/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

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Big Sexy Fripp

>>71919901
For a split second I thought that was Eric Clapton

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post your PEDALBOARD!

what are these chords going down in the very beginning

https://youtu.be/esq1gHelG-s

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What's your action on the 12th fret?

pic unrelated

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>>71919954
please don't make fun of my g5

>>71919972
>>71920043

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What dumb shit are you buying next lads?

cute. CUTE.

>>71919983
J mascis please go

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>>71920103

Post your favourite bass tones
http://youtu.be/0JJ9wKJsfEA

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>>71919954
Bad quality pic but here's mine

>>71920103
I need an Ibanez mini chorus or an old Ibanez stereo chorus

>>71920135
I saw someone use this, it sounded awesome.

>>71920093
>>71920043
Thanks man
How could i not figure it was just the same chord repeating and only the low note changing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-kH82K8dCs

how the fuck does this guy have millions of views

its literally worse than guitar store noodling

>>71920135
nice kickdrum

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>tfw John Squire is the most underrated dank blooz licks man
>tfw he's also the best reverb drenched twiddly diddly man

>>71920264
sounds like a mamooth roaring from the deep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgKz1lxqnuI

>>71919983
around 1.8mm

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>>71920388
Mani is underrated boosman

>>71920427
mani good boosman, strange when reni is better boosman but busy play drumdrum

>>71919954
this for bass?

>>71920041
>bitquest
nice

>>71920103
just switched over and i'm enjoying playing bass. for now, probably a muff pedal for bass. something like
Stomp Under Foot Civil War
Wren and Cuff Tall Font Russian
Wren and Cuff Tri‑Pie '70
Wren and Cuff Pickle Pie B
Fuzzrocious Grey Stache
Blackout Effectors Musket


>>71920264
good tone. here's mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gozCnbfY-xM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4a7ALJLmZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B8A1To_-8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-PJDim8CsY

you can here Geezer's tone during a sound check.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGI9HB3EJxc

love it but let's be real, i rarely dial anything that loud in a gig so how do I get that overdriven sound without cranking out high volumes on a tube amp?

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>>71919954

>>71920484
>i rarely dial anything that loud in a gig so how do I get that overdriven sound without cranking out high volumes on a tube amp?
plug your active bass to the hi input and crank the gain knob

ace frehley is best bloozman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BCI0YUFVRk

>>71920638
lol https://youtu.be/P5luYUH_wgg

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>>71920370
Not my type of music at all, but I fail to see the problem. Different people like different things?

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>>71919954

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>>71919930
actually he was kinda twinky

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>tube amps
>Pedals
>Gibson guitars
>Fender guitars
>Bass guitars with more than 4 strings
>Erg's
>Stone and/or wood picks
>Expensive cables
>Jazz guitar
>Blues guitar
>Anything "handwired"
>Pointy guitars
>"Finger" style
>Paying more than $200 for a guitar with a bolt on neck

O I am laffin

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>>71920796
>pedals worth as much as a used car
>sitting on the floor in a mess of gross wires

>>71919901
>>71919930
>>71920809
is this achievable natty?

>>71920831
I know, I need a pedaltrain board

>>71920816
Where did you go?

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>tfw need a bigger board

>>71920847
Highly doubtful.

>>71920857
Or build a board.

>>71920484
>>71920264

Right in there with you guys for tone.
https://youtu.be/vzU3jnNWKbI?t=2m40s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7SoX52txRE
https://youtu.be/77CwSeSKO9c?t=1m55s

daily reminder not to reply to roman (he posted the post with the fedora vaper if u couldnt tell)

>>71920887
>Or build a board.

that doesn't involve spending a lot of money, I'm big on conspicuous consumption

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>>71920915
Didn't he claim he got a job at guitar center? Figured he'd slow down some.

>>71920937
More money for memes.

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>>71920831
>not having pedals worth more than a used car or top quality amp
>Not having a million wires to show how sophisticated your set-up is

It's like you never played a live gig

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>>71920965
How many effects does one need really?

>>71920991
>fuzz
>another fuzz
that's all really

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>>71920991
kek, haven't you realized only djent fags use those?

