/gg/ - Guitarfag and Bassfag General

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>>68410995
how good is bondo for tone /gg/?

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>>68411033

How are the classic player jaguars?

>>68410841
this guy sounds like a huge fag

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>>68411172
Love it. Always thirsty.

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>>68411186
i didn't really read it but i gathered they thought less of people who just play for a hobby or on their own and don't expect much out of music which is pretentious

im just inferring they also,conciously or unconciously, want it in the pooper

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>>68411266
There you go, baby. Drink up.

>>68410969
I don't have any experience with mia, but the general thought on here is that its not a big enough jump to justify the cost unless you have money to waste.

>i hate prs
>my squier much better
>got emgs
>fox_and_grapes.png

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>>68411386
Is this thread just gonna be you cryin' for 300+ posts?

Because I'd really enjoy that to be honest.

>>68410783
Both can work. The most agreeable material I'd ever read said that there's actually three sources of picking motion: forearm, wrist, and fingers. Which to use depends on the style and speed you employ, fingers tend to work best for slow melodies, then as the tempo goes up the wrist and finally the forearm start coming more and more into play.

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Are you guys ready for the new #1 amp of all time that's going to change guitar playing forever?

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>>68411431

>>68411431
but how many tubes does it have

>>68411431
if i was15 id run out and buy that right now

Blacktop HH Tele or Blacktop HH Jaguar?

>>68411431

>rythym

jesus fucking christ.

>>68412229
neither

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Hey everyone I'm looking to get a space rock sound (similar to hum or duster) out of my gear. I currently have a
>Gibson sg
>fender deville,
I don't wish to buy another amp or guitar; what pedals do you think would aid me in this pursuit? here are the pedals I currently have:
Sans tabs amp
Eqd disaster transport JR
Way huge swollen pickle
Mxr phase 100
Mxr blue box

>>68412736
I don't have an answer to your question anon, but I already saw you post here a few times and I wanted to say that when I grow up I want to be like you and never give up.

>>68412736
any delay pedal with adjustable rate and you're pretty much there
don't forget to use that EQ to compress your tone and suck as much life out of it as possible

>been playing ~9 months
>Gibson SG or Ibanez S770
>Clapton and Van Halen

No current projects, mostly just jam to backing tracks on youtube, and jam with friends every now and then.

I just bought a Fender Bassbreaker 15 the other day, and I love the sound.

I'm looking for good pedals to put through it, thinking a high gain distortion for Van Halen stuff, since the onboard distortion doesn't quite cut it, and probably a Phaser.

Also do I put phaser pedal through effects loop? I'm not sure what the use of the effects loop is.

>>68412843
Wether you meant that as an insult or a reference to the debate, I take it as a genuine compliment; namaste.

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>>68412903
Can you go on about the insult towards eq? I've heard pretty much nothing but praise towards them. Can you show me some video examples or a longer explanation on this?

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>your pick
>your strings
>your rig
>your genre

gogogogogogo

>>68412915
>or a reference to the debate
wtf are you taking about

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>>68413053
>picks
>strings
>rigs
>genres

o am i laffin

>>68413055
At the end of the debate Clinton and trump had to say something nice about each other and trump said he respected that Hillary never gave up.

>>68413053
i only use the finest stringed picks for my riggerinos. i tend to play the most genre of music.

Just started to learn how to play and I've been practicing chords for a good chunk of the day. My fretting hand's wrist hurts now. Am I holding it too wrong or have I just been practicing too much?

>>68413456
idk how tf were you holding it? You'll get used to it just practice perfect

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>>68412229
HH Mustang

>>68413456
Holding it wrong

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>>68412229
gibson les paul

>>68413456
Your hands will hurt for 2 weeks of practicing every day, then you'll get over it

>>68413456
Everything is going to hurt when you start playing chords

>>68413456
For bar chords, try holding your thumb closer towards the body of the guitar, so that your thumb and forefinger aren't lined up. It'll make a clamp effect and takes a lot less effort to press all the strings.

>>68413456
Don't listen to the guys saying it's supposed to hurt, playing guitar should NEVER be painful (only exception is the tips of your fingertips when building calluses). Make sure you are only pressing down on the strings with enough force so that the notes ring out clear, chances are you're pressing down with too much force. Also make sure you're holding the guitar at a comfortable angle (like the other guys said) and that you take plenty of breaks.

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>>68413053
>Gator Grips 0.73-2.00
> .10s on my Strat and V, .11s on my Mustangs
>Dr.Z 2x12, Music Man 65, and a couple of Super Champ x2s
> Surf, Garage Rock, Stoner

I might get a Solarus 2x12 combo for $700 soon

>>68413618
>>68413624
Maybe he has baby hands like me. My wrist and fingers are always slightly slanted with barre chords.

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>>68413053
>Tortex Jazz
>NYXL 10-52
>Jazz master-EQD Acapulco Gold-Big Muff-Boss digital Delay-EQD Afterneath-Orange Or100
>Alternative Rock/Noise Rock

>>68413618
>>68413624
>>68413809
>>68413823
I don't suppose the size of the guitar has anything to do with it. I only decided to start playing because I had a tiple guitar laying around for years and just decided to start playing (mind you it's pretty tiny). I was thinking of buying a regular sized one after actually learning, but if the guitar being so small really inhibits my learning I might have to buy one after all.

How essential is it to be able to barre my 2nd and 3rd finger as well as my 1st?

Also is it a waste of time for me to be learning all the chords right now? The E's A"s etc. I don't really know what they'll be for but i'm remembering them all. I feel like i'm learning lots of things i can't quite use.

