/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

first for Telecaster best guitar again

>>72330546
yes. second for Ted Greene as master guitar theoretician.

First for jazzmasters best guitar

>>72330595
if you knew anything about guitars at all you couldn't say that.

>>72330568
Third for Samuel. May he rest in peace.

>>72330603
I play indie emo

>>72330603
Lmao my american vintage jazzmaster is better than your ibanez

>>72330609
Imagine actually being Samuel. Imagine waking up in the morning in your tin shack in a third world shantytown, looking in the piece of shiny scrap metal that you use as a mirror and realizing that you have to spend the next twenty-four hours being Samuel and playing that tenth rate plywood Les Paul through a broken amplifier and pretending to be Ace.

My best guitar is a jazzmaster I'm not even memeing.

>>72330617
>projecting
you can do better than that. I actually own a Jazzmaster but I don't see how anyone could think that's the best guitar design. I won't go as far as to say you're WRONG but it definitely sounds like you don't know much about guitars if you say that.

>>72330633
here we go with the dick waving already

>>72330682
>>72330682

I replied to the wrong person.
>>72330633
meant for you.
>>72330672
YOUR best, okay. I can deal with that.

>>72330682
This. I love it but it's not the BEST guitar. Just great for me though.

>>72330672
pics or it's a Squier vintage modified

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What's a good tuning for playing whole tone scales?

>>72330779
EADGBE, but learn to play

I used to have a chinese jazzmaster but i sold it cause i needed money for drugs
Fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW3mgjqwHiM

>>72330809
I'm not good at standard tuning, but I'll try

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>>72330743
k

>>72330779
Standard works well enough. Or perfect fourths if you want to eliminate the b string anomaly. Or tritone tuning if you want to make it super easy and not have to move up a fret for each string change.

But would you really want to play whole tone scales that often?

>>72330858
Nice

>>72330858
take the stickers off for fuck's sake

Anyone ever heard of Theo's chord generator? I found it when I started on banjo, but it has options in the top left for guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and mandola, but you can pretty much turn it into any stringed instrument with the tuning part so I can even use it on my 7 string. Here's the link, showing off that it can show scales with the basic 7 chords but with multiple versions of each chord, put a capo on it, and shows every note you can use within the scale that you want to work on. Its a really great site with pretty much everything you could possibly need other than some exotic scales.
http://chordgen.rattree.co.uk/?instrument=guitar&tuning=E,A,D,G,B,E&scale=ion&alt=2&capo=3&handed=right&offset=0&fixenharm=on&prefersf=&chord=G&quality=&showscale

I learned 90% of what I know from this site, only played for about 4 years and I basically strictly improvise nowadays. Seriously check the site out. It doesn't give you any tips so you kind of have to figure it out on your own, but this site has everything you really need in my eyes to become a good guitarist.

>>72330858
leave the stickers on or nobody will be able to tell how cool your guitar is

>>72330860
Thanks. Whole tones are just something I've always wanted to mess with outside of solos, so I figured an alternate tuning would help get me in that mood.

David gilmour used jazzmasters in the 90s

>>72330872
This drives me fucking insane, pricks who have a guitar for 5 years and don't even take the plastic off the pickguard

Which tele is better a 52 or a 62
My dad used to have a 52 but he sold it to buy a car

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Got a new guitar today.

>>72330925
>>72330969
maybe that's the picture he took the day he got the guitar?

>>72330990
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>>72330872
>>72330925
>>72330969
That's an old picture from when I first got it. I removed the plastic and sticker pretty much immediately. Here's a pic I just took.

>>72330990
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>>72331014
ah. I forgot to resize it so that 4chan wouldn't flip it.

Is the vibrato guy around?

>>72331014
ok then, you can stay

>>72330990
pretty much the same thing except 60's have staggered pole pieces and might have higher output on average. The guitars themselves, pretty much the same thing.

I dunno man, I wouldn't buy either when so many companies offer 50s and 60s style pickups for cheap.

>>72331059
Ah good to know the 52 one is japanese i think? But its more expensive

>>72331037
Where is your tele

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>>72331126
Right behind the JM. It's a copy though.

>>72331147
Looks nice af

>>72331147
what kind of copy? If it's Mighty Mite, Warmoth, or even All Parts it's probably pretty close to USA quality.

>>72331103
Just don't buy a vintage tele, there is no point. Vintage radius fretboards suck and choke out when bending. Guitars that old have issues more than not. Get a new tele for like $150 or $300 or something with a 12" radius and put in a 50s style pickup.

What a dumb thread. Why does anyone here give a shit how the guitar looks? Can't we give each other tips or ask for advice?

>>72331188
>Mighty Mite

I made a Mighty Mite partscaster once, never again. Neck didn't fit right in the neck pocket, kept angling off to one side so the high E was nearly off the edge of the board. Ended up giving the guitar to my brother and never missed it.

