/gg/ Guitar and bass General - fretless edition

Play some chords for our fallen friend, lads.

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Take2

Pick 1 & why

>>71650195
None, get a tele

>>71650241
>tele
*boners*

>>71650241
Lol good humor very funny!

>>71650195
>guitars under 1000 dollars

kek

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>>71650163
thoughts on the modern player telecaster? It got my attention when I tried one out at a store and I thought it sounded lovely, and it was very comfy for me to play. I'm considering buying one as my first more serious electric guitar (my only one up until now is an epiphone LP that I regret buying).

is the bass on this too off or does it get by
https://clyp.it/q3fu3gbl

>>71650307
> guitars over $1000

Wow the range of those pots really makes up for the cost because i cant install $10 pots myself ;^)

>>71650367
enjoy your shitty frets, sticky necks, lack of tuning stability, inferior pickups, inferior bridge, and poor soldering poor kid. Of course you'll come up with something to reinforce your sunk-cost fallacy.

>>71650358
>tele
vomit

>>71650432
And youll do anything to justify how much you spent on your hobby top kek gibson/fender eally needs the money

>>71650358
I wanted one too until I saw the necks are literally "Chinese cardboard box" color

>>71650195
I pick none they are all crap

Are Fishman Fluence pickups any good or are they just MUH HOT OUTPUT like every other active pickup?

>>71650519
It's actually a 1500 dollar prestige Ibanez but okay. It's ok that all your trailer trash mommy could afford was your Jackson Dinky and Epiphone Special II

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Post juniors

>>71650646
weow how fast can u shred on that?? Please post!! I bet it doesnt sound like a kissless virgin who left the garbage disposal on ;)

>>71650358
>I found a guitar I loved and its perfect
>but I won't buy it, instead i'll go on 4chan and ask a bunch of losers what they think because im a fucking idiot with no brain

this is what you sound like

>>71650818
Well anything would sound bad through whatever 10watt modeling amp you play poorfag.

>>71650899
Thats My secret

I put the money into amp. Nice try tho

>>71650965
>shitty pickups into nice amp
Gross

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I hate this guy's face.

>>71651004
I didnt even post my pickups. You sound a lil red in the cheeks tho you ok!

>gear demo
>they use the camera mic

Why?

>>71651035
a bit chubby isnt it
i dont like how polite his stuff look but i guess he likes his stuff fancy and thats why he achieves success

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Is this usable or a one trick pony? Should I buy it?

>>71651219
generations of inbreeding

>>71650195
the revstar is apparently really good, but i haven't played one

my friends dot is really nice

dan electros are fun toys, idk how anyone could use one as a main guitar

the new chinese gretches made by fender are crap

>>71650307
>guitars over 1000 dollars
music store employees refer to these as 'lawyer guitars' or 'doctor guitars', i.e. rich bored 45 year old dad guitars. young working musicians cant afford that shit

>open new package of strings
>1st string is missing

Fuck I'm mad. What should I do?

>>71651447
Call the police

Redpill me on octave pedals.

>tfw poorfag
I can't even afford an epiphone and amp combo.

Seriously life isn't even worth living without money.I'm seriously considering just ending it all.

>>71652128
Or work toward a better job

>>71651035
I wanna hate him because he's unfunny and has a smug face, but he's really knowledgeable and seems like a nice guy

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How do you guys record guitar and bass? I have the necessary entry level equipement (audio interface, microphone) but I'm having a hard time making it work.

Currently I use some kind of metronome in FL Studio and try recording the instruments one by one, but it isn't working very well. Sounds kind of stiff and unnatural. Is there a better method for recording, or do I just need to practice more? Should I start recording in segments instead of doing the whole piece in one take?

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>>71652320
here's a quick unmastered unmixed example

https://soundcloud.com/drejardoktorn/dragon-roost/s-LbsUF

(yeah I play neither the bass or ukulele)

Is there anything more flavorful than phrygian?

>>71650358
The body is made of pine so it's shit. If it was made out of alder I'd probably get one.

Just get a MiM Tele or a Deluxe Nashville Tele if you can afford it.

>>71652444
Phrygian Dominant

>>71652444
Altered

>>71652444
Whole tone

>>71652168
Ha!

>>71652320
>Sounds kind of stiff and unnatural
You're most likely just noticing the imperfections in your playing upon hearing them back for the first time. Nothing about tracking to a click is going to make you sound unnatural. So yes, practice more

>Should I start recording in segments instead of doing the whole piece in one take?
That's up to you. It'll definitely give you a cleaner end product when you can just focus on perfecting little sections one by one. But you also have to be able to edit them together so they sound like one take. Which isn't that difficult, just play into and out of the surrounding riffs and use tiny crossfades to blend the clips together.

Also a common method is doing one take and "punching in" to fix up little errors here and there. I'd only recommend this if you're a really accurate player and have the song well rehearsed

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any tips for how to start song writing and composition? I keep trying but I don't think I do things in an order that works well. writing melodies is the only thing I'm decent out but that doesn't make a song.

PLEASE rate my first song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtI4lwILudk

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>>71652945
Thanks for the reply friend!

Yea I kinda suspected much of it was in my head, but I wanted to have it confirmed. Will practice more for sure.

Any general tips for recording electric guitar and acoustic? Right now I just set the mic in front of the amp or the acoustic guitar and hit record basically. Is that all there is to it?

