/gg/ guitar bass general

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Is the Jim Root Telecaster a good guitar /gg/?

>>72090355
>Telecaster
>with humbuckers

What's the fucking point? If you want a "metal" guitar, buy a Charvel or an Ibanez. If you want a Telecaster, get one with a proper Tele bridge pickup.

Cliff Burton is only liked because he's dead

>>72090518
Well, not with cat ears.

>>72090464
how do you feel about Deluxe Teles?

>>72090518
When nobody is home I dress in drag and play guitar.

>>72090913
I'm not a fan of Fender Deluxe anything, I don't see why anyone needs anything more than a US Standard/Professional Strat or Tele

>>72090558
A lot of people are buddy. But he erote the best songs and was the first bassist in metal to do be truly talented

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>>72089821
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkn8EE1AbvI

Fretting hand still looks fine to me.
Is it using one finger for each fret? Is it what youre talking about? I dont do that cause i prefer not to, and see no problem on it.

>Eddie vedder? That's what you're playing.
No, what im playing is Clapton, Page, Hendrix stuff. Eddie Vedder is I V VI IV stuff (society f ex).

>All you're doing is running up and down scales then playing the root at the end plus using some cliche hammer on stuff.
Scales up and down is not all thats on that video

>How about Chopin, mozart and Paganini.
Good idea. I'll consider looking classical up though i dont feel motivated to.

>Put down, the electric, pick up a nylon and then you're forced to become good at the instrument.
I have a cheap nylon laying around, where i do almost all of my practice and playing besides recording.

>But seriously, take a step back take some beginner lessons you need them I think you could really really really really benefit
pls tell what aspects of the playing are these

>>72089841
>knuckles looked like they were at 90 degree angles
Isnt it how its supposed, the correct technique? I played more parallel to the fretboard before, and after i worked on fretting with the tips the playing got easier and cleaner

>You could use some fingering guides, just check youtube for it
whats that about

>try to keep your thumb in the middle of your guitar's neck, it helps with reach, when you start moving around faster.
Yeahh. I realized i had to do that when i started playing scale runs and trying to play faster. see https://youtu.be/3U8qPR3PB9Q

>>72090960
Are you fucking retarded

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Bridge popped off when I was restringing and cleaning this guy for the first time. There doesn't seem to be a way to tell which way it clips in. I'm inclined to think I may have it backwards but figured I'd post pic related to see if someone has an idea

>>72091454
Take to that local Luthier of yours, I hear they're real good in Austin

>>72090960
>>72091290
Yes, he is

>>72091454
argh you have your hands picking and fretting a guy's strings?

>>72091481
Zing! Nice man

In your opinion, what's the worst instrument manufacturer and why?

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> Implying any pick is more universal

>>72091728
agreed

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>>72091728
Those are hipster picks

>>72091773
literal garbage

>>72091773

Jazz iiis make everything feel like butter, I've played everything from doom and black metal all the way to jazz and bluesey bluegrass/country over the past 7 years, no other pick feels this good

Those are the best entry picks, but Dunlop Tortexs are the best when you start to step it up a little.

>>72090960
The deluxe series is Mexican guitars made with American parts.

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>>72091728
I used Jazz III's for a long time, but now I use these which are a bit bigger and thinner. My technique has improved a ton with them, and they're more versatile in my experience.

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I've used these for 10 years now and am too scarred to try anything else.

>>72090322
Does anyone know Jerry Cantrells amp settings for live shows?

>>72091840

This reminds me of >>72091877

They're good picks, but for me they're a little thin for how small they are, if it's bigger than this one then I think I'll have to give it a try

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>>72091840
I'm interested in this. I am looking for a pick that will last longer than nylon but has similar flexibility. doesn't have to be exactly the same or anything, but it'd be nice to not have to go to a very much thinner pick to get the level of flex I like. I was thinking of getting the new tortex flex picks.

>>72091942
why bother

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Does anybody know if the RG752 in Nebula Green was just a limited run or if they will come back in stock? I have checked everywhere but nobody has any and I know they had a few limited edition finishes

>>72091942
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlqyz02I25I

>>72092070
I sweat I could watch Premier guitar's rig rundowns till the day I fucking die

>>72092101
Meshuggah's guitar tech is a fucking legend from those

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>>72090322
Pic related have been my main picks for a while now, should I switch to the sharp version or are these fine?

>>72092213
Those suck, switch to 2mm stubby's

Does anyone here play fingerstyle? Post your nails. I've been growing mine out and I want to know how to cut them.

>>72092213
Those are my fav's, I use nothing else.

>>72092275
I only play Jazz iii nails you fucking pleb

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Anyone else into Drone Guitar?

https://clyp.it/hk5s3zl5

>>72092253
Literally did this exact thing (although now I use 3mm Stubbies) and can confirm that the Stubby picks are superior, possibly GOAT.

