/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

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first for telecaster best guitar

my pinky is so strong i'm bending and bending+vibrato with just the pinky just like the other fingers, be jelly

>>71743022
henceforth you shall be known as Erik Strongpinky, fearless bender of strings

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>>71742917
Did i do good for my first guitar lads?

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Please give me some help on pinky anchoring bros. Is it bad or not? Does it limit your speed and accuracy or put strain on your wrist? My favourite guitarist John Frusciante does it, Guthrie Govan does it, John Petrucci does it, Mark Knopfler does it, but many don't do it and say it's really really bad. I'm still new and I want to make sure that I don't develop a really bad habit that will be hard to break down the line.

>>71743149
Works for me. If it works for you then it works. It makes your picking much more accurate than if your hand was just floating in mid air.

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>>71743202

nope

practice "floating" until THAT is accurate

this is the essence of get gud, my friend

>>71743149
I know this is gay to say and disappointing to hear, but do what works for you.

>>71743297
clearly you know better than Guthrie Govan and John Frusciante

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Is there a difference in tone or sustain between a wraparound tuneomatic bridge and a tuneomatic with tailpiece but stringed topwrapped?
Both will have less tension than a bridge+tailpiece stringed the regular way and the resulting slinky feel and sound. So the playability is the same.
But the topwrapped tailpiece one will have the more string length, and will have the tailpiece sitting tight to the wood, giving more vibration transfer to the body

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Will it damage the guitar if i contour my condor les paul's heel?

>>71743297
yeah same as edge picking, it allows for more speed but affects tone and its better to practice to get that speed with the pick parallel to the strings

>>71743103
Help, i'm in need for approval

>>71743381
if you can hear the difference ten times out of ten attempts in a blind test then I will pay you $1000

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>>71743364

clearly you have no concept of how to better yourself

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Serious question.

What kind of (((Autism))) make you buy 6+ $800 mexican made guitar of the same shape tuned in the same standard E with the same, or very similar, Pickups instead of 2 Custom shops ?

>>71743406
Yeah, you can't add a contour to your set neck, contoured ones are either neck-through or have a much deeper joint.

>>71743103
>>71743431
not bad really
if it plays well you can keep it

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>>71743458
Not an accusation that could ever be levelled at me.

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>>71742917
I'm looking for a cheap guitar to get my little sister and i found this squier strat for 50 bucks. Any way to tell if it's fake? Will post more pics

>>71743543
That's real. People don't generally fake Squiers.

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>>71743543
2/4

>>71743574
That's real. People don't generally fake Squiers.

>>71743496
i cant accept it
not even just a bit so its not so big barrier to slipping the hand to the end of the fretboard?

>>71743543
This >>71743563 lol
If you want sure you can email fender with the serial

>>71743543
>>71743574
I have that exact same Squier, albeit in a sunburst tone. It was my first guitar and I still play on it. For 50 bux definitely get it, she'll have a blast playing it and it'll hold up very well.

>>71743543
Why would someone make a fake squier? It's surely real. Just make sure you set it up and shit for her, a lot of $50 guitars can be a nightmare until they get some love. Make sure to file the but.

Also, red?

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>playing sitting down with your legs crossed and eyes closed

>>71743563
>>71743593
>>71743604
i guess it was pretty oblivious lol, i just didnt want to get her a crap guitar. Thanks anyways, gonna go check if it plays at all tomorrow.

>>71743022
Are you telling me people can't normally do that?
I've been doing it for years, but i guess it's because i work construction.

>>71743667
Oh yeah, trying the guitar out before buying goes without saying. Like this >>71743629 anon said, you'll also probably need to set it up for her. But Squiers are generally great guitars for beginners and intermediate players.

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Thoughts?

>>71743683
now you got me. i guess its me who had weak fingers, i had trouble bending with 9s on the slinkiest guitar

>>71743041
>fearless bender

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Ayy i i got myself a Randall RD 45 and now im trying to figure out a way to use it with headphones. Is there something that wont fuck up the sound and convert to headphones?

>>71743683

same

kung-fu grip here

my girly hand friends don't like it when I play their guitars "too hard"

>>71743502
Does the tele get ganged up on?

>>71743708

be advised that its the shittiest made in korea floyd and that if you ever use it you will need to upgrade to the standard $300 schaller anyway.

>>71743739
That's a tube power amp, you absolutely must have a speaker connected to the amp when it's switched on. And no, you can't plug your headphones into the speaker output.

>>71743739
Hi,

kys.

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>>71743785
It's got support from another Tele

>>71743708
>>71743786

This.
Its a nice guitar but an awfull shitty floyd rose.
Just be sure you know what you get

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>>71743739
>idiot noobs like this one have tube amps
>you dont

>>71743797
>And no, you can't plug your headphones into the speaker output.
Why
Ignornig the possible damage to the headphones

>>71743786
on a gibson? shit

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>>71743598
Personally I'd still recommend against adding a contour. It seems to me that with every bit you shave you're decreasing the amount of stress the guitar can take by a little bit. It'll be impossible to tell where the line between over-engineered strength and flimsy is. The main concern I would have would be sealing the wood afterwards. This kinda makes it a big project for a small result.

Anyways, you van always sell and buy a new guitar. You can get a neck through as low as $300 if you look.

The two solos on this are great
Great performance

https://youtu.be/efGJ6V16cZk

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>>71743824
That's cool, I was worried for a second there

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>>71743865

clapton is such a hack

hang yourself, my friend

>>71743845
Headphones aren't 8 or 16 ohm impedance, they're much higher than that.

