/gg/ - Guitar and Gear General

First for Carly

>>71103546
Should have been Jason Becker edition.

This is the real thread.

Celebrate Paul Reed Smith's birthday in this thread

>>71103568
Marty was always better though.

There's already a thread, this is spam

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For me it is the Les Paul. The best electric guitar.

>>71103589
Nope. This is the real one.

>>71103546
too bad marty is a homosexual weeaboo

>>71103598
Whatever you gotta do to get replies, not my fault no one would repky to you otherwise

>>71103603
He is literally living /gg/'s dream.
He's good at guitar, and gets to bang Jap sluts any time he wants, while living in Tokyo and speaking perfect Japanese.
He's >our guy

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>>71103625
he hosted a show in japan and this model was his costar later she came out and said what an insufferable asshole he was it was all over Japanese news years ago

What is /gg/s opinion on chapman guitars?

>>71103593
Memes aside, what makes it so great?
To me it seems like a bulky, heavy thing with outdated tech and headstocks that notoriously break and strings that bind in their terribly designed nut because of the break angle and don't stay in tune.
Why is it so popular besides the name on the headstock, which hasn't been known for quality in years.

>>71103593
>tele
Vomit

>>71103652
I'd believe it. Mustaine is an insufferable asshole, and he kicked marty out..

>>71103652
The thing is the dude is in his 50s now. He's super famous over there and a household name but he's not young, and he was never good looking.
You've got these young, attractive Japanese people and an ugly Jewish American in his 50s.

He's living the dream, but he's too old.

>>71103668
Just buy the original before chapman steals it and adds his signature infinity symbol mark of the thief on it.

>>71103705
This honestly.
His guitars are just rebranded guitars from other brands. Nothing new or innovative, just with his name and headstock.

And they're made in Indonesia, where all the cheap Squier tier shit is made.

>>71103703
isnt mustaine the only original member

>>71103581
Becker was the ultimate guitar player.

>>71103675
My dad said they were good

>>71103675

Toan and famous people, mainly.

>>71103742
Nope. Ellefson is still there.
Their original drummer died, and Poland got kicked out for being more of a junkie piece of shit than Dave was, which is crazy to think

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>guitars with LP shape not made by gibson
Not saying they have a monopoly on that shape of guitar but cmon how many guitars have a Les Paul shape that aren't imitations

>>71103675
>name on the headstock
That's it, dude.

>>71103760
>tone
I hope you're memeing.

Famous people played them a long time ago when they were known for their quality. Now they're trash

>>71103652
GUITAR legend Marty Friedman has achieved so much since first picking up the instrument after seeing Kiss at the age of 14.

He sold 10 million albums with thrash metal group Megadeth, has a hugely successful solo career and is an acclaimed television presenter in his adopted home of Japan.

Yet, there is one incident in his career that sends shivers down his spine - performing the Hatikva in Israel.

Marty played the Israeli national anthem during a show at the Theatre Club, Tel Aviv in April 2007.

"Talk about getting the chills," Marty said about the impromptu performance. "I wish my grandparents were there to see it because they were so Orthodox that they didn't care about anything other than Jewish stuff.

"They were super super Jewish. Maybe they saw it in some weird strange way."

Marty, who played in Israel once with Megadeth and once with his solo band, told me that performing in the Jewish state was "the coolest thing ever".

"It was like playing anywhere else," he said. "You could be playing in Puerto Rico. You see a bunch of long-haired metal fans. But their names are like Sidney Goldstein.

"It totally freaked me out that everybody in the whole building was Jewish. Growing up being the only Jew in class for my entire childhood . . . and then there, everyone were crazy rock maniacs. Nobody looks Jewish."

"Last year in China, I played the Chinese opera Butterfly Lovers and you see everyone's face light up because they don't expect you to do that. And in Israel, obviously being Jewish, it takes on an even more special feel."

His grandparents arrived in America from Russia and Austria, while his American-born father worked in government and his mother is a writer.

Marty's Jewish education lasted until his barmitzvah. He says Laurel had enough of a Jewish population to fill the one shul in town.

>>71103786
They're almost all imitations, with no sense of originality.
As much as I don't like PRS for being a Jew about guitar, his singlecut shape is the best thing to happen to that kind of guitar shape since the original Les Paul.

>>71103675
Hmmm.... Come on you can't say all LPs are trash. Most of them....like everyone I've ever played; sucked dick. But there is always a chance of a diamond in the rough

>>71103808
Marty being a Jew is common knowledge.

>>71103783
Chris Broderick is a badass tho. He just left the band. I been meaning to check out more of his other stuff

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>>71103546
>>71103808

o im laffin

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>>71103603
What do you mean?

>>71103841
Chris is interesting because he has all the technique and ability in the entire world, he can literally, LITERALLY, play it all.
The thing is, he's just not interesting. His solos aren't good, he's just robotic and fast and lacks any sort of feel or life.
Compare him to Marty, who has an instantly recognizable sound. You hear Marty bend a note and you know it's him. When he guest stars on a song, you know when it's him playing and not the other guy.
Chris is just there, he plays solos fast and with perfect technique and that's it. Then you forget about him.

>>71103845
>>71103859
Jesus. He must weigh 90 pounds

>>71103845
He's a Jew. No one is surprised by his height.

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Super Strats are like that 10000 dollar office chair your boss has that looks like a plain leather chair but was engineered to hold your back like an angel in heaven while the german engineered parts are guaranteed to last multiple lifetimes. Les Pauls are DX racer gamer chairs that look cool but fall apart and hurt to sit in.

>>71103902
LPs don't look cool though.

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>>71103888
He fits into children's clothing

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Who is the best Megadeth guitarist they've had and between Kiko Loureiro and Marty Friedman why is it Marty?
Discuss.

>>71103880
Yeah i got the "rust in peace" anniversary vid. He literally plays exactly like Marty did. Said it was hard to learn how to "not only play it, but play it like he did". So it makes sense with your robot comparison. He had to learn to play with the emotion Marty conveys, which is outside of the box

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pic related:
an actual japanese guitar legend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UollU8gDws

>>71103993
But the thing is, he doesn't play it with any of the feel and emotion Marty does.
Kiko comes the closest I've seen to Marty and still having his own sound, but Chris just sounded flat.

>>71103966
Kiko wins because he isn't a homosexual japan fetishist

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>>71103966
DELET THIS POST

>>71104050
Chris wanted to play seven string meme guitars like he's always played and Dave said no, and like the cuck bitch he is Chris so "okay".