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>>71920757
>wenge

>>71921016
jimmy buffett uses a kemper and hes the third most powerful man in the music industry

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>>71920991
https://youtu.be/KfHDJTgLkEU

>>71921016
https://youtu.be/snD4M8skE9w

>>71921050
>kemper
>axe fx ii

Two different things, you mongoloid!

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>>71920991
that much

>>71921067
I've never heard of this nigger, is he some popular musician?

>>71920388
>underrated blooz licks man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhv0xhPpzP4

Why is PRS so popular if their guitars are just overpriced shit-planks?

is it okay to play A shape barre chords like a power chord? or is it GAY

because at B and Bb i really cannot do that bare shape with my third finger, higher up is fine tho

>>71920847
What did he mean by this?

>>71919983
I have a classical guitar with a 4mm action, should I lower it?

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>>71919930
How come I love a man

How to achieve such bright tone?
Just crank the treble in the amp and use V30 speaker?
https://youtu.be/xpK_7-23eaU

>>71921206
They're the most unique guitars in the mainstream market

/gg/ I need easy and fun songs to play on guitar

stuff in the vein of Search And Destroy by The Stooges and Kick Out The Jams

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>>71921379
iktf but can't explain it

>>71921320
I don't completely follow your shapes, but playing a full barre vs a power would just depend on if you want the 3rd in the sound.

>>71921411
Fracture or Frame By Frame, TYBRF.

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>>71921379
Just go with it, senpai.

>>71920796
i'm sure thats cool as hell but you need a fucking board

>>71921383
Are you jewish? that's the way

Is it normal to be shit after a year of playing?
How did all these meme artists start releasing albums and shit in their 20's, did they start learning when they were 3 years old or something?

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>>71921412
>>71921444
I loved the looks he had when he was a wild 20 year old british lad.

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>>71921320
It's kind of gay but not super important for most things.

You should be able to play this shape, anyway.

If you play it as a power chord, i.e. without the B string note, you don't get to hear the major third interval which lets you know the chord is major.

>>71921477
I'm still shit after 10 years, and yes. Surely you could play some power chords and a dank blooz solo?

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>>71921454
Ace isnt jewish, he is of german and amerindian descend

the 2 kiss founders are jewish

>>71921383
Depends on the amp. You can crank the presence on some. If your amp has a bright cap, turning the volume down gets you in there.

Marshalls live on bass cut with mid and treble boosted.

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>>71921484
Ayy small pic. Anyway, here's this one.
.

>>71921497
I guess my main problem is that my fingers just don't want to move even when I force them to
How do I get my fingers nice and loose?

>>71921499
sorry dad

>>71921522
im not your dad

>>71921488
>>71921425
err i mean i play those notes so it is the chord.
but i use my little finger on the second string, while only barring the 3rd and 4th with my ring finger

i can do the proper shape at C and higher, but B and Bb i just cannot make the shape lol

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>>71921518
play scales for half an hour, get a ten minutes rest, and play again and again until you feel your fingers don't want to move anymore. You need hours and hours of practising.
As Robert Fripp would say, it's all about discipline.

>>71921575
I'll try that anon, thanks

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That's it lads, pick up your geetar and play the Fracture intro over and over until we perfectly sync up and summon Fripp to this thread.

>>71921565
Oh, I see. I don't think it's a problem, really. Sometimes you want to slide your little finger up a fret higher anyway to get the sus4 version of the chord, anyway.

>>71921565
I get ya. That's pretty close to your maj7 fingering.

Come to us Fripp, bring Eno if you want.

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>>71921592
Also, a year of playing guitar it's nothing. It's a very short time, and there's quite a lot you need to learn. Don't rush it nor feel anxious about it. As long as you practice, sooner or later, you will certainly improve.

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w2c this jumper?

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>>71921518
This:
>>71921575

And also practice your Naruto ninja hand signs.

https://youtu.be/0Gp56GU7ynU

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I just want jazz chorus cleans. is the micro cube RX good for this?

