/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

>>70846033
What in the holy fuck is going on with that neck

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Did you practice today?

>>70846100
I had a gig last night so no I did not

>>70846100
hope he's okay

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Go Gibson or Go Home.

>>70846098
genetic mutations let this poor bass to devellop an extra fretless part
one like = one prayer

>>70846108
That's good anon, gigs are just another form of practice. What genre do you play?

>>70846120
Ed Roman had this exact poster in his toilet

>>70846120
Fender or go bust

http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/music/2016/03/04/gibson-brands-hit-credit-downgrade/81336440/

>>70846143
you never know when you're going to run out of TP mid diarhea

>>70846142
I know it sounds like wank(it is) but noisy mathrock
it was a really small gig though, like 4 or 5 people in the crowd and 2 were myself and drummers gfs

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>started playing guitar when I was a teenager
>seemed like a cool way to express yourself musically
>got really good
>considered accomplished even by professionals I sometimes associate with
>as I mature musically I realize writing guitar based music is rudimentary, simplistic and creatively limited compared to the infinite possibilities a laptop based DAW offers now
>as I mature musically I slowly realize how uninteresting most guitar based music actually is
>as I mature socially I come to realize most people have long since stopped caring about guitar based music too
>mfw guitar might as well be an accordion or a harpsichord now
>pic related: mfw I know in my heart I wasted my time on this instrument
>mfw I wish I could have all that time I wasted back
don't end up like me kids, save yourselves from my fate

>>70846188
I won't judge you as long as you do what you like. Mathrock is still better than...drone metal or any kind of stuff like that.

>>70846188
yeah, that's not actually a gig anon

>>70846143
I bet when he died and his bowels released one of his cohorts said, "sounds like a gibson."

Lol, you faggs will hop onto any bandwagon

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>>70846188
>4 people total
>2 of which don't count
>2 left over
>a gig

Anon please.

>>70846203
I started playing piano about 3 years ago, mostly to use with daws, its incredible. Ive sold my guitar gear and now im making music all the time. People actually want me in a band now. I play 2 shows a week since giving up guitar, and my music is so much better.

>>70846203
This is only the second time I see this pasta. I didn't realize I come so little in the /gg/

>>70846151
How is Fender doing financially?

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Opinions on this guitar? Has anyone ever owned one of these before? What can you tell me about it? It's the dean exhibition ultra.

>>70846151
>1 year ago
Gibson is back on top again.

>>70846342
FMIC encompasses fender, jackson, gretsch, charvel, and some other stuff, if it goes bad, they'll just close one of their subsidiaries first

>>70846366
>cutaway
>black
>headstock shape
>is that the fucking dean logo
Vomit x 9001

>>70846100
>Did you practice today?


Good one. /gg/ doesnr need any practice if they own a gibson. The guitar plays itself!

>>70846292
>>70846245
I never said I was playing a stadium you guys
it was at a bar and we had a clear setlist of original songs, I'd say it was a gig just not like a really big one

>>70846366
I played on the exhibition 7 strings and it sounded cool. Their main quality is that they're no overpriced for what you get, in my opinion.

What's a good polyphonic octave pedal that isn't a pog?

They're a bit too pricey

>>70846203
Thought you were going to step up your troll games. Sage for youre a faggot with aids.

>>70846422
sub n up
I really love mine

>>70846422
Pitchfork

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>>70846408
>>70846408
>>70846408
>>70846408

I heavily dislike jokes regarding non practicing your instrument. Reported.

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>>70846366
>Dean westernguitar

is it possible to make a custom guitar using only the human body?

>>70846324
This isnt pasta. People post the same shit for days on end. One fag reposted the exact same paragraph for almost a week asking about mustang amps. Different people are one at different times(what are timezones and work schedules?) and he's trying to have a discussion woth everyone about. If you dont have anything to contribute then stop posting, we already have enough shotposters.

Best guitar for playing djent and slam?

>>70846494
And i thought the guy saying that gibsons break if you leave them in the case was retarded, youve got him beat

>>70846537
get out of here /metal/ you already ruined your own generals

>>70846100
>too tired
>busy
>hurt my index cooking
absolutely not

>>70846494
no tools = no guitar, simple as that

>>70846528
>>Black isn't a good neutral color that fits most occasions
black on a guitar is edgelord as fuck dude

>>70846537
emg and the thickest strings you can find

>>70846528
Im not the one considering wasting money on an edgy meme acoustic. Just plug headphones into your amp and your parents wont be able to hear you

>>70846560
>black on a guitar is edgelord as fuck dude
what about matte black, its understated and doesnt seem too edgy

>>70846537
>slam
Did you pussies finally get tired of laughing girls calling it moshcore?

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>>70846537
Did you mean Djent and Islam?

>>70846640
Absolutely haram.