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>when I played guitar, I figured it out right away and I was like, wow, this is way easier than playing sports. And I probably won’t get my ass kicked by doing this. And it’s a funny thing, I was kind of a small, skinny kind of gawky kid and once I started playing guitar all these big jock types were always like protecting me and stuff. Before I started playing guitar, and I never really got picked on or anything but I certainly didn’t have big football player friends at all until I’d gotten my first band. Then all of a sudden, they treat me like a king or something. That appealed to me right away

>>71104008
No one cares about non-white guitarists not named Jimi.

>>71103966
>why is it Marty?
Hangar 18, Tornado of Souls, Lucretia, Rust in Peace. Easily best leads in any of the whole megadeth anthology.

>>71104094
And where are those jocks now? Working wageslave jobs with their nagging wives they don't even love and annoying kids they wish they never had.
Meanwhile Marty is one of the most famous international guitarists of all time, a millionaire and living his dream.

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>>71103966
Is it even a real question?

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*blocks your path*

>>71104179
"I'm 5'7 guys, I swear. N-no, it's not just the shoes..."

>>71104179
why is his body so fucking out of proportion
its like his brain couldnt decide which part to grow and which part not to

>>71104172
I meant lead guitarist.
Dave is and always has been the rhythm guitarist. He's a fucking legend though, and he's a better lead than most other bands.
Mustaine > Hammett for example.

>>71104200
I've always wondered what Metallica would have sounded like if Mustaine had been retained. Probably a lot less stuff like Creeping Death and Master of Puppets and more Ride the Lightning and Battery type tunes. I know people love Mustaine's leads in Megadeth (myself included) but he sounded like shit in those demos and live shows from that time. He was way better served doing his own thing and not having to be the lead guitar player than staying.

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What the fuck is with the indents? And why is every prog shredder buying one?

>>71103747
>was
kek

>>71103786
You could say that current Gibson is just making imitations of their originals with shit tier QC in their production USA series.

>>71104244
Megadeth and Dave Mustaine expert here.
Megadeth became so successful because Mustaine literally didn't give a fuck. At some points he didn't even care about his own life and wanted to die. Dave just played what he wanted, the way he wanted and didn't care. If you weren't part of that sound he looked for, you got kicked out. If you didn't mesh, you were gone. That's why they've had so many members come and go.
It's Dave's band, his songs and that's it.
Metallica could never work have worked with him because it's not his. It was James' and Lars' band.
People call Dave a dick and an asshole but it worked, he's been wildly successful and to be honest, he's really a very good person actually. He's a family man, been married to the same woman and has kids with her.

There is literally nothing wrong with Dave Mustaine.

>>71104364
Looks like shit, actually.

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>>71104396
plus he looked like this

>>71103845
my brother and I met him when he played in Chicago. we couldn't believe how short he was.

>>71104430
Like I said, didn't give a fuck. Just look at that facial hair.
That's the look of a man that doesn't care what you have to say about him.

>>71104364
Toan dents

>>71104396
I don't think there's anything wrong with Mustaine either. Other than Jimmy Page he was one of the reasons I picked up a guitar. I've just always found the story of how he got kicked out of Metallica interesting to say the least, and his obsession with them despite his own success is really interesting. He's probably my favorite guitar player ever, I've just always wondered what Metallica would have been like with Mustaine in the band the whole time.

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Guitars that look like they're only made for metal make me want to vomit

>>71104430
Look at how faggy Marty looks like by comparison.

>>71104179
that is one ugly lady

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>>71104529

>>71104529
Dean guitars that aren't the VMNT make me want to vomit.
If there's one thing Dave got right it's his signature guitars.
Everything else Dean makes looks like pure shit.
And Dimebag is quite possibly the most overrated guitarist in history, and his guitars were the original super meme.

>>71104514
Definitely check out his autobiography. It's amazing. I read it in a day because I just couldn't put it down. He goes into depth about the whole thing and where he was mentally and why he did what he did.
I was going to have him sign my copy at a meet and greet but they fucking canceled their how in my city last minute.
I'm just waiting for the next time they come around.

>>71103546
I own tons of expensive gear and I'm insanely bad at guitar. Music for this feel?

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>>71104548
why do they add a sharp point here?

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>>71103593

I have an ESP Edwards Lacquer Taste LP that I bought in japan back in 2007. It's literally the best sounding guitar I've ever played even still now.

Has seymour duncan sh-4 bridge and sh-1 neck
It weighs a ton though.

>>71104637
Shoegaze

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>>71104645
So you can stab yourself when you realize how stupid you look

>>71104677
>guitarist impaled by his own guitar after tripping over a cable and falling
Neat.

>>71104645
For awesome Blashyrkhs

>>71103760
arguably the most famous LP player ever modded the shit out of his because it was a bad instrument stock in the 60s even

jimmy page shaved the neck on his LP so thin that it was bordering on hurting the structural intergrity of it. He also wired his to sound more like his Tele, which is on more tracks than Gibshits would ever like to admit

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Demon s 2 maybe an exception, because it looks like a Strat crossed with an SG

>>71104557
Dean Zelinsky dipped before Dean started putting out trash shapes and guitars

the guitars he makes right now are the best guitars he has ever made

>>71104734
I don't know how that second part is true. Not the Tele being on all the records, but the part about wiring the Gibson to sound like it. What did he permanently tap the coils or something? Sounds like a mostly impossible task if you ask me.

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>>71104760
Those inlays ruin it.

>>71104391
Well yeah, he hasn't been able to play for 25+ years.

>>71104780
his number one has phase switches, coil taps, and series/parallel switches sitting under the knobs

>>71104430
Dave can grow a pretty great mustache.

>>71104780
Read up on his main guitars. They're so modded I don't even know if you can even call them LPs anymore.

>>71104782
delet this, Hendrix and Anime is grim

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>>71104836

OP here

Reminder that my thread is always the right thread.

Anyone ever play one of those cheap danelectro reissues? Someone had one at a show i saw tn and I was wondering if they were any good or worth looking in to.

>>71104529
I unironically want this and already own the Dean from Hell. Come at me bro.

>>71104977
I don't really believe you.

>>71104977
Whatever floats your boat

>>71104902
if you set up your own guitars, they're perfectly fine. just not very "roadworthy"

the longhorn is a pretty dope bass, I had one for a while

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>ywn be a badass jap rockstar

>>71105066
Eh it'd be a novelty i threw some tax return money on at best not really a touring guitar. All my guitars are more modern sounding noisey guitars so I figured a vintage sounding one would be kind of fun.