JC's are over $800 here whereas i can get a cube for under $100

>>71921815
get a jc120 anyway

>>71921815
no lol

>>71921518
do exercises
up and down 1234, alternating (12, 13, 14, 23, 34)
scales also, up and down, with all possible fingerings

i only started doing that after the 4th year of playing and it improved a lot
fingers feel light and strong
it even feels like my fingers are longer, the pinky specifically

>>71921815
Yamaha g50 or g100

>>71921793
how to remember those? should i write them?

i've been playing seriously for about two months now, and know all the basic chords + can switch between them easily, but im not really that interested in a lot of the beginner songs justinguitar has for me to learn. anyone know where i can find non dad-rock songs for a beginner?

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>>71921518
Download (or buy...) guitar pro 6, download some rhythmic guitars and use them to practise as if you were playing with someone else.

>>71922072
No. You must be patient.

>>71922024
Just follow along with the video for a few days or weeks daily until you have the routine memorized, then just practice the routine every night in bed before you go to sleep.

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Which type of Jazz iiis are the best just all-around? pic unrelated

>>71922260
carbon
fiber
max
grip

For a guitar with a coil split, is it typical that the UP position on the pot splits the pickup into a single coil, while DOWN returns it to full humbucking?
Or is it the other way around?

>>71922159
ok i''l try that
what did they do for you?

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>>71920579
cool thanks. anyone know how to eq a similar tone to Geezer's. Everyone says crank the mids and I get that to cut through the mix in a live setting but Geezer has said
> I set the amp with loads of bass, no mid, and the treble set about 7
https://www.vintageguitar.com/2871/tony-iommi-and-geezer-butler/

should good to me at a bedroom level but that's insane he plays with zero mids. that front of house pa must help cut through the mix. got to love Sabbath they, always like to break the rules.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQK9UV6HBM

>>71920638
>>71920664
Ace is best everything

>>71920796
woah don't straggle yourself in that cable mess

>>71920908
that Beehoover was fucking sick. thanks! Big Business >see pic Warren has a sick sound in Big and the Melvins
love that Sunn sound t's making me consider going to get myself a Sunn Coliseum 300

>>71922323
Normally the pulled up position opens the switch on the backside of the pot. So just like you've described.

Alternatively you can use any electrical switch for this. Or on like a les paul for example, you can move both pickups to one tone control and use the freed pot to spin one of the pickups between single and humbucker.

>>71922260
The normal red ones but in XL

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Holy fuck, my Fender tremelo bridge cracked in half just now. It split right down the middle where the string holes are under the saddles, all the way across the entire width of it. I looked on the rear inside the back panel and sure enough the springs are pulling the bridge pole against the body from the tension.

>>71922511
we tried to warn you about fender.

jus learned sleepwalk on slide
https://clyp.it/1er0ttge

>>71922410
One of my old roommates had a coliseum 300. It was fucking terrifying.

For bass distortion, I was digging my homemade purple plexi pedal into a portaflex that was at the practice space. Tayda sells a dirt cheap pcb for this. It was out classing my mammoth and other fuzzes.

chicken picking technique
https://clyp.it/f3045sgz

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/6012237742.html

is it worth it?

>>71922437
Thanks. I'm doing it on a SSH strat so just a push/pull pot works perfectly fine for me.

>>71922323
>>71922437
i own an 80s mij bullet and its the other way around :^)

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Does /gg/ tend to copy their favourite guitarists/artists when it comes to the gear they buy?

I definitely do, I think I might rely on the artists trust on certain brands quite a lot. For example, just bought a cheap Arion Stereo Phaser because that's what TK from Ling Tosite Sigure uses. Became interested in teles after Greenwood and early Page. And there are a ton of other examples, so I can definitely say I do.

>>71922791
just save up and get a real rickenbacker, you'll probably be happier in the long run

>>71922860
literally all of my guitar heroes use stratocasters and i cant fucking stand them, i do rep stuff like pedals and amps though

>>71922654
thats great your building your own pedals bro and congratulation that they sound awesome too

quick question on fuzzes, earlier post i posted was looking for a blue sovek era muff with loads of low end bass
something along the lines like
Stomp Under Foot Civil War
Wren and Cuff Tall Font Russian
Wren and Cuff Tri‑Pie '70
Wren and Cuff Pickle Pie B
Fuzzrocious Grey Stache
Blackout Effectors Musket

which one stands out to you or you know of any else like a DIY set?

