/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

>tfw incredibly low self-esteem
>tfw hate to play even remotely loud
>tfw you own a twin reverb
>tfw toanz = shit at low volume on a twin reverb because duh
>tfw you live in a guest house/converted garage so you could easily crank it if you wanted to
>tfw you play great unplugged or at essentially inaudible levels but your playing goes to shit with any volume whatsoever
>tfw your lack of confidence/self-esteem is holding you back
fucking kill me

oh, while we're at it

>tfw you will never write a song that isn't an absolute dumpster fire

>>71491391
I'm the opposite. When I play loud it sounds like arena rock tier stuff. And my adrenaline gets pumping and I literally bust out guitar solos of legend. Everyone in the neighborhood gathers near my windows and women start having orgasms in the street.

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Will /gg/ pitch another fit in this thread because no one takes them or their opinions seriously in real life or online?

None of you will ever have 1/10th of the success Kirk Hammet has had playing guitar.

Why do you think that is?

>>71491391
i'm trying to write songs now too... I'm fucking terrible at pulling riffs from scales.. I cant write a hook that would catch a dead fish.. .

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About to order this beauty, what do you guys think?

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So like... does anybody want to jam?

>>71491450
i'm not a dick rider.

>>71491464
I would never personally order a strat without playing one.

>>71491464
>buying a strat with only 21 frets in 2017

haha fucking loser

>>71491499
I've played on Strats, and I have a Squier Strat from the 90's which I had for like a fucking decade now, and which I actually love. If I'm that infutiated with a Squier Strat, I'll love my new Fender. Plus, like I've said, I've played on many Strats before.

What does /gg/ think of Rob Scallon?

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>>71491489
What do you prefer to call it? Bandwagoning?

Choosing to ride a bunch of smaller dicks instead of riding the big giant one is still riding dick, Anon.

FYI

>>71491485
woah that ring is actually cool

>>71491600
All guitar related Youtube personalities are shit since they eventually get desperate for content and make lame shit.

LOL RAP SONGS PLAYED IN 25 DIFFERENT METAL STYLES xD

you know what I mean

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>not enough guitars to play every tuning

>>71491638
woah buddy, this is /gg/ you can't criticize unless you're better than the player you're talking about.

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>>71491609
No. I just dont ride any dick and do it all for myself. Fame is the goal of youth and stupid people. I dont want to make you feel anything with my playing. I want to get out what I struggle to express in other ways.

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>>71491534
That's my point, in my own eprsonal experience fender strats and teles have been very hit and miss more often than not coming down to the individual guitar feeling good / bad instead of using the models as indication. Played a few dog shit fenders worth ~£1000 and some incredible ~£200 dark horses. hence why I would never buy a fender strat without trying it myself.

>>71491532
Yeah less than 22 is basically unplayable..

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Gonna get me an 1960 Tribute Plus.

Doesn't look like I'll have enough time today to order it, so have to put it off till monday.

>>71491702
SGs should never be without the pickguard. It looks naked.

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http://www.guitarcenter.com/Seagull/Entourage-Rustic-CW-QIT-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar.gc

Looking for an acoustic-electric. Is this worth the money?

I just found out there are people who play G chords with three fingers and that this is a common, "accepted" way to play a G chord. What the fuck?

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>>71491678
>I do it all for myself
Sure you do, squirt.
>express
lmao, express to who? The people you "don't want to feel anything" with your playing?

You can't even be honest with yourself, this is why you're a failure taking shots at successful people like Kirk Hammet online.

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>>71491735
Yeah i feel you on that, beautiful burst colour mind you. Tumblr is great for gear lurking because all the hipsters put time and effort into their pictures in the hopes people notice them.

>>71491673
>he's still this upset
put him in your trophy case roman

>>71491851
i'm not upset at all friendo

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>>71491878
Goddamn, check this idiot out /gg/.

>>71491902
>falling for reverse b8
how.gnu

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>>71491796
>not him
I don't give a flying fuck if kirk can play or not, doesn't affect me in the slightest, I don't listen to his music. If people enjoy it then whatever, people are also into being shit on (my point being to each their own) but guitar is a great way to express yourself musically, it doesn't have to be to anyone else. the only other person who listens to my playing is my father because he plays too, outside of that I play for my own sense of gratification and because it's (this may be hard to understand) f u n. Guitars are fun, they're infuriating, they're nice to look at, they're whatever you decide to make of them. if he thinks its shit, so what, you think its not shit, so what. nothing changes because of these opinions so stop getting worked up over things you can't control. Fuck me, lads.
>6/10 if rused im sick of /gg/s bickering

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>>71491796
>express to who?
Me. Can you not read? Or are you too busy trying to read between the lines at your own script? Your bait is cute but your argument style is one of those "just declare yourself the winner and you've won" types. Have fun being a faggot.