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Why is ESP the most dank guitar maker
They make pure fretboard sex

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>>71105142

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>>71105142
Yes

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Guitars that look too pretty and custom also make me want to vomit.

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>>71105177
i know u hating but how can u knock a guitar covered in motherfucking snake skin bitch

>>71105230
looks neat until you realize it's a carvin

>>71105230
Lol, I'm waiting for the time when these become so common even for cheap models that that look loses all value. It's happened with basses, but the guitar world always moves slower.

>>71105274
it's already being done with Indo guitars

if the wood is good(read: bad) it's actually easier to do this than paint a lot of the time

>>71105177
That's badass. Would play because no one else has the balls to.

I know it says no questions, but I got a pedal and it has a 8 pin ic pin(I think it is called that) so how would I order a different one if I wanted to, or what would be a good one to order?

>>71105513
No. I don't know what you think you're trying to do but whatever it is it doesn't work like that.

>>71105177
>playing this monster
>lift the neck up too fast
>chops your dick off

>>71103786
ESP makes two versions of the Eclipse. One is a fairly straight forward copy the other is 3-pot and quite a bit thinner and lighter. The former isn't sold in the US from memory.

>>71103675
>>71104394
Guitar weight is a preference thing. I like my guitars to be heavy. As for the headstock, amusingly they put volutes on them in the late 70s to address the issue and there was a lot of backlash from the community. Realistically it's just a matter of not bashing the guitar into things.

The quality control thing is pretty stale now too. There was a specification flop in 2015 but Gibson's quality control has been improving again for quite awhile now. 2016 models were very consistent.

I do have a bit of an issue with the PCB electrics (which aren't on customs thankfully) and they are definitely charging for the name, but the quality is fine now for the most part.

>>71104649
ESP makes some brilliant stuff for the JDM market. If you like your Edwards try out a 4-Pot Eclipse Standard or Custom if you get the chance.

>>71105142
I don't really like the way they finish their necks generally. Something about their satin and I doesn't get along.

Great guitars though for sure.

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>>71105003

>>71105230
>>71105269
There is literally nothing wrong with Carvin guitars.
I'm planning on having a custom guitar built in the near future. Their DC600 shape.

Carvin makes custom order guitars, and since most of the world has fucking awful taste in anything, they make disgusting meme guitars.

But Carvin can make the nicest guitars if someone is traditional and conservative. I'm thinking of a rosewood fretboard, and a flamed maple top in a single color, no memeburst shit.

>>71105677
>buying meme guitars

I was seriously hoping none of you here actually did this, that you just made jokes about it in these threads to troll, but never unironically bought meme guitars.

>>71105706
They look like shit and arent really that nice quality wise. maybe you should actually play a few of them first. Just the site of one of their pretentious over finished over glossy pieces of shit makes me physically fucking ill.

how high you set strap for your 4string bass for sitting playing

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The F chord is fucking bullshit it should be illegal to use it in your songs
I'm gonna get carpal

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Did Fender abandon the Mustang platform?

I'm trying to decide what amp to get and if Fender is going to either abandon this software or release a new version and not update old ones i'll be kind of pissed.

I noticed the Super Champs didn't get the Orange patch or the Tube Screamer patch.

Which is annoying. The modeling amps don't take pedals very well so you are at the mercy of what the software models.

Anyone have any updates?

>>71106120
retard there are more than 100 ways you can use to play a F chord. kys

>>71106199
Needs to be f major for the song
Like E major but a whole fret up

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new PRS se looks sexy as hell

>>71106339
>*knock knock knock*
>*echo echo echo*

IS that a TONEWOOD ® anon?

>>71105706
>nothing wrong with Carvin guitars

except if you have one with active pickups and put a battery in backwards

or you want your $1000+ guitar to not have shitty fret ends like some Squier

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can someone recommend me some pickups for my SG? i don't really have a budget

who here /firstact/
who started on one of those pieces of shit?

Don't get a gf lads

>>71106816
B-but then I wouldn't be so lonely!

>>71106339
I couldn't deal with the birds.

>>71106852
who needs a gf when u got a guitar?

>>71106705
Gold-foil ;)

>>71106852
Lonely>trapped

>>71106339
Not a fan.
What rare and exotic tonewood that's rare and did I mention it's rare kind of wood is it made from?

>>71106816
I'm working on a few girls right now.

One has a lot of potential, another is in a different state but I'm going to visit her in a month so we'll probably have lots of sex.

I just want to eat ass again, I don't even want a gf

>>71106710
I basically did, but it was a different brand. I started on a Stagg.
It cost 100 for the guitar and the amp.

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>>71105643
Other anon here. Got my Edwards first, was really good for a copy, and helped me pull the trigger on the ESP. It beats the few Gibsons I've tested in the stores of this shit hole country

when are we gonna get actual new designs that aren't just meme 9-string shits or fake vintage looking things?

>>71106705
how about you buy a real guitar instead

>>71107064
When you get off your arse and make them

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>>71106981
>Got my Edwards first, was really good for a copy, and helped me pull the trigger on the ESP. It beats the few Gibsons I've tested in the stores of this shit hole country
ESP Eclipse STD I right? They're brilliant guitars. What pickups have you got in that?

It might be worth having a peak inside of it. Some of them shipped with 300k pots, you can get a bit more top end and open the sound up a bit if you swap to 500k. A friend of mine has a custom shop ESP Eclipse I. It's an absolutely fantastic guitar.

I have a Gibson myself and parted ways with my ESPs awhile ago now. ESP really do make great guitars though.

Also if you don't mind my asking, which country are you in?

>>71107064
there's plenty of them, they just dont stick or are exhorbitantly expensive

Toone guitars, Auerswald, etc for the stupid expensive

EGC and Moses Graphite use alternative materials if you're into that

you can only do so much with a guitar without it feeling uncomfortable bodyshape wise though

no matter how good at guitar you get you will still be dead inside

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>>71105643
>>71106981
>>71107125

hell yeah more ESP bros

I have a few edwards and an ESP throbber
this is my edwards sugizo, i might buy a real deal ESP custom shop sugizo one day but its like $2500-$3000 I dont have that right now to drop

>>71107330
The one here >>71107125 isn't mine. Belongs to a friend. He has an ESP Eclipse II STD as well. I used to have an ESP SV STD and a Horizon STD once upon a time. I sold both awhile ago.