>>71652469
what's wrong with pine other than that pine bodies being extremely easy to dent/beat up?

>>71652996
that's a big point

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Let's start one of these

>>71650358
>humbucker on tele
why?

>>71651249

Anyone? been thinking about getting this

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>>71652996
A good starting point for miking cabs is aiming at the edge of the cone and inner circle of a speaker about an inch off the grill. You can angle the mic or move it closer to get more low end. Or move it farther back to get less. Moving the mic just a tiny bit can have a big effect on the sound, so experiment a lot and see what you like. Also worth noting you won't be able to get a good sound if you have a crappy amp or crappy cab/speakers

The best place for a single mic with an acoustic is aimed at the 12th fret several inches away

>>71653081
Why are you implying durability isn't extremely important?

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>>71650646
My man. Poor fags will never know the glory that is a Prestige Ibby.

That's the worst part about guitar players. On the whole they always want the cheapest shit they can get, instead of just saving their money and buying something nice.

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>>71650163
this thread needs more fretless

>>71653431
I bought my prestige used for $600.

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>>71651410
Are amps that aren't an Orange Crush 35w practice amp lawyer tier too?

Fuck your logic.

Okay so I've been practicing guitar for a while now. How do you start songwriting with guitar?

>>71653576
you need this thing called "talent"

>>71653233
No

>>71653576
Youtube Ben Levin he has a whole thing on music theory.

>>71653651

Wasting time learning useless musical knowledge wont help you write great songs
You either have the magic or you don't

>>71653672
idk I just need the basics man

I've tried putting stuff together but it feels like gibberish even if it sounds good

I feel like I've gotta know fundamentals

>>71653400
no but I am wondering if there are any other disadvantages in addition to lack of durability

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RIP

>>71653714
Take a class on music theory nigga

>>71653576
learn the circle of fifths and the modes, and if youre reallll desperate learn the chord progression charts for major and minor (with the roman numerals and shit)

Bass is so easy that in middle school I gigged with the school jazz band without ever actually learning how to play. I just winged every song and got compliments from the teacher. It was ridiculous.

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>>71654181
>Plays 3 minute guitar solo spanning the entire fretboard and specifically harmonizing with chords while using multiple expression pedals
>"yeah but can you pluck 2 strings while keeping a 1/8th beat at 120 bpm"'

>>71651410
music store employees are also resentful poor losers who suck ass at guitar so who fucking cares what they think. Little bitch boy better take that 2000 dollar guitar off the wall for me or he can say goodbye to that sweet commission check

Need a classical (not necessarily an expensive one), thinking about buying this:
https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-CG102-Classical-Guitar/dp/B0064ZFBMW

Based on the information given, does anybody know if the neck width is wider or thinner than average? Really don't want something overly large or cumbersome. I'll see if a GC has one in stock for me to screw around on before ordering first, but still

>>71654450
go to a store and find one you like
you're buying a musical instrument, not a vacuum cleaner

>>71654516
I don't know what I like, I'd rather go off what people who are more informed than me like

>>71651410
I wasn't aware that working musicians use chink shit.

In Canada anything not made in the People's Republic of China is over 1000 dollars.

>>71654526
then take someone with you who's experienced
you still want to play and feel the instrument yourself, the tolerances for cheap stuff like that even in between different instruments of the very same model are huge

>>71654575
>living in canada

>>71654275
Bassfags BTFO

@71654643
you can stop replying to yourself f a m (^:

>>71654667
>being so mad you use the @ symbol.
u ok?

@71654724
Not him but you've had enough (You)s for today

>>71654181
>>71654275
>>71654643
these sorts of posts just make me depressed remembering all the situations i've been in where people have been too pretentious to delegate themselves to bass player, and then the band just breaks up before it starts

>>71654766
Just hook up the bass lines to drum triggers and have your little brother use a kick pedal to trigger it off stage

>>71654766
No worries anon, it's just babbys first troll fishing for (You)s, no need to reply.

whats that one guitar you wish you had never sold?

i will start:

>harmony rocket
stole it from my dad during my parents divorce and he never noticed. sold it years later to a dude on ebay, he messaged me immediately after it ended asking 'are you sure you want to sell this?'

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I got pic related this afternoon in a cl trade for a Gretsch I got for $300 last fall. I think I did pretty gud, /gg/.

>2002 MIM Vomitcaster
>Locking tuners, Lindy Fralin bridge pickup
>almost no wear
>Nice V-ish neck like the 50s Bajas
>tfw middle position is wired out of phase for some fucking reason

>>71654902
>using the middle position

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>>71653233

>>71654890
Wow that hurts

>>71654890
>Epiphone Special II
It had godly tone, perfect frets, and perfect intonation and wood choice. I sold it to buy a $1000 dollar Ibanez. The ibanez is a shit compared to the god of tone that was the Special II

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>>71651249
>>71653270
I definitely am. I have a C9, and it's great for ambience when playing chords. Don't treat it like an organ, and you can do cool sounding stuff with it. I'm sure the Mel9 is the same.

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give me a good reason not to buy one

>>71656102
It looks like a Strat with down syndrome

>>71656102
just save like $100 more and get a used mij mustang. buying anything fender new is just burning money.

