/gg/ - Guitarfag and Bassfag General

What's the general consensus on Earthquaker Devices?

reposting because Fender playing tonewood fags are retarded

>>71799312
>LITERALLY SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE EXPLORER WITH MORE HIGH END

yeah, they both sound like shit but he's right, it makes no fucking difference

>>71800424
Speaking of EQD, what are some pedal companies that are highly regarded but for some reason you don't own any of them and why? For me it's EQD and EHX I can't find any OD/Fuzzes from either of them that I like and their modulation effects sound inferior to Boss and the likes

>>71800474
The guy playing them sounds like shit.

All of these EGC videos have only proven money can't buy talent.

Buzzo plays one. That's enough for me.

Should I get an Epiphone?

>>71800518
EQD seem kinda gimmicky to me. Instead of being neutral and versatile tools they seem like "stomp on this for a quirky sound you'll barely ever use".

>>71800424
>Earthquaker Devices

made well enough, look nice, but they have some models that go into that Devi Ever "unusable bullshit" territory
>>71800526
I was looking for a guitar not made out of wood and I passed on metal guitars after reading about how incredibly unstable they are. Ended up getting a Status graphite joint and I'm waiting for it to come in now.

>>71800382
How do I learn styles?

Let's say I want to play something that sounds "Western". How would I do that?

What about something like noise guitar

>>71800526
>EGC
>Buzzo plays one
buzzo moved to travis beans a while back

>>71800649
lol we already went over this a week or two ago, fuck off

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>A MIM telecaster is selling for $2700 at my local shop
third world feels

>>71800643
Learn a bunch of songs by bands from those styles. Then try writing your own.

>>71800674
so you're the same guy I owned and you don't want to get back into it again? noted

>>71800643
if by western you mean country just play beginner chords, basically just e d c g and a. literally called cowboy chords
noise is all in pedals amps and shit, power chords primarily I imagine since it came from the punk scene but I can't tell for anything what their actually playing most of the time with all the distortion

>>71800714
sure thing you mong LOL
>post video proof of him using EGCs as often has he does TBs
>still spouting bullshit despite being proven wrong weeks ago

it's a shame that anonymity didn't hide your autism as good as you thought it did huh? just keep your mouth shut or fuck off to TGP :)

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>>71800766
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbR2mo8Eyy0
what a sound!

What's the verdict on Schecter? The Stiletto Extreme 4 sounds decent for the price.

>>71800753
Well no.

I've been going through King Gizzard's discography and noticed they mold their sound a bit for each album:

Eyes Like the Sky: Western
Willoughby's Beach: Surf

I don't really know much about music theory and I'm just starting to play guitar so I'm wondering how they're able to move from theme to theme like that

>>71800810
>Schecter

I played their PJ copy thing when I was looking for a new bass and liked it a lot. It was pretty out of whack though, it only sat in the shop 6 months and had neck twist issues. Their QC seems to have gone downhill because it was the best playing out of the ones I've messed with in the past few years even with the twist problem.

Their in-house pickups sound like shit to me, but if you get ahold of one YMMV

>>71800819
that's inspired by spaghetti western soundtracks, look into ennio morricone I guess for more. not sure how to describe the sound entirely
surf rock is heavily characterized by tremolo picking
(also used to get a black metal or sitar like sound)

>>71800680
$2,700 as exchanged from your Monopoly money to usd or just your Monopoly money?

>>71800819
Single coils and spring reverb with a clean amp will get you most of the way their tonally.

IDK. Just get a Les Paul style guitar a Strat style guitar and fuck around with amp simulations enough and you'll get a good enough idea about what makes things sound the way they do pretty quickly.

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>>71800766
You seem to have forgotten how you got your ass obliterated by that Anon? Here, have a reminder of how bad you were destroyed and tried to play it off as "trolling":

https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/mu/thread/S71056816#p71065849

He's right, it's obvious you definitely don't want another taste of that medicine.

>>71800797
Is everyone that plays an Aluminum neck guitar a fat loser?

>>71800911
>$2,700 as exchanged from your Monopoly money to usd
this one

>>71800978
literally not even what we're talking about lol

some guy was claiming buzz used exclusively beans, when he didn't, and doesn't

fuck off for trying to piggyback and failing though, you weird screenshotting nobody :)

>>71800680
Are you from argentina?
>Jackson js32, the lowest of the lowest, 7000 pesos, 500 dollars

>>71800985
Sweet Luicifer Lopez, what country?

>>71801034
>some guy was claiming buzz used exclusively beans, when he didn't, and doesn't

Except you're wrong, he switched to Beans. Link to recent shots of him playing an EGC at a recent concert.

Pro tip: you can't.

>>71800680
>>71801063
jesus christ

no wonder you guys just make ass-shaking music with computers

>>71801095
LITERALLY

ALREADY

DID

THIS

WEEKS

AGO

LMAO

>>71801063
thats not good but its not completely terrible, those are $300-330 here.

Who here has a guitar that's 30 years old or more?

>>71801063
>>71801083
[spoiler]south africa[/spoiler]

I could probably look around and find it cheaper if I buy from another city but I wont get it for under +-1200 US$

>>71801120

Like I said, you can't. It's a pretty simple request. You should be able to easily provide a couple of recent links to pics of him playing an EGC live if what you're saying is true. It's not though so you won't ;^)

I enjoyed this little exchange though.

