/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

what's your dream pedal?

mine is probably the empress reverb. I want it really bad but can't really justify dropping that much on a pedal.

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anyone use a spoiler on their Bigsby?
is it worth it?

who /study fretboard and wala/ here?

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>>69846618
>wala

>>69846652
>tfw no wala

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you cant play guitar if you cant djent on acoustic

How many people are getting guitar presents on Christmas?

>>69846682
this

>>69846664
>no wala
>no fun

:(

>>69846699
I'm getting pedals, does that count?

w2c wala pedal?

>>69846682
>wanting to "djent" ever

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legitimately looks like a bruised ballsack. the curls in the top look like lil capillaries and pubes.

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>>69846736
>not wanting to djent 98% of the time
I bet your guitar has single coil pickups and you don't even have more than six strings

>>69846741
Why aren't companies making cat shaped guitars? I would buy one.

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>>69846850
My Tele has single coils and six strings. My RG has humbuckers and a coil splitter, so there you go.

Also
>wanting anything more than 6 strings

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>>69846892

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>>69847024
n-no that's not what I meant...

>>69846108
>>69846108
>>69846108
>>69846108
>>69846108

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>>69847024
kek

>>69846732
>>69846699
same senpai

>>69846618
>empress reverb

goddamn this thing sounds good, i'd never heard of it before this

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I just found this guitar, holy Christ is it beautiful.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/American-Vintage-64-Telecaster-Electric-Guitar-Aged-White-Blonde-Rosewood-Fingerboard-1339426633976.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWMWXGP&gclid=CJq-qZuyi9ECFcxXDQodaAkK5A&kwid=productads-adid%5E57619015002-device%5Em-plaid%5E143118043002-sku%5E1339426633976@ADL4GC-adType%5EPLA

If single coils are bad then how come they still put em on guitars

>>69847314
guitarists have terrible taste.

>>69847314
Good question
There's literally no reason to have them when coil-tapping and coil-splitting exists

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>>69846699
I'm getting a cheeky Vox Coily roily cabley

I bought myself This pedal for $130 after not gassing for anything for three months

>>69847314
They're not, I think they're the best sounding pickups,j ust wish they didn't hum.

>>69846618
right now I really want a Strymon Mobius.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO4qp5SUD3U

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What speakers should I get for my cabinet that I'm building? Looking at either vintage 30s or Eminence The Governor speakers

>Pic related is my head

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What color to paint memeburst Strat?

So I've got a BOSS chromatic tuner pedal and I can't seem to get a proper tune with.

Whenever I first pick a string, the pedal reads high, and then as the note dissipates, it reads lower and lower. This is especially prevalent on the low E string.

Is this normal? If so, should I tune to what it reads when I first pick the string or to what it reads when the note evens out?

Even so, it seems that the tuner just fluctuates randomly, making it impossible to tune.

>>69847648
>memeburst
hate this meme, it's one of the better strat/jm finishes.

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How many times do you guys change yr tubes? I'm planning on getting my first tube amp.

>>69846940
>>wanting anything more than 6 strings
12 strings :^)
Also while not necessarily useful, 7 strings are almost as easy to play.
Anything beyond 8 strings/courses is absolutely useless.

>>69847626
I've had both those speakers, they're pretty similar actually but the governor has a less harsh high-end and is a little less bassy.

I changed my speakers to Fryette P50E after hearing David Torn use them and I think they're way better than both, bassier, more articulate, less fizzy. Something you could consider too

>>69847652
It does this with me too. I usually play the harmonic on the 12th fret and that gives a better reading. Playing open notes tends to confuse the pedal for some reason.

>>69847287
Buy a custom built tele from Warmoth if you dont want to piss away $500 for a logo.

>>69847652
From what I remember you do it to whatever you pick the string at. I might be wrong though.

>>69847846
or buy a nip fender, have the logo and a great guitar for cheaper.

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>>69847648
SURF MEME

>>69847864
This

used nip fenders can be had for really great prices

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>>69847689
Tubes last about a year or two for me, I have a Super Champ x2 I bought new in February 2015 that's still going strong

>>69847921
>tfw see a mint 0001 strat style for £450
>didn't cop
kill me

>>69847905
Not that's a tasty meme, very nice.

Guitar noob here, thinking about getting my first floyd rose soon. Can string bends be effectively replaced by using the whammy bar? I only ask because I've heard bending strings on a floating trem will fuck everything up.

>>69846699
Does buying your own count?

If so, yes

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>>69847953
So every year I have to change tubes?

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>>69848009
ALL OF THE TUBES?

