/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

first for telecaster best guitar

second for inb4 vomit poster

finally free from that cancer /gg/

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i'm wiggling it fuckers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RljITmU8DTA

>>72141185
We get it, you don't have to post the video 3 times.

>>72141185
no one cares

kill yourself

I'm looking for replacements for the bridge pickup on an Epiphone Rivoli II.

I was going to get a DiMarzio DP120 to replace the neck pickup, but I have no idea where to look to replace that mini-humbucker in the bridge position.

Any recommendations? Does anyone make a drop-in pickup with those measurements?

>>72141191
i deleted the first one. second one was a correction

Guys, I think I'm going to have a gf soon. We've hung out a few times and I'm asking her on a proper date next week and will kiss her.
This is significant because she thought it was cool I play guitar and thinks my red flamed maple Ibanez is gorgeous. She doesn't think it's a meme machine.

I think she's the one since most girls who have seen my guitars don't care because lol not acoustic or something

>>72141264
stop calling your guitar a girlfriend you virgin fuck
go get a real gf

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>>72141264
>she thought it was cool I play guitar and thinks my red flamed maple Ibanez is gorgeous. She doesn't think it's a meme machine.

https://clyp.it/rmadsofz

https://youtu.be/phyqYbmiWUo

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>>72141264
Leave this place, while you still have a chance at happiness young summer child..

>>72141350
Based.

>>72141399
based what

>>72141350
were you trying to match the speech? Is that a Brazilian thing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNDN829StVc

https://clyp.it/qenqztxg

>>72141448
yes
its not a thing, just autism

>>72141448
another example

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzdou0xUSko

>see a clyp link
>"maybe this time it won't be samuel"
>it's fucking samuel

Stop posting already you monkey shit

>>72141471
Hermeto always seemed a little autistic too, it's cool if you can make some weird shit with it.

>>72141493
was you friends with him or something

>the sambanigger appears
>thread dies on its ass

>>72141264
Has she heard you play?

>>72142065
Yeah, just a bit when she was hanging out at my place. I gave her a short lesson and she thought it was fun trying to make her tiny hands do the chords.

>>72141381
I don't want happiness. I don't expect it. But this could change things

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>>72141264
Get on my level

>>72142208
I don't get it. What's your level? Fenders are shit and no self respecting girl would want anything to do with a guy who owns one.

>>72141101
This might be a good thread to ask.

Started learning guitar a while ago now and I was going slowly to learn it properly and not hurt my hand.

It was going well until I started using my pinkie finger and tried some strength exercises. I didn't even overdo it or anything but now there is a sharp pain in that big pinkie muscle almost every time I press on the strings and not just when I use my pinkie finger either.

Thought it would go away if I just give it some rest but now I haven't touched my guitar in like a month or so and it's still there. What do? Stretching exercises and more rest?

>>72142236

>Fenders are shit
I mean come on. This is just objectively wrong.

>Some Fenders are shit
>Fenders are overpriced for what they are
These are more accurate. Still generalizing but better.

Not very many manufacturers exclusively make shit instruments.

>>72142282
Guitar is something that hurts to play for a long time. You don't get good at guitar without pain. Good luck learning to playing an F barre chord without your wrist wanting to explode for a while.
Your fingertips will hurt, maybe even bleed, blister and skin will peel.

12 years of playing later and my arms still cramp up when I try to play really fast, technical stuff.

>>72142316
I own an American made Telecaster and I want to get rid of it. I haven't liked it since I impulsively bought it a year ago.

I will never play a fender again in my life.

>>72142282
I had something like this happen with my wrist. It's not good to push it as you could actually do some damage.

I started doing exercises and light playing. When it hurt I stopped. After a week it was feeling better even when several weeks of not doing anything didn't help.

Stretches are important.

>>72142359
>I bought a guitar that didn't suit me because I didn't research or know what I was doing but I'll blame the company I bought it from

Maybe you got a bad one, maybe it just wasn't for you. Whatever it was, that sucks man. Hope you find something better.

>>72142359
so what you're saying your Fender's shit and you made a stupid purchase, got it

>>72142359
But have you played a Strat?

>>72142412
I did do research. I thought about it for a long time before.
The impulse was me buying it when I didn't really have the money after seeing it in the music store I went to.

Is this new wavey enough?
Want to try and write shit like this
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ixiC0kpJMN

>>72142483
so you did research, then completely forgot the research you did, bought a guitar you decided you don't like and now you're all butthurt and whiney about it?

your mistake doesn't mean every guitar made by Fender is shit

maybe if you learned how to set a guitar up properly you'd like your tele a bit more

>>72142536
>reading comprehension
I did research and decided I did like it. I made up my mind that one day I would get one.
Then I was in my music store getting a new pack of strings and saw the one I wanted, in the only acceptable color for a Tele, vintage blonde, and decided to get it.

