/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

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daily reminder to not respond to shitposts, and if you're a newfriend please lurk for awhile, since you're probably an idiot

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Can someone tab this spooky zombie's theme please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0rG0EivLSU

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Post memes

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Who /thinline/ here

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Thanks to the anon from the last thread for posting this composition.
https://clyp.it/ybr3zlkf
You've inspired me. If you're still around, what scale did you use?
I only know of kumoi and hirajoshi.

>>68775464
hopefully someday

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>>68759885
lol

I actually appreciate the effort, I can't be here all the time.

You missed a couple of things though:

The fact that a plucked strings momentum is limited by the loss of energy into the guitars body is directly related to the validity of the tonewood argument. A solid body on a guitar acts as an internal block, a denser body will reject more of the strings energy than a less dense body will. The idea that sustain has nothing to do with an electric guitars overall sound is wrong, sustain (or lack thereof) is a crucial element to an electric guitars overall sound.

Secondly the density of an electric guitars wooden neck will make a drastic difference in how well an electric guitar stays in tune. A denser, stiffer, more stable neck will result in a more stable tuning as you play, so the wood your neck is made of is also incredibly important when discussing the validity of tonewood.

>The strings vibrate over magnetic pole pieces, disrupting the magnetic field and generating an AC current in the coil around the poles. This is the signal which is amplified.

What his argument failed to address is the fact that tonewoods affect the way the strings behave over the polepieces and thus the resulting overall sound of the instrument even through an amp.

You were absolutely right though, it's physically impossible for the wood not to have some influence over the sound of a solid body electric guitar. How much influence is completely up for debate.

When you split the hair like this an absolutist can't legitimately argue against the irrefutable laws of physics, at that point you just let them shit all over themselves and roll their faces around in it until the asspain is unbearable and a tube of Preparation H® is required to stop the burning smell.

You did good though.

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>>68776060

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Thinking about getting this Epiphone ES 339 soon, it's $350 for the guitar and a case. Is it a good deal?

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>>68776189
>shit!
>I said tonewoods weren't real
>then this anon comes and blows me the fuck out with some facts I can't refute!
>FUCK!
>I don't have a legitimate argument
>I'm just gonna call it bait
>goddamn I hope he doesn't respond
lol

The best part is I have a party to go to soon, you could have let it slide and no on would have know better. You look like the fool you truly are now, lmao.

>>68776347
>>68776189
>stop by gg
>see neckbeards arguing about tonewoods

why the fuck do I bother with this instrument when 99% of the people who play it are retards

>>68776492
Hmmm, that's a really good question.

Honestly, it'd probably be better if you asked your wife's son, I'm sure he'll have an answer.

>>68776577
Sigh

You fucked up the bait, Reddit

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>riffing loudly
>pause for a second
>hear people outside

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>>68776613
>FUCK!
>I still don't have an argument
>I'm just gonna call him le reddit bogeyman xd in an attempt to evade the substance of what he said
>*fingers crossed*
>maybe no one will notice

Maybe you wife's son can come up with an argument for you? It's worth a shot anyway.

>>68776734
>responding to the wrong person
>thinking I could care less about tonewoods
>being this insecure that you have to respond to everything

Hello Trump

>>68776734
>using froosh images to call someone else a cuck

Pretty good irony imo

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I lay guitar in my band we made this pretty spooky (except the chorus) sounding song, feedback is appreciated

>>68776577
>>68776613
>>68776734
>>68776759
Can you two just go to a hotel and hatefuck each other to death instead of shitting all over the place? Thanks.

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>>68776759
>I-I'm gonna say I'm s-somebody else now
>I-I'm g-gonna pretend I wasn't the one who claimed tonewoods weren't real
>I-I'm g-gonna t-try to play it off like he's insecure and has to respond even though I'm the one who has no argument
>>68776781
>I-I'm g-gonna try to c-call him a cuck now
>s-something just h-has to work!
lol

Observe. This is how it's done, kids. He's in MS paint right now furiously erasing his (you)s as we speak.

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>>68776926
>instead of shitting all over the place
hello new /gg/ friend

>>68776795
https://presidentofwhat.bandcamp.com/track/all-men-are-pigs-2
Forgot the link oops

>>68776928
>I'm so super insecure I can't let anything go
>I think everyone commenting is out to get me
>I'm going to pretend he's as buttmad about this as I am so people don't realize I'm hyperventilating on the other side of the screen

kek, this is the saddest thing I've seen on gg. Don't you have a party to go to? Better use that excuse up quick, you're running out of opportunities to haul ass out of here with your insecure tail between your legs.

>>68774013
Can everyone just pay attention to this post for once and do what it says

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The last thread died too quick, was it pruned?

(reposting)

This is an odd list, but which one would you get?

I already have a decent guitar so the bass are just a consideration.

Im mainly considering the rga72qm or the ka5-tc, but for the latter id need to get a bass amp or something right? (screwed up)

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>>68777021
>still no argument
>implying I didn't blow you the fuck out
>gnashing your teeth in your excruciating blistered asspain

Best feeling in the world right here. Fill me up, baby.
>>68776966
>>68777085
You know it's hopeless, senpaitachi.

>>68777178
fuck off man this isn't even enjoyable shitposting

>>68777216
I'll think you'll enjoy you stay here.

>>68777178
>still thinking I'm him
>still thinking I'm enough of a neckbeard to give a shit about tonewoods
>being this pitiful and insecure on the internet

Lol. Go to your party, seriously. Go be around people who care about you, if there are any. You clearly have a deep need for it right about now. And don't come back until you're 18

Tonewoods:
Fingerboard doesn't matter.
Body Matters.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRuk0vdoeeg
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YILmjHtK0UI

>>68777250
i'm not new. if anyone's new, it's the teenage girls that are so emotional they have to carry their argument across several threads

Is Basswood that much more fragile than Alder for a body wood? I'm pretty careful with my stuff so I don't expect to drop a guitar or hit it. Is the difference in price worth it?

>>68777258
>please
>please leave
>please please please
>I don't have an argument and I can't take being revealed as the mong I actually am
>please stop embarrassing me
>please
>;__;

Ok, I'll leave. Really. I will.

But first you have to beg me.

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>>68777281
Naaaaaaaaah, you're new.

>>68777338
>hyperventilating
>if I keep making a fool of myself maybe I can get the last word and pretend all of gg isn't laughing at me

I can do this all day, kid.

>>68777371
do you even play guitar? do they have a guitar class at your middle school?

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>>68777418
>I'm a loser
>I don't have anywhere else to go
lol

No, I'm sure you are. Nice retort.

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>>68777428
What a guitar, newfriend?

How do I tighten my sloppy playing?