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Reporting again

Has anyone played a hagstrom Impala?

What are your thoughts on it?

>>71107351
Horizon are really nice

btw this one is also mine i posted earlier
>>71104649

I've always been really impressed with all of ESP's brands. Played some Navigators too when I was in japan they are amazing. LTDs are also really good quality for the money.

I can understand why you went genuine gibson though. All of the ESP LP clones dont feel like pauls, there just off I dont know how to describe it. They have their own feel.

>>71107125
>ESP Eclipse STD I right?
Got it in Europe, is an Eclipse I CTM. While I could pay for a Custom one, that would be blues lawyer territory to pay for one being a hobbyist. Also, the only dealer in the country would overprice it like fuck.

>pickups
it came with duncans, so I think it is Jazz/JB. I really dislike how trebly the JB gets sometimes. I've been thinking of changing them, but can decide what to put there.
The Eddy also came with duncans, 59/JB, put black winters in it. It turned out better than expected.

>pots
I just checked, and they are all 500k.

>country
The land of tacos and narcos, Mexico.

Also
>have a Gibson myself
>>71107351
>SV STD
E..E-bow bro?

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we /ESP General/ now

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>>71107473
They do make some of the most badass clone instruments i'll admit.

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>>71107454
>Got it in Europe, is an Eclipse I CTM. While I could pay for a Custom one, that would be blues lawyer territory to pay for one being a hobbyist. Also, the only dealer in the country would overprice it like fuck.
Keep your eyes open for small run semi-custom runs. ESP does them from time to time. My friend got his ESP Eclipse I Custom for a touch under $3000 AUD.

>it came with duncans, so I think it is Jazz/JB. I really dislike how trebly the JB gets sometimes.
I really like that combination but JBs definitely aren't for everyone. If you like the general feel of the JB but want something a bit better try a BKP Holy Diver. Although I imagine the pricing is insane in Mexico...

>I just checked, and they are all 500k.
Wicked, that's what you want. 300K are pretty rare in them, but it happens.

>E..E-bow bro?
Cough.

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Since this seems to be a Japanese themed /gg/ Ii'll also mention Burny guitars are really good LP copies too. made by Fernandes Japan. Duff McKagan of guns n roses fame has a ton of them supposedly.

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https://clyp.it/ighekyjw
>that muffled, super fizzy, late-night quiet tube amp toan

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>>71107578

speaking of fernandes
we have to include the most famed player of their guitars and also the most famous japanese rockstar in history

>>71107541
Thanks for the Axe-FX presets for Bölzer tone the other time (dunno how many months ago). I only have a Digitech Drop for Octave down + dry signal, though.

>Bareknuckle prices in Mexico.
Dude, I can buy a mid-range guitar with that money.

It is funny about the JB. It sounded alright in the Edwards. In my old Epi, sounds so-so, way better than whatever shit it had. And sounds so-so in the Eclipse. I think it feels more loose and trebly than I'd like

Perhaps it's just psychological, and expected a more aggressive/tight sound in the ESP, and the Eddy, being a copy and more classic, sounded 'alright'.

>>71107606
Fucking speaker companies, why don't they make low sensitivity ones, for bedroom playing.
That way you could crank the amp, let it open itself, and not sound like a choked bitch in a facial abuse video.

inb4 human ears would still fuck the perceived sound due to its low volume

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>>71107643
I'd rock the shit out of a hide guitar

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>>71107662
>Bölzer tone the other time (dunno how many months ago).
Damn, I thought that was awhile ago. I just checked...
>https://clyp.it/d1q4c0xq

>Dude, I can buy a mid-range guitar with that money.
Hah, yeah I'm not even slightly surprised unfortunately.

>I think it feels more loose and trebly than I'd like
Have you tried boosting it? I always run JB and Holy Divers with a TS-9 in front of my amp. ALWAYS.

You need a pretty tight setup to pull off JBs in a heavier setting. I get away with it because I'm usually using that AxeFX or particularly dry amps like my DSL.

If I'm playing metal through something like a 5150 I'm more inclined to use a BKP Painkiller. They're quite similar to a Lundgren M7 or Duncan Distortion. My ears tell me Black Winters are just a Duncan Distortion with more top end, so you might be better off with a Distortion unless you're tuning particularly low.

Distortions are cheaper than Black Winters here which is an added bonus to that approach, but I have no idea on pricing in Mexico sorry.

>>71107692
You can get around it somewhat by boosting your amplifier. It's not the same as cranking it but it does help a bit.

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>>71107755
>boosting
Always have a tube screamer if I want to play metal. Still have this Orange. It is still spongy with a fizzy and fuzzy sound on its own, so the TS and an EQ in the loop are always there
Low and mid-low in the JB sounds good, but the treble is almost ice picky. I can seem to find a sweet spot in the tone knob so it doesn't affect the bass to much.
I end up looking like Santana, can't stop fiddling with the knobs.

And yes, distortions are cheaper in Mexico than Black winters and the newer pickups from SD.
I actually wanted to put a Custom or Custom 8/Alternative 8, but haven't decided.

>>71107692
that's a fact though

it would sound worse because of volume no matter what you did

if the only volume you play out more than 50$ of the time is bedroom volume, just get a Yamaha thr10 or play through your computer

>>71108038
>50$ of the time
I didn't even get that in my first gig

>>71108048
BITCH YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT TO TYPE

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>>71107885
>Always have a tube screamer if I want to play metal. Still have this Orange. It is still spongy with a fizzy and fuzzy sound on its own, so the TS and an EQ in the loop are always there
I tend to go tone 10, level 10, and drive between 0-3. A little more extreme than most people recommend. You're on the right track though for sure. I've never been huge on Orange outside of OR120 so I can't offer a ton of advice on that front. I've always found them a bit fizzy so you're probably starting with an uphill battle.

>Low and mid-low in the JB sounds good, but the treble is almost ice picky.
Strange. I don't think I've ever heard of JBs being described as ice picky. You'd probably find something like a Duncan Distortion unbearable in that case.

What EQ are you running in the loop at the moment? Even something as cheap as a GE-7 is fine if you're cutting frequencies, they only get noises if you start boosting. Relaxing the shape knob a bit on your Orange should reduce the bite a little too.

Have you tried the same guitar through something darker like an old two channel Mesa Dual Rectifier? It might be worth ruling out the Orange as the cause as well, you never know really.

