/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

Gay thread died and no one cared about starting it back up. We're winning the war Roman.

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>>72601060

Used to be wine red, dude before me tried to relic it. I tried to save it. Here's my results.

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>>72601405

It doesn't really have a binding because it's a Studio, but I tried to stain it in a way to give that effect.

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is /gg/ finally dead?

>>72601447

I'd rather it be slow with a few good questions than the
>muh gibson meme
shitposting

>>72601060
Is that a Gretsch White Falcon?

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>>72601466
Fair enough. How does everyone feel about the new Fender Mustang GT?

I'm actually thinking of selling my tube amp for a digital amp. 2017 is a crazy place

>>72601405
>>72601423
Looks a bit DYI, but better than a relic at least. You should put a gloss finish on it

>>72601447
Nah, we still got a few butts to blast

>>72601806
>DYI
Is this the new kys? Do yourself in?

>>72601806

It looks diy because it is. I went matte on purpose.

>>72601542
how to spot a shotty amp

>digital modelling
>bluetooth
>doesn't have tubes

>>72601473
think so. saw Frusciante playing one.

>>72601405
if it looked any worse it'd be a Condor

>>72602050

It's not great bit it's better than the relic before. My phone makes it seem a lot darker than it is.

>>72601896
Have you heard it though?

>>72602442
I've heard digital modelling amps

and I've heard tube amps

>>72602449
so no, check it out man, digital modelling technology has come a long way since 2001

Any tips for learning Guthrie Govan's version of Donna Lee?
I've got the first 10 seconds down(lol) but I'm struggling after that.

I've been trying to learn guitar on and off for a while now and I realized that I haven't been pushing the strings down hard enough

Is going through and practicing each finger with each string a good way to practice?

>>72602571
whatever you want brah

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Take the G&Lpill.

>>72602512
Yes, a very long way indeed. And it still sounds shitty compared to a good tube amp.

how do i cliffs of dover

https://youtu.be/8XZvE83LNBI

Why is writing coherent songs so difficult, really the only thing I write is like hardcore style riffs. But all I can seem to ever do is write an intro, then a verse riff, then im stuck

>>72602852
>hardcore style riffs
Literally the easiest shit of all time to write. Just choose a tempo and a scale if you're feeling extra musical and smash some riffs together

>>72602852
>hardcore style riffs

I'd guess you're having difficulty because you're 12 years old. Try not being 12 years old. HTH

>>72602852
Easy.
>write the riff as you regularly write
>put some idiotic chords for other parts

If I dont replace the tubes in my amp early enough can worn out tubes fuck up my amp?

>>72603557
no, unless they're damaged to the point where the internal electrodes short

>>72602839
just b urself

>>72601930
That was Vincent Gallo's Falscon iirc

>>72601060
Doom larper here, i learned power chords, now what?

>>72603682
throw your guitar in the trash, go out and get on with your life

>>72603682
get an ampeg portaflex 500 for a couple hundred bucks and as many cabinets as you can track down

>>72602839
pentatonic scales, hybrid picking, turn the mid all the way up a nd the treble and bass all thew at down

Why is blues the least fun of all genres to play

>>72601896
honestly they do the fender sounds really good. Fractal levels but the non-fenders are meh and you can only do 1 of each effect type per tone.

I'm still pretty bad at recognizing chords and stuff, so can someone help me identify the basic guitar chords for this song/what key it is in? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlT_8GbTQfo

>>72601060
test https://clyp.it/1dmczbo1

>>72604166
DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-
DIDDLE-DE-DIDDLE-DE-DUM-NA-NA-NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA

well mah baby dun left me
woah lordy I feels so bad
said mah baby dun left me
woah lordy I feels so bad
ain't dat da worst time
any man ever dun had

20 minute pentatonic drudgery
the end

>>72604621
did you record this with a cell phone from the mid 2000s?

>>72604699
Close, do i sound kvlt?

>>72604656
Correct!