>>69847984
>Can string bends be effectively replaced by using the whammy bar? I

You could if you wanted to. Jeff Beck does that a lot.

>I've heard bending strings on a floating trem will fuck everything up.

Nah that's bullshit, but cheap trems will go out of tune easier so buy a nice one.

>>69848009
>>69848031
Usually just power tubes.
Pre tubes last longer

>>69848061
What brand of tubes do you buy? (((chinkshit)))?

>>69846618
One of the nice bass compressors. They're so expensive I haven't been able to pull the trigger on a purchase yet. That's about it. Maybe a sub synth and I'm thinking about buying the DOD Meatbox for that pretty soon.

>>69846699
I'm getting a new strap and a couple cables, but that probably doesn't count.

>>69846699
getting a joyo analog delay desu senpai

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>>69847953
What up Chicagobro?

>>69848078
No don't buy cheap tubes

>>69848078
>>69848252
Are Sovtek tubes good? There are alot of Russian tubes here where I am from, any experience with them?

Do tubes just fizzle out like fuses & can they damage your amp while going out?

>>69847674
This doesn't look right. It's just wrong.

>>69847674
why does he look chinese

>>69848299
don't know about the new ones but they used to be the best, thanks to the USSR being so backwards in technology and export bans on computer parts.

>>69848388
Because he's got some in him. A grandmother or something, I can't remember.

>>69847953
how do you like it? i really want one of those amps and have been going back and forth whether or not i should get it.

also, what cable is that?

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>mfw mods delete my thread

>>69848541
btfo desu
maybe you'll learn to include the subject next time

>>69848541
RIP best thread.

>>69848299
Russia stronk

>>69847626
How does that head work out for you? I was considering getting one for shits and giggles

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>>69847648
Turquoise so it wears like this.

>>69849033
barf

>>69849033
Please no

>>69849033
Lol what is thattttt

>>69848299
JJs are usually pretty good.

Got some TAD EL34s in one of my amps that are great, and the Mullard 6L6s in my HRD are very nice too.

Chink tubes in my experience tend to be less reliable, but I have heard they are improving

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>>69849033
That looks worse than ass.

>>69848541
You deserve it, faggot. Next time don't fuck up the threads by forgetting the subject MORE THAN ONCE IN A FUCKING ROW!

One time is excusable, but multiple times is just pathetic.

>>69849304
I happen to be a fan of ass.

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>>69849304
>implying the booty looks bad

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>>69849329
>>69849333
Ass in the figurative sense, not the literal sense.

I love me some booty.

>>69849327
>'faggot'
>'fuck up'
>capspam


:^)

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are epiphione dots shitty guitars? my local shop has a cherry one for $229 (used) that i was going to go look at and maybe ditch my acoustic for/towards.

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>the really nice second hand guitar at a great price you tried out is now sold and you will never own it
>there is no other strat around at that price for that kind of guitar

why live?

>>69849882
why are strats so expensive anyway?

>>69849952
because people will pay it

the one I now regret not buying cost "only" $1k dollarydoos for a usa strat which is relatively extremely cheap for a good usa strat over here

>>69849998
damn, i saw a used 2016 USA for $850 today

>>69849882
Building a top of the line strat is the easiest shit ever dude. With better hardware than Fender if you want.

>>69850045
i think he lives in a third world country like the UK or something, where parts are expensive

>>69850026
in usa?

>>69850063
australia

>>69850100
so yeah 3rd world where everything is hella expensive

>>69850100
yup usa

>>69850100
australia isn't so bad unless you post on pol

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>>69846618
Definitely pic-related

>>69850262
or have to take public transport in sydney

>/gg/ is on it's third thread in a 24 hr. period
lmao

Why is Christmas break always so hilarious on 4chan? These underaged redditors just can't help themselves, can they?

>>69850500
>muh rebbit
you can always go back

>>69850500
ebin meme dude

>>69850538
>>69850574
lol, did I hit a nerve, underaged redditors?

>>69850587
:^)

>>69850500
Cause we've got nothing better to do

>>69850587
#ROASTED, again ;_;

>>69850600
>>69850631
lol, I'll take that as a "yes" then. Thanks.
>>69850613
You're supposed to at least try to deny it, Anon. Jesus.

>>69850657
he keeps bullying me, send help.

I just come here to meme

>>69850684
Everyone does.

>>69850684
DANK RIFFS

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i really want one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25rrj0GBpws

>>69850752
I really want a gf.

I want to stroll down memory lane, /gg/.

Who's still here these days? I don't see Gearspammer, Sas, Ace, Be, Cortfag, Froosh, SG cuck, or Rickenbro in the last few threads.

