/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

if the anon with the 3 gibsons/ traynor amp head setup is in here, pls hmu im trying to start a doom band asap, our rigs will fuck shit up

>>69615179
sorry I don't speak vodka

>>69615477
I'm israeli, there are alot of russians here in israel.
The vast majority of them are just normal people.


Most israeli russians i've seen just seem like regular western people with accent desu. well, I met one Russian guy who said he thinks america are the bad guys because they started alot of wars. i said i think we should all just get along

>>69615354
i ain't him but i'm up for dooming

>>69615586
you in cali? you got a loud ass rig? guitar or bass?

lol i play guitar

Reminder: Learning tabs cripples your ability.
Playing other people's music stages stifles your creativity

If you're new don't learn tabs

>>69615627
>this
use tabs as a last resort, and make sure you pull up at least 3, theres a lot of retards out there putting up really inaccurate tabs

>>69615610
damn, toronto area here
15 watt orange and a 212 so not so loud

Anyone from the Netherlands who wants to play doom or post metal? I'm being isolated by punk.

good jazz guitar albums?

>>69615643
sonofabitch

Do chinese oranges have a good clean tone? Thinking of buying one

>>69615721
fuck no

>>69615721
>chinese oranges
You mean a mandarin? I don't think those are guitar related

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>>69615754
Is this better. I only have a cheap line 6 with perma reverb

>>69615786
kys

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>>69615610
>>69615643
>>69615648
Fuck, Chicago here i wanted to Doom LARP with you guys. I just restringed my V as well
>>69615814
Kek

>>69615666
Checked: Jazz is the devil's music.

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Has anyone sanded their neck? I want to sand it down to get a better feel but worry about it damaging the wood over time.

>>69615852
DAMN SON
fuck, i wish i lived in chicago, you ever hit up the chicagomusicexchange ?

>>69615814
yeah vox is gr8 stuff

>>69615877
the neck on my 78sg was sanded down by the previous owner and it plays beautifully
although ive never had an issue with nitro necks, i understand the appeal

What was your first guitar?

>>69615943
Sweet. Do you put any oil on it to seal the wood?

>>69616032
red fender starcaster, turned into a HSS strat with a black pickgaurd with a lace bridge humbuggie
such a piece of shit but fuck i miss that thing

>>69616056
no but i probably should, thnx anon

>>69616071
Sounds good man. I think I'll read up a little more on the process, I'm too afraid of fucking stuff up.

>>69616110
guitars are very hard to fuck up unless you have the downs or somethin
its just wood, sandpaper does the trick just fine

>>69616032
Ltd ec-10, never used it anymore because it's a piece of crap compared to my other guitars

>>69615721
The TH30 (not sure about the 100 watter) has a nice clean channel.
I really have come to dislike the dirt channel though.

>>69616032
Yamaha ERG121.
Wrecked is the only way to describe it. I use it with the most meme tuning I'm interested at the moment. Currently drop A.

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Eh, wanted to make a demonstration how long it takes to tune my floyd rose guitar for people who consider buying a floyd rose, but an error happened during the recording and you hear alot of clicks. oh well.

Have this clicky recording if you want so you can see how long it takes (less than 10 minutes, and i wasn't hurrying. i was still making some adjustments while the video was uploading tho desu)
https://clyp.it/k2cg2tta

I actually think there was something very pleasing about the slightly untuned sound my guitar before i tuned it btw. just saying

>>69615666
Grant Green - Idle Moments

>>69616652
Tuning only ever takes a long time on a double locking trem if you change to a new tuning or change string gauges. Otherwise it's quicker than a regular guitar and it goes out of tune a lot less often

>>69616730
sometimes the mini-tuners at the bridge get to their limit and you must open the lock at the nut to retune it

>>69616734
>using the fine tuners for actual tuning
good job wrecking your trem
the locking nut takes about two seconds to open
a properly set up floyd barely takes more time to tune

>>69616742
I used them for fine tuning, but i have this guitar for years, they have reached their end

So i had to open the lock to retune the guitar from the tuners of the head

And after i did that i fine tuned a bit more with the bridge tuners

are the new chinese epi casinos any good?? whats the diff between that and the es335?

What's a good guitar with humbucker cavities but doesn't have the Gibson style bent neck? (simplicity in design wins too)

>>69616110

what is the neck made of and what kind of finish is on it at the moment?

maple necks don't really need a finish because they're such a tough closed grain, but they do get dirty

>>69616876

what do you mean?

neck angle?

every axe has it it's just exaggerated on most gibsons because of carved tops and the style of bridge/tailpiece etc

>>69616905
Yeah basically without the exaggeration

>>69616927
hh tele, hsh strat, any 'metal' guitar lke jackson, kramer, ibanez, etc

other than constantly practicing my scales to a metronome, is there anything i can do to further better my accuracy? i always seem to be missing notes or strings

>>69616988
what genre/type of songs do you play?

>>69616996
blooze and dadrock

>>69617000
running your scales up/down will only help you run your scales up/down faster. you can try playing intervals on those scales (eg 135, 245, 367, etc)

but i would recommend learning a few chuck berry songs. his licks incorporate a lot of different fingerings/left hand movement that will really improve your dexterity. if you h8 chuck, then just learn a new solo. practice how you play is the key, if you want to play licks faster, you gotta practice licks. if you want to play scales faster, practice scales, etc.

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>>69616876
The term you're looking for is scarf joint. They exist to provide the proper amount of break to keep the strings in the nut. Fender doesn't use them, instead they use string trees. A lot of Fender copies use trees. Jackson uses scarf joints, I own one. Kramer uses one closer on the head stock, Ibanez uses them as well.

>paycheck was a few hundred shorter than I had hoped/expected
>no Mustang
I'm half rustled and half relieved I guess.

>>69616032
Aria stratocaster clone. I thrashed the fuck out of it.

>one (1) Tc Electronic Flashback pedal on Reverb at a sensible price in the Uk
>don't get paid until thursday
Wew lads

>>69617552
why are pedals so expensive?