>>72604656
blues
classic rock
all forms of "heavy" "metal"

are the dullest and most unimaginative forms of music

>>72604166
I'd alter that by saying it's fun to play because it's easy and not fun to listen to because it's too simple and uncreative

>>72604656
b-but bro you like totally dont GET the blues brooooo

>>72604937
>unimaginative

Might not be the most exciting but it's THE improvisational genre

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie8eEJopUUQ

Playing in a concert tomorrow. What song should I play during the sound check if I want to be noticed and offered to join a band?

>>72605252
wonderwall

>>72605252
tell me you're joking

>>72605252
I Cum Blood by Cannibal Corpse

>>72604206
B Dorian

Voicings may not be exact, but this is close:
x x 9 7 7 7
x x 7 6 5 5
x x 9 9 9 x

>>72605171
This is a fallacy. That whole "blues is improv" is horseshit, most blooz bores just wank up and down the pentatonic scale churning out the same tired old riffs that they and every other blooz bore have played for years.

>>72605252
Linking Park - Everything You Say To Me Leaves Me One Step Closer To The Edge And I'm About To Break

>>72605410
Not a fallacy at all. Those "tired old riffs" are the foundation for pretty much all guitar music ever

Jazz III max grips are so gooooooooooooooood
That shit wont move at all

>>72605475
Jesus christ you don't actually believe that do you?

>>72605551
Lol one downside, if you loose your grip you arent getting it back easily

>tfw gold hardware is finally starting to wear
It ages pretty fast tbf, vibrato arm went straight away, rest still looks like an saudi princes toilet tough.
>tfw meemer slow engine is a top meme
>tfw evidence audio sis kits are overpriced as fuck
>tfw chinks are starting to make knock offs
good times

>>72605551
Need to try them desu, I usually just knife some grip into regular jazz iiis.

Thoughts on the MS lonestar?

>>72604166
You're never going to graduate law school with that attitude, Jimmy.

>>72605252
something by caged elephant

>>72605260
or this

>>72601542
Damn Nick Reinhart did another demo for them?

He's a super leftie but he's a real nice dude

>tfw you'll never be as good as your idol
https://clyp.it/yrtvbmwf

>>72605252
The intro of It's Not Safe To Swim Today

>>72601542
this guy is really irritating

>>72606157
He's a great person desu senpai

One of the nicest guys in the LA music scene, basically death grips defacto guitarist

>>72606157
>howdy!

How so? It's obvious he's reading from a script.

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I bought an echoplex

it makes my room smell like a old persons house when I turn it on

>>72606223
Post audio clips pls

>>72606223
>>72606236
pls don't, your demos are shit.

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> Hard on for John Frusciante

>>72605252
Life in the Fast Lane

>>72606291
love that froosh, love taht ace

>>72606291
frusciante is a joke i dont know why anyone likes him

Anyone have a recommendation for a good, 1x12 solid state amp? I need something that's portable, and simple. Not about dragging around an 80 pound z30 for a non serious jam session. I have a ZT Club, which is too dark sounding.

The Orange Crush Pro 60 sounds pretty good on Youtube. Or is it shit irl?

>>72606607
I used to like him a lot now I realise he's just a Hendrix impressionist

>>72606629
Get this.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/vht-special-6-ultra-6w-1x12-hand-wired-tube-guitar-combo-amp

What's some hipster af gear a guy could make for some scratch? Big muff mock ups are over saturated right now. Mod synths look like too much trouble. Considering stand alone reverb units.

>>72606654
john mayer is more of a shitty generic hendrix impressionist than frusciante. frusciante is just a boring hack

>>72606723
mayer makes ballad blues what the fuck are you talking about

>>72606717
nothing

a stand alone reverb kit like a 6G15 will cost like 350 bucks to build

are you thinking about just learning how to solder and put components together on a board?

theres pretty much nothing you can build from scratch that will be less expensive than just buying something already made

>>72606717
https://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=280_281&zenid=rjt9ci2i8sjek4rsfomdbaq866

>>72607182
also google "tagboardeffects" which is the source for most of those kit schematics

>>72607119
I can probably mock up a 6g15 with $150 materials and 10-15 hours labor. That margin is questionable especially once I go to sell.