Haven't liked it since.

>>72141101
But does it djent? XDXDXDXD

>>72142574
so you bought the guitar because it was a nice color and you didn't try it out properly

still not seeing your point here

>>72142282
I've broken my fret wrist a couple times. So it lets me know if I'm getting out of hand with poor technique. I've been reverting to classical position a lot. Dealing with and working through minor pain has payed off with return of full range of motion.

With your minor aches, I recommend RICE. (rest, ice, compress, elevate). At least make a conscious effort to alleviate the small stuff. Ice for short periods every so often and an occasional nsaid. You've got your joints and muscles doing things they're not yet conditioned for so put yourself in a good position to recover and improve.

MY LIFESTYLE

>>72142010
>sambanigger
>samba
>sam
>banana

>>72142616
DETERMINES

>>72142605
Trying to argue with Fenderfaggots is impossible because they've got so many dicks down their throat it's cutting off oxygen to their brain.

>>72142677
Yeah Hendrix was a faggot. Are you aware that Ibanez are shitty meme guitars that only losers play?

>>72142676
MY SEXUAL

>>72142767
Of course he was a faggor. any 10 years old kid do better. its an overrated nigga

>>72142767
I'LL FUcking slap you in the nuts dude
Don't say that shit around here
I'll end you

>>72142807
Ibanez are for retarded metalhead virgins who play shitty music.

>>72142845
You better start wearing a cup my guy
I'm coming for those beans

>>72142845
getting this printed on a t-shirt now

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>>72142574
Unlike the other guy, I'm going to be a bit more constructive here for a second. Getting a little tired of the shallow shit-throwing here.

I've gotten a guitar before but realized it wasn't for me after about a year of owning it. Shit happens. It was a Charvel San Dimas HH. Great guitar, not for me. I got it after tons of research and loved it at first. I didn't love messing with the floyd bridge but I got the hang of it so it wasn't a big deal. I wanted the freedom to bend however I wanted. It was actually really stable once I got it set up right. and all was well for about 6 months.

Eventually I realized that I don't play with enough gain to really need the humbuckers, single coils sound better to me. Eventually I realized that I didn't like satin finish necks. Turns out I also don't like medium jumbo frets. I found out over the course of a year that I disliked pretty much everything about the guitar just a little bit. It was a bunch of minor things that I thought would be pluses when I got the guitar and tried it out but they ended up being minuses.

The difference here is that at some point I LOVED the guitar and you never had that. Next time I would spend more time playing a bunch of instruments, even ones you might not like. Really figure out what you do and don't like. Forget about what other people say is good. Find out what sounds good to you. If you do it right, you'll start finding awesome guitars that do exactly what you want and sound exactly like you want. It really helps if you go to the store and try out a bunch of stuff when you aren't shopping for a new guitar to buy. You'll try stuff out without thinking about the price, or whether you really need it. Great way to branch out.

Sometimes you get a guitar and realize it was a mistake later on. But hating the guitar from day 1 shouldn't be a thing.

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>>72142874
>beans

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>Bird inlays on every fucking guitar.

Why PRS, why?

>>72143120
Makes them sound better. Tone birds are then ultimate in tonewoods technology

>>72143120
Thats why its easier to make the guitar sing when the guitar is a PRS

PRS sound like cow arse

>>72143332
Gibson shill please go

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>>72142874

>>72143520
>Muh Gibson shill

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>>72142472
This times a million. Tele has a great sound but a Strat just does so much more. Jags and JMs are good but it's hard to get out of their own sound if that makes sense?

I am from a shitty town in Ohio where every band is a bunch of 50 year olds playing country, or a bunch of 40 year old metal heads covered in tattoos. Do I have to move to a big city to find people for a band, or should I just put up fliers and hope for the best?

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>tfw you have a great craigslist deal cooking for your dream amp but you can't talk about it on /gg/ or you'll get gearcucked

>>72143831
Basically yes. Because that's where all the people with the same idea as you have. They're also looking to escape the old men

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I modded an old Harmony H80 I got for $60, based on the electronics for the Silvertone 1454, and added a killswitch

Opinions?

>>72141128
>tfw started this
>it caught on
t.mememaster

Is there a way to simulate slide guitar with technique only, no pedal or whammy bar fuckery?

how do i achieve the lead sound from 2:40 on wards with guitar rig 5?

>>72144391
Why not just use a slide?

>>72144440
forgot link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkdKLScgGDo

>>72144391
You'll be able to get something close with a slide and open tuning, but it won't be exact.