Is there anybody left?

>>69850793
no. we're all reddit here.

>>69850793
Join a forum if you cucks with names.

>>69850793
sg and rickenbro both committed suicide. the rest still post.

>>69850793
no roman ran everyone off

>>69850793
I'm sure not all of them are gone for good. Who knows, maybe they went on holidays

Should I go?

http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/msg/5931196948.html

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Jonathan Kreisberg- Night Songs

Ok guise. What are some effects you'd suggest for metal? My board is pretty plain. Just eq, noise supressor, tube screamer, and a wah. Maybe a delay could be good for some lead stuff? Taking suggestions.

>>69850898
Talk him down to 75.

>>69850898
Go and rape his ass for being a shitty troll. Make his inside turn into jelly

>>69850793
>tfw everyone worth a fuck eventually leaves /gg/ and never returns
>tfw all that's left are useless indie offset twinks and ham planet meal shut ins
why

>>69850933
fuck off m8, go suck dick on UG.

>>69850784
go back to r9k faggot

>>69850933
This is painfully accurate

>>69850977
Make me, cunt.

>>69851003
JUST

>>69850979
Nah, all the Tripfags and Namefags sucked dick. Gearspammer was the only good one, at least he had rare shit to show off.

>>69851000
i dont have to, you are going to end up killing yourself sooner or later

>>69851029
His videos sucked and you have his channel.

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>>69851003
I'm almost positive he molests those kids. He makes a trip to India every year for "guitar clinics"

>>69851035
>i dont have to
fucking cop out

>>69851029
>tfw everyone worth a fuck eventually leaves /gg/ and never returns
>tfw all that's left are useless indie offset twinks and ham planet meal shut ins
Where did you read Tripfags and Namefags in that

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thoughts on fender classic player series strats?

>>69848541
>mods delete the keef poster thread
fucking based

>>69851077
Because namefags are the only people who left. /gg/ is shitty these days only when they're derailed by trolls.

>>69851165
>/gg/ is shitty these days only when they're derailed by trolls
Now this is some true delusion

did crazyaga finally leave?

why is b chord so difficult fuuugg

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>>69851113
>yfw the keefposter is actually 3 different people who have been posting 80% of the OPs for the past month
>yfw the keefuminati controls /gg/
>yfw this is all part of their plan

>>69851219
left or stopped tripfagging

>>69851102
They're great, the 69 pickups alone cost $200. About as good of a strat as you can buy really.

>>69851300
>the keefposter is actually 3 different people who have been posting 80% of the OPs for the past month
>keefposter is actually a fucking pathetic loser with no life
ftfy

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Anybody here use Revalver from Peavey. Got for free with my 6505mh and don't really know if it is worth it to buy an interface to use.

>>69851354
>interface
Plug your guitar into the mic or line in, sure you might get some clipping or signal loss but it works

>>69851372
did that and it sounded god awful and the delay was terrible, even with asio4all.

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Can /gg/ help me play Mr.Brightside. It seems so tightly constructed that unless you can place fingers quickly its impossible.

>>69851372
Please don't.

>>69851351
>>69851300
>>69851113
>giving a fuck about 4chan

youre all fags

>>69851387
>place fingers quickly

i think you have your answer

>>69851351
Fun fact: anybody who posts the same avatar images over and over again is Roman "pretending to be retarded". keefposter, crazyaga, etc. He thinks no one can tell it's him. And yes, he's an autistic loser with no life whatsoever.

>>69851354
I used it years ago when I had a shitty PC and it was actually pretty damn good compared to guitar rig and amplitube. Pretty decent quality and much less CPU strain. I remember it being especially good for bass.

>>69851455
yup, he's not crazyaga though, that's a different autist altogether.

>>69851381
>>69851401
Maybe it's because I have a gayming pc, still using the onboard soundcard, but I do roll down the input a lot to get a proper sound

>>69851387
the killers song?

i'm listening to it now and that tab doesn't seem right, he's just moving the bass note around and everything else stays the same, so that drop to an open Db doesn't seem right

>>69851518
I actually don't have any way to connect through line in straight so I sent it from the headphone jack of my old vypyr amp on tuner mode. I also have a pretty sweet gaming rig as well.

>>69851486
>he's not crazyaga though,
He is, man. I know it's going to be a hard pill to swallow but he's been doing this kind of shit for years now, pretending to be someone else on other boards and intentionally getting crossed referenced back to /gg/:
https://rbt.asia/mu/thread/S46760238#p46761649
https://rbt.asia/mu/thread/S46549110#p46549828
At some point I thought he'd get bored and move on but I guess not. It's really kind of sad.

