It was his when he was younger.
I can't play for shit, but a friend said he'd swap je a Ps4 for it. So that's about good thing!

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>>742869134
here are

>>742869503
excellent!!

>>742869594
I has been a bass player for ten years on stages but when you road in amateur bands you can't travel with expensive instruments
but I finally tired so I bought a better bass and a guitar to play only at home

The King

https://vocaroo.com/i/s1cdJ1uxFZKe

>>742869679
>when you road in amateur bands you can't travel with expensive instruments
good point

well fuck, nobody else wants to play, i'll take my ball and go home

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i dont have a pic right now but i play semiprofessionally the sax and i want so bad to learn to play the electric bass, problem is i dont have enough time this year for everything because university and shit

>>742871672
Sounds like you just ain't learn gonna learn it then, huh.

I have a cheap Fender acoustic. It's not a bad guitar, had 0 buzz and good tone when I purchased it and changed the strings, but I had to move to a different climate for a couple of months, and it buzzes pretty bad now. 13th fret is dead for every string, 14th and 12th frets are both buzzy (though higher frets are fine, oddly enough), G string sounds choked at most frets, the B string rattles really badly at most frets, as does the A string. I also have some minor intonation problems and the guitar as a overall dead tone, but that is mostly due to the strings being old. How do I fix it bros?

>>742871907
Mess with the truss rod or have someone that knows what they're slung doing fix it. However, maybe just lighter gauge strings woulda fix it