>>72331212
You are a fucking baby i use vintage radius strats daily
Fucking pussy

>>72331222
No one cares about advice cuz all we play is shoegaze and u2 songs

>>72331222
Yes; go for it.

>>72331212
>12"
Fucking gross

>>72331228
I have a Mighty Mite Tele with a flawless setup and it's great. I didn't make it myself, but my friend/ best local guitar tech built it for me. All the parts are American.

>>72331241
What? I want to be able to bend without losing dynamic range. I don't need a vintage radius to play chords or to get my thumb around the neck because I don't have tiny trump hands.

>>72331222
Everyone cares what their guitar looks like even if they like to pretend they don't. Looks are important. If you want to talk about playing, no one's stopping you

>>72331309
I dont give a shit about gay bends but i can still pull them off
You gibson fuckers enrage me

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>>72331170
>>72331188
It's a 1984 Tokai Breezysound with all original parts (pgraded pots and cap though). The quality is just barely lower than my american jazzmaster but it's on par with most american fenders I guess. The only thing holding it back is the quality of the pickups, they're mid-tier overall. They compress REALLY nicely though with gain so I'm not going to swap them.

The neck is great though, really makes the instrument. Nice small radius, vintage frets. Not usually a fan of flamed maple but I like it on this guitar. Almost as good as a $1500 guitar and I got it for less than half of that.

>>72331269
What's the best way to transition from open keys to harder keys? I've been stuck in E minor, C major, and D major for something like a year. I really wanna learn an easy one like E major or F major but no matter what I do I can't make it sound good.

7.5 inches is the perfect neck radius. I dont fucking understand all these 12 inch bitches and their fag ass metal bends

>>72331309
>bend without losing dynamic range

... what? dynamic range is the difference between the loudest and quietest sounds, wtf has that got to do with the radius? the usual objection to the tight vintage radius is that string bends choke as the string moves across the humpo in the middle of the fretboard, unless you jack the action up high.

>>72331359
>What's the best way to transition from open keys to harder keys
What does that even mean?

>>72331375
pity no one's ever made a guitar with that radius then

>>72331376
He's a little bitch, many guitarrists did god tier bends on vintage strats and this fag says that its not possible, ignore his ass

>>72331388
Every open note on the guitar can be hit within the key. In D major, E minor, and C major the notes E A D G and B are all in those scales, making it really easy to fuck around with.

7.25 > 9.5 > 14 > 10 > 12

>>72331415
Huh. I had somehow never heard of that before.

>>72331330
Gibson has 12"? Anyways you can pull off plenty of bends, but the fact is you can't strum very hard while bending unless you crank your action up to compensate. What that means in effect is that you must play more softly while bending. Reverse bends in particular don't work as well without compression unless you happen to want to play quietly.

It might be nitpicking but I don't see why I would get a vintage radius just to make open chords more comfortable. I'd rather have nice sounding bends without compression or a volume pedal.

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I had the radius on this Tele planed down from 7.25 to 9,5 inches, totally transformed the guitar. I hardly used to play it before, now it's in regular use.

>>72331415
I don't get it. You don't have to play the open strings, it's not difficult

>>72331435
Yeah, I've been playing in those three scales for about a year and I've pretty much combined every note and chord together in some fashion so I'm honestly running out of ways to play in those scales, and I really wanna learn how to play E major but since you can't play D or G in that scale, it makes it a little tough to make anything I play sound good.

>>72331376
String bends choke is akin to having lower action when bending. Lower action has a smaller dynamic range before buzzing out.

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Got 2 Dingwall Ng-2

https://soundcloud.com/remainindoors_01/happy Here's one in a mix of mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tctKvdw9S78

this girl playing cliffs of dover like its fucking effortless...

might as well just quit now

>>72331429
t. rhythm guitarist

>>72331444
You're totally right, I don't, but when I play I like to play rhythm and lead at the same time, so open keys make it just so much easier..

>>72331506
Nah dude, that's inspiring. Makes me want to go play and practice something.

>>72331518
very much this

7.25" is great for the cowboy chords put useless for anything else

>>72331554
her finger placement is far superior to mine, to train away the shitty muscle memory and technique from shitty guitar teachers and self teaching without looking anything up feels impossible

>>72331503
>look at me look at me plz follow on soundcloud like comment and subscribe

>>72331585
Channel the embarrassment into your practice! Use the negative feelings to fuel yourself for 30 minutes while you do exercises. I've done that before and always felt better when I finished and could nail something difficult afterwards.

>>72331602
It's a Dingwall thread so I posted my collection and it being played in a mix

>>72331518
I play in my band because i can strum real fast honestly.
I'm like a mexican albert hammond jr

>>72331440
Better string balance on the neck pickup 100% guaranteed

>>72330858
nice guitar Charley

>>72330831
This was great.