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>>71653233
Sure

Can someone tell me a nice way to change key to the sub dominant?

>>71656710
if by that you mean modulating up a 4th/down one step in the circle of fifths then just introduce a 7th to your tonic and treat it as the new dominant

>>71656102
Offsets are for women and faggots and it's not the 1990s anymore.

>>71656778
So the new dominant acts as a pivot chord?
Should I use a relevant chords between the 2 keys to prepare for the change just before the new dominant or can you just smash it in there like I - V - I7 - IV?

>when you don't know what you're playing but you can make it sound good

>>71656941
if you're feeling fancy you can totally prepare the modulation with things like a V with a minor third (being the new II) or introduce the flat seven otherwise, but in most cases just slapping a 7 creating dominantic tension is absolutely enough
depends on how 'colored' as in using 7ths, 9ths, alterations and whatnot the rest of your arrangement already is how strongly that dominant will be perceived

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<---- better bassist than wyman

>>71656148
>>71656449
>>71656850

None of these are good reasons
I thought coming here would be a waste of time and you all just proved that
Thanks for nothing
Truly pathetic

https://youtu.be/xLPUwsJsR90
Fucking kills me watching this talentless hack. Whats ge tryin to accomplish?

>>71657253
what a shitter

What's a good website to buy guitars from besides guitar center, reverb or eBay?

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What's good /gg/?

>>71657509
Sweetwater.

>>71657609
The usual stuff, buying gear, realizing I suck, stop playing for a week, start playing again, buy more gear, etc.

>>71657609
Not those guitars

>>71657681
Ice cold

>>71651035
I hate him because he's a shill for PRS

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>tfw scales are starting to make sense in the larger picture of the fretboard rather than be just a haphazard assortment of notes
i was able to play scales musically, for the first time, all the way down the neck. feels real fuckin good, my dudes.

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>>71658100
its not a big deal, I mean you'd have to be a total fucking retard not to understand whats happening with the notes here
next time try to do something thats actually impressive, kid.

>>71658248
i'm only 3 months in, and totally self taught, so desu i'm just happy i can now play off the top of my head (albeit very very simply) and have it sound nice. i've always been musically illiterate so imma take every victory i can manage, my dude. maybe in 5-10 years if i keep up with it i'll be decent

why are there two threads, what is this faggotry.

>>71650163
Just got my bass a few days ago.

I'm finding it hard to find good online lessons or websites that'll teach me how to play. I don't really want to end up like those fucktards you hear Glenn Fricker complain about.

>>71658567
good luck dude, i'm sure there are some good bass lessons on youtube. what kind of bass did you get?

>>71658620
Yamaha TRBX174EW

>>71650163
I'll sum up the thread and save everyone the click for when they check back.

>guy spams duosonics
>tele vomit
>some south american wants to buy a chink ibanez
>nobody says anything intelligent about any guitar
>if someone is shopping for a guitar that was made in the USA the poorfaggot goes 'its just a piece of wood'

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>>71653233

>>71658681
As much as I hate it, he's not wrong.

>>71651410
>go into Guitar center
>want to buy stratocaster
>ask employee what the difference is between all the stratocasters
>well this one is $1000 and this one is $550 and this one is $100
>why?
>well this one is the jimi hendrix version, its upside down

Why would anyone care what those idiots think?

The guy at sweetwater was great though, knew everything about every model down to the width at the nut of each bass.

>>71657609
>chapman guitar

jesus christ dude why? Literally the chinkiest of all chink metal guitars. They dont even fucking finish the thing.

>>71658713
its your own fault for being an unkowlegable retard

>>71658727
t. Guitar Center employee

>>71657509
Musicians Friend. Last time I bought a guitar it was 100 dollars off and free shipping

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Just picked up a daphne blue duo sonic from guitar center tonight!!
they even threw in free strings

its so fucking amazing, im glad i didnt listen to the idiots on here who meme about them all day
literally the best guitar i have ever played hands down

>>71658853
>!!
>free strings

Pretty good bait my friend

>>71658860
typical response from a gg retard

>>71658873
(you)

>>71658853
you have our condolences anon. press F to pay respects /gg/

F

;__;7

>>71658853
Why do u you have a shitty strat lol

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Been using Pickboy Edge Carbon Nylon picks since college. Finding it harder and harder to source them. Anybody know where to get them?

>>71659054
>0.60mm

kys. go 1.14

>>71659057
>tele
Take me

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>>71659057
Sparkly

>>71659062
No. I don't like the sound of a pick clicking on a string. I like the sound of the string. Lern to musik.

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>>71658853
changed your image after I called you out last time huh? >>71639385
>>71658860
>>71658883
>>71658896
>>71659038
stop replying to roman please. he's been doing this shitty duo sonic troll for months now

>>71659083
>what is an amp
>what is having no attack whatsoever

pretty sure you play stairway to heaven on an epiphone.
You are literraly a lost cause

>>71659073
God I want to fuck that

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>>71659057
>>71659073

>>71659093
>Mesa Triple Rectifier
>Ampeg Reverberocket
>Marshall VS100
>Roland Jazz Chorus 120
>2 Classic 30 412s

Learn how to amp.

>Stairway
>Not in high school anymore
Heh.
Heh.