>I actually wanted to put a Custom or Custom 8/Alternative 8, but haven't decided.
Try them first. Alnico 8 pickups tend to be a love hate thing. I know a couple guys who love the sound, I prefer Alnico 5 myself. Based on what you've said about the JB, providing it's not the Orange adding the high end in you'd probably be best avoiding a ceramic pickup like a Distortion.

I quite like the Pegasus myself, although I'd never buy one over a Holy Diver personally it might be worth trying one out due to BKP pricing where you are.

Apologies for the wall of text. My brain is still a bit scrambled these days.

>>71103966
Poland

>>71107373
I will never think of it if all goes well.

>>71108068
Ha.
I got that orange because it was really cheap. In fact, considering the current exchange rate, I got both head + PPC212 for like 3/4 the price of the head only.
It is not too orangy though. It is quite disliked in the orange forum, except the clean channel being good.

>EQ
Is a MXR 10 band one. I don't use the settings in that picture, as those are for the Eddy with black winters, and it was like 10 pm.
With the EQ, I also end up cutting, with just a very subtle boost in the mids (can't remember the freqs, I'm in a hotel room finishing details for a presentation of my wageslave job).
Might check later again. Might be something as stupid as pole pieces height.

>trying a Mesa
I get that the Orange might not be ideal, but the only guy I know of that has a Mesa, is an insufferable prick. Also lives in another city.
I actually want to change the amp, but I can justify doing so, same as not justifying the custom esp, or another guitar even.

The scene where I live is filled with horrible practice amps, some Marshalls Valvestates, and a couple of Yamahas THRs that plug directly. There is a guy that rents backline amps and I remember a JCM 900 there, but I'm not that 'in' in the scene. I'm a 'straight edge faggot' because I didn't want to get wasted three nights in a row with my last bandmates. And all bands here are like that. Even when in the last 3 years, there have been 2 guys dying for alcohol poisoning in the bars they used to play, one dead in the hospital after a fight went wrong, and another arguably dead because he couldn't pay for the weed his dealer gave him.
Then again, I live in a PoS city, and not even Mexico City

>Pegasus
The orange Ibanez in that pic has the Sentient/Pegasus combo, and it is damn fucking nice. The lead sounds are soothing, the rhythm is tight, and the cleans (split coils sentient + pegasus mainly) are good.
Now that you mention it, I might put that set in the ESP.

I don't want to get into a
>tonewood
argument, though

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why do so many people here hate the new offsets
they are cute, cheap, feel great to play sound amazing i dont get it

maybe you guys need to go play one you'll fall in love with music again

/gg/ I need help, is this guitar worth the price?

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/nextonestyle/item/160607-1/

>>71108377
>Sound amazing

not with that stock shit they don't

>>71108414
https://youtu.be/-BDKlKL49d0?t=463

sounds fucking boss to me

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>>71108377
The Duo-Sonic I checked out played really nice. Pickups were on the noisier side but not too bad.
I also played a Mustang 90 and I wasn't a fan. Didn't like how it felt or how it sounded.

Pic-related is a damn nice Mustang though.

>>71108442
>buzzy tinny out of tune shit
>sounds gud

he made that Victory sound like absolute trash

>>71108333
>I got both head + PPC212 for like 3/4 the price of the head only.
Can't argue with that haha. I almost bought a PPC212 maybe six or seven years ago (I forget) because one popped up for half what they usually go for. I ended up sticking with Marshall 1960AVs though. I don't remember what the TH30 sounds like specifically, been awhile since I've played an Orange.

>is a MXR 10 band one
Oh heaps better than a GE-7. Yeah just fiddle around with everything, you've definitely got enough kit to dial the sound out if you're patient enough.

>I get that the Orange might not be ideal, but the only guy I know of that has a Mesa, is an insufferable prick.
Hah, this reminds me of someone I know. I mainly said a two channel recto because they're notoriously dark, anything dark would work though. You'd be way more familiar with the voicing of your amp than I would though.

>Marshalls Valvestates
I've actually got an old 8100 here, I love its sound. Most of the Valvestates were trash though and even my 8100 is built like shit compared to my DSL50.

>There is a guy that rents backline amps and I remember a JCM 900 there, but I'm not that 'in' in the scene.
For what it's worth most of the JCM900s are kind of lack luster. The SL-X is amazing, but that's about it. Most people tend to have Twin Reverbs which are eh.

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>>71108333
Cont >>71108506
>I'm a 'straight edge faggot' because I didn't want to get wasted three nights in a row with my last bandmates. And all bands here are like that. Even when in the last 3 years, there have been 2 guys dying for alcohol poisoning in the bars they used to play, one dead in the hospital after a fight went wrong, and another arguably dead because he couldn't pay for the weed his dealer gave him.
That's nuts. I don't usually drink at all on tour and it's never bothered anyone. Seems like a pretty petty thing to hate someone over, but I'm not really surprised. Sigh.

There was a guy here who had a rather large methamphetamine debt with the Hells Angels. He was grabbed when out with a mate, broke his legs and beat his mate into a coma. Crazy stuff.

>The orange Ibanez in that pic has the Sentient/Pegasus combo, and it is damn fucking nice. The lead sounds are soothing, the rhythm is tight, and the cleans (split coils sentient + pegasus mainly) are good.
I'm pretty sure I've seen that orange Ibanez before. It's hot as hell. I've got a huge soft spot for orange or pretty much anything DayGlo when it comes to guitars, cars, motorcycles, etc.

>Now that you mention it, I might put that set in the ESP.
Definitely give it a go. The JB/Jazz should sound great in that Ibanez too so you could just swap them around.

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Look at this lads. Man isn't she cool.

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>>71108377
I LOVE OFFSETS!

>>71108392
That's a great price. I have the same model (different color) with the texas special pickups and it's about as good as a strat can get desu

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>>71108582
ESP and Seymour Duncan actually produced some rare jag knockoffs like 17 years ago that had a longer 24.75" scale

called DG300R, super rare

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>>71104364
>people unironically spending thousands on plastic guitars made in moulds

>>71108517
>TH30 sounds like
If I'm not using the EQ, I think the best word would be 'thin'.
The shape knob gets old really fast, as it only creates either V or A curves, but not controlling the mids, but the bass and treble as it is a dual gang pot inside. So mids are kept relatively constant. That's why I tend to boost mids a little with the EQ.

>broke his legs and beat his mate into a coma.
Here, both would have been killed in a gruesome manner.