>>72331669
I'm not Charley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pdpJuX1gDE

>>72331752
fuck off with this pink floyd dadrock shit

I just bought a vox ac10 and it's a great amp imo but some friends have said it'd be a good decision to replace the tubes in it because vox stock tubes are usually garbage and buying mesa boogie tubes really make it sound better. Do tubes really affect the sound of an amp that much?

>>72332287
I'm no expert but most tubes are made by the same couple of companies. Unless you have some shitty no name tubes I wouldn't worry about it.

I'm sure someone will tell me I'm wrong though.

>>72332319
>I'm sure someone will tell me I'm wrong
I appreciate your input regardless

>>72332319

You are absolutely correct. There are only four factories in the world still making tubes - Tesla (JJ tubes), Svetlana (Winged C), Saratov (Tung-Sol) and Shuguang (Chinese shit tier tubes)

Any Fender, Marshall, whatever brand tubes are made in one of these factories and stamped with a different manufacturer name.

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>>72332287
>DURR TURBS REEWEE APECT DURR SOUN UH UHH ARMP DAT MUUK?!?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkjVvTRP1h0

>>72332369
A quick google search shows that the issue with VOX is more that they "run hot" and have tube related issues because of that.

>>72332415
Google will just turn up all the ill-informed half-truths and rumors posted on the internet. Most of the people posting that crap have no idea how a tube amp works. They probably don't even know how a fucking toaster works.

>>72332396
This video is shit claiming there's substantial difference with graphs when it's using a phone camera as a mic you're the retard

>>72332542
>DURR ME DEAF PONE CAM MIK I CAIN'T HURR SHIT DUFFURANT

>>72332493
Haha that's definitely true. But it's still relevant in that it's probably related to why he was told to swap the tubes. I thought it was worth mentioning even if it's hokum.

tfw no alien tube amp

>>72332881
Alien

In Brazil no one can hear you riff

https://clyp.it/qpxw1ubj

whos a hack now? who cant vibrato now?

>>72333333

>>72332382
In his case the AC10 was most likely shipped with the shitty chink tubes, in which case it's probably worth it to spend the money on upgrading the tubes

>>72332415
If an amp throws 400v at el84s or 6v6 then they're hot. Their design maximum is 300v but this is a popular way to build amps apparently.

>>72333689
theire just aiming for power tube distortion

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How are you doing tonight /gg/?


https://clyp.it/kkovqfd4

Do you guys ever go into a guitar store and just pickup and play some of the guitars for a bit knowing full well you're not going to buy anything?
If yes, how do the employee's respond, are they cool with it?

>>72333787
Only in Guitar Center,but to be fair if I really like something I always consider coming back and buying it. Small shops are always pricks about that.

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>>72333689
Va = Anode voltage

EL34s can theoretically be run at up to 800V on the anodes. Modern amps usually are closer to 550V as current tube production isn't as good as the old ones (no, really). I've got a Sound City 120 from the 1970s with the original Mullard EL34s in the back, those will handle 800V easily but the Chinese shit tubes with arc over and die.

6V6 isn't comparable in anode dissipation, you probably meant 6L6 there.

>>72333707
Seems like they're be aiming for wattage rather than distortion.

>>72333829
you probably meant AC50. don't gotta explain duncan tube data to me

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How is this still one of the best delays on the market? It's been 18 years since it was first released.....

Besides the Strymon Timeline, what else is an improvement over it?

>>72334011
>delay toan

whos a hack now? who cant vibrato now?

https://clyp.it/agkzc1q2

>>72334102
That's pretty good Samuel. Have you ever heard the Melvins cover of "Going Blind"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gi_C0png4E

>>72334011
fuck off if I want echo I'll manually play a note and then play the same note again but a little quieter

>>72334011
yeah this is a classic piece of gear for a reason

>>72334179
That's old school as fuck.

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>>72333765
I'm doing breddy gud myself. Recorded some butt metal and soloing earlier for fun. I can upload the backing if anyone wants to have a wank of their own

https://clyp.it/4l30sqlr#


And that's some weird ass noise you got there. What pedals are doing that?

>>72334150
thanks
yes
you probably posted it here months ago
stoney af

>>72334259
hes an oldschool guy

>>72334179
same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJRzuml94F8

>>72334332
>fake echos
>has delay on the entire time
Fucking inbred hillbilly.

>>72334332
even dimebag gets the thumb over the neck when hes not shredding

>>72334332
Never really noticed before how good his vibrato is

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Just put a deposit down on this, excited to get started

>>72334398
cant come close to ace frehley's though
https://clyp.it/agkzc1q2
https://clyp.it/qpxw1ubj

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>>72334399
>deposit
>on a squire
step up your bait game senpaitachi

>>72334442
I'm a poor uni student and I don't get paid until next week :(

>>72334465
>spending money you don't have on a luxury item

if it's not a car, a house, or an education, you shouldn't be spending money you don't have

today's financial advice brought to you by /gg/

Did I break Samuel by telling him how fucking awful and amateur his piece of shit vibrato is?