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>>71659106

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>>71659133
this image is pwetty wacis

>>71659073
>tele
*boner*

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>>71659175

>>71659221
I wonder if this is the equivalent of a dickpic for guitars

>>71659237
that angle surely is

>>71658689
You like Santana but hate Clapton? You're a strange one.

>>71659335
yeah the pattern is really hard to spot

I need your help /gg/,
I need a drum machine because I'm an autistic black metal guitarist that doesn't have any musician friends to play drums. Do you guys know of any ones that have good snare and kick drums sounds?

If you can spend 2000 on a passive bass what would you get?

>>71659421
Hadron Collider

>>71650675
>just fuck my intonation up senpai

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Made this for you faggots. R8, H8, Deb8.

Also, save and share, I don't come here much.

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>>71659612

>>71659514
do they have short scales?

>>71659612
>Mexican Fender is not that bad
fuck off, I've never known mexican can be this jewish

>>71659349
I'm not sure what you mean unless you're just trolling which would make sense. I just actually looked at the pic and i'ts got fucking creed, john mayer, and santana as favorable but clapton as disliked so it's gotta be a troll because surely no one can have taste that shitty

>>71659612
Holy bait

>>71659612
>taped to the wire holders
>The metal on most USA guitars is stainless steel
>The stenght of the magnets determens how 'hot' the pick up is
you worked too hard on this roman

>>71653410
>>71653410
>>71653410
based mods

>>71651410

Is this nigger serious? If you make over minimum wage you can afford killer gear.

>>71650195

Out of those pictured, the epi dot.

>>71650432

Dont forget shit woods.

why aren't guitars made out of palm trees? Wouldn't that give the best surf rock sound?

>>71660446
yes

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>>71650675

Are melody makers ok?

>>71660446
They make fretboards out of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6j2cc0dNjM

>>71651616

Can be a shitload of fun that makes you want to play, I suggest the whammy pedlol for max funsies.

>>71660470
does a fretboard affect tone at all?

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>>71650675
>>71660455

Don't you mean Les Paul Specials?

>>71659421

4003

>>71660500

Fuck, I want a special so bad

>>71660525
Really wish Gibson had them in their catalogue so I didn't have to find a used one (when I'm also lazy)

How do you finance your obsession?

I just through my last paycheck at a ESP F-4E

>>71660620
Eat less, go out less, ignore birthdays

>>71660576

I would rather buy a used one. Let the last sucker take the depreciation.

>>71660620

Work.

>>71660636
>>71660672
>Eat less, go out less
>Work.
These. I just dropped $4000 on a custom guitar like it was nothing. I bought a $300 fuzz pedal last year I can't even be bothered to plug in. Here's a list of things I don't do.
>don't smoke
>don't drink (I'll have a beer or two at a social gathering but I don't generally drink on a week to week basis)
>don't drug
>don't chase girls
>don't waste time playing video games (although I'll play an old free emulated game out of boredom sometimes)
>only go to the movies occasionally (modern movies are the biggest waste of money in the world)
>don't buy clothes (I haven't been shopping for clothes since 2013)
>don't have cable
I just work a full time job and don't waste money of frivolous and unnecessary shit unless it's something I think will be worth the expenditure.

>>71652234
>he's really knowledgeable
his video on "how to write headbanging metal riff" is the worst thing I've ever seen
maybe even worse than steve whatshisname

>>71660740
Throw in having a bike if you live in a city. No gas, and no bus/metro/tram fare. Plus, free cardio.
And cook your own meals if you don't, you'll eat twice as much with the same budget, and it barely takes any more time.
You're still limited by your salary, it took me ~6 months to save up for less than $1k of equipment, and I've got some birthday/christmas money that came into play.

hey, I found an old celestion g12t-75 but it's 4 ohm.
Can replace the speaker in my ht40, it has 16ohm and 8ohm outs.

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this or the shubb one? I have one of these planet waves ns screw thingies and I don't really like it

mainly for acoustic guitat btw

How to fucking play walking bass? I can't go playing a different note every single beat to make that jazz/blues walking bass. How do they come up with that?

https://clyp.it/q3fu3gbl

>>71661161
C,E,G,Bb,B,Bb,G,E, with staccato, on every beat.
Transpose it to whichever key and root note you want
instant walking bass

>>71661161
>https://clyp.it/q3fu3gbl
first off, I'd stick to fat quarter notes until you've really got it down, quarter notes can swing hard

and my walking basslines got better when I started writing them down/constructing them on paper, because it gives you a good sense of the direction they go

and try to land on the 1, 3 or 5 on the beginning of every measure and put a chromatic note at the very end of each

>>71660620
>>71660740
>>71660941
All of these are correct. I'm a "poor" university student, people around me with the same income can't save up any money or do any major purchases while I have bought three really nice basses and some other gear in the last few years.

Suddenly putting down 200 euros for a Harley Benton shitbox doesn't sound so steep

>>71661212
>I'm a "poor" university student, people around me with the same income can't save up any money or do any major purchases
I'm in the same case, I'm gonna buy a new guitar soon and I haven't worked a single hour for it, I just saved up the money I get for being at the uni.

>>71661220
>Harley Benton shitbox
Which one ?

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(Three mdma pills deep btw)

I love you all. It's so good that a bunch of strangers can come together on a Mongolian finger painting pigeon carrier service and discuss our love of guitars and music.