>>68413053
>Jazz IIIs or Gator Grip 1.14
>Elixers .10
>Mexi Strat + HOF Mini + Nano Big Muff Pi + Vox VT40+
>Jazz (mostly standards), psych garage (in the vein of Fuzz/Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees)

What if, as a career, I wanted to get into making instruments like guitars. Where do I even start?

>>68414486
You don't plan on playing chords?

>>68414669
luthier school

>>68414628
Let's start a band pls, can you shred like Ty? I style myself more like John Dwyer

>>68414786
I'm trying to, trying to get a band together with my buddies that combines that fuzzy psych shit with jazz and mathrock in some way

Most of my "shredding" is me flailing my fingers around the fretboard in the general area of the scale shape while picking pseudorandomly really fast.

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Ty Tabor practically never gets mentioned in these threads. What gives?

How the hell does Mithras get their sound? I know theyre running Marshall amps, but hos about the spacey tone? Delay, compression?

>>68414844
yamawho?

>>68413053
>0.73 or 0.60 mm Dunlop depending on my mood
>D'Addario 10-46
>Ibanez S770PB-NTF fed into a Crybaby Wah, (soon to have Boss DS-1, and maybe a GE-7 EQ pedal), into a Fender Bassbreaker 15 combo amp
>Hard rock, rock, blues

>>68414809
>>68414809
Haha nice, I'm the same way but I play in the same key as the main riff and hammer-on all over the place with heavy fuzz. Where are you at? I know my drummer and I have been trying to get fuzzy math project going, he's heavily Bonham influenced

>>68414963
Hamilton, Ontario

>>68414486
just learn basic songs, youll pick up the chords as you go

once you can do perfect changes at 120 bpm, then start learning about the theory and maybe writing your own progressions

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Anyone have experience with Tokai SG's? How do they compare to their Epiphone/Gibson counter-parts?

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>>68414963
>psychadelic
>jazz
>not inspired by ginger baker

>>68414975
Shieet, Yea I'm in the Midwest

>>68412736
Tera Echo bro. It sounds really spacey and processed, and also if you mute your strings on the right settings it sounds like a star wars blaster.

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Found this going for $750 on craigslist. I was looking for a P bass cuz i love the deep low end, but this is a close second for me. Should i cop?

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Haven't visited one of these threads in a while. Is the G&L shill still here? I've been eyeballing these for a while and one popped up for a pretty smoking deal, picked it up on a lunch break today.

>>68415364
nah we ran that faggot off

>>68413053
Pick: 0.50mm Dunlop
Strings: D'Addario Standard 10/46
Rig: Schecter C6 Deluxe + Vox VT20X
Genre: Folk

>>68414949
my fuckin nigga

except idk about ibanez... but everything else mahnigga

>>68413053
>Dragon's Heart Original
>Kalium 8-124
>Agile Pendulum 10-27-30>A fuckload of pedals>Marshall MA100H>Hartke GH410> GK Neo 115
>Post/Prog Metal

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/gg/, is it physically, cognitively, biologically or existentially possible to not love this guitar?

So I'm new to guitar and bought a classical one as my first (it was a pretty long time ago but I've started to learn to play only recently)
Is there any lessons on how to hold a pick correctly and use it with a classical?
Also, what is the trick to playing the chords really fast?
Like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1irjRAvy9c
@8:30

>>68415518
how the fugg do you play folk with an HH double cutaway

https://discord.gg/tHrDAMS

get in here faggots

>>68415659
i prefer the one thats just a straight teardrop, no horns

like brian jones used to play

So, I can play guitar decently
Any good singing lessons?
My voice is pretty alright, but when the song requires me to hit higher notes, it sounds like a dying pig

jesus fuck i'm part of this jazz combo in my college and i keep embarrassing myself when the director asks me to solo. how the fuck am i supposed to memorize all of these chord scales?

any book/website/resource recs would be very appreciated. i know what i want to hear but i can't fucking play it. it's humiliating to stumble through a solo not even following the changes

>>68415659
ricks are for dicks

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Just copped this as you faggots recommended. What can I expect?

>>68412736
a phaser pedal should give a spacey kind of sound

>>68415992
lol you got memed

>>68415941
just keep it simple, stupid

you can read music right?

>>68413053
>Jazz III XL
>Elixir .10s
>A 15w Laney tube amp
>I wanna play folk but I'm getting it all classic rock right now

>>68415992
nice and versatile but low quality

you can use it to dial in a reverb sound you like and then find an actual reverb with that sound and buy that instead

only thing from tc electronic worth getting is the ditto

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>>68416144
> only thing from tc electronic worth getting is the ditto

I'm a fan of their PolyTune.

>>68415992
>>68416108
no thats a gr8 reverb

>>68416144
Some of the Sub'n'Ups toneprints are fun

>>68416165
No it tunes it wrong because it's a mean pedal

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I want to get a new bass. The one I have now cost me 80 bucks and the electronics are shit but it works for now. I'm ok with spending around 600 dollars but cheaper is better. I've just been looking at vintage stuff on reverb but I really don't know shit about what to look for in a quality guitar. I play gothy stuff like Bauhaus and early Cure. I like the style of pic related but I read that it's no good for gigs. Any suggestions?