>>71920420
ol' Gene had a sick sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTa2EufefhQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeUosbClag8

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

>>71922982
Not that other guy, but it's hard to go wrong with the Wren and Cuff TFR, or the Grey Stache, but I'll also throw in a bid that the Stomp Under Foot Rhinosaur and DOD Carcosa can pull off classic Russian (black and green) muff tones plus some. That, and the Carcosa is only $100 at ProGuitarShop.

>>71922860
I literally asked one of my favorite bassists what bass to buy and then I bought it

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>>71919954
wew

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>>71919954

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>>71922511
Oh..... maybe I will get an Ibanez instead after all.

>>71923398
pretty funny

>>71922860
no, i don't pay attention to any of their gear

what type of noises does Shielding prevent?
my guitar is shielded but it noises like hell. its so much noise that it doesnt stop when i touch it, just get slightly quieter

>>71923398
pretty vibrato

>>71922982
>loads of low end bass

Get a "Triangle" muff clone, nothing else comes close if bassy is what you want. Check out Chicago Stompworks they make great clones of the different Big Muffs for awesome prices.

>>71922982
My pedal game is pretty weak these days. I'm an amp junky. I tend to get claustrophobic working in a pedal box.

I'm mean 60 bucks will get you a built cloned variety muff or something from Chicago Stompworks. Building something yourself from Tayda will cost you 25 dollars and time.

I did just repair a V4 like your kiss video. :p

Why is Chris Letchford such a dick?

>>71923574
Nearby fluorescent lights, comp monitors, switching power supply noise, rf. Your cable and amp might be crappy and noisy.

A good shield in a guitar is definitely nice for a single coiler.

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>>71920041
Holy shit

>>71923857
what did he do to you?

>>71923884
the guitar has humbuckers and it is shielded
cable and amp are fine, it didnt noise all the time in the past

>>71923941
He fucked my wife and when I asked him to at least pay me he told me to fuck off.

I'm really conflicted, should I buy a new classic vibe or a used MIM fender from reverb? How reliable is it to buy from Reverb?

>>71923963
MIM, you're more likely to get a good guitar, I've had one good and one terrible CV.

>>71923094
>>71923742
>>71923760
thanks guys

http://www.chicagostompworks.com/store/p139/%22Triangle%22_Big_Muff_Clone_Pedal_-_Chicago_Stompworks_guitar_fuzz_-_barebox_DEAL.html

>>71923955
>>71923857
I thought he came out as a fag?

WHO /MAPLE/ HERE?

MAPLE BROS REPORT IN

>>71924304
Ebony4Life, fuck maple.

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>>71924304
yee

https://clyp.it/2vfvshf1

>>71924304
whats the difference between ebony, maple, and rosewood?

>>71924377
The color.

>>71924377
Ebony ruins tools

>>71924377
they look different

that's about it

>>71924377
ebony
>darker tone than rosewood
>brighter than maple

rosewood
>darker maple
>brighter than ebony

maple
>darker than ebony
>brighter than rosewood

Why do Les Pauls have more sustain than strats?

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>>71924761
>he actually believes this crap

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>>71924761
Nigga, you dumb.

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>>71924807
>he couldn't comprehend the shitpost

>>71924761
A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ post

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>>71924761
>kek I get it

my b string is making a perfectly in tune A# on the 12 fret

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>>71920484

>>71924994
That's an interesting intonation choice

>>71924994
nice dude that makes playing shoegaze a lot easier, you dont even need a trem system. is that guitar for sale?

I have a question, im trying to learn a solo from a jazz standard. I already know what i think are all or at least most of the scales, major and minor chords and arpegios and 7maj 7 m7 and m7b5 arpegios and chords.
But when i got to learning the solo i noticed there are also 7b9, mi9, 7b9#5 7b5

Do i also have to learn those new figures by heart? i really want to understand at least the figures of what im playing but seems like a lot of information

any other tips on theoretical knowledge i should know to play at least basic jazz?

>>71924994
retard that's the 11th fret

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I made a super handy infoguide.