Tube amps need to have a speaker load (resistance, impedance) that matches what the output transformer expects to see. If you have a mismatch then you will damage first the output tubes then the output transformer.

>>71743797
I know. But im asking if there is still a way to get headphones working with one. I red somewhere that a adapter fucks up the sound so im not sure idk.

>>71743894
>clapton

fuck Eric Clapton and everything he ever says or does

>>71743845
>on a gibson? shit

Yes. I have that guitar, its great and picked it for the atyle of the floyd and dont actually use it tho.

>>71743906
Yes there is a way. It's possible with a dummy load. Anyways, you can look up the details elsewhere, I don't remember anything.

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Im getting one of these motherfuckers and adding hotrails

>>71743845
>Why
>Ignornig the possible damage to the headphones

Possibly fucking the head beyond recovery. If you are in europe just get a Harley benton 2x12 for 100€ used.
If america, i dont know

>>71743853
do the many brands lespauls usually go the same deep, like as long as the fretboard go?
If so, seems it wouldnt really weaken the guitar
Im not planning on contouring as much as that pic though, mostly just make it rounder and get rid of the bevels

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>>71743982

>>71743980
I was just about to say that, something like a Palmer speaker simulator with a line out into a headphone amp. It's a huge expense though, easier to buy another amp that has a headphone output.

>>71743894
>>71743929
Fucking no. https://youtu.be/yGJSKFZWM8M

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>>71744010
stop posting shit quality photo

>>71744018
Nah, you can /diy/ it too. There's a guide out there somewhere.

>>71744040
>up and down the blues scale we go, one more fucking time

>>71743982
>take a strat
>turn it into an ugly mess
>ruin the headstock

>>71743982
Neck dive?

>>71744061
What you'd rather listen to? Up and down sweepd arpegios?

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>>71744069
you dont know anything about ugly.

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Should I get a pawn shop 51?

>>71744086
Someone who can write songs that aren't all about woah-oh baby you done me wrong.

I don't actualkly like guitar solos these days, most of the time it's just the guitarist's ego trip, adds nothing to the song.

tl;dr - songs, not solos

>>71744155
do you even.
im always on an ego trip even when its about songs dude

but seriously these guitarists used to play lead for the song dude

micro terror + cheapass harley benton 2x12 cab? y/n?

>>71744238
save up and get a used Tiny Terror, the micro sounds like shit with the volume cranked

>>71744277
ok then, thanks. I'd like a tube amp already, thinking of going this route.

>>71744138
thats cool because its unique. its incredibly ugly but much better than something off a production line.

>>71744238
>>71744277
Alien Mars sounds nice when cranked, more compressed also

>>71744300
The surf green one is a full scale length travel guitar.

>>71744334
and its just 600 us$
its has 2 or 3 12ax7 on the pre and 1 power tube you can chose putting a el34 or 6l6 on it

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>>71744300
John Mayall used to carve up Strats and Mustangs like that

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>>71744238
yes and yes.
if you are on the cheap the original speaker is enough tho.
Speaker cable is included.

If you use effect go micro dark, if you dont, the micro terror is absolutely crazy for the price.

>>71743103
epiphone is cool, but the only way to really know if an instrument is good or not is to play it, so no one here can honestly tell you the truth

>>71744393
why'd you go for the micro dark instead of the regular terror?

btw, that lil stack looks comfy as fuck.

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>>71744277
Le "i never used a micro dark" meme xdddd

https://youtu.be/_0RWKMSZzn4

>>71744421
Not him but Micro dark as an effect loop.

Thats literraly it.
I have both and use both for different things.
They complete each other more than compete.

>>71744277
>the micro sounds like shit with the volume cranked

Doesn't even makes sense since the poweramp is SS.
Looks like you just have a shit guitar.
There literraly no EQ settings that sound bad.

Joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson sound sooooooooo fuuuuucking generic to me
All their 12bar solos sound like they follow the same intensity/phrasing pattern

>>71744559
>Doesn't even makes sense since the poweramp is SS.
thats why it makes sense

>>71744575
They sound similar because they both are fond of playing through the pentatonic scale in groups of 5 and occasionally adding the 9th scale degree for flavor.

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>>71744393
That speaker cab is garbage, don't lie to him. You need at least a 1x12.

When will guitarists learn that their sub 12" speaker practice amps sound horrible?

>>71744575
I can't believe anyone still plays blues these days. It's the 21st century, we've eradicated smallpox and walked on the Moon and people still want to trot out that tired old shit? Beyond my comprehension.

>>71744987
>"If you are on the cheap"

Of course for 70€ it doesnt sound like a 350€ ppc112 or 780€ ppc 212.
Its sounds good for 70€ tho.

Also, if you need to buy a 400€ + cab, just dont buy a 150€ amp.

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>>71744987
This. Just get the PPC112 and avoid the buyers remorse.

>>71744987
1x12 sounds boxy as fuck.

go 2x12 if you buy a real Cab.


With a traning, mini cab like this you get what you pay for.
Dont be silly looking for muh tone on a ~80€ Cab, its about being small and cheap

>>71745040
Enlighten us as to a more relevant choice of music then

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>>71745196
>Buying a chinese ppc112 with no low end

wew lad.

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>>71745250
you were saying?

who /solidstate/ here?

Just got a pathfinder 15r today.

What are some of your fav solidstates?