>>72144480
Because I like low action and it's hard to use a slide with low action and also I hate having to put it on and take it off. I have other parts that I need to play that don't use slide so I just wanted to simulate it for a lick or two here or there.

i look at the clock and i see i sanded for another whole fucking hour

>>72144530
I don't know if there's anything specific you can do with those limitations. Try sliding into all of your notes and vibrato once you're there. If you never lift your finger as you play it might get you sort of there.

>>72144391
bends and vibratos is the closest you can go

>>72144530
jimmy page used vibrato with low action and super light strings (9s and topwrapped) so you can do it to

>>72144583
Thanks, that's kinda what I was thinking. Was just trying to see if there was any other solution.

>>72144610
I play like that a lot on my hardtail guitars to get some variety in sound when I don't have a trem. It won't sound like a slide but you can get some interesting dynamics playing with it.

>>72144530
If you're trying to use a low action, you're going to have a hard time using a slide.

You might go to a hardware store and get a small pipe that fits around part of your finger (like a large ring)

Just got a pan pedal, this is fucking dank, I have a raging headache.

I just got a blackstar Id:core 40 watt stereo amp and a sterling sub series silo 3 guitar for 250. Did I make a good choice or no? I am a poorfag and before this I was using a cheap Yamaha that a friend gave me with an equally cheap amp.

>>72141350
Die. Posting CFR garbage on any board should carry a lifetime ban.

>>72142503
It sounds like that time Bill Hicks tried to record music and failed.

>>72141264
t.wizard

>>72144216
That you'll probably peak on the county fair tour circuit but think of yourself as a "good guitarist".

>>72145062
Speak for yourself, I'm not a virgin

>>72145213
Oh no someone on the internet called me a virgin he must be right

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a little hole in the wood appeared. think its better to stop now or it can turn into a crack

3 hours total

>the wood of neck and body wood are of different shades of pink
fuck, this guitar is a fucking hack

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how clean fretboard before get strings off bag

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sanded the neck too as anon su/gg/ested

i hadnt realized how non-slippery the finished neck was until i touched these woody spots

>>72145702
will you do commission projects?

>>72145702
better or worse ?

>>72145702
shut the fuck up about it you tedious cuntlick

>>72145978
replies like these are why I like sammy and want him to stay

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/gg/ - Gibson General

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is there any advantage in feel on sanding the neck to bare wood? or just polishing the stock finish is enough?

>>72145874
yes. will put a plate in my house's door written "sand your guitars' neck joint"

>>72145935
better. hand slips better up and down

>>72146005
ehehehh

>>72146057
Those things sound like a gorilla trying to fart his way out from under a mattress.

Gibson have never made good basses. Especially not that piece of shit.

>>72146057
nice epiphone, fag

>>72146071
no one cares

fuck off and don't ever come back

>>72146110
ayy
i'll keep coming every fucking day, u mad

>tfw trying and failing to find a good deal on a lightly used Ampeg V4-B reissue

>tfw I was about to have my brother pick up one in Knoxville for me but someone else bought it

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>>72146071
>will put a plate in my house's door written "sand your guitars' neck joint"

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>>72146057
>mfw that 12th fret inlay isn't even the worst thing Gibson's ever done

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>>72146176
this thread is now about the worst things Gibson has ever done

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>>72146222

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>>72146258

>>72146258
>not liking the zoot suit SGs

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>>72146222
>>72146258
lets due eet. pic related
>$8,160.16
price reduced!
https://fifthsymphony.com/products/gibson-usa-robot-guitar-rbfbxrechp-firebird-x-redolution

>>72146310
that's just fucking laughably bad

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>>72146290
lol they looked at this and got ideas

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>>72146310
who remembers the Gibson Jimi Hendrix signature?

there's a landfill somewhere with thousands of these in it

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no one asked for this

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>>72146057
>>72146176
>tfw no Marshall amp logo inlay on the 12th fret of your $34,999.00 Custom Shop Les Paul Standard Gold Top ;___;

>>72146455
please tell me this is photoshopped

please

it's not photoshopped is it

>>72142208
That pastey gay Jimi Hendrix/Lenny Kravitz wannabe level? Fuck your faggotcaster.

>>72146290
Im surprised AC/DC didnt have something like this commissioned.

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>>72146373
wat

the Atari E.T. of guitars?

>>72145978
you didnt complain like this when the other anon reported his neck sanding. are you his little bitch?

>>72145553
gonna have to re polish the frets, shit went all full of dents

>>72145702
You gonna play with .8s in C? RIP your guitar.

>>72147248
with 10s in E standard

>>72147248
>>72147411
shes a great guitar, i put my trust in her, she can do it

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>>72147430
>she
>her

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>>72145525
holy sheit
the hole got bigger
what do

can i put shoe polish or grease to finish the wood?

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buy gibson's toan flanel

>>72147925
>toan cloths n cleaners
fixd

>>72147925
we should have dropped that MOAB on Gibson HQ

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>>72147925
but wouldn't a clean guitar resonate better than a dirty one?

