/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

There is no reason to ever upgrade from a squire

Inb4
>I'm actually very intelligent

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What is your opinion about scalloped fret boards?

>>69360848
Very nice
I like it
(y)

Who here has actually read the books above?

There's no reason to buy Gibson guitars

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>>69360890
Belongs in here

>>69360932
What do you have against Gibson?

I want to learn Son guitar, how should I go about doing this?

There's no reason to play guitar

>>69360826
>Superstrat Is Best Strat Edition

That's wrong, this is actually the Designated Shitposting Edition

>>69360890
Only if its scalloped like Blackmore's guitar

>>69360947
They don't do anything that other brands can't do better and cheaper

>>69360848

Sadly he passed away last year so yeah they had to replace him.

Sorry anon. At least he didn't live to see Roundabout become a fucking meme.

>>69360949
by Son I mean the music genre played in Cuba, however anything similar is fine too

please excuse my English

>>69360848
>he doesn't want to upgrade from being a squire to being a knight
Where is your honor?

>>69361039
Are you cuban? Do you know this music well?

>>69360944
I'd say "name this "crazyaga gigging in his home"" but everyone knows tripfags can't play

>>69360968
Guitars brings you joy.

Comparing guitars with other musical instruments, they are both polyphonic and incredibly expressive. i mean, if you look at piano, it's polyphonic but not as expressive as a guitar. if you look at a violin, it's very expressive but sucks at polyphony. a guitar in the other hand, excels at both categories

>>69361073
That's a trash can, not a litter box

>>69361073
I played to someone from /gg/ at the discord group yesterday. he called himself "Pete".

His response to me playing was "Well done, you are good"

>>69361072
No

>>69361039
>>69360949
Same as with any style

1. Listen to people play the style you like
2. Find transcriptions
3. Learn the songs
4. Get comfortable with the techniques
5. Mimic the style
6. If you get good enough, the mimicry becomes originality

>>69361100
pete is a weird name for a jew

>>69361160
You are being incredibly silly right now anon.

>>69361100
Pete says that to everybody. Good ol' Pete

>>69361100
Petes a really nice guy, he'll say whatever he needs to when he wants to motivate players to get good.

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>>69360826
>Japo strat like sting thing

Make America Great Again

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thoughts?

>>69361512
I'm curious, it seems interesting, but the price is offputting for something so niche.
Local shop is fucking stupid so I'll probably never be able to try it out in person.

>>69361574
I found a deal for $79.99 (CAD) which is why im curious. Normally goes for $200+

im guessing its worth it regardless as I can resell it for higher later, but just wanted to know if anyone has had experience with it

>>69361623

it seems pretty gay

I don't get the appeal of it when you can just get a DD-7 and get more shit than you'll ever need in one pedal

>>69361623
at this price I'd jump on it personally.

>>69361643
It's not exactly a delay so much imo, and from what I gather it seems more focused on modulation and "ambiance" rather than being just a pure delay like the DD7. Plus the prices of each are rather similar, at least where I live.

>>69360925
I've read through some of the Hal Leonard bass one.

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Got this 1984 Tokai Breezysound (TTE50?) about a month ago and I'm curious about the neck.

There is an M stamped on it and I have no clue what it means. I've seen the 35, 85, D stamps before but not M.

The neck is one piece flamed maple as well which is strange as far as I can tell. Haven't seen another vintage tokai tele with a flamed neck.

Anyone know anything about this thing? I've spent hours researching...

Here's the reverb link for more pics: https://reverb.com/item/3118102-1984-tokai-breezysound-tobacco-burst

>>69361238
>>69361310
I play guitar for 9 years.
I am actually a good and experienced player

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>>69361783
Here's a pic of the stamp.

>>69361783

stands for Moron

so go buy it!!! its perfect for you!!!

>>69361878
I'm sure you keep your guitars in a case under your bed and never play them.

Go away I'm just asking a question to stir discussion.

>>69361783
How do you know it's not a W?

>>69361902

I keep my guitar in a case under your mom's bed ya fruit.

>>69361823
>I am actually a good and experienced player
You just made a monster Pete

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>>69361919
for Wumbo?

>>69360925
I bought Goodrick's book in my second year of playing out of overtouted ego about 8 years ago and only recently decided to sit down with it properly.

It's alright.

>>69361512
I have the other one that is based on the same tracking tech and released at the same time, the MO-2 Multi-Overtone. That one is sort of halfway between a synth pedal and an octaver, similar sound to the EHX POG.

Tracking is good. I like the sound of the synth tones it makes. No complaints. So i guess check the tera echo thing out. $80 Can. is a good price.

I've been playing guitar for 10 years but stopped around 2 years ago for stupid reasons. What is the fastest way to get to my former level again?

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Post some pretty looking guitars

>>69361977
Warm-up exercises. Your standard chromatics all up and down the neck, scales. Your muscle memory for chords comes back very quickly but the speed and accuracy takes a little while.