Yes sometimes we can get a little antagonistic at each: trolling; shitposting; being mean; being naughty. But the positivity that comes through really just warms my heart.

There is no expectation at all that anyone here be positive. Yet, sometimes you guys have been so positive. You don't need to give advice, take the time out your days to help out beginners; but you do.

(It's taken ages to write this btw, my band is chilling and we're all dinging hard and it's so good. In the space of two hours and three pills, we've expanded the band from three members to four. The positivevity is great.)

I love you all. Enjoy the picture of my guitars.

>>71661267
Rickenbacker 330s in Mapleglo are metal af

>>71661267
....aaaaaaaand filtered! Thanks.

>>71661277
Love you babe. Let go of that negativity.

>>71660966
anyone:(?

>>71661285
Put your trip back on so I don't have to see your posts.

>>71661267
this is why I hate guitarists

>>71661191
it really works but one cant work only that for a whole instrumental song

>>71661201
by quarter notes you mean that blues rhythm that omits one note?
1 x 2 3 4 | 1 x 2 3 4

i dont know how to read i cant write the lines on paper

>and try to land on the 1, 3 or 5 on the beginning of every measure and put a chromatic note at the very end of each
nice. ive only caring to do the 1/3/5 when it changes chord
the cromatic note would be going up to the , like 7 to 1 or b3 to 3?

How to come up with more notes to go up and down when youre playing on the beat instead of phrasing? I mean besides the regular scales. I only found that 4 notes chromatic run

thanks guys

>>71661304
>it really works but one cant work only that for a whole instrumental song
move it around and follow the chord progression
replace the seventh/flat seventh with another interval

What compressor you guys running? Axing for bass.

>>71661304
>by quarter notes you mean that blues rhythm that omits one note?
no, I mean 4 evenly spaced notes for every measure

>the cromatic note would be going up to the , like 7 to 1 or b3 to 3?
exactly

if you want more notes you could go from minor 2 to 1 and then down the scale

really not that much variation in a blues

and learn to read music my man
it's the most important thing for progress

>>71661301
It's good man if you don't like me

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I was just thinking today how much you americans should be grateful for.

>Cheap guitars
>Much larger range of guitars
>Big guitar stores literally everywhere whereas I can name all our big ones on 1 hand
>Big bands and artists always tour the US significantly while only those on a world tour come to us and only 2 or 3 capital cities
>Cheap cars
>Cheap food
>Cheap, fast and unlimited data internet

Good god it's some bullshit over here in Australia. Fuckin Squires and Epiphones over a thousand bucks from this import tax and gst bullshit man. Can't blame this shit on the dollar value alone.

I don't know man, I think australia is fucked. Our auto industry is gone, our tech industry can't keep up with half the fuckin world when it comes to internet speed so some freelance chink in Thailand with 1000mbps for $3 a month gets it and don't get me started on the state of our music.

Enjoy it Yanks. Enjoy it while you can.

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I recently got a 1996 Ibanez JPM100 P2 from a dealer in the Netherlands.
My inner fanboy is pleased.

>>71661362
>an island that descends from criminals and literal apes isn't very successful compared to a global superpower
Well colour me surprised.

>>71661251

CST24-HB, b stock even

>>71661316
Keeley comp. I'm guitar but I'm sure it'd keep low end

>>71661212
>>71661251
Most of the people in these threads are kids. If that's not crystal clear to you after being here for a week or so I don't know what to tell you. I can remember thinking how out of reach an Epiphone Les Paul Custom seemed when I was 21 and by the time I was 22 I had bought my first Gibson Les Paul Standard easy. I can remember being in a music store when I was 25 or so and listening to theses old guys talk about never being able to afford a real Gibson and always wanting a nice one like I had. I felt sort of sorry for them but obviously I didn't understand their situation. Some people will never learn how to prioritize and assign importance to things.

>>71661401
I can't afford nice things because I have bills, a mortgage, and a car payment.

>>71661432
Breh, just eat less food. It's okay I still love you

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>>71661401
/r9k/ fag here. Im 23. Never had a Gibson. Only an Epiphone and an LTD when I was a dumbass metal head when I was just starting out 8 years ago.

Never had a job, or a car license, or any friends. The thought of a job stresses me out. Driving scares the shit out of me. Never got off my learners license. Haven't had time for friends.

I guess I could afford a Gibson if I got a job, but I'd rather my good old reliable Epiphone fake ass custom than have to go through all the hassle. More than happy with that. A job, I'd honestly really rather take a bullet in the head right now it stresses me out that much.

I don't know what the fuck Im gonna do when my parents die. I fucked up I think.

>>71650163
>String tension calculator (D'Addario-based):
>>http://stringtensionpro.com/
fucking christ that thing is a mess to use

>>71661401
I'm turning 20 in a couple days dude, it's not age, it's just how you manage money.

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>>71661482
Also I've never even seen a Gibson in real life let alone touched or even played one. Never been into a guitar store because there are none here that sell high end stuff like that. Just BC Rich and some other squier shit apparently. I'd be too fucking scared to go in there anyway.

I always order online and dread order confirmation phone calls.

>>71661482
Sounds like your parents failed you.

>>71661432
Yeah, so do I and I can afford nice things all day long.