I have to preform Psycho killer in front of a bunch of people in a few months
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM9SHDNAbPw
Does anyone know the exact strum pattern this is?

>>68777510
righty tighty, lefty loosy

>>68777455
>started out thread saying he had somewhere to be so he had a convenient way out after getting buttblasted
>still too insecure to let it go

This whole thing for me has become a game trying to see how long I can get you to keep responding like the insecure manchild you are. You haven't disappointed.

Anyways I'm on mobile out in a cornfield waiting for some doves to fly over. No luck yet. Halloween party tonight?

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>>68777554
>Anyways I'm on mobile out in a cornfield waiting for some doves to fly over.
lol

And this is gay slang for what exactly?

>>68777510
Go to a crossroads in Mississipi at night

Hey if you have the following chord progression:
G | B | C | Cm
How would you solo over it?
It's the chords from Creep by Radiohead, not that it matters, I just found the progression interesting and tried to tinker over it.

My best try is to play E aeolian when G and C are up, C dorian when Cm is up, and I'm not sure about the B chord. Maybe G# aeolian?

Anyone with a better idea?

>>68777615
>m-maybe I can win by calling him gay

Kek, this was more fun when you weren't getting desperate.

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>>68777681
So you don't wanna say then?

>>68777746
;)

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Tonewoods are real though.

>>68776795
>>68776968
lol what is this cuckcore?

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hey fellas, what's your favorite guitar and why?

I don't spend that much money on guitars. This is currently my best/favorite guitar. It's also the Chuck E Cheese guitar

>>68777510
https://youtu.be/SlCRfTmBSGs

>>68777868
Les paul
The shape

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>>68777764
Alright, this has all been fun but I really do have to go now.

Your big elaborate evasion was only necessary because you couldn't legitimately refute what was stated here >>68776060.

Let us know when that changes, gayboy.

How do I know if I want new pickups? And how do I know which pickups to get?

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>>68777868
I don't care for the aesthetics but everything else is wonderful

>>68777868
Fender Stratocaster. Because it's so fucking smooth to play

>>68777679
G major, E harmonic minor, G major, E harmonic minor

>>68778035
Actually C melodic minor would work best over the Cm

>>68776795
>>68776968
This is apologetically terrible. Is that what you were going for?

Some of the worst music I've heard in at least the last 6 months, not even trying to be that mean.

>>68777932
Have fun crying at mom's house because you got bullied on the internet!

>>68777868
The Ibanez S's probably my favourite overall design
The body is thin and makes the guitar really light, the neck is slim and flat, which fits perfectly for me, and a lot of their models have middle single coils, which I really like.
just after that's the RG, because it's heavier.

>>68777954
someone answer my noob question

>>68778334
How are we supposed to tell you if you want new pickups?

>>68778334
What kind of guitar do you have? How long have you had it? How long have you been playing?
What kind of amp do you have?

>>68777088
do you really want a 5 string that bad? i'd just save my money for a real fender jazz bass if i were you, there's really not a better bass you can get for a reasonable amount of money

>>68778506
>>68778554
Epiphone Les Paul custom, about two years now. I've been playing for 9 years. I just got an Orange Tiny Terror.

I understand it might sound like a silly question. I see why people would want a new guitar, or want a new amp, or want a certain pedal. But what makes people think "I need new pickups?" rather than any of the other things?

I'm not saying I need new pickups. But maybe I do, and I would be none the wiser

>>68778617
They just happen to be the 2 basses they have on sale. Four or five im not sure which to get honestly

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>>68777868

Ibanez Prestige Super-Strats, generally. It's just the ultimate 21st century guitar- exceptionally crafted, with great hardware and the mistakes made in crafting are down to the 1/1000th of a millimeter instead of the hack-jobs that come out of most Fender and Gibson workshops these days.

That said, while I've played plenty of incredible Ibanez guitars and own one myself, my Gibson Les Paul was a very lucky purchase and is my personal favorite. The frets aren't made for freaks like Steve Vai with massive hand-spans, but they're not Telecaster small for little twink boys either. The Humbuckers and individual tone-knobs provide for excellent versatility and allow me to quickly switch out of rhythm, lead, and ambient punch. The neck greedily eats my finger oils and the body only weighs about 5-7 lbs, making it significantly lighter than most Les Pauls.

With that said, as much as I've always wanted a Les Paul since I was a little kid, the mythos of every Les Paul being a fantastic guitar came to a screeching halt when I could actually afford to start shopping around for one. I'd say at least 80% feel more lacquered and fake than a Squier Telecaster.

>>68778658

What sort of pick ups are in the guitar now? If you've been playing for 9 years, you should have some sort of grip on how glassy the guitar is, how warm it is, and if the mid requires a natural boost or an artificial cap. If your neck pick up is too warm and you expect more treble, look for a high output pickup with a heavy treble rating. If you want a consistently low, warm, bass-heavy feel then maybe you need to search around for a pair of pickups that focus on that sort of tonality.

The only way to know what sort of pick ups you want is to research what's out there on pickup websites right now, search for what gear your preferred artists are using, buy them, wire them up, and see how it sounds. I ran through 2-3 different sets of pickups on my Telecaster, from DiMarzio's to active EMG's with a 9V battery (luckily my telecaster came with the body pre-cut for modification from passive to active) and i was very lucky to have the technician selling them to me give me a full refund if I did not like how they sounded after 72 hours. Eventually I just put the stock pickups back in because I realized they were perfect for the guitar, and what I needed was as change in amplifier.

>>68778658
>But what makes people think "I need new pickups?"
When they're happy with their guitar as far as playability goes, and want to get a different/better sound
You may want to replace your pickups. Look at some pickup demos and find some you like

>>68773988
If you don't play in open D you aren't part of the master race

this is just simple and objective fact

alright I'm closing this tab now

>>68778935
Alnico Classic and Alnico Classic Plus

And I've actually been using a shitty practice amp this whole time, until a couple weeks ago when I got my Tiny Terror

>>68779061
I just opened it and im with you. This is more shitposting than normal.

>>68778035
>>68778113
What about:
C melodic minor, E harmonic minor, E harmonic minor, C melodic minor
That way you have just two scales

>>68779104

Tiny Terror's are great. You'll enjoy it a lot. I've played for 12 years with never more than 20 watts for an amp, but I've mostly used an Orange Crush and just recently purchased a VOX VT20X. I find Alnico pickups to be low-volume and utterly glassy, by that I mean ugly on the treble with almost no bass. But it's different for everyone. If you want to play metal, look up Sey-Duncs, if you want versatility, DiMarzio's are pretty impressive. A Tonezone + PAF Pro combination is wickedly incredible both clean and with distortion, but I'm not sure they make those pickups anymore.