>>71801133
>>71801149
I guess some countries are worst than mine but idk, amps are even more expensive
>Line 6 spider v 30 watts is 470 dollars

>>71801098
Never thought about that, its easier to buy a pc than a rig, i think buying luthiers guitar is also more common here

>>71800680
kek.

jesus. well if trump gets his way we'll only be able to buy american made strats so that's that

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>>71800649
>>71801095
you guys are right buzz switched from egc to travis bean guitars last year. pic related
>Travis Bean TB1000S Pan Version
I don't know what that other retard is on about

>>71801149
Lol I live in Chicago where MiM Strats and Teles can be had for $225-275 because there's so many, I'd love to exploit that scarcity and send you a boatload to sell over there for $900 if you gave me enough to cover the average $250 and shipping costs plus $100 in profit and you keep the rest

Also my uncle went to Johannesburg for the World Cup and fought some African dude over a fish sandwich

>>71801366
haa ha ha thanks m8

>>71801366
how much are these guitars?

>>71801378
>Also my uncle went to Johannesburg for the World Cup and fought some African dude over a fish sandwich
kek, fuck niggers desu

>>71801378
Chicago hipsters literally play nothing but Fenders.

t. south side nigger

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>>71801140
The Ibanez in the middle would be close to 40.

Electronics are fried but it plays amazingly besides that.

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Will a Jazz Bass neck fit on a PBass? Or can I route PBass pickups to replace the neck jazz pickup? I feel the answer would be yes like swapping a Strat and Tele neck and the only issue for the bass would be a new pickguard and wiring/soldering

And does anyone have experience with the 60s Road Worn Jazz Bass? The resemblance and attention to detail to vintage Jazz basses is impeccable

>>71801399
one like that would go for around $7500
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-Travis-Bean-Designs-TB1000A-Artist-/262482274780?hash=item3d1d29a9dc:g:vRIAAOSwnDZT8sWg

>>71801378
250, plus shipping lets say 300 total?
After taxes here in argentina its about 500.
Mim standard strats cost 20000 pesos here, which is around 1200 dollars, we have some bussines here m8

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>>71801366
>uh oh spaghettios!
When can we expect the next all caps post with double spaced asspain to appear?

Perfect amp for beginner, excellent toan, and when you become good enough to share your playing with others, this bitch can push a 4x12 cabinet! Headphone jack for silent practice.

Are there literal shills and viral marketers in these threads?

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>>71801667
>>71801667

>>71801698
Seems so at times. What does it matter, youre a guitar fag, you live to suck that corporate dic; scrambling to keep your gear current.

>>71801604
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST FUCKING SAY ABOUT ME


YOU LITTLE BITCH?

>>71801366
Buzz's new sound is poor. Wish he get back to Gibsons through Marshalls.

>>71801850
Saw them a while back and he was having gear troubles the entire time. He should stop using meme guitars.

>>71801832
Im sorry, mister... i th th th thought this was how folks were supposed to interact with each other on korean cartoon site. Please accept my apology?

>>71801850
>>71801902
this. fuck all that aluminum meme shit

>>71801902
I saw the Melvins a lot in the 90's and early 00's. Seemed like they were the opener at every show i went to back then. Met Buzz. He pretty comfy.

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>>71801426
Hi Sean

>>71801502
I'd be down, how fast would they sell if we priced them at $1,000? With the profits of $500 how about we split $200 me/$300 you give or take since you'll have to deal with selling shit in South America

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Anyone here DIY their pedals/amps? I've got an order of parts coming in so I can build a Vibrolux clone box, an amp, a reverb pedal, and a fuzz pedal. Gonna have fun with the projects, debating if I should leave the builds on proto boards or get PCB made for them.

What projects yall working on? Pic somewhat related, it's a circuit for a heart rate monitor I made in school.

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>>71801980
>how fast would they sell
I think the better option is to aproach guitarists and offer them this deal, its pretty common for musicians here to buy imported stuff, other than that this is a great idea. Have you ever shipped a guitar? I have no idea if there is a chance of breaking or what

>>71801991
There's nothing but 19 year old kids in these threads, you're wasting your time asking that shit here.

>>71802097
Oh yea I'm that Shit poster that's owned almost 100 guitars buying/selling online. Only thing that's fucked me was import taxes. I've got the proffered seller badge on Reverb if that's anything and I've got a fuckload of shipping supplies and boxes. I just think we need to check on import/customs taxes to estimate the amount of loss we'd have to take before we sell for profit

roundwound strings are a meme

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Assuming I would one day like to memorize the fretboard, which would be better for my understanding of music in the long run: memorizing scale patterns in every position in every key, or just learning the scale formula and figuring out every position in every key manually?

>>71801703
The head is only $150 new by itself

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>>71802201
I think it's easier and gets you playing music faster if you just memorize scale patterns and get them under your fingers first, then worry about which scale degree each note is later.

>>71802173
The only tax i think we should worry about is the personal import tax, which is about 50% of the product value. Of course the cheapest way would be if you personally, or i could go to.
In a flight we should be able to bring 1 guitar, maybe 2 small amps, a cellphone and a notebook maybe? We wouldnt be paying taxes and that would have a value of around 4000 dollars here, but idk how expensive is a plane from us to here

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What does /gg/ think of Alex Lifeson?

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>>71802107
:( tfw DIY hobbyist forums are even more hostile to outsiders than 4chan but 4chan has no input

>>71802532
why are you still here pete

>>71802532
Sorry palerino i have no idea about electronics, i only make guitars

looking to get an entry level bass guitar that would last me a few years for just recording and maybe gigging if it ever gets to that point. What should I get if I have a budget of $200-250?