>>68416363
Just change the electronics mane

>>68416168
>memeverb
lol

>>68413053
>>68413053
>your pick
Big Stubby 3mm
>your strings
D'Addario 10-74 (Ibanez RG8)
>your rig
Fender DRRI, MXR Classic OD and Dyna Comp, TC T2, Boss DD7, Xvive V8 Chorus, Nady Tube Distortion
>your genre
Progressive folk, jazz fusion, ambient, post punk

>>68416604
I thought about that but decided I'd rather not waste money polishing a turd and just save up for something that will last me longer.

is it worth getting a tuner pedal or should i just keep using a free iphone app?

>>68416688
Unless your playing shows, I can't imagine needing a pedal tuner.

That being said, I don't play shows and I have one.

>>68416692
kek

just a convenience? i dont want to buy any effect pedals yet cuz im still working with a shitty amp but i found a polytune 2 mini for a good price. i feel like it wouljd just be super handy when going to jam with a group instead of getting out my phone and setting it in front of my amp, asking everyone to shut up for a minute, etc

>>68416729
It is pretty convenient. You don't have to tune in a quiet environment and it mutes the sound of your guitar too. I also like it because if you hit all the strings, it'll tell you which ones are in tune.

I haven't played guitar in a long time but I suddenly have the urge to play Doom Metal in C#

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>>68416993
I can relate. Didn't pick up the guitar for a few years, but suddenly got into some doom and now I'm back into it.

I thirsting for both an SG and a P bass and I dont even have money for 1 and even if I did I can't choose.

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Thoughts on the new fender 2016 offsets? Been thinking about getting the hs duo sonic in surf green

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What's the deal with Behringer pedals, specifically the Super Fuzz?

>>68417168
boss clones in shitty enclosures

>>68417135
like the color, never played that model before

more of a tele/lp player

>>68411431
Too reserved on their aesthetics. It's a line 6 not a Dr. Z. Just cover that think in blinky LEDs and chromed out knobs.

what length cables do you guys use when youre running a pedalboard?

starting my pedal setup and until now ive been using an 18.5 straight to the amp. should i get like a 6 footer to connect the pedalboard to the amp and then plug my long cable from the guitar into the pedalboard? i like to be able to walk around a bit when playing standing up.

Now please tell me what's the difference between Mexican and American Strats?

>>68417416
One line is made by mexicans in mexico and the other by mexicans in the united states.

Has anyone ever made/seen a SHS strat with tele pick ups in neck and bridge ?

I've been thinking about building one for a while now.

>>68412915
It was more like a snarky compliment of sorts. Like, I'd have answered your question if I could, but since I can't I at least hope I can make you smile.

>>68413322
wtf do you muricans treat presidential debates like kindergarten fights?

>>68417416
Hardware

>>68416655
Are you that tall gril guitarist that used to post here over a year ago? Didn't you used to play ragtime or something?

>>68413053
>Tortex .60
>Elixer .09's
>Mexi Tele - Vox Wah - LPB-1 - Fulldrive 2 - MXR Super Badass - Phase 90 - Boss DD6 - Holy Grail - Twin Reverb
>Hard Rock, Blues, Punk, Funk

>>68414987
I'd like to know this too.

>>68417726
Elixir*

Why do people shit all over my tone?

I have EMG 81/85
elixir .012
I don't use a pick often, but when I do, its 1.5mm
I'm classically trained for 8 years of music school and know the importance of timbre.
At some point, I said "fuck classical guitar technique, I know enough." And cut off my right hand nails, then developed a GODLIKE flesh tone (am also able to wash my scalp better, plus all the free time not having to give myself half a manicure each time before I play, is nice)

Why the fuck do people tell me my tone is "sterile" with my EMG's. And to switch to single coils. Like what the fuck do they know about anything? Am I of all people, not hearing something that normie pleb non-guitarists are hearing? My fucking tone is warm as fuck and dynamic as a bitch going through pms using just my fingers and pickup selector. What the fuck /gg/? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH EMG'S??

Why does /gg/ hate prs?

>>68417918
I don't really care at this point. What works works

>>68417918
its not a fender or a gibson and a lot of mediocre bands play them.

Great guitars otherwise, just they don't have any really defining characteristic besides comfy semi-fancy humbucker guitar

>>68417726
are you me

>>68417918
ugly headstock, tonewood shills, generally gaudy designs, and pricey
/gg/ prefers either classic gibson/fenders, or really out-there 10 string monstrosities (but only if they can be had for <$1000). then theres the 14yos on /gg/ who play jacksons and kramers

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>>68414949
>>68417726
orange dunlop master race

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>tfw no lead singer to whip you with a sweaty t shirt while you rock out a tasty lick

music for this feel ;_;

>>68415323

Jazz basses are great because of their versatility. My american jazz bass sounds pretty deep since it has got a set of thomastik infield flats on it. But my other jazz bass has rounds and it sounds very bright. So don't be put off buying because you don't think it will be deep enough. I just depends on what strings you use and how you play.

>>68413053
>fingers yo
>D'Addario extra light chromes flat wound
>epiphone les paul (I'm poor pls) with vintage alnico pickups
>jazz fusion, post and prog rock

>>68417979
That's probably sounds great. Could you upload a clipit/vocaroo thingy of you doing jazz stuff?

>>68417979
Forgot my amp, Fender Mustang ii, using it for its mod effects for now, until I get money for a tube amp and the pedals I want; I also have a memory boy delay and french toast octave fuzz

>>68417993
Haha I'd love to but it's 3 AM over here, and I need to be heading to bed soon; also my walls are paper thin

>>68417979
I want to try 13 flats next time I get strings. Do they sound muddy for music other than jazz?