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>tfw you got roman hook, line, sinker again

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Have you ever seen me come up empty handed, /gg/?

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>it's this fucking ez
lmfao

>he can't play everything he hears by ear in 1 second after hearing it once
how does it feel to be bad?

>>71492027
ask roman

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You were right >>71489795, I had to step it up.

You know you respect my work, Family.

most brands
POWER GAP
fendur
POWER GAP
gibshit

Talk to me about Hagstroms

>>71492130
they're based as fuck desu. i want a swede so bad, my local shop has one too, i played it yesterday.

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How heavy is your electric guitar and what would be the weight of the absolute heaviest guitar you'd play standing up?

And do tonewoods really matter or is it really just the pickups, amp, strings, and pick that make 99% of a solidbody electric guitar's sound?

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>>71492130
I have a Viking

Very comfortable to play
Gets really great feedback when you want it. Though that's probably the same for any hollowbody.

>>71491702
hm I guess you're right, bro. I'll go and play it, and if it feels right, I'll buy it. Luckily, the shop I'm ordering from isn't that far away, it's like 3-4 hours by train, I'll just go and try it out. Thanks, man.

>>71492216
vikings just seem way to big imo

>>71492214
My guitar is about 8 pounds, though i'm willing to play a 10 pound guitar standing up.

As for tonewoods, they don't mean much imo. Pickups,amp, and string matter much more for a solid body. That being said, the denseness of wood as a small effect on sustain from my experience.

Lads, where can I find a place that sells custom SG bodies?
The Warmoth body isn't what i'm looking for, I mean a real SG like this>>71491702

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>>71492263
I guess. But unless your like 5'6 I don't see how they can be that big. Super lightweight too.

When it comes to a Strat what's the big difference between a rosewood or maple fretboard? How much does it affect the tone? I have several guitars and they all have rosewood so I'm thinking of going maple when I finally buy a Strat but I'm not sure.

>>71492263
for you

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>mfw theres always that one guy roman drives crazy in every thread

>>71492575
himself?

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>>71491702
>space for 2 extra frets
>puts a useless piece of plastic there

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>>71492575
>mfw someone triggers roman in every single thread
he's like a sjw snowflake with an extra side of autism

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>>71492708
>>71492799

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>>71492846
>roman is actually the one triggering himself
>mfw
he must be on another level or something

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what kinda guitars do right wing players own?
pic related

explain the roman meme

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>tfw I can get to you but you can't get to me

>>71492975
>autistic grown man
>pretends to be a teenage "le master trole" that gets bullied by his mom
>on a string instrument classifieds website

>>71492964
Nige isn't a guitar my man.

>>71492964
I own a Squier Special Tele with a soapbar in the neck position

>tfw triggered roman again
2ez

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>>71493005
>on a string instrument classifieds website
how very reddit of you

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it's nice when actual guitar players post.
this generic meme retarded humor is unbearable.

>>71493005
So he's some old miserable faggot who is a regular in these threads? How do you spot him? Or is roman a concept, not a person?

>>71493031
t.reddit

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>>71492964
COME AND TAKE IT

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>itt

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>>71493044
>>71492964
Go Gibson or Go Home

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>>71493140
baka
will they ever learn senpaitachi

>>71491391
you need to stop practicing unplugged right now

>>71493140
roman's looking a lil burnt desu

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>>71491366
I sold my Two-Rock Crystal this week (the closest the common man can get to a John Mayer tone). It was the most expensive piece of equipment I've ever purchased ($3.5k), and was fucking unbelievably amazing, but in the end I realized I'm just not worth of it. It was like driving a Ferrari to the grocery store. I'm going to continue practicing until I've earned the right to such tones (been playing 20 years btw).

Nice demo vid that shows a typical tone: https://youtu.be/-gOp9nR9LfY

>>71493227
Why would you want to sound like John Mayer anyways. Also that amp doesn't sound like anything special, you can easily get that sound out of a Deluxe Reverb.