>>71802739
something yamaha

>>71802739
SX Ursa

>>71802402
That would be cool but plane tickets are almost $1,000. That can be worth it if depending on the profits of a MiM Standard ($250-$300), Blues Jr. ($300-$325) or Hot Rod Deluxe 40w($350-450

>>71802739
My entry level Yamaha bass has served me well for nearly 10 years. Never had an issue. Taken it to a ton of jams. Been dropped countless times and scratched up and beaten around. Never really felt the need to replace it. Though maybe that's because guitars and pedals and synthesizers seem a bit more interesting.

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Been admiring this Ibanez for a while

>>71802929
shit like this is why everyone thinks you're gay bruh

>>71801991
Bretty gud m8
I've been thinking about making my own amp for quite some time, but haven't started yet due to other reasons.

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>>71802929
are they fa

>>71802995
How so?

>>71803010
With op amps it's seriously super easy. One chip, a few resistors and capacitors and you have what you would buy for like 100+$ for like 20. Showing off guitar moves to friends is even cooler when you made all your own hardware too ;)

>>71803037
I like em, but that streetwear stuff isn't for me

>>71803037
>fa
faggots*

and yes

>>71803037
H&M Gothninja tier. Not /fa/ at all.

>>71803041
it makes it even worst if you don't suspect peoples estimation of your queer/lubed butthole status

>>71802785
>>71802843
>>71802885
Thank you!! I'll check these out

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>>71803143
>lubed butthole status

>>71803163
posting fruity reaction images like that aren't helping your situation either

Is it basically necessary to get lessons if you want to advance from being a pleb that knows how to sort of play pentatonic improvisation and generic chords to someone who is more technical and understands music theory?

I see a lot of guitar lessons online but they are either for absolutely new beginners or for people who already have a decent technical foundation. I can't find a lot of info on how to actually advance when you are kind of inbetween

I would get lessons but I literally have no time for them and I can't afford them either.

>>71803193
>fruity reaction images
wew lad, there really is no pleasing you lol

>>71803222
I had guitar lessons before and it was just learning covers. At the end of it it was just blues jamming and it was getting me nowhere so I quit them.

I want to buy a strat and install Seymour Duncan SSL-1 pickups. Should I just get a MIM since I'm changing the pickups anyway? I feel like it would be a waste to dish out the cash for a made in america just to switch out the pickups.

>>71803222
I've learned a lot from books and videos. Read Guthrie's book from the OP if you haven't already.

>>71801445
>Will a Jazz Bass neck fit on a PBass
Yeah people have done it for decades some people prefer the slimmer profile of a jazz neck. Not a problem as long as they are the same screw configuration.

As for adding a p bass pick up your looking at filling the cavity and cutting new ones which is allot of time and work. You could always just find a cheap p&j configured bass and just go with that, I can usually find one for 50-70 at a pawn shop.

>>71803256
>there really is no pleasing you lol
some random gay fantasy freudian slip would be pretty embarrassing wouldn't it?

>>71802885
+1 for Yamaha. I've heard really good things about their basses

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If I buy a Marshall and a Les Paul will I sound like Adam Jones from Tool?

Why does pentatonic noodling feel so much more satisfying than any other type of guitar playing?

It's just so smooth and clear. Fast patterns sound so much better than diatonic shit to my ears too.

>>71800382
i've never bought a bass before, and I want one to mess around with, but probably wont play much.

Should I get a Squier Affinity Precision like everyone else has?

how do i choose a guitar to buy?

i have no experience playing so i'm going to be learning on this one

are "beginner" guitars a meme?

i'm only interested in electric btw

>>71801349
redpill me on modern american guitars

>>71803510
The newer epiphone's are a good value. Stay away from the bottom tier ones, they're shit. Get something around the 400-500 dollar mark.

Or you could get a MiM fender if you can afford that.

>>71803510
What type of music do you like/want to play? A mid range Ibanez or Fender '57 vibe squire are both great guitars for any genre

What classifies a certain type of music "prog"?

>>71803602
if hipsters like it

>>71803610
if hipsters like it, then it's proge

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>>71803507
I got one of these a couple of years ago and really like it.

http://www.rondomusic.com/ursa3mnvwh.html

>>71803507
>Squier Affinity Precision
No, if your going 100%brokefag get atleast a standard series, they are well with the extra couple bucks. The vintage modified series is a nice mid teir model, and I would take a classic vibe over a mim fender any day.

Squier is fickle, if you go cheap you'll get shit, but the more you spend the better quality your going to get.

>>71803690
The problem with agile in Canada is the shipping costs 150 making it a worse buy than anything comparable.

>>71803708
Why is a squier vibe better than MiM fender?

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I have $500 to spend. Which electric guitar should I buy if I'm not adhering to a specific playing style?

>>71803842
go to a store and find one you like

>>71803842
Ibanez rg321

>>71803602
prog is the modern jazz of rock. bunch of fuckwits noodling around out of tune and calling it "music"

>>71803602
it's when some pretentious tryhard dickheads get together and decide to play in weird time signatures in a vain attempt to perplex people with their technical abilities. then only vocal nerds virgies care because they've made their music inaccessible/difficult to listen to and enjoy
>many such cases! sad!

>>71803471
He plays 2 Diezel VH4s through Mesa cabs and a Marshall 78 Super Bass through a Marshall cab. He's also stated that a big part of his sound comes from his 79 Silverburst Les Paul because the paint adds to the tone. I think that last part is nonsense but whatever.