I have Gibson Zebra '58's in my Les Paul and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world. If you can find them I'd give them a try.

>>68779218
>If you want to play metal, look up Sey-Duncs, if you want versatility, DiMarzio's are pretty impressive.
>I have Gibson Zebra '58's in my Les Paul
Musicians Friend shill please leave

>>68779218
Personally, I think my sound is mushier than it should be. It might just be because I've only been playing at amp at a very low volume (I'm in a dorm at the moment), but I'm considering the possibility that I need new pickups. I'd imagine that the stock pickups in my Epiphone Les Paul aren't that great

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>He actually bought a pedalboard and didn't just put velcro on some wood

>>68779380
>he purchased pedals instead od just using vsts

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>>68775469
>https://clyp.it/ybr3zlkf

I like this scale too. Would someone please identify the scale(s) used?

Also, I'm curious what sort of amp and guitar settings the player in this might have been using. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm using a SSH hollowbody. Thank you.

>>68779157
Those scales don't fit the chords. G major is definitely the best fit over G and C, it anchors the progression as a G major vibe

G - G major
B - G major but with a D# instead (same notes as E harmonic minor)
C - G major
Cm - G major but with an Eb and F natural (same notes as C melodic minor)

So you basically just change a note here and there while thinking of it as still being in G

>>68779283

Never purchased from that website in my life. Never ordered a single guitar part online. I worked in a store selling instruments for 3 years that was independently owned, and I've never purchased a product that I didn't try out myself and physically inspect before purchase.

If you don't want to buy large brand name products, by all means, custom-wind your own pick ups and keep hand-crafting your own guitars- there is nothing wrong with that.

>>68778658
It happens when someone loves the feel, finish, dimensions, or just have a sentimental attachment to a guitar but want a different sound. For example, someone loves the feel and sustain of a Les Paul but want it hotter to push their amp harder or they want it to sound thinner like a Strat.

>>68779559
I think C melodic minor fits over G and Cm chords and E harmonic minor fits over B and C chords.

But I see now, I like your choice, basically these are the note differences:
G major
G; A; B; C; D; E; F#;
E harmonic minor
G; A; B; C; D#; E; F#;
C melodic minor
G; A; B; C; D; Eb; F;

I'm curious as to what's the best approach to be able to deduct this as fast as possible? I mean, you saw my approach, it was terrible, and if I was to improvise on the spot, it wouldn't sound as good, but I liked your style.
How did you find those scales that fast?

>>68777679
The song is essentially in G major and borrows chords from G major's relative and parallel minors. This is the simplest and most consonant scale approach I can think of:

G - G major (G Ionian)
B - E harmonic minor (B Phrygian Dominant)
C - G major (C Lydian)
Cm - G minor (C Dorian)

>>68780103
>How did you find those scales that fast?
I improvised making note changes by ear and found the scales I was playing afterwards. After playing for a decade, you can just kind of tell what sounds right

>>68780114
>>68780103
see, how would you decide on the last scale?
I first thought of C dorian (because it sounded good to me), but as the previous guy mentioned, C melodic minor might be better. If you write it down:

G major
G; A; B; C; D; E; F#;
And C dorian and C melodic minor are:
G; A; B; C; D; Eb; F;
G; A; Bb; C; D; Eb; F;

So you can see that C dorian differs by 3 notes from G major and C melodic minor differs by 2 notes.

I wish I could deduce this things faster to see what fits best, but as
>>68780209
said, I guess I just need time/experience

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>watching guitar covers on youtube
>person in video is a girl
>read comments
>"hey beautiful, awesome job!"
>"nice one good lookin'!"
>"marry me"

EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.

>>68780257
Personal preference towards C Dorian mostly. They're both correct, I just think the Eb sounds better in most cases. Arguing for simplicity is a good point while you're learning, but eventually it's not really an issue and it all comes down to preference.

And also, I would argue that if someone were to play the progression with extensions, they'd be much more likely to play Cm7 instead of Cm(maj7), and that also makes a good case for Dorian instead of Melodic.

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>>68780506

>everyone thinks the cover is by a girl
>it's just a Japanese Twink in a dress

I play my LP through an acoustic guitar amp these days because I like the clean tones I get out of it. Anyway, I've been having a problem with mine where if I pick the strings hard enough there will be a buzzing sound coming out of the speaker. It can be fixed by turning the volume pot down on the guitar but I don't want to dampen my tone by doing that. Should I put a new celestion speaker in the amp or is it an impedance problem caused by high output from the guitar?

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>>68780506
>Any video with the The Iron Maidens
>All the foreign marriage proposals in the comments

Courtney has rockin tits tho

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This ugly son of a bitch is playing successful gigs and basically you are fucking stupid.

>>68780506
>it's another cute quirky girl playing an ukulele and doing pop covers
fuck's sake there's even one in my uni group
at least her voice is nice
also bonus points if the tone is shit

>>68780664
it's probably just buzzing from your guitar, or the excess output driving the amp itself
volume knobs aren't compressor, you're not ruining dynamics lowering it

>>68780851
pls come to brasil

>>68780851
>bassist
that's not exactly an achievement

>>68781354
How passive-aggressive can you get m8?

>>68781403
I'm not being passive aggressive, the current standard for bassists is super low due to how few they are

>>68781486
Except he plays in a band without any guitarists.
Just him, a drummer, an estimated ~1.7k dollars worth of pedals, two guitar amps and a bass amp.
Oh and a shitty 400$ shortscale gretsch bass.

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>>68781583
>drummer/bassist duos

>>68781672
Do give them a listen.

>>68781759
free with amazon hehe

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>>68781354
>pls come to brasil
hey Italo Burrito hows it going

>>68782148
chicken butt

>>68781486
>the current standard for bassists is super low due to how few they are
>how few they are
>every rock band since the modern electric bass was invented has had a bassist
And before you come and say "but anon, muh white strippers", WS had no bassist and RB has no guitarist, so they even out and there's order in the universe yet again.
If anything we have an excess of drummers due to those two bands having one each and Fripp having 2 or more in the last KC incarnations. MAKE MORE DRUMLESS ROCK BANDS FAGGOTS

>>68782245
>MAKE MORE DRUMLESS ROCK BANDS FAGGOTS
>have 3 friends
>we all play guitar
>i also play bass
now the question is could we make it work

>>68781759
>>68782148
...aaaand I guess he's gone

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How to get into amp building?

>>68782299
>one guy does full-time guitar work
>bass can do double shift with slaps and whatnot
>other two guys just use prepared, pedals and advanced techniques(read djent) to do percussion
Maybe

>>68782441
Anon, I think your SG has anorexia

>>68782441
Do you know anything about electrical engineering or repair? Are you knowledgeable of physics? Do you know how to use power tools and a solder properly?