Help me transcribe these riffs please
https://youtu.be/pyCniN-d3xE

>>70846033
is watching youtube tutorials a viable way of learning guitar? please don't make fun of me bois

>>70846755
blow me

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How would one go about achieve the tone of the metasonix tx 2? Are there still ones available? Are there any clones? Any schematics to make my own?

>>70846755
00000000000000000000 pinch 0000000000

>>70846879
What matters is that you practice enough.

>>70846879
yeah its perfectly fine, use whatever resources are available to you.
you might get some retards telling you no but as long as you're not only learning but enjoying yourself, I say go for it

>>70846879
Doing that for 1 week will get you to the same level as 80% of this thread

>>70846902
Tone is in the fingers

>>70846412
Why was no one there? Because it's Sunday?

>>70846989
yeah, its also a small bar and they weren't showing the game

>>70846989
>mathrock

>>70847013
Lol I totally forgot the superbowl was yesterday. That explains it.
>>70847017
Mathrock can be good.

>>70847013
>cucked by tom brady

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>>70847013

>>70846902
maybe a ring mod with a lot of distortion and a really fast LFP somewhere? Eric Barbour posts a lot of schematics online using odd tubes like a sheet beam tube that uses control voltages to deflect the signal between two anodes in the same tube, maybe search for those. I know a lot of people have copied his designs for shits and giggles, get in contact with some people who've made his pedals and beg for advice.

>>70847033
>Mathrock can be good.
Can you be that convincing with the other 99% of the population?

>>70847098
>LFP

meant LFO

Can anyone give me the chords to this tune? Thanks! https://youtu.be/wUKltpvOPmg

>>70847104
Normies have shit taste in everything. I'd rather play music to 5 people who love it than 10000 people pretending to like it to because it's popular.

>>70847104
to be fair, I wouldn't say I play pure mathrock, it's just got math-y elements and it's easier to call it mathrock than make up a bunch of even more pretentious post- and proto- names for it
>>70847144
I agree fully, we normally don't even play any kind of shows, it's usually just in our shitty studio alone where most of our music gets played

>>70847144
normies don't really pretend to like music. They're just not involved enough to explore outside their comfort zone.

>>70847144
Nothing wrong with being an under achiever

>>70847144
>I'd rather play music to 5 people who love it than 10000 people pretending to like it to because it's popular.
more like
>I'd rather play music to 5 tryhard scene kids than 10000 people who like music because it's good.

>>70847176
>it's usually just in our shitty studio alone where most of our music gets played
Welcome to the rest of your life, Anon.

>>70847201
Fucking this.

>>70846314
>>70846324
>>70846425
>giving him (You)s

>>70847213
I genuinely have no problem with this though. I enjoy making music with my best friend and I think I can speak for him and say he does as well. It's just fun and I feel like doing much more than that i.e touring and amassing any kind of a following would only dampen my enjoyment for it. and I won't even claim that we make music that is innovative or incredibly good, we think it sounds cool and I think that's good enough

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list of fa/gg/ots that ruined /gg/

>shoegayz offset numale hipster fags
>"le brutal xd" meal manbabbys
>irrelevant wankshred wannabe autists
>noob squire poorfags
>dadrawk blooze buttrockers

did I miss anyone?

>>70847291
mathrock players

>>70847291
vapeposters

HOW THE FUCK DO I JOIN A BAND!?

>>70847291
Paul Reed Smith players

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>>70847291
Anyone that deserves this pic as a response

You think 5 people is bad, try doing cabaret gigs in the North East of England in the winter

>1992
>in a shitty cabaret band
>play shitty cabaret gigs
>place called Trimden and Def Hill Social Club
>six inches of snow
>lug all the backline, PA and drumkit up three flights of frozen slippy metal stair fire escape
>set up
>play first set to 4 people
>break
>4 people play bingo then 2 leave
>second set played to two people
>we still got paid
>fuck cabaret bands right in the fucking ear

>>70847298
hey now, I don't even post here frequently. I almost exclusively lurk.
your passive aggressive remarks are baseless

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>>70847291
gibshitters

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>>70847314

>>70847313
look on craigslist or in newspaper advertisements

>>70847313
have friends who aren't totally useless and know an instrument

>>70847358
I tried. Most of the time they aren't searching for a guitar player
>>70847376
>friends
>instruments
literally everybody I meet cant play shit and the one guy who can is hours away

>>70847291
>did I miss anyone?
yeah, yourself

>>70847399
>Most of the time they aren't searching for a guitar player
what about the other times?

>>70846539
Better not bump the case though. You already established they will break by leaning them against an amp.

>>70847399
your problem is that you have a mentality that allows you to genuinely believe that.
posting things like
>friends
is really fucking pathetic and I see it all too often in these threads when someone tells them what I told you.
just hang out at your local music venues or guitar stores
alternative, take up the initiative and post around town that you're looking to start a band. do whatever you think will be effective but for fucks sake stop making excuses you lazy shit

>>70847399
Get yourself a Unique Selling Point. Like, play some funky analog synth too. Or have a laser light show built into your guitar. Or just wear a nice hat.