So no, I don't think any old Marshall will give you that sound but it'll likely get you in the ballpark. I would imagine he used Marshalls on their earlier stuff too so unless you can dish out all the cash for a Diezel (lol) I'd say go for a used JCM 900 or 2000 or something.

>>71803575
kind of like shoegaze, the way they use the guitar to make sound/noise. that's what i'd like to be able to do rather than say, a technical shredding guitar solo

>>71801445
MIM will fit on MIM and MIA on MIA but you can't interchange them. Japanese ones seem to use a totally different screw pattern as well

>>71803989
Maybe a squire Jaguar then, those seem to be pretty good

>>71803830
Hi mass bridge, decent as fuck pickups, they are modeled 50s, 60s, 70s so you'll get the little extras like the ash trays and thumb rest thinggys sometimes with fancier period correct paint jobs and pick guards. When just holding one and comparing it to a mim it just feels nicer, were talking comparing a top of the line product vs a bottom end product.

Has a nice glossy urethane neck that I really like but some people don't like.

>>71800797
i can't stop staring at the jiggling man-titty in this video

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>>71803602
I think it's usually music that uses extended harmony, modal interchange, complex rhythms, and/or odd time signatures with a rock vibe (power chords, distorted guitars, blues licks/riffs) throughout.

Have some prog

https://youtu.be/BQeD0xY4qlU

>>71803575
also, the solo at 2:00 here is one of my favorite solos, i'd like to be able to recreate that sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvwrWI3RJuc&spfreload=10

Epiphone vs Squier?

>>71804557
rondomusic.com

>>71804557
In what sense? Just like Gibson and Fender they're 2 completely different brands. As far as quality I'm pretty sure most agree Epiphones are of better quality than Squire. But really both brands have some good quality guitars for the money.

>>71804557
Depends on what you like, they sound and feel totally different. Go to guitar center or something and try them out, I personally don't like the Gibson/epi family and stick to fender/squier.

>>71803708
>I want one to mess around with, but probably wont play much.
really?

>>71800643
Premier Guitar has a cool series of Twang 101 lessons.

>>71801902
>>71801966
the aluminum shit needs to die.

>>71804557
I work on guitars for a living and prefer Squier as a bottom-budget brand.

>>71804989
The worst part about owning an affinity series is getting rid of an affinity series. Even buying some used affinity your getting a shitty guitar that was treated like shit.

Just read some interweb discussions regarding picking technique. People furiously defending either 'inside' or 'outside' picking or whatever term they came up with.

I've kinda taught myself to pick the 1st and 3th 16th note of a beat down and 2 and 4 up.

Did this because I was so terrible with rhythm I had to keep my hand moving else i'd often 'turn around' a part because i'd be a 16th too late or too early.

Guess it's called alternate picking?
Anyways I figured you can't go wrong with this. Opinions?

>>71800530
no, save your money for a real gibbo that will hold its value and not need a fret dress, new nut and pickup change right out the box, unless you can do those things yourself at minimal cost

look after that headstock if you do get a gibson though

>>71800530
Very good beginner guitars and they can be quite tempting when thinking about laying down the money for a Gibson.

But if you've been playing a while and want a high quality guitar I wouldn't get an Epi. At the very least get a Gibson Studio LP or something. But not those tribute models. I'd take an Epi over those any day.

>>71805700
alternate picking is fine

economy picking is apparently faster once you get used to it, but you have to spend a lot of time to make it second nature because it's quite awkward and unnatural. some people swear by it, but i don't play shred enough to really care about playing a bit faster

>>71806050
>>71806169
I need a guitar now but can't afford gibson. I sold mine 10 years ago and quit playing. What if I bought one to tide me over? I can then put 200 a month into a shoebox gibson fund. But I really need a hobby right now,

>>71806249
Get some cheap pawn shop Cort to keep you busy till you can afford the Gibson if you want to be able to play in the mean time.

>>71806214
I used to strictly alternate pick and I'm just now starting to hone my economy picking after being disappointed with the lack of speed I get from alternate picking.

I think some people can get that speed with alternate picking, but I think there's something wrong with my physiology that puts my speed limit lower than theirs with strictly alternate pickstrokes.

I used to worry about economy picking feeling awkward and inconsistent, but guys like Frank Gambale, Jimmy Bruno, and Rick Graham can play pretty much anything they want to with it.

https://youtu.be/zhjorw5NbAc

>>71806249
Like I said, Epis are solid guitars, no shame in owning one. Considering your scenario it sounds like a solid idea, especially if you really haven't played in 10 years.

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

I'd do something like that, even has Gibson '57 classic pickups and not those shitty "ProBuckers" Then after a while if you still feel like it you can sell that and get a Gibson.

>>71803921
a stereo setup with a cranked/TS'd marshall and a diezel vh4 pedal into another amp would nail his tone

you can nail it most of the way with just a vh4 pedal desu

>>71806432
maybe down the line i'll work on economy picking, but i need to work on more important things right now. i'm not a big shred guy so it's not gong to really help me that much

>>71803533
Not much to RedPill, just don't get anything but a real Les Paul (not studio) or a Strat.

The American Strat is a classic for a reason. It sounds good, its incredibly versatile in terms of both what styles you can play and sounds you can create. Be prepared to dress those frets though.

LP's are more limited in terms of style, but if you warm, full sound there isn't much better out there for the price, especially with heavier gauge strings. They're durable as fuck too outside of headstock issues.

>>71806564
>Not much to RedPill, just don't get anything but a real Les Paul (not studio) or a Strat.

Are you aware of Suhr and G&L guitars?