>>68782480
Pic is not mine desu. Just found it somewhere online and appealing haha. And I needed a pic to get attention more easily. Thanks for joining us tonight Bill.

>>68782498
I'm a former electrician student and I have power tools etc. They're no issue to me. I just need some intel, .pdf and plans etc. Maybe some videos because my Engrish isn't that good because it's not my native language. But gee, Bill, I ain't dumb.

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Novice player here and I'm looking for some insight, I don't have much experience playing instruments at age 22,

just previously a little bit of keyboard in the same method as my guitar, but my investment in music has always

been very passionate and diverse. I've begun self teaching/learning starting a few months ago but my adhd was

inhibiting me from keeping up consistently and I would usually just not play for days and weeks with an occasional

binge of playing. Basically personality quirks incline me to learn how to play in an unconventional way like playing

almost entirely improvisation, I know no chords, and I haven't tried learning any songs. I've looked at a few tabs but

skipping others. I think I may have some sort of natural proficiency in music theory or a really good ear for hearing

what sounds *good*.


I would like some opinions advice and criticisms if warranted on stuff i'm experiencing so far in my unconventional

process and hopefully advice for what direction I should take. I wrote out context ony process but I would have had

to make multiple long split posts so i'm posting all the context here http://pastebin.com/kA3aDebh

no tl;dr because i don't feel input will be accurate without context (and there's still much more context I could add

but I ain't out to write a novel)very appreciative for anything yall got to say if u do manage to read it all because it's

a bit long

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>>68777868
This guy. Looks great, plays great, I love the Filtertrons. And at this point, it's also the one I've had the longest. Since 1997. All I've had to do to it over those 19 years is sand the finish off the neck and put the Bigsby on, and tape the bridge in place. Low maintenance.

>>68777774
/gg/ is mostly talent-less, poorfag bedroom warriors. They will never understand.

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how do I get a guitar tone like in the guitar solo on Devil in a New Dress

>>68782680
>the tonewood debate is now about talent
Very nice post, I like it

>>68782918
>the tonewood debate is now about experience
ftfy

>>68782724
>rap

See yourself out.

>>68777954
Pickups arent some kind of magic. Theyre like tires on a car, each one will have something its best suited for, there will be many similar ones, there will cheap varieties that will do the bare minimum, but in the end theyll all get you to where you need to be.

If you really want to get into the differences of each pickup on the market you gotta learn about their construction and how they work, doesnt hurt to know anyways even if youre not looking to buy right now.

Ill give you a basic run through.
Do you want new pickups?

Why? Are you unhappy with your sound? Is there too much buzz and noise?

Are you using shitty gear? Can you verify that other guitars dont have the same problems as yours? Are you looking to pull more mid range or gain out of an amp that just cant pull it off? Are you sure that one of your pedals isnt destroying your tone? Good pick ups sound good, but they cant make a shitty amp less shitty.

What are you looking for? Noise reduction? Hotter output for more distortion? More or less of a certain frequency range? Active pickups?

Are you just doing it to do it? A lot of people run stock pickups, theyre not something that you have to change out.

Do research. Listen to examples of pickups. 4 brands to look at; seymour duncan, dimarzio, bareknuckle, lane
Write down the ones you like. Compare them, down to what theyre made out of. You might find out you like them with Alnico 5s in them, so look for other pickups that have that same magnet.

Pickups can only help make a good sound better, they cant make a bad sound good.

>>68783027
>dissing rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Czdg8e8UX4

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>>68783105

>>68782588
http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media_index.php?cat=13&start=0

>>68783357
Sweet. Will look more into these tomorrow.

I've seen these videos but it doesn't match up with my own experiences. My dad has been building electrics for about 30 years and so we've had a lot of guitars around the house in different configurations. Here's what I've found:

Fingerboard constitutes maybe 15-20% of total sound in electrics. Maple is a brighter higher freq sound. rosewood is warmer middier sound. Ebony is more balanced and kind of in the middle. As far as rosewood family goes, brazilian is very balanced, east indian has a slightly higher high freq content and cocobolo a higher mid and low content. brazilian for a fingerboard isn't worth it in my opinion cost to benefit wise. East indian is probably the best cost to benefit if you go that way. I prefer ebony because I find it neutral.

bodies: 50-60% of sound. only have experience with mahogany and maple. mostly the overall mass plays the biggest role in the tone. Mahogany being less dense than maple tends to be muddier and dirtier in sound. maple is so dense it makes a heavy guitar and it has a very clear sound to it. Mixing it like in a les paul tends to make a very balanced guitar. I guess more mass means it vibrates less and produces less feedback. If you want a really clear sound go with dense wood and large body but be prepared for a heavy guitar. For the opposite, small body (or take off more wood in certain areas like a carved top for instance) and less dense wood.

neck. low % of sound. I'd generally recommend a maple neck over mahogany but if it has a good truss rod it shouldn't matter much. make sure it is quarter sawn wood because it will have more strength. This means the growth rings are running straight up from the back of the neck up to the fingerboard. Mahogany is also softer than maple and you see more mahogany headstocks that get damaged.

african mahogany is pretty similar overall to honduras mahogany but is a lot softer, dents easier and that's something to consider.

>>68783139
>shilling rap
leave

>>68783105
>>68783551
jfc

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How does a fuzzface fare in stoner rock?

>>68783105
Well I've been getting a lot of new equipment lately (new amp, new pedals) so I'm trying to figure out if I need new pickups as well. I have an Epiphone Les Paul Custom. It came with Alnico Classics. You say a lot of people run stock pickups, but I'm not sure that's the case with these particular pickups

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Is the Guitar Center string club card worth it? I play Elixir 11-49 and my total is $13 that's $156 a year and if I get the card it's $8 a pack and $96 a year. I'm doing it do stock up so is there a box set I can buy at a good price of Elixir 11-49s?

i'm wondering, how much should i spend for a good pedal? is it necessary to spend 300 dollars for one. I've seen like 30 dollar ones that I'm sure are shit but I wanna spice up my playing without breaking the bank

>>68784300
No pedal is worth more than $50 in manufacturing and parts.

>>68784300
troll when there are people here dummy

>>68784327
are the good ones just overpriced for how much it takes to make them or is there actually no difference in a 50 dollar one and a 300 dollar one

>>68779380
don't pedalboards also supply power to all your pedals you flaming retard

>>68780851
MIKE KERR?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW KERR

>>68784377
Some do. But the Pedaltrain ones for example are just a hunk of aluminum, some velcro, and a carrying bag for about $100 or more

>>68784353
I pay for things that I find worth it. The difference between a low end fuzz and a high end fuzz are the bells and whistles that add extra layers. It's your money, make an educated decision and spend it on whatever you'd like.