What kind car do you have? If it's not something along the lines of a four cylinder Honda Civic then you're a fucking idiot. A car doesn't do anything except deprecate in value. What kind of house did you buy? A two story McHouse in a subdivision for $300,000? What kind of job do you have? Do you stock shelves at Home Depot with a $300,000 McHouse mortgage? Shit like that's the perfect recipe for never having anything worth a fuck.
>>71661482
>>71661515
Your Mom and Dad are to blame for your situation. They should have long since kicked you to the curb for your own good. They're enabling your bullshit. You're lucky you're not still wearing diaper and shitting yourself to be honest.
>>71661510
Part of it is age, you have to have some money to manage in the first place. I think most people get their first real jobs in their late teens or early 20s. Is a 15 year old going to be buying a nice guitar? It's unlikely unless his parents were keen to help him make that happen.

>>71661482
>>71661515
...are you an only child by any chance?

>>71661362
No good luthiers in straya?
Probably the best option

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>>71661554
>>71661567
Im not ready for adult shit alright. I can't believe I have been one 6 years this year and it hasn't set in yet.

>>71661588
Nah. Brother is sort of the same but moved out to the big capital city and at least lives on his own on """""""disability"""""""" neet bux. I am on neetbux too but at least I satisfy the study allowance agreement thing whatever it is. Even if I am studying a dead end course.
On an unrelated note. This is my dream guitar that I am saving for with my $10 or so get in my pocket after expenses every fortnight. I got $150 or something, how much longer do you think? It's like $900 here

>>71661567
>along the lines of a four cylinder Honda Civic
It's exactly that.
>What kind of house did you buy? A two story McHouse in a subdivision for $300,000?
No, it's a single story ~$100k

I do have a shit McJob, though.

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Look at the size of his hands

How can you even compete?

>>71661662

Buying a 22 inch scale guitar

>>71661662
by being alive

I wanted to get suggestions on a great analogue pedalboard. I want to try and get the most bang for my buck (as we all do), and had a pedalboard idea in mind. Let me know what you think, and if I'm missing out on some glaringly obvious choices. I am into Rock & Blues, and want something for a good bluesy tone, as well as rock tracks, soft clean tones, etc. Artists ranging from Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonomassa, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, etc. You get the vibe.
Here's my thoughts:

Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS9) Overdrive
Dunlop MXR Super Badass Distortion
TC Electronic Spark Mini (Boost)
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
TC Electronic Flashback Delay
TC Electronic PolyTune 2 Tuner
Fuel Tank / MXR DC Power Brick (Power Supply)
Dunlop Crybaby (Classic) Wah
Rocktron Banshee Talkbox

>>71661639
No one was ready for adult shit until they had to be, you won't ever be ready as long as you're allowed not to be.
>>71661648
>I do have a shit McJob, though.
Enroll in a trade school and make yourself more valuable then. They offer all kinds of skilled trades, some shit you don't even have to get dirty doing. In a lot of states you can attend a technical college for free.

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>>71661772
>Rocktron Banshee Talkbox
I like the EHX Iron Lung, personally. You get all the same talkbox effects by just talking/singing into a mic without the plastic tube thing.

Never tried the Banshee though, so maybe it's really cool, idk.

>>71650163
I have a cheapo shortscale bass that I want to mod the hell out of. It only has a soapbar humbucker in the bridge and nothing else, I want to add a dimarzio model one mudbucker in the neck position, but what about the bridge? Any interesting vintage bridge pickups or something that would go well with the mudbucker? Or should I just stick with a simple humbucker?

>>71661772
>analogue pedalboard
not that digital is wrong but those tc pedals aren't analog

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So I'm in the market for a new guitar around the 300-400$ mark, narrowed it down to 2 choices, an Ibanez Gio and a Jackson Dinky, both have 24 frets and a whammy bar which are the main things I was looking for, but I can't decide between them, the Ibanez has a really cool finish but the more I look at it the more it gives off an emo vibe and I feel like I'll get sick of it quite soon and I've also heard that Ibanez guitars are of pretty shit quality, especially the gio range but don't know if that's a meme or not, it also has an H/S/H pickup set up but I genuinely wonder how much I'll use the single coil
My gut tells me to go with the Jackson but I really like the color scheme of the Ibanez
set me straight boys

>>71661953
>Ibanez Gio
Don't do it

The Gios were the worst guitars I've ever layed my hands one, not exaggerating

>>71660966

Negative. You should replace the speaker with the same ohms

>>71650163
do you ever get to a point where you can put the melodies you hear in your mind out there in real time?
I only picked up guitar just few weeks ago, and I've been wondering this for a while

>>71661314
>move it around and follow the chord progression
yeah of course
it works but would get repetitive on a song without vocals which i am trying to do

>>71661354
>no, I mean 4 evenly spaced notes for every measure
ah i understand. i did a bit of it on that clyp

yeah i really need to learn to read. and time signatures

>>71662381
Yeah, practice singing along with what you're playing and try figuring out a lot of melodies by ear and you'll develop an intuition.

Also training yourself to recognize the sound of different intervals is probably helpful.

>>71662381
yeah. takes ear training. practice figuring songs on the guitar, vocal melodies etc.

who here depend on guitar to have selfesteem and motivation

>listen to some cream live jams on the smartphone while taking a dump
>get into it and remember i can do it pretty well
>play guitar, shred some blues with energy and feel like recording jams to get praise on youtube

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these stupid ass birds chirping outside are making me MAD

>>71662419
singing along for real? does that actually help? I've never done that
I think I would sound terrible

>>71662513
Play the melody slowly and sing the same pitches you're playing. It helps you internalize the melody and how it relates to where your fingers are.