>>72607182
The pedal market is saturated. I think break out builders like Keeley, klon, zvex are getting farther inbetween.

came to the conclusion again that justin guitar is p bad

he makes a 15 minute video drag on and on and on about some really very simple stuff

like everytime i try to watch one of his videos it makes guitar feel like a chore,
when you could read a paragraph online and get the same idea in about 15 seconds

>>72606717
Noise effects are always good. You could do variations on this type of thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhNY51NC5_g

what sort of chords does the guitarist for duster use? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onhva8_8q-I

>>72607478
sounds like a lot of power chords with the middle string muted

>>72607516
yeah, i def hear that octave. what is it called when you play the root, the fifth, and the fifth? it looks like a power chord branched off another power chord.

>>72607585
The 5th of the 5th? Like refused used a lot? I don't know the actual name but that 3rd note is the 9th, the major 9th. I wouldn't call it major 9th because major tonality isn't defined. Maybe X5sus9, but I have no clue

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>>72607553
Squire's lead parts

>>72607553
lol
how bad
how underage

>>72607443
kek, those jigsaw blades
thx mate. keep the ideas rollin

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>>72607688

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>>72607700

>>72607670
darn. thats a nice sounding chord. it sounds very much like duster to me.

>>72607478
stupid shitty chords

>>72607739
so defensive... maybe you should train your ears...

>>72607739
Ultimate Guitar Pro, couple of bucks a month.

I subbed for one song and turns out they don't even have it, cunts.

>>72607788
>who gives a fuck
you with that reply full of excuses and trying to convice me you arent a child...

>>72607819
Squire switched up his parts and improvised every gig so probably not.

And yeah that's all the lead, the rest are chords which you can easily find.

>>72601060
>start playing open mics
>need a cheap acoustic, preferably closed jazz archtop
And can't find The Loar anywhere anymore... Anyone got any recommendations? Talking low end budget

>>72607722
I plugged it into some chord finders and they all popped back Xsus2. The 2 and the 9 are the same note, as I'm sure you're aware. Makes more sense then 5sus9, honestly. I don't think about chord construction anymore, I tend to forget a sus2 IS just 1 2 5, so noting the 5 is redundant. You could probably get away wth saying X5add9 as well. I mean, it doesn't really matter unless your transcribing or composing and notating for other musicians.

>>72607922
thanks pal. im actually pretty behind when it comes to theory.

>>72607908
>closed jazz archtop

what did he mean by this. If you just want a cheap archtop you can't really beat an Epiphone Emperor Regent. You can buy them used for around $400

>>72607996
Damn, they run like 600€ here in Germanland - I guess I won't find anything under 500€ tho

>>72607986
The hardest part about theory is actually sitting down and studying. The concepts are piss easy til you get deep into it. I gave up on it because at a certain point it stopped benefiting what I like doing. It's all math, all distance.

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>>72608062
What about an old Hofner? There are probably a ton in Germany, Something like this sells for $500 here.

An old German made archtop is probably your best bet.

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>>72608095
Well, the problem with Höfner is that the quality is all over the place - been hunting for a decent one for the last weeks and I found a lot of duds with fucked necks, dried out etc.
Already own a Klira (lesser known german brand) ES-335 rip-off, but gotta have something that sounds like acoustically now

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HNNNNGGGGGHHHH

>>72608203
I bought an Epi Casino, and I absolutely love it

I've been playing pretty much all genres, from blues to rock n roll, folk etc

I've even seen bands like radiohead and the strokes, so it sounds "recent"

>>72608266
I bet those toanwoods weren't even cut during the right moon phase

>>72608266
>>72608368
It's a gretsch, so they probably didn't even use toneply.