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lmao

>>71493227
what did you cop instead

>tfw u r the triggermaster

>>71493260
I didn't want to sound like Mayer, I just wanted perfect cleans. Short of a Dumble I don't think there is an amp that can rival its clean tones, every single person who heard it or played it was floored. A modern Fender amp isn't even in the same ballpark unfortunately. It just had magic, I don't know how else to say it: https://youtu.be/-BP20vXgu-w

Nothing, I've got a few g's I can just put in the bank or find something new. I'm actually considering picking up a Kemper for the massive variety of profiles. They're all slightly inferior to the real thing, but it's a compromise I can live with. https://youtu.be/BY7tYUn445E

>>71493323
Second part of >>71493433 was meant for you

>>71493433
don't get a kemper. i did the whole axe-fx thing for a while. it was nice, but the technology changes so fast. that shit will be outdated before you know it. I sold mine and haven't looked back.

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>>71493034
very much so
none of it is even the slightest bit intellectual or funny.

>>71491464
Boring af.

Daily reminder that if you cant sweep youre a pleb.

>LOL LE SHREDDING XD

its used in all kinds of music and you must know how to do it.

>>71493471
> making fun of Telecasters, Strymon pedals, Two-Rock amps, and Chappers/The Captain/Rabea

DROPPED

>>71493509
I know, the thought of pulling the trigger on Kemper is painful because I know they'll just always ship a superior one in the near future, kind of the opposite of valve amps. I'll at least wait for the next one, we'll see.

>>71493534
"sweeping" isnt a necessary skill you dumbfuck

>>71491795
How the fuck else would you do it? Mute the a string and just let the high b play instead?

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>>71493517
>intellectual

Hey guys.

Just wondering what useless piece of gear i should waste my money on this month instead of becoming a better play. Let me know.

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>>71493547
don't be that guy, its so obvious it hurts
> pic related is you

>>71493534
I listen to many genres of music and nobody I'm familiar with sweeps. Actually I take that back. I took my father to see John Fogerty live a few years ago and he did some sweeping during the "Ramble Tamble" jam. It didn't impress me that he was sweeping so much that a 70 year old took the time to learn a new technique like that. Tells me he's still into learning new stuff.

>>71493573
yes we get it you're one of these meme retards who posts all day about some guy named "rome" or about "baiting"

why dont you grow up a little bit.

>>71493569
>intellectual
Pretending to be a retard isn't smart because even if you're just pretending everyone still thinks you're a retard.

>>71493547
Its necessary if you want to be anything more than a pleb guitarist in the modern day. Stick to chords if youre so triggered.

>>71493571
Buy a Les Paul and you will be a better player duh.

>>71491673
>implying anyone here actually PLAYS guitar

guitar players are fags. i just carry around gear to make people THINK i play guitar

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>>71493605
No, I'm not, however that post is quite clearly low hanging bait regardless of what fuckwit posted it.
Why do I always get the feeling /gg/ is full of underaged kids...

>>71493534
What if I play all my arpeggios legato, but faster and more fluently than most people sweep? Can I still be a patrician?

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>>71493607
>this generic meme retarded humor is unbearable

>>71493571
A mandolin.
An e-bow.
Stompboxes.

>>71493611
>sweeping is necesarry in the modern day

This is what Metal/Djent fags actually believe. Try broadening your musical horizons you twat.

>>71491783
I just have a mini-jumbo acoustic from them, and it's very nice.

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>tfw all some anons want to do is start fights and we will never have peace in /gg/

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>>71493571

>>71493644
>LE METULFAGS!!
The reason ive realized so many guitarists outside of metal sweep is because ive broadened my horizons. If you had done the same youd realize this as well. Its in jazz blues country all kinds if stuff. But alas, you are triggered at the first sign of skill or perseverance. Most of gg is though, so you fit in just fine.

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>>71493633
This isn't meme humour, its bait shitposting that idiots keep falling for because of their own bloody insecurities.
>this guitar is shit
>N-NO YOU
>>71493667
mods are lazy cunts.

>>71492214
>And do tonewoods really matter or is it really just the pickups, amp, strings, and pick that make 99% of a solidbody electric guitar's sound?

i'd say about 95% of a solid body electric comes from the picks, strings, amps, and pickups. Wood _does_ have a contribution, but it's not as significant as people would have you believe (especially PRS shilling).

sweeping really isn't a necessary skill though because you don't need to do it

>>71493517
Is this Johnny Cash??