>>72092275
dont cut them

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>>72091999
You most likely won't be able to find a popular Prestige model in a shop, they sell super fast when they get them in. You'll have to find an Ibanez dealer and order through them and wait a few months for your guitar to arrive

>>72090968
Telecaster necks on Starts are GOAT

>>72092759
Oh yeah, I'm ordering online. I was just wondering if this specific finish was a limited run or a standard production finish. I know the had a purple and blue burst that only had a few 100 made

>>72093072
The nebula green bursts are standard production. Do you have a pic of a purple-blue one? Never saw or heard about one of those

>>72093154
hmmm all I could find was this video, that's where I heard about it while looking through reviews on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNxsd0H1qfY it looks sick though

>>72090968
Are you still there anon

Did anyone hear from LesPaulNeckSanding anon? did he finish? how did that go?

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is /r/guitar outmemeing us?

>>72093521
Not him but I'm doing a similar project. If /gg/ is interested I could post updates every once in a while.
All I'm doing is putting my own guitar together though

>>72093521
i'll start sanding my condor Les Paul's neck too
been wanting to do that for a while and seeing him doing it gave me courage

Did Yngwie photoshop himself to look thinner on his site?

https://www.yngwiemalmsteen.com/

>>72093922
Still looks fat

>>72092310
I use stubbies as well, but I'm thinking of switching to tortex for rhythm. I just feel like some flex opens up a few flashier picking patterns in bluegrass when you want to play the bassline and rhythm very quickly.

>>72093922
>playing near me next month

oh how about that. maybe ill go if he isnt charging a small fortune for tickets.

>>72093683
Well, wait for him to post results. Everyone seems to say it's a bit risky.

>>72093972
also I find it much easier to pick further from the bridge if I'm using a thinner pick, and I want to be comfortable there for a deader sound when needed.

>>72091454
The pole heights align with the strings. so I'd imagine that's correct.

>play for 2 and a half years
>solo like this

https://youtu.be/z3JNtwo11bg

skip to 3:28

>>72094101
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkn8EE1AbvI

What can learn from that? As time goes your soloing turns into just playing scales up and down

>>72092302
What chords do you use dude? Are those only power chords?

>>72092275
Unless you're studying proper classical, there's no particular right or wrong with nail length.

Lots of people don't even pick with their nails, but pluck with their fingertips instead.

>>72094101
>playing for 2 years
>cant even into anti solo
feelsbadman

>>72094544
into what

What's the proper pickup height for a strat? what does adjusting them lower or higher accomplish?

>>72094582
anti solo

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>>72094101
UNRIFFS
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>>72094596
keep the neck one flush with the pickguard, and ajust the others to match the neck one' volume

will have to raise the neck's trebly side to get its volume even with the bass strings

>>72094617
>>72094623
what is that

>>72094596
As long as the strings don't hit them and pop, whatever you think sounds good.

Closer to the string=hotter sound. I like humbuckers as close as possible but single coils sound fine all over the place to me.

>>72094660
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi2OU7Ux80g
2:05

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This bad boy just game in today

>>72094660
It's like a riff but the opposite

>>72094705
The whole drone meme is getting old

>>72094660
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMRPo-6MxnA

This desu

>>72094802
I wish I had the slightest idea about what you're blabbering on about

I just did spider and trilling excercises for like 3 hours straight, my hands are so much looser and this is amazing

>>72094921
the feeling is great isnt it?
do it also with only hammerons/pullofs, and with the intervals of scales instead of spiders too

>>72094761
are guild any good

>>72094921
also congratulations for the effort

what are these trilling exercises?

My band's first show is in a week and I hate our fucking music so much
I started it with an idea in mind and somehow the friends I recruited ended up doing something completely different and never show up on time to practice (and are usually wasted when they do) and just generally spend the entire time doing their own thing
I wish I could cancel it but it's too late and I'm worried that people will hesitate to book me when I'm in a band I actually care about if I cancel my first fucking show
I tried so hard for this and now it's all fucking terrible and I hate it
shit

>>72095249
Just kick them out

>>72095241
You know just hammering on and pulling off two notes over and over really fast. http://guitaralliance.com/guitar-exercises-2/endurance-exercises-1-5/

It helps with finger independence and loosens stiff tendons really well

>>72095249
Just do the gig and get the fuck outta there as soon as you're able to. I've been in a similar situation and it's not worth your energy nor your time.

>>72095249
>band

Just make underground dissonant melodic ambient black metal in your basement and release on bandcamp you fucking retard

>>72095275
I don't want to kill my friendship with them, they're normally fun dudes they're just shitty fucking bandmates
I'm almost definitely just going to give up on this one and start something else with someone who knows what they're fucking doing but that doesn't fix the show

>>72095299
it aint fulfilling if youre alone

What can you guys recommend for someone getting their first real bass? I was thinking a Mexican Jazz Bass but what do you guys think?