>>69617682
components, labour, markup

>>69617682
Jews

>>69615877
I sanded the neck on my Tribute Fallout, plays smoother now though I went a bit too fine (I think)
Don't get why anyone would want to play a lacquered neck really

>>69617736
>>69617754
mix of this

I only want to guitar
How do I live like this

>>69616742
I use the low E's fine tuner on my Jackson to go to Drop D without having to unscrew a locking nut, but then again I have it blocked because I never use the tremolo.

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>tfw you buy your son his first guitar
feels really good

>>69617755
lacquered necks are more resistant to wear

like those squier classic vibe guitars that are basically dipped in gloss, i bought one used (in 10/10 shape), played it daily for 6 months and then sold it for a profit. they show 0 wear.

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>>69615877
I almost always sand my necks, can't stand the glossy feel
>>69615852
Hello fellow chiraqian
>>69617682
Meme pedals are the hot new thing friend

You guys planning to get any cool things once this holiday rolls around?

>>69618212
Waiting on a DOD Carcosa, local retailer will have it in stock in a few days time.

k can somebody rec me a semi-hollowbody guitar?

i want to live that 50s/60s rock life

>>69615627

Pretty much every band I like learned how to play playing every single Sex Pistols, Ramones, Wipers or Black Flag album all the way through.

So yeah I see your point regarding tabs but if you're playing non-classical/jazz music I can't see you just inventing shit out of nowhere.

>>69618709
Gretsch 6120

>>69618015

Nice dad thanks for this chinese Gibson copy

>>69618212

Are you Chilean anon

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Is this a good amp for home recording? Is there anything better I can get for the $130 value?

>>69619338
looks good

>>69619338
It's tied with the Spiders for poorest sounding 'practice' amp.

>>69619380
What would you recommend then? Highest I can go is around $150 budgetwise.

>>69619338
>>69619421
>Is this a good amp for home recording?
Do you already have an SM57 and an interface ?
If yes, don't buy anything and save up for a real amp.
If no, then buy an interface, pirate some plugins or download some free ones.

>>69619338
Decent practice simple, but very fucking brittle to listen to, its possible, but there are better things for less money

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I currently have pic related for practice, and it sounds pretty ok for being such a tiny ass amp and is pretty mobile.
In case i want a better amp what wattage should i get or what are the factors to consider besides liking the sound? I know jack shit about amps

>>69619542
>what are the factors to consider besides liking the sound?
Clean volume and volume.
Clean volume is how loud your amp can be while staying clean, usually higher wattage amps distort at a louder point than low wattage amps.
Volume is just plain and simple volume. And louder doesn't mean necessarily better, keep in mind how big your audiance, if you have any, is and what do you need it for.
Besides that, the sound itself resides in the build and inner circuitry (and contrarily to the popular belief, tubes does not mean better), and the cab, which speaker it uses, its dimensions and whether it is open/half open/closed back
For playing over a drummer, while playing distorted, I'd say you want a bare minimum of 20w through a 1x12". That's what I use and as long as my bassist friend doesn't go crazy on his 300w 4x10, it'll be good.
Of course if you play in venues with PA and competent sound guys, volume is less of a concern, but you'll never be sure whether it is the case or not unless you've already been there.

>>69619614
>and whether it is open/half open/closed back
What difference does it make?

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I want a Kramer really badly now.

>>69619667
You like the bullseye design of the guitar in the OP?

>>69619639
I think it's in terms of bass response but quite honestly I don't remember exactly which is what, just google it.
Also demos on youtube can be largely misleading, try to test the amp in real life if you can.

>>69619667
>tfw you want to mod a 4 string bass into a Bass VI and a cheap harley benton and its amp just popped on craigslist

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>tfw no 80s kramer gf

I bought a Gibson Les Paul a few months ago off ebay and I really like it. However it came with a bunch of shit in it - coil splits for both pickups and a boost circuit with push-push pots. I never use any of these things, and the wiring looks like a rats nest.

Is it worth just ripping it all out and replacing it with high quality pots and wiring it like a normal one, or do you think it is more hassle than it is worth? Surely that stuff has an effect on the sound even when its off, there are a LOT of wires.

>>69615666
Johnny Smith- Kaleidoscope
Barney Kessel-Autumn Leaves
Jim Raney and Kenny Burrell- 2 Guitars
Pat Metheny- Question and Answer

>>69619898
I would leave it alone, the difference that it makes is probably barely audible.

>>69619898
If you have a wire that goes into the ground (basically what happens when a coil split is off for example), it won't affect anything.
And as >>69619977 says, the difference is completely unnoticeable, you'll gain most likely less than 0.5 dB in the high frequencies (2kHz and up), which is not part of the guitar's timbre.

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If you don't own a decent octaver you really should get one

>>69620127
tell me why I'd ever want an octaver for metal, jazz or math rock

Why does my solid state amp start to hum/hiss after about 30 minutes of being turned on? Bad filter caps?

>>69616887
It's maple with polyurethane.

>>69615877
I always do. I do it like this.

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Sanding_Your_Guitar_Neck_for_a_Smoother_Feel

>>69618895
that's a Texas flag dood
>>69620167
because u can think beyond standard guitar tones for each genre, don't be afraid of being unique ;^)

>>69620404
>being unique
why should I spend 200$ on an octaver when I can just vomit on my strings and be unique

>>69620424
well, each person finds a way

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>>69620404

Oh lmao sorry anon.

>>69620424

Weedeater beat you to it anon.

>>69620444
yeah but I'm a guitarist
you ever seen someone sweep vomit ?

>>69618212
>line 6

>>69620376
Cool looks like the same method as this guy uses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncpw39HoUzo

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who here own their /dreamguitar/?

i recently bought mine, its a 1995 esp KKV, i used to love slayer when i was 16 and have wanted one ever since

post ur dream tone machines

>pic from google

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I'm looking for tips on endurance, I've been trying to learn this for a while
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIMW0aHN0ks
but as much as now I can play every riff off of it cleanly (bar the sweep picking part which is absolutely nuts), I can not get the required stamina to last the whole song, at best I can last for half of it before my fingers get completely exhausted
I've been trying to get it down for months but I feel like I haven't done any progress towards that, what do you guys think is the most important part in not getting tired ?

pic related, meme machines are always related

>>69620457

yeah John Petrucci.