What pick does everyone on /gg/ use? Curious.

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>>71925264
Wew.

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>>71925300
.88 for guitar, 1.0 for bass

>>71925300
1.14 dunlop, the kind with the grips on it
>using a pick for bass

>>71925300
Red jazz iii, I cut grip into with a knoife, Johnny McLaughlin told me to.

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>>71925300

>>71925342
>>71925360
>>71925369
>>71925373
Quite nice indeed. Cheers!

>>71925264
add to sticky pls

>>71925093
I mean you're gonna see that shit all the time in jazz so yeah your should probably memorize them. Especially the b9 and b9#5. And be able to solo over top of those chords.

>>71925300
max grip jazz 3s and the ultrex 2mm jazz 3s

>>71925264
can you make it again in jpg it's hard for me to read

so i'm getting sick of my les paul studio, i'm finding it difficult to switch back and forth between that and my dove and telecaster (both with a 25.5 scale). i'm looking at hopefully ~500 or dollars worth of store credit.

given the scale length preference, WHAT SHOULD I GET?

>>71925474
>And be able to solo over top of those chords.
soloing in jazz implies going over the scale but focusing on the chord notes, right?

>>71925742
just sell the les paul and stick to your other two?

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>>71925300
(bassist here)

>>71925754
>going over the scale but focusing on the chord notes, right
Thats not only about jazz you fool

>>71925742
double-bound G&L ASAT Solamente in Whiskey

>>71925850
I stand corrected, you're right.

>>71925360
>le if you use a pick ur not a real bassist xd meme

>>71925300
.58 dunlop Gator
Cause the .73 tortex kept breaking my strings

>>71925828
>owning only 2 guitars, ever

>>71925880
Why you like that

>>71925898
How many amps you got?

>>71925897
that's not normal. you're either hitting the strings way way way too hard, there's a burr on your nut/saddle, or you aren't stringing them correctly

>>71925525
>>71925844
I see, very nice. Cheers.
>>71925897
How tho?

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>>71925300
I play rhythm, either up/down/up or up pick only.

>>71925945
autism: the pick

Im an intermediate player but i would like to get into virtuoso old school classic heavy metal.

Like, marty friedman for example, i find that i understand most of it, i know what scales they're using, what tehcniques theyre playing, my only setback is speed.

How to improve speed focused on metal, is there a good proven guide? i don't care if it takes years to master, but i don't want to waste time on excersises that get me nowehere. I tried just grabbing the songs i want and triyng to slowly up the tempo with a metronome, but i've played the same shit montsh without progressing even a single bpm, it feels like it doesnt do anything.

So any advice or preferably good guides or books to slowly but surely build speed for techniques used in heavy metal?

>>71925914
I don't know my first instinct was to somehow try to use troll logice to claim you weren't right but i feel im to old to do that even over the internet. so i just say the truth, you're right, it was wrong for me to describe jazz soloing as running over the scale while focusing on the chords while the truth is that it's a technique that's incredibly useful in any kind of music

>>71926087
the instrument is named "bass guitar" if you dont know

>>71925300
Regular Jazz III for guitar. Tortex .73 for strumming. Tortex 1.14 for bass guitar

>>71925300
Dunlop max grip is the shit

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>>71922323
My G&L is up for single, down for humbucking. Also one pickup reverse wound so you get humbucking with the selector in middle and up on the pot.

Postin /muhgear/ while I'm at it.

>>71925097
>>71925081
>>71925050
loled

tfw forcing myself to sit down and practice is like pulling teeth but when I actually do I end up getting into it

>>71926285
>just like exercising
>just like anything that may improve me
hate this feel

So judging from this thread, it's generally agreed upon that a thicker pick is more ideal for bass?

Does the thickness interfere with alt-picking in any way?

>>71926357
Nigger, buy one of each pick and try them.

>>71926381
I have.

>>71925993
please help with this, i know there has to be virtuoso metal players here

>>71925945
Interesting choice, my friend!
>>71925951
Please, good sir; keep your comments civil.
>>71926174
This is quite close to my method as well, do you use triangles on your bass?
>>71926199
Correct.