>>72146310
I would play the shit out of this thing if it was <$300

>>72142359
I bought the Modern Player Telecaster last year on a whim, just sold it.

I fell for the le Tele Plus meme. I am saving up for something in the Professional series though.

>>72146140
Got a nonworking 70s 4vb in the basement. What am I looking at for resale after the fix?

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>>72148377
bout tree fiddy

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>>72148300

damn your logic Spock, you green-blooded inhuman

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>>72148477
Fascinating.

>>72148408
put tha chickin in tha frier. we bout to do this

>>72144216

I could see all those knobs on a guitar with humbuckers but singles... why?

>>72148650
there's a killswitch on it do you really need to ask?

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>>72146419

I did

>>72148684

muh buckethead

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>>72148696
you monster

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Rate.

>>72148760
le picard facepalm

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Hey everyone I can pretty much play as well as anyone but kind of dont know what to play
Anyone know of any good jazz or folk songs to bust out on acoustic that will impress both guitar players and good looking women alike?

If I were to measure how good of a player I am I can play every chord and bar chord fluently and can solo War Pigs

>>72149381
>impress both guitar players and good looking women alike
Those two things have no overlap.

also
>playing guitar to impress women
>current year

Also your last sentence makes me think this bait but I already typed this out.

>>72149449
yes you can do both
just play well, solo well, and do sexy moves with the guitar like jimi hendrix

skip to 2:28
https://youtu.be/kyDW9woo25U

>>72149529
Did Chuck Berry do that move too?

3:36
https://youtu.be/_PVjcIO4MT4?t=216

2:32
https://youtu.be/9GKhMFAhqmk?t=152

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Progress not so noticeable this time, but it feels much comfier.

Gonna need some wood filler for those cracks. Sprayed a little water to see where the sealer is, pay no attention to that.

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>>72149630
>wood filler
O I am laffin

you really have no fucking idea at all have you

>>72147909
>>72145525
Oi m8 it's me >>72149630

That's not a hole, that's the actual neck joint, you can sand it down no problem, it will look like my picture.

As long as G&L exists, Fenderfags will have no valid reason to purchase a Fender product from any time prior to the CBS acquisition save for
a) name recognition
b) affordable foreign factory models
There's nothing the company is doing for you, you're just used to them always being around.

>>72149771
I'm not leaving those holes there.

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>tfw fa/gg/ots are openly vying for my attention now

>>72149804
here's your (You) like you wanted

>>72149804
Fendercucks can't refute this.

>>72150097
>>72149804
here's your

>samefag

like you wanted

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>tfw you all know you're in love with me but you won't admit it

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>>72150157
Stay mad, Fendercuck.

>fender

>>72149630
>>72149789
hello anon
i will not worry about that hole then

your heel looks like its a lot comfier

i'll leave mine as it is. its an improvement already. its enough.

what's the trick to getting harmonics to ring out like this while still smashing about at them at a decent speed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuO3wwLuF0w

>>72149529
women liked Hendrix because he was famous, not because he was good at guitar

>>72149804
I got a G&L comanche tribute awhile back. I want to add in switches to make it like a Comanche VI, select the coils and all.

But yeah, I got it for the price of a decent fender telecaster, and it has the switch to be able to select any pickup configuration.

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Is it common to have more trouble bending in tune on one string in particular? I feel like my bends are alright, but it always sounds like shit on my B string. Maybe it's because I'm bending up to the tonic so I'm just more sensitive to it sound off?

>>72150414
live videos make it look like he is just chording fifth and seventh harmonics with a hammer off on the G

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>>72150712
>bending up to the tonic

>>72150813
The note I'm bending up to is the tonic in the key I'm playing in. Like if I'm playing in A minor pentatonic in first position and I bend a full tone up from 8th fret G on the B string, I get A (the tonic). Pretty sure that makes sense. Does /gg/ just not into theory or am I being retarded?

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>>72150995
>Does /gg/ just not into theory
Pic related is /gg/'s official stance on theory

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>>72150995
>. Does /gg/ just not into theory

>>72150712
Bending up to the tonic is never going to sound consonant, especially if you're doing a whole tone bend. Why not start on G# instead? Might sound better that way. Can you bend from G to A on your G string easily?

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>There are no rules. I think it’s funny when people take all these music theory classes, it’s exactly that. It’s theory. You have twelve notes, the thirteenth one is the octave, do whatever you want with them. It’s really that simple. There are no mistakes! - EVH

amp under 70usd that doesnt sound like absolute crap?