>>69851387

Start in this position:
>index on A16 and D16 (lift for open string)
>middle on A17
>ring on G19
then:
>move middle to B17

>thumb on E15 OR reposition to:
>index E15
>middle D16
>ring B17
>pinky G19

>>69851605
ty

>>69851602
>2014
fuck hes just a just crazy person then

>>69851602
I don't know I've been seeing Crazyaga since at least 2012. He was a well known Jewish furry and I think he still has the same tripcode.

which one is froosh and which one is roman

>>69851713
You ever notice Roman and Crazyaga always show up at the same time with their avatar images? It's not a coincidence.
>>69851724
Froosh is Roman, he was doxed in this thread:
https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/mu/thread/S46437653#p46450975

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Thoughts pls?

>>69851782
It looks like a pedal.

>>69851782
>getting a pedal that can only do one kind of reverb
Just get an RV-5 or something.

rec a guitarist a short scale bass. i want really gross fuzzed up toanz. thanks a bunch.

>>69851898
Mustang bass.

>>69851782
I hate it when pedals have unmarked knobs like that. I want to see what position they're in at a glance.

>>69851602
This is just unreal if it's true

>>69851934
thanks my man. whats a reasonable price?

>>69851962
Used? I would say around 300. I believe they're MiM, but nonetheless, my friend could get a good growl out of one.

>>69851935
There appear to be white dots but no they don't seem glance friendly

>>69851935
>unmarked knobs

look again, friend

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Is this guitar a meme? I've played it a few times and liked it.

>>69852027
I tried a couple at the shop, one felt really good in my hands and the other didn't for some reason

>>69851838
We all know plate is the best

>>69852027
meme means nothing outside /gg/

If you like it, buy it

>>69852039
Quality is still less variable than Gibson

>>69852027
i would buy that, would put bill lawrence pickups in it though

>>69852027
always wanted a Jaguar, but the Jizzmaster doesn't interest me

>>69852089
I completely agree but that in no way contradicts what I said.

>>69851772
>he was doxed in this thread
he faked that dox though

>>69852119
I think that's a Duo Sonic.

>>69851336
this one has the 57/62s, they any good?

>>69852124
If I do need other reverb types I have a multi-fx sitting around that has hall and room.

>>69852021

Oooooh, i see it now. I thought those were flash reflections.

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>>69852300
>multi-fx
You're going to waste a giant space on your board just because you're too stubborn to buy a more versatile reverb pedal?

>>69852304
anon youre so silly

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thoughts on this colour?

>>69852409
almost good

I am fucking sick of Orange amps. Every single one I've had has died within six months... My dark terror is the most recent one to die on me.

While the bastard is in the repair shop I went out and bought a micro dark terror... Turns out the micro dark has the hairy classic rock tone that I'm after. I'm thinking that once my DT gets back I will immediately sell it and find myself a second hand EVH LBX (for more modern metal) or a Bassbreaker (more all rounder).

Thoughts? Have any of you anon's had such shit luck with a certain brand?

>>69852262
Yeah, I've had those in a guitar before. They're nice pickups.

>>69852451
>multiple amps of the same brand keep breaking
>continues to buy new ones
This sounds like it was avoidable. Also Orange is terrible in general.

>>69852409
I can't tell if it's a silvery gray or more a beige, but whatever it is, I think it looks good.

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>>69852409

>>69852540
it's actually a light gold

see >>69852550

>>69852451
But why would you keep buying from them if this keeps happening?

>>69852534
They were all within the exchange/refund period of the store I go to so I just kept switching them with different amps... I got started on the Orange meme because I happened to find a good deal on an Orange 212 and fell in love with it. Luckily I've never had a cab break.

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>>69852550
>>69852409
Shoreline gold? It's one of Fender's nicest colors.

>>69852569
>>69852550
Still looks nice, but I liked it better when I thought it was silver

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>>69846534
guitar more like sitar

>>69852640
same

I got a crack on my strat body. It starts from the neck join corner, down to the back then runs on the back for 4 cm.

Most likely just a crack on the poly finish, right?

>>69847437
caved and am buying a duo sonic with a humbucker

its nice :)

>>69852350
Potentially

>>69852689
have you ever dropped it

>>69852409
its a strat so therefore i hate everything about it, sorry

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>>69852642
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WogXHXua9Ds

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My next recording will be of Thank You by Led Zeppelin
While its not done, listen to the acoustic guitar buss: https://a.clyp.it/dy5wrjkf.mp3

Heres a few of my previous ones

https://a.clyp.it/bh4wqqpq.mp3
https://soundcloud.com/samuelcfaria/asdasd
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNNg3tHDOpK/

>>69852944
We know you already told us.