>>70847450
they told me to learn some things then never got back to me after that

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How to make a fender sound good
>buy guitar
>buy new pickup if guitar costs less than $1200
>get about 4 or more boutique pedals and an isolated power supply
>buy top end vintage tube amplifier that needs all the caps replaced and needs new nos tubes

How to make a gibson sound good
>buy guitar
>plug into any amp

Gibson being more expensive is the biggest meme ever, you literally only need to buy the guitar.

Also, how to make an ibanez sound good
>buy guitar
>record guitar track
>overdub track while playing a gibson
>mute original track

>>70847476
>just hang out at a guitar store

How is standing in a guitar shop uncomfortably while the staff stare at me thinking I'm trying to rob them going to make me friends?

>>70847313
go to open mic nights, find a singer, that's half the battle

then advertise for a drummer, that's the other half

>>70847513
How to make a Fender sound good:
>buy Ibanez

>>70847201
Anon, even a small audience is an audience. The best audience you have is /gg/. We all hate you anyway.

>>70847513
>muh Gibson-straight-into-a-Marshall-with-no-pedalz

yeah, go fuck yourself dad

>>70847522
establish to the employees that you're trying to meet other players, you realize not everyone assumes the worst right?
maybe buy some shit while you're there, idk just don't be a complete aspie and you might get somewhere

>>70847509
If you're REALLY that desperate to make music, why not make it all by yourself?

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to the guys asking about why i'm running a tube head into a tranny 2x12.

the amp section of the 2x12 is disconnected and i'm using the two speakers in the cab as a 2x12 cab. The amp is completely bypassed so it's just the valve head into the speakers.

I'm saving for a mesa/engl 2x12 with v30s

>>70846120
my 2001 SG standard is fucking wonderful
>>70847313
joinaband.com

>>70847522
Stay home then. Its going to be way harder than that once the band is going. You just dont have what it takes.

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>tfw my Gibson™ Custom Shop Historic R9 causes a poorfag to convulse in hysterical tears on /gg/

Gibsons do break at the headstock though

and they're only good for dadrock

>>70847570
>I can't afford a cab and no one will buy my shitty Marshall Valvestate

>>70847582
Good for you, now stop posting this and play it, unless its just a decoration. Your mom would be upset if she knew you didnt touch it and she had to sell her ass for 2 years to buy it for you.

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Any of you fuccbois know if theres a realistic difference in sound between these 3? Price is of no concern

Fender hot rod iii
Fender blues deluxe reissue
Blues junior

>>70847610

>has a gibson
>can't afford a 2x12 cab

pick one


not at all. i could go out and buy a mesa 4x12 right now. i just won't commit that money when i have more pressing things to pay for.

i actually haven't tried to sell that marshall. Wouldn't want much for it though.

stop projecting.

>>70847584
go to google image search, search for "broken headstock"

>>70847631
Eah but I dont want the idiot to post another argument about tubes and amp circuits.

Hrd is the way to go.

>>70847660
Thanks anon. Im planning on trying them out this upcoming weekend. I was asking because in some yt demos they sound the same. Maybe its the audio or quality of vid

>>70847631
>no pro junior
ask me how i know you're a fucking idiot

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you're in the club with your band and this guy sweeps your strings
what do you do ?
keep in mind, he's playing at very complex time signatures

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Is this worth getting?

>>70847825
no

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>>70847791
remember that all the cool dads play music man

>>70846033
what does it mean to "think like a guitarist" and is it a good thing or a bad thing?

>>70847791
get my guitar back from him and tell him the band's sucked since Portnoy left

>>70847834
it means to completely shut down any logic and hate people with more money than you, then complain that you're not successful

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>>70847831
cool moms play music man too

>>70847834
see
>>70847871

>>70847834
it means when you're mixing a track you push all the guitar up way too loud in the mix, resulting in a track that only you want to listen to

>>70847880
I was going to post this wtf

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>>70847871
b-b-but m-muh chink shitplank

>>70847871
okay, but i meant in the context of actually playing and writing music lol

i remember a thread the other day where some anon was saying they believed that guitarists need to stop "thinking like guitarists" if guitar music were to go anywhere in the future. it was and interesting idea and i wanted to get /gg/'s thoughts

>>70847979
I guess that means "play what's needed in the song" as opposed to "play your wankiest wank solo as fast as you possibly can"

>>70847719
Theyre very simmilar in higj gain, but they do vary in clean by a little bit. Its subtle and youd really only notice in person side by side, a good microphone will pick up the variation as well.

Headphones and speakers wont do much unless they are studio balanced.

>fenders need to be heavily modded
Dont let the squier players of /gg/ cloud your judgment of any normal person uses their guitar

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more strings=more tone
the louder you play, the better others can hear you and understand the nuances of your art
you may not be good now, but if you give up you'll never be good
you don't necessarily need to buy the best equipment right off the bat, its something you should work towards
you can use pedals when you're learning but don't rely on them to sound good
you should have fun but also have a strong work ethic to make sure you're progressing
:D

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>>70848065
>more strings=more tone
preach gooby

>>70847553
Well I do have actual autism. I also have no money to go into a guitar store everyday and buy random stuff.