>>69361954
I play since i was 12, i'm now 21.

>>69361977
Play the saxophone.

>>69362000
I didn't ask you fag

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>>69361982
I want it now

>>69361982
That's tacky

>>69362015
Inb4
>I'm not gay, I'm actually very heterosexual

>>69362018
A new one should cost "only" around 4,000$

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Duesenberg-Soundgarden-Alliance-Series-Black-Hole-Sun-Guitar-/192040367236

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>>69361953

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>>69362057
cHrIsT
>I actually expected that

>>69360826
What do you call that kind of fretboard? Obviously it's maple, but what kind or type gives it that sexy grain?

>>69362432

maple syrup

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>>69361982

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>>69362461
Ditto approves this guitar shape

>>69362432
Birdseye Maple

>>69362432
You're probably looking for birdseye or spalted maple.

>>69362461

hahaha holy shit that's the meme-iest shit I ever seen

I want one (1)

>>69362659
Am I missing something? That's just a Ric 400x copy, right?

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Have an educational video about pickups, friendos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHH6Uke090

Say thanks if you want

>>69362746
thanks if you want

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Can't wait for pic related to arrive.

Been using this crappy Yamaha acoustic for years, am more than ready for an upgrade.

Can I get some band recs?
Modern groove chugga metal stuff like
mastadon and lamb of god and the modern bands theyve inspired?

>>69362746
thanks if you want

>>69362722

i dont know but i want one now

>>69362823
Nice choice with the tonewood

Hopefully this is the right place for this.

I'm a beginner and I've finished all the way through the intermediate lessons on Justinguitar. I'm not entirely sure where to go next/ what to learn. I've basically been focusing on transcribing and learning songs but I know there's definitely more out there. Could anyone possibly point me in the right direction? Thanks

>>69363037
How long is your hair?

>>69362855
Baroness is pretty great, prog metal but really tasteful and sweet

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>>69362823
>guild m-20
oh shit that the bryter layter guitar aint it?

neat dude

>>69363100
Not nearly long enough

What are some comfy guitar albums?

>>69363139
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vEL9ltCl64

>>69363037
join a band/play with people better with you.
read more books.

>>69363250
Thanks, any recommended books? And I will try to play with my friends more often :)

>>69363139
Glenn Jones - This is the wind that blows it out

>>69363346
I play at my best when i'm playing alone.

The truth is, that if you are going to play with others, it's very likely you will end up playing more generic things because both of you need to have a common ground.

You have more freedom to be adventurous when you are alone. try to compose from your imagination

>>69363394
Noted. I find that I play worse around others because I get too nervous but I usually learn a decent amount because all my friends are better than me.

>>69363346
reach out and find people trying to better themselves as musicians, if your friends don't fit that description i'd recommend craigslist and your local music store. to try and find "the community"
have you taken a look at the advancing guitarist link in the sticky? its humbling as fuck.

any jazz guitar theory based book will teach you things you didn't think you needed to know as well. jazz guitar theory applies across most if not all genres as well so i'd look into that

>>69363433
Playing with people better than you is the best thing you can do if you have that option available

>>69363442
Somehow I missed that first time looking at the sticky, thank you very much, I will check that out.

>>69360890
regarding your post about fuzz and ss distortion: its not that they dislike the tone, the dislike the fact that there is no way to switch it off. frig off aga

>>69362461

what is the purpose of the part that sticks up in the middle of the bridge?

>songs on guitar are just variations of scales

woah

>want to buy a strat
>fender is overpriced garbage
>everything on reverb is overpriced garbage

>>69363755
It's a thumb support for lefty players :^)

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>>69363188
Listening to this song again, gave me a better realization of how genuinely talented i am as a musician. the beauty of my own art is not less than the beauty of this song, in my honest opinion

I also never met another person in real life that could compose music as beautiful as the music i am composing by myself. I really, really need to record my music professionally

>>69363793
>I want to buy an f150
>ford is overpriced garbage
>everything on the used lot is overpriced garbage
I think you're a cheap ass with bad taste

>>69363840

are you Wata

>>69363847

90's mexican strats are 400-600 despite being pure ass, just because they are "vintage". Squires are pure ass, low end usa strats are pure ass. What am I supposed to do?

>>69363840
If you're so good how about you post something to see if it holds up

>>69363893
I can record something on my cheap microphone for you, and let you hear it.

It's not a terrible microphone, just cheap.

>>69363755
Good question. My only guess would be a support for a string dampener

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Are these the be all and end all to the electric guitar?

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What does /gg/ think?

This is two different types of wood

>>69363898
https://reverb.com/item/2421236-fender-american-standard-stratocaster-white-2008-used-as-is
You are the scum of the earth. Is this too pure ass for you?

>>69364096
Impressive work but I wonder how well the neck will age

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>>69364096
>8 string
>fanned frets
>fanned bridge
>dumb body shape
>neck through most likely

that is, quite possibly, the ULTIMATE meme machine

also Conklin does the wood blending thing better

I'm deciding between a metalfag ibanez and a PRS guitar.