Love the color, hate the tort

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>>72608352
Yeah, I got a Casino Coupé too, but it doesn't project enough without an amp - need something thicc and full bodied now

>>72608352
I own a Casino too, pretty happy with it especially for the price. The only thing I hate is the serious lack of sustain.

>>72608472
>>72608468

yeah, it kinda bothers me too, I usually plug it in my bass amp and turn the bass knob a little bit, and then find the right spot with the pickup switch

I agree, at that price is an exquisite guitar

>be trained cabinet/furniture maker
>going to build a guitar out of exotic hardwoods once i get my shop set up in ny new house
>know /gg/ will shit on me for toanwoodz
>don't give a fuck about toanwoodz, only aesthetics
Might as well become an hero.

Just kidding, wait til after that. I'm going make some custom jaws for my lathe clutch and make stave drum shells. Have no fucking clue about how I'll make the kick, probably impossible with my current lathe. Probably have to buy pre made, laminate with veneers, or more ambitiously steam bending.

Where can i buy toanglue in bulk?

>>72605252
Unironicly Riff Raff

>>72608631
other build gguy here

my kit guitar is probably the worst playing guitar I've ever held. It's a set neck so I don't even.

It seems like anything you take on making is a new set of challenges and jigs.

Should I get an RG655M prestige or an iron label IX6FMT lads?

>>72608913
How about you get some better taste in guitars

>>72608913
Prestige
Japonez is way better than Indonez

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Hey, /gg/.

I just got from cleaning up and rearranging the furniture my grandma's house to get it ready for her to come back to. That's where I was yesterday and today. The last time I was there she had internet and I assumed she still did but she doesn't. She switched exclusively to a cell phone and cut off her landline which was bundled with her internet and cable. Why I don't know there's hardly any cell reception where she lives. Nowhere near enough for me to hotspot my phone anyway.

Long story short my Mom says I'm going to be living with her for the foreseeable future so my shitpost circus will be coming to a screeching halt on the 16th.

>>72608902
No doubt, I'm expecting a whole list of new frustrations. I'm going to build a kid scale out of poplar and maple dimensional lumber first so i fuck that one up. It sucks because for the first 2 i have planned i'm going to spend much more on electronics and hardware than wood. Maybe, the first one will probably be unplayable as well so I'll just strip it and then throw the rest in the fire pit.

>>72609261
Some companies offer free dial up service now. I'd hate to lose you roamz

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This is the greatest p-bass ever made

>>72609424
She lives two towns over and there's literally nothing there. The fucking gas station there was closed before we came home tonight.

That's the thing about what you suggested, you'd have to have a phone bill with the free dial up service. I argued with my Mom all day today about this. I'm supposed to be there to help her get around but if we have an emergency I can't even reliably call an ambulance on my cell there. She's on a social security which pays jack shit so she started cutting out unnecessary spending which started with her landline, internet, and cable.

I can put up with a lot of shit but not having a phone or the internet's going to throw me for a loop.

uhhhh

how long does it take to get this good at chord changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF9srppLsp8

>>72609261
What provider do you have? Some will give you a free repeater if you call up bitching.

>>72607908
showing up to an open mic with an archtop is as bad, if not worse than showing up with a strat and a practice amp

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>>72609604
What would I need to tell them?

>>72609573
The fingerpicking will take longer

>>72608352
It's a pretty versatile guitar. Blues, rock. Maybe jazz too.

>>72608472
>>72608515

Fully hollow. No solid center block like the 335. I'd look for a good compressor to help with that.

>>72609681
his songs are absolute shite

t. pleb oasis fan

>>72609681
Didn't Noel write most of Oasis' songs though?

>>72609643
Why?

>>72609672
it's a pretty solid funk/jazz guitar too

I've played Helter Skelter with it, I think Paul used that guitar for this song
anyway, even a hard-rock like song, with a nice fuzz/overdrive and it sounds crazy

>>72609797
forgot link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI4owAwrkTo

>>72609653
You're spending all this money and you can't even call an ambulance for your sick grandmother. You have to drive into town to even set up her doctor appointments. "Why am I paying for this phone I can't even use?" and "I already talked to [rival competitor] and they gurantee coverage in this area." Some good things as well, "i've been with you awhile and i'm more than satisfied when i actually have service."