>>70847570
That's one of the best guitars I've ever seen.

>>70848095
look at his fucking face and his fucking beard and his fucking haircut and his fucking guitar, just fucking look at him

I bet he's hung like a baby carrot too

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>>70848136
stop projecting gooby

>>70847291
guitar players

word i hate ugly people

>>70848159
>>70848095
Why?
The highest amount of strings anybody ever needs is 7 and even that's pushing it

>>70848159
Can it djent though

>>70848159
Find one handsome man holding a guitar with more that 7 strings

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>>70848197
>The highest amount of strings anybody ever needs is 7 and even that's pushing it
wrong gooby

>>70848159
you just know that no worthwhile music will ever be played on this piece of shit instrument

>>70848095
>>70848159
How are you even supposed to play that kind of "guitar"?

>>70848136
I love my 7 strings and all, but damn. How do you play that shit. How do you tune it? Dropped X or what?

Whats hilarious to me is
>you play bass you suck its not a real guitar


pickup a 7 string guitar

>play a bass faggot
>an extra string means its not a real guitar
>12 bar blues internally
>you dont need 5 more notes its pointless
>thay extra string prevents you from playing anything on a standard 6 string

Those are great memes

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>>70848210
bbc 4 u gooby

>>70848241
not quite as big but same kind of deal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5eIAe7YLG0

>>70848241
Like a chapman stick. Tapping mainly.

>>70848279
still waiting

>>70848232

>>70848260
WE

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Here it is, kids: 7, 8, and 9 string guitars are the result of kids playing in their bedrooms for years and years all alone. The poor kids in these videos ( https://youtube.com/watch?v=RyqW4WkyX6Y )( https://youtube.com/watch?v=wd065h2kH_E ) overly technical "playing" is unfortunately just a compensation for the lack of a bass player. It's sad because the point of music is communication and the most enjoyable form of this communication is a concert (where people gather to share the musical experience). The only people who'd be interested in this kind of guitar wankery are other isolated bedroom-stuck 7, 8, and 9 string guitar troglodytes, so it's YouTube and the bedroom again, and MOM WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY HOT POCKETS?!?

Seriously though, it's a symptom of extreme social detachment, and goes right along with a lot of other unhealthy things like playing video games as an adult, masturbating to internet porn, etc. You'll also notice all these bedroom "pastimes" require a good bit of rapid hand/finger movement.

Playing music shouldn't be the equivalent of mashing buttons on a video game controller or furiously jacking your tiny dick, which is obviously what 7, 8 and 9 string guitar players believe.

>>70848331
never said it was good mate

>>70848260
but this is Grace Jones

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>>70848260
>you'll never be as aesthetic as toastin abrasive

>>70848350
>Salt, the post

>>70847848
>since Portnoy left
more like since the century started

>>70848362
I had to look twice

Im still unsure.

>>70848350
Please marry me and have my children

>>70848399
She is infertile m8

>>70848385
20th century

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>>70848350
>be wizard
>live with your mother well past the age of 30
>deliver pizzas in your 1992 geo storm for cash
>buy pointy ERG edgemachine
>play guitar like you're furiously jacking your tiny dick
>live to impress only teenage boys
don't end up like me kids, save yourselves from my fate

>>70848429
kek

>>70848350
explain this, stupid motherfucker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-B06-pRjTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGby0xkGr6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHE6FSeWuLQ

>>70848469
That sounds better than my current life actually

>>70848498
>look at me, I googled "7 stringed jazz artists"

>>70848498
explain this, stupid motherfucker
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=8+string

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how do you guys combat carpal tunnel?

>>70848554
i've had muscle/tendon pains on the inside of my elbow and forearm for about 5 years. i don't know about carpal tunnel but other than that it's all about solid rest periods. though i can play longer if drunk or high

>>70848554
I just let your Mom wack me off.

>>70848554
i take breaks

like if im playing a 15 minute set, i'll take a pause after the second song
>tfw you'll never play furiously nonstop for 25 minutes like husker du

>>70848534
>explain this, stupid motherfucker
it's called "URL"
>>70848527
I've just googled it, and none of them are on the first search pages, pfffft

>8 ohm fender amp into a 16 ohm g12 (my tiny terror combo speaker)

This is fine right? Can't imagine it doing anything other than sounding not optimal.

I'm only going to have it hooked up this way for about a week or two while I wait for my real cab.

>>70848224
i actually have a phobia of over sized objects and those bottom strongs are triggering me

>>70848649
I want /mu/ to go and stay gone

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>>70848666
>erg babby wipes tears from his fa/gg/ot eyes
>fingers the lowest string on his mememachine
>amp farts out a low z
>he smiles as he imagines all the sweaty teenage boys rushing the stage and tearing his clothes off
one day gooby

one day

>>70848808
RIP

>>70848825
are you ok?