>>68417942
I can see that. I want to play some wankery/prog jams with some buds and the prs se is looking like the workhorse to get the job done. From what I've been reading I'll have to replace the nut and tuners but it's not entirely necessary

>>68418005
That's a shame. It would be cool to hear people post their playing and tones along with gear descriptions.

>>68417863
EMG 81s compress though, if you want a clean tone with exact dynamics, you're better off with another pickup.
Don't just judge yourself, half of the time a guitarist tries to, he's wrong at several points.

>>68417968
>whip you with a sweaty t shirt
That does nothing else than smell bad, if you want to hurt someone, you twist a towel in a certain way to get a whip. And all that does to you is fuck up your dynamics and hurt like hell.

>>68418033
I'd definitely not use flats for metal, except maybe in studio to get some cool lead sound at one point, but that's super specific.

>>68418033
I used 11s on my les paul before I switched to the new pickups, and they were a bit too much, so 13s might be a bit much too haha. What type of music do you play?

>>68418046
Haha yeah, if someone makes a thread like that tomorrow I'll post in it, I'd love to get some feedback.

>>68417968
>tfw no orig. zemaitis

>>68418053
>if you want to hurt someone
its just a little tom foolery

>>68415659
I'm more partial to the 360, but to answer your question, no.

Does anyone else use a fuzz pedal to fatten up the sound of their guitar, use low gain with more volume so that the amp's tubes get overdriven?
I just got a Swollen Pickle fuzz and when I tried it on another amp, high gain and low volume on the pedal sounded good, but on my little blackstar ht1r it doesn't sound really good unless I crank up the volume, lower the gain on the pedal then use the boost channel with the gain on 1 o'clock on the amp.
The result is a really fat sound that also drives the amp's little 8inch speaker.

>>68416363
don't buy pic related.

>>68418261
if it sounds good, it sounds good. dont question it anon

i sometimes use a fuzz face with both settings at like 9oclock to just give my tele a little bit of thickness, and combine it with a punchy slapback reverb and i'm rollin baby

>>68418261
The HT1 might have a less complex preamp section, with less gain stages, if you're driving the power tubes, you're adding an extra gain stage.

>>68418371
>if it sounds good, it sounds good. dont question it anon
Definitely. I've taken a liking to using a middle single coil for stoner tones instead of my neck or bridge humbucker.
Or on my EHX metal muff, I set the distortion way higher than needed, the volume super low, and then turn up the gain on the amp so that I'd get a mild OD without the pedal. Once i turn it on, it gives me a super nasty grindcore tone that I really like. It's absolutely unbearable to play though, it feedbacks like a motherfucker.

Would you buy an original Martin D28 for £2000.

Y/N?

Legit considering it.

>>68413053
>Gator Grip 1.14
>whatever good .11s
>geetar and amp and a big moff
>weed

I've been dicking around on guitar for like 6 years and not really getting anywhere. I can play basic chords and pick out any melody after noodling with scales, but I haven't really been able to develop the framework to where I would actually be able to say with confidence that I can actually play it.

How do I go about doing this?

>>68413053
>Jazz III XL, Ultex Sharp .73, Edge pickboy and some Ibanez grip wizard stuff I'm testing
>10-46 balanced tension on one, .13-.59 custom set on 2nd tuned to C standard
>Old Laney Linebacker, vintage Marshall Shredmaster, Trace Elliot SMX dual comp, a pocket pod, a 2i4. 2016 Gibson Explorer T, old Epiphone SG and lots of software.
>Metal, prog, ambient, psychedelic.

>>68418708
Improve the stuff you're shit at rather than playing stuff you're already good at. Real improvement comes from focused, deliberate practice, not from noodling around.

Develop a routine, learn scales, arpeggios, modes and technique - get properly familiar with your instrument - there are books that can help that are freely available. Try the Govan books in the OP.

Learn some theory, no need to go overboard, but how to construct chords and how and why things fit together harmonically and melodically can really help.

Don't be afraid to get a couple of lessons - even a few ad hoc lessons with a good teacher can work wonders.

Play with other people. You'll get stuck in a rut if you're only playing with yourself in your bedroom.

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>>68418574

Don't have a D28, but a good Martin is really hard to beat.

If it's second hand and in good condition, it could be a good buy.

>>68415518
Is the schecter c6 deluxe better than the epi sg g400 pro? My local guitar shop is selling both for 300€ so i thought i would get one of them next week

>>68419410
One's a 25.5", 14" radius superstrat and the other's a 24.75", 12" radius guitar. They're both very different playing guitars, disregarding any kind of mention on the QC.

>>68419493
Which one is more verstaile?

>>68419813
>epi sg g400 pro
probably this, just because of the individual volume/tone controls for each pickup

>>68419813
Both are pretty much the same, however the epi will be less tight in lower tunings due to the shorter scale. It's not really a disadvantage as much as a difference, plenty of stoner/doom bands use the shorter scale to get a fatter tone.

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Pretty

>>68420062
Gee anon ! how come your mother lets you be TWO FAGGOTS ?

>>68420062
OOOH I get it now.

Guitar body like that looks like a sitting THICC bottomed lady's lower torso from behind

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rate

>>68420367
10/10 you can even use your shitty meme guitar hung on the wall to hang yourself.

>>68420421
Why so mean man?

>>68420475
he doesnt have a solid body electric guitr like u do anon

wuddup with that headstock tho

>>68420475
I don't know desu. I just pictured a midget hanging himself with the guitar strap and the picture was too fascinating to go to waste.