Does the shape of the guitar head matter a lot, or is it mostly in the pickups and visual preference?

My friend owed me some money so he gave me a pedal instead that's worth $200+ if I sell it.

What's the best way to get the most money for a pedal and some gear? Music stores always give you way less for it because they have to sell it too and make a profit.

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>>69364160
Fairly new Luthier

>>69364096
It looks like a jacket design put on a guitar.
But it's pretty memey i like it

>>69364107

That thing is a piece of shit, the neck is FUCKED

>>69364176
As someone who owns both, I'd go with the Ibanez. Mine have never let me down, the PRS has.

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>>69364186

>>69363768
>songs are just variations of scales
Ftfy. That's normally how it works, rather it be intentional or not

>>69364204
Can I have a story?

This is going to be my second guitar (I own a shitty 100 dollar squier strat) and I want to make it count.

Also does the shape of the head make the guitars more "warm", or will I get the same results if I get basically the exact same pickups but a different head?

>>69364203
Garbage guitar for garbage guitarist.

I just recorded something in 15 minutes for you. uploading it now to soundcloud

>>69363918
>>69363933

>>69364313
clyp.it fagget

>>69363840
i honestly don't know if tripfags are doing shit ironically or not

>>69364340
We are in the post-post-ironic era

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>>69364313
There you go.

https://soundcloud.com/matanken/the-way-the-earth-circles-aroud-the-sun-makes-me-feel-dizzy

You see? i compose incredibly beautiful things. this is just a 15 minutes recording, too

>>69364332
Can't you listen to it through soundcloud?

So I'm looking for a pretty versatile guitar that would be good for general practicing and good for playing with some mates. I've been looking at stratocasters which are quite an obvious choice but I much prefer the telecaster shape. will i lose much by going for a telecaster over a stratocaster in terms of versatility?

>>69364357
let me out of this nightmare

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Why are mememachines s expensive

>>69364369
>taking this much time to shitpost on 4chan

>>69364290
I have an rgaix6fm which I absolutely love. I have also until recently owned another RG. Both have been great, never had any issues with tuning stability, got them set up and never had to adjust the action or intonation since.
I have a PRS Singlecut which has given me tuning problems since day one, and the G strings makes that horrible squeaking sound when you retune it and do some bends. I know it's an issue with the nut, which I've never had with other guitars. Also it's got that stupid unadjustable bridge so you can't do anything to the intonation.

With PRS you're paying for the name, just like a Gibson. Ibanez doesn't pretend to be some turbo luxury brand and instead makes quality for less, and they've never let me down with years of owning them.

>>69364473
Just listen to it

>>69364369
WARNING FOR ANYONE WHO WASN'T HERE LAST NIGHT:

TRIPFAG: crazyyaga is bait stop responding to his posts.

>>69364493
If you actually listened, your opinion would have been very different

>>69364437
Because they're not mass produced in a factory, each one has to be hand built to the creator's specs. So you're adding that in addition to the meme materials like special finishes and rare woods, not to mention that the hardware and parts aren't standard, so it costs more to produce them for the guitar too.

Meme machines. Not even once.

Where do you rest your hand on a TOM bridge? On my stopbar and trem guitars I can easily just slide my hand across the bridge when picking, but I have to float my hand on my les paul.

>>69360890

scalloped frets are a meme

>>69364369
That was pretty boring t b h
literally couple of slow arpeggios stacked with effects

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>>69361982

2

>>69364369

It dosent really go anywhere m8, sounds like somebody messing with effects pedals

>>69360826

So I just started learning bass and I have some questions:

1. I am trying to learn on an acoustic. I only found out after I got my instrument that that is really only a good move with guitar as acoustic basses kind of suck. Now, this is an acoustic electric, so I can plug in and maybe get a better sound, but should I just take it back to guitar center to exchange it while Is still can and get one of those amp+bass combos?

2. How fast should my fret hand be moving? I just started but it still feels like I can only move up and down the neck really slow and change frets/strings really clumsily. I'm trying to keep good form(all fingers near fretboard, not strangling neck with fret hand, etc.) but how long will it take for my hands to get accustomed and speed up?

3. Are there any recommended online bass curriculums? I downloaded the hal leonard book but I found a website (studybass.com) and have been trying to go through their lessons. I am afraid I can't have regular lessons as I have to move back and forth between home/school a lot.

Thanks /mu/.

>>69364601
You can say that about alot of truly beautiful and incredible songs. i think its just not your type of music

Listen to this, this is much slower than the piece i made and shared with you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=814&v=7vEL9ltCl64

Or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjXchdQHMEE

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>>69364669
>>69364659
>>69364601

>>69363120
Unfortunately that's not the guitar that Nick used, it was just lying around and they used it for the shoot.

>>69364659
See this post to see where i'm coming from artistically: >>69364669

You will realize that your "criticism" is actually something that in my mind makes it even better.