>>72095325
Sounds fine

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>Another 5 hours of sanding
>12 hours total

Neck still feels pretty solid. Should I leave it like that or keep sanding?

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Why is playing and singing at the same time so hard? My strumming goes completely off so I can only do one or the other. Any easy songs to practice this that you guys know of?

>>72095443
THE FUCKING JOINT
YOU REACHED IT
HOLY SHIT YOU REACHED THE FUCKING JOINT

>>72095462
kiss 2000 man, rhythm is just straight strums
also songs that the guitar follows the vocal line, like kiss' talk to me

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>>72095443
all up to you man, I would stop when it's as comfortable as you want it to be. Still far from an axcess type cutaway that Gibson does.

>>72090968
why the fretted notes go out of tune on that vid

>>72095609
>floyd
argh
>plus contoured heel
its gibson's modern fag's les paul model

>>72095443
i would stop if it were mine
it is already even and soft, you already got rid of the bevels

>>72095443
I'll give the advice I got when I was contouring my guitar's body. Stop as soon as it's comfy. No need to make it a "standard" shape or good looking. Hold in playing position and feel it out.

>>72095690
why you contoured a body

>>72095690
to add to this, it looks like you could take a bit from the back of the body still, leaving the neck mostly alone, if it isn't quite comfy yet.

I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND

>>72095462
no real shortcut, just start with songs that have easier strumming patterns. I'm still not at the point where I could really play lead licks and sing, but not many can.

when you get into more complex strumming/vocal patterns, break down the words and strumming pattern that is tripping you up specifically. try to find a rhythm within what's tripping you up and practice over and over

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>>72090322

>>72095753
this one better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIqp3CGH_sU

but black rick oah beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCX6Klw-7YE

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>>72095739
I have a tele that I play all the time, people here may be familiar with it, and I decided I wanted a small tummy cut and forearm contour. I ended up with a small contour in each position which to me is more comfortable then the dramatic contours on my jazz bass. I was a bit concerned about how the contour itself looked, but someone here suggested to keep it small.

>>72095249
well accept partially responsibility first. have the self-respect to speak up for yourself next time. all you have to tell them is that you don't think it's working out and you'll never have to play with them ever again

>>72095766
How I got into it was just playing the root note of each chord on the 1st beat while singing. then moved on to the root on each half note, then quarter. then with a power chord. then with full chords. It's not that hard when you get used to it, but you will find some rhythms are very hard to play while singing, which is why bass is often more difficult to play while singing.

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SHE GIVES ME EVERYTHING
AND TENDERLEY
THE KISS MY LOVER BRINGS
SHE BRINGS TO ME
AND I LOVE HER

>>72095162
I think the general consensus is they were great before they were bought by Fender.

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>>72095831
>but you will find some rhythms are very hard to play while singing, which is why bass is often more difficult to play while singing
yet gene simmons can play bass and sing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEVVuUF5A2s

>>72096064
...There's lots of people who can play bass and sing. I can play bass and sing. I still find it difficult to sing more often while playing bass than while playing guitar.

>>72096152
yes of course i agree

>>72091454
Your guitar looks like a huge piece of shit.

>>72091728
Used to use them, then I swapped back to .88mm Tortex because they're rather common. Got tired of being slightly gimped in other cities because I couldn't find a shop with Jazz III's. Same picks as this guy >>72092213

>>72092302
No, I actually don't suck.

>>72093592
No.

>>72094101
Not bad for a couple years. Keep it up.

>>72094761
Those pickups look like they're not great.

>>72095799
Best advice I've seen in this thread in years.

>>72095443
I remember when I first got into modding guitars. Safe travels, young adventurer. This is the first of but many regrets. You'll eventually find happiness.

>>72095913
They were good, but they sure weren't the Stones.

>>72095799
I tried and the dude just got weird about it and it didn't change anything.
It just makes me even more miserable knowing I fucked it up by being too much of a pussy and now I have to start over

>>72096295
>Not bad for a couple years. Keep it up.
thats from 2015 and i didnt change much

>>72096327

Then quit keeping it up and start a dedicated practice regiment instead of unstructured noodling.

>>72096364
i cant

Anyone have experience starting a band in college?

>>72096399
Then just stop trying to be good and play for fun. Learn songs you like.

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>>72096297
i know how you feel. I hate hate sucking and I feel like I care more than a lot of people do. It's like people don't know their parts clash and my suggestions get ignored. It's like "you're looking for a A/C# not a Dmaj7, lower the bass note a half step to stay in key (of E)"

And they like "idk sounds good to me"

Or guy 1 is playing an Amaj7 and guy 2 is playing a full Bminor. I know rules are meant to be broken but slamming all the white keys doesn't sound good.

Kijiji is hell trying to find competent members At least we don't have a guy who can only sweep pick in E minor and think they are the best guitarist in the world. "It's rock and roll who cares bro"

I'm no fun at parties.