When playing off of Sheet Music how do I know where to play the note on the neck, or if I should be playing a chord or hitting a single string, so on amd so forth? I'm sick of playing guitar on tabs only easy mode so I'm moving onto sheet music.

I'm going to buy my first electronic guitar tomorrow. What should I know before I purchase?

>>68420686
That a new guitar wont make you play any better.

>>68420675
you'll usually know once you learn the staff and fretboard what position you have to play in. most stuff is position one, and you move up the fretboard to play stuff above the staff. by the time youre reading music where youre changing positions mid song, you'll just know what to do, lol.

chords will be written as chords, singles as singles.

good choice m8, tabs are for plebs.

>>68420686

You should know how to play.

>>68420697
Well it can if you're changing specs or if you're playing a major piece of shit.
Compare a 7.5" fender to a 16" ibanez and you'll see there's a pretty big difference in how you handle the neck.

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>>68420697
this hits too close to home

>>68420717
>Chords will be written as cords, singles will be written as singles

Maybe I'm a retard but that doesnt make sense to me.

>>68420735
Sorry m8 but I did the same thing. Thought if only I could get that new guitar I would improve drastically. Turns out all I needed was some good old practice.

>>68420367
unpleasing
shit picture doesn't help
also name one respectable guitarist who puts stickers on his instrument.

>>68420774
If there's a chord there'll be a bunch of notes stacked vertically. If the notes aren't stacked then it isn't a chord.

>>68420735
To a certain degree, he's correct.

Then again, owning a cheap Epiphone and a mid range Gibson, let me tell you how shit it is to play past the 12th fret of the epi compared to the Gibson.

The shape of the guitars don't enter into it, quality of the neck and fretwork does.

>>68420807

I know a few respectable guitarists who have stuck it in your mom

>>68420993
aha yeah i know

i'm just a bit compulsive and always want new stuff, have to keep reminding myself the money would better be spent on more songbooks. i already have a tele and a d12 but i want a les paul so i can complete the rolling stones trifecta.

>>68416124
yeah, so? i have to improvise

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Someone please talk me out of buying a new amp. I'm super tempted to order the Orange Tiny Terror, but I'm a college student

>>68421752

buy it you fruit

>>68421500
so, just imagine the staff in your mind's eye and create a little melody.

failing that, spend some time writing your own fills for different keys/modes, then just memorize them and use as needed.

>>68421752
oooooo i really want the 20w micro terror

does anybody have one and can review it?

>>68421770
>just imagine the staff in your mind's eye and create a little melody

i don't think anyone really does this.

but as for the second part of your post, that's what i'm doing now. it's just hard as fuck when there's like an entire page of non-repeating chords with different scales to play in each measure.

there are so many goddamn shapes to think about it's overwhelming. dorian on this chord, mixolydian on this one, lydian flat 9 on this one, it's a shitload. it's honestly so much harder than playing written music, gives me a shitload of respect for the musicians

>>68421767
but that would be stupid of me, right??

>>68421752
Do it.

>>68421808

you're already stupid

and queer

just buy it

>>68421808
no i think you should do it anyway. then tell us what its like.

okay guys. so I'm looking at this. should I be sketched out by the low price?

https://reverb.com/item/3221064-orange-tiny-terror-combo

>>68421805
>shapes
>don't think anyone really does this
^^your problems


how the fuck do you think a saxophonist improvises? there are no 'shapes' on horn instruments. they literally think about the notes on the staff and use the notes available in the key/mode to make a melody.

guitarists and pianists have it easier because all our notes are laid right out for us, so we can focus more on the intervals, as well as using dyads and triads to structure and thicken our melodies. just it's the notes and rhythm that matter most. too many guitarists focus on 'running shapes and finger exercises' that when it comes to improvising all they can do is play up and down the scale, because they don't actually know anything about notes, intervals, tonics, etc, they're focussing more on a fretboard pattern that they've been told 'works' rather than the actual music

>>68421920
>tiny terror combo

why

the whole point of the tiny terror is to be an easily portable head, so that you can just take it to gigs and plug in to 4x12 cabinets without having to lug a big ass head or combo amp around

>>68421989
alright but let's pretend that I'm a dumbass and I want the combo. Should I be sketched out by that one being so cheap?

>>68421752
>>68421920
man up and buy a used 5150 instead
it has more loud and knobs

>>68421967
>there are no 'shapes' on horn instruments. they literally think about the notes on the staff and use the notes available in the key/mode to make a melody.
thank you for putting words on what I've been thinking for months now

>>68421967
>too many guitarists focus on 'running shapes and finger exercises' that when it comes to improvising all they can do is play up and down the scale
T-that's me

Hmm. Local guitar chain has a campaign on Orange, tiny terror head down £200.

Tempting as fuck.

>>68421920
orange 1x12 cabs sound like shit
you should honestly just get the head and a cab

>>68422088
is the combo really that bad? I'm a student living in a dorm, so the combo would be much more convenient

>>68422060
make sure you get an EQ pedal because of the single tone knob

>>68422088
That's a 1x10.

>>68422105
Get a full stack

>>68422108
you sure?
the orange site says it's a 1x12

>>68422107
I've been doing more and more shit in software due to space and living in an apartment, but it's really tempting. Will probably skip though.

>>68422118
>Celestion G10N-40

http://celestion.com/product/32/g10n40/

>>68422105
if it's for that it should be fine
i just really don't like the sound of the tiny terror into the orange 1x12s always sounded really tinny the few times i got to try them paired

>>68422133
>>68422088
the speaker itself seems to have some pretty positive reviews.