The point of it is to create a beautiful, surreal and hypnotic atmosphere. really getting lost in a different place...

>>69363139
Admiral Fell Promises - Sun Kil Moon
Classical guitar but actually folk. Alesund is a classic.

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>>69364369
Well.

No one in the thread is willing to admit it's a genuinely beautiful piece of music just because i'm "crazyaga" and the fact i'm actually really good does not fit your preconception?

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>>69361783
Still interested if anyone knows anything about this weirdo neck.

>>69364290
>>69364176
I'm from the school of thought that the only thing that matters in an electric guitar as far as tone goes are scale length, electronics, bridge, and to a small extent body. Not so much the wood or design of the body, but the size. Smaller scale length lets strings vibrate more under less tension. Tremolo bridge(especially floating) absorb vibration and string through body absorbs more vibration, bigger body can mean more sustain(more resonance). Density of wood affects sustain, mahogany to alder to whatever is almost(all the time) unnoticeable, but several plys of junk wood with air pockets and trash between them kills resonance. As far as build, the only things that will affect sound are things that alter how much the strings vibrate, a head stock would do nothing, it's about style and personal preference. I hate 3+3 and bottom inline tuners because it's an inconvenience to tune quickly in between songs compared to 6 in line on top.

Electronics play the biggest role though, mostly pick ups. Bad wiring, faulty parts, can affect your sound, but normally it just introduces noise. Pick ups will ultimately lead you to the sound you want, nothing else on the guitar has as big of an affect.

Aside from Pickups nothing I mentioned is either good or bad, just different. Pick ups aren't inherently bad either, some will just be harder to work for some styles.

What are some (meme) guitar brands that I should stay away from?

Also how cheap is it to get a custom japanese guitar shipped to Canada?

>>69364803
No good guitarist will ever say that they're good.

>>69364879
Your assertion is completely incorrect and based on nothing.

What's about you actually listen to how i play?

>>69364701
eh, there are plenty of conflicting reports about that, I remember one of his close friends saying that he only ever saw him with a small bodied Guild, and John Wood (Pink Moon's producer) says that he used an M-20.

And regardless, even if it's not it sounds damn close.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUat8F_MDNo

>>69364828
i think its to specify its an upgraded neck, "m" for maple. might be a factory custom

How do I get this Pat Metheny type of sound without getting a multi-effects processor like the gt-10? I just want a dedicated single guitar effects pedal or something that can put me in this mode.

https://youtu.be/om9_vx1sBG4 [Embed]

>>69364858
Okay, thanks for that anon. It helps a lot since I'm very picky about choosing a second guitar and I don't wanna have buyer's remorse/be unsatisfied with an expensive guitar.

>>69364369
You claimed to be unique last night, this is the most derivative explosions in the sky knock off I've ever heard.

>>69364933
>Your assertion is completely incorrect
Find me one great guitarist who has ever bragged about their skill.

>What's about you actually listen to how i play?
Anyone can make "pretty" sounding shit with that much delay and reverb.

>>69364858
This, really.

The pickups are the single most important thing in determining the sound of an electric guitar.

Woods affecting tone is a complete and total meme, total broscience and I really wish it didn't become so mainstream to the point where the average person will believe anything he hears about woods and then they in turn tell their friends about it, and now most of the guitar world thinks tonewoods are a thing.

>>69364987
1. It's not derivative of anything.
2. Explosions in the sky are worse than me. i'm better at making things hypnotic.
3. They are actually have some pretty good albums.

>>69364989
I think alot of musicians are aware they are very talented musicians, even if they do not say it.

>Anyone can make "pretty" sounding shit with that much delay and reverb.

Not everyone can make it as beautiful and hypnotic as i make it. you need to have the right artistic vision.

bare in mind, what you just heard is just me recording in 15 minutes. imagine what i could do if i had a real studio

>>69364989
fucking this, crazyaga's recording was hardly exercising a comprehension of theory. the tripfag got so defensive that he resorted to inflating his own ego. he needs to realize he isn't special.

Whats happened in the past two years that has caused so many guitarists to start buying Squiers and attempting to mod them. The sheer amount of them people are bringing to the store I work at with new pickups and other parts has shot up a ton.

>>69365094
too fucking bad that you're from israel, claim to be an academic and artistic genius, yet no one cares for you. in that screencap even, you overcompensate with fake kindness because you know deep down that everyone hates the real you. just stop man, you will never come back from this, you've shown your true face.

>>69365096
What i composed had nothing to do with music theory.

And what i recorded was actually special.

Again, you have to realize where im coming from artistically. bare in my mind that things like this are among my inspiration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjXchdQHMEE

You don't criticize music by how "complex" it is. beauty is not exclusive to complexity, true beauty is also found within minimalism.

Your criticism is completely invalid since it does not take into account what i was aiming for

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How much do you guys think I could get for this pedal?