>>72150995
thats just a shitpost, geez

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>>72151247
>There are no rules. I think it’s funny when people take all these mathematical theory classes, it’s exactly that. It’s theory. You have nine digits, the tenth one is zero, do whatever you want with them. It’s really that simple. There are no mistakes! - EVH

>>72151247
Music theory isn't a set of rules, it's a way to write music down in a way that's easily readable.

Also Eddie used really standard harmony. He's not that good.

>>72151360
>Also Eddie used really standard harmony. He's not that good.
who fucking cares
its all about catchy stuff

>>72151290
save more lunch money kid

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Jimi Hendrix never learned any theory why should I?

>>72151522
Because you're not Jimi Hendrix.

>>72151555
Damn...

>>72151522
he did learn
his stuff was the same theory as any other classic rock
i.e. pentatonics and modes
though the modes were more like pentatonic + chromatic notes

>>72151522
if sammy learned theory why shouldnt you

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

>>72151700
redpill me on this shitskin

>>72151182
>>72151182
Yeah, I think you're right, the issue is probably more to do with having to bend up to that A in the first place rather than it being an issue with my string. Will try doing it in semitones instead, thanks.

>>72151522
You can only really get away with knowing zero theory if you're incredibly strong at playing by ear, though, and even that probably wouldn't get you very far these days.

>>72151426
I never said he wasn't catchy, but what he's saying makes no sense since he's still using harmony, rhythm, and melody that's been established for hundreds of years by music theory. Just because he doesn't know theory doesn't mean he isn't using it. FFS he's using a guitar that has frets for the 12 notes that are established from theory. Even Indian and Chinese music is more detached from theory than Eddie.

>>72151643
This. 12 tone guitar, triad chords. Knowing theory will only help you to understand why what he does works.

>>72141101
my god that is the cringiest ugliest guitar i've seen in a while

>>72145052
Ouch. That bad?

are dented frets guaranteed to buzz?
they are smooth, have no buhrs. but some of them have a significant relief on the strings place.
wondering if its the reason the strings buzz if i dont raise the bridge somewhat high.

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>>72151862

>>72151862
No it looks cool

>>72151912
>tfw no meme guitar

how do you improvise chords?
would it be... just pick a key and play chords from that?

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>>72151974
>tfw spicy meme lords are rolling in cash

>>72151978
that and ear
and fifths
and dominants and subdominants

>>72152111
so i have to know my shit?

>>72152285
maybe
you can just know the keys' chords and go by ear

>>72152016
what the fuck

how common is it for guys doing super shreddy stuff on metal or metalcore songs to be finger tapping it? the only way i can get really shreddy sounds like that is by finger tapping with 2 hands. is that normal? or do i need to git gud? i can do really short shreddy phrases with one hand, like 1-2-4-2-4-5 on a string and then hit the perfect 5th. but i can't do extended shreddy sections one handed

>>72152431
>disposable vape
plebs

>>72151978
Know your intervals. You can make any chord you want by combining different intervals. Staying in key is easy. Modulating is hard.

>>72149630
you did a great job

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Any other extended range players on /gg/? I've been working on my thumping/slap technique for the past year or so and I've just barely developed it to a point thats actually usable

>>72151862
>implying 8 string players dont pride themselves in playing shitplanks

>>72152904
I have an 8 string but it's shit so I don't play it much.

>>72152489
get good.
learn legato and economy picking

no hate for tapping, but you have to mix it up. If your rhythm sounds anything like eruption then you're going to look like an idiot

wake up slobbies

>>72151522
But you did learn theory, you just don't realise you're applying it. Ever gone from A to F#minor? Congratulations, you played the relative minor. Ever gone from B7 to E? Congratulations, you played a perfect cadence. Ever played Eminor - D - C? Congratulations, you played chords from a harmnised progression. Ever played a scale over a chord? Congratulations, you didn't just pick notes at random, you applied your knowledge of music theory to predict which notes would work over those chord changes.

You know some music theory, you just don't call it theory.

>>72152016
why

i really hate having greasy sweaty hands. i can't seem to do anything about it and i've tried just about everything. i'd use elixirs but they feel like ass

>>72154364
unscented talc

fucks your wound strings but it's great when you're playing a gig somewhere hot and humid

>>72154465
ive tried that, it makes too much of a mess, it gets in all the pores of the fretboard and id have to use a toothbrush to get it all out

>>72142096
seal the deal mate, she's into you

>>72154719
but why

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What bass preamps do you guys have?

>>72149804
G&L doesn't make amps faggot

>>72154364
They just came out with new Elixirs that are supposed to feel more like uncoated strings Optiweb I think.

>page 9

>>72157455
>dubs

>immediately page 5'd.

>>72151247
This is rich coming from one of the most overrated hacks in music history.

>>72151522
When will this meme that Jimi didn't know theory end?
Jimi knew what he was doing, he knew how notes related and how to make songs. It's not like he just played random notes and hoped they sounded good together. He knew how to write his solos, how things would fit together and make a good song.