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I'm in love with this.
Thoughts?
I can get a jap made one, or a new chink made for reasonable prices.

Need some input desu

>>69620670

I think hollowbodies are gay but a japanese one don't sound too bad.

Don't get chink guitars ever.

>>69620687
I mostly see niceish reviews of the new ones.
Dont almost all recent epis made in China?
I don't even know if the jap made has coil split function.

What do...

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>>69618015
>tfw dad refused to buy me any instrument or lesson
>tfw I had to sell drug to buy my first guitar

>>69620729

China is gay

Coil taps are gay why would you want that on a hollowbody wtf

>>69620670
I think they're probably the best semi-hollows under $1000. Jump on that Japanese Sheraton quick, they're even better than some Gibson es-335s imo.

>>69620687
>I think hollowbodies are gay but a japanese one don't sound too bad.

>>69620812
>China is gay
>Coil taps are gay

eloquently put

>>69620813
Fuck. I think I'll do it.

>>69620812
Options, anon. I mostly play for myself so...

>>69620754
>parents bought me a guitar
>they gave me enough money for the cheapest piece of shit
I should have sold drugs

>>69620466
The DL4 is easily my favorite pedal, hasn't failed me yet in 4+ years

>>69620868
Yeah dude the Japanese ones are in a different league. Nowadays I think they only make the Elitist Epiphones which are on par with their old production stuff (but way more expensive)

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>>69615354
Lol, I'm in Wisco. The great white north, land of weird shitty metal scenes. No doom interest up here whatsoever, at least in GB.

>>69615852
I think you're maybe the dude I bought the 4x12 out from under before I moved? Or that was a different anon. Either way, we best all put together an internets doom band for shiggles

>>69620542
This headstock has the shape of a sock

>>69621167
Wisco here as well. Lack of doom is here in madison too. Oh well, guess I will just keep playing by myself

Looking for an opinion, i have an old Jackson rx10, was thinking about replacing everything on it except the body, is it worth keeping or would i be wasting money on good picks/neck etc?

>>69621167
>>69621255
>tfw the doom scene is one of the biggest here and you're not interested in doom
why is it so hard for everyone to be happy

>>69621421
>>69621255
Lol, right? Just gotta start a scene. Off to the Craigslist I go. Problem is GB is 80% hillbillies and 20% college kids, neither of whom I really want to associate with.

I'd imagine you could find some interesting folks to play with down in Madison, no?

>>69621421
Also, where is that, anon? I know that the Carolinas have a good scene, as does NorCal/some PNW.

>>69621482
>>69621502
just a short 5000km away, in some western part of France.
It's not a HUGE scene but it's one of the most active locally.
The other big metal scene is black metal, which I'm not interested into either.

>>69615610
On the off chance you'll see this, where in CA are you?

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If I bought an Ampeg VH140c could I play it at bedroom volume when necessary?
What about if I bought a Peavey JSX? The JSX is a tube amp, so I might need an attenuator for it to sound good.

>>69621595
Solid, never would've guessed! Cool to hear what's going on in other parts of the world. What're you into, anon?

>>69621680
Listening wise, a shitload of things, from almost every subgenre of metal to electronic, prog rock, jazz fusion...
But playing wise I'm not as diverse and I mostly stick to technical death metal, death metal, and weirder, more progressive experimentations (in short, wank).
No bands yet though, my guitar's too unreliable to gig.

Got this off reverb pretty cheap. Love it>>69621482
Meh, maybe but honestly I am not good enough for a band at the moment. But maybe it is in my head

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>tfw no qt 3.14 Rickenbacker bass

fuck!!!!!!

>>69621907
Where are you from precisely, Ânon ? I'm looking for some other band members in the southwest to play meme MEAL à la Ved Buens Ende

>>69622118
>ftw idktf
Feels good

>>69622200

I'm jealous, anon! Post pics!!!!

>>69615786
Good one dude

>>69622225
it's a Fireglow 4003S

>tfw no wata fuzz
Why even live.

>>69622774

Get a Foxx Tone machine copy. It's pretty much the same pedal, I doubt MASF made that many modifications to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-06gEHAx2E
Guns N Roses?

>>69616032
[Keith] Urban Les Paul copy I got 3 years ago.
I only play my Ibanez and Strat now because the Urban is a POS.

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My shit-rig. Excuse the snapchat bullshit.

>>69616062
Same, bought mine at Sam's Club for 99 bucks. I remember slowly going from blues to death metal on that thing. It came with a 10 watt diode distortion amp that sounded like a beehive when I tried to play in flames on it.

>>69616032
Child sized First Act acoustic, one with the plastic tuner covers that are retarded. Was red with flame stickers. Badass, but that goes without saying.
Funny, my brother had the same one but a different color, and we cut two strings off of it to "simulate a bass". So stupid, but those were the dayz

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>>69622118
woop woop

reporting in

>>69617247
My friend has one of those. He doesn't play it anymore because he's too lazy to adjust the truss rod, change the strings and just clean that fucking thing. Plus he got a new Ibanez so he doesn't play his other ones anymore really either. It's not really a bad guitar imo.
The pickguard is going yellow because he smokes in his room with it. His Ibanez is all white so he better put that bitch in a case when he's done with it (he doesn't)

>>69623148
>Robosapien

Excellent taste in toys. How old are you though?

>>69623148
Not sure if a child or just Japanese

>>69620754
>Selling drugs because your mummy and pappy wouldn't support your musical endeavors
I'm sorry but this made me chuckle

>>69622823
Thanks for the tip friendo

>>69623148
How do these compare to US Rickenbackers? Always wanted one.

>>69623249
What's wrong with that ?

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Thoughts on this?
Been thinking of getting it. Played it for a while and liked it.
My only gripes are that there's no master volume or reverb on the amp
Any suggestions for similar amps in the same price range

My current amp is my father's Fender Quad Reverb, but unfortunately it's time to give it back

>>69623352
Just keep the quad. What is he going to do?