>>69365096
Inb4
>I am special

>>69365164
I'll give you 30 bucks for it

>>69364663
Personally I'd go with a bass and amp unless you want to play for the ladies with the acoustic

Physical skill comes with time and practice

I have no clue about lessons, never took them in real life or followed any online

>>69365096
Let me add this:
If your favorite artist made the piece i just recorded, i think you would have enjoyed it.

Please remember that you have a preconception in your mind that says: "crazyaga cannot actually be this good, he cannot be as good as my favorite artists!!!".

Try to listen to it the way the piece actually is, regardless of who made it. maybe you will appreciate how beautiful it is more

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>>69365162
>Everyone says your recording is shit
>ACKCHYUALLY it's good cause u don't no what i was going for!!!11!

>>69365162
Since when did art need to be explained? If art is truly expression and you have to explain it does that not imply you aren't expressing yourself well?

>>69365162
that would be fine if you didn't claim to be a musical genius or that it was some crazy work of art. it's derivative as fuck and is not unique. if you just had said it was pretty, i would have agreed and not have said anything. its pretty, sure, but almost anyone could have done the same. beauty is judged by how unique something is, not if its pleasant at surface level. so just get a grip on english and fuck off.

>>69365210
Literally no one ITT said it's "shit".
And if someone did, it's just not his type of music, since what i created is truly a beautiful ambient soundscape that captures a very special, hypnotic feeling.

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>>69364955
That would make sense, thanks for the input.

Only other thing that I'm wondering about is the the stamp on the butt of the neck.

It says T - 8 but most other tokai necks I've seen have something like 3 = 1 or 5 - 18. Don't know what the T means.

Might not mean anything but for some reason I wonder if maybe someone took a neck from say a TTE80 (T - 8?) and slapped it on the body from a TTE50 (3 piece body/5 written in cavity).

You guys might not care but this is super interesting to me lol.

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>>69365210
>>69365222
>>69365143
>>69365096
>>69364989

STOP RESPONDING TO BAIT

>>69365222
If you criticize a piece for being repetitive when it's literally repetitive on purpose to achieve a truly hypnotic atmosphere, i feel like i should say it.

The music i love the most is repetitive too. i guess it's a matter of taste

>>69365164
I'll give you a piece of string and some chewed gum, what do you say?

>>69365134
Not sure, but I've considered doing the same with a cheap Ibanez RG Gio.

>>69365096
Maybe if everyone stopped fucking giving him attention? He lingers here because he's getting all those (You)'s
Stop falling for the b8
>inb4 i'm serious no b8

>>69365272
ight bud, im done for now. i cant be sure its bait after seeing those screencaps though. im not sure he can compute anything past face value.

>>69365240
1. I cannot name a single artist that sounds like the piece i just made. it is not derivative in any way, shape, or form.

It's really not derivative of anything.

2. Beauty is not judged by how unique sounding something is. beauty is judged by the eyes of the beholder.

What is a good small amp for a dream poppish/ post rocky sound? Something that sounds similar to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KF_6E7AfJ0

Is the Blues Jr. a good option?

>>69364967
I get it, I'm the same way. I had to learn the hard way, dont buy into marketing or opinions. Don't even take my opinions, honestly. Go try some guitars you like. Bonus points if you bring your own amp. I honestly believe you'll see where I'm coming from, but for something like this nothing beats first hand experience.

>>69365029
Honestly, I love exotic woods. I think they look incredible, and some of them are so strong that they'll likely outlast your great great grandkids and still be just as solid as they are now. If I had the money to drop on aesthetics I'd get a guitar made out of wenge or bubinga or whatever, but it'll sound just like my main guitar when I put my favorite pick ups in it.

>>69365188
>Personally I'd go with a bass and amp unless you want to play for the ladies with the acoustic

Thanks man. My acoustic will fetch me about $250 store credit. Should I go for one of those bass/amp beginner combose some brands (ibanez, squier, dean, mitchell, etc.) do or should I see what used equipment I can get?

Also does the playing for the ladies with the acoustic thing actually work?

>>69365240
And btw, with your claim "it's beautiful, but le anyone could have done it!" - Not only that NOT anyone could make it as beautiful as i made it, you don't judge a piece of music by the difficultly of making it

>>69365280
Nice way to dodge the question crazy 8s

>>69365355
It is actually my answer to your question.

I explained to you what i was aiming for because your "criticisms" were actually things i see as features

>>69365251
I could make a better "soundscape" without hitting a note. In fact, I will.

https://clyp.it/tlr0wwdj

>>69365305
He was in here last night doing the same shit. He just tries to get people flamed and then stokes the fires with idiocy.

>>69365403
I am not clicking because i am fully aware it's a joke to try and insult me.

If the piece i made was actually a live recording of your favorite artist, im sure you would have liked it

>>69360890
feels really good man. Like your fingers are floating on steel beams

>>69365403
someone get this anon a record deal

>>69365424
>I am not clicking because i am certain you're correct and my ego can't take the bruising
ftfy

>>69365388
I never criticized it, I listened to it, but it wasn't worth responding to.