>>72096430
its not fun i want be gud

>>72096399
i won't

ftfy

>>72096407
I do
ama

>>72096442
try baiting for (you)s on /gg/, usually works

>>72096455
maybe
i tried a bit lately and got little results

>>72096466
i aint baiting

>>72096457
Where'd you guys practice? Did you play any gigs?

I just found out I got accepted into a local university, now really sure how the music scene is there, though.

>>72096479

Pick a method and do it for at least 2 weeks before moving on. It's a marathon, not a race.

>>72096495

I am >>72096433

We practiced in the drummer's basement. Only problem was the hour long commute. If you live in residence good luck finding a place without paying. I'm playing in my own uninsulated garage now and we had to play with gloves and spaceheaters until spring. A couple times I was able to snag music wing practice rooms. You might be able to ask someone about that.

It was a once in a lifetime thing, I blew it by trying to incorporate too many different sounds. And I was too anal about a lot of things, probably. It is unbelievably hard finding talented people, I have no idea how so many bands get to the point of playing shows.

We played probably a half dozen or a dozen shows in town. I got the first one from an event where the bar had a full band open mic, kind of like a talent scout thing. The good bands got booked a show at the same bar later. We got paid for most of them, I think we split 250$ between three of us at the most.

>>72091728
i like these but playing live/standing up i will shred my right pointer under the nail everytime. I use Herco Flex's now, like Jimmy Page and David Gilmour

>>72091773
good picks but they lose sharpness and break

>>72095790
>tele
vomit

>>72096656
Thanks for the input. Do you have any advice if I'd like to start a band when I go to school this fall? I've never really been in a legitimate band before. The closest I've been is playing in a "band" with two of my friends for our high school talent show. We had five days to pick a song, practice it enough, and then try out. Still not really sure how we did it.

>>72096739
Find a good space to play as soon as you can and spend as much time there with people as you can. Some dude's parent's garage is ideal but otherwise there could be buildings on campus that spend most of the time unused. Fr those you gotta make some bullshit club or campus police might harass you. My school was a pain in the ass but hopefully yours is cool about it.

>>72095790
please stop posting this monstrosity, it is offensive.

>>72096739
Try making an ad. Getting members for the subgenre you want might be difficult depending on your city but I managed to do it once. People are very very flakey so I guess you have to make a really good impression. People will respond and not even own an amp or a drum kit. A lot of them won't have a place to practice or transportation.

I impressed a drummer guy I met on kijiji with my playing and he called up his friend who plays bass. It's a crapshoot, really. I haven't been able to write the kind of music I want again because I'm too picky and or maybe I'm worse than I think I am. The good news is it's a lot of fun when it goes well. Crushing a set or a new part that sounds really good coming out of nowhere bring plenty of good vibes. Occasionally you might even get genuine sounding compliments from an audience member. All I can really tell you is it might be really hard to start out.

Good luck out there, anon.

Is there a website that offers worldwide shipping that's cheaper than Aliexpress?

I need to buy 3 Stratocaster copies that have the correct headstock shape and 22 fret maple fretboards but I don't want to spend $400+ on them. Would be nice if I could find them at like $70 each or at least less than $100.

They don't even have to be quality instruments, I'll set them up after I'm done modding them.

>>72090355
Just your average meme guitar trying to be something it's not. In this case it's a metal mememachine with active EMGs trying to be a Tele. Everyone knows it's not a Tele.

>>72090964
>people actually believe this
>30 years later
>unironically

I like Cliff, but he's Cobain tier overrated. There are few musicians in history pushed to such extreme levels of overratedness than Cliff.

>>72091773
Trash picks. Not sure what material they're made of, but it's soft and gets worn down faster than any other pick I've used. I've never had to replace a pick as fast as that one.

>>72096921
It sounds amazing though

>>72096922
Thanks, nonanon. One of the things I'm worried about currently is my guitar playing ability and in turn my songwriting ability. I don't really know any theory and my guitar playing is kind of mediocre. I can play chords and barre chords, I know like a single scale and that's about it. Whenever I pick up my guitar to try and write something, it usually sounds pretty generic or I'll only write one riff and never go anywhere with it. I'm pretty confident in my singing, I mean I'm not the biggest fan of my voice but I've had a lot of compliments every time I've sang in front of people. This is really gonna be my first time being away from home in a somewhat bigger city so I'm going to try to make the best of it. I figure if there was ever gonna be a time to start a band, it would be at university.

>>72097009
amazing that they would make a pick out of a material that is both soft and brittle. I have cracked these many times, too. Just shit picks.

>>72097033
Same. Fender picks are the only ones I've ever had crack on me before.
I have some Dunlop that are literally 10 years old that haven't cracked.

>>72091728
The carbon fiber ones are the perfect pick (extremely durable).

>>72096675
The Carbon Fiber JazzIII doesn't suffer from that issue!

>>72096979
>About to say something regarding active pickups and Jazz
>Check the page
>The towering Slipknot guitarist
>heavy playing style
>Brutal

Burn it with fire.