Some providers won't, but an old boss of mine got one from sprint. Another guy i know out in the boonies got one from them too.

A land line is only $20 a month, i bet you could find a 30 minute hustle for that.

>>72609797
For sure. The only thing it absolutely cannot do is metal.

>>72609830
that's because noel wrote the first two albums, not liam

and love or hate him, he consistently writes great harmonies

>>72609872
I've got my Gibson Les Meme for that

>>72609913
Noel is the superior Gallagher

>>72609973
by far

compare their solo work, beady eye were garbage

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>>72609853
Ok, I'll look into it.

I don't think I've ever used dial up internet, would 4chan work well on it? Considering this is a fairly simple image board that hasn't changed much since 2003?

>>72609872
There were more than a couole shitty melo death, metalcore, and scene screamo bands that used semi hollows loaded with emgs. Fucking funny as hell. I saw a homeless dude stumbling down a busy street, pants around his ankles pissing and walking once...in my mind they're on the same level

>>72610029
you're wrong, liam's first song released was little james. noel joined the band originally under the condition he took all the songwriting duties.

but I agree he's a good frontman and gave them their image

how 2 tremolo pick

>>72610029
they always wanted to pull a Beatles, Liam being John and Noel being Paul
the thing is, Macca and Lennen has always been pals, while those two brothers, well...
It's like Noel is jealous of Liam because he can acts like a douche with that rock n roll attitude, and Liam feels like shit because his songwriting is pathetic compared to Noel
they can't work without each other, they need that kind of competition

which is why oasis suck

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who /bass/ here

>>72610013
>never used dial up
God damn bro, you have no idea. I've waited 2 minutes for pictures to LOAD, not download. The highwst download speed I ever got was 3kb/s with AOL 9.0. I havent used dial up since 2004, it's shit. Think about that, 40 minutes to download 1 song. Forget things like youtube. Even html.sites load slow. But, it's workable.

Nowadays it might be better because servers and computers are on a whole new level, but I doubt it's much.

>>72610025
>semi hollow
>emg

Let me guess;
>eeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>72610161
Not too bad, actually. Good noise gates, and people off stage killing the signal when needed. Shit sounded horrible though.

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>>72610155
>3kb/s
Yeah, this is going to suck.

Fuck this shit, I'm going to bed.

>>72610227
Good night froosh, hope you figure something out.

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>there are "people" ITT arguing about oasis

I have no tabs and I must screamo

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>>72610322
Go to the store and buy something that looks like this

>>72610360
Tried that on my strings and they snapped

>>72610388
Then you did the world a favor

Yo, anime bro, where the fuck you at?

>>72610411
Fuck the world

>>72610227
Also, if you see this, if a download through the internet client gets interupted you lose it.

>>72601060
I have a Crate (don't know which model because i'm a beginner) and it has a clean channel with a Low, Mid, and High setting, but the Overdrive/Distortion channel has 2 gain knobs, 1 shape knob, and a Low and High knob. How do i even go about setting it up?

>£200 on an apogee 96k mic
>record some acoustic guitar
>playback sounds like a voice message

Fucks sake, how do I into proper setup

>>72610508

I have something similar, I think. If it's anything like the GT120, stay away from the high gain channel entirely, it's ass.

Scoop the mids, maybe about a third of the way up on the lows, easy on the highs? Again, stay away from the High Gain channel, just crank the bass and gain a little more on the crunch channel if you want a more metal thing.

It's been a while since I touched mine, it's a begrudging backup for my AC30.
Anyway, it's still gonna sound fizzy and sterile as fuck, no matter what you do.

>>72610700
I'm all for a bit of lo-fi

Just not with a nylon string

how the fuck can anyone work with amplitube jesus chrsit

>>72610695
O. Ok

>>72610695
Wait fuck, don't listen to me, I misread. Mines a 3 channel amp, yours is only two.