>>71801821
>scrambling to keep your gear current

Most people in /mu/ seem to play traditional shit and not show interest in current day edgy meme machines. Amp modelling is an exception because Kempers and Axe Fx II are indisputably great pieces of gear.

It's not really "sucking corporate dick" when you're buying shit that has been tried and tested over 60+ years of tradition. People are looking for a sound that hits home with them and the classics deliver.

>>71806169
Man fuck a studio, you can afford a top of the line Epiphone, a fret dress, new pickups and tuners for the same price and it will probably sound better.

>>71806564
>LP's are more limited in terms of style

Your whole post was hilariously stupid but that takes the cake m8

>>71802107
It's unreasonable to expect the average guitar player to be able to build his own pedals and amps. Fuck off.

>>71806660
>an epiphon sounding better than a studio

Yeah, no. Hell even those shitty cheap tribute series will SOUND better, but I wouldn't wanna be seen with one. The only thing a studio is missing is the fucking binding. Epiphones still have shit electronics and pickups and aren't built to last.

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>>71806660
>a top of the line Epiphone

kek

>>71806660
>Epiphone, a fret dress, new pickups and tuners

What a shitty fucking idea. If you can't afford a Gibson Les Paul Standard then just don't bother.

>>71803842
MIM Strat or a Classic Vibe Strat. It's no coincidence why they're the most copied at a budget.

Gibsons are fucking dogshit anyway, buy yourself a Jackson or something i mean if you're going humbuckers might as well buy good ones.
Les Pauls are awful at everything i swear, if you try cleans with one it sounds like flat bassy shit. If you play it dirty it sounds muddy and just fucking disgusting in general.
If you want to hear good clean sounds get yourself a nice Fender, if you want good and fat distortion get yourself an Ibanez or Jackson. Fuck gibson

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>>71806936
No guitars compare to Gibsons. You can recognize that warm rich tone immediately and any time I play a non Gibson guitar I feel like fucking crying because they don't give me THAT TONE.

>>71806936
I've tried fucking top end les pauls at guitar stores and god they just blow ass, heavy as fuck and uncomfortable as the shit (i lift btw) the shape of a les paul is even more generic than a strat at this point. Most les paul pickups are junk, i dont know how gibson just can't make a fucking good set of pickups for once, they always have to shit them up. Honestly an Epiphone Les Paul vs a Gibson Supreme Les Paul would be the same, in the end both guitars are shit although for different reasons

>>71807031
Gibson's are just 1000 neck dive machines with no replaceable neck.

>>71807031
What kind of metal do you play anon?

>>71803471
This fag hotrods his Les Pauls with SDs. Pickups and amp are the biggest components of a guitar tone, but scale length, bridge, nut material, bolt on versus set neck versus neck thru and yes in my opinion even wood also contribute.

>>71803921
It is nonsense. Jones has a really generic metal tone and his gay guitar paint adds nothing.

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>>71807002

>>71807151
Actually i play hardcore punk

>>71807152
>yes in my opinion even wood

D I S C A R D E D

>>71804181
Holy shit I was thinking the same thing, it's hypnotic
>>71800983
probably

>>71807213
>hardcore punk
>tone

Lol fuck off

>>71807213
you can use a squier strat with a rat pedal and be playing the same shit Minor Threat did retard

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>>71801140
ye, 1978 greco rb-700

>>71807342
Fucking nice

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Hey guys, would anyone tell me what chord is this?

MIM > MIA

>>71807389
If you replace the pickups then yeah, pretty much.

>>71807383
FM7

>>71807383
Fmaj7

>>71807383
looks like an F to me my gent

>>71807389
>>71807411
What about Japan?

>>71807411
the hotter pickups are better than the shitty sparkly trebbly ones in the MIA guitars

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MIM Standard came on Friday. Rate my acquisition.

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>>71803471
>If I buy a Marshall and a Les Paul will I sound like Adam Jones from Tool?


No, but you will BE a tool! Ha!

>>71807484
2/10 camera

>>71807484
>black on black
>maple fb

good...goood

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I'm heavily considering a Washburn WB-66 because I want an upgrade from my Squire P-Bass for recording black/doom. What you're guy's word on Washburn Basses? I already own a Washburn and an Oscar Schmidt guitar and I love them both.

>>71807213
Somehow your opinion is worse even less than I thought it was.

>>71807484
Looks like a Strat!

>>71807506
Yeah it was on my phone. I could take a better quality picture with my good camera later.

>>71807484
Black fenders are boring and basic as fuck. The only thing that can save it is a tourtis pick guard.

>>71807484
I think black on black is a bit dull personally. But I dig the maple fretboard. I'm planning to get a MIM Strat one of these days. How much was it?

>>71807581
$300, but the middle pickup's dead.

>>71807567
>Black fenders are boring and basic as fuck.
Which ones are not boring then?

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Should i guys? Or should i save up for a texan ft79? Do anyone of you have one and just how big is it?

can you make me feel better about buying an epiphone LP standard for my first guitar because really i feel poor by not buying even at least a used gibson
sos

I wanna play bad brains stuff but I have a strat, do you think I can pull it off

>>71807596
The pickup is probably just disconnected, not broken.

>>71807389

tone wise with new pickups yeah, even playability is often realllyyy close.

Though, any good MIA strat really does feel nicer to hold. Feels more 'straight' more solid and sounds slightly better. It just has better a better attention to details.

IDK, I think it's worth to pay a decent chunk of money extra for slight benefits because those small benefits really transform the guitar from good to great. You're only buying the guitar once, why not make sure everything is of high quality?