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>PRS strat
https://youtu.be/bTjFiqA3GqI
https://youtu.be/sG0CtZ6PN4k

>>72098111
Holy shit, that's disgusting.

Paul Reed Smith is probably vomiting at the thought of wasting his precious tonewoodz on that shit.

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>tfw born too late for guitar to be relevant
why don't normies like guitar music anymore?

>>72098228
Because literally anything that can be done on a guitar has already been done.
There's nothing left but jazz and no one likes jazz so the instrument is essentially dead.

>>72098246
but everything that a piano can do was done pre 1900 and people still use that

>>72098246
On the bright side you can totally use guitar to make any noises you want these days as well. Kinda pointless because it's easier with a keyboard, but still. Roland guitar synths are cool.

>>72098267
shhh he's dumb

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Honestly I do think of the seaboard as the ultimate instrument, but that doesn't mean I don't like guitar.

>>72098228
i fantasize about being transported back to 60's with my current guitar skills. I suck in 2017 but back then I am really good

>>72098331
RIP guitar
https://youtu.be/jh-hzbG5FzI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Nw0Hm_wTM

>>72094921
>tfw doing spider exercises ever since /gg/ started memeing on them hard
>still can't make it past 30 minutes or so because of arthritis
>and managing to go past that just makes my hands lock up and i can't play anymore.

fucking sucks. should i just sell all my gear and kill myself now or wait until i'm old and fat?

>>72098526
maybe work on some new stretches and see a physical therapist instead

>>72098507
I tried to learn flamenco but my finger picking is so shitty so I have temporarily given up. Have to improve on that first.

>>72095443
lewd

>>72092070

https://youtu.be/3Ml0uH92_y8

Love this one

>Bandmate tells me anything can be counted in 4/4.
>says "See anon? one TWO three FOUR one TWO three FOUR"
shiggy

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>>72098507
holy fucking mother of god.

holy shit.

what the fuck

>>72098640
Fucking kek
Drummer or bassist?

>>72098648
singer and rhythm guitar

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>>72098628
YEAH BUT WHAT PICK DOES HE USE

>>72098936

He doesn't need a pick, he just uses his jedi powers.

>>72098628
>33 minutes
nope

>>72098961
I actually found it pretty interesting, glad anon posted it.

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>>72098946
YEAH BUT WHAT STRINGS DOES HE USE

>>72098936
fender extra heavy picks

what a fucking noob

>>72093072
just call thomann ffs.

dont know why you would want this when for 200$ less you have the indonesian PC7CTM premium with specs literraly 3 times better tho.

>>72094261
Yeah in that track it's just a simple B power chord. You can pick the same chord on different parts of the neck to get different ringing overtones which is what causes that oscillation effect in the high end. You can also very slightly detune your chord to get the same effect in the lower pitches. Any chord works.

>>72099263
when I opened that clyp I thought I was gonna hear something Indian, I wasn't expecting it to be all fog horns and microwaves.

>>72099310
It's the same concept as Tambura drones, I just used a metal guitar tone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ig0q3-hg8E

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>>72099107
>indonesian
>literraly 3 times better

>>72098488
no!

>>72098111
>sign up to use PRS products and to showcase how good PRS products are
>has them clone his milkman because PRS make notoriously bad amps
>has them make him a strat because you can't use anything above the 17th fret on a PRS

It really doesn't reflect well on PRS as a brand.

>>72098111
If there's one thing I hate it's a Strat copy with a 3-a-side headstock. The 6 in line headstock is one of the very best features of a Strat, why copy the guitar without copying that?

>>72100175
I guess so it can break off more easily

>>72096518
What type method? I'm not racing i'm just lazy.

>>72096675
do they still make Herco Flexes
have you ever tried planetwaves' NylFlexs to see if its the same thing?

>>72092302
What are you running to hold the wall of white noise rather than just feeding back?

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>mfw waking up to another another terrible guitar general thread

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>>72098111
>prs
>john mayer
have two diarrhea aficionados ever deserved each other more?

>>72101166
Yes. You and HIV.

>>72101183
that's funny, your mom said the same thing last night

>>72101216
k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U8qPR3PB9Q

>>72101256
yeah we did some of that too

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Hi anons, I'm from russian speaking country (Belarus). Are you mostly americans? It's super interesting for me, what kind of rock music is popular now in USA or in the west in general? I thought some time ago stoner rock or some kind of it was popular (inb4 welcome to early 90s). When I say "some kind" I mean I think Baroness, Red Fang and Mastodon have some stoner rock influences. What about now? Or is this thread full of jazz players?

>>72101451
Rock really isn't that popular tbqh. Just look at the lineups for festivals like Coachella, Pitchfork,Lollapalooza etc to see what types of bands are actually "popular". Metal bands from all subgenres have a decent following like always, for the past couple of decades that remains mostly static but none of those bands ever get really big.