>>69623148

damn son I'm jealous!!

where did you get a greco rick? are you in Japan?

fuckin nice senpai

>>69622141
I'm in the northwest sadly, pays de la loire.

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>>69620754
>begged for a strat when I was 9
>parents said I would never learn
>bought me a First Act toy acoustic with pink flowers from Target as a fuck you Christmas gift
mfw I learned to play on that toy and now play lead/ get decent sized shows in a town known for its music scene.

>>69620754
>got really into rock/metal in teen years
>really really wanted a guitar
>dad bought my sister an Esteban acoustic/electric even though she showed no interest in music
>guitar collecting dust
>ask her if I can play it
>she tells me to fuck off
>start skipping school on thursdays and teach myself to play sisters guitar/play video games.
>one time dad came home early, had to hide under the bed with the guitar and case till he went to the bathroom.
>35% truancy rate that year

>>69623708
Kek that's what happened to me, I had one of those guitars you win at six flags and it was awful. Everytime I asked for an upgrade they said I already had a guitar

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/ec/srDispProductListSpecialItem/doSearchProduct/8/Gibson-Proprietary-Model

Damn those SG's are beautiful

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>>69620542
I saw Moser Bastards when I was 14 or 15 and as an edgy teen it was my dream guitar but i could never afford it. 10 years later one popped up for sale at a price i could afford so i grabbed it. No regrets, actually really enjoy playing it. On phone so dont have a picture of mine but everyones seen it anyways. internet pic

>>69620754
>always liked rock music and mimed guitar playing any time I could
>parents are divorced mom stays depressed at home dad is never around so I cant ask em for anything regarding that
>buy first guitar hero game 11 years ago
>dad notices and asks me if I'd like to learn how to play guitar
>say yes but nothing ever comes of it
>buy GHII but decide this shit is too gay so I sell both
>meet am upperclassman in high school by chance who happens to be a bass player
>offers to teach me after I tell him how much I love Metallica, Rush and Yes
>get expelled from high school due to truancy, bad grades, and general shitty attitude
>learn to play that same summer, get a job with my dad
>he asks what the fuck I want to play music for
>now I have a degree and have my own small Fender collection

fuck you mom fuck you dad!!

>>69620754
>be 9
>ask dad if i can take guitar lessons
>laughs and tells me i will never able to play
>buys shitty behringer strat for all saved money
>to this day still spend all my money on gear while my dad complains about me playing to much

Ill show you

>>69620754
>dad bought me guitar and amp off cl
>never learned to play or get lessons
REEEEEE I COULD'VE STARTED AT 12 FUCK YOU MOM AND DAD

>>69623890
>>he asks what the fuck I want to play music for
well, what is it ? why do you play ?

>>69623401
Even though it sounds amazing and I'd like to keep it forever, I'll have to give it back soon.
Besides it's heavy, takes up a lot of space and I'm always worried that it might get damaged or maybe even stolen, so a smaller combo is much more practical. I wouldn't have to be so worried when I take it with me or let someone else play it.

I've had the quad for the last 3-4 years in my band's rehearsal space and even though he has a music man 112 RD to keep him company, he'd like to have it back.

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Anyone here has the Ted Greene books in good quality?

any link?

>>69624095
fight him for it

>>69622922
Lovely curtains

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Rank the headstocks based on their style, from best headstock style to worst headstock style.

You can also just say which one is the worst and which one is the best if you want

>>69622922
a friend had that bass but it was recently stolen. did you steal my friend's bass, anon?

>>69624212
Hockey stick number one always

>>69618015
what brand senpai?

Remember to filter all trip faggots

>>69624282
I make good posts.
Also look who made the OP anon...

thoughts on the randall rx120rh? is it worth it for 175$?
>>69624212
tele looks like a penis

>>69618709
>Gretsch 6120
>$3500

i was thinking <1k

>>69624212
4 5 6 are good, 8 and 9 are ok, 7 is weak, 1 2 3 are trash

>>69624398
for
>>69618868

>>69624398
>>69624513
Have a look for second hand or

If you want new, the Chink made electromatic line

>>69623336
Nothing really, I just found it humorous because most people wouldn't jump right into something as "extreme" as selling drugs just to get some gear. If that was your only option, I'm sorry to hear that.

>>69624622
>>69624622
what about the streamliner, or the epiphone casino

Post the genres you play followed by the gear you use.

Genres:
>Melodic Death
>Death
>Black Metal
>Ambient/Post Black Metal

Gear:
>6505mh
>avatar 2x12 vintage 30's
>TS9
>Carbon Copy
>Blackhole (the meme one)
>Tremonti Morley Wah
>Epi Les Paul Prophecy.

>>69624695
Selling weed isn't "extreme."

>>69624759
>LP into 5150
don't try to hide it, you've played some core subgenre at one point

>>69623888
Ahh so you're the guy with that nice red bass and the hello kitty strat?
>I'd play the fuck out of that strat t b h

>>69623918
For the alternative sluts

>>69624759
Genres:
Jazz
Math rock
Post rock

Gear:
Am Strat
SG Supra
Bias FX into an AC30VR

>>69624793
I played metalcore as a teen, but I bought my 6505 way after I outgrew that.

>>69624760
You should've just said weed then, I thought you were talking about crack or something.
How old were you?

>>69624212
Best to worst ez

1,3,4,7,2,5,6,8,9

>>69624875
The LP gives it away more than the 6505

>>69624892
Im not the guy saying he sold drugs. Im just saying if he was a kid not getting money from mom and dad hes most likely just slinging some bud which isn't extreme and most kids that are into weed have done it at some point.

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>>69624212
6
4
5
7
8
9
3
1

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>>69624759
Genres:
> Blues
> Classic Rock
> Doom Metal
> Stoner Rock/Metal

Gear:
>Telecaster
> Vox Night Train
> Ibanez TS808
> Fuzzhugger Doom Bloom
> DOD Boneshaker
> MXR Carbon Copy
> Mr. Black Bloodmoon

reminder that people who hate metal and pointy headstocks are crap at playing guitar

Anyone have experience with the Carvin V3m? On some demos it sounds pretty great, but on others the distortion starts to sound ridiculously fuzzy and awful to me.