MIA also holds value better


Having said that, i've borrowed my best friends MIA strat for over a year now. And one of my other friends recently bought a mexican made roadworn strat and it fucking blows this merican strat out of the water somehow.

>>71807389
>shit poorfags say

>>71807640
Yes, of course.

Why wouldn't a strat work for that?

>>71807632
I bought an sg g400 pro and i like it, so what im trying to say is as long as you dont but one for like 200 dollars you should be good, the low end ones a pretty bad

>>71807031
what's it like to have sex with a les paul?

>>71807640
Bridge and middle pups together should get you close.

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burstbuckers vs classic '57. which ones do you like best, /gg/?

>>71807692
>
Tell me exactly what's worse about MIM.

>>71807632
>epiphone LP standard for my first guitar

That's a great first guitar m8. Besides, you could have gotten a Squire. I wish I could have had an Epi first guitar. Post a pic of it m8

>>71807516
>buzz feiten

literally unusable for me, so I've never tried one out

>>71807640
Get a rat pedal and you can be east bay ray

>>71807709
496/500

>>71807625
Anything but black. Olympic shit it's pretty baller, sun bust is probably the best, lake placid blue with a maple neck looks nice, most any shade of red fender uses, that dark purplish/red color is damn fine.

That's just basic colors, go back to the 70s/60s with seafoam green, Daphne blue, or fiesta red all all top notch.

How should one remove the original lacquer off his beater guitar because muh natural wood grain/shits and giggles?

>>71807632
I bought a no name Chinese guitar for $200 when I first started playing and ended up using it for 8 years. You can do great things with shitty guitars, but yours isn't even shitty. Also, post pics

>>71807763
Don't it's allot of work and the wood probably looks like shit under all that polyurethane.

But if you must, airplane stripper, a scraper, heat gun or hair dryer, and a shit load of sand paper.

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How does one go about building one of those Wall of Sound type rigs like pic related from My Bloody Valentine or Matt Pike's rig in either Sleep or High on Fire?

I get how to achieve at most a three amp wet/dry rig but I can't wrap my head around how they can run so many heads at once during a live setting, are they being slaved or are they running parallel being mixing in the PA? For all those guitar techs, what's the most efficient method?

>>71807696
I bought one too, I love it but might go exchange it for a Tony Iommi signature Epiphone

>>71807696
the standard is the good one. I was looking into the SG but I'm not a fan of the looks.
>>71807727
>>71807864
Ty for the peace of mind. Don't have it yet - looking around the area for some dealz

>>71807906
midi motherfucker, do you use it

>>71807920
whether you buy new or used, take it to a shop for a setup. It's so important.

>>71802493
>A FUCKING LEAF xDDD

>>71807947
How do you think MIDI would help here?...

All you need to do is mult the original guitar signal and then FoH mixes the mic outputs of each.

>>71806598
I love muh G&L ASAT

>>71807906

If you look closely you can see theyre standing on a riser (just a floor on wheels basically).

When you arrive at a festival show like this you typically arrive about 4-2 hours before your change-over. Any decent stage has some risers backstage and you've probably asked for some if you need them in your rider.
So you arrive, you talk to the stage manager, build the wall-o-amps on said riser, test it and whatever. You'll have time left to setup the guitars and your guitar-world and everything.

Then changeover happends,the other band goes off-stage with all their gear, you roll everything on stage, connect everything, do a line check when nothing goes wrong during the line-check youre basically good to go.

rereading your question I realise I probably misunderstood you but I cba to undo all my precious typing :)

>>71802493
One of the best guitarists of the 80s. His solos during that era are God-tier. Gr8 toan 2

>>71807906
Fucking why? If you can't get a solid tone with 2-3 amps then fucking quit.

>>71808184
adding something to maybe better adress your question.

What it comes down to is you have plenty of time to prep the stuff, so if you design the setup and system properly it's not that much of hassle to put it all together before a show.

This picture looks like its a setup for 2 guitarists and they included their back-up amps in the wall. all you do is place the mics and maybe do the switching between amps during songs/during breaks. the sound guy does the mixing

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>>71807906

What to upgrade on an MIM Strat?

>>71808396
Why do you feel the need to upgrade it?

I saw a mim strat at a pawn shop yesterday, good price and whatnot, but it was missing the back plate and had the like white powder shit in it. Other than that there was a slight downward bow at the 10th fret.

Any idea what the white shit was?

>>71808430
I want to upgrade the pickups, and I was thinking of putting a Tele pickup in the bridge position. Is this a good idea?

>>71808450
It needs a truss rod tightening if there is a back bow at the 10th fret. The backplate isn't necessary but you can pick one up for dirt cheap. White shit is a mystery, maybe just dust.

>>71808488
You won't be able to put a Tele bridge pickup in a Strat, they are shaped differently. Google pics and you will see what I mean.

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>>71807567
>black fenders are sexy as fuck

yep

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>>71808527

>>71808577
>tele
vomit

>>71808450
>>71808527
It kind of reminded me of drywall or that chalk you use for pool/billiards

>>71808733
it's probably just wood shavings from when the body was sanded at the factory.

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>>71801991
currently making a hot cake overdrive clone, soldered all the pcb components in and enclosure is lookin sik but offboard wiring got my head fooked.
pic related was planning on putting an LED aswell, what colour do you think? i have red blue green

>>71808846
red

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>>71808846
incase anybody cares, pots were supposed to be pcb mounted but i fucked up drilling so i just wired them up

>>71808577
That's the ugliest Tele I've ever seen.

hi guys i started playing guitar but no girls want to fuck me??? please help???