>>71493681
>so many guitarists outside of metal sweep

Nope. And the one's who do are just doing it to prove they can, not to serve the song. Name 5 non-metal guitarists who sweep frequently.

>>71493471
Bigsky is the god tier reverb though.

you win roman

you always do

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>>71493706
>>71493729
no but I certainly hurt myself today by reading this thread.

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Everytime I try to talk about my love for duo sonics everyone calls me a gay and tells me to fuck off with my shoegazing i dont even know what soegaze is

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>>71493792

>>71493538
>they'll just always ship a superior one in the near future
yeah, this happened to me. I had an axe-fx ii for like, a year and a half, maybe two max before they introduced the XL and XL+ or whatever. Garbage. It's always changing and it's always costing.

>>71493681
>The reason ive realized so many guitarists outside of metal sweep is because ive broadened my horizons.

Just because you know like 4 or 5 classical composers or jazz musicians doesn't mean you've broadened your horizons m8.

>>71493792
Why would you want this?

>>71493865
lightweight, easy to play, comfortable, sounds great, cheap...

>>71493875
>sounds great

Lol

>>71493733
Frank gambale (many jazz llayers use the same style as he does) eric johnson guthrie govan literally any gypsy jazz or classical player. Obviously its not used the same as metal, but if you listened to any of these youd find it. Its really not that hard bro, no need to get upset, just learn it.

>tfw you enjoy playing the guitar but you don't really have the motivation or attention span required to get past your mediocre level and you'll probably never be in a band

Should I just sell my equipment?

>>71493846
>plays nirvana

>>71493939
being in a band is overrated

just make solo music

>>71493939
Thats literally everyone here

>>71493960
I would but I'm not really good enough. The way I describe it is I'm good enough to play songs and chord progressions and stuff, but I'm not good enough to know why or how to improvise and make my own music that doesn't sound like unoriginal trash.

>>71493939
Same here my man. I see it as diminishing returns, getting to a mediocre level was very exciting, but to go beyond this requires insane amounts of practice I'm just not willing to do. I lack the extreme autism required to get truly good. I sold everything except two guitars and two practice amps, no need to hoard gear.

>>71493967
Second

>>71493939
>don't really have the motivation or attention span required to get past your mediocre level
see
>>71493960

Also being in a band is great or incredibly shit and that depends on the other band members

>>71493960
>>71494000
I've been in two bands, both experiences have been meh. It kind of takes my relaxing hobby and turns it into stressful work. On the flipside I improved my playing a lot in both situations.

>>71493929
>Its really not that hard bro
>couldn't even name 5 guitarists
>any gypsy jazz or classical player

Stop lying. Also every beginner guitarist watches Guthrie Govan and Eric Johnson videos on youtube, that's hardly broadening your horizons.

And fuck sweeping

>>71494041
I was in one band. It was great when it was just me and the drummer. Then other people got involved and I bailed because it took a direction I didn't like.

How do I solve 1st fret buzz without fucking with the truss rod?

>>71494081
Shim the nut or file the first fret

Anyone got any tips for starting a band

>>71493939
You don't need to be good to be in a band. Hell, many successful bands formed and then the members learned to play their instruments.
>“We didn’t start off as proficient musicians,” Berenyi says. “I became a singer by default. We could literally only play the songs we wrote. We went on tour with Ride and at the soundcheck they started jamming.” She shudders. “Not us.”

>>71494113
Have beer and a garage

>>71493942
Fucking good one m8

>>71494113
Know exactly what you want to play before you start the band. Make sure everyone knows what they should have practiced before you meet, and have an agenda for what you'll play when you're all together. Don't move/touch anyone else's gear or they'll blame you when something goes wrong with it. Don't play with anyone who doesn't have transportation and a source of income. Don't leave your gear at your practice space. Be punctual. Be able to play your part blindfolded and backwards before you play it with your bandmates. Don't play with junkies/losers. Be nice, have fun.

>>71494164
uh oh looks like roman put on his crazyaga persona again

>>71494113
Start one with friends. Have a convenient practice spot. Practice at least twice a week, preferably more. Don't focus on shit like what style you want to be or what your name or image should be. Just jam and write songs for a few months and then once you get like 15-20 good songs practice the fuck out of them until you're a tight unit. Then go out and play live and own the fucking crowd.

>>71494101
How would you go about doing that on a floyd rose? Can 't I just raise the nut? remove it, put a small piece of wood underneath it and reassemble?