>>69624990
reminder every thrash-o-core player probably is crap at playing guitar outside of palm muted open string chugging and whammy bar solos

>>69624990
People who hate pointy headstocks are the only ones that have been alive long enough to be good at guitar actually.

Also I like metal so kys argument dropped.

There is a bunch of seemingly good deals on used bass cabs at guitar center, like 2x10s and even 4x10s, are they mostly just old shit tier ones or what? Link to them below

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Bass-Amplifier-Cabinets.gc#pageName=subcategory-page&N=18375+1076&Nao=0&recsPerPage=20&v=g&Ns=pLH&postalCode=97301&radius=100&profileCountryCode=US&profileCurrencyCode=USD

>>69624246
agreed

>>69625097
It's because they are used retard

>>69624759
Genres:
>Death, black, thrash and post metal
>Doom
>Blues

Gear
>6505MH
>Harley Benton 2x12 V30 cab
>GCB95 Wah
>SD-1
>Throne Torcher
>Little big muff
>Hotone EKO delay
>Polara reverb
>Jackson pro king V
>Squier Jazzmaster
>MIM 60's strat

>>69625178
obviously artard. But for example, a new one that was just posted, $75 for a peavey 410? The cheapest new 410 on Gc is $300. Seems fucking great if your jam buddys dont have a bass player. ALso beats the fuck out of craigslist prices

Why dont peeps make guitars out of oak?

Only thing i can find are people saying, "lmfao its not tone wood, shiggity didgeridoo, itll sound like a floor/front door/kitchen table" or "i had an uncle that made one but i never went over his house cause he used to touch me"

The only thing i can figure is that solidbody electrics started being produced around the time oak was a really popular wood for furniture and cabinets(still is but solid wood anything is less and less common), so it was easier to source large quanities of basswood and alder. Mahogany is used in a lot of furniture, but its use was always less common than oak in the us.

Asking because im thinking about building a guitar, and its incredibly easy for me to source oak.

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>>69624759

Genres:
>Jazz/Fusion
>Flamenco (well, working on it)
>Prog Rock

Gear:
>MIM Fender Strat
>Squier Jazzmaster
>Cordoba C5 Nylon String
>Polytune Noir Tuning Pedal
>Morley Bad Horsie Wah
>EHX Soul Food with JHS mod
>Fender Analog Chorus
>EHX Memory Man w/ Hazarai
>Egnater Rebel 20
>Fender Super Champ 80w cabinet

>>69625350
isn't oak kinda heavy ? or I'm mixing it up with some other "furniture wood"

>>69625350
Do you not know how fucking heavy oak is?

>>69621647
the central valley but im willing to travel if the musicians are serious enough about starting somethin, lets talk, shoot me your email

>>69625325
Sometimes theyre trying to move stock, cabs take up a lot of space. A good amount of people arent interested in buying cabs, just heads, theyll have found a cab they like l, put speakers in it they like and roll woth it for years. Or theyre just cheao and theyre content with the shitty 410 from their ss marshall stack their parents bought them for $200 new. There was a point my local GC had all the used heads out front with the cabs in the back because they took up so much floor space when people werent buying them together anyways.

>>69624962
that sounds like a pretty nice rig even with the night train, what kinda tele?

>>69625447
>>69625455
do you guys not realize what you are saying?

heavier = more dense = excellent tone wood

>>69625350
because i dont want a broken spine

>>69625447
Yes, relatively.

>>69625455
Considering that ive been using it for several years, yes. I gurantee i could make a strat out of oak that weighs less than a les paul standard.

>>69625603
>Comparing strat weight to les paul weight

No shit I could make a strat out of fucking solid iron that weighs less than a les paul. It's still gonna be heavy as shit compared to other strats.

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>>69625381
Hey chicagobro

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>>69625521
It used to be a pretty Fender Nashville Tele before I got through with it.

And yeah, the Night Train's not perfect but I don't have the money/justification to get something different at the moment.

>>69625712
What up, man? Haven't seen you in a while. How have you been?

>>69625660
God, youre whiney

Oak is only a little heavier than black walnut. There are black walnut guitars and basses.

I also doubt you could lift a piece of iron to work it if you cant lift a piece of wood.

Would yew have good tone

>not making an all bubinga one piece guitar

>his guitar only has one pickup
>his guitar has a maple fretboard
>his guitar has f holes
>his guitar has a bigsby
>his guitar has p90's
>his guitar has pearl tuners

How to spot a grandpa/hipster/blues dad/lewronggeneration fag 101

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>>69620970
>>69620813
>contacted the guy hours ago
>still no awser

I swear to god if he sold it to someone else I dunno what I'm gonna do

>>69624759
>>69625240
How do you like the 6505mh? I have one in the mail

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>>69625838
>>his guitar has a maple fretboard
maple fretboard on meme machines is rather popular

>>69625838
maple fretboards are the nicest

>>69625834
If i could make a guitar out of a slab i would, but i doubt with the way different areas will act. You probably know, but youd have to get pretty wide tree to not have the pith fall dead center where the neck will be.
I definetly dont have the balls to drop a grand or 2 to try it.

Ill never be the man like you and your bubinga warlock

>>69625807
I see what yew did there.

>>69625925
I would unironically love that guitar if it didn't have the meme-carve. Or if the carve was at least finished with the top

>>69625974
I don't mind it, but I share your opinion it would have looked better with the same finish. Also 1 pickup/3way switch is limiting.

>>69625838
>its an o am i laffin post
....this one actually doesnt apply to me. Dont know how to feel about that. Ive become a post meme

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>>69624759

Genres:
>noise rock
>hardcore/pv
>80s alternative/power pop

Gear:
>AVRI '06 Fender Jazzmaster
>MIM '06 Fender Jazz Bass
>Squier Chris Aiken Signature Precision Bass (not pictured cause the pickguard broke and I put tape + stickers on it and it looks stupid)
>Acoustic 270 head + Acoustic 410
> EHX Big Muff, ProCo RAT, Paradox Fuzz-E Cat, MASF Raptio, BOSS CH-1, PS-5, 3xRV-3.