>>68784377
Boards that come with a power supply are obscenely priced. Like triple the cost of the power supply itself.

>>68783741
its p good man i hear most people reccomend them with distortion from the amp or a Green Rhino. I use a Swollen Pickle + Green Rhino because the swollen pickle has internal knobs that take the fuzz from (in the case of QOTSA) Better Living thru Chemistry to You've Got a Killer Scene

love the pedal. can't complain. does good on its own as a psych/acid rock pedal

I just picked up an interface so I could start recording myself playing. I'm running through a preamp pedal using an XLR cable. After trying to record a few times, I was noticing that there is a distinct high pitched hum being played alongside the track. I was wondering if there's a way to diminish that sound or fix whatever may be broken.
the ground connect to the XLR is on.
https://clyp.it/ppzpmh4x

>>68778971
what if I play in open D5, with the middle strings tuned to the same pitch?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lR1tt24mo4

How do I get clean tone like Jason Becker had? Like his sound starting at 1:25

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>when ur ct5 is on the way

Pretty hype famalamadingdong

>>68786628
Does this pedal have a ground lift switch? If so, press it. Also try powering the pedal on its own battery or single power adapter if you are using a power source hub or daisy chain adapter.

anyone else become less and less of a gearhead as they became more and more communist?

>>68787463
Only has the "phantom & ground connect XLR" button. single power adapter.
might be my drivers. i am using an older laptop.

>>68781672
Death From Above 1979 is my jam tho

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>>68775469

Hey bro I'm assuming you are talking about the solo at the end? In I didn't use any specific Japanese scale. I only used the Aeolian mode. In fact here's the notation for the solo. The alto guitar plays D Aeolian even though the key is in a minor because it's tuned a perfect fifth higher. The original song is mostly in Aeolian too I think..

>>68779443
The guitar is an Ibanez ran through revalver to simulate a nylon string lmao.

>>68781672
simplicity is key, JEFF the brotherhood are great

>>68775464
Loving that wood

>>68787452
I want one but I don't think I'll know how to use it

r8 riff desu

http://picosong.com/HRMf/

>>68782671
buy a guitar method book and try to progress to the next lesson every 3-4 days. all it takes is discipline

>>68783105
>Pickups can only help make a good sound better, they cant make a bad sound good.

i feel like this applies to most gear, in one way or another

>tfw john squire will never be your guitar teacher

>>68788306
I could see a group of 40-year-olds mildly entertaining a bar crowd with riffs like that

>>68787769

>The guitar is an Ibanez
My nigga. I got Ibanez brand guitars as my first two. My SSH solidbody is a Fernandez, though.

>Revaler

What is that? I looked it up and found nothing on this.

>>68787769
Me again:
>>68788557

Could you share the tablature/music sheet(s) you played?

>>68788622

Ehh Peavey ReValver, it's this amp sim that has a special module that allows you to shape your guitar into a acoustic.. classical, or even another electric guitar somehow.

The score, ehh why not.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rsnEcXMP-razNOLWVKYXZwQUU/view?usp=drivesdk

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>>68788917
>revalVer

I realized after I had sent TWO replies there was a second 'V'.

JUST

Thanks for the score and information, I'll put them to good use. Have a good night, Anon.

>>68782245
I'm talking local, go ahead and make a band from scratch without any of your friends and you'll have tons of trouble finding a bassist, regardless of your country.
Drummers are scarce in my city too, due to the instrument being loud as fuck whatever you do.

>>68788928

No prob anon, have fun

>>68788954
>go ahead and make a band from scratch without any of your friends
Hahaha, that would be really hard hahaha, I'm friends with everybody I know and some people I don't know too hahaha. I have to look up "loneliness" on wikipedia every day so I don't forget what it means hahaha
But yeah no really I know what you mean, I've seen plenty ads for bands looking for both bassists and drummers, and almost none looking for guitarists.

Anons how can I find motivation to practice guitar after not playing at all for the whole weekend and instead wanking to chinese cartoons

What's a good cheap and well built guitar with humbucker pickup cavities that I can take out stock and put my own pickups in to use?

>>68789971
learn what you like to listen to

>>68790077
i'm confident most squier bodies these days come with humbucker routs. this is the cheapest option.

you could also def do any epiphone

Is it safe to say that a peavey bandit is like a honda civic of amps

>>68790129
there's a lot of different civics and some of them are naughty, I cant think of any peavey amps that are naughty.
so no, theyre more like the ford focus of amps.

>>68790319
>I cant think of any peavey amps that are naughty.
5150/6505
that shit's vicious

>>68790337
ahh yeah you are right, the 6505 is quite a beasty.

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Hey /gg/, What are the Epiphone Les Paul LP100 guitars like?

I'm looking into getting one as a beginning electric because they're the cheapest I can find secondhand that don't look like total shit

>>68790129
what is the AE86 of guitar amps ?

>>68784327
Durr, got back to your bedroom and practice sweeps some more

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>>68784400

>>68791204
Friend has one, but i don't really like how it plays. Stock tuners are loosy and the neck is slippy. I love the lp shape in general, but that one doesn't look cool: gloss finish looks stupid without maple and binding. But it sounds bretty good with stock pickups.

I started playing guitar about 7 years ago, but I never really had any proper lessons. All I know is how to play tabs and I can play chords. I feel like I started off on the wrong foot and now it's going to be hard to get a proper education because the water is muddied with a bad education. What would be the best way to go about (re)learning how to play the guitar? I've been trying to get into writing songs and stuff but I realized I really don't know anything. Also, if I wanted to buy a guitar and amp combo that would be good for practicing and could also play over drums if I wanted to play in a band, how much money should I save up?

>>68791465
Start from scratch, ideally with a teacher so he can point out the bad habits you might have picked up along the way. Do not skip anything even if you think you already know it.

>>68791465
Are you me?

>>68791465
There's a 50 year old man in my class who has been playing for most of his life, yet never had priper education. He's now having a difficult time changing bad habits and learning theory, but he knows it will be a huge improvement to his technique. I wouldn't be afraid of taking classes if I were you, that's probably the best way. A teacher can help you reeducate yourself.

>>68791528
>>68791575
How would I find a good teacher? A local community college has a music school but that's where I found my old teacher who just taught me how to play songs.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCGDU1V9CUU

I've been trying to tab this song sporadically for years but have never managed to get any good progress.

I got the solo pretty much figured out, but the part after the solo has me lost.

It is in drop D.

After the solo it goes -0-0-1-1-0-0-, on the D string but I cannot for the life of me happens what happens after.

Ay tips?

>>68774672

Darkstalkers is the best

Just look for a midi file of the theme and run it through Guitar Pro mang, it works ok more often than not.