>>70848554
I dig another hole and bury all the soil diwn there

>>70848847
So it's fine then. Cool.

>>70848808
Is it a tube amp or solid state?

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>>70848849
its bait, ya dip

>>70848825
fucking savage

>>70848877
Tube amp. It's a super sonic 22 head.

>>70848825
>>70848498
>>70848350
>>70848159
>>70848095

All these people are on their own. All of them.

>>70848808
It woind sound weird, it wont make any sound if you blow the transformer

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>>70848825
I think I just got unJUSTed on ERGs.

>>70848897
In that case you need to match the amp's speaker impedance selector to the speaker load. It's not criotical in transistor amps but tube amps need to have the speaker connected to the right tap on the output transformer.

If you really desperately want to know why, I could explain further.

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>>70848825

>>70848956
I'll see if the amp even has a selector. I'm not sure that it does. I don't want to melt my OT so I'll just wait to hear the amp if I have to.

>>70848980
If there's no impedance selector then you should only use an 8 ohm cab with it, a lot of Fender amps are like this.

If you want an analogy for running a tube amp with the impedance selector set wrong, just run your microwave for a few minutes with no food in it. The microwave delivers power whether there's a load (food) there or not. The tube amp delivers power whether there's a load (the correct speaker load) or not. And they both make a very similar electrical burning smell when the transformers melt.

>>70849089
I'll default to the safe option here and just not mess with it then. It's weird though, because I see so much conflicting info on this topic everywhere.

Lots of "it's fine if you're within your amp's impedance times two or halved. Though it changes the sound and it will wear out your equipment faster."

Thanks for taking the time.

Anyone know anything about the new Squier Bullet Mustang? Good for someone just starting out?

>>70849177
People talk complete shit about tube amps all the time. The fact is that if you don't have the impedance set correctly then you risk damaging the tubes or arcing the transformer.

Marshall used to recommend using 16 ohm cabs because the tiny extra impedance of the speaker lead makes less of a percentage difference to the output stage with the extra transformer secondary windings. So fucking about setting the selector to 4 ohms then connecting a 16 ohm cab clearly isn't the best idea.

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rate my pedal build /gg/

>>70847660
>>70847631
seconding, i have a hrd and it's great

>>70849275
nice boat

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>>70849224
>Bullet

>>70849300
not buying it would be dodging a bullet

>>70849224
Bullet's are widely regarded as the worst Squier model, but they're fine for anyone who's just starting to learn.

>>70849300
>>70849354
What would you recommend at that price point then? <€150

>>70849386
I'd recommend saving up until you can afford at least a Squier Classic Vibe or an Epiphone. Squier Bullet and Vintage Modified are a complete waste of money.

>>70849386
Get a better job.

Other than that, just try out some cheapo used guitars at a store and grab one that doesn't suck ass.

>>70849177
Some transformers are more forgiving and will allow it to a certain range, like maybe taking a 12 ohm cab in place of an 8, some wont. Its not an issue of wearing out faster, the little wores that make up the winding will overheat an break. Ive heard of catastrophic failures that blow the the power stage all the way back to the filter caps or rectifier.

You might be fine, but to find out if you'll be fine you'll have to try it. And youll find out in less than a second sometimes you're not.

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Name a better pickup for haunting cleans /gg/.


Protip: you can't.

>>70849224
>>70849376
i think this is wrong
they are horrible to play, at least buy a better squire
i hated playing when i started because i had a bullet (i still have it too lmao) and it feels like cancer
i messed around with it a bit to make it less awful but it's still not nice

i would really advice against a bullet

>>70849429
>haunting
Like ghosts? Like dead? Like lifeless?

You're absolutely right, lifeless cleans.

>>70849429
oh yeah, they're so bad they're gonna make you feel sick for weeks

>>70849460
>>70849462
well done with that whole not replying to obvious bait thing guys

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>>70846640
>>70846537
>djent and islam
Definitely Strandberg. Just ask Al Mumin

>>70849485
I cant let some clown take my throne as new bait king

>>70846100
yea I practice everyday

>>70849426
Yeah, I'm not gonna push my luck and be out ~$600.

I know enough about circuits to know that they can get really mad if you get a detail wrong.

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name my band /gg/

>>70849606
the guy with the coke bottle glasses is actually really handsome, I would.

>>70849606
Waffen Short-Scale
they play National Socialist Shoegays

>>70849606
Animals as hipsters

>>70849606
the offsets

>>70849606
the fag dick suckers

>>70849668
If you guys dont get this, its because a negro is holding a guitar

>>70849606
wait, which one plays drums?

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nice thread idiots

>>70848350
Do you keep a giant word document of all your b8 posts you've ever made and sprinkle them in /gg/ threads whenever they become relevant?

>>70849692
that's a mexican

>>70849754
Don't you?