>>69624807
Passable red bass, yeah.

And the HK strat is a dream to practice on. Bought it to collect. Ruined the value by wearing it out constantly playing it. Oops.

>>69625730
nice
if youre trying to buy a Blackstar HT 100 i can hook you up, $350 shipped

What's good /mu/? Check out these sweeps I just uploaded :D while my guitar gently sweeps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75CSs_ZW6Gw

>>69624759
>genres
Punk/hardcore
Jazz
Ambient stuff
Post rock
Funk
R&b
Urban pop
Hip hop
Fusion
Doom
Used to play thrash, pop punk, grind, powerviolence
And whatever else they pay me to play(maybe bluegrass next, actually, but i want to play bass)

>Gear
Tubemeister 18
Jcm 900 slx and dr(i modded this one) 100 watts
Blues jr(modded by bill m)
Tubes are either jjs or tungsols
Ampeg bt4
Marshall 1960
2 self built 2x12s and a 1x12
All cabs have warehouse speakers
Various pedals
Ibanez RG hardtail tuned to C
MIA Tele from 2009
G400 pro

A few gibson and martin acoustic knock offs from the early 70s, including a dove and hunmingbird. They all sound great.

I also have an old kramer strat knockoff that needs a lot of work. Bought it from a yard sale for $20. Bought it cause i love soldering but hate circuit boards.

I have a few basses as well, never bought a rig because i only record with them.

And i have a pretty nice fender 80s ss head that actually sounds pretty incredible.

And probably 10 parts guitars and a dozen random 5w practice amps.


I just never sell anything, its easier for me to grind and make money to buy something new than to track down something i already had. Didnt mean for this to turn into a blog post. Ill restrain myself from adding to this.

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>>69624759
funk, prog stuff, meal, electronic stuff
subbing for a top 40 band now and then

stuff I actually use:
>prs archon 50, laney vh100r, kemper profiler, s-gear2
>custom oversize 4x12 with v30 and eminence bass speakers, self built thiele 1x12 with some eminence
>lehle sunday driver -> ts808 -> sparkle drive ->amp or DI, TC gmaj in FX path sometimes for reverb / delay
>gibson lp classic w/ 496r&500t, ibanez archtop, jackson superstrat, old ibanez rg with dimarzios, ibanez fanned rg8 with emg-x

and then there's a shitload of stuff I don't even use anymore

>>69615528
cutting edge viewpoint there, bravo!

>>69624759
Ill humor the gear enthusiasts...

Styles of music I play:
Jazz (Coltrane)
Metal (Animals as Leaders)
Funk (RHCP)
R&B (Glasper)
Hip Hop (Dan the Automater)
Classical (Mozart)
Psychedelic Rock (Pink Floyd)

Gear I use:
Jackson Dinky DXMG Guitar
Crate XT120R Amplifier
Takamine G Series (RED)
Garage Band (Ipod touch 5)
Starcaster Drums with a super nice vintage ludwig snare drum
DGX230 Yamaha keyboard
A wah and tube screamer i only play live

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whys he so sad bros?

>>69624212

Single side tuners non-pointy > single single side tuners pointy > the tele headstock (5) > double row tuners UNLESS the headstock narrows to decrease the space between the top two (so D and G don't hit the nut at a sharp angle

My favorites from this bunch are the Kramer hockey stick, the Ibanez, and the strat headstock (4). I've always hated the look of the tele headstock. It's so, i dunno, limp and weak looking to me. Like a headstock designed by committee. Marketing committee that tries to please every possible demographic and winds out producing something that has no special appeal to any of them.

>>69625838
>his guitar has a dark wood fretboard
>using endangered woods
A sneaky tree will avenge its kin and fall on you, silly anons

>>69626801
because his ex wife left him and stole half of his money. Millions of dollars. His gf also broke up with him the day of the green fest concert. Heroin addict. Friends are too. His life is insane. Why does he feel so bad? Why is there no room to see why?

>>69626801
the divorce settlement

>>69626801
it's the lack of heroin in his veins

>>69626801
no heroin

>>69626560
Honestly, how useful is a kemper? I do a lot of recording and filling in with random people, anything from jangly pop chords to modern shred solos to jazz fuckery, i got 5 amps ill use for different occasions. Ive been seriously considering getting one sometime next year, or an axe fx.

3 questions, basically.
1. How many different setting do you actually use?
2. Are you satisfied with it, is it just good enough or do you prefer the way it sounds?
3. What made you pick it over an axe fx?

Gear question too, do you run it through the laneys power amp?

>>69626837
damn, that sucks
at least he has cool guitars

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>>69626848
What a cunt

>>69626930
I'm not the 'separate presets for every single song on the setlist' type of guy, so I don't even utilize half of it's powers and sold the controller pedal board I got bundled with it and don't use it live anymore because it would be total overkill for me
but it's my go-to recording setup now
the built in fx are pretty nice but I like it the most because of it's core functions: everything you 'profile' the right way just sounds super neat and responds well to the volume pot and pedals in front in terms of driving it more or cleaning up and that's the way I play mostly
I don't really use a lot of downloaded profiles or even the factory ones, I use the ones I make myself with my own gear or what I pulled from friends' setups
that way I can keep the amps in the rehearsal rooms at uni all the time and still record at home with the sounds I like and no setting up whatsoever

I picked it over the axe fx because I got a really good deal on it
also I would use maybe 5% of the axe fx's features. everytime I sit in front of one I'm totally overwhelmed and have no idea where to start so I end up skipping through loads of presets loaded with effects I don't want - the kemper feels just the opposite: you can instantly tweak stuff and start playing because the front panel is really intuitive

>realize that i have no fine motor skills with my ring finger
>start working on improving it
>it's actually fun

>realize i have no fingers

>>69625838
> guitar has strings
> guitar makes music

doees string gauge affect tone when playing electric guitar?