>>72095790

for all those fucking caps and switches, it's the chicken head knob that really pisses me off

>>72101104

try posting quality material then you gigantic fag

I bought a Zoom G3Xn after waiting for almost a month. I'd ordered a G3X but got this one since X is no longer in production.
There are more downsides to this unit, the biggest one being there's no USB audio interface and it requires.

Has anybody used it? How can I make it sound good? And why does it sound shit with my Greg Bennett AV6?

>>72101451
I have a question too.
Do you have a town rapist in your town?

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>>72095790
one pickup to rule them all

>>72101838
whoa i didnt realize there were that much pickups and switches
and a chicken knob for a switch

>>72101838
It's for improving the toanz on those sweet chicken pickin' lines teles are famously used for.

>>72101891
so sexy

>>72101891
just put a super distortion in it senpai

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>>72101891
King of teles incoming!

anyone wanna hear some chicken picking on guitar

>>72101943
go for it

>>72101885
What? Is it some meme from borat or what?

>>72101942
telecasters have 2 singe coil pickups

>>72101946
https://clyp.it/cza5ipcl

>>72102001
And usually come attached to fags by means of a strap

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>>72101942
>not this

>>72101451
Plenty of guitar based bands around. In rock, a lot falls into either "indie" soft twinkly guitar and punk stuff

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step aside all pretend telecasters

>>72099744
The specs are, tho.

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>>72098111
>guitar/bass company runs out of ideas
>they start making generic Fender clones

>>72101451
Check out this:
http://www.billboard.com/charts#id-chart-category-rock

Also, are Kino worth checking out?

>>72102526

What did you expect from the company that makes a Strato-Paul and memes about it?

>>72102572
>Also, are Kino worth checking out?
Don't know what to say. It was fantastic and very popular band in 80's, but now it mostly hated by modern young people. I don't think that you will be impressed by its music. But always remember that huge part of their songs were texts that were all about the spirit of that time.
Also I like Korol i Shut (King and Jester or something like this) and it's basically folk-punk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOLDqThQSYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6lM7438zO0

in interviews miles davis was talking about how there are holes in music you can fill with your playing and how he let holes in his playing on purpose so others can shine. how you learn to recognize these holes?

>>72095443
Holy shit anon. Looks comfy.

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fuck guitars

post amps

>>72098331
I think your memeing me but can you tell me exactly what you do with that thing? Why does it look like a vaccum sealed keyboard? What does it feel like? What does it sound like? Can you use it underwater?

>>72102935
Nvm, I watched the reply video. Pretty interesting desu.

>>72098526
I know you've probably already heard this but can't you relax your hands? I don't have arthritis so I don't know exactly what you're dealing with but I don't see how it should make your hands lock up.

>>72095443
anon, buy an RO sander

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>>72102922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_oWjsb17t4

should i buy a pac112

>>72101451
>what kind of rock music is popular now in USA or in the west in general?
Rock music is not popular in the US or the west in general right now.

>>72103432
maybe at night?

>>72103486
No.

>>72103486
Not in the slightest.

thoughts on this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz3Cr3p4aXE
the ones 2:52 and 4:20 are my favorites

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>>72103600
I want to like you Sammy but you're borin' me to death over here bro

>>72103600
samuel stop being so generic

>>72103631
ok tell me how you like to be entertained so i can do it better

Apparently Fender is phasing out rosewood. What do you think they'll replace it with?

I hope it's not another boring brown wood.

>>72103693
I don't know, maybe maple or something.

>>72103701
I wouldn't mind more maple. Maybe some ebony would be nice though.

dadrocker and proud

so i bought a 10 dollar boutique guitar pick. i dont know if its placebo or not but i feel like i can strum much better now.

ear training https://clyp.it/rcmjlkec

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I killed our university's bazillion dollar laser cutter prototyping a pickguard on cardboard, so I guess I'm playing it like this until it's fixed.

>>72103967

You think that's incitatory? I exclusively play power chords in drag at open mics.

>>72099744
>reading comprehension

>>72094623
I just checked them out, they do have riffs

>>72090322
I got myself a proper drum machine app and this shit is amazing to jam to.

>>72104245
What's the name of the app? I wanna try

>>72104365
Loopz

>>72096407
I'm in a covers band with my college mates.

>>72104119
Kek, was it your fault or did it just happen to break down?

captcha: oxford ronda

>>72098526
Accupuncture / Accupressure cured my dog's hip dysplasia.

>>72104496

I set the Z-axis to 0.19 for a piece of cardboard that was 0.29 inches thick. The manual is kinda vague on what the Z-axis control actually does, so it's possible that it should have collided with the cardboard and damaged the tip. Luckily, due to a firmware bug, as soon as I started the path it nosedived the tip directly into the metal honeycomb cutting surface without even reaching the part.

How consistently should I be playing something before I increase the speed?