>>71745236
Anything that involves some creativity, imagination, songwriting ability, more than three chords, a chord progression that isn't completely predictable after hearing the first bar, that kind of thing.

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>>71745350
forgot pic

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>>71745350
I love the real spring reverb on the amp

>>71745350
For years I played through a tube preamp with a Marshall 200 Watt a side stereo solid state power amp. Then I got the EL34 power amp and now the solid state one's gathering dust in the closet. I'd ebay it but it would be too much of a pain in the dick to ship anywhere.

>>71745359
You've never heard a blues more complex than your standard 12 bar fair with no interesting substitutions or implied harmony, I presume.

I'm a complete beginner and I made the mistake of buying a shitty guitar and a shittier amplifier. Should I invest in a les paul standard ebony or should i get started with my shitty guitar?

>>71745376
I have a Peavey Envoy 110 that I still fuck around on from time to time. Mainly for the cleans and spring reverb.

>>71745432
*fare,

excuse me

>>71745446
Yeah! The peavey is my running around amp. I use the clean channel only and run a million fuzz and delay pedals through it

Can you install EMGs in a Les Paul without routing a battery compartment?

>>71745434
Get started. We've all been there.

>>71743708

>Gibson
>$5,000+ list price
>Slaps a cheap Korean made Floyd on it
>Drills a bunch of holes in the sub-par mahogany otherwise it'd weigh 20lbs

What will those lovable scamps at Gibson think of next!?

>>71745434
Just start playing. Buy a new guitar when you're a bit better at playing. Then you have "earned" it.

What did you buy may I ask?

>>71745589
yeah, just do what everyone else does and tape foam around the battery

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>>71745350
my current main, i've been afraid to talk about it on /gg/ cuz its a 100 dollar amp but its fun for what i do

>>71743381
It scratches your tailpiece and makes your strings more likely to break at the ball end. If you want a lesses angle in the bridge saddles, just raise the tailpiece, that's what the screws are for. Topwrapping is a meme.

>>71745350
>What are some of your fav solidstates?
peavey, randall, hiwatt
all are for metal (^:

>>71745610
It's the cort z40ax

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>>71745610
pic related , it's the whole pack

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>>71745661
>its fun for what i do
this is all that matters

>>71745601
thank you friend

>>71745766
seconding this

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8

i'm the emotionless bass player on the left

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>>71746093
>why am i even here.jpg

stupid as fuck question that i can't seem to find the answer for on google. if you play 3rd fret on the low E string, is that just G, then if you hit 5th fret on D string thats G2?

Gibson-style guitars go better with a beard than Fender-style.

>>71746242
G2? no. that's a G5, a power chord.

>>71746366
wait no i'm retarded, i thought you wrote on the A string.

no, that's just an octave.

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>>71746112

reminds me of Jack Bruce when he joined Manfred Mann

>if I play the same boring simplistic basslines one more time I'll murder someone
>even working with Ginger again is better than this

>>71746394
>even working with Ginger again is better than this

Have you seen the documentary Beware Of Mr Baker? You'd never want to work with that fucking psychopath. Brilliant documentary film, starts with him assaulting the interviewer and goes downhill from there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeT8Hqab79E

Is an Epi LP Standard good enough for someone starting again after a decade of not playing at all? Or is there something better for a similar price?

I was thinking of getting the Les Paul, then upgrading the pickups to JB/59. Then saving for a nicer amp.

>>71746392
thanks for the reply. i guess i'm wondering how to write it out as a single note if that makes sense. if that is even a thing.

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>>71746555
for notation? you write it like this

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I'm upgrading my guitar and this is my first time changing pickups. What wires am I supposed to cut?

>>71746629
If you cut the red one you will go boom.

>>71746629
Looking at that, I'd say red and blue are for the two tone controls, yellow is the hot to the volume control, black is ground and the three gray wires are the pickup hots for bridge, middle and neck. But that could well be neck, middle, bridge reading left to right.

So the new pickup's hot wire (the not black one!) goes to the switch and the ground wire (probably black) goes onto any ground point, usually the back of the volume pot.

>>71745350
I'm thinking about getting a pathfinder 10 actually. Is it worth it? Its cheap, but I dont want it if its complete shite. I've heard good things about htem, tho.

>>71746690
Here's how to check it. Might need three hands here, maybe ask an adult to help you.

Select bridge pickup, plug the guitar into an amp
Hold or tape the new pickup's hot lead on the far right terminal of the switch
Hold or tape the new pickup's ground lead on the back of the volume pot

Now hit the pole pieces of the new pickup with a screwdriver and you should hear a loud clunk noise through the amp. If you don't (or you hear a quiet clunk noise) then try the hot lead onto the third switch terminal from the right of that pic.

>>71745589
>>71745631
Aren't Les Paul's electronic cavity small as fuck though?

>>71746498

great documentary

also Jack's stint in Manfred Mann was before Cream

so he did work with Ginger again even though Ginger beat him up and kicked him out of the Graham Bond Organisation at knifepoint

how do i become a bass player in a reggae band if i'm white?

>>71745661
a g50?
the g series has incredible cleans. im def not judging. gear snobbery is the faggiest thing possible. i just got a marshall lead 12. some solid states are great.

>>71746820
The thing is, he's a player of incomparable genius. Unfortunately he is also an entirely reprehensible human being who shits on everyone he comes into contact with then runs away at the first sign of trouble. It's all very well him complaining about his difficult upbringing but nothing excuses him being an utter shit of a person.