>>72334687
its better than yours actually
>>72334438

>>72334775
>its better than yours actually
LOL no

metal picks are great, i only use them now

How's everyone's mellows holding up? Sufficiently unharshed, I hope.

>>72335459
do you eat marshmellows

>>72334632
>creative expression is a luxury

You must be fun at parties

>>72335511
its not a need or at least a basic need
youre getting debt for no reason

In for the greatest guitarist of our lifetime's greatest work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5PXYehriYY

>>72334779
Ace is really underrated

>>72335613
buckethead is a meme anon

>>72335646
yes he is, listen to his stuff instead of judging from a video or two of careless noodling at guitar center

>>72335557
im not? I put a deposit down. Once I get paid next week I'll be purchasing it

>>72334281
Gimme dat backing track boi.

>>72335482
no I eat harshed mellows

>>72333765
I played my first gig as a drummer. Went extremely well. No guitar player in site, which was wonderful.

>>72336226
Here you go
https://clyp.it/iqtbbkhh

It's in E minor, or C Lydian if you want to look at it that way

>>72334281
>that pic
Les Pauls confirmed for being the negro of the guitar world.

>>72336291
It's one or the other dude, not both.

>>72336846
Well it definitely starts C Lydian since it hangs on the C and occasionally hits the D. Once the full thing drops in I suppose it'd turn to E minor since that E feels like a resolution in the middle of the progression.

Or you could change up the intro with a different lead interpretation since it's so vague and play something else like C harmonic minor over it before dropping into E minor

>>72330992
very pretty, anon

>32 posters
>148 replies

ok closing this tab now

>>72330664
Felt bad reading this, to be honest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bB2_Gp-Kb0

>>72337916
There are like 10 people who are regulars in these threads. Everyone else is a one time poster asking for a gear rec.

>>72338475
>There are like 10 people who are regulars in these threads.
and 9 of those are roman

>>72330546
nonsense. nolly is the man.

>>72331037
Thank goodness. I've never seen a charvel that color, looks really good with the zerbra pickups.

>>72338525
and yet we still feel obliged to post the fucking useless links every time a thread starts

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Anyone got experience with modeling amplifiers? I havent got a lot of money and was looking at Vox VT20X.

>>72339236
I've found them useful from time to time, and i post very rarely.
The V30 IR is pretty tit.

>>72339318
>I havent got a lot of money

Two options here.
>save up more money, buy a tube amp

or
>waste your money

Your choice

>>72339318
if you are a complete beginner it will serve you well enough if you play at home, but still at the same price you should get a straight forward solid state amp because they are so much better. also if you are willing to save a bit more money you should get a hybrid or a tube amp.

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Guitar center has the Jet City Amplification JCA5012C on sale right now for 400 bucks and I'm thinking of trading in my old piece of shit Mustang III amp for it. Are Jet City amps any good? Whatever it is it has to be better than mustang though. I have a Vox with a big muff and a scarlett overdrive but it doesn't quite get a heavy tone so I think this would be a nice amp to have, assuming it's actually good.

>>72339761
I am no professional and i don't know much about amps, but my friend has one and i have tried it and it sounds awesome. also anything is better than a mustang.

>>72331506
>girl

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*puke*

>>72338525
>and 9 of those are roman
I've been coming here for a couple of weeks now and I have yet to see any of these personalities this guy supposedly posts under.

>>72330531
why does every guitar lesson site online seems made for idiots, like its super generic "learn rock guitar here" is there anything out there that teaches guitar without forcing you into a box

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How do you guys stay motivated to practice?

I just bought a Zoom B3 so I can actually play in my apartment without disturbing the neighbours, plus it is good for recording and the effects are fun

But every time I pick up my bass I feel like I'm sort of lost looking for new stuff to play. Apart from Songsterr, and various garbage tab sites, there's virtually zero music written down on paper for bass guitar. 90% of tabs that are out there are dadrock/dadjazz/dadblues. Practically none of the music I actually listen to on a daily basis has any sort of music available.

Is this just a symptom of pop musicians being mostly musically illiterate and therefore themselves not relying on written music to play anything?

>>72340929
Tab it yourself.

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In this band. Contributed some things to this song, but we are all incompetent as far as choosing a right distortion/OD pedal for the guitars. Right now we are using Fulltone Fulldrives for live settings. They work alright, but I'm looking for something a little less......brittle. The recording was all DI and mixed by a guy that isn't alive anymore. I should add that we are all competent at playing the material itself, just not eqing/choosing appropriate pedals/amps.

https://youtu.be/EjpRn4PNtrU

>>72340929
check out orchestr/a/

>>72340929
>Is this just a symptom of pop musicians being mostly musically illiterate

If you're so musically literate you should be able to transcribe any pop song tbqh

>>72341112
First of all, that's the worst thing I've ever heard.