>>71491499

Dude I agree so much. I wouldn't order ANY guitar without playing it. I have bought too many guitars online that didn't live up to my expectations, including a $2,400 PRS Hollowbody Spruce that just sounded dead (nothing against PRS guitars, I own a few, but this one just didn't have any life to it ya know?) I now have a strict "play before buy" policy, and to be honest I'm this close to declaring the same thing for amps.

>>71494203
Sounds like you've have some shit band experiences m8. I feel like that's how a lot of bands operate, thankfully I've never experienced that sort of environment.

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>>71494208

>>71494259
Yeah man you're preaching to the choir. Some guitars are down right terrible out of the box and require a lot of setup.

>>71494259
>including a $2,400 PRS Hollowbody Spruce that just sounded dead

Holy shit. I would feel devasted spending that much on a guitar that underwhelmed me. Did you get a full refund at least?

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>Tfw last band was uncomfortable with everyone constantly fighting and it killed all enthusiasm to play with other people

>>71493227

Two rocks are cool but yeah like, I could never see myself spending over 2k on an amp to be honest. I have a handwired Vox that was $1200 and the biggest difference between that and one of the PCB ones is that the handwired can be fixed easily if something goes wrong, and it'll probably outlast me. I don't think it sounds any better than a PCB to be honest.

>>71494068
>y-youre wrong
Lmao. Shitty players btfo

>>71493680

That actually looks pretty cool. Wonder how it sounds.

> tfw I will never be as good as this Japanese salaryman

https://youtu.be/0qAC2TMSYWk

>>71493433
Got a 50w Two Rock Studio Pro last year for all the same reasons you've mentioned, i totally agree. Im waiting for my 2x12 open back with celestion golds thats being made. yis yis tonez for days sweet jesus i love that amp.

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https://youtu.be/hNKjuC2kSPs


I've been playing for about 2 years but i can't get that fucking part at 00:42

Any advice?

>>71494351
>y-youre wrong
Says the guy who can't name 5 non-metal guitarists and 2 of them were fucking Eric Johnson and Guthrie Govan.

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>https://clyp.it/4jkkiqzg

update from mathrocky thing i posted yesterday; added some shit tier tapping, what y'all think?

>>71494251
Yeah, but I'd be very careful not to break it or crack it when removing it. They are usually glued in place.

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>>71494387
p
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>>71494392
Yeah. I really like that. Good job m8

>>71494392
I really like that little ditty at 19 seconds

>>71493190
why lol

>>71494309

I sold it like a year or two later for about 90% of what I paid for it. Thankfully I kept it in pretty much perfect condition.

>>71494416
Thought the guy in a picture was me for a second

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>>71494416
Th-Thanks for the advice, anon

>>71494433
Oh no that's me

>>71494426

I am not the guy who said that, but I completely agree with him. It's a bit like you're training for a marathon but you only run on a treadmill. Then the race comes and you have to run outside, but you're not used to it at all and you don't do nearly as well as you should've. You should've been training outside all along. Does that metaphor make any sense?

>>71491391
you should convert the twin combo to a head with (http://www.mojotone.com/Cabinets_x/Cabinets_xx/Blackface-Twin-Reverb-Style-Guitar-Amplifier-Head-Cabinet) and buy a suhr reactive load to record without a cab

do these threads ever get good

>>71494497
or just sell the twin and get something else i guess lol idk even a princeton will be loud for you

>>71494514
not really, they just keep getting worse

>>71494514
Nah, /gg/ is just a bunch of retards trying to convince other retards that they're not retarded.

>>71493624
Kek in high school I had a friend that actually did carry a washburn strat around he could never play just to make other kids think he could.

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ive been playing this pure minor variant hirajoshi scale today

you just delete the 4th and 7th note of your minor scale and now you are straight up in feudal japan it sound sick

>>71494900

wew its true.

>>71494713
did it work?

>>71494900
I came from piano so scale tabs always fuck with me.

>>71494983
its just the fretboard looking down from a playing perspective

>>71494983
piano ain't no country I ever heard of. They speak English in piano?

>44 Posters
>180 replies

closing this tab now

>>71495124
cya

>>71495124
44 ips is a lot, but what do you expect, not many people care to learn guitar and much less care about it period

>>71495124
guitar is a dead instrument. i dont know what you expected.