The scene here is either relatively "underground" which is just a bunch of young people that are pretty much punks and end up in situations like what I mentioned, OR the more 'sane' part... which is a bunch of the same guys after they made friends with a certain committee that leeches off gov funds.
The government has some social programs that benefit small artists, etc.
So, the commitee is a bunch of people from the musicians' union that have politician friends, and they get to decide the venues and all that. Also, they siphon the money from some of the federal level programs. One of the recipients is the niece of a big guy in the union.
The guy is good, a bit "neoclassical harmonic minor' generic, but better guitarist than me.
Anyway, his band disintegrated, leaving him as a solo act. The rumor is that they couldn't decide how to split the gov money. They don't say that though.
There are other musical acts, but I have no idea how other genres fare here.

So for rock and metal, either in adapted poor people that are angry at everything, or gov shills and asslickers.

Blog post over, yeah, I might exchange the pickups to see how it goes.

>>71103786
It's even worse when it comes to P and J basses. Almost every companty makes a generic P or J clone these days. Don't get me wrong, they're solid basses, but it's boring af.

>>71108816
>niece
NEPHEW
Goddammit.

>>71108476
Are Victory amps legit, or just a meme pushed by chappers and rabea?

>>71108816
That's insane. Sounds like some pretty full on corruption.

There's nothing like that over here, it's a much more typical type of deal. The punk and crust punk scenes have been hijacked by SJWs, and the metal scene is split into two individual groups.

The first group is all your genericore type music who are convinced metal is dying and they're the last bastion. It's the kind of scene that beats their chests a lot and runs their own "record labels" to "sign" their friends bands. Mates seeing mates bands kind of stuff.

Then there's an actual underground scene which is all the death, doom, and black metal. It's actually a great scene but one promoter more or less controls the entire thing. Thankfully the guy really does do it for the right reasons and he's very good at what he does. Things only go wrong when someone else tries to organise an event without him being involved.

>Blog post over, yeah, I might exchange the pickups to see how it goes.
I don't look at these threads very often anymore and I almost never post, but I'll try to keep an eye out for a progress update. Hope it works out well for you man.

>>71108916
>corruption
Dude, it is Mexico, it is a given.

Also, this is a small city. In Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, or something bigger than this shit place, the scenes are mostly as you say. Yes, also with their fair share of SJWs.

I think, only the oldest rock and blues bands here are not involved in any of that shit, mainly because they are old and have their own following built over the years.

Also, the social programs are for young people, so they don't do drugs and instead are either creative (full range of arts; music, dance, theater, even "film making". I laugh at the bullshit they presented in 2015) or active (sports). They still like to get wasted and drugged.

Another anecdote. last one I promise.
In an open mic, a relatively new band was about to play. Covers of course. The bassist was nowhere to be seen, so the bassist from one of the oldest rock band stepped in.
Turns out, the fucking vocalist/guitar was high as fuck. After the first song, the bassist doubled as vocalist.
The old band was there because they along with other three bands and some guy who I know nothing organize the open mics in that neighborhood.

Other genres might not have that shit. But other genres are Pop and 'regional' stuff, like, shit, better not say it, lest you get an aneurysm. Popular latin music is horrible.

I suppose that due to rock and metal being too niche here, they can get away with more bullshit.


And thanks for the info Ausbro.
I don't post at this time either, being, right now, 5:30 am in my timezone, but at least you haven't off yourself.
Or got your guitar rights revoked by your wife like SGBro

>>71109113
>Dude, it is Mexico, it is a given.
Oh I'm aware. When I used to live in Toronto we went to Mexico every year when it started to get cold. I remember we used to go into these sketchy underground markets and I'd load up on cheap silver jewelry so I had a years supply of gifts for any girls I'd be seeing haha.

>Turns out, the fucking vocalist/guitar was high as fuck.
There was an up and coming band here that destroyed their reputation when they opened for a big band and they were all on shrooms and absolutely butchered their set.

>Other genres might not have that shit. But other genres are Pop and 'regional' stuff, like, shit, better not say it, lest you get an aneurysm. Popular latin music is horrible.
I have a soft spot for some pretty awful genres of music, but I'd never want to be involved in the scenes associated with any of them.

>And thanks for the info Ausbro.
You're welcome, if I can help I will.

>at least you haven't off yourself.
I read a thread maybe a month ago and saw people saying I was dead. No idea where that came from but oh well.

>Or got your guitar rights revoked by your wife like SGBro
Haha. Taking me back.

>>71103933
Those RDJ shoes though

>>71108854
Totally legit. Made by the faggot behind Cornford amps

>>71103902
Wow thats the exact opposite of the truth.

>lps=racecar chairs
>ss=classy leather chair

>posts ss with fukng flames,stripes,and skulls decals

>>71103546
How do I read tab?

>>71103880
I think Marty's style is so recognizable because it's sort of like a blend of gypsy jazz and metal. That's what I hear anyway, with nondiatonic notes surrounding and leading into target notes.

I mostly agree about Chris except to say that his solo on "How the Story Ends" is a great piece of music.

Here's a version of it that I particularly enjoy covered by the dude from Falconer:

https://youtu.be/UiHD4gLE59Y

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Who are your favourite highly underrated guitarists?

Ty Tabor for me

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>>71110618

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>>71110618

>>71110664
Love Cantrell, gonna check >>71110679 out

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>>71110618
Billy Bauer, he was experimental as fuck for his time (he still sounds contemporary imo) and he's rarely ever mentioned at all as an important Jazz guitarist. This recording is from 1950, crazy shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzHxs_Ec9do

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>>71110618
Pic related and Derek Trucks comes to mind, although Gary Clark Jr. isn't really that good of a guitarist. As for Derek Trucks, he passes as an underrated guitarist right?

>>71110618
Keith Scott from Bryan Adams. Criminally underrated

playing goes to trash after a cup of coffee, what causes this?

>>71110895
Elevated nervousness/anxiety?

>>71110947
This for sure. I always play better live after a few drinks

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Are Charvel made in Japanese guitars any good? Thinking about getting one but worried about radiation levels in the wood

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Thoughts on Yamaha Acoustics /gg/?

>>71103966
I like Marty, Kiko, and Poland the best. Glen Drover has made some pretty good music too. Here's him and Jeff Loomis playing a Jean Luc Ponty cover:

https://youtu.be/R85WsNehRrw

>>71111066
Wouldn't really trust a company known more for their motorcycles

>>71111049
After 1945 all products sold out of Japan come with a key ring Geiger meter.