>>68791640
craigslist, local newspaper, etc. Of course it's better when you can find a teacher that has some good reputation. In small towns, local teachers are also often in the local bands.

>>68791774
Would it be a bad idea to find an online teacher?

>>68784461

They also weigh a fraction of what a piece of wood weighs.

>>68791785
Never tried it, I don't even know how it would work. Is it like a normal lesson but on webcam?

>>68791785
>>68791866
Some people offering to be teachers on youtube/forums generally do skype sessions. Never tried it either, mainly because of wanting a hands on teacher. Maybe it would be good for learning a technique or two?

>>68791866
>>68792329

Nick Reinhart from Tera Melos offers lessons through Skype and he's a guitar genius.

>>68791640
Ask in music stores.

>be me
>Saturday night
>messing around in music store with my friend
>he works there most nights until closing time
>boss went home early
>we're joking and playing around with expensive gear
>plugging jazz boxes into mesa rectifiers
>Ibanez RG8 into an acoustic amp
>just doing stupid shit for a laugh
>grab a goldtop Gibson Les Paul from behind the counter
>CHECK ME OUT BRO
>I'M THE BUTT ROCK NOW
>plug it into a Marshall DSL
> ......literally the best sound I've ever gotten in my whole life
>beyond shocked
>play it for over and hour
>
>
>
>call to see how much room I have left on my credit card
>friend says I'm fucking stupid

I still can't believe it. I have no idea what I've been doing with my life. I wish this had happened 10years ago.

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Who else got the little skeleton rocking out with a guitar when they opened /gg/?

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I impulse bought one of the new duo sonics. This thing is actually pretty nice, even compared to the mexi-tele i used to have it feels like they've upped the quality on this stuff recently.

who /duane/ here

http://picosong.com/HyXN/

>>68788954
Yes this is part of the reason i decided to switch to bass full-time. Finding ANY bassist is hard enough, a competent one is in very high demand. Looking for people to play with is always a million guitarists, couple drummers, no bassists (maybe a couple guitarists who can manage it in a pinch).

Things are so much easier when your instrument of choice is in demand. Not only is it easy tp find others to jam with, you can even be picky about which group you want to join.

Can bass be played in classical guitar position? Or does the longer neck make it unviable?
And I know I look like a pretentious faggot but it's the only position I'm comfortable playing in.

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>>68791759
Thats ok, I'll wait for a kind anon to tab it and post the right tuning.

I figured now would be a good time to play it since it's Halloween.

>>68792602

Looks gr8 anon-kun.

>>68792602
Post clyps.

>>68776236
Not bad at all. I've got one with p90s in it, great guitar.

>>68792492
Good things come to those who wait.

>>68792341
nick stop posting faggot all u do is fuck wiht pedals you can hardly play

>>68792739
Yes! I play like that. It's pretty comfy for me. No trouble with reach on the first few frets.

good decently priced amps that handle pedals well? it's only for bedroom use

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>>68792602
Reeee you should've waited till they sold used for $100 less. I'm getting the Daphne Blue HS

if my hands start to hurt should i keep playing or take a break i dont want to be a pussy but i dont want to harm my hands either please help :)

>>68793158
the look of brand new strings scares me

So I just got gifted a guitar by a friend and the intonation is absolutely fucked up, I also have to change strings. Is it better to first fix the intonation and then change strings or first restring and then fix the intonation?

Is there a general for drummers? Or is this the extent of threads actual musicians have?

>>68793239
Only stop if it's joint pain.

Someone buy this thing

http://www.rondomusic.com/product8674.html

>>68793510
Learn how to set it up properly ya dingus.
>Resting with strings you'll primarily use in tuning you will primarily use
>Neck relief
>Saddle and nut action
>Intonation
In that order.

Best tap tempo delays for under $200? Thinking the Digitech Obscura

>>68793510

restring first then intonate

>>68793510
Always set intonation with new strings

>>68793581
Meant restring

>>68793142
>amps that handle pedals well
What did he mean by this?

>>68793585
I got a dd6 for $60 used, its solid. I wish it had a seperate switch for tap tempo. Works well in a stereo rig.

>>68793541
I've seen a /drum/ thread pop up here and there on /mu/ but nothing permanent. Sometimes you also get /piano/ but it's always a very slow thread. That(s pretty much it

>>68793581
>>68793588
>>68793590
Thanks guys

Is there a good guitar controlled vocoder that will play through the guitar amp? The aqua lung is what i want, but it doesnt sound good.

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Anyone here have experience with alt tunings? I mess around with four to five and then of course standard, but I was wondering what the best way to set my guitar up would be. The lowest I go is CGDF#BD and the highest is stabdard. I play on a LP standard but I'm mostly curious about acoustic.

>>68791204
Save a bit more and get a ltd ec-256, it will be much better

>>68791204
That's the exact same one I have. Stock pickups are nice but tuning is a bit of ass on my opinion but it could be because I bought it used. I like it overall.

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post bords. nice bords, your bord... post bords.

>>68793623
neutral sounding amps with fx loops?

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>>68794631
This.
>>68796234
K
>>68796278
>neutral sounding amps
Just get anything with an effects loop Jesus Christ. EQ what you don't like.

>>68796278
>neutral sounding amps

all amps color your sound anon, that's the point

if you want something that sounds a bit staler just get a solid state amp

>>68796337
wow that's a lot of fuzz
that your board?

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>Be poorfag
>Finally money to buy better guitar
>Switch my shitty classic guitar and brought a better more expensive one
>Relised later I should have brought an steel string acustic instead

>>68796420
return it???

>>68796234
I kinda want an SD-1 judging from the demos, should I just buy it or build a clone for experience (and cool indie points) ? I've never built any pedals and I figure out it might be simple enough.

>>68796420
either return it or save a little bit and sell back the classical to fund your steel string
how do you even make that kind of mistake though ?

>>68796420
So return it then

>>68796337
>Fuzzrocious

My nigga. I have the cat king. Great pedal, although I'm a retard and am probably not using it to its full potential

>>68796440
>>68796522
>>68796546

Too late already used it for couple of weeks

>>68796389
Ye. Bassists always want more fuzz, and each one brings something different to the palette.
Semantically speaking, it's an OD, distortion, fuzz, and a fuzz distortion, but it's all technically distortion.
>>68796522
Buy an SD-1 as a palette for learning how to circuit bend and shit.
>>68796590
I'm a retard with my Rat Tail, too. I never experiment with it, just turn it on and go crazy. It's a more interesting pedal than I give it credit for sure.
>>68796619
>couple weeks is outside of return window
You fucked up.
Sell it and use the money to get what you want. ez

>>68794221
Optimally, you would want different string gauges and need to work on the setup and intonation to work with that tuning. It's just too big of a range for things to play/intonate consistently across tunings.