>>68422107
seconding that.
The single tone knob is absolute garbage, have it on my Micro Dark, I don't mind since it's a cheap amp but I would definitely not buy a pricier amp with only that.

>>68422105
m8 a combo and a head+cab are almost the same, especially with a lunchbox head.
plus you get to bring the head to a rehearsal place or a friend's house without any trouble.

>>68422133
Forgot, this is an old one with celestion. Now Orange uses their own "voice of the world" shit. The new ones are 1x12.

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Whats some good unique guitars?


I was looking at hagstroms but want some other stuff to look at

>>68422150
Oh yes, celestion are great. They're not what Orange uses now though, that's why this one is cheap, it's old.

I was thinking of getting a Roland Cube 60 amp, is it too loud for bedroom playing? Is it worth picking up for rock music mainly? I currently have an old spider line 6 and it sounds kind of sterile and flat.

>>68422154
so what's your opinion on it with the celestion?

>>68422153
as of now, I don't have any rehearsal places/friends' houses with a speaker I could plug into. I'd be bringing the whole setup

>>68422161
If you want something unique, build it yourself.

>>68422177
Good speaker, don't know when Orange switched to their own brand, suspect the combo has quite a bit of mileage on it.

>>68422161
ive never met anyone else with a d12

people are always telling me its rare but they always have them in guitar stores. i guess its just rare to actually own one lol.

>>68422176
60W is a lot
going from modelling to modelling without hitting the high end stuff like the AX-FX/Kemper/Helix is stupid imo, you're not getting any real advantage.

>>68422161
Ibanez has some weirder models outside of their usual S/RG line. I don't know why I never see any indiefags with Talmans because they definitely look like something they'd play.

>>68422177
>I'd be bringing the whole setup
not really an issue, the head's only about 5kg so it's not going to be like lugging an SVT around.

>>68417189
I second this

I've had a number of Behringer pedals (still use their delay till I get a better one)
They are great for the money
That's it though
Save up your money for something better

>>68417956
Fuck yeah motherfucker!

I hope Deku gets in more and more lascivous situations with Slime Girl, Gizmo Girl and Crazy Psycho Blood Bitch.

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>>68422413
boku no hero academia was fun but it's not guitar related anon

>>68422413
I don't understand

>>68422413
Wrong place, /a/

>>68422431

I am too embarassed to delete this post now so please keep it as a reminder of my idiotry.

I play a Jazzmaster through lots of effects.

>>68422481
>I play a Jazzmaster through lots of effects.

thats even worse than your previous post

>>68422481
Just when we thought you couldn't be a bigger faggot, you deliver.

>>68422498

Hey man I had to deviate the embarrassment somewhere guitar related!

>>68416363
pic related is the ugliest instrument I've ever seen besides OP's mother.

>>68417050
Get a P. It works for everything and anything and is probably the best looking bass in any situation.

>>68412736
I know the dudes from duster all use SGs. I'd say get a compressor, if you listen to that stuff there's not a lot of dynamics going on in the guitar parts. IIRC their sound relies more on digital reverb more than spring reverb

>>68413053
>Tortex Jazz III 1.14 mm
>D'addario 11-49
>Ibanez RG Prestige, Peavey 6505+, Mesa 4x12, a few pedals
>death metal

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>>68417135
Tried them the other day, the HS Duo Sonics are worth the money but the Mustangs are garbage. I'm gunna buy pic related when they start to sell used, the neck is wonderful

>>68413074
Yewwww sup cum dawgie, I was just bustin a major cumjam to get those swamp donkies hangin

>>68417944
There's literally nothing wrong with playing a Jackson guitar.

>>68416363
If the bass feels nice in your hands and you can play it proficiently, then just swap the electronics out. Much cheaper than getting a bass you might end up not liking

>>68417973
>TI Flats
I wish I could afford those :(

>>68423028
theyre only like 70 dollaroos

>>68422431
>>68422431
Disgusting Meme Machine.
Literally all you can do on that is djent and sweep pick.

>>68417346
>6 footer to connect the pedalboard to the amp
Huge mistake if you ever play live. You should get a 20-footer for that, keep part of it coiled by the amp for when you don't need the extra distance

>>68423046
I'm used to one of the guitar shops here in town having half off strings on Wednesdays and their supplier doesn't carry TI, so I'm not sure if I should make that big of a purchase on something I might not like. I've only ran dadarino rounds and Roto 66's on my j bass. I wanna try some flats bc both those strings are too bright for me. Any other recommendations for flats? I've heard a lot of people like La Bella but they are kinda muddy

>>68412229
I just ordered the jag

Any reccs on books for jazz guitar?

>>68423177
Put a hum in the bridge

If you have a PRS stop posting in this thread.
If you sweep pick stop posting.
If you have active pickups stop posting.
If you have more than 6 strings on your guitar stop posting.
Squier is objectively the best brand.

>>68423201
Read the OP, numbnuts

>>68423202
It's the HH blacktop

>>68423226
My man

>>68423226
Mah nikka

>>68423207
>Squier is objectively the best brand.
I'd find some smug laughing anime girls to post, but this shit is so low effort you'll have to settle for text only.

>>68423226
>>68423239
Just realized I can't read.

>>68423249
>Cheap
>Look cool as fuck
>Great sound
>Great action
you probably have a floyd rose too lol

>>68423274
Fixed bridge on two guitars. Squier is poverty planks.