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https://youtu.be/OzNKPAoxiBU
https://youtu.be/wfutKZijcbU

>>72334687

>>72330664
Not that bad to be honest, that's the beauty of music.
No matter where you are and how shitti your quipment is you can always keep yourself entertained.
24 hours would pass in a breeze

>>72330531
I'm about to go out and get a capo for my guitar. Any recommendations? Do any of you use capos?

>>72342828
capos are 4 fags

>>72342467
>>72330664
>vintage v100 tier (or else) les paul with upgraded pups
>good tube amp
Shitty equipement? That guy is well served it seems to me

>>72343022
He broke his tube amp yesterday lol.

>>72343261
LOL how do you fuckin break an amp

>>72343022
Well I havent had a look at his equipment but the post I answered to implies it would suck being the guy because he has nigger-tier equipment. My point is that i'd still have fun with said equipment

>>72343261
Lol how did that happen?

who here wants to go arrested on brazil northeast
activate subtitles

https://youtu.be/lRD9lm1JFiE

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>>72330531
ok how the heck am I supossed to read this? how does it has to be played?

metal/chrome pick + high action + 10+ gauge strings + humbuckers = maximum toan

>>72343760
lol

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>>72343833
ok thanks but really how do i play this

>>72343574
See the last /gg/ thread

>>72314300
(Warning - fucking LONG discussion)

the sad little cuntlick is back to playing his Zoom FX through a bass amp now

>>72343845
With a cockpick
That's Mickey Baker's famous cockpicking solo

>>72343845
you dont have access to an audio recording of that?
i suppose these are marks of duration of notes

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Im thinking about getting a cheap Gibson or a high end Eipiphone. The model: Midtown or Sheraton

>>72343845
I would guess that you change on the 3 and 4, the tie lines indicate a chord sustained for the first two beats.

>>72343893
>headstocks only

get used to that view

>>72343420
>>72343574
The little favela rat was messing with his tubes. Everyone told him to stop but he wouldn't. Rest in peace poor amplifier. Now the amp can rest and won't be force fed Ace frehley licks.

>>72343931
I could care less about the headstock? All I want to know which brand makes the better version and sound?

>>72344033
dont know about the quality on the cheapest gibsons but i wouldnt buy a studio because of its subpar looks

epiphone standard/custom, vintage v100 are really good les pauls. the ones made by tokai too

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>>72343857
sup, that shitty rig isnt sounding too bad actually

https://youtu.be/OzNKPAoxiBU
https://youtu.be/wfutKZijcbU

>>72343960
what happened is the amp broke by itself, i messed with the tubes to see if it worked again

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>>72344222
>the amp broke by itself

>>72344222
http://sendvid.com/smpbwha3

>>72344222
Oh my god, your lovely gear reminds me of the long gone days I miss the most. I feel a huge nostalgia every time I see a Zoom pedal. Thanks anon, you have brought some deep, but yet kind of bittersweet, happy feeling to me.

>>72343893
Midtown all the way, the Burstbucker pickups are so good

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>>72344222
I'm still disappointed that you didn't electrocute yourself.

>>72344306
why you do this

>>72344283
yes thats what happened, what ur implying

>>72344340
i'm happy for that
which was the zoom pedal you had?

>>72344377
kkkk

I've been playing for 10 years and the only solo improvisation I can ever do is pentatonic bullshit.

I'm a self taught bedroom warrior that literally can't learn theory for shit. Wat do? -other than killing myself, becoming a rhythm player or picking up the bass

>>72344691
Learn theory and keep practicing and figuring the pros' use of theory

>>72344691
>Self-taught
>Can't learn theory

Have you even considered getting a teacher.

>>72344547
>why you do this

because you're a mouthy little prick

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>>72344547
>i'm happy for that
>which was the zoom pedal you had?

>>72344722
>can't learn theory for shit
>lol just learn theory

>>72344734
I'm in a position where I can't even get a teacher, I live in the middle of nowhere. I have to drive 50 miles every couple of months just to get new strings, I don't want to have to do that three-four times a week.

Besides I play guitar to relax and procrastinate, if I have to do it forcefully because I'm spending money on a teacher then it starts feeling like a chore and it'll become something I don't wanna do anymore. That's just the kind of piece of shit I am.
In other words
>How do I git gud without actually gitting gud

>>72344768
ah so it was a joke

>>72344815
>how to stop soloing just pentatonics?
>learn theory other than pentatonic
>it's impossible for me to learn theory
so what

>>72344815
In that case, if you don't know major scale you should learn that. You already learned pentatonic so you should be able to do this no problem. Once you know the shapes and ideas behind major scale you will have an actual usable foundation. Then learn your modes and try to learn some chord theory. If you look up these terms individually, and actually give it a college try, you should be able to learn it. Getting a looper of some kind will help your practice immensely. Once that's done start learning how everything goes together and start writing your own music NOT just improvising it. That will solidify everything for you.