>>69852967
I didnt, its not even been many hours since i decided it

>>69852761
I've never dropped it but it has fallen while its leaning against something over 10 times.

>>69852872
>>69852944
>autistic reposting of identically worded posts
>gear pic designed to pull replies
>>69853005
hey crazyaga. so this is your new troll huh?

>>69853005
fuck you

>>69853028
i deleted the first one but you didnt see cause you didnt f5. i'm not attempting to flood

>>69853044
you're the liar here, fuck YOU

>>69852872
>>69852944
>>69853053
fuck me? no, FUCK you

>>69853071
ok whatever

don't reply to him you idiots FUCK

who /texted by mom to be quiet cuz practicing too late/ here?

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>>69853147
thats adorable desu

>>69853138
are you mad?
i reply you

>>69853147
regularly

>>69853147
>living on the east coast
pretty sad desu

>>69846699
Bought my self a 2016 Gib SG faded in worn brown. I figured I deserved it after selling some gear I didn't use.

>>69853162
fuck off weeb cancer

>>69853211
central

>>69853254
>living with your parents
>+ in an area with no music scene worth noting
even worse mang

>>69852350
Multi-fx is a pedalboard tho. I use guitar> wah>gt-6>ge-7>amp. Gt-6 has 4 patches/bank, and you can toggle on/off 2 effects in a patch. Make a patch, copy it each patch of a bank, turn of a combination of effects each patch. You get like 32 different combinations pushing 3 or less footswitches. can assign the exp pedal to different things, too. Pitch shift, volume, gain, etc. Has shit you'd never buy in a regular pedal. Ring modulator, defretter, all sorts of garbage and shit. I don't know why more people dont use them.

>>69853274
mpls has a pretty big scene m8

>>69853602
>mpls
lol name a band I'd know

>>69853323
Whats your multifx? Im not going to lookup each of stuff your listed
Im looking to change my Zoom G1 for a newer multifx that has more stuff like whammy and has buttons to toggle effects like individual pedals

>>69853644
minneapolis, you prole

>>69853644
Ever heard of Prince?

How good do I have to be to be able make original music? All I can see to do when trying to make music is play fucking scales and barre chords. Even then, I understand what I'm doing, but not why. I hate my shitty education.

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Send help.

>>69853839
JUST PLAY
I just made 3 riffs with 4-5 power chords each
Do I know what I'm playing? No
Does it sound good? Yes

>>69853792
yeah that's why I was laughing
>>69853821
>claims the scene there to be pretty big in minneapolis
>I ask you to name a band from this supposed scene
>prince is part of the scene in minneapolis
I knew you couldn't that's why I asked

>>69853844
Ready to make people deaf in one ear while they are talking to their friends?

>>69846625
>going under instead of over on a bigsby

you want more string breaks and worse tuning anon?

>>69851354
it's actually really good, at least for the peavey models

the budda and peavey models are probably the best of any company

Is it normal for my pinky to have really snappy movement when I'm just starting out? Its really bothering me when I try to use it to fret.

>>69853975
Yes
Keep practicing with it

>>69853896
Maybe it's my gear but even when I try to use power chords they just kinda sound flat and hollow. Nothing I play seems to have any sustenance if that makes any sense.

one guitar is plenty

>>69853821
Prince is dead you dumb fuck

>>69854059
I'm not sure. I love my Strat and a Tele I got a couple of years ago, but I think I should just hold onto the Strat.

>>69854038
What if you play something like Iron Man?

>>69854038
You need to find people to play with. When I started I could only play really basic stuff.

My friends played for years but I started to play Hate To Say I Told You So by The Hives and it was fun as fuck. Just look up power chord songs like Song 2, Hardest Button to Button and others.

Playing with other people makes you play better.

>>69854059
When you're a basic bedroom playing bitch, sure

>>69854251
I don't know if hollow is the right word but it just doesn't sound right, fake maybe. Like it has no character, I don't know. My amp is pretty shitty so I imagine that might be it. My guitar isn't much better.

>>69854297
None of my friends play and there isn't really a scene where I live (shitty industrial city). I'd love to join/start a band, but it just doesn't seem possible.

>>69854361
just live there all your life then rube. I'm sure your life will improve one day

>>69854338
What settings do you have on your amp and what are they set to?

>>69854414
I don't plan on it. I'm kinda stuck here at the moment.
>>69854429
Well, I have a Marshall MG15CF. It has a clean channel and a distorted channel but the gain and volume don't really do anything on either channel. Regardless of what the EQs are set at, it still sounds bad.