>>68423274
>cheap quality is a good thing

you poorfags are delusional

>>68423285
>He pays thousands of dollars for wood and metal
Squier > All

>>68421967
no, those aren't my problems. obviously i understand that shapes aren't the only way to think of things, but i don't think horn players think about the staff. they think about the notes available (which btw, i'm also doing when i think about shapes).

horn players have it a bit simpler in a way. there's only 1 or 2 ways to play a certain note, and things are more linear. on guitar there are so many ways to play one thing, and the way the strings are laid out makes the intervals a bit weird, as evident by the fact that i can name every single note on the piano keyboard and have to think a bit to do it on the guitar.

while the guitar is good for moveable chord shapes, it's a bit more challenging when it comes to soloing and intervals (which is why the 3NPS and CAGED system are needed to learn the fretboard)

it's not as simple as "all our notes are laid right out for us"

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>>68423297
Oh I have a cheap guitar as well, it's just not really good, just like your poverty shit.

Even a neet like me can afford proper gear if he wants to. I bet you bought yours because you watched K-On or some shit like that.

>>68423100
that's a bass anon, every bass can djent

>>68423327

The pickups and electronics are usually of shittier quality and sound a bit thinny.

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>tfw you want to ask for pedal recommendations to sound like one artist but realise it wouldn't matter because you're not as creative as them
I wish I was half as good at writing as I am at playing

>>68423102
ty

ill get anoth 18.5 then

>>68423253
It's all good. Have you played one?

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I have a POD HD300 coming. Brand new for $175. If nothing else, it's at least got 2 good effects on it so I think it's a low risk investment. I'm planning on trying it out with custom patches to replace an amp in live settings.

How'd I do, /gg/?

>>68422900
Pics of rig nao plz

>>68423802
A pawn shop in my town has an HSS that sounded p cool but I'm p sure it was after market and the guitar wasn't set up the best so I can't really say a lot about it. I like Jag necks though

>>68423820
Hope you have a good drive pedal, because Line6 drive is shit.

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>>68423861
Did I do ok?

>>68423921
not bad

>>68423300
>it's not as simple as "all our notes are laid right out for us"

it literally is though. the staff goes from open low e, through the 6 strings in the 1st position, and then up the high E string to the 21st fret.

the rest of the fretboard is just repetition. also, 3nps and caged are cheap shortcuts. learn the 1st position, then the 2nd position, then the 3rd, and 4th. people want to jump all the way up the fretboard when they dont even know the staff in the 1st position because muh shredding. it's like these idiots you see with their cheap hsh guitars trying to learn advanced picking techniques when they don't even understand the guitar beyond tabs. take a lesson from eric 'slowhand' clapton and don't neglect the low frets, because 75% of the notes on the guitar are in the open strings and the first 4 frets (ie 1st position).

the only reason people thing guitar is sooooooo challenging is because there are so many crutches used, and 8/10 people choose the easy way. then they get to where you are and realize they don't know shit and start whining about how hard it is--newsflash: if they had given proper attention to building a foundational knowledge of music theory rather than just practicing scales and memorizing shapes, they'd be a lot better.

too many guitarists are too quick to play beyond their theoretical understanding, just because the notes are there. whereas a horn or woodwind player has to understand the note theoretically before they even learn how to play it. if a horn player tried just randomly fiddling the valves and blowing rhythms, they'd be laughed off the fucking bench. yet guitarists get away with it because they can blindly follow 'shapes' and scales without any direction or understanding of what it is their doing.

maybe you're one of these people, and maybe youre not. i have no idea. but i do know that there are a disproportionate number of guitar players that are bad because of poor training, rather than lack of ability.

>>68423921
Nice! Make sure you get that bad boy set up when you get and you should be rockin'

>>68423921
>jaguar
at least it was a good price

>>68423921
You could've got it $50-$100 less on reverb or same price with high quality mods. I hope ShillCenter didn't make you pay for shipping or tax

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Archtop guitar parts are too expensive,damn.

https://reverb.com/item/1395358

>>68421752
The solid state part sounds like crap. Get a HT5

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>>68423859
Sure

>>68424565
>The solid state part
so basically none of the amp ?

>>68424565
Tiny Terror != Micro Terror.

>>68424653
i read that the micro terror was actually pretty good though

>>68424635
>>68424653
oh shit nvm then

>>68424692
There's nothing wrong with it. Tiny is not the same though.

>tfw will never afford good gear so im playing my electric guitar ampless

;_;

>>68424567
Fucking beautiful, thanks.

>>68424567
>matching headstock + maple fretboard

Goddamn man, the "socks + sandals and shorts" look.

Your rig is fuckin heavy man.

When are they going to make a micro terror with a loop?

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>>68424567
lol

>>68424777
the micro dark has an fx loop
apparently the tone knob works around differently too but I haven't tried the regular micro terror.

>>68424301
They charged me $20 for 4-7 day shipping. To the fucking store.

>>68424761
>Goddamn man, the "socks + sandals and shorts" look.

Kek
It's true for regular strats and older style guitars, but super-strats and meme-machines just look weird with natural headstocks

>>68413053
Fender Japan 62RI P/J
Lava coil cables
Ibanez Pd-7
Tc Electronic Rh750
2x rs210
1x rs212

Punk, garage rock and jazz.