>>71662509
dumb weeb

>>71662509
Try to imitate their songs as an ear training exercise.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iYvTjIbTTY

>>71662522
>>71662419
Thats very right. Said what I >>71662428 was to lazy to

>>71660992
bumping this, anyone here used a g7th capo before?

>>71662381
it's called audiation btw

>>71660422
agreed

How many of you have made any money playing guitar?
Even $1

>>71662769
You mean, did I make more money than I've put into it?

>>71662769
I teach 6 hours a week and played for a top40 cover band for years, about 150 shows
I'd say everything I bought in that regard paid for itself

Does anybody know if I would be able to put a 25.5" scale length neck on a les paul body? (which typically has a 24.75" neck of course)

>>71662805
Do you have to be good at improvising and know a lot of music theory to play as a for-hire guitarist? Or is it mostly just covers and shit.

>>71661953
>Whammy bars on sub 800 dollar guitars
not even once. Say goodbye to your tuning if you even think about using that thing

>>71662962
you have to be able to read sheets like nobody's business
you don't have any time to prepare and random shit gets pulled out from a 800 songs folder at the spot so you have to get a grasp of a basic comping right away and often enough you even have to nail an easy but important guitar hookline and stuff without knowing the song
also you need to have all the 'standard'' sounds directly available, no time for fiddling
it's pretty damn stressful and having a huge comfort zone with your instrument and (written) music in general sure helps a lot because you will be playing in all different keys, styles and tempos with no questions asked

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Does you local luthier make weird fucking basses too?

Only 1500 dollars!

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>>71663151
Would you?

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>>71663151
That's pretty cool. Closest guy to me is Pete Malinoski, he makes some really weird shit. I want to buy one of his guitars eventually.

>>71663151
that thing looks stupid

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>>71663197
He makes beyootiful guitars as well.

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>>71663219
>assed out paul reed shit
looks like some shit a Mexican would ask for

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>>71663258
Respect our Brazilian luthiers!

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>>71663280
>Brazilian
I knew it

Currently have a squier jazzmaster that I've been playing for about 4 years now. Is it time to upgrade? I've considered getting a Japanese jaguar, but I'm a cheap shill

>>71663280
fretboards with no inlays is the definition of being a contrarian nu-male

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>>71663151
>>71663171
Yeah....

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>>71663294
THIS will blow your mind...

>>71663375
all its doing right now is making me blow chunks m8

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>>71663375
do you know where you are gooby

>>71661482
Me too except I don't have any guitar at all. I have neet bux but it's not even enough to buy an epiphone. I can only afford my cigarettes and rent to my mom.

I haven't played guitar in 10 years. Considering ending it all. My mom might buy my shitty imac that I wasted all my neet bux back pay on, in a few months. Then I can buy a guitar. But she's poor too right now.

My best advie is never buy apple shit. It's not good at it cost too much. I could have a guitar now if I didn't buy that shit. I can't sell this imac on craigslist because it has scratches on the screen which I have no idea how it happened because I never touch the screen.

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>>71663444
>>71663421
>>71663301

Anyways do bassists around you put "bass", "bx" or some other stupid shit on their facebook name to show people they play bass? Only bassists do this.

>>71663547
I don't think so
Idk why you would advertise you play bass desu

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Who was your inspiration to learn to play guitar?

Pic related was mine

>>71663569
Warren DeMartini from Ratt.

>>71663569
Rock Band

>>71662769
i made money with my band.

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>>71663534
>not even enough to buy an epiphone
Nigga where I am from epiphone is a premium brand

>>71663569
MY BOY JIMI! HE HAD SOME HOT DAMN LICKS BOY! WOOH! RAWK ON

>>71663171
nice coffee table

>>71663534
You could have a guitar if you weren't a lazy leech to society. You're a fucking baby who thinks he shouldn't have to work because he is a social retard

>>71663670
I have schizophrenia and end up in the hospital at least once a year...

>>71663693
oh look at those other 364 days you could work

>>71663569
My nextdoor neighbor back in 2005. He played drums and had some really shitty guitars and pedals in his filthy moldy basement.

So I guess you could say I got into guitar the old school way.

Read this >>71663670. You can go get a job. Go do the fries at McDonald's. Let me describe this job for you.
>stand in front of the fry vat
>dump frozen fries in one side
>take cooked fries out of the other side
>salt the fries
>put cooked fries in cardboard cups

That's the whole job. That's it. You don't do anything else. You couldn't do that for four hours a day?

>>71661772
>analog

wew. Those are basically all digital these days bro.

>>71661482
Even if you are ugly as shit people will generally be nice to anyone who can smile and doesn't instantly have a crush on them. Just go toa guitar store and ask a question dude. They really don't care.

In fact beautiful people like talking to ugly faggots because it makes them feel superior.

You'll be fine.

Also, epiphone is junk, if you're going to blow $600 just get the SG or Firebird in that price range from gibson. Much better instrument.