Acoustic is much more a rhythmic instrument
Mixed on a regular rock recording where there are electrics, you can barely hear its notes, only the percussive sounds of the strums
It changes a bit when you pick closer to the bridge though

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am I an 8 year old

>>69854513
>Squier
Yes.

>>69854513
That's fucking nice

>>69852944
This is a joke https://a.clyp.it/hwzudexl.mp3
LMAO

>>69853911
I wish. Crowd was louder than us tonight.

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Can anyone red pill me on the Fender Blues Deluxe?
Thinking of trading my 007 bassbreaker combo for one next month.

>>69850793
>>69850836
I'm still here unless you mean yard sale Ric guy or the guy with the walnut Ric, I just rarely feel a need to post, Cortfag posts every now and again

>>69854513
that's a nice bed dude.

>>69854687
Are there any other regulars still here or are you two the only ones left?

>>69846618
Strymon Bigsky (or even Bluesky)

My whole pedal board is composed of good yet cheap clones or second-hand pedals.
But I can't find something as good as this one, (or close enough) and very cheap.

>>69854781
If there are, none of them really post with their trip. Froosh and Gearspammer show up so often or someone pretending to be them, same shit really. As for the non shit ones you listed, they may lurk from time to time like me and just learned to not trip if they wanna post. Only one I'd like to see post again is yard sale Ric guy, he was the nicest one in these threads

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looking for a new guitar /mu/ as i took a break from playing it for awhile so sold my old one. just gonna be using it for practicing and pretty much general playing (not sticking to any particular genre of music i want to play atm anyway). budget is up to about £900. Before anyone suggests a strat i've never personally liked strats. comforts important as i'll spend a long time playing while trying to get back to where i was before. anyone able to recommend a guitar that fits that criteria too try out when im going to different shops?

>>69847905
what's the guitar on the very left?

>>69849033
i think its sick as hell

>>69854952
A Strat, obviously.

>>69855122
>never personally liked strats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pATcvr3zAhg

>TFW You will never be as good as Sharay Reed

why do I even bother practicing guys?

>>69855182
that's some pretty basic nig shit. You can get that good easily, don't give up.

>>69854952
any other suggestions?

>>69854814
lol, you met me your first day here:
https://rbt.asia/mu/thread/S43495723#p43516851
>same shit really
How do you justify still being here all these years later to yourself?

>>69855149
You'll learn to like it.
What do you dislike about it anyway?

Buy a cheap one and put pickups that sound good to you.
Since you dislike Strat, go straight for humbuckers: mini-humbuckers.

More seriously, what do you like to play, what tone are you looking for exactly?

>>69849853
Well kinda, the electrics are shitty in epiphones, the electrics in my es 335 got fucked after about 2 years but because i'm an awesome as fuck handyman (not really) I could fix it up. I just fixed it with some electrical tape and some pliers.

oh yea and the input jack gets a bit fucky after a while.

So anyway for that price who gives a shit, just do it, it's easily fixed.

>>69855313
i had a strat awhile ago and idk what it was about it exactly but i just didnt like it. in terms of what i like to play and tone, nothing specific right now really which is why i was a good all round versatile guitar

>>69855355
>which is why i was a good all round versatile guitar
Strat

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>>69855355

>>69855312
Honestly it's hard to, these threads are pretty shit, I hadn't been checking them for awhile until now, probably should go back to ignoring them again and browsing better threads and boards since they almost always suck

>>69855394
>Smellycaster

He said he wanted a good guitar

>>69855182
>ywn be black

:(

>>69855420
But nevertheless you're still here. Do you live in some shithole country devoid of opportunity or something?

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>>69855436
I'm sorry, my mistake. Here you go mate.

>>69855467
Now we're talking.

How do you get better at guitar without a teacher?
I've been playing for a number of years now but it seems I'm stuck at my level. I'd like to be able to "shred' and just play fast and flawlessly.

Are there some exercices you must do or you just practice harder songs ?

>>69855464
thank god

>>69855483
Find something you can't play and work on it till you can.

>>69855465
So are you, 3 years later, still doing the same thing

>>69855355
Well yeah, it's funny because the first guitar I want to recommend you is still a Strat.
Maybe a tele if you find one that you like, or some Ibanez maybe...

Personal story just for fun:
I received my Strat as a kid, a cheap MIM.
I like it just because it was beautiful and comfy.
I had no real amp, I was basically just fooling around.

(My main guitar was a classic nylon guitar, I was in Music School)

As I grew up I felt like playing the electric more seriously. And in the end, when I bought my first real amp I was a bit... Disappointed by my tone.