>>71926476
>This is quite close to my method as well, do you use triangles on your bass?
I don't. I don't play bass very much, but when I do it's usually with fingers. I just use the purple tortex when I need the attack

>>71925933
>you're either hitting the strings way way way too hard
Thatd be really really hard? no im not

>you aren't stringing them correctly
how is that possible

>there's a burr on your nut/saddle
yes the strings are cutting in the saddle
i already sanded them many times. took to the luthier and he sanded them too.

>>71926651
if the strings are breaking at the saddle even after all that, then they still need to be sanded down

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music is ok and I like guitar

but gearfags are the worst
i find the best players dont really give a shit about amps or guitars or effects, they just play. sure they have preferences and likes/dislikes, but its all about the message you want to convey.

>>71926738
>t. squirefag

>>71926738
whoa, damn

>>71926738
t. 13 year old

>>71925898
Secret to saving money is to not spend it. All I've ever needed is my 2 guitars

>>71926357
Bassist here
>it's generally agreed upon that a thicker pick is more ideal for bass?
I mean, your sound is your sound. But a thicker pick will do the work whilst a thinner pick will take more effort from your wrist to make the same sound.
>Does the thickness interfere with alt-picking in any way?
Not that I've noticed, no

does how strong you 'hold' the pick (not how strong you strum/pick) affect the toan?

good christ save us from /tv hell. Just want to tell you guys what pick I like.

>>71926215
Those are some sexy guitars

>>71926866
you're thinking about it too much bruh

>>71926866
Yes, the pick will have less give in your fingers if you hold it tightly, and the effect is more exaggerated with thick picks since thin picks will still have a lot of give even with a tight grip. This is partly why a lot of people like thick picks better, you can still get a pretty good loose sound on chords if you loosen your grip and then get a sharp aggressive attack when you grip hard. More versatility than thin picks.

Also while picking strength and grip strength are different, they most often work together - strong grip with strong strums and loose grip with soft strums

>>71926866
yes, it can change your attack in particular

>>71926980
while all this is technically true, the sound from the pick is the sum of its parts and all of that is affected by any number of other things in your picking technique and the pick you're using

btw if you're not a world class player and you're worried about the sound your pick is making you're way overthinking things.

>>71927027
If you never worry about the intricacies of your playing you will never be a great player

>>71927080
>if you're not a world class player

There are much better things for you to spend your time and mental energy on than how tight your pick is.

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>pedalboards

>>71925300
Tortex 0.6 (the orange ones)
At one point I used 3mm.

>>71925993
Focus on hand coordination and picking technique. Spider exericses, relatively fast rhythms with only upstrokes, that sort of stuff.

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>>71924761
>rosewood
>brighter than ebony

>>71924304
Maple duo-sonic rep

>>71919901
>tfw you will never look as good in glasses as fripp

>>71927563
You need the right frames for your face. I've received countless compliments on my glasses and I am not Fripp.

>>71925993
what do you consider intermediate ? whats the hardest track you can pull off ?
Something Basic like Reb Beach Black Magic/ old Randy Rhoads or really intermediate stuff like Symphony X?

This will help us give you more advice.

I've played guitar for about 2 years and I wanna get into classical guitar but I only own an acoustic. If I just use my acoustic guitar would I pick up any bad habits?

>>71927571
Who can you ask about this stuff? I'm wary of the optician because he'll try to sell me the most expensive glasses he has.

>>71927969
that's not gonna happen he doesn't give a shit

so yeah, guitars and that

>>71927238
teach me spider exercises pls

Have any of you played Ernie Ball's new strings? I'm curious as to how good they are but they're around 20 bongs a set.

>>71928461
here we pay 25~40 for a regular string set

>>71927765
I think you'll be fine. If anything you'll accrue better muscle strength because acoustic strings are harder to play and bend.

>>71928486
Damn nigger, where do you live?

>>71927765
What you thinking? To play classical on an electric?

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>>71928486
Whoa I thought australia was bad. A standard pack of these go for about $16 most places here and yanks only pay like $5 or something.

>>71928502
but its not in dollars its in local currency
i live in hueland

>>71928486
tf. you're getting swindled.