The idea that Jimi just played shit and that was that needs to fucking stop.

>>72152016
I just threw up in my mouth a little

>>72142503
Come on niggers GIVE ME FEEDBACK

>>72158347
Not sure what to tell you. I'm a bit inspired to apply for a new Visa card. But nothing related to the music.

...Lots of verb and flange, too inyourface for me. Like a Guitar Center Digitech modeler demo preset, and not much substance behind it. (Sorry for the harsh review, but you asked twice, and also called me a nigger).

Really want to start playing some math rock, but my technical skills aren't good enough. What do you guys recommend practicing to develop skills for it? My music at the moment just sounds like jazz chords over commonly used punk beats with occasionally adding odd time in the mix.

>>72158718
Learn more rhythms. Learn tuplets of all types. Triplets are very important, but also try 5, 7, 9, etc.

>>72158718
Learn math Seriously. It's called mathrock for a reason. Connection between complex mathematical patterns and musical rhythms. Not like calculus, but geometry for sure.

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On a scale of 10 to 10 how would you rate Kirk Hammett's career?

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goodnight /gg/

>tfw want a strat and an AC15
>tfw poor
>tfw own an epiphone les paul and a shitty solid-state Marshall

I hate my life

>>72159506
I want these bed sheets.

>>72159406
For someone who is all wah and noodling, he's stretched things out for a hell of a long time

>>72142503
too heavy on the modulation, way too heavy. I love effects and by now my pedals have collectively exceeded the worth of my guitar and amp at around ~$8,000 of blown paychecks, but in actual recordings it's incredibly fucking rare that I have something dialed to 10 for any longer than 10-15 seconds. it's about accenting the song, not being the song (unless we're talking ambient/noise, but we're not). just a dash here and there. the only time I crank my effects all the way up is when I'm using them like toys and digging around for weird sounds. fuzz is a particular offender here, I don't think I've used fuzz on a single fucking recording but they're some of my most coveted pieces in worth and use.

that said, it's difficult to stick to minimal use if you're striving for a particular sound and your amp/guitar aren't conducive to it so you've gotta rely on effects to do the heavy lifting. in that case it's a real fine balance that I can't offer much help with.

>>72158718
lose all your friends, develop asperger syndrome and try to be 12 years old again

yo would a strat or tele look better on my wall so i can get girls

Do any of you take backup amps to gigs? Haven't needed one yet, but I run my AC15 all out and I am worried it might blow up on me. It was hot as fuck last night when we packed up.

I always take a backup guitar which I rarely need to use but hadn't thought about amps until recently

>>72161064
chicks dig telecasters

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>>72161087
I'm good, I use a stereo power amp live so I can just switch it to mono and disable whichever side isn't working. I've never bothered with a spare amp but I always carry spare valves and a shitload of spare HT and mains fuses.

>>72161087
I always have a Roland Cube in the car.

Only needed it once showed up to a gig and valve amp blew an output tube just as we started.

The Roland did fine with a 57 in front of it - you'll never get ultimate toanz out of it, but it's fine for a covers gig.

>>72142316

>>72142236

>the classic rock guitar
>shit

pick one.

This is guitar thread.

Fenders don't make great metal guitars.

I own a Squier, and i'm upgrading to humbuckers.

Anyone have a good suggestion for single coil sized humbuckers?

i'm looking at a SD hot rail for my bridge, and pissing off the mid and neck because I only play djent.

Saving for an Ibanez, but keeping my Fender,

so i'll be upgrading the pickups one way or the other.

Open to pickup suggestions.

And on another note, whats a mega crunchy dist. pedal?

>>72161659
Just got me thinking, I might start taking something like a Boss GT100 to gigs, if everything blows up then I can plug that straight through the PA

>>72161870
SD hot rails, I hate those things. They're high output but the tone is them is lower than shit tier.

Rickenbacker sucks

>>72161319
Yeah I carry spare valves etc, but they are a cunt to change on an AC15. Stereo power amp is a cool idea

>>72161659
I was thinking about getting something like that. The blues cube is meant to be really good. How powerful a solid state amp would I need to keep up with an AC15?

Just crossed my mind as I finally upgraded my backup guitar but hadn't thought about an amp

>>72161962
Rickenbacker sucks penguin dick

Laddos, do you think it's better to use two of the same amp in stereo, rather than odd ones, for tone uniformity in dank swirls?

>>72159529
Get a job my dude.

Anyone here good at tabbing songs?

>>72162683
i am
in fact im good in everything i do

can i into lead singing /gg/?

https://clyp.it/kldejhpw

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here's my gear

RIC 4003 bass, Gibson Les Paul, Epi Casino
now if only I could get my hands on a fender mustang/jaguar

>>72162683
Yep.