>>71493875
Looks like it sounds like a tele while looking like a dick dale style strat. Looks twangy. I see the humbucker... But it screams twangy surf rock

>>71495174
>guitar is a dead instrument
>this is what /gg/ actually believes

even the most normie pop music utilizes guitar players for their backing tracks lmao

>>71493939
Im substituting the band bit by learning the sound board at church. My first night was tonight. Its pretty cool getting to fuck around with tens of thousands of dollars in sound equipment.

>>71495776
yes its a common instrument

what he means is the age of guitar heroes is dead

what song should i learn? i need something not too hard that has good chord and melody parts
alt/indie/classic pls

>>71493986
Like the other guy said. Most of us are here. Any ideads on how to pull soul from a scale? Ive been trying playing to all kinds of backing tracks... Not really working but.. monkey and a typewritter scenario...

>>71495784
the age of guitar heroes may be dead, but guitar music is far from it contrary to what /gg/ shitposters believe

the biggest rock and metal bands still consistently hold sold-out concerts

help name my solo project gg

>>71495837
The Swans

>>71495852
what about snaws eht?

>>71495837
Hendrix

>>71495799
Not your catagories but foo fighters are always fun songs to play.

>>71495873
hendicks

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XendriX

>>71495833
Decline of the empire.

Impressions on this?
Came up with the riff and halfassed the rest of the song

https://clyp.it/kkeppizz

>>71496071
i like it even if it sounds familiar

>>71496147
you mean generic or reminds of a specific song?

>>71496177
lil of both
can't remember the song tho

>>71494900
Awesome scale.

>>71495799
this >>71495918
or Coldplay cause it'll get you laid
bitches love coldplay

i've been playing bass for a while and i just played a guitar for the first time

holy FUCK the strings are close together i'm struggling

Rate or hate https://clyp.it/zuzvhkiq

>>71496374
r u me?

i recently did the same, the only thing guitar has helped me with is my fretting hand technique. now i have a better grip with my fingers nice and curled into the frets.

you taking any lessons are you just messing around?

>>71496410
lul what's with the ear-splitting last chord? nice production/execution but why put so much effort into a kiss cover?

>>71496466
i'm just messing around, i'm gonna see if I have any real interest in playing it. I don't want to start paying for lessons until I know that I want to learn it

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>>71496374

just wait until you get to barre chords my man

>>71496483
Thats for a punchy last chord
Cause i'm a kiss fan

>>71496523
My wife cant figure out why this is funny. Nice label

>>71496410
Go Sleep Samuel

>>71494113
Wear a band shirt and go to a house party
Worked for me

>>71496519
lessons are pretty much a complete waste of money imo. literally only good to make sure you don't develop bad technique but you can do that via youtube videos and shit

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How does this tremolo work?

I’m guessing it moves vertically, up and down towards and away from the pick-ups, right?

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What does /GG/ think of buckeye/poplar burl?

>>71495837
Richard Jasonson

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>>71496836

>>71496846
looks like shit most of the time

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>>71496865

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>>71496908

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>>71496925

ok bruh we get it SG WHOA!!!

but those faggot tremolos are gay af

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>>71496846
Sometimes it's nice if you're into those kind of guitars

>>71496602
beside justinguitar.com
what youtube channel is /gg/ approved?

>>71497039
steve terreberry

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>>71496836
>>71496865
>>71496908
>>71496925
>>71496943

how the fuck do you keep your pick from sliding from your fingers whenever you're strumming fast? I have this issue almost every time and i have to stop to re-adjust it

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>>71496846

Any kinda wood is better then a painted guitar.

Might as well make it out of plastic, if you're just going to dip it in a bucket of paint...

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>>71497060

>>71497039
samurai guitarist

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>>71497145

>>71497068
Hold it on a slight angle so it glides over the strings instead of through them? Don't know if that'll help you.

>go to a random live show because a friend wanted company
>every single band is shit

made me think. honestly i want to start a band just because i know i could do this shit better

>>71497299
where at?
i can't play for shit but i'll join

>>71497229
that works sometimes, but even then, the pick will slide underneath my fingers to where very little is exposed and my fingers are painfully hitting the strings

>>71497317
new england

you say you can't play for shit but if you're here i'm sure you have taste and that's better than technical skill any day desu

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>>71493035
Roman is essentially gee gees babysitter. He keeps all the high schoolers busy while the adults talk. When a thread goes to shit like the last one did you can be assured there's no one worth talking to there and go somewhere else. I used to hate him but I've learned to enjoy watching him toy around with noobs in these threads. He's become a huge time saver for me.
Only idiots reply to Roman.