Whats's the difference between passive and active pickups?

>>71809304
active pickups change your signal with onboard electronics
passive ones do not

>>71809304
active require a battery

>>71809348
all electric instruments have onboard electronics

>>71809304
pickups are always passive electronics but active ones have a battery powered (pre-)preamp either built directly into the guitar which boosts the signal level, changes the sound by changing the impedance bridging to the amplifier's input and sometimes incorporates some sort of EQ

>>71809270

the secret trick is standing on a stage with live audience whlie playing guitar my friend.

Actually I guess 90% is just being on stage

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i bought the seven string bass in an impulse but i don't really regret it desu

>>71809580
How can you even play that, unless of course your a crab people.

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>>71809580

Ayyy, are you the guy who told me to choose another bass for muh dream bass?

>>71809654
i have very large hands

>>71809658
nah i'm not mate my 5 is my main bass i really love it plays like a dream

>>71807947
>>71808184
>>71808316
thanks guys

>>71808279
lel true that

Should I wait until I clean up all the garbage playing before posting my jamz or should I post it warts and all?

>>71809270
write songs and record them and play shows, dummy.

>>71809864
why not post it
our expectations have been lowered

>>71809864
>>71809930

https://clyp.it/bzkvnlal

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>>71809270
Go get an acoustic guitar and play under a tree in the quad man. Don't you watch movies?

>>71809580
One more string and you could course the strings

>>71807389
I wouldn't say better but the classic player series is probably one of the best values around, especially considering the difference in cost can be used to upgrade pickups/tuners/whatever with cash still left over

Also fwiw my luthier swears up and down that modern MIA fenders often have poor build quality compared to the better MIM models, i.e. shit truss rods and chrome-plated plastic backplates

>>71810322
The difference between Mexican and American necks is obvious.

>>71810418
Mexican necks feel so much better.

>>71800424
I have a few of their pedals (Acapulco gold, avalanche run and transmisser) and I love them. You are absolutely not gonna get the best "traditional" sounds out of them but they are god-tier and extremely versatile when it comes to experimentation. Hate on here is derived from poorfags who can only afford BOSS dogshit.

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How does one get better at bass? Pretty low level player, can only read Tab, play covers and be a okay player in a band setting

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Thoughts on this bass?

>>71810452
Learn to read music, learn scales, and some basic patterns.

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>>71800983
Not this man u cunt

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>>71801980
Mustang brohs

https://youtu.be/NLi-jRXfbhY
why a wraparound bridge feels slinkier than a tuneomatic+stopbar if it doesnt have that extra string length

>>71810452
Learn how to outline different arpeggios.

Major Triad
Minor Triad

Major 7
Minor 7
Dominant 7
Half-Diminished 7 (Also called Minor 7 Flat 5)

Learn how the Major Scale is laid out across the neck. Notice that if you build arpeggios off the Major Scale, you get a

Major 7th, Minor 7th, Minor 7th, Major 7th, Dominant 7th, Minor 7th, and Half-Diminished arpeggio built off each note of the scale respectively.

Learn the 5 shapes of the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scale and know where the root notes are located in each shape.

Fuck I don't know

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Got a used Crate GX-30M for 50 bucks today.

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>>71810970
Stupid phone. The clean channel is awesome. Bright and clear. The distortion is hilariously bad. It sounds like a pillow is stuffed in front of the speaker. Ive never heard anything quite so bad. Its like a cross between fuzzy, static, and somewhere buried in there you can hear some guitar. Need a distortion pedal and i'll be set never to use the memedrive channel again.

>>71811037
Nice shirt

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>>71811087

Topkek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAKOxe3rZew

>>71807627
Maybe you should stop posting in every thread about epiphone and finally buy one and actually learn to play. Faggot.

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BEHOLD! MY CREATION!

I'll take pics in better light when I get the neck and strings on. Pretty pumped for having one of the most versatile non-synth guitars in existence right now. Can't wait to hear what the new lipstick and 50's style bridge pickup sound like.

>>71801429
whats with the guitar on the right? looks like a jaguar but the top part of the body is different.

>>71811827
That is actually awesome. Is the lipstick and p90 acting a single humbucker or separate pickups?

>>71811827
Hawt AF, I'll make a similar one someday.
I guess you're a Steve Morse fan of some sorts?

>>71811827
God I want it. Are you willing to sell this?

>>71811836
It's a bass VI. A six string bass.

>>71811827
blasphemous and sacrilege. you have defiled it and you shall burn in hell.

>>71811862
They can act as a humbucker or independently.
>>71811871
Nah, I have heard of the guitar though.
>>71811898
Sure, for the right price. But I wouldn't really want to sell it yet. It's kind of my dream guitar. I'm thinking of offering to mod other people's guitars on CL.

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>>71811827

>>71811827
How will you play it with a pick without hitting one of those pickups?

>>71812074
>They can act as a humbucker or independently.
Nice, must be incredibly versatile sounding

>>71811827
How easy was this to do?

>>71806472
Why do these music store websites show every part of the guitar but the back of the headstock

>tfw I have an epiphone g400 and and overall pretty happy with it. I'm just kinda asshurt I can't get the action as low as I can on my other guitars.

>>71812753
Why can't it go lower?

>>71812770
It buzzes on the first few frets pretty bad. Everyone I know comments on how low the action is on it already, but it's still a lot higher than I'm used too when compared to my dean and the fender I used to have.