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>>68413053
>pick
whichever mediums I can find
>strings
ernie ball standard
>rig
Squier Telecaster (pic related), Vox VT-40+
>genre
hard rock

also Milana's mine, back off fags

>>68424960
And thomastik jazz flats >>68424960
And Thomastik Jazz Flats

>>68415659
I mean yeah, if I want the George Harrison vibe I love it

otherwise it's kinda ugly

>buying a guitar for the way it looks, not sounds
this is true but i'd like to not get sick of it when i look at it

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Michael schenker !!!!
like everything this guy has done

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>>68413053
Dunlop Primetones .73
Ernie Ball Cobalt 9s
Carvin DC 127 w/ Peavey 212 Valveking
Jazz/Rock/Blues

>>68422809
Yeah but it's ugly in a sexy way. Except for the headstock which is gross.

tell me the truth /gg/ you are all old dads aren't you

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>>68425306
yes
but usually you youngsters call me "daddy"

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>>68424977
As if she wants a poorfag with a Squier

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Bought one of the new 2017 LP's. Pic related is the actual copy I purchased, sweetwater takes pictures of your guitar before they send it to you.

Inb4
>dot inlays

Always looked a million times better than gibson's hideous square pearl inlays

>>68425341
Almost 30 no kids or girlfriend, mostly fuck Asian Hookers

>>68425393
>Almost 30 no kids or girlfriend, mostly fuck Asian Hookers
that sounds like a dream

Should I get this bass? Im mainly a guitar player and would just record simple basslines with it.

https://m.thomann.de/fi/harley_benton_mb222t.htm

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>>68425393
>Almost 30 no kids or girlfriend
jfc

>>68425393
sup shkreli

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>>68425374
>2017
>Falling for the Gibson meme

>>68425472
You're on 4chan, you'll get there eventually
>>68425470
It's not bad at all really

>>68413053
>Dunlop .50mm
>D'Addario NYXL .10s
>Squier Tele custom + Blackstar HTR1
>Whatever PUP is

>>68425374
Post a shot of the back and weight and I'll tell you if you got a good one or not.

>>68425393
Living the dream

>>68413053
>Dunlop Jazz III Heavy picks
>Dunlop Heavy Core 11 - 56
>Gibson LP, 6505mh
>Experimental, Minimalist

>>68425393
post your rig pharma bro

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>>68425604
1 of 2

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>>68425604
2 of 2

They don't have anything about the weight on here.

>>68425724
It's somewhere, Sweetwater weighs every guitar they take an individual pic of in the Guitar Gallery.

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Am I about to buy a hunk of shit?

>>68425751
Yep

>>68425751
Is it free?

>>68425746
I can't find shit. Feel free to look
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPF17WBNH

>>68425782
>>68425796
What should I look for with p90s to stay in the 300-500 usd range?

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>>68413856
>those colors
hnnnnnnngghh

>>68425899

Man Sweetwater is a great store with great ass customer rep.

My Squier bass came in intonated all good n shit from them.

>>68425821
Sorry scratch that, I copied and pasted from the wrong page.

Call your Sweetwater representative and tell him you want serial #170007508 before they ship.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPF17WBNH/sn170007508

>>68425751
Let's see.

Bridge you can't intonate
"P90's"
SE made in Korea at the same shithole that makes Captain Skinconditions guitars

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>>68425821
I'll explain why you want serial #170007508 if you'd like, but you probably need to get on it before they ship out the dud you ordered. Or at lest reserve serial #170007508 so you can get that one before somebody else takes it, you don't want any of the other one's being offered either.

>>68426174
You're really providing me with a lot of reasons why.

>>68426334
The main reason above all the others would be intonation, you can go look at the high and low E on the one you bought (and on the four they have left) and you can see that the saddles are all over the place. High and low E Saddles backed all the way up or all the way back indicate a bridge that was placed improperly. The one I'm telling you to get will leave you with space to breath if you decide to change string gauges.

That's reason enough to get the one I'm recommending but I'll go on if you'd like.

>>68426441
Its too late already. Shipped yesterday. I play everything in standard tuning these days.

>>68424977
>Squier
O i am laffin

>>68425603
If your "guitar" says squire on the headstock just stop.

>>68426584
You're getting a strummer where the lowest note being played drowns out all the others. The exact opposite is true with a good Les Paul in a gainy amp though, the difference is where it makes your hands want to go when you play. Acoustic like rhythm playing is such a shame on an electric guitar and it's the guitar itself that makes the difference concerning the development of a voice that stands out.

>>68426779
Are you trying to say that I bought a shit guitar? Because I'm pretty sure it's still a step up from my shitty BC Rich and epiphone that I sold.

>>68426947
With Les Pauls it's always crap shoot, especially if you're buying online. I can't guarantee the one I told you to get will be a good one (especially since it's been chambered) but it's got a better chance of being good than the one you've got coming in the mail. Good Les Pauls generally tend to be a little over the 9 lb. mark (closer to 9.5 lb. actually) and that one is the closest to that ideal weight. This is one reason why guys tend to have a love/hate relationship with a good Les Paul, because good ones are generally so heavy. And the headstocks snap off if you drop them.

Are you the Darkness guy who showed up a few threads ago?

>>68425751
I had an SE Soapbar II, was my first guitar. It's actually a good one, probably the best quality of the SE series guitars I've played. I wish I hadn't sold it.

No noise cancellation on those P90's though, that was my only complaint... but that's the nature of P90's.

>>68427121
I am not that guy.

The guitar will be fine, if it's not I can exchange it. This is sweetwater were talking about here. The main I look for on any guitar these days is intonation. If it can't be fine tuned then it migh as well be a squier.

>>68427273
>You're getting a strummer where the lowest note being played drowns out all the others.
If this is the case when you plug it in ask your Sweetwater rep if you can exchange it for the one I pointed out, that's the mark of a shitty Les Paul. The intonation will certainly be a problem should you decide to change string gauges later though.