That's a start. Everything else is mostly a modification of those main ideas.

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rate the setlist of the blues album i'm making

I'm Alive
>fast shuffle in A maj/min 190bpm

British Ship
>80bm 12bar; strong "tada-tada blues rhythm"; maj/min; Clapton/Page licks

Downwards Spiral
>really slow (45bpm) 12bar in G; strictly minor and sad; with some Paul Kossoff licks

Ive Never Been In Texas And I Don't Care
>ZZ Top-like mid-tempo, with a strat (srv) and a lespaul (billy gibbons) on call & response

Blue Berries
>fast 12bar 140bpm in C, Chuck Berry boogie type / shuffle

Party in Chicago
>128bpm happy, major, BBKing like, in Ab

>to add
Jazz Blues
8 Bar Blues
Stormy Monday changes

Uptempo guitar duet like Allman Brothers' Jessica and Layla ending

>>72345982
n oone cares

>>72345982
Nigger/10
Samuel could do better

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Okay so the whole used guitar thing didn't work out. I decided it was not worth it to risk getting mugged for a used guitar.
So I'm still hunting for a project guitar, that LTD got me in the mood for some Metallica though, it would be fun to try to make a replica of the Flying V that Hetfield got in the 80's (white).
Since that particular guitar was a fake to begin with, it has a bolt on neck, so I can probably get away with using a DIY guitar kit for this.

Any of you cunts know a good website to order those [that has decent prices on worldwide shipping], that has Flying V kits?

Also, if I do end up doing this shit should I go with the original version that had a stock neck humbucker and a bridge Seymour Duncan Invader or the current version that has EMGs?

>>72346265
enjoy standing in front of your bedroom mirror pretending to be Hetfield for the rest of your life

>>72346285
I'm not pretending to be him. I just enjoy working on guitars since I don't have the equipment to start actually making them myself.

>>72346265
>Any of you cunts know a good website to order those [that has decent prices on worldwide shipping], that has Flying V kits?
Warmooth and Stewmac

What's the best polyphonic synth guitar pedal out there? Want to get some sweet pads in my music.

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>>72346307
Warmoth is expensive as SHIT though, and they sell bodies and necks separately. I'm looking for a DIY kit like the shitty ones from Ebay.

I found this one but it's left handed and doesn't have dot inlays.

>>72346390
Search on ebay and aliexpress then

>>72346322
Get a casio midi guitar from the 80s

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>>72346418
Fucking shit, the first goddamn thing I find on Aliexpress.

Well I guess they will be nice reference pictures for when I start relicing it.

>>72346473
>14890 taco coins
How much is that, like 3 bucks?

>>72346473
Forget Vs and go build a Fender yourself, much better

>>72346645
I'd rather you spit Trump memes at me. I really don't like Fender at all.

>>72346678
you shouldnt say that while your parents work at their factory

>>72346678
>muh brootal gainz

groiw the fuck up kid

>>72346569
Close, about tree fiddy

>>72346322
There's nothing really satisfying out there if you're looking for an authentic synth sound, and the better ones can get pretty costly(as far as pedals go). If you're looking for atmospheric pad sounds I'll let you in on one of my oldest tricks. Doesn't work well live unless you have a looper.

Harmonics, volume swells, fuzz, delay, multi tracking.

Depending how intricate you want it to get you can use capos or artificial harmonics and layer several tones to create intricate chords.

If you want them uniform just record the harmonics DI, clean, no swell. Use a gate to bring them in at the same rate, then use an effects send to run them through some dirt, modulation if you want it, and delay. I prefer delay to reverb for this, since you lose the pick attack with the swell it doesn't sound like typical delay, is just sounds like it's sustaining(and reverb can get muddy with this). If you want a more traditional synth sound and have a delay plug in like super tap 6 you can actually create three groups of repeats, and then slightly detune 1 from each group.

I've been able to get some crazy sounds doing stuff like that, but it's still not as versatile as a real synth or a midi controller and a range of virtual instruments.

Is there any good free amp software? Apart from the demo versions of guitar rig and amplitude

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Think I will record for a bit today. Need to finish a couple tracks.

>>72346851
just pirate amplitube 4

>>72346851
I use Bias FX. A lot of people must use it too since every time I mention it here I get called a shill.

>>72346880
tell us what youre recording

4:27 for vibrato https://youtu.be/URDz2-m3rzY

Is there a poorfag alternative for the EQD Rainbow Machine for bass?

Budget p/j bass pickup replacements? Bonus points for passive

>>72344815
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egLkQ_qp6sA

>>72347125
http://www.captadores.com.br/loja/catalogo-34302-56-2_precision

they used to have an international page but i cant find it now
their pickups are very well constructed, wired tightly etc, and made off good materials

I got my first guitar just over a year ago, an electric one. I've never cleaned the fretboard and the strings have only been changed once (by the local guitar shop dude, not me). I should probably get around to changing the strings and cleaning it, I just noticed how dirty it was...