And I realised that this Strat, as is, was not what I was looking for...
Or so I thought!

I changed the pickups, learnt to use my tube amp properly and I ended up fairly pleased.
And then it's all about finding the tone you like, which amp, which pedals, which pickups.

But yeah, if you don't really know what you're looking for
Try everything in a music shop.
If you find a tone you like, but don't like the guitar, try to understand WHAT is it that you like with this tone.
And try to find what you dislike about your Strat

>>69855420
Be the poster you want to see on the board

>>69854450
I had the same "no character" problem when I started writing.

Thing is - writing is a skill. practice and youll get good at it. So is guitar playing. My stuff sounded hollow, because I was too robotic and tense about playing it. Once you get better you'll get rid of that robotic feeling.

And start writing as soon as you can pluck a string. It will go a long way. I took up writing later in my guitar studies and hate myself for it. Always thought I needed better technique to write what I truly want - the truth was I couldn't write anything.

You need a lot of practice in writing, technique and ear training and then it will stop sounding hollow.

Write a few riffs that sound good together, record them, add a drum track and enjoy. You might even start improvising over them. The possibilities in music are endless. Enjoy what you do!

>>69854361
Put signs up

>>69855500
No, I haven't. What part of "I want to stroll down memory lane" didn't you understand? You showed up around January of 2014 and never left though. How do you explain and/or justify that?

>>69855528
I have the same problem with the other anon with bland playing.How to break out of patterns? Every time I try to play lead on a backing track I can't make the major, minor or pentatonic scales sound anything other than an exercise.

I tried just playing only two or three notes around a chord change but fall flat with no melody.

>>69855574
I've actually went to study to a teacher for that. Fixed me up in a month or two.

In a nutshell, don't play "whatever" as it comes and goes over the chords - write a theme. Think up a three note phrase and play it for 4 bars straight. Then for the next 4 bars play it in a varied way - add a bend, a slide, some legato - whatever you wish. Then the next 4 - 8 bars modify the theme - add an extra note, punch it up an octave, hey, play a different theme or your favourite lick. After that - return to your first theme.

It's all about telling a story/coherency.

Also how do you go about practicing your scales? There are times in a solo when you just need to climb from, for example, your low E, to the B string. If you just play the scale up it might sometimes work, but it's more interesting if you break it up into a climbing pattern.

Therefore, practice playing scales in different patterns, slowly but surely, ofcourse.

The A minor scale is A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A.
While warming up or practicing the scale play three notes up from every note, for example.

A, B, C, B, C, D, C, D, E and so on and so forth. It's already a lot more musical, and when it sticks into your muscle memory - you'll be able to use it to connect different themes or licks.

Also try playing in different intervals. For example in thirds

A, C, B, E, C, F and so on.

Was that helpfulp? If I had more time I could record you a shitty example of theme building. Just remember - even if you're bored of it, keep playing the theme. Don't wander. And maybe try getting a teacher.

>>69855503
alright il try this thanks. maybe il like the strat this time around

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>>69855639
Thanks for the info mang. I have practiced say the A Major scale three notes per string, try to connect to another pattern moving up an octave, linking the relative minor F#m, and then pentatonic.

Playing like you said with slight variations but honestly I think a teacher will help big time to help me out to maybe break up my mindset. Thanks for the info again man I appreciate it.

>>69851782
I have and i love it.

>>69855706
https://clyp.it/aui2jfzl

Made you an example. Excuse me for the sloppy playing, but I hope this helps illustrate some point. These themes are by no means unique, but the idea might help.

>>69848676
Fantastic, absolutely love it, got it cheap off Craigslist pretty much new

>>69855840
Cool example. I still can't solo without it just feeling flat but riffs I'm good but just not connecting them. This will definitely help thanks again.

>>69851354
But you can plug your 6505mh straight into your pc via USB.

>>69855917
That's a cool amp
might buy one now

Well guys I just ordered my first guitar! Its a Chapman brand ml. What do you guys reccomended for a good bedroom amp. I heard good things about the blackstar fly

Why MIJ Fenders sound the best to me? What are the Japs doing to their guitars?

>>69856203
Folding over a thousand times

>>69856142

Check out the Yamaha THR 10, seems to be recommended a tonne.

>>69855792
Cool

>>69853839
Three barre chords for chorus, another three verse. Add drumtrack; done

>>69856034
Ok I really want one

>>69856322
That's some cringe shit

>>69856203
Se, cheap ass electronics, and ridiculous fat necks.

In other words the same basic ass shitplank construction that makes vintage Fenders from the 50s sound good.