>>70846100
well yeah, i play for at least 3 hours a day regardless, i go to sleep hugging my guitar most nights

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>>70849743
rooty tooty player here are baddy
nighty night roman

>>70849788
aw thats cute :3

>>70849760
His hair is nappy, not greasy.

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>>70849606
here you can use the album of my made up black metal meme band

>jazz guitar
>break your fingers to change a single note half a step down

lmao actually

>>70849876
Fucking this. Jazz guitar is so weak. It doesnt even sound good. The best jazz albums didnt even have guitar on them.

>>70849803
it's a buzzcut dude, it's not going to look like anything
look at his chin, brow, mustache and tatoos, that's a spic dude

>>70849606
Assbaby

>>70849913
thats because the guitar is an awful instrument for awful people

>>70849921
Your only experience with minorities must be from when theyre ramming you from behind, you have no idea what youre talking about

I might post my Telecaster again in a minute

>>70850032
All I have in stock is arabs and chinks, don't blame me.

so i've been offered the role of bassist in scale the summit should i accept? i dont like the music much i'd have to buy a new amp probably, but it could be fun

>>70850132
no

>>70850132
apparently, chris letchford is a dick

>>70850173
yeah, fucking YEAH

fucking chris "letchford", if that is his real name WHICH I FUCKING SERIOUSLY DOUBT

what a DICK that man is

>never heard of him
>or his shitty band

>>70850211
>I've been offered to play bass for a band but five minutes after mentioning it, I forgot about it and its only member left

>>70850132
What a weird band to shit post about....

can someone help me transcribe the chords for this? I really need help because I've playing some covers tonight at a bar and this is the only song I don't have down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQj--Kjn0z8

so yeah, who likes guitars and pickups and strings and that?

>>70849606

Stone Cold Steve Autism

>>70850667
fuck you, my pickups and strings are better than your pickups and strings

>>70850667
I like guitars and pickups and strings, but not so keen on that

>>70850823
yeah? well maybe I'll post a pic of some guitar I'm hoping to buy sometime in the next five years, then who's gonna look stupid, not me that's for damn certain

>>70850870
oh yeah? well I'll just call it a meme and we'll see who's laughing then

>have to wait until thursday for my electric to get out of the shop

guess i'll have to play classical til then. other than that reddit version of careless whisper, any classical songs i could try?

>>70849177
8 ohm head into 16 ohm cab, ok.

16ohm head into 8ohm cab. Not ok.

Its resistance m8e. 16ohms can handle 8 ohms, 8 ohms cant handle 16ohms.

The worst is he wont get a good breakup or push the speakers to their limit.

>>70849913
no that wasnt whta i meant idiot jazz guitar is great
it's just a lot of chords

Hey guys, I'm looking to buy a new amp. Need some suggestions. It's mainly for bedroom playing. My current amp is too loud. Tube or solid state is fine.

>>70851043
fender 65 twin reverb is probably a good choice for you

>>70850977
Thats pretty big talk for a fuckboy that cant even put a sentence together. Chords dont make music good, folk music has "alot of chords." Guitar is so put of place in jazz it's cringe worthy. Watch a jesse video if you disagree.

>>70851043
Yeah the Twin Reverb is good.

>>70851043
Jcm 900, you get tube goodness with solid state distortion

>>70851066
>>70851166
2/3 satan dubs would not lie

>>70851043
>bedroom
either a small tube combo like a blues jr. or laney cub 10 or 12 for instance, or a modeling amp like a fender mustang or Yamaha THR10

whats a good amp for playing in a small room with a drummer?
I'm using a shitty 40w fender and it's not very good

>>70851292
any 2x12 or loud 1x12 will do honestly
you don't need a full stack to get loud but you could get one if you like, too

>>70846268
hed be right too

he was a fag, but his guitars were great, rip you dead fag

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>>70851101
>alot

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>>70851166
JCM900
>solid state distrotion

yeah, that's why there's six tube stages in the preamp, a tube phase splitter and EL34 output tubes

and yeah, there's opamps in the FX loop but that's not where your distortion comes from is it

>>70851366
this. JCMs are great, but there's nothing SS about them

>>70851366
>opamp=diodes
Sit down, youre making a fool of yourself

Who would have suspected the uneducated gibson defense force were the same as the retarded marshall merauders?

Since 1990

DSL>>>TSL>>>>>JVM>>>>>Valvestate>>>>>>>>Jcm 900

>>70851397
TL072 isn't an opamp now?

>>70851427
And ERG haters too. Theyre just a cluster of fuck.

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>>70846366
theres only one guitar with Zelinsky's name on the headstock in my book

>>70846494
There's a luthier who carves the bodies of guitars using his teeth. Not sure if he uses tools for the rest of the parts though.

>>70851560
Oh god, you're fucking dense. Youre the only one talking about the effects loop, dipshit

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>opamp in effect pedal
>effect praised for decades
>op amp in effect loop
>amp is shot on for decades

The moral of the story is, "know your place."