You didn't answer though.
>Since when did art need to be explained? If art is truly expression and you have to explain it does that not imply you aren't expressing yourself well?

>>69365454
I did answer your question.

You see, not everyone perceive music in the same way. that's why we all have different tastes. considering where i'm coming from artistically, i made a truly beautiful piece, but if it's not your taste its just not your taste man

>>69365403
Pretty cool, I use arpeggiators a lot.

why is kurt ballou so good bois?

>>69365483
>not everyone perceive music in the same way
Like how no one perceives your music as good.

Seriously though, if this is art it should be able to stand on it's own merit without input from it's creator.

Now i will show my piece to all of /mu/, maybe some people will get to enjoy the beauty of my piece:

>>69365518

>>69365511
He's alright, he's no crazyaga though

>>69365403
K, i actually listened to it.
It's really nice anon, i liked it!

It's not better than my own soundscape though.

>I'm good enough to play a Vektor song or two now.

Tune Floyd Rose to F standard tuning

>Oh wait I'm still shit

Fuck why did I fall for the tremolo meme.

>>69365554
true, that damn israeli virtuoso just cant be beat.
seriously though, jane doe is such a heavy album but soft in all the right spots. it makes me cream.

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>>69364873
bump

i was looking at this custom addictone.

>>69365344
Go with what you feel comfortable with

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is it true that you can make an 8-string bass sound like a guitar and a bass? There aren't many good videos on youtube with them

>>69363840
holy fucking shit kill yourself

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>>69365654
But i love life

>>69365646
You can tune it so it covers the range of a guitar and a bass. The timbre's gonna be different because of the scale though.

I don't care if crazy 8s is a troll, I laugh at everything he says.

I want to believe.

Lesson learned:

It doesn't matter what i would let /gg/ hear, they would have said it's bad just because it's me, regardless of good it actually is.

It could have literally been a timeless masterpiece and they would still refuse to admit it's good just because they have a preconception against me.

It doesn't matter how good i actually i am in the eyes of /gg/. just because it's me, you guys will refuse to enjoy my music

>>69365708
I enjoyed it, I was almost in tears

>>69365708
One way to make sure: turn your trip off and post something new in the next thread.

>>69365708
I don't even post in these threads, just saw this passing by browsing
but I just wanna say you need to
get your head out of your ass mate
if your musics really that good, you shouldn't care about what people on an anime image board think of it

>>69365759
Inb4
>1. I am very self aware

>2. My music is that good

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>Yelling at tripfags made this thread more active than its ever been.

>>69365646
an 8-string bass is typically four coursed strings, tuned in pairs an octave apart. The pitches of the higher strings are the same as those of a guitar, but it won't exactly sound like a guitar because of differences in technique and construction.

>>69365759
I don't care about what they think enough to let it bother me in a significant way. but i do care about it enough to respond and being honest with how i respond.

My head is in it's right place, anon.
I think i'm doing the right thing by pointing out the people on /gg/ have a preconception against me

>>69365708
I don't know who the fuck you are, I thought it was shit. Literally just some chords played with a a delay pedal. Unremarkable,uncreative, low effort "art".

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>>69365671
I thought the high strings cover a good bit of a (baritone) guitar anyway in standard tuning, especially with the octave strings making it sound higher than usual. It just seems like the perfect one-man band instrument, more so than an extended-range guitar. But yeah it will always sound thiccer than a guitar but surely an eq could balance it out

a Polish slut for your time

based yaga working the smarks

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>>69365823
You could say the exact same "criticism" about this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjXchdQHMEE

And if you remove the delay part, this is also just some chords being played:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8kgu6rf0Ek

It's minimalistic.
that's part of the whole point.

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Man, I picked a bad day to try and start a discussion on /gg/

>>69365905
You're in luck
I'm going to record myself shreding now

>>69365891
Autism speaks

>>69365943
Oh really?

Do you really think /gg/ is open minded enough to admit that "crazyaga made something good"?

If you honestly believe /gg/ has no preconception against me, you are not paying attention.

When did /mu/ get so oblivious to blatant baiting?

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>>69362461
Avocado burst is still best finish

>>69365818
>>69365956
see
>>69365750

>>69365960
You new?

>>69365960
I've been posting since 2012.
This is the authentic me, not a bait.

And if you actually bothered to think about my arguments, you would understand that my claims about the preconception /gg/ has me are absolutely correct

>>69365982
They will know it's me because of my style, and because of this post.

>>69365981
makes me hungry everytime i look at it

i hate it

>>69365956
I never said any of those things. One of the signs of autism is assuming what people are thinking with no basis for it. That's 2 strikes lad.

>>69365940
Let's start a shred-off

Everyone post some shred

It doesn't even have to be good at all

>>69366014
Here's an old recording I made
https://soundcloud.com/matanken/the-way-the-earth-circles-aroud-the-sun-makes-me-feel-dizzy

>>69362461
Is that supposed to be a Rickenbacker?