I make a bit on the side as an arranger and typesetter, and having to transcribe something by ear can be a real help.

>>72163232
>leaning your Les Paul like that

I forsee a broken headstock in your future.

>>72163232
Nice blog.

>>72163424
b-but it's a guitar and basses thread

>>72163349
if anything, eventually it'll break my furniture. that shits' heavy

>>72163466
>now if only I could get my hands on a fender mustang/jaguar
Buy one you blogposting faggot.

>>72163466
Also, at least post your amps, and put a fucking pickguard on that LP.

What do you call this effect the second acoustic is doing in the beginning? that like really fast alternate picking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvpMeq_4BPM

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>>72141101

Hey /gg/. I am new to electric guitar, I got a question.

I bought one of those beginner fenders because it was cheap, but I notice there is something off about it. The G string is extremely grating to my ears. It has a extremely tinny ringy distorted sound that my other strings don't have, doesn't matter if it's an open g or if im holding down a fret. I also notice the way the pickups work on it it seems the pickup for the g-string is slightly higher than the rest. It doesn't seem like I can adjust individual pickups, would adjusting my string help? Are fenders just like this and that's why nobody seems to like them? Help pls.

>>72163728
Tremolo picking and that's exactly what it is.

>>72163728
Mate, that's a harmonica.

>>72163741
>Are fenders just like this and that's why nobody seems to like them
>falling for memes
I hope this is a meme.

>>72163643
you're right, forgot about those
I have a shitty second-hand yamaha guitar amp
an Ampeg BA112 bass amp
and a Roland Space Echo re-201 my uncle gave me, with magnetic tapes and all: it's pretty cool if you're trying to get that pink floyd-ish sound

>pickguard
why? except for a e s t h e t i c s, that is
I hate pickguards, I also removed it on the Epi

>>72163524
I only find "relic guitars" from the 60s/70s, and they all are well above 2000$

>>72163728
that's pretty common in country/folk music: he plays guitar like a mandolin, with that shuffle technique

>>72163752
thanks, it sounds great on those high strings

>>72163786
kek, its clearer in this video

>>72163804
>no proper amp
I remember you posting a while ago, buy a fucking amp before another guitar.

>>72163811
>this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBANqX1fx-w

>>72149381
Learn this

https://youtu.be/ooReptE06-M

>>72163786

no it's a legit question i'm not a guitar expert, my g string sounds like total ass, even without fuzz or any of that distortion shit. As far as I can tell there is nothing wrong with the way it's strung.

>>72163835
ehe, the story of my life: I usually spend a lot of money on instruments, and then I don't really have anything left to buy something decent

next buy is a proper guitar amp, and maybe a couple pedals because I usually record and the post-produce it with FXs and shit

I usually record tracks on my own with my headphones on, and so I never really realized how much a decent amp head/amp combo can change your sound

Gibsons > All > Fender

my les paul with 10s plays smoother than my strat with 9s hahaha

>>72154465
That stuff gives you pussy cancer.

>>72161888
trips of truth

>>72164104
>10s
Faggots go home.

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Does anyone else use a round 3rd string?

Was thinking about trying medium gauge d'addarios with a round third.

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On a scale from 1 to 10, how played out is olympic white + tortoise pickguard on Fenders?

>>72164118
I'm never going to get any anyway so who cares?

>>72164480
wound?

>>72164480
assuming you mean "wound" you're likely gonna need to dramatically adjust your intonation if you switch over

>>72164791
It's probably pretty well played out. But only hipsters give a shit about whether something is "played out". I've got a jag bass in olympic white with a tort guard and it kicks ass.

Do you like it? Yes? No? Okay cool, that's all that matters.

Newb here:

I need to stash my axe for some time (have a case and all).
Do I loosen the strings or do I retune every couple of weeks so they don't lose tension?

>>72164791
there are maybe three pickguard colors that even work for white

>>72165146
jus b urself

i turn it up
i turn it down
i turn these knobs
just all around

come on baby
its plain to see
how much my guitar
just means to me

*picks up my guitar*
*plays G D Am C E*
*shitposts on gg with guitar on my lap for the next 4 hours*

im never gonna get good

>>72166145
Guitar is so boring at that level. Practice more and then you can actually have fun playing.

>>72166195
im actually far above that level but i still do it anyway
im just on a quest to learn theory and i want to kill myself

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>>72166121

>>72165371
I have literally never done that before. And it never occurred to me to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C72zRTR1Ns4
Is arena level volume the only way to do these sounds?

Random lurker here, thank you guys for having an op with information that actually helps to learn how to play, everywhere else I have looked just says Learn scales and chords then play songs :)

>>72166823
Ignore our OP. It's autistic as shit and needs to be revised or gotten rid of.
Just watch YouTube videos for beginners and you'll find everything you need to know.