>>71811827
DIY guitars are top tier. Very cool

>>71812127
Eh, I already play over the other pickups without issues.
>>71812568
Some parts were easy, but the hardest part was wiring the master series/parallel switch. Without that the whole project would have been a lot easier, but I love the tones you can get. The most time consuming part was filing the pick guard. While I wouldn't call the project easy, the fact that it was my first mod project shows it was easy enough for anyone to do. Well, the first mod project I started, not the first one I completed.
>>71812055
When brand bunnies are gone, /diy/ shall rule the earth.

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>>71812991
Pic related is how to wire a master parallel/series switch.

Other less obvious features of the guitar is a control over the humbucker allowing series/parallel/north coil/south coil, and a volume control for the p90 which only is part of the circuit when the pickup is out of phase.

>>71812829
Neck is maybe bowed back? De-tension the strings, loosen the truss rod a little bit (1/2 turn or so at a time), retune and see if it gets better. Keep doing it until the buzz goes away.

Buzzing on the first several frets and then okay after that is usually back-bend in the neck. Okay, then buzzing, then okay again is a forward bend creating a valley.

Once you get rid of the neck bow you can get the action even lower. But it comes at the price of needing more frequent adjustment. Changes in temp and especially humidity change the inertial moment of the wood due to moisture. Long story short, you can get it lower but at some point the little seasonal changes might make it buzz again and you'll get to do this exercise all over.

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Rate my new strat you memers it's a MiM

>>71813457
>MiM
memed

>>71813457
Looks like a kids toy.

>>71813457
>red

thats the worst color

>>71813510
i like the color, it's striking to me and the specific color it is isn't seen a lot

>>71813658
Man Ferrari red is on like 50% of kid's guitars

>>71813688
>ferrari red
opinion discarded at least know the color

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Pls rate my Blues Tones

https://clyp.it/rdgkpso1

>>71813740
If you go by Fender's naming scheme you'd say shit like only fender makes whatever shade of black. Everybody makes black guitars, they just don't all make "nightshade deluxe black."

That guitar is fucking hotwheels red.

https://reverb.com/item/4150376-teisco-model-1441-electric-guitar
Thoughts? I want a mosrite but I'm too poor to buy an actual mosrite

>>71813943
google ferrari red they're not the same shade you retard

>>71814070
Looks alright to me but you should haggle. Keep in mind a tiesco is really not a very high quality guitar. Nice thing about this one is that it at least has an adjustable truss rod.

>>71813457
Well it's a Strat so what else is there to say? I guess I like the maple fret board but I wouldn't wanna be caught dead with that shade of red on my guitar.

>>71807342
Arentvyou trying to sell this? I saw it on Reverb earlier

>>71814070
Save up $1,000 and get a Hallmark nigguh or see if you can obtain a used one for $600-$800

>>71814118
literraly no one cares about 2 shades of reds unless they are literral faggot.
Get that cheap shit and gtfo

>>71814229
post your guitar fuccboi

>>71814208
Man people really hate the color, I think it's a neat color

>>71810626
Nice MG73, are those Jagaur pickups?

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>>71814266
They're just metalfag teens ignore them. Fiesta Red is god tier. I do think it looks better with a mint or parchment pickguard though.

>>71814298
holy shit that's pretty cool looking, i think i might actually get a pickguard like that but i'm not sure if the maple fretboard will compliment it as well but I'm gonna look into it

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>>71813160
>>71811827
jesus christ how horrifying

>>71814266
Hey man, don't give a fuck what other people think if you like it that's all that matters.

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>>71814440
You know you want it big boy

>>71813457
I'm not really a fan of red guitars either, but the only exception would be a Fender Strat with maple fretboard. jLooks fine to me. I also do like the parchment-colored pickups with white pickguard, don't know why. My strat in Sunfire Orange Flake has the same white pickguard and parchment pickups.

>>71803921
He used a Mesa Boogie Triple Rec along with the Marshall and Diezel during the Undertow and Aenima era

>>71814642
>>71803921
>>71803471
'79 Silverburst owner, as well as owner of two other LP Customs, and i can verify there is a distinct difference in tone compared to other les pauls. Nasally and twangy compared to other Les Pauls, but deep and bell-chimey compared to, say the Fender twang. IB4 tonewood. IB4 git gud, IB4 dadguitar.

>>71814905
>>71814905
>>71814905

>>71814809
>'79 Silverburst owner

How much does one of those bad boys go for?

>>71809984
I dig it. Kind of a cheesy fusion thing, but I ain't mad about it. Nice leads

>>71814930
One just sold on eBay for 2800 on bid this week. I've also seen them go for north of 4000 as a buy it now in the last month. So 3200-3500 on average. Same answer coming after the jump.

>>71811827
>>71814489
>P90 in anything but an archtop
why?
>Danelectro lipstick tube pickup in anything but a Danelectro
why?
>Humbucker in middle position
why?
>P90, Lipstick pickup, and Humbucker in a Tele
why?
>tapering an already thin body of a tele
why?
I want it like I want cancer

>>71810557
Anyone?

>>71813180
That's why I love Graphite necks.

>>71810557
I can only comment on the appearance. The horns look pretty goofy and I can't decide if the finish is nice or gaudy. If I tried it and it played nicely I'd get it

>>71814210
Didn't know about hallmark, they seem pretty cool though

>>71815332
Enjoy your shitty tone from lack of a proper tonewood you pleb

>>71811995
oh shoot thats sick

>>71815071
>Having infite tonal possibilities on a tele because I can actually play the guitar and not be a 14years old shitposter jerking about his dream epiphone.

Why ?