>>69856346
Sen*

Aside from the standard series (stock pickups suck), how do MIM strats compare to MIA? Are they really much difference in terms of build quality? They often have the same pickups and things

>>69856381
>American Fenders: made in America by unskilled illegal Mexican immigrants
>Mexican Fenders: made in Mexico by unskilled Mexicans
Only dumb kids buy modern Fenders, Anon. They're a rip off.

>>69856412
I was planning on buying second hand

>>69856440
And you'll be getting ripped off unless you're buying a MIM for $200 or a MIA for $500. Modern Fenders are shit guitars.

>>69856467
>australia
>$200 MIM

wewlad

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>>69846618
Either this or the Ty Segall Death by Audio pedal

>>69856534
>australia
>anything
Don't you have a kangaroo to be fighting with over mating rights to your sister or something?

>>69856575
how many marts did you shart in today

>>69856591
>it's another dumb as fuck Aussie assumes he's talking to an American episode
Do you not understand how timezones work?

>>69856633
he's in australia wants to buy a fender at an ass rape price dude. he obviously doesn't understand how anything works

>>69856633
>>69856649
never knew /gg/ is this dumb

>one anon honestly believes there are no americans posting on 4chan right now
>another anon has no idea how much I can or want to spend but thinks you can magically buy guitars for cheaper

both kys ASAP

>>69856633
>Do you not understand how timezones work?
top kek he's Australian you know he doesn't

>>69856732
Wow. You assumed you were talking to an American and then when I flat out told you that I wasn't you're still insisting I'm an American? Who's dumb again?

>>69856788
>you're still insisting I'm an American?

>the city of this anon's comprehension

no, I said it because you think I shouldn't have thought you're american because of "timezones". that's one of the stupidest fucking things I've ever read.

I fucking hate this mandrama shit. fuck off you fag.

>>69855915
Glad I could be of help. Merry christmas, anon! And remember to keep practicing!

>>69856810
It would be 3:30-6:30am in America right now, you brain-dead Aussie shit. Why would you assume anybody posting here would be American? So I'm gonna repeat my question: do you not understand how timezones work?

>>69856874
>nobody posts on 4chan at 3:30am-6:30am
>he actually believes this

beyond stupid

>>69856888
No, what's beyond stupid is you assuming a poster would be an American during this time period. Which you did. Because you're a fucking retard who obviously doesn't understand how timezones work.

>>69856915
go on pol or sp and see how many americans there are posting right now

it's actually laughable how dumb are you

>hurrr you dont know timezones gosh im not american u r so dumb!1!1!!!!

well done, you've reached the intellectual capability of a 3 year old

>>69856949
I already told you I wasn't an American, you dumbass kangaroo fuckin' tard. The fact that you'd assume that anybody posting here during this period would be American was beyond stupid. Now you're slobbering all over yourself trying to say it wasn't? Sorry, it was. Just deal with it and stop embarrassing yourself.

>>69857016
you're so dumb you can't even understand what I'm saying.

come back when you are actually able to form a coherent argument and have taken some comprehension classes

>>69857045
Let's walk through this, shall we?
>dumbshit Aussie wants to buy a Fender
>can't tell time and doesn't understand timezones because he's dumb as shit
>assumes he's talking to an American because he can't tell time and doesn't understand timezones because he's dumb as shit
>gets mad and starts shitting all over himself when it's pointed out that the anon he's talking to isn't an American and that it was stupid for him to assume he was talking to an American
That about sum it up, you retarded koala fucker?

kek, is this another Roman escapade?

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>>69857106
New thread when?

>>69857081
>autist gets mad because someone else asks whether MIM or MIA strats are better
>someone else assumes he is american
>gets incredibly assblasted because of this
>goes on an autistic rage trying to explain that he can't be a certain poster because of timezones
>literally gets proved wrong with evidence (pol & sp)
>becomes even more spastic and makes his original argument again

sounds about right

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Neo-4chan users don't know what b8 looks like, no matter how obvious.

>>69854952
Gretch make some nice stuff

>>69857170
oh rom rom. will they ever learn

>>69847437
are those cables any more durable than regular ones? i'm having a bit of a cable crisis tbqhwyf

/gg/

I THINK I'M GETTING A NEW GUITAR FOR CHRISTMAS

>>69856381
I don't know about modern MIM and MIA (except people always complain)

But I got a MIM as a kid for dirt cheap money and then improve it by myself.
(Schaller locking tuners, tusq XL, good pickups,
setting action properly...)
When I let a friend who swears by expensive guitar try mine, he was surprise something as cheap could be this good.