>>71746842
g50, yeah, the clean channel is insane but the dirty channel is completely unusable. got it from a friend for 90 bucks years ago and i cant find a reason to get rid of it

Post what you're learning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRNpc-hFkCs

Doing this for class

>>71746979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7DjCQfMqqg

>>71746712
I love my pathfinder 15 so far. I actually like it even more than my vox ac4 1x10 that I just sold if that shows anything. Not sure how the 10 compares but for less than 100 bucks why not?

>>71745765
oh jesus almighty

regardless, play play play. You can get something better down the road. Don't be buying a fucking Gibson Les Paul when you're just starting out like an absolute poser tart

>>71747474
Am I poser if I get a charvel as my first guitar? I want that 80s sound!

>>71747844
you get a specific sound with an amp, not with the guitar. But regardless, get the Charvel by any means. It's just literal newbies with $1,500 Les Pauls that I have an issue with.

>>71747903
Aww. I guess I'll have to save for a year for a nice amp.

>>71747844
You're going to be shelling out big bucks for a proper charvel. The later Charvel one are super low end and inferior to the Jackson made in the same factory

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DWyP2o9rkQ&t=497s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gVzqxH4qag

can anyone identify the scale/mode that kawabata solos in?

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>>71744444
check'd

>>71747925
>>71747949
Yeah, this anon's right, just get a Jackson for an 80's sound. They're decent and not terribly expensive.

>>71747949
I thought they were made in mexico so they'd be on par with Mexican fender, would they? WIth the cost of the floyd and pickups, the price seems about right.

>>71747969
TAAAAAAAGUUUUUMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ;_______;

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>>71748015
Do this every day and you'll be able to shred running in the 90's

>>71747963
C Lydian

>>71748119
danks senpai

Is an MIK Strat for $299+shipping with case worth it?

>>71748319
Also: It's not a Squier.

There is no bigger tone killer than a compression

>>71748634
Noise gates

>>71748634
scooping
compression can be useful for percussive playing styles

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SS and proud

...not so proud of my shitty ISP

KB300 is so good

>>71743103
fuck I thought you were LTD viper faggot.

>>71744432
that's actually a really nice clean.

What's the best way to get that nice vintage style yellowed neck on a Strat neck?

>>71743381
the difference is feel, and you shouldn't wraparound to accomplish that feel
>>71745672
>scratches your tailpiece
yes
>more likely to break at the ball end
yes, but less likely to break overall


the solution to both of these things is to just your fucking bridge screws or finger rollers to raise the tailpiece. there's no reason to have it dropped to the floor, and it will make the break angle from tailpiece to bridge much less strenuous on that stretch of string, which results in a lot less breakage.

My Afterneath keeps stopping and starting randomly. Like it'll work normally and then it'll go dead even when the light is still on and nothing I do fixes it.

Is there anything I can do? I would mail it in but I have a show coming up and idk if I have time

pls explain the benefits of an effects loop. I'm deciding whether to get a regular micro or micro dark

>>71743103
I would have went up one step to the SGG400 PRO. SG Special has pretty bad pickups. Does yours have a glued on neck or bolt on? I forget.

>>71749624
You can put reverb and delay effects after the amps distortion in an amp with an effects loop.

I'm recording my guitar with an SM57 > Scarlette 2i2 > Logic.
Sounds kinda thin and treble-y. How can I improve the sound? Ofc I'm not looking for studio quality shit I just want it to be better sounding I guess and I haven't really touched it besides the defaults that Logic gives you

>>71749721
how it that different from putting it via classic way of guitar -> pedal -> line in ?

>>71749721
Do you want to use reverb, delay, or modulation effects while using high gain from the amp? Then get an effects loop

>>71749742
It's about how the signal flows - where the effect is introduced. If you go guitar -> reverb -> amp distortion, then the reverb itself will be distorted and break up and sound ugly. Through the effects loop you basically get guitar -> amp distortion -> reverb, which gives you a much cleaner reverb sound after the distortion. Effects loops aren't as important if you're always playing with a clean tone

>there are people on this board who actually think south Korean guitars are good.

Poor fags are pathetic.

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What do you do for a living /gg/?

>playing at my first open mic night soon

i'm excited, what if i forget my songs

I just tried out beefy slinky's on my fender tele for the first time ever. everything sounds like shit when its plugged in. are the pickups just not good for these things? they also seem to really suck for finger picking which I did not forsee.

Should I buy the Hendrix, EJ, or normal fuzzface?

Entry level software for recording and mixing songs? I want to be able to record my guitar and bass over a drum loop, maybe add MIDI synth, etc.

Is FL Studio worth it?

I have a windows laptop so no GarageBand

>>71750069
you're mom lol

>>71750069
Since you ask, actually teach guitar. It's not really lucrative, but it beats the hell out of everything else I've done.

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Did you buy your Fender® Stratocaster® Cutting Board yet?

>>71746498
Who edited this piece of shit? None of the footage is centered and it's triggering me.

>>71750311
is it the actual size? then it's fucking huge

>>71750311
No, because I'm not an autistic muppet

>>71750098
you probably will because its going to suck ass the first time you do it, i dont care if you're in a band and gig regularly and all that shit, having to fill space with just your guitar and your voice in a huge room is daunting at first but it gets better

>>71749830
late 80s/early 90s korean shit is about 10x better than some of the retarded crap i've seen come out of mexico the past 10 years

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Found this guitar on the curb, and looking to start learning how to play (started on justin's website)
Its a pretty small classical guitar, and it has steel strings on it. As far as I can tell it sounds aright and I can tune it with a phone app.
Will this work to learn the basics on before I get a decent guitar?
Also any general tips for starting appreciated, thanks bros

>>71750311
You could just use an actual guitar body

Fuck me every time I try and record myself playing there's noticeable gaps in between the chords. I'm trying to switch from E to C#m and I have no idea how to make that jump totally seamless
Any advice?