>>69366006
Prejudice is not a sign of autism.
Now that we set that fact aside, let me make it clear: i was not prejudicing.

It's obvious that 4chan hates tripfags, and it's been obvious that many people on /gg/ and /mu/ hate me in particular. you could go to the archive, you will see years upon years of people harassing me and insulting me on /mu/ almost every single time i post.

That is undeniably, and unequivocally, an evidence which shows they are going to have a preconception against me when i was showing them my music

>>69366051
Show me something outside of the last few days where you were harassed. Let's say, 6 months ago.

What do I do if my fingers are too fat to play guitar? No matter how I angle my fingertip on the string it seems that I always mute a string next to it, and if I don't mute the neighboring string I have to press with 1000lbs force and hurt my finger to prevent muting the string I'm trying to press down.

>>69366051
Why do you want to hang out with people that don't like you? Don't you have any real friends? This seems like a sad existance.

>>69366051
>4chan hates tripfags
>4chan is supposed to be an anonymous image board
there you FUCKING go
>people on /mu/ hate me in particular
maybe if you stop doing STUPID shit then they wouldn't hate you

>>69366084
I had fat fingers, are you sure you have enough arch?

>>69366083
You can use the archive for that:
https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/mu/

I have been harassed since 2012. and i still came back to this place out of a very real and strong passion towards music

>>69366084
you get use to it eventually
it's what I thought at first until I got used to it
play more often, take short breaks when your fingers hurt and go back to playing

or you could become a sick bassist, thats always an option.

>>69366084
Unless you're like 600 lbs, you're fingers aren't too fat to play guitar. You just suck. Practice more

>>69366093
Using a tripcode is a feature of 4chan.
Therefore it's not exclusively an anonymous image board.

In fact, in some boards your posts show your flag and a special ID code

>>69366114
I don't care about you, I'm not going to look for it. It obviously doesn't matter to you much either if you can't remember anything that stuck out

>>69366114
>I have been harassed since 2012. and i still came back to this place out of a very real and strong passion towards music
You realize the simplest solution to this is to STOP FUCKING TRIPFAGGING

>>69366113
How much arch do I need? I already struggle to keep my thumb on the back of the neck, seems like I need to have my hand bent almost 90 degrees to my wrist to get a good angle.

>>69366120
Already gave up once and became a sick bassist ten years ago, trying to get into guitar for real this time

>>69366122
If the guys from Deftones can play guitar I guess I can too lel

>>69366137
If i like my hairstyle, i will keep it even if other people hate it.

If i like using a tripcode, i will keep using it even if other people hate it.

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>>69366156
>made that people hate on him for using a trip
>will continue using a trip

>>69366176
There is no logical reason to hate a person for using a tripcode.

It's not my fault that people im 4chan are irrational. it's their own fault

>>69366156
Or, if you like the shitty music you make even though no one else does you'll keep making it. I get it

>>69366014
Here is me shredding
I recorded this with my guitar at 45 degrees from my lap

https://clyp.it/xyiuyo1j

>>69366151
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Y2DCIC3SU
if this guy can do it, so can you

>>69366151
It's a matter of practice and getting used to it just like FUCKING BARRE CHORDS
You'll get it eventually

>>69366192
If your favorite artist made the song i shared in this thread, you would have liked it and enjoyed it

>>69365960
why is it so hard to accept that he's genuinely autistic?

>>69366200
Nice. I'm enjoying the idea of this shred off.

Wish the audio interface and mic I ordered on black friday was here. I'd join in a heartbeat.

>>69366232
I've been calling it since he started posting yesterday.

>>69366215
A professional artist wouldn't release a song he made in 15 minutes to troll easily riled up chinese cartoon imageboard posters

>>69366215
Not at all, i would just skip the track like with many other artists that have boring songs on their albums

>>69366051
you're such a fucking retard. if /mu/ has a preconception towards you, then why didn't you take your fucking trip off and not talk the mediocre track up before you posted it?

yeah, even if it was good (it wasn't) nobody would admit it, but if you wanted a non-biased opinion you could have introduced it modestly without your obnoxious fucking tripcode

>>69366257
he clearly is, and the frequency of his posting makes me think it's not even bait (which is funnier desu)

people bait and get a couple (You)s, then leave, this is advanced shit

>>69366276
Even worse, saying it's a masterpiece and that he's the fucking best musician of all brings it down from a 4/10 to a 0/10 immediatly

>>69366300
Hes either an extremely bored office job person or a loser with nothing better to do. Either one is funny enough for me.

>>69366300
That's what I'm seeing. At this point if he were trolling he's got to realize nobody is getting worked up aside from maybe 1 or 2 people. And he honestly can't still think it's funny if he were. One thing I noticed, his spelling gets worse after someone says something that might actually hurt his feelings. Like it actually upsets him and he's typing his reply as quickly as possible.