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>wew

>>69627646
yeah, really thick strings have a noticeably thicker tone, it takes a really long time to get used to bending them too. my advice is unless youre tuning to C standard or lower, you dont need .60 gauge strings
im using .52's right now in E standard just because i like how easily i can bend them
i used to be a thick string guy for a long time, but holy hell its hard to bend
try out a bunch of different strings though, theres a lot of options, see what works for ya
hope this helps

>>69627114
>only getting what I make a year every month
>wah I want more
Oh you poor thing.

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Guys I want to trade in my Schecter hellraiser C-1 for something more versatile and that also can use a whammy bar.

I'm thinking of maybe a deluxe strat HSS or a Floyd Rose strat. Which one would be better? Or are there some other suggestions?

>>69628208
trade it for a hellraiser with a floyd

>>69628238
I was thinking of that too actually. But I want something more versatile. Not just for playing metal.

>>69615877
I've had it done to half of my guitars and will do them to the other half when they get set up or repaired or whatever next time.

>>69627761
i can notice the difference with acoustic guitars, but i cant tell the difference in sound from electric guitars, especially if they have any fx or drive on them

>>69628208
Hard to get more versatile than an HSS strat

>>69628320
i honestly only notice the difference in string sound when theyre brand new righr out of the package and i just put em on
maybe you just havent been playing for long enough?
watch Johan Segeborn's videos on youtube

>>69628483
playing it unplugged i can tell, but once it's cranked and driven there's no difference

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>>69616032
Squier Bullet Strat with trem
>kek I tore the bridge out of it midplay

>>69620754
>Grandma dies
>Each of the cousins get a $1000
>spend it on>>69628942 and a defective Champion 20 thanks JewCenter
>Start learning
>I can play, but it's not that great
>I can't play meme fast

>>69624759
>Stoner Rock
>Grunge
>Psychedelic
>Psychedelic 60's
Gear
A shit ton of fuzz
One tube screamer meme
VP Junior
Some faggot distortion
Some Marshall amp with the tone mid and bass up
Schecter Research Demon-6

Am I a meme

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>>69622118
Ric 4003 reporting in

>>69624932
But anon, what if I want to impale people who dislike my playing?

>>69625381
>>69625712
What part you guys in? Jeff Park represent.

>>69624932
what exactly is wrong with pointy headstocks?
They don't keep tuning? They affect tone?

NO?

then keep your aesthetic opinions to yourself. there are plenty of uglier design choices in guitars. (See: Strandberg)

>>69625350
>>69625455
>>69625553
>>69625535
What's heavier a pound of Oak or a pound of Swamp Ash?

>>69629529
In this case it isn't the weight, it's the volume and density of the wood. Oak is heavy as shit per cubic inch as compared to Swamp ash or Basswood

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>>69629529

Is 2017 the year digital amps and modeling overtakes valves?

>>69629529
Does the swamp ass have water in it?

>>69629529
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0hikcwjIA

>>69629529
Oak, about 45 pounds/ft3
Swamp Ash 30-33.6 lbs/ft3

$800 budget for a general, all-arounder guitar. Suggestions? Should I go for a Strat? I intend on tinkering with it down the line as far as pick ups go.

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>he plays an active pickup guitar through a high gain amp

>>69630127
Fairly sure there's an 800 dollar American HSS strat on the market

>>69619421

Pirate Bias FX and spend the rest on a decent audio interface for your PC and some Monitor Speakers.

You cannot record decent sounding guitar tracks live on a budget. It just doesnt work. Go full digital.

>>69630366
me on the left

>>69630368
I think it's closer to $900, it's the "American Special," which is American made just not with the pickups as the regular American.

>>69630458
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking of. There's also the "Deluxe" which is $800 MIM

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>>69630366
>he plays an SSS strat through a clean amp witjh a little bit of reverb

>>69630127

Used PRS vela, s2 standard 22, Fender american strat, or Music man Silouette would be my recommendations

For new guitars in that price range, the new mexican fender deluxe range is really nice, and I was blown away by how well the mexican Charvel guitars play. They look kinda metallish, but the pickups they have are pretty good all around humbuckers. No crazy high output Djentlord PUs.

I second the Charvel recommendation but only if it's in a neon colorway.

>>69619338
get a micro dark

>>69624932
https://youtu.be/t33i_iq5bjs?t=2m18s

Anyone have experience with a Blues Junior? looking to upgrade from a practice amp, and that's looking like my choice

>>69630759

What's your budget and what kind of music do you play? There are far better choices for the price of a new Blues Junior (good clean tones but it's drive channel is straight up unusable).

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>can't come up with a good song to save your band
theory for this feel?

>>69630823
>theory for this feel?

IDK man. I'm just a beginning bass player. Listen to shit you like and take one element of something from a song you like and give it enough of your own twists until it sound completely different.

>>69630576
i do all this all the time pls be my gf

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>played guitar for 10 years
>bass for about 2
>prefer guitar and mainly picked up bass for recording
>friend knew I was interested in joining a band
>told me he knows some guys that are looking for a member
>neat
>they want a bassist
I am conflicted.

>>69631006
Play bass like how you would play guitar

>>69615926
Different anon, but also Chicago here. It's a really great store with awesome employees. They only really have PRS, Gibson, and Fender products, but their selection of those is huge.

>>69631006

Don't do it. You'll be that guy who plays bass but is really a guitarist. If anything politely let them know that if they ever need a guitarist you're in town.

For those with Floyds, how often do you change your strings? I'm dreading changing mine that I've had on for a while even though I know how to change them on a floyd. I just don't want to accidentally fuck it up and have to take it in to get set up

>>69631273
About a month, more or less. I'm not playing out at the moment so they stay on longer.

alright i need some help
i've gotten into swing a long time ago, but recently i want to actually play some big band tunes. aside from freddie greene, are there any other videos/lessons to learn from? are there any other sources of info to learn swing? i know it's jazz but i don't really want to spend a lot of time learning jazz for swing. i want the basics and maybe i'll build from there. also any recommendations for early 20's swing? freddie green, duke, cab, count basie, goodman and all are more 40's and 50's style swing.

>>69616032
first was a strat copy. replaced with an ltd m-10, replaced with an mim strat

>>69617234
for a mustang? really? jk, what kind of pickups?>>69618709
look for something on reverb. really any semi hollow can do the trick. i mean, that's how they did it back then so why not?