>>71750289
How did you go from not teaching it to making a living from it? School required?

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what i plan rn. really enjoy the coil splitting feature. thinking about swapping out for seymour duncan pickups though

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>>71750700
my amp too

If I miss a note I just fall apart and stop playing and have to start again. Any tips? I feel like my fingers work pretty well but my brain is unfocused and useless.

>>71750624
If you have lots of experience with performing professionally you can get a job teaching with no degree at most community music schools. Having a degree just kind of looks good for the company website, but it's really just gravy and not what the owner will really care about. The most important factor to the business owner is that you know how to to retain students, because that's what makes them money.

theory scares me
transcribing scares me
chord substitutions scare me
ear training scares me

but it's time to stop being a baby at guitar and actually play the instrument, not it play me

>>71750832
Practice with a metronome or with the song. If you fuck up, keep going. Follow what the song is doing, not what you think its doing. If you play along with the song you'll be forced to keep going. Even if it takes you 8 bars to find where you are, one step at a time you'll get there.

>>71750425
Practice it slowly till you get it perfect. Either way it doesn't actually have to sound perfect because ideally the guitar isn't the only thing you're recording.

>>71750425
strum anyway
if its like eights then it can't be helped to hear some scratchy strings

>>71750425
Just play the chords very staccato and switch immediately to finger the next chord rather than waiting until the proper time to change.

It won't sound good, but at least you will make the changes in time and be able to keep going and keep up with the song or metronome. Gradually as you do this your fingers will actually get used to doing the chord shapes and you'll be able to actually make the changes correctly.

guys please tell me something that will make me a guitar god in 20 minutes >______<

>>71751166
practice what you can't do, not what you can.

>>71751166
Learn Eruption.

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>tfw first time trying to string a jazzmaster
FFFFUCCCKKKKK

>>71751217
oh come on... it isn't that hard

>>71751166

learn stairway to heaven

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I saw an old white guy driving a shitty old Taurus today with a huge epiphone sticker on his bumper.

What is the deal with the tuners on my telecaster, tuning up is fine, but whenever I need to lower the pitch on the B or G strings literally nothing happens for half a turn or so and then it just drops really flat. It makes it really annoying to tune, does fender just use cheap tuners or something?

>>71751336
>deal with the tuners on my te
Not the tuners. It's the nut. String is binding in the nut.

>>71751363
Makes sense because bending them usually pulls them out of tune. Is it just a cleaning job or nut needs to be filed or replaced or something?

>>71751411
Depends, graphite type lubricant can help.

>>71751411
Could be any of those. Too soft a nut material allows the string--especially wound strings-- to "dig in". Too narrow a groove may bind the string, esspecially if you're using a heavier gauge than what the guitar was set up for.

Tusq makes good replacement synthetic bone and graphite nuts. Both are harder materials than a lot of synthetic/resin stock nuts. Cost of a couple of sets of strings, give or take. Worth a shot, especially if it's a more entry-level Fender (Squier or maybe a MIM, although those are usually better). Could result in a lot more tuning accuracy and stability.

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What is the proper way to apply a paint to a bare wood body? Do I need to buy a sprayer, brush it on, or will a can of krylon work?

>>71751518
What type of wood? If it's an open-grained wood then you'll need to apply grain filler before painting.

>>71751534
In fact, why am I telling you this? Google is your friend, there's no end of instructions on the internet about spraying guitars.

>>71751489
Nah it's an American, which is why it's not making me happy. With a cheaper one I wouldn't be surprised. Anyway I'll look into it.

>>71751544
Wow, yeah. That really is surprising. I've got an American Standard with the stock nut, and it's incredibly reliable for tuning stability. Don't know about the graphite lube that >>71751461
mentioned, but that very well might help. It does sound like it's binding in the nut and just needs to move more freely when the string tension changes.

>>71751534
>>71751542
I don't know yet, it's a vintage guitar from the 80's. Who knows what wood they used.

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>>71751217
>first time trying to string a classical

>>71751534
>>71751542
Okay it's a maple body. I found the information online.

>>71751698
Post a pic. Also, you can just paint over the old paint if you sand it until it's rough enough.

>>71751766
Maple guitars are pretty uncommon, you sure?

>>71751807
Yeah, I'm the fag that keeps posting his ebay purchase. It's still coming in the mail.

http://www.rivercityamps.com/electra/dynasty.php

>>71751807
Maple isn't THAT uncommon for a body material. Usually it's exposed/stained/glossed rather than painted. But it's not unheard of.

Which brands make the best acoustic guitars?

>>71751934
I don't know

>>71748634
Compression IS my tone

>>71749721
Will they overload some effects though?

>>71751934
ovation

>>71750832
Nothing is more embarrasing than starting again

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>>71751331
That thing would look fly af with the right bodykit.

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>Luke's drinking again

;_;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI08pLPs2h0

>>71751848
Yeah, I'd recommend painting over the old paint. Just sand it down with a fairly rough grit first. Then you can use regular rustoleum painter's touch 2x satin for the color, and whatever you like for the clear coat. There's a lot of threads online about using rustoleum rattle cans. If you want a gloss look, you'll need at least two cans of color and 2 cans of clear since there's so much sanding involved. For matte you can leave off the clear coat and just use 2 cans of color.