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>>70851565

>>70851397
the diodes are nowhere near the effects loop, that's a bridge rectifier to make the heater supply DC to cut down on induced hum

Or did you mean the bridge rectifier for the bias circuit? Because that doesn't give you solid state overdrive either

There's nothing on that schematic that gives any solid state overdrive

>>70851666
nice trips, shame about the rest of your incredibly shitty post

>>70851565
>30% apr on a guitar

lol

>>70851611
Do please enlighten me, tell me which component numbers are there to give solid state overdrive. I'll wait.

>>70851678
See
>>70847660
>I dont want the idiot to post another argument about tubes and amp circuits


Its your own fault for engaging with a retard.

>>70851705
Not as long as your girlfriend will be waiting while you try to get her off

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>mfw every time I plug my Gibson™ Custom Shop Historic R9 straight into a Marshall stack and a /gg/ bitch nerd crys hard af

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>>70851702
buying a guitar in payments is like the worst idea desu

I have a DZ though, I got the bass because I needed a new one and I wanted to try the neck...it's fucking insane

>>70851765
You dont own either of those. Probably dont even own a damned cable.

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>>70851732
>retard
>not calling a tube amp solid state
>not thinking a bias rectifier is there to give overdrive
>actually knowing how to design and build tube circuits

Still waiting for the component numbers in the solid state overdrive section.

the only reason i'd ever consider buying a gibson is because that anime girl uses one

>>70847553
>just don't be a complete aspie

I've fallen at the first hurdle.

>>70848210
Tosin, like the other dude said. I've never seen someone with a >8 string guitar that doesn't look like a complete fucking goober though.

>>70848350
Okay, Varg. Also:

>Chins Bowen in the background

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>>70851788

>>70851789
You wont get that. I know it. You know it. He is a retard and you engaged him.

He needs to go back to the shizz and stay there.

>>70851789
oh hey its ampbro again

is your transformer small? it looks smaller than the transformers in a lot of the amps ive had

>>70851789
2, like how your dick is 2cm long

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>>70851819
lol, why are you even bothering?
>Neo-4chan users don't know what b8 looks like, no matter how obvious.

>>70851828
It's a preamp transformer, enough current for five tube heaters and a bit of HT. Not big enough to run any kind of push-pull power amp.

is it ok to use a regular overdrive pedal as a boost? like i have my boutique tone overdrive that stays on always, and then use something like a ts808 to boost volume and maybe add some more tone but no extra distortion

>>70851850
This bait?

Seriously, I agree and Im trying to convey to stop responding to obvious idiots and baiters. If they really are that dumb, ignore them and let them continue to live in ignorance.

A little sage goes a long way for these idiots.

>>70851885
And no, I haven't stopped it oscillating yet. But I will, it's on my to-do list.

>>70851782
Does it feel any better than a satin neck?

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>>70851908
yeah good luck with all that

>>70851887
if you dont mind the sound of it sure

even if you just turn up the level on the pedal, you're still getting certain tone from the pedal

>>70851931
absolutely

the reason being you're not actually touching a lot of it, as opposed to touching a flat surface on a regular neck. it also lets them finish it with a thicker coat, so there's added protection that you dont get with a really thin finish like on a lot of satin guitars

sup, fa/gg/ots?

i might not get a real answer but here goes:

what's your "go to" scale/mode to practice before jumping around with other scales/modes? i've been trying to practice songs and learn some genres, but i keep getting stumped on forming chords/arpeggios because i'm jumping around different scales.

i'm thinking about sticking with GMaj/Emin before i start to jump around.

thoughts?

>>70851968
E minor pentatonic. Every time. It's just muscle memory at this point.

>>70851968
A minor. I'm too lazy/shit to transpose.

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>>70851765
>Amp distortion
Disgusting

Stratocasters are the best guitar, I don't know why any other guitar makes exist. All guitars should be Stratocasters.

>>70852056
Playing through a tube screamer is literally the same thing as playing through a jcm 900. The only difference is the tube screamer osnt completely awful, it doesnt sound like a jcm 900

>>70852086
good one dad

>>70851992
i-is that all you play?

>>70852025
? i don't get it

>>70852086
i'll bite. i'm a strat player, but it really comes down to what the player can do with the guitar/rig they have. clapton can sound like clapton no matter what he's playing.

I have played guitar for 15 years. I stopped for 5 years and picked it up again, buying nice Dean with 'd' neck. Before I had B.C. Rich Warlock and Jackson (don't even remember which model but it was easy to play).

However, now when I practice my thumb and related areas are getting fucking painful even when playing normal power chords. Issue is that I never ever had this when I first started to play years ago. My playing ability has almost returned in one month of playing (almost is relative) but the thumb pain is troubling me as I clearly remember I never ever had this issue even when I picked up guitar first time when I was young and played with various instruments before.

Could the neck shape cause this issue?