>>71928525
>>71928486
in dollars its 8~13
and elixiers go for 20

The Chapmeme Guitars site is supposed to finally be getting updated on Tuesday.

Ngl, I might pick up that white super strat.

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sup /geegee/

building a partscaster, all finished apart from the pickups which should be getting here next week, body from a Jeff Beck strat and a US standard neck, r8 me

>>71928586
How's that bridge?

>>71928586
get it a sss pickguard

>>71928602
it's the old style Fender US Standard bridge, always preferred those saddles to the bent steel ones

>>71928620
I'm building this guitar specifically to fit a Creamery Baby 71 humbucker in the bridge, it's a copy of the old Wide Range humbucker and I've wanted one for ages

>>71921909
godamn I always forget yamaha exists as a guitar and amp brand. Some anon was asking about vintage yamaha shit in another thread and it confused the fuck out of me.

>>71922860
>Ling Tosite Sigure
Mah NIGGA
As for imitating my guitars are pawn shop and gifts so I have a pretty varied collection. One I'd like to buy some signature models. Particularly TK'S

>>71925844
>dunlop

Is it just me or do dunlop picks wear out really quick?

>>71925300
1.5mm Jazz III. Seems to last for quite a while.

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do you like riffs

i liek riffs

>>71928912
zep Kashmir?

>>71928940
ye, don't you just love DADGAD tuning

>>71929042
not
never done it actually
how is it

>>71929112
bretty gud for folk and shit, also the drop d is there so it makes heavy powerchords easier. takes some getting used to though

Is there some trick to using open tunings or do you have to relearn all of your scale and chord positions to use them?

Thoughts on the Yamaha FG/FS series? Good intermediate guitar? Looking for something that I can continue to learn fingerpicking/classical on, but will have more body to the sound if I want to strum a few songs.

>>71929157
You're meant to know your intervals without thinking about it.

>>71929157
its easier if you go for intervals instead of scale shapes
the alternate tunings are the chord tones so you just go up and down from them

its not the best way though cause i cant play like bert grantsh or jimmy page just thinking of it that way

>>71928430
I don't actually know if this is what everyone else calls spider exercises but I was talking about this stuff:

https://pastebin.com/gdCYr7Se

Essentially, chromatic exercises up and down the neck and strings.

Don't do these for more than 2 hours at a time. Take a break, then maybe do one or two more of these sessions. Repeat a few times a week at least.

You can also do hammer-on/pull-off exercises with your left hand, doing trills between ring/pinky, middle/ring, middle/pinky etc. again on all strings and up and down the fretboard.

>>71929295
how one can do these shit for 2 fucking hours
i do for like 5 minutes and i cant do anymore
its enough to keep my fingers and technique nice and moderately fast, why should i do it for like one whole hour

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Pic Related any good?
I want to play stoner and other metal genres without having to downtune all the time.

This pedal worth?

>>71929309
to get good?

>>71929312
yes its great and perfect jsut like bass sims and acoustic sims

your tone will sound just the same like if you were just playing frets lower

go for it surely go for it

>>71929317
but i can play already
i already have improvement from doing little bits exercise
i think thats only necessary if you want to play metal fast or something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rT5Qagf2D4

next cover will be a joan soriano's Bachata song
if anyone here say a song, that will be it

Best distortion,fuzz, or overdrive to get a neil young dirty tone?

>>71929309
Sorry but if you want to git gud, you have to do it. Try to look at it not as exercises or music, but as a sporting competition.

I forgot to say, you should play these with a metronome. Start slow, note down how fast you can do them cleanly and increase speed every 2 sessions or so until you can't go up. Then go down again. Playing cleanly is imperative, even if it means you can only do it at like 30 bpm.
Also the 1-2, 2-1, 1-2-3 and 3-2-1 exercises should be done with any combination of fingers, not just index/middle/ring. So do the 1-2 thing with ring and pinky as well.