Anyway, I will say this; with Crate in general, scoop the mids, keep the lows down, don't really go past 1 o'clock on highs. That's the best you can do.

>>72610150
I am. But I fucking suck.

You say Boss, I say loss
You say Fulltone, I say dulltoan
You electro harmonix, I say defective 'lectronics
You say earthquaker, I you're gayer
You say DOD, I say dud
You say Ibanez, I say ibenhad
You say Line 6, I say like shit
You say TC, I say true crap
You say Voodoo Lab, I say doodoo fag
You say Wampler, I say crapper
You say Empress, I say I'm not

98% of people wouldn't know a good pedal because they're too worried about how cool it makes them look.

If you're in the 2% that isn't retarded reply saying "we love digitech"

>>72610818
you say digitech, i say shittytech

>>72610818
you say digitech, i say salty dick

>want to buy a strandberg
>keep reading reviews about poor quality given the price
>2017 line-up is even more expensive and some of them made in china and indonesia

What companies should I look at if I want a locking trem system, 24 frets and isn't edgy and sharp enough to kill people? Ibanez S series?

rate my guitar sound i tried to sound like bb king

http://vocaroo.com/i/s00ppfpwKZxr

>>72610988
>Ibanez S series?
I was going to recommend a Prestige before I even read that

>>72610150
that's some beatles-level shit.

>>72609401
yeah, don't dump good electronics in a piece of junk.

my kit was a semi-hollow that was advertised as a full hollow. I had to wire it up and feed everything into the F hole. I think the guitar set-up would be manageable if it was a bolt on. But I just glued the neck in with no considerations.

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How do i play like jim

Are cheap/starter basses viable for recording or total garbage? Using virtual at the moment which sounds way too artificial. My bass lines are pretty simple.

>>72612278
SX ursa

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Just built this. Velcro covering all planks or strips in the middle?

>>72612324
And they sound alright? ~$100 is fine if so

I'm just wondering if the absolute low end of ~$60-$70 are even worth considering. Not a bassist so penny pinching as much as possible

>>72612480
The sound on most cheap basses is gonna be fairly similar, but luckily a simple ceramic P pickup, or ceramic J-bass with both pickups on full, actually sounds fine. What will fuck it up is the strings, and potentially the action. So yeah, standard guitar advice basically applies. Just put some strings on and set it up.

Try to figure out the sound you want before you buy your strings. Bass strings often have a greater impact on the sound than the rest of the instrument.

Ceramic pickups are very common in basses, especially active basses, regardless of price. However fender basses traditionally had alnico pickups, so just do not be too surprised when your bass sounds different from what you might expect. Still sounds good though, just different.

>>72612480
$60 basses will sound the same, but the one I had literally fell apart on me. Worth spending the extra money for SX or comparable. Also, you don't want neck whip on a bass. Intonation is pretty important on bass. So a sturdy neck will pretty much sound better.

>>72612612
>>72612659
Thanks, didn't expect such helpful answers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WAJoyzfRpU

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>>72612711
whatever faggot

What should be someone's first guitar? Asking for a friend.

>>72603667
Gallo always has the best gear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40p8Oy2pbKo

>>72613011
Anything with two different types of pickups and a 6 saddle bridge.

Or a Yamaha acoustic.

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Should I learn this part as pimi-pimi-pimi etc?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLUtcmJk0Q#t=56s

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>>72613001
Why is this anon such a tsundere?

>>72613146
(I'm also trying pima but it kinda throws me off doing all three fingers on one string, so I'm wondering if there's a preferred way to do it for this kind of playing.)

>>72613203

don't see why you wouldn't play that way with your thumb rolling all the bass notes

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i learned audio from editing before i got pedals or anything so this never made sense to me
>>72612471

why would you put any effects down where you can't reach them? the only pedals this makes any sense on are wah and volume

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Has anyone looked into making Pedals out of exotic woods?