>>69619898
if you know how to solder, yes diy. shit's easy if you're just going to wire it back to factory settings. really cleans up the guitar and brings back some brightness now that some of all that wiring is gone

>>69620542
cool shit, anon. my dream guitar is really basic, just an mim strat all i did was swap out the 5 way for a 3 way.

>>69620550
do some stretches, that's about it. also practice slow and build up speed, don't try and nail it on the first try. i'm learning staccato picking for surf guitar like dick dale and i end up using my elbow rather than my wrist which is what im working on.

>>69624212
6 is best cuz muh classic looks
2 looks like a fuckin sock

>>69624759
Genre
>goth rock
>post rock
>surf rock
>swing (work in progress)
Gear
>fender mim strat
>fender vibrochamp xd
>>69630576
ha i wish a girl thought of me that way>>69630990 same

>>69631006
do it for the experience of being in a band. if you still don't want to play bass just drop it.

>>69631273
Same frequency as I would with a hardtail. It's very simple procedure so long as you're using the same tuning and string gauge. Make sure to change one string at a time (don't take all off at once) and everything will go smoothly.

>not liking pointy guitars

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>>69631393
Ikr

>>69629374
Dude, I just moved out of Jeff Park in August, and I'm moving back in January! I'm in Norwood Park right now and I work in Portage Park.

I'm this guy: >>69625381

>>69630814
Around $500. I play mostly indie rock type stuff, I have some pedals for Overdrive and Distortion

>>69631427

How long do you think those headstocks last on average?

>>69631449
Ha. I'm the other dude always recommending the Rebel 20/30. I have a 30 Mk. II.

I'm like right on the border of Jeff/Portage. Just off Montrose.

>>69631581
How 'bout that Hagen's, man?

I used to live right by Higgins and Austin. When I move back into the area I'll be at Austin/Lawrence.

What kind of music are you into/do you play?

>>69631478

ahh gotcha. The 50w peavey valvekings have a decent blackfacey clean channel pedal platform and theres one sitting in the used section of every guitar center on earth for 200 or less. Used Classic 30s go for a little bit more than that and are great for a voxyish/tweed clean indy sound.

If youre ignoring drive channels and just using it as a pedal platform though, there isnt anything wrong with the Blues junior. It just doesnt have a ton of clean headroom for gigging situations.

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>>69631361
Just a MIJ MG69. I could technically buy it now but I'd have to put off paying a few people I know and eat nothing but rice for two weeks. I'll just wait and then I can buy some extra shit to go along with it.

>>69624212
6
7
4,5
8
9
POWERGAP
POWERGAP
1, 3
POWERGAP
POWERGAP
POWERGAP
POWERGAP
POWERGAP
2

>>69631645
I'm a couple blocks from it, but never been.

Mostly punk and ska and rock. I likes it fast and melodic, but not whiny. Alkaline Trio, Less Than Jake, Lagwagon, The Living End, etc. You?

>>69629288
Imma take a wild guess and say that you enjoy the music of Rush.

>>69631759
I study and play jazz at home/at improv and solo gigs, but I'm in a prog rock band based out of Portage Park:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Vhj_8R8MI

I joined the band last year and I've been trying to take us in a more psychedelia, less thrash metal direction. We also do covers by At The Drive-In, Coheed and Cambria, and Fall of Troy.

>>69631852
>a negro shredding
Don't see that every day.

>>69631888
>Hendrix
>Tony McAlpine
>Greg Howe
>Tosin Abasi

Nope, never.

>>69631888

Nigger google tosin abasi right fucking now

>>69631931
>>69631930
Chill guys I was just joking around

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>>69631716
I have one (my main and only electric) and it's really fun to play. It's an eye-catching instrument and there's something really special about it that I love, je ne sais quoi, if you will.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do once you get it.

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>>69620542
I NEED 12 strings

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>tfw you got invited to play on a small regional tour but you only have a basement practice amp
>tfw youre about to buy a new amp on credit that you probably can't afford just to actually be able to do it

>>69631987
well hurry up and buy it then

>>69631365
That's what I plan to do. Is there any specific order to the strings, or can I treatit just like a hard tail?

>>69631852
I don't really play a whole lot as of recent. I've played on and off for about 20 years. Happen to be in an off phase now. Doesn't stop me from buying more gear, though.

I miss the discipline a little and wish I new a little theory, but I only ever really played songs I liked vs drills and scales.

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>>69631973
I will. I always thought they were kinda neat. Have enough set aside now so when I order it in two weeks I'll be able to swing a hard case and nice leather strap.

>>69631647
Thanks man. And I'd be more worried about rehearsals than gigging, you don't really mic up for rehearsals

>>69631716
>>69632155
yeah, i was going to ask if she inspired you to get it. but you answered without me having to ask

Someone make a new thread, i'd do it, but i'd fuck it up

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>>69632238
Yeah, I'm shamelessly buying it for waifu reasons.

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>>69632278
Don't forget to buy a cute keychain to go with your case

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>>69632377
Good point. I was going to hunt down a used figure since they don't seem to be too pricey considering how old they are.

>>69632278
Kek are you the same anon from Trumpgen?

>>69632978
>>69632978
>>69632978
new

Hi guys! I am thinking on upgrading my amp and cabinet. I currently own a micro dark with a bugera 1x12 cabinet. I want an amp head that can go from blues/jazz, to metal(prog metal). My budget is $1,500(If it's less than $1000 even better). Thanks in advance. Just in case you are wondering, the guitars that I own are: Prs se custom 24, and a Guild OM-140CE.

>>69633043
theres a lot of options out there for you man
if you just want a bigger cabinet, marshall 4x12 is the way to go, extremely cheap and if you ever wanted another high quality cab, the marshall would compliment it nicely
as for heads, do you want something older or newer? older tube heads are surprisingly cheap, i snagged my sound city 120 for $800, and it stays clean all the way up to 10 and is arguably one of the loudest tube heads ever built, next to the Sunn 300T
reverb.com is your place for both the head and cab, shouldnt be hard at all to get a killer half stack for just around $1000