>>69366014
https://clyp.it/te5xcoqv

feat. tricks stolen from Buckethead and mid-tier sweeps

>based shredding saving /gg/
Feels good, keep going boys

>>69366390
ughghghgghgh i love sound the sound of you picking

>>69366363
yeah it's pretty sad honestly

>>69366361
definitely loser with nothing better to do

>>69366390
>dat maxed treble tone
Proficient shredding tho

>>69366531
It sounds better in a full mix.

>>69366594
Anon, that's cheap-solid-state-practice-amp-with-scooped-mids-and-maxed-treble tone. It's not going to sound good in a mix

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>>69366274
>skipping songs just because they are slow paced

>>69366261
1. you have no reason to think i was trolling.
2. this is a music image board, not an anime imageboard. go to /a/ for anime.
3. the song i made is really good, even though it was recorded very quickly

>>69366653
I learned from a very smart man that solid state practice amp distortion is the exact same as fuzz.

I would argue this is more generic than the song i gave you in the thread, yet it's a beautiful piece of music which get praised regularly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LVUHNeqZeI

>>69366697
Anime is not a Chinese cartoon. I said Chinese. You are now outing yourself as a racist who doesn't know the difference between Asian cultures. Please begone troll.

Don't reply to the post above me.

Goddamn just stop replying to him.

>>69366771
>2 seconds
lol

froosh please save us

>>69366770
There is no logical reason to claim 4chan is a Chinese cartoon image board when every board has a different theme to it, and it's much more influenced by japanese culture

>>69360848
Honestly I'm sort of agreeing here

I love the sound of my squire and I think it plays well too. No sense in dropping a thousand dollars on a fancy strat if I'm never going to play a show outside my home town.

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>>69364437
Why would anyone want those? Even if they weren't overpriced.

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>go to reverb
>search your favorite meme machine criteria
>post the most epic meme

This right here is 22 grand of meme

Maybe if you knew the degree of abuse i used to go through in real life, you wouldn't feel so comfortable trying to harass me online

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>/gg/ is nice place people know each other by the place they're from, music they play, gear they got
>suddenly tripfag demands his ego trip and ruins the whole thread

fml

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>>69361982

Maybe if you knew the degree of abuse i used to go through in real life, you wouldn't feel so comfortable trying to harass my online

>>69367106
i hope you get pinned by a vehicle you fucking kike

>>69367135
If you are actually Israeli what excuse did you use to get out of your IDF service

>>69367135
I hope your seatbelt traps you in the back of a burning vehicle and you have to watch your family get ass fucked by palestines while they watch your skin slowly melt and you die convulusing in pain.

>>69366390
Where is your distortion coming from?

Why does it sound buzzy as fuck when I try to record from my interface into clyp.it?

Case in point:

https://clyp.it/50ygtabu

>>69367395
Something to do with the browser?
I always record on my pc then upload

>>69365164
Who's "Alexandria"?

>>69366721
is this post ironic bait? just such blatantly obvious, shitty bait, that it's even BETTER than good bait?

i need a cigarette

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>>69367480
I was not baiting.
My song is better than the morelaid-back songs that were made by black sabbath at that time, in my subjective opinion

>>69367528
>in my subjective opinion
wow i totally thought you'd use the word "objective" at some point so nice job

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>playing in the same scale as your backing track makes it sound good

woah...

>>69367459

me

that's my Metal Zone

>>69367395
>>69367433
Well I tried fucking around with the driver and restarting and that seems to have worked.

https://clyp.it/roofukuq

>>69364437
You don't need to pay that kind of money for a meme machine. Rondo has got you covered. Few hundred bucks max. You might have to do a little work on it to polish and file away the China/Indonesia but it'll be fine in an hour or two. Djent your heart out.

>>69367710
get out of here kurt

>tfw lifted, jacked to twinks on omegle, and practiced guitar and am now comfy in bed

>>69367647
Whats that scale or what ever it is called?

>>69367873
>tfw injured and cannot lift or play guitar properly
Still looking for a twink to rape though

Did somebody say shred-off?

https://clyp.it/hxuk2ecn

>>69367914
They're all arpeggios except for the very end where I filled in the spaces in between the arpeggio notes with chromatics walking down.

C#m7 | Dmaj7 | D#m7b5 | Emaj7 | Fdim7 | F#m7

>>69367958
it'll get better boss. find a qt twink nurse to mend you

>>69368046
You just triggered a musical breakthrough for me
thanks

I'm going to make an album someday /gg/.

and it's going to be a masterpiece

>>69368441
good luck

>>69368458
Thanks.
I wish you good luck with your dreams too anon!

>>69368462
thanks

but my album will be more of a masterpiece than yours

>>69368471
Well, i think it will end up with my album being a masterpiece in my eyes and your album being a masterpiece in your eyes since art is so subjective

>>69368814
>>69368814
>>69368814