>>71108773
not plastic

>>71111066
kinda want one for myself

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>>71111049
all charvels are bad ass

>>71111143
Too much 80s. Let that shit die already

>>71106384
>put a battery in backwards
Why would you do that?

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>>71106705
Suhr Doug Aldrich

>>71111098
What? Yamaha started out making instruments. If anything it's the opposite.

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>>71106384
how does putting in a battery backwards kill a pickup?

>>71110618
Andy Tommons

What do I need to actually start recording music myself? I have tons of dumb ideas i've been sitting on for ages and I know I won't actually get any better at this until I just start making it in some way

>>71112045
Get a nice audio interface. I suggest the Metric Halo ULN-8. Also, an Axe-FX. It's easier to record using that than micing up an amp

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>>71108377
>"Ugh, why does Gibson and Fender stick with the same old boring shit and never try anything new. The same old models, reissues and worn out guitars every year."
>Gibson and Fender release something new and original that has never been done before
>"Why can't Gibson and Fender just stick with the decades-old tried and true designs? Seriously, offset pickups and self-tuning machine heads?"

It's literally the thought process of the average guitar autist in general.

Just heard a killer Glenn Hughes track with an incredible guitar solo

>>71103747
I agree. Pretty good composer as well. But Marty comes as a close second.

>>71112469
Was it this one?

https://youtu.be/36T4OdfaTcI

>>71112621
Damn that fucker can play. Who is that?

>>71103966
It was obviously Al Pitrelli

>>71111298
>tele
Vomit

>>71103966
Dave Mustain

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How do you use this live without sounding like shit? Should I just sell it?

>>71112727
Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham,
and Derek Sherinian

>>71113342
Metallica seems to be doing just fine with them

>>71113342
It sounds pretty good in the right hands.

https://youtu.be/yf1iZlD_7Wo

>>71113553
Oh oops shit, he's actually using a real amp on that one.

https://youtu.be/yVE4hsVJYXk

>>71111098
They started out making instruments. Their logo is three tuning forks.

>>71113342
Direct to board using a good IR in stereo. Second signal to a poweramp and cabinet for stage sound.

If you can only use one, use the latter, mic the can and approach it exactly how you would any other amplifier.

Matrix GT800FX and GT1000FX are the go-to MOSFET units, for tube a popular approach is a VHT 2/50/2, 2/90/2, or Mesa 2:90/2:100.

>>71113568
>>71113553
>>71113342
Is Fender Fuse as good as Fractal?

>>71112285
What has Gibson or fender done "original" in the last 18 years?

>>71113902
>Fender Modeling
not even once

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Scales are a waste of time

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*blocks your path*

What are some guitars with thicc necks?
>inb4 Schecter

>>71114413
Richie Kotzen Telecaster

>>71111049
>worried about radiation levels in the wood
I can't tell if you're retarded enough to actually be worried about this
>>71112285
>expecting Gibshits to like anything new by them

they probably pulled that 24 fret new guitar from NAMM after getting like, two disgusted looks

also as far as gibson's new stuff goes, it's fucking trash. which isn't an improvement from their regular trash but hey, it sucks
>>71111317
when you charge north of a grand for guitars and don't put two $.01 reversing diodes in your active preamps, that's how you get killed electronics

seriously Carvin is a fucking joke and nobody should ever fall for their bullshit

>>71106120

Just cheese it with a power chord, no one gives a fuck.

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>>71106120

redpill me on bedroom amps, what to avoid, what to look for etc.

>>71104430
>>71104396
If dave wasn't kicked out when he was, he would have been out of metallica eventually anyways. Between the personality clashes and the amount of talent, there's no way they could've stayed together for more than 1-3 albums.

>>71106120

practice gang signs like you did all the white kids in middle school wih the best pokemon in pearl and it should be pretty easy

>>71104179
He has to wear those gaudy shoes and yet I'm still taller than him at 5'8

>>71106184
How do I setup my super champ for this? I've never really taken the time to connect my USB. I just practice at 2-3 volume on the tube channel and pedals work fine. I go to channel 6 on the modeling channel and it's got really nice cleans for reverbs, choruses, delays, looping, etc like a Jazz Chorus.

>>71106710
I had two, I wanted an upgrade from my first single cut single pickup POS, and got a double cutaway two pickup first act model from target

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJOjB8-e8w

All I want is to play this song , its so hard

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Name better strings

>protip: You can't

>>71114171
I can't find one comparison video and not a single review that actually is reviewing the negatives of any of these programs. Its really frustrating.

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>>71108414
>>71108442
>>71108377
The stock pickups are shit. The Mustang 90 model has leftover MP90 pickups from the Chinese modern player Mustang. I had the olive green and maple Mustang but the pickups were worse than the stock Squier VM pickups. The Duo Sonic is the Best Buy from the new series especially since the mustangs have been neutered without the traditional switching and bridge. I want to get the Daphne Blue Duo and get a lace sensor in the neck and a JB or Dimarzio humbucker in the bridge

>>71108445
I really like that American P90 Mustang, it feels so damn good and its got a really versatile set of P90s. I'm a mad scientist type of guy so if I did end up with one I'd repaint it with nitro and add mini hums

Just curious of everyone's opinion here,
what is your favourite stringed instrument other than the guitar or bass?

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>>71110618

>>71116532
Does the harpsichord count?

>>71116532
Uke

>>71116532
umm, violin

>>71116532
Shovel

>>71116438
>lace sensor neck
>dimarzio or JB in the bridge
based based BASED

the JB and the hot rails are the only SD pickups I would allow on one of my guitars, and the Dimarzio Super 2 is my go to for replacing a HB.

Lace? The best clean singles still, without a doubt. I dunno if that's what they were emulating with the plain plastic pickup cover but the stock stuff on these new offsets (and just about every Fender really) just sounds like shit

Is the MG30CFX a good amp? Looking for something in $200 range

>>71117259
>Is the MG30CFX a good amp?
No

>Looking for something in $200 range
Cute

>>71117396
How about the mustang ii
I'm just gonna play it in my room anyways not trying to shake the house down

>>71116532
Cello

>>71117466
Sounds less like shit then the mg

>>71117556
Okay we're getting somewhere
What do you use?

>>71116438
dat chicago strap

>>71117466
I have a mustang III v2 and i've had fun with it.
A few of the stock patches are pretty decent (I think the best sounding lead tone was called still of the night or something), but i've made much better ones myself.
If its just a practice amp I think you'll like it, all of the effects will keep you messing around with it and in turn keep you playing.
I think all the models below III dont have a screen though.