>>71929372
i do them with a metronome and with all combinations of fingers. and do it with pullofs/hammers to
but dont do them for long or have the drive to speed it up

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Nazgul in the beast bridge, not pictured but a Dimarzio custom Super three is on the bridge of the Mockingbird now. Gonna block the Floyd's off because they're a pain in my fucking ass

>>71929413
Don't get me wrong, I understand that it's kind of a chore and it's annoying but trust me, if you keep at it and maybe sacrifice an hour of shitposting twice or three times a week you'll feel like a goddamn guitar god when it's time to solo.

what's the point of having a pickup hotter than the tone zone, really
don't they just get uncontrollable at some point

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>>71919954
Hello peoples

>>71929448
cool but i dont like living for my ego

>>71929458
Spoken like a true beta male.
Don't come crying to me when you can't figure out how to play solo xyz because it's too fast and your fingers don't do what you want them to.

>>71919954
this is my pedalbord

>>71929461
what solo for example?

>>71919954
>>71921092

well not really but it's my dream

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>>71929467
forgot pic pls dont think im crazy for that

>>71929475
You tell me, I'm not the one wanting to get into virtuoso metal. Most stuff by Paul Gilbert qualifies I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD-C-oS--xQ&t=2m27s

>>71929519
my fingers cant reach paul gilbert intervals anyway
if my band went to play some stuff like that i just dadrock wank over it

>>71929519
Is that a trap singing

>>71929519
>2:26
i believe i can do that already

>>71929534
That solo doesn't have big stretches and if you do want to play solos that require them just get a short scale guitar. In any case, having dextrous fingers is never a bad thing. Showing off tricks to girls is always fun, if you catch my drift.

>>71929543
qt ain't "he"?

>>71929554
Post recording.

>>71929565
its early morning and im not warmed up but i can play these stuff pretty clean on a electric
https://clyp.it/octjdxpn

>>71929565
if the girl still doesnt want to kiss you then you just play it faster

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Played a pub gig last night with my new strat.

>>71929643
is that you

>>71929649
yes, i play ska

>>71929623
Now do it without hammerons and pulloffs.

>>71923398
What is the joke

>>71929653
big if true

>>71929656
do it yourself

>>71929658
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popa_Chubby

how to stop my les pou to buzz at the saddles when i topwrap the bridge
it didnt happen in the past
its also cutting the strings like everyday
should i just get new, roller saddles

>>71929657
jokes on you hahaha

>>71929656
>>71929666
ok
https://clyp.it/xmxlyci4
my picking would choke at the inside-picking parts even if i were warmed up ahha

>>71929724
nice

>>71929724
eah i better do more exercises for more than a couple minutes

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>>71925093
For all 7 chords that have a b5, #5, b9, or #9, or any combination thereof, use the Altered Scale based on the root of the chord, or alternatively, play the Melodic Minor Scale rooted on the b9 of the chord.

So on A7#5, for example, play A Altered, or Bb Melodic Minor (It's the same thing, basically. A Altered is just the 7th mode of Bb Melodic Minor)

This isn't a hard and fast rule, but it's a good way to start out, I think.

>>71928430
https://youtu.be/K_zUV2YyBik

>>71929900
i want my hair like that

>>71929565
Hi, I suck.

https://clyp.it/gx5xhncb

https://clyp.it/qhn2jmam

this girl playing the riffs wrong or poorly still sounds better than you
https://youtu.be/R3gaCFlX1dw

>>71930437
That doesn't sound too wrong or poor to me. Is that really a girl, though?

>>71930454
Never seen a man with hands that small.

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Frusciante or klinghoffer guys?

>>71930723
"Wrong."

>>71930800
Don't get that meme.

>>71930800
wut

will my right arm eventually stop hurting or i am tensing it to pick

>>71930437
She looks blind lmao

>>71930437
Why is it that a lot of girls who are decent guitarists play dad rock?

>>71924761
>ebony is darker than rosewood is darker than maple is darker than ebony is darker than rosewood is darker than maple is darker than ebony is darker than rosewood is darker than maple is darker than ebony is darker than rosewood is darker than maple is darker than

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>>71930846
Tiny hands

>>71931113
I know the meme, I don't see it though.

>>71931140
NEW THREAD
>>71931140
NEW THREAD
>>71931140
NEW THREAD

>>71930723
Her hands are bigger than mine.

t. manlet