>>71749675
bolt

>>71752092
Do you have to sand it a lot because of imperfections and hairs and shit getting stuck in the paint?

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>>71751762
>first time trying to string a Recessed Floyd

>>71752045
car modding is cool but such a gigantic waste of money

>>71752275
>musical equipment is cool but such a gigantic waste of money

FTFY.

tfw been playing for 3 years and im still garbage and only know 2 scales

>>71752366
TFW don't care about your scales or years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnU3WoQZHJE

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rate my rig /mu/

how do i write a song about a girl without being cheesy

>>71752508
you don't

>>71752341
it's not a waste of money because in the end it produces music
what do chrome bumpers produce (except pollution)?

>>71752486
8/mu

RJC's are really killler amps, and super clean. Docked a point because not RJC120.

Don't know what the white box is. But also minus a point for no compression or EQ (or +dB option) with that effects chain length, The rest seems to be user preference. Boss DD7 is a favorite of mine, others don't know. Overall, pretty solid.

>>71752552
>>71752341 (me)

I really do have both of these filthy habits, and the music on e is much more fulfilling, especially creatively. Just pointing out the car critique from a music guy. It's all a misplaced use of money.

mesa boogie more like brrrrraaappppp

>>71752571
white box is from jext telez. works better with the rjc than most other fuzzes. the fuzz war is on its way out of this chain and yes i need compression and a proper eq, any tips? i mostly use the dd7 as a looper nowadays

>>71752085
Id drink heavily too if I had to suffer NAMM assholes

>>71752231
No, paint just doesn't go on very smooth out of a spray can. If you're going for gloss smooth is what you want, especially on the final coat of color and final coat of clear.

But even matte, you want to sand enough to keep it from getting lumpy. However sanding more will get glossier, so you may decide not to sand the very last coat.

>>71743149
I find it really helps for alternate/sweep picking, although I have small fingers so it becomes an issue for the lower strings

>>71752660
I tried several compression stages...including a DOD, a Digitech, a Boss, and a BBE rack unit. The rack worked extremely well but was more complicated than necessary for guitar. Then I played an MXR MaxCom. Simple, two knobs, tailored for guitar frequency. Excellent.

For EQ, Boss 7 band is very good. I use an MXR 10 band eq and it does the trick, although more expensive.

(Really just my preference since that's what I use. Grain of salt and all that)

>>71743502
Don't often see strats with humbuckers here. Good taste friendo

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>>71752610
I sort of have both habits as well... But not really modding, just maintenance of my car. So not really wasting so much as saving money. Likewise for guitars modding saves some money, assuming I was going to buy the gear otherwise. But that's a bit of a leap right there. I probably just wouldn't have nice instruments if I didn't mod, rather than buying nice instruments outright. So I can't really claim my lutherie hobby saves me any money until I start selling my services.

I'll start selling my services just as soon as I'm done with my 3 backlogged projects...

>>71752273
This is the only issue here. Fuck recessed floyds

>>71752273
Floyds are a pain. Learning how to string them without losing the tuning and balance is a skill, but once you learn the trick it is much simpler than it seems at the beginning.

would it be fair to say that johnny marr was the first to popularize the tone that is associated with modern alternative indie rock? this might be a question better asked outside of /gg/

>>71752901
Who cares?

How does it make you feel if I'd tell I own a Two-Rock Studio pro 50w and a NOS custom shop stratocaster but ran into some unexpected financial troubles and am still running it all trough a sawed off 112 peavey 6505 cab (chinese made crappy speaker and shitty cab) for over a year now?

existance is pain. the bottleneck is too real.

>>71752916
Aw c'mon, Chinese peavies aren't that bad. I mean, sure, the U.S. ones are sturdier but they're still pretty good.

>>71752860

restring it one string at a time starting with the thinest string and you're fine 99% of the time in my experience.

> restrings 2 guitars with a floyd rose bridge about 3 times a week.

But honestly fuck floating bridges

>>71752778
Good set of skills to learn--working on cars. I wasted money for a long time. Ball-bearing turbos and huge intercoolers. Cams, suspension, brakes. (No body kits, though. Fuck that). A lot of it was learning how to be a mechanic, though. I didn't have anyone in my family that did automotive work so i taught myself car mechanics through modding.

The price of learning how to do something for one's self is often undervalued, so it doesn't (to me) seem worth splitting hairs over whether it was maintenance or improvement of the car. As long as you were learning something. Make sense?

Why do girls only care if you can shred or not? That or play classical...which most shredders do anyway.

>tfw fell for the play with emotion meme

>>71752914
a simple bedroom guitarist that is trying about the craft in the internet age

>>71752980

No I mean the amplifier is awesome. Its a 60w 6505+ (which is precicely what i wanted), it's just the speaker/cab part of the combo thats shit.

If you run the head trough a 2x12 mesa cab you have your cookie cutter metal setup and it sounds the same as an american 6505+ 120w.

They probably saved a lot of costs on the speaker department

>>71752486
juss curious what else do you use the rainbow machine for besides "that" noise?
also jcs fucking rule

>>71752992
>Update
I'd like to add that my ritual before playing is to take my left hand, rub my ball-sack in an upward motion, bring my hand to my face, take a big whiff, and then start to play.