>>71497055
>>71497150
how about tutorial videos?

Okay guys I just bought a brand new guitar when do women start wanting to have sex with me?

>>71497713
when you git gud
at piano

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0UXan0AMoUF

Is the tone well off here or does it go well with the song? I'm new to recording and it's a fucking nightmare.

Higher quality version:

https://my.mixtape.moe/reyljh.m4a

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I just bought a Peavey TKO 115 S (Sheffield Speakers), it's a bass amp. It's about 75 watts.

The 2 guitarists in the band play amps that are about 100 watts

will I be loud enough and sound good?

pic unrelated

>>71497713
>uys I just bought a brand new
Right before you started playing guitar.

>>71497741
If you aren't playing through a PA then as long as they don't push there volume up to the max you'll be fine.

As for whether you sound good, don't rely on your gear....

>>71497803
for sure, the guitarist plays a peavey stereo chorus (which is like over 200 watts), he doesn't turn it over like 1

>>71497803
the amp also has wheels if that means anything

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>>71497713
>brand new guitar

Classic rookie mistake, women will only flock to you if your guitar has seen some abuse. Should have gotten a relic.

Thinking about dropping 1000 bucks on the Dean Dave Mustaine signature model.
Give me one good reason why I shouldn't do it. They are objectively the most aesthetic V shaped guitars made right now, and I'll support Dave until the day I die. I love that man.

>>71498062
>Thinking about dropping 1000 bucks on the Dean


Stopped reading there, don't.

>>71498062
>Dean

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>>71497055

>Steve Terrymeme

That nu-male is absolute shite. I've tried to watch his channel and I could not stop cringing.

>>71498140
I can't deny his chops, but man does he try hard to be funny. Despite that I can't even remember a time I've so much as chuckled at one of his videos. Same goes for Jared Dines, except his channel is much worse because it's all unfunny comedy videos in the same rehashed '10 Metal Vocal Styles' format. At least Steve tries to make some helpful content.

>>71498062
Fuck what the other two said, the Dave Vs are the best V I've seen. If you feel it's worth it to drop 1k on a Dean then do it.

>>71497738
What I think about it:
-Tone sounds fine for the song
-very noticeable dead notes and sloppiness
-Too much muted strumming used IMO

>>71496177
Sounds like something off the who's tommy. Like a blend of a few songs.

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>>71497039
Martyyyy

>>71498247
>fat jew teaches plebs how to (often incorrectly) play classic rock riffs he got from ultimate guitar tabs

Yeah, Marty is definitely a good channel.

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>>71498258
You appear to be upset, goy

>>71498247
>>71498308
look at this smug mufacka lmfao

>>71498308
lol he smug as shit

>>71498062
I prefer the ESP arrow or V style over the dean. Still though. Go used and find one cheaper.

>>71498258
uhhhhhh what does him being jewish have anything to do with his ability to teach guitar?

are you some sort of antisemite?

>>71493792
I want the white one desu

>>71491366
it can't possibly get uglier than that

>>71493986
>>but I'm not good enough to know why or how to improvise and make my own music that doesn't sound like unoriginal trash
tfw am that good but have zero ambition to do anything meaningful with it.

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Anyone feel it's easier to play a guitar without face inlays? (side dots only)

I feel it makes improvisation better because you can visualize scale patterns without getting hung up on the main box shapes (G on 3rd fret, A on 5th etc)
Maybe its just me, but I play faster on them definitely

What makes you guys laugh?

>>71491464
BLUE

>>71498779
true
inlays are for nostalgia fetishists
unless it's shark fin inlays

>>71498790
seeing fresh gibson purchases

>>71498790
in /gg? romans antics

>>71498790
people who buy meme guitars from meme brands that aren't Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, Epiphone, or Taylor

does anyone have some jazz music to get my creative juices flowing?

>>71498891
>Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, Epiphone, or Taylor
nice meme brands

non meme brands
PRS
LTD
ESP
jackson
carvin
charvel
hagstrom
schecter
gretsch
martin
steinberg

>>71498878
In and out.

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>>71498978
>all of them are meme brands

is epiphone a meme brand

i'm a poor student so i couldn't buy a gibson les paul

>>71499010
why would you buy a gibson?

>>71499017
Which company makes a better Les Paul?

>>71499017
b-because it's what real musicians use

>>71499005
I've never once seen people talking about ESP in these threads.