You can get away with doing it all on one guitar with the same strings and have it be good enough. It just won't be "ideal." I would probably use a set of 11s since you're tuning down so much.

>>68796717
>Buy an SD-1 as a palette for learning how to circuit bend and shit.
I'd rather try that on a pedal I don't use, like my EHX micro metal muff (or maybe not, I can feedback like a motherfucker with that and I like it), or on a delay.

>>68796763
In a perfect world I would have a guitar set up for each tuning I play in but that's not realistic for either my wallet and live performance.
I'm really just wondering if there is a trick to get it good enough and well rounded to play all those tunings.
My biggest problem is tuning to C, the intonation goes all over the place and especially when I use a capo.
Do you think if I set it up to somewhere in open D that would be low enough to help with C's intonation? I'm really just trying to cut down time on tuning.

>>68796863
Setting up in the middle is the best you will be able to do, theoretically.

>>68796863
add one more string

>>68796863
I see your logic, but I'm not really sure it would work in practice. I think you'd just end up with a slightly less out of tune C tuning and a slightly less in tune standard tuning (and open D being fine). Personally I'd want my "home" tuning to be as in tune and playable as possible, and I don't think what you're suggesting would do that.

But maybe try it out and see what happens. If it works, it works.

>>68796863
>>68797021
This shit's so fucking stupid. Put your guitar in one tuning and learn where the notes are. Problem solved.

>>68796863
There's no compromise really, your intonation will always be slightly off outside of the tuning its set in. There are tricks you could, you could probably use a spider capo for some open tunings, you could use something like the pitchfork or whammy to subsitute down tuning. My pitch fork can drop me a minor third, so it sounds like im playing in C# standard instead of Standard, it can also do a perfect 4th but i never messed around with that, whih would take you down to C standard. Or you can tube to C standard and capo the 4th fret when you want to play standard.

Of course, none of those will sound or feel as natural as a different guitar for each tuning, but intonation is your big concern these are the compromises that will work best.

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54 reissue Japanese Strat

>>68777868
These look great, I love what Epiphone put out these days. Just wish they had the same peghead as Gibson.

>>68776236
That looks like the 339 PRO. I was thinking of getting the 335 pro and sticking some PAF copies in it, they seem really nice for the money. Epiphone seem to be hit and miss in terms of fit and finish lately, so I'd recommend buying from a store, rather than online.

>>68793158
>>68792602
These look neat, I used to have a few Mustangs myself. Where are these being manufactured out of curiosity?

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post boards

>>68797560
WIP. Just wetsanded to 1000 grit. Like 12 coats of lacquer

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>>68797603
Forgot pic

so all those math rock guys use compressors, right? because i can't figure out how to make clean tapping stuff not be half as loud as chords.

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>>68797634
From the thumbnail, I thought that was a big chocolate bourbon.

>>68797755
Those bring joy into peoples life, this board will do anything but that.

>>68797634
nice.

what pedals you putting on it?

>>68797636
I have a high output pickup and tapping's noticeably loud enough for me, regardless of being clean/dirty.
A little trick otherwise is to lower your volume pot during chord playing and set it higher when tapping

>>68797174
You've never played in an open tuning and it's painfully obvious.

>>68797883
You've never learned the note layout on you fretboard and it's painfully obvious.

>>68797636
You can use compressors or you can cheat and put a string mute on your guitar. A lot of the time people are just really clean.

>>68797905
Kek, I learned it and played it so many times I'm playing in alt tunings. You realize you can achieve different ranges when you tune the strings out of standard? I know learning new things scares you but it's actually a lot easier than you think.

>>68797905
Epic meme

>>68797792
Basic stuff
Vox wah
Volume pedal
Ehx Soul preacher
Big Muff pi w/tone wicker
Blackstar ht dual(clean and dirty boost for leads)
Dod stereo chorus
Dod envelope filter
Dod stereo phaser
Rocktron tremolo
Ehx pitch fork
Boss dd6
1 spot pro powering it all

Its just a working board right now, for when i gig. I was never really a pedal guy but more and more times im needing something live and i cant just get by with 3 pedals in a backpack anymore.

Supercollider 71 to replace the muff
Mxr236 to replace the stereo chorus
Either a keeley neutrion or dod filter "reissue" to replace the old dod. Or a super fatman if i can find one.
The dd6 is fine but i want to find something that's easier to work live.
Going to build the musicpcb tap tempo trem eventually.
I eventually want to add a couple noisemakers too, and an expression pedal for the pitchfork so i can let my inner 15 year old out even more.


....i actually really like the dod phaser though, but it is kind of buzzy.

>>68798057
Nice. I really want to get an expression pedal and a wah pedal next, and also some sort of feedback pedal that I like. Haven't looked into those, but that kind of stuff has always fascinated me and I love how it sounds. Also probably going to get a more fancy fuzz pedal to replace my big muff someday, but I don't know.

tfw using a fuzz pedal as a "frequency muffler" that quiets down my low wattage amp for simple non-solo single note riffs

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>>68796234
Gladly.

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>>68797560

>>68797965
>>68798007
Alternate tunings are for players who don't know where the notes are on the fretboard. Period.

The only real reason anyone would ever need one would be to break out of the box of muscle memory because you can't actually find or play the notes you imagine in your mind. It's a way for you to create "new" note combinations with the same shapes you've dedicated to muscle memory, nothing more. You're not actually leaning anything "new", you're stuck in a rut where you don't feel creative and alternate tunings are the crutch you've defaulted to instead of actually learning the note layout on your fretboard.

>>68798375
Gee, what an asshat.

>>68798500
Not an argument.

>>68798244
I'm going to ask this one third and final time
are you the dude who recced me the doubleshot the other day?

>>68798375
Okay, listen to a band like TTNG and tell me that you can play that in standard tuning. Another example, for solo arrangements you might want to play a section with just natural harmonics, sure I can play those same harmonics by figuring out where it would be in standard and making the natural harmonic but by tuning I can make it easier on myself and hold the bass note. There's a tears for fear arrangement for everybody wants to rule the world that does this.
Just because I play in alt tunings doesn't mean I only play in that too, I play in standard just as much.

>>68798668
Fucking retard, I can play anything in standard tuning because I actually know where all the notes are. But tell me, where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?

Reply quickly! I'm gonna time your answer!

>>68798752
Play any slide guitar song in standard. You're still ignoring playing anything lower than E on your low string.

>>68798752
>I can play anything
Really adds weight to your arguement when you couldn't prove that to save your life.

>>68798752
Play Andy Mckee's Drifting in standard.