>>71752981
I balance the guitar before I resting it. Truss rod, bridge height, spring tension, floating bridge elevation, etc. Then unstring them all and restring them all, without a care. It'll only balance out correctly or not at all, as the bridge tension and the neck tension are set up. Doesn't work if changing string gauges, but works perfectly if staying with the same strings.

>>71752981
>>71753019 (me)

I don't do it anywhere near as often, but I've got like 8 Floyd Rose guitars, and I've been working on them for 24 years. That's the method I stumbled upon about 3 years ago...

>>71752508
Take lessons from grindcore. Then it'll just be edgy instead.

Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
I've taken a Cube Amp and plugged it into my Microphone port from the amps recording port.
For some reason it always sounds muddy or muffled in a way, idk

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1PFT9yF1Cee

>>71753010
slight chorus. colder than the small clone. also always finding new sounds with it. very versatile pedal

>>71752989
As far as I can tell, most shredders don't play classical guitar. You might notice them more often because the guys who do play classical and shred tend to be the best possible guitarists from a technique stand point.
I do play classical, but I can't shred to save my life. My picking technique left me after 5 years of not using it and my forearm muscles(ones that control grip and fingers), while extremely strong from ackward stretches and barres, are not any faster really.
If anything I've gotten slower playing classical.

I wouldn't trade it for anything though. I love the classical music I play and the very heavy technique oriented style that allows music to be played on guitar that by rights shouldn't be possible.

>>71753050

Oke I have a question for you then, I don't own a floyd rose guitar myself so you probably know more than I do.

When do you decide to tune the guitar using the normal tuning pegs (loosening the nut-lock first)? I've only been doing this really to 'reset' the fine tuners so I can go both ways with them again if that makes sense.

>>71753124
Weird from what ive noticed they do. So many classical guitarist "shred" too meaning they play really fast classical stuff

>>71753102
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0vpz88WZrJl
I keep trying to adjust the EQ but I can't seem to find a good sound

>>71753157
That's pretty much it. I do like to set the bridge fine-tuners at a fairly neutral position before I do anything, then tune the guitar with the tuning pegs, lock it down, and fine tune. If it's close the fine tuners will do. If it isn't close or if you've bottomed out a fine-tuner, you unlock, retune by tuning peg, lock down, then fine tune again. Harder to describe than it is to do...

>>71753204

ye thats pretty much what I meant and what im currently doing. Thanks for the clarification anon <3

>>71751934
Martin, hands down

>>71753222

No problem, hope to be a help.

Also triple deuce recognized.

>>71753201
No offense bro but cube amps are shit. Idk if it can get any better than that

Who is objectively the best metal guitarist? Best technique and most creative/good melodies

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Good whammy to put on this?

>>71753335

Bigsby. Best option but might be the only option.

>>71753335
floyd rose

>>71753346
I like Bigsby for the looks and simplicity of setup but I know there's gotta be something else other than that or getting a Fender Whammy.
>>71753364
No. Pains in the ass, had one on my last Strat and I wanted to die.

>>71753298
I think its more so that Im using a aux cord to record it from its output.
It sounds fine tone wise when im just playing it

>>71753413
You need a phantom power supply to get a strong enough current for it to come through clean on your PC.

Goes amp > aux > phantom power supply > mic line in > pc

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tfw tinnitus

>>71753335
It has a whammy already, idungeddit.

>>71752486
I've been looking at some of Mr Blacks flangers. He seems like he does some good stuff

>>71753440
Oh well, if there's no way to get a good sounding recording from that wouldn't it be better to save up for an SM57 and a DI box?

>>71750311
My sister got me one of those and used a soldering iron to burn the pickups, knobs, pickguard and bridge into the rear (so it's a leftie strat and the "graphics" don't deteriorate over time). Bretty cool.

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tfw hate loud noises but love punk

>>71750425
More reverb and distortion.

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>>71753469
? Look again nigga.

>>71752901
I would say he went a long way in popularising it but the tone really is a product of the 60s, the 80s just recontextualised it

>>71753335
Das sexy mane.

>>71753505
Or get a good cab simulator. Two notes, Cabzeus, CabDryVR..

>>71753335
that a jap guitar? the neck on my jap jag is one of the best i've played

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>>71753556
>>71753505

>>71751934
cheap: Seagull

intermediate: Larrivee, Composite Acoustics, Guild (most of these should be bought used

high end(modern): Babicz, Rainsong, Mcpherson, Emerald,

high end(trad): Maton, PJE, Tanglewood

>2k in the bank at the end of the month BEFORE pay day
Welp, time to pull the trigger and get that Tele. HNNNGGGG

>>71753513
ya need to fix yourself lad

>>71753574
Stop.

2k will get you something actually useful that isn't just another one of MILLIONS of the most popular guitar in post modern music.

>>71753603
I'm not spending all of my savings on a fucking guitar dude, I'm spending 900 on a Baja Tele. I like the sound, I like how it feels, I know this particular one stays in tune.
>blowing all of your money on anything at any given time when it's not necessary

>>71753566
MiJ neck and MiA body.
>>71753534
Ty. It's a lot of fun to play and I had fun refinishing it and Frankensteining it.
>>71753574
Buy used my nigga. You can get some great deals.

>>71753614
I would but a) no good deals on eBay and b) from my motorcycle buying experience whenever you're buying anything used that costs more than maybe 200 should be tested prior to purchase, especially if you can't return it.

>>71753638
Craigslist and Reverb?

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I've got two pedals I just can't seem to get shifted.