>>70852086
How am I supposed to play death metal on a strat???

>>70852437
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUiGyNTiln4

when you have that much gain it doesnt matter

>>70852318
I learned all the diatonic scale shape in the key of C, using fret markers as a reference point, so changing key throws me off a bit.

I can do it, but it takes effort so I just default to noodling in A minor.

>>70852495
yeah, that's the problem i was trying to describe in my post. changing keys and whatnot. have you tried other modes?

>>70852411
You know that pic that gets posted here about close your thumb in your fist and move it down?

You got carpal tunnel. It wont go away, but if you keep playing will become less discomforting. Take breaks and dont stress it too hard.

>>70852584
I'll occasionally change the root note but play the same shape if I want to play in a mode. I rarely play modes in other keys though.

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Viper fag here. Day 6 of waiting on this in the mail. Probably come Wednesday or Thursday.

Picked it up for a thousand australian dollaridigeridoodars. They're usually up around $1600 bucks.

She's coming.

>>70852625
That actually makes sense now when I think about it. I have worked very hard with computer since I stopped playing guitar. My left hand is probably fucked. Thanks for the info, I'll look into that. When I was younger I didn't work every day for 8+ hours on computer...

>>70852648
i never liked the stock picture, it just doesn't look right

>>70852648
Very clever use of abalone, it distracts the viewer from the awful shape of the bottom left corner of the body.

>>70852648
Of all the things you could buy you had to go with that thing.

>>70852648
Wait a sec... Earlier you said it is normally $1500 buckaroos!

>>70852648
hey it's plywood chinese shit bro

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>play clean
>don't feel good, everything is sloppy
>play with distortion at max
>hides all my mistakes, feel good but dirty

i HATE this
i hate how bad i really am

>>70852648
>She

and so it begins

>>70852783
it's exactly why i started playing clean; to improve my playing. also because there's more clean music that people can dance to

>>70847654
Kek.
It's all Gibsons

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>>70852693
I only use it so you guys can recognize me since it was what I've been using the last couple times.

>>70852741
I would say thi sis the best one I've heard so far. This is why I report in.

>>70852744
I've always liked SGs but they are far far too thin for me. It's like playing a cheese cracker or something. This is like picking up something in between that and a LP.

>>70852783
it all comes down to what you wanna do
if you wanna play dirty and it sounds good to you even if you know your playing isn't 100% accurate, it's not a fucking crime
now if you wanna play clean and it sounds like shit and you turn up the dirt to cover it up, that's completely retarded

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>>70847654
>>70852815
>come in the thread a few days ago
>this fag is arguing with this other fag about break angles
>fag 1 is disputing hte claim that gibson's headstock tilt causes their headstocks to break
>google image search headstock break
>it's all gibsons
>mfw

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>>70852769
Ahh 1500, 1600. It's in that ballpark. Most of the time more toward the latter.

>>70852775
Yeah Mahogany is pretty shit. Koreans make terrible guitars.

>>70852796
Figure of speech. I'm not one to humanize guitars.

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>>70847582
>I-ITS JUST A PIECE OF WOOD WHY SPEND MONEY ON IT
>JUST BUY SQUIRE OR IBANEZ

This faggot will show up any second

>>70852833
I've seen literally every one of your posts and I've insulted it every time.

I hope you get it soon, because I'm running out of ideas.

>>70852783
One way to get better:

Record your every session on computer. Use metronome every time you play or record.

It hurts to listen all those little mistakes what even the slightest move of your pick does but eventually you'll get more robotic precision.

Take one song what you like to play and record it once a week for example. Then after few weeks review your progress how clean it is. Compare it to the original recording.

(just ideas and this is something what I'm going to do as well)

>>70852863
lol i wanna play clean,
i just turn distortion on to make meme rock sounds like once a month. but it feels good for a while until i get bored the few rock things i know

>>70847848
Neal Morse Band is 10/10 though

i got too comfortable playing bass in a band and now i suck at guitar
what can i do to get back in decent shape?

>>70849606
Poor fags and the shiity $500 Mexican immigrants.

>>70852893
That's nice. What bothers me is that I bought a new guitar and it has tune-o-matic bridge. However in every promo picture the tune-o-matic sits nicely on the surface of the guitar like in picture of yours but my bridge is lifted up and the 2 big screws in the middle are so fragile looking. This really boggles my mind what happened at the factory (South Korean, neck-thru, mahogany etc, it wasn't cheap guitar). I understand the bridge is adjustable for sure but why it's not like in the pictures.

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>>70847654
>>70852815
>>70852878
The best part is you're this mad because I can get to you but you can't get to me.

>>70852648
Holy shit dude just get a Gibson for like $600

>>70853006
Gibson sounds like shit without custom pickups and neck adjustment.

>>70853006
Why would anyone want a gibson?

>>70853032
What do you mean by 'neck adjustment'?

>won 150 on the superb owl
>goes straight to my guitar fund I'm setting aside
BASED