>>68798830
>slide guitar
>tuning down
Ah, now you're trying to move the goalposts. I guess you're done then?
>>68798882
>>68798917
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing
What is there to prove? "mary had a little lamb" is still "mary had a little lamb" no matter what tuning you're in. Andy Mckee's "Drifting" isn't any different.

Prove me wrong though.

>>68798975
Moving goal posts? Do you even know what alt tunings are?

>>68798975
play a song written in AGCFAD in standard

>>68798975
I'll prove you wrong with this; Drifting is tuned to DADGAD. It's impossible for you to play Drifting in standard because you need the low D to play the song. That low D doesn't exist in standard. Just because the D note exists in standard doesn't mean it works. I don't even want to try and explain chords to a fucking moron like you.

>>68799024
>alt tunings
Yeah, it's what guitarists who don't know the note layout on the fretboards do to alleviate the boredom of being stuck in the muscle memory box. We've already been over this.
>>68799137
>low D
>tuning down
Still trying to move those goalposts, huh?
>I don't even want to try and explain chords to a fucking moron like you.
lol, yeah. Because you can't. Like I said, you don't even know the note layout on your fretboard, how could you possibly explain chords?

>>68799220

How is anyone moving the goalposts when the original poster asked about alternate tunings which also contain downtunings and when literally every guitar made can tune down from the standard tuning.

I was gonna ask if you're autistic but I guess that's moving the goalpost in regards to your mental prowess (or lack thereof).

>>68799220
Nothing you said was even arguement. BTFO faggot you're done. Unless you post a video of you playing and proving what you say is right you have nothing but your epic goal post meme.

>>68798538
IIRC you asked about distortion pedals, I rec'd you a bunch and then I told you about the doubleshot because it's the one I used, yeah.

>You can play everything on standard tuning retards!
>But anon, there's this and that stuff that ranges from stupidly hard to impossible on standard
>Yeah, but I'm only talking about stuff that can be played on standard, stop shifting goalposts!
Master bait

>>68799285
>>68799290
>>68799328
>pivot!
>evade!
>ad hominem attack!
lol, I guess this is what MAXIMUM DAMAGE CONTROL looks like.

Next.

>>68798752
>I can play anything in standard tuning
yeah sure, play a cluster in standard tuning then you dimwit

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>>68799360
Nope, that's what getting BTFO'd looks like

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>>68799360

Oh ok you were only le trolling all alone xd

Damn, I fell for it.

>>68799376
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?
Refute this. That's all you ever needed to do.

lol, I'll wait.
>>68799409
Anything to avoid the discussion or the above stated fact, I guess? Let me know when that changes.

>>68798175
That vox wah i have i got for like $40, its pretty basic but it does the job. I want to get into building lfo and ring modulator circuits. Its hard to replace the muff, just cause it works. I might keep ot on there even if i get the super collider

>>68799451
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?
Sure if you're playing your epic meme solo, Steve vai. But that doesn't mean shit with chords. Your turn to move the goal post again or are you just epic meming again?

>>68799451
if you can play the second, sixth, and tenth frets at the same time, you're either a freak or you need to throw away that ukulele in the trash

>>68799586
>>68799633
>intentionally misrepresenting my claim because you can't legitimately refute it
This is just hilarious.

Waiting on the damage control.

inb4
>moving goal post
>alt tunings are dumb
>u guise can't argue

>>68799665
>intentionally misrepresenting my claim
How so ?
Tell me again, how do you plan on playing three notes following each other chromatically, within the same octave, and without relying on alternative tunings ?

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>>68799665
Sure guy. You can't refute anything.

>>68799310
I ended up getting one. I really dig the thing. What sorta settings do you use?

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>>68799718
>chromatically
Oh, yeah. There it is.
>>68799674
>>68799752
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?
C'mon, boys. Just answer the question. That's all you ever had to do.

>>68799788
Just stick to your blues boxes, bud :^)

>>68799816
So you're not gonna answer the question then?

I had a feeling that would be the case.

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>>68799788

>>68799788

Here's your four fingers: Play C2 -> C#2 -> D2 -> Eb2 on your guitar.

>>68799851
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?
Someone screenshot this guy's epic meme

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>>68799788
>There it is.
Where ? It can't be hard playing this, it's only three notes.

>>68799857
>>68799876
>>68799880
So none of you guys want to answer the question, huh?

lol, let me know if that changes.

>>68799876
inb4 we get another goal posting meme

>>68799900
You got me dude I'm so meme'd now. Epic troll too.

>>68799897
>>68799905
>>68799942
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?
moving the goalposts from this
>chromatically, within the same octave
to this

I'm enjoying this quite a bit.

I wish we could keep the shitposting in Death Grips threads

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>>68799962
>alt tunings are useless guys I can play everything in standard !
>you can't play this
>s-stop moving the goalposts

>>68799962
>play Drifting in standard
>I can
Doesn't
>says I'm moving the goal post
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?
You're so afraid to be wrong that you won't accept our answers show me your dick faggot

>>68799962

Oh ok so chromatic notes aren't notes? Damn, I guess I did move the goalpost huh.

>>68800016
>>68800039
attempting to move the goalposts from
>alt tunings
to
>tuning down

Highly entertaining. More please.

>>68800086
Please tell me the difference between alt tunings and tuning down, you fucking mouth breather.

>>68800083
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?

Still waiting on that answer. C'mon.

>>68800086

I mean I hope you don't tune up to tune to Open D, anon.

>>68800111
>between alt tunings and tuning down
Yeah, you're right, they're the same things. That's why they have different names, because they're exactly the same thing.
>>68800159
lol, I don't even play guitar. I don't tune sheeeeit.

>>68800241
I guess water and h2o are different. I guess there their they're mean the same thing though.

>>68800279
Yeah, and apples are exactly the same as oranges.

I already admitted you were right, what are you so mad about?

>>68800241

Notes have different pitch, 4 frets will only net your 3 octaves so if you play from E2 to E4 you can't play an E5, or anything below E2.

>>68800325
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?
Uh huh. So which notes are missing?

You gonna answer the question or not?

>>68800372

Uhm every single note from E4 to E5????????

And depending on the lowest note needed any note from E downwards?????

>>68800372
Is this supposed to be like bananas in ylyl threads or something?

my band is officially on the itunes and spotify and shit. feels good senpai.

>>68800549

Good job anon, hopefully you'll get lots of plays.

>>68800405
>>68800426
Here, let me help you guys out. Here's a list of the notes:
>C, D, E, F, G, A, B
Of course there are the sharps and flats too:
>C#/Db, D#/Eb, F#/Gb, G#/Ab, A#/Bb
So let me ask the question one more time:
>where on the fretboard within a four fret stretch is any note missing?

Now answer it. Which one of these notes is missing?