EH Tube Zipper
EH Wiggler

Want to get rid so badly to help fund a new amp purchase but no interest whatsoever ;_;

>>71753521
So you're just looking for a trem arm? Anything will do in that case, just get whatever's cheap. You can bend the end of any arm to make it a snug fit.

>>71753656
zilch
I am not a burger

>>71744155
Anon, just what do you think the blues is about?

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>>71753769
Listen to some fucking delta you twat

>>71753571
>seagull
>worse than guild
what nigga

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>>71742917
Ace Frehley Edition, so who 3 pickup LP fans?

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Can you guys help me identify this guitar from Full House? My buddy says it's a Gunslinger but to me it looks more like a custom ST3. I'll upload the few different pics I have. I love the F-hole on the side and the white trim around the edge, and I can't seem to find one like it anywhere for sale.

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>>71754192
Here's one more of Uncle Jesse shredding.

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I'm a pretty seasoned guitar player but I have one regret, never learning to play finger style well. I own an acoustic and really want to practice, are there any online guides out there to get the basic technique down?

Anyone know about diy guitar pedals?

Been thinking about making myself a basic footswitch.

>>71754260
Yes.
Do it. Depending on what you want to do this can be incredibly easy, or frustrating, or interesting.

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>>71754260
EZPZ my friend. So many free schematics available.

Easier ones you can just get components, but doing your own boards can be quite doable and cheap as well.

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>>71754260
Check if your amp needs a momentary or latching switch first. And check if the switch needs to be normally open or normally closed. Not all footswitches are the same.

>>71747903
the les paul i want to buy is 300 dollars but thank you , i will continue playing on my shitty current guitar

>>71754260
Check out http://tagboardeffects DOT blogspot DOT co.uk/

feckin spam detection

/gg/ what is in your opinion the best 'value' acoustic guitar range/brand/type?

So basically I never gig with an acoustic so it'll 95% be used outside/when im sitting on my couch. Im looking for something that is known to be reliable and sturdy, not flimsy fancy pancy.

Maybe comparable to something like what I think a Yamaha Pacifica 112 or a Fender squire/mexican Fender would be for electric guitars.

Budget is around 300-400 euros. I highly prefer smaller acoustic guitars because i'm an electric guitar player with small hands.

So anything that comes to mind after reading this?

Thanks in advance brothers.

Could I just ask anyone making a youtube video about pedals to please wear shoes and socks when operating footswitches. I don't want to see your unwashed feet and ingrown toenails.

Thanks in advance, anon.

>>71754538
I did not know Fender extended their business model to selling people who help knights with shit.

>>71754538
Yamaha is fine at the low end. I dunno if you really need to spend 300. There's a funny thing about this: a common ideal among acoustic is plenty of high end, which mostly comes from thinner tops. So some lower end guitars are actually built sturdier. They just have a bassier sound.

>>71754400
How do i see which one it needs?

>>71754538
>So anything that comes to mind after reading this?

Yes. I work in "Acoustic and Jazz" and i can tell you anything between 200 and 500 is basically the same fucking think and impossible to tell in a blind test.

Below 200 the quality is shitty.
Above 500 you start getting some nice imporvement.
Between 200 and 500 its only the skin that changes and the neck depending on which brand you go with.
Sure the "Tonewood" will be different but as always ita only about what it looks like and it has little to no impact on sound.

Most of the guitars in that price range also come from the very same factory.

So basically go to thimann pick one that looks cool and pick GOOD strings (between 10€-18€) and enjoy.

Go for a dreadnought type body if you play electric.

>>71754609
Thing* Improvements* it's only* Thomann*

fuck phoneposting

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>>71754555
Bitch you can't make me wear shoes

Enjoy festering in your own sweat and smelling like bile whenever you take your shoes off, loser

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>>71754609
Having played a 200 dollar fender acoustic and a 500 dollar martin, believe me there's a world of difference in play-ability.

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>>71754604
The manual should tell you.

>>71754636
next time try a 230€ fender and 490€ martin.

>>71754636
I think a $200 guitar from a brand that doesn't suck would stand a better chance against martin.

>>71754538
second yamaha. awesome gutiars for the price

>>71754378
>>71754400
>>71754287
https://goo DOT gl/mxo4eu
this looks good and cheap, thinking about using this

>>71754649
have you never tried to compare? You're making yourself look like a retard, when it comes to value Martin is substantially better at that price point than a fender and you're honestly retarded if you believe otherwise.
>>71754666
>fender
>sucks
What other fucking brand would you use? You really think a Yamaha at that price would play the same as a martin?

>>71754716
Buy the switch first and measure how much space it needs in the housing. You'd be surprised how deep some switches are and once you add some clearance for the wires, 31mm isn't much to play with. And remember that's outside measurement, internally you may only have 25mm.

>>71750380
should work great, i actually would advocate learning on a classical, if you can play on the huge neck you can play anything

>>71750380
>classical guitar, and it has steel strings on it

you know that neck is going to bend like a banana in a couple of weeks right?

>>71754609

thanks mate, solid answer. Really appreciate it when people actually take time to reply with something insightful.

>>71754636
a 500 dollar martin sounds like a bad idea tho? They're known for their high-end guitars, their lower-end guitars are probably overpriced due to it being a 'martin'. Wasn't there some company that made copy martins that have a reputation for blowing the lower-end martins out of the water? Can't remember the name, blueridge or something?

>>71754792
Bridge will probably pop off as well.

>>71754802
>Not getting a LX1E
Did you read some article on the internet and form your opinion instead of actually playing guitars