>>71663762
I don't know why you (you)'ed me but I assume it was meant for the other guy. The thing about these R9K babies is that they use their "disablities" to reinforce their want to be lazy. They are almost all manchildren who blame their parents for strapping them into a computer and forcing them to play video games for 12 hours straight instead of teaching them social skills

>>71660992
>>71662603
I had one it worked great. It doesn't rely on the spring like the other capos and thus doesn't wear out with time or if you store it on your headstock. Some faggot screamo guitar player stole it from me at a show.

>>71663534
>I can only afford my cigarettes
that's a big money sink and you know it

>>71663829
>or if you store it on your headstock
that's nice, can't do that with my planet waves one

>>71663569

Mom and dad listening to zz top, sabbath, and good tuned like that growing up.

>>71663569
I started bass because we needed one and then I fell in love with it because of TOOH and Virus

>>71663280
No. This is the Brazillian luthier

I would surely take my guitar for him to wash it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRMM6T725Uw

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>>71663534

>I can only afford cigarettes.

When cigs hit 7$ a pack I quit and saved that money. 2 years later I had an R9 that I built to look like a 59 that was modded in the 70s by a rocker.

Dont be a faggot full of bullshit excuses.

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>>71663940
Or mod it with a knife

>>71663693
You could probably do some kind of IT work from your home. There are jobs where you don't have to communicate with people all that much.

Hey, could you tell me which effects are being used by the following bands in the precise moments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBhVbohSe8
minute 25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pESLgvlI8t8&t=716s
Minute 12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Nuun_P1ZQ
second 18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hhtmUFBWw&t=652s
Minute 44

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed1pebOAa6A&t=2486s
Minute 0:00

>>71663709
>he thinks a hospitalization for schiz is a one day thing

>>71664259
Take your crazy pills and get a job.

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based

>>71664249
It's a fuzz pedal. Maybe the Wolf Fuzz.
Red Fang's "Wires" has a similar effect
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h0mq3F4Dn6I

>>71664532
which one of all the songs i posted??

>>71664556
The Dead Meadow song.

>>71664556
First two sound like Fuzz Faces

>>71664608
the one that hendrix used right?

but is it me or did hendrix not use it with that much saturation?

>>71664620
Yup, I'm not sure but I think he only used it for solos with quite a bit of fuzz His rhythm sound is mostly just the guitar into a cranked marshall to my ears.

>>71660620
Work my ass of and save up. Making $1200 CAD a week helps too.

>>71664608
no other shit? isn't there some delay going around? maybe a chorus?

where is this lick from https://clyp.it/qwyvkabx

>>71664799
some old bluesman probably where did you find it?

>>71664874
im sure its clapton, dont know what album
dont know where its fom, just remember it, thats what im trying to find so i can listen it

Hi guys, I like indie rock, emo, shoegaze and underground pop punk. Which guitar should i buy?

>>71664988
gibson. doesn't matter which

>>71665005
Do you think an Explorer looks indie enough

>>71664988
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ibanez-fredrik-thordendal-signature-8-string-electric-guitar

Should I get this?

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/JazzMAPMSOG

>>71665047
Wow the neck is wider than my dick

>>71665081
yes, those tuners look cheap as fuck though.

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>>71665081

>not split tuners

>into the trash.

>>71665538
Mother of underboob

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what do you guys suggest for pinky strengthening exercises?

recently I've been doing a lot of flutters and practicing scales one note at a time with only my pinky but I still feel like it's weak

>>71665634
practice doing stuff instead of using 1, 2, 3 fingers you do 2, 3, 4 or 1, 3, 4. just 3 and 4 has helped me too

>>71665538
I need to hjold her close agaisnt me feel those tits cares her body make otu with her pasionately run my hands trough her hair and checks i need to fuck her missionary feeling her body pressed hard against me and her legs wrapped around me i need to fuck her doggy style while her tits bounce and i move my fingers trough her lips and she yells " please get me pregnant please i love you, gimme your seeD" and with that i cum unprotected with my hard long cock deep inside her wet juicy pussy painting it white and creating a baby

oh that soft skin nice body i need it bad nothing else matters in the world

>>71665758
>cis scum
I dont want to do nothing

>trying to figure a song out
>best lesson on youtube is taught by a 12 year old that can play circles around you

help

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Do any of you ever pretend that your guitar is a rifle and hold/carry it like one???

>>71665880
realize that there is most likely a 10 year old girl who could run circles around him

>>71665880
/r/ link

>HSH

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>>71665914
That sounds autistic desu.

>>71665914
sometimes I aim it at my friends and pluck strings to pretend I'm shooting them

its good fun

you sound autistic tho

>>71665914
i cant find the kiss live video where paul stanley does that

Don't know where else to post stuff like this. It's not like 4chan was designed with upcoming musicians in mind. Most of these threads are mindless. But, here goes a toast to the folks that try.
https://soundcloud.com/jessecarpenter0/panda-express

It's a little unenthusiastic at the beginning. I wasn't even sure if it was going to work or was working at all. It ended up recording thru my beats headphones mic, not my iPod touch mic so there's no gain, I had to mix that in with garage band. Otherwise this was take one (: it's nothing serious but obviously I thought it sounded cool.

>>71666053

Well, I HAVE been vaccinated after all.

>>71666272
whats that low bit sound

>>71666272
>Don't know where else to post stuff like this
soundcloud thread