>>72104793

In retrospect the cardboard is definitely an eighth inch thick so... whatever. No remorse either way.

sage

>>72103693
>inb4 Richlite

Why did people complain so much about Gibson using it for their fretboard material at one point?

>>72105027
Looks pretty nice to me. Maybe they complained because muh toanwoodz, or maybe they just like the look of wood.

Should I buy/rent a router and attempt to install a floyd rose or should I take it to my local guitar place and have them do it?

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>>72105063
>people unironically think the fucking fretboard material affects a solidbody electric guitar's tone

I want off this ride.

>>72090322
I changed my strings to 10 gauge for the first time and the strings are so tense at the 1st fret that i barely need to press it to get a note out.

Is that normal? Should I adjust the truss rod?

what's this chord?
e|3
B|3
G|4
D|
A|2
E|

>>72105235
yes

>>72098331
>>72102935
i tried one in the shop and it feels pretty memey to me. I'd prefer a synth

>>72091728
I like the XL Jazz iii's, actual surface area to grab on to. But yes, master tier pick.

>>72105285
yes to which question you redditnigger

>>72105334
yes to "should I burn my guitar and kill myself for being such a retard?"

>>72105356
xD

What's the deal with the positive grid stuff? I've seen all these youtubers sing it's praises but I downloaded the demos and they sound like shit to me. Granted I don't really know what the fuck I'm doing with it so could be my own fault, but just wondering if I should keep tinkering with it or if it's really just a scam.

>>72105428
BIAS FX is probably the best software-based guitar effects processor out there

>>72105240
some G/B? google for a chord dictionary

>>72105478
amplitube is actually pretty good these days

>>72105240
It's just a G triad in first inversion.

>>72105478
Alright, well guess I'll have to look up a guide on how to get it to sound good or something, because none of the presets are really doing it for me, and I don't really know how to tweak it.

>>72105557
It's a virtual effects chain, just turn the knobs until you get the sound you like

>>72105618
Oh, I was talking more about the amp modelling, haven't really even messed with the effects.

Anyone have any experience running two EQ pedals at once? I've got an MXR 10 Band I run at the beginning of my chain, and I've been thinking about getting a second one to run at the end of the chain.

Also, I'm having issues with my top two or so frets. Whenever I'm playing an E, or anything up high on the neck, the sound goes wildly out of tone like I'm out of tune depending on how hard I push down on the strings.

Is this an intonation issue or do I need to sand down the frets?

>>72105235
press the first and last frets (or some of the latest, i dont know how is right)
if it is higher or lower on the middle of the fretboard than it used to be then fucking adjust it

>>72105722
time to visit a luthier

>>72105722
if the pitch goes up then goes down then its buzzing
then adjust bridge trussrod and sand the frets
not with a fucking sandpaper, do it with a soft steelwool

>>72105663
I do this to get more out of my amp. Basically you boost a frequency before the preamp, then cut it equally or slightly less in the FX loop, which changes the distortion characteristics of your amp. You can also do the reverse of this if you have a frequency or certain notes that are getting too distorted. For example, if you want your low notes to be fuzzy for power chords but your high notes to be clear, you can accentuate this(though naturally lower frequencies distort sooner anyway).

A more practical example is when playing barre chords with distortion, you may want the 3rd on the G string or B string to be more audible. You can push this range with a little tweaking without your E string becoming too piercing.

>>72095325
I have a mexi jazz and after I set it up, it's my favorite bass. Get one that feels nice in your hands and is comfortable to play. Later you can supe it up after you've decided you like it.

>>72105722
First off, pressing hard will always bend the note. You should be sure you're in tune when pressing just hard enough to get a clear tone. Adjust your saddles until this is the case.

If you take your guitar to a luthier for this you're a fucking baby. You need to be able to do this yourself.

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what's the highest string gauge /gg/ has used?

>>72095325
SX Ursa

>>72105859
I had a .12 set once. Was pretty fun but I went back to normal gauges after.

>>72105798
Would I need to place the second EQ after the amp with the FX loop, or can I just run one at the very beginning of the chain and one at the end of my distortion pedals?

>>72105859
I currently use a .145 string.

>>72105882
That would work to change the response of your distortion pedals.

>>72105923
So if I want it as a general EQ of my sound I need to run it after the amp. Should I run all my effects pedals after the EQ or keep them before the amp?

Also, will a loop pedal work placed after the amp, because I always keep it at the end of the chain, just before the amp.

>>72090322
Anyone have any good slide books/pdfs/links?

>>72105523

i sort of agree. i think the amps are pretty great but their cabs not so much. however I only used their cabs up to amplitube 3. I saw that they did some new shit for a while now with amplitube 4 but idk if it's any good.

regardless, i've been using the amplitube orange pack while loading red wirez impulses and having a blast, shit sounds great.

>>72105996
protip: Learn to play slide in standard tuning. Much more difficult to find chords and damp out unwanted strings at first but once you figure it out you can go from fretted to slide immediately, no retuning, no second guitar.