600 sandpaper is thin enough for sanding the saddles and nut? or it will still create buhrs?

>>72167487
if you sand the saddles, after a while they will build buhrs again and you will have to sand them again for them to stop cutting your strings.
you have to buy proper gibson™ toanbridge™, instead of sanding your shitty bridge every week

>>72167487
It's way too light if you actually want to take down material and not just polish it. Use 100-150 to get it down to size you want and then 400-2000 to finish/polish it.

>>72166121
I would never advocate self-harm

>>72164104
>grab strat
>play mellow stuff and calm riffs
>grab les paul
>suddenly remember to play all solos from cream, john mayall, zeppelin and shit

>>72167624
why you said that while quoting that post

>>72167627
hi dad

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>>72167651

>>72167667
im younger than you you fuckup

>>72167667
you dont even have a dad you little shit

>>72167606
I dont want to actually take down material, like slotting a new nut. I want to sand buhrs away, so the saddles dont cut strings and the nut lets string slip.

>>72167873
oh you mean on an electric guitar, yeah 600 should be fine for that.

>>72167950
yes on an electric.
are you sure? i'm going to actually do it boi, i will do it boi you not trolling boi?

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I have 300 or so to spend on some new pedals, what should i get? I kinda want the jhs muffuletta but I'm worried that it is to similar to the muff i already have. Gray box is a homemade footswitch for my jc 77

>>72168136
Forgot to mention its us dollars

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>http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ptz4BeQ2ah

Got a new delay pedal and been playing with it all day. Here's some shitty 1 take improv. Not very experienced with delay... Only part I really like from it is 1:40.

Also yes it's quiet as fuck I know.

>>72166748
CAN ANYONE FUCKING ANSWER ME

>>72168332
Sure.

>>72166748
Probably not.

>>72168279
Best trick with delay is to get it playing a dotted eighth note behind you (or dotted eighth and a quarter, panned left and right) then play in time with the repeats.

https://clyp.it/ogl1fsil

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>>72166748
Jesus christ that was awful

>>72166748
>>72168332
No. I already get some feedback with my little 10w amp turned to 13h. If you use a high gain setting you can get that easily. But its loud enough for neighbohrs to complain.

>>72168392
Thanks for the advice. I'm going to be messing with this thing for months getting used to it. It really changes how you have to play and how you choose your notes.

You can hear me get lost numerous times in my clip because I can't improv the way I normally would. Trying out your suggestion should be fun. Thanks!

>>72168392
Yeah man

https://clyp.it/lutnaau3

>>72168513
That was cool. Some parts sounded kind of familiar but I can't place it.

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>>72168492
If you get addicted to delay on rhythm guitar then you've got to move to a unit with a programmable delay time. so you can match the repeats to the tempo. The trick used to be to divide 60,000 by the bpm and that gave you time for a quarter note so a dotted 8 was three fourths of that value. Now you don't need to work it out because most delay units let you specify a tempo and a note division.

If you're really addicted to the effect then you send MIDI clock to all your pedals and let them sort out the time divisions.

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>play for 2 hours
>new strings arent new anymore
>fucking rusty spots

>>72168625
Talc powder. It's a meme but it works.

>>72167627
>play les paul after weeks
>can enjoy listening classic rock & blues again

>>72168694
>classic rock & blues

hi dad

>>72168570
It's Jeff Loomis quoting part of a Bach piece in one of his compositions, I think.

https://youtu.be/gQwfuI5xJ4Q

>>72168672
The same for feet? Ive used it one but didnt feel improvemente besides it built additional dirt

>>72168707
thank god im not your dad

>>72168712
You play guitar with your feet?

>>72168586
Being able to specify the exact delay time would be killer but for now a tap tempo is plenty for me. I'll mostly use the delay for some dimension roughly at tempo as opposed to needing exact staccato notes on beat anyways.

At least for now... GAS is a powerful thing and needs change.

>>72168729
You play guitar with a baby?

>>72168732
>needs

Is that what we're calling it now? :)

>>72168794
Whatever helps me justify spending as much money as I do on this hobby.

how anyone can enjoy playing a guitar thats not a gibson model is beyond my comprehension

>>72168863
Tell me about it, I just this afternoon blew £210+ on cables. That's $263 for non-britbongs.

>>72168887
not everyone plays dadrock you know

>>72168946
strats are dadrock guitars and arent fun to play unles youre playing funk or something

>>72168586
>no velcro
>absolute mess
put the pedals back on the floor lad

>>72169199
I'm still waiting for a MIDI controller to arrive, then I'll get going with the velcro when I know where everything's going to fit

>>72169563
>>72169563
>>72169563