This has always intrigued me. The wood must make a sonic difference on the characteristics of the sound in the signal chain.

Imagine, Ebony fuzz pedals, Rosewood compression, Maple distortion.

The list goes on.

>>72613301
I'm about equal speed with both (90bpmish) and they seem to have pros and cons for me, even though pima makes the most sense to me (maybe it's the hand angle that including the ring forces?).

>>72613475
aesthetic toanstomp

>>72601060
hey gg.

Going to buy a high performance Firebird or a Elite Telecaster thinline prob new full price.

Just thought I'd share. May even buy a fractal to go with.

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>>72606223
sweet desu
>>72613475
I'm honestly suprised Paul hasn't.

>knock
>knock
>knock

...
>echo
>echo
>echo

WEW LISTEN TO THAT TONEWOOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5gkJ424GE

how the fuck does he get that tone with a rick

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>>72601060
Post pedalboards. I'm really happy with this so far on bass and it works for my occasional guitar playing as well.

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>>72614167
>buying a 2017 Gibson

Look at how shitty that paint job is. This is an $1800 guitar....

>>72612997
>Howdy!

>>72614167
>fractal

you were doing so well up to that point

>>72613302
Hands are busy shredding. Feet are free to push buttons. It's that simple.

Some people have both kinds of setups, half on the floor and half on a table/stand.

>>72609571
FUCK YOU MANCHILD FAGGOT PIECE OF SHIT I HOPE THAT YOU NEVER SEE THE INTERNET AGAIN

>>72614365
What's the compressor?

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>>72614365

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>>72610150
Rics are cool, although they ain't my cup of tea

>>72602540
Learn the base line first, if you understand the harmony behind it, you can add the voicings you like the best and are the most comfortable to you and most important PRACTICE SLOWLY!

>>72605252
Play the music you are going to play at the concert, that is the point of sound check, you will look like a selfish moron otherwise. If you want to make an impression play your music perfectly and with confidence.

Why does /classical/ hate guitarists?

>>72614898
Jeez buddy, are you okay? :(

>>72615370
because /classical/ are snobish faggots

>>72615370
just read /classical/, what fags

john williams is one of the finest classical musicians ever but apparently he's a pleb for playing guitar

>>72615132
Built it myself based on the hollis flatline compressor. It's a fairly standard optical comp.
>>72615245
Heh, I guess that's all you actually need in most cases.

>>72615370
We hate shit musicians and people who have no idea what they're talking about. You got your guitar recs in the end, no need to cry here about how many new assholes /classical/ drilled in you.
>>72615437
>john williams is one of the finest classical musicians ever
An example of the kind of dumb, uninformed opinion that /classical/ hates.

>>72615515
>An example of the kind of dumb, uninformed opinion that /classical/ hates.

it's not an opinion buddy, it's an appraisal from world class composers and music study doctorates all around the globe. the fact that /classical/ disagrees really says something about the state of your general

>>72612278
I run a peavey just like this one except black. Got it for the same price. I get under the band and sit right in the mix. It's bare bones and plays right. Bass can do well in the budget range if you're looking.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Peavey/Milestone-II-Electric-Bass-Guitar.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWRWXGP&gclid=Cj0KEQjw6LXIBRCUqIjXmdKBxZUBEiQA_f50PopPp9EQHUQ3e9VrDV_8_b0cijEQSiVv_wACrD5mCRYaAvyJ8P8HAQ&kwid=productads-adid^57619015002-device^c-plaid^300717539956-sku^113130284@ADL4GC-adType^PLA

>>72613011
Yamaha Pacifica 112v

>>72615515
classical music is for faggots, just saying

>>72615437
>tfw your supervisor blares john williams while you're working and other people are trying to shop
dinosaurs ate my face

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rate this shit niggers, fresh off the press and its dope af famm

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1YfZnhPKBKK

>>72615628
thats sick dude

>tfw Jackson fanboy
Send help.

>>72615551
>it's an appraisal from world class composers and music study doctorates all around the globe
top kek.jpg