>>71499024
literally anybody

>>71499024
Edwards?

>>71499029
If that's the case why have Fender and Gibson dominated the market and not the others?

>>71499072
jews

>>71499072
because they have meme status as a real professional musicians guitars so people buy them to emulate their favorite guitarists

>>71499091
>because they have meme status as a real professional musicians guitars so people buy them to emulate their favorite guitarists

And why have Fender and Gibson established themselves as the two biggest real professional musicians' brands and not the others?

>>71499101
van halen and kurt cobain

>>71491783
Seagull/Godin is a blessing.

>>71498950
I'm replying to myself, jazz is too broad, does anybody want to share some music that has inspired them creatively recently? I don't often post here so I apologize if I don't know the correct way to ask for music recommendations .

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>http://www.seymourduncan.com/forum/showthread.php?159432-what-the-diffrence-between-maple-and-ebony-fretboard-in-a-stratocaster

>guitarists actually think the fucking fretboard material makes a difference in a solidbody electric guitar's tone

>>71499151
https://youtu.be/6fZPRZm7yUQ

>>71499165
It would be one thing to notice any difference but to actually have a preference is delusion

>>71499182
Great song, I'm definitely going to DL some of their albums, I discovered post-punk via Joy Division around a year ago. The whole Manchester scene is an interesting time in music.

>>71498950
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=476vNb6thyM
>tfw you will never play this smoothly

>>71499151
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ky1td3_6LY

Can someone with a better ear than mine tell me what the chords are over "I'm through with you" at around 34 seconds?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ualtLQW8xCg&t=34s
I got something like C9 - D7b5 - F7:
xx875x (bb, d, e)
xx653x (ab, c, d)
x875xx (f, a, c)

>>71499319
This is what I was thinking, I'm trying to start playing with a pick but also picking individual strings with my fingers, is there a technical term for this?

>>71499425
hybrid picking

>>71499319
Why do Jazz and Fusion guys always play those ugly guitars with no headstock and a weird body shape? What's the advantage?

>>71499442
any good places to start with practicing the technique? stuff that a typical google search wouldn't yield. musicians/bands/etc.?

>>71499617
Chon hybrid picks a good amount

>>71499520
ergonomics
toan

>>71499676
chon?

>>71499738
Yes, Chon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Qcp8bNFag
Here's an example of one of their hybrid picking riffs

>>71499027
>ESP

they're shit. now that we've talked about them lets move on

>>71491464
Thanks for not getting an ugly rosewood fretboard

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>>71499783
>best guitar manufacturer in japan for nearly 40 years
>they're shit

>>71499875
Japanese guitars aren't real guitars, silly.

>>71499027
because actual ESPs cost a fuckton and iirc some models are japan exclusive.
In my opinion, a good part of them are also ugly.

>>71497372
Interestingly enough, /agdg/ also has a resident autistic shitposter.

>>71497068
Buy star picks

>>71499425
Chicken pickin. Ac/dc does itnon a few songs. The verse on For those about to rock does it.

Why do Fender insist on putting loads of fucking gloss on the necks of most of their guitars? My 2004 MIA Strat which was sadly stolen had a totally satin neck, now looking to replace it with a high end MIM most likely and all the ones I have played have glossy necks.

Anyone know a decent Strat with a satin neck?

>>71499165
Surely the only difference is looks and feel? If there was any tonal difference it would be so slight you could compensate by tweaking the EQ. What a joke.

>>71500212
or you could spend 5 minutes with some 0000 steel wool and just rough up the neck

>>71500229
I don't really want to be fucking with a brand new guitar like that.

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>>71500244
first thing i did with my $1000 mij mustang was sand the back of the neck down

>>71496410
noice

next cover firehouse

>>71498790
This photograph

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>>71500244
There you go.

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How about you fuck boys stop talking and record something for once?

Show me your blues game meme boy

>>71500664
Been doin A harmonic minor scale this week. Cant wait to move on. I cant pull anything from this scale. That and my recording device is my phone..

>>71500664
>record something for once?
Too busy working for the uni right now
here's some wank with a delay I recorded months ago
https://clyp.it/b1mr4o2q

>>71497340
not him but where in new england? im in ct. by the way, if there are any people from ct here, are you going to see cryptopsy in may?

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>>71500212

>high end MIM
>high end

you better believe I'm laffing

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>>71500712

you forgot the part where you play the guitar