>>72347396

>>72346569
What's with this insecure pol faggotry on /gg/

>>72346265
My brother bought one of these and he regrets it everyday now

Rock musicianship is pure self indulgence
For guitar it extends to other genres

>>72347697
Because he probably doesn't know how to professionally set up a guitar.

As long as you know how to do that you can polish any turd.

>>72347728
>set the action as high as possible
>try every possible position of truss rod
>still buzzes
This turd cant be polished

>>72347806
That means the frets aren't leveled and you need to sand them down and then file them.
>Set the action as high as possible
Wha-
>try every possible position of truss rod
>probably turned the damn thing more than five times
Holy shit what the fuck are you doing

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>>72346901
Vidya covers

Quake 2 -descent into cerberon
Metal gear 2
Fallout new vegas

Old new, just trying out different styles, recording methods, cutting my teeth in mixing and mastering different styles and all that.

Everybody decided to mow their lawn in my neighborhood so acoustic recording isnt going to well today haha.

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my rig > your rig

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>>72347928
>Vidya covers
Listen here pal, that's my job here

https://clyp.it/g0edu20j

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https://clyp.it/asdq3244

how do i improve literally in everything considering song writing/improvising,like i know some theory concepts and been noodling the pentatonic for quiet a while but whenever i try to play something original its like my brain shutsoff.

>>72347942
>Gibson bass

enjoy your lifetime of flappy fart sounds

>>72347993
keep doing that and wait some years till you magically start to be able to write/improvise

I just got an idea. Tell me if it's retarded.

How easy would it be to put a Bigsby on my acoustic?

>>72348052
it's retarded

>>72348052
If you have to ask it won't be easy

>>72348018
fuck you dude
the neck pickup is pretty woofy but the bridge pickup is tight and crunchy as fuck, so it's a good balance
the short scale isn't as much of a detriment as long as you use the appropriate string gauge

>>72348052
I mean... Some retard managed to pull this off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLOy0mxI4wE

>>72348052
ok, item one, it'll stop the top vibrating

item two, moving roundwond strings over a plastic saddle will wear grooves into it in about a week

item three, I fucking hate Bigsbys

Let's play a game called 'is there anything wrong with me buying an epiphone Les Paul' because I don't knooowwww!

>>72348207
So if someone can do something that retarded i'll be fine adding a Bigsby to my acoustic?

>>72348219
item four, there's not enough wood under the top of an acoustic to screw the mounting bolts into

>>72347942
What is that? A bass guitar for ants?

>>72348452
a bass guitar for plebs

>>72348452
>>72348504
post better basses
you cant

>>72348513
Fender Jazz Bass
Fender Precision Bass
Fender Dimension Bass

Can i mix/match pickups for a p/j bass setup or do i need to get a matched set like seymour duncan sells?

>>72348591
>fender
>fender dimension
kek

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>>72348513

>>72348605
you can do whatever you want mate
just dont get SD because theyre shit
im gonna recommend Lace, Dimarzio, or Aguilar depending on what kind of sound youre after

>>72347942
>sg bass
Lol. I'll buy that stack from you, I'll actually make it sound good.

>>72348666
TRIPS OF TRUTH

>>72348628
Dimension is better than the sg. Even the fucking daisy rock bass is better.

>>72348779
the Dimension is a stunningly good bass

well, the Mexican ones are ok and the US ones are stunning, the Squiers are still shit tier

>>72348666
Most bassists won't realize there's only one string, they'll still be able to play all their parts.

>>72348052
i've seen someone do this before, but refer to this post before you do so >>72348123

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>>72348951

>>72348605
yes mixing pickups on a guitar or bass wont do problem. just different sounds when both are in. they might have different output but you just set the pickup height to match the volume.
did you take a look at the prices on this brazilian pickup maker? >>72347231

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>>72347942
>120th anniversary emblem on 12th fret

>>72347978
>Listen here pal, that's my job here

Ive been at it for a while, took a break from the vg cover scene. Played in a couple bands but never got into recording until recently. Id share older stuff but dont want old bandmatws getting messed with, well, most of the old bandmates anyway.

https://clyp.it/mevj3zjn

I have recorded the bass track since but having some trouble getting it to sound like I want. May redo the main track since I used amp/cab sim in direct input and I find an amp and mic to sound better.

can palm muting increase the bass frequency volume or it just attenuates the upper frequencies?

>>72349466
Both

should i use my middle finger to play the three same fret notes on the D G B strings while learning to sweep or is it a bad habbit and i should use the ring finger instead?

>>72349492
If you have problem with the notes nit sounding out then go with a better technique.