>>72105975
you can put the looper wherever you want and it will work, the difference will be if activating or deactivating a pedal affects only the new input or affects the recorded loop.

You should generally put your effects in front of the amp unless you want to keep them from being distorted by your preamp. This can be good or bad for many effects depending on what you want to achieve. Chorus for example can sound good both before and after the preamp.

To clarify what I am saying about the use of EQ, changing your EQ before the amp will change the response whatever method you use, the idea of the boost/cut method is to change the response with less effect on the EQ. So you can be a little more dramatic with your boosts without getting difficult to balance tone.

Because your amp probably has the EQ already, you can still boost/cut with one EQ pedal, it's just harder to do.

>>72106106
Yeah, or you know, use a tuning that actually lets you play chords. Single note soloing on slide isn't even good.

>>72106101
what they did to amplitube 4 was that you can swap speakers on the cabs
like putting a greenback or v30 on a tweed deluxe cab
and you can put effects on the amps loop

i didnt hear that much a difference on the tone itself but i aint did no actual comparision

Anyone know how I can get a decent ukulele on the cheap?
And what I should look out for?

>>72106495
The plastic makala ones sound amazing due to the lack of bracing. They cost around 40 bucks. Don't get the brown one, that one's wood. Replace the strings. Also, I don't think they make sparkle ones anymore, but just in case, don't get one with a sparkle paint, it's too thick.

Probably going to get shit on for this but should I sell my awful Schecter 8 string to buy a fanned fret Harley Benton one? I can level the frets if they're bad and I'm going to replace the pickups.

>>72106583
just to clarify, the only plastic parts are the back and sides. The top is spruce and the neck is something or other. The major downside is that these have bridges shaped like fucking dolphins, complete with googly eyes. But hey, most people don't notice when you're playing, and the tone is most important.

>>72106615
Well, if you want the fanned frets I don't see why not. Harley Benton is great if you're willing to give the frets a whack. I dunno much about 8 strings, so take this with a grain of salt.

>>72106664
They're even better on 8 strings because they need to be much longer on the bass end.

>>72106634
>The major downside is that these have bridges shaped like fucking dolphins, complete with googly eyes
That sounds like a major upside to me

>>72106186
Not that poster, but I play slide in standard all the time, even though I played open tunings for years. It's better in almost every situation I've come across.

Standard gives you more chord options than the most common open tunings (which are just triads), so you can get minor and major chords easily, along with extended chords and partials.

>>72106634
HEARD YOU WAS TALKING SHIT.

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>>72106843
HEARD I FORGOT THE IMAGE.

>>72106634
You can get a plastic uke for $40 that sounds good if you replace the strings?
And here I was stressing out over $200 solid mahogany ones...
Thanks anon, I'll see if any stores around here have one I can try out.

>>72106855
Well, I own one of these, but yeah, I don't like the dolphin. I mean, mine is orange, so it's really already flamboyant enough.

redpill me on how much slack i should leave when re-stringing

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>>72106920
>I don't like the dolphin

LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING RAPED NEXT TIME YOU GO SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN, FAGGOT.

how do i play like ribot

>>72107003
study jazz and latin guitar for a decade or so, then just fuck your shit up senpai

>>72106943
it doesn't matter

>>72107078
why does everyone mention it

>>72106943
I usually line the string up so there's a straight pull right through the tuner, then grab the string at the nut and pull it back to the first fret, then start winding the tuner.

>>72107096
Because for many guitarists restringing their instrument is the most technical thing they do with their guitar. So they over think it.

>>72103670
Change your YouTube name to Nigger Toe permanently.

>>72103693
>Fender is phasing out rosewood.
[citation needed]

>>72107194
I just went to grab the article and it's gone now. I checked the facebook page of the company that published it and found the following:

"DISCLAIMER: Yesterday, we posted an article on our blog based on information received from Fender EMEA stating that they would not be using rosewood as an option for 'necks' (fingerboards) on future models. However, this morning, it has been clarified by Fender that this will only be the case on selected models, and not the entire range. Updates will be posted to the original article once more information is available. Apologies for any confusion!"

>>72107345
+(You)

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>>72107345
Fuck, I was hoping you'd argue about it like a sperg.

>>72107391
We can still argue autistically if you want.

>>72107391
how that would be possible

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>>72107417
But I'd know you're heart wasn't in it.
>>72107428
I come to /gg/ and ask myself this everyday, bro.

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>>72107428
you must be new here...

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I hope the archive comes back up I haven't saved any of my best bait in months.

Froosh is gettin' a lil' bit nervous.

>>72107194
I fucking wish. the only people who like rosewood fretboards are meal fags that can't afford a guitar with ebony

>>72108099
>>72108099
>>72108099

>>72095462
Horse with no name is good practice. In your honor disc 2 (acoustic foo fighters) are all easy stummers