>>71117587
For practice by myself i either dont plug in or use a noisy cricket or similar i built

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>>71117466
>>71117602

The new spider V just came out recently too so thats another option you might try out at guitar center or something. The line6 software is much much better than the fender stuff.

>>71117602
Thanks dude I think I'll go with it
>>71117729
No distortion though?

>>71117795
Distortion hides imperfections. A rehearsal would be different, overall sound is important.

And 386 based amps have distortion

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Good God how loud would this be?

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>>71117906

>>71117906
They likey aren't real or are just hollowed out.

>>71117887
Sometimes clean is good for practice and sometimes distorted is good for practice. Distortion can amplify your mistakes and you also have to practice efficient muting to tame all the possible noise that can come out.

>>71117941
lol thats awesome
If I was a lead guitarist in a famous band I'd have a wall of fake cabs too

>>71117906
Seeing that there's only one indicator light on....

>>71117966
People have a problem with muting after more than 6 months of playing? How?

>>71117966
tell me more about how your pedal board makes you play better

>>71118006
>>71118063
Calm down faggots. There's nothing wrong with what I said.

Did anyone ever rip the videos from musicisum?

>>71115943
>a lot of these charts show I've been playing longer than a lot of people here
>they all have nicer shit than me
I hate being poor

>>71118339
better to be a great player with shitty gear

>>71117941
>have actual jack into one of the "heads" that leads to a real amp to be convincing
>set up in a small club
>signal leads to a clean concealed fender amp

>>71118339
I've been playing for 7ish years now so it built up, I only had that big baby because it was my dads and he wanted me to have it, otherwise I was at my ibanez starter guitar (which are great starters and a few of the cheaper things there I got for christmas slowly until I started to just work and save up for some of the stuff there. ->>71118780 THIS, because I wish I would have practiced more earlier on but instead I have this ego where I don't like to play anything I don't write myself and thus I don't end up learning new things unless I figure it out how they did it on an album I own or something. Honestly just keep playing and when you think you want something, spot it out and save up for it, it will mean more when you finally pick it up and can play what you wanted to play on it.

I am physically incapable of playing a bass line and melody line separately. My thumb gets messed up and plays with my other fingers. Is there a good way of practicing finger independence?

>>71118976
don't try to play the whole bass melody, play the notes you can and stick to the notes that will pop, like every other or every third or something, try swinging up to hit the bass when it's appropriate maybe

>>71119226
I mostly play blues in an open tuning, so it's just an alternation between the first and third string with my thumb. I can physically play it if I practice lining the bassline up with the melody, it's a very easy line I just can't keep my thumb independent from the rest of my picking. I have the same issue with the piano.

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>>71111143
>>71111217
I love the 80's hair metal super strat thing though

>>71119286

Hmm, something that helps me with like open slide/blue grass stuff is to pluck the bass but then I'l do a twangy up-pull to hit the melody, I watch marissa anderson to try and get ideas for how to do this stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL1dvt91Pd4

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>>71119381
that thing is pure sex

>>71118006
Muting when tapping/sweeping is tricky
Muting while riffing is easy mode

>>71119487
>truss rod opening at the bottom of the neck
disgusting

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>>71119381
Charvel will always survive. I think cause they can still take a conservative approach to the SS like that. I think Kramer is about to call it quits as well. Satchel from Steel Panther had his signature Kramer finally come out last year, and he's already using only Charvels on stage.

>>71119518
its also the legit strat headstock they have licensed from fender, it makes the whole guitar look better

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>>71119487

>>71118976
Regular practice is the most important thing. Thumb independence is a skill that takes time and eventually just becomes muscle memory.

As for specific exercises, use basic rhythms (half notes, quarter notes, eighths, etc.) to play with your other fingers while your thumb is doing the bass part. Playing scales or simple melodies on the high strings is another good thing to throw in, since it takes your focus away from your thumb, but that might not be comfortable until later.

>>71104557
>And Dimebag is quite possibly the most overrated guitarist in history
He really isn't.

>>71103677
do you post this exact response in every thread every time a tele is posted?

>>71119505
>Caring more about looks than actual functionality
Stick to Les Pauls

>>71104529
I have one of these. sh13 is the fucking tits, but the quality of the rest of the hardware is trash.

>>71119381
>>71119487
>>71119622

are these charvels guitars heavy?
ive found super strats in the past too be ridiculously weighty

>>71119622
This one looks better. I'm not a big fan of either color, though. I like the neck and everything else.

>>71119913
nvm just read its around 8.5 lbs
thats not light but it isnt quite LP weight yet

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>>71119948
Cantrell G&L superhawk weighs over 10lbs ouch

How likely is it that sub $300 guitars will be completely unusable from the factory nowadays? I want to buy a guitar just to see if I like the specs on it or not and I can set up most things on my own aside from things like refretting and electronics, but if I'm going to learn that then I might as well learn on a cheap guitar.

The last time I bought a guitar was in 2012 so I have no idea if the quality on guitars from South Korea and Indonesia are better nowadays.

>>71119869
>implying that's more functional
and I hate the look of Les Pauls m8

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>>71120096
I bought a $180 squier tele at guitar center back in 2008 and I've used it live countless times over the past decade, granted I changed the pickups and all the wiring, but oddly enough the tuners and bridge are stock

Cheap guitars simply rock

>>71120137
That's literally the only reason to have it there you dipshit, so you don't have to fuck around with removing the truss rod cover and things like that

>>71120211
>you dipshit
wtf that isn't very nice m8

>>71120304

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>>71104396
Except that he is a next-level retard right-wing conspiracy nut. He literally thinks that Sandy Hook was faked so that Obama could take away his guns...

>>71120369
>implying it wasn't

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Thoughts on thomann Harley Benton guitars?planning on buying one and putting in new pickups

>>71120750

Avoid.

>>71121002
Why?

>>71121448
memes

>>71121448
> black
> but also white
> not a bass

Unless you do meth and are a 39 year old woman who drives your kids to soccer practice in a minivan you don't need it

>>71121505
What guitar do you have

>>71121810

Washburn pxl10

>>71121830
Does your have a Matt finish?

>>71121910

idk, it's brown and not painted

>>71121983
But are you not able to tell what type of finish is on your own guitar by looking at it?

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>>71122026

I don't play fighting games, idk about finishes. This is the guitar I have