If not, economical movement is best. Don't do anything unnecessary. Move as little as needed and keep a consistent playing pattern.

why does /gg/ like ace frehley so much where literally all of his solos are just noodling around in position 1 of the pentatonic scale? isnt this something you guys would shit on usually?

>>72349786
you must be new here

>>72349786
his solos arent noodling though
theyre composed (the early at least), have good interplay with the band, fit the song really well, etc

led zeppelin solos are pentatonic noodling

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>mfw I wake up from my sweaty afternoon nap to another terrible /gg/ thread
the nightmare I was having wasn't even this bad

watch this guy playing the solos off kiss' hotter than hell album

http://55chan.org/b/src/1492894997313.webm

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What's the best neck / fingerboard material and why? Looks don't count as quality, only as a bonus.

>>72349978
the solos are shit
the songs are shit
the band is shit
Ace is shit
anyone who likes Kiss is shit
Samuel is shit

>>72350446
maple slips better
rosewood can take rougher treatment

>>72350446
anything but rosewood

>>72350475
y so mad? are you jealous of ace's musicality?

>>72350475
additionally, anyone who obsesses over one particular band to the exclusion of all others and never expands his/her musical tastes

is shit

and will never get hired for a band other than a shitty tribute act no one gives a shit about

>>72350578
i dont exclude all other bands and im always expanding my musical tastes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h_5uBgMUSQ

whos shit now?

>>72350504
samuel please leave

>>72350693
>i cant solo a single note worth shit
>so anyone who plays solos based off blues boxes are just noodling around
you are pathetic

>>72350759
samuel please leave

>>72350759
>i cant solo a single note worth shit

https://vimeo.com/78045680

>>72350814
thats what youve got? take this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfutKZijcbU

>>72350834
you really are a fucking idiot samuel

>>72350911
lalalalalala

>>72350479
>>72350492
rose +1 -1
explain yourself, what is this anti-rosewood meme?
Too soft? Too oily? What. What is it that's bad about it?

>>72350984
racism

The shape of the guitar's body clearly affects one's style of playing

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

>>72350814
>>72350834
Both fucking suck because technically oriented bullshit, also shit audio.
Fuckin' tell me "a story with the solo". It's not about wanking in your living room, it's about telling a about the thing why you wank. You both can do better than this.

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I have an acoustic with very high action (4.5mm at the 12th fret), should I put an electric-style bridge on it?

>>72350834
sweet halfstep bend at 3:38

>>72351186
if you just want to lower the action why you dont just fucking sand the bone bridge you fucking piece of retardation
that electric guitar bridge would change the acoustic's guitar tone, have you researched to see if you would like that change?

>>72351081
anyone can do that with a song or a chord progression
noodling for beautiful notes is enough when wanking at home

>>72351186
no

>>72351217
Because that would give me 0.5-1.5mm at most depending on string, and I want them really low. With an electric bridge I can easily adjust each to my preference.

>have you researched to see if you would like that change?
nigga this is a $50 guitar, I don't even care. I just don't want to throw it away. but yes I probably would considering I'm also planning to add a neck humbucker to it at some point.

>>72351355
why,

>>72351368
The bridge for an electric guitar works very differently from the bridge for an acoustic. That metal bridge won't transfer string vibration into the top. And there isn't enough wood on the top of an acoustic to screw a bridge onto, same as the anon who asked about the Bigsby.

>>72348052

>>72351368
hmm cool
are you sure you dont want the sound of humbucker with regular bone bridge?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYilzho0u4

>>72347942
Fucking hell, are you some sort of a manlet? using fisher price bass?

>>72351533
i bet hes of the same height as the stack and the bass
when he plays the bass it looks like a +

>>72351571
Probably has to strap the bass high on his chest so he can reach the low notes

>>72351500
>That metal bridge won't transfer string vibration into the top.
I'll add a neck pickup to it as well. Unplugged I just want it to be loud enough for me to practice on it (that is, not at all really).

>And there isn't enough wood on the top of an acoustic to screw a bridge onto
well yeah oviously, I will be just glueing it on like you would a normal bridge.

>>72351516
>are you sure you dont want the sound of humbucker with regular bone bridge?
err idk, I mostly want to play warm crunchy bluesy stuff on this one.

btw forgot to mention the original bridge also seems to be lifting.

>>72351637
the gibson bass - perfect for female or 'smaller' players

>>72351884
>>72351884
>>72351884

>>72351711
how you will glue a metal bridge?

you know the lack of vibration transfer affects the sound that comes out of pickup too dont you

>>72351897
>how you will glue a metal bridge?
epoxy is probably my safest bet I think

>you know the lack of vibration transfer affects the sound that comes out of pickup too dont you
so what am I in for exactly? less sustain?

meanwhile, the people who created the blues were playing on a broomstick with one string of farm wire attached to it, and here we are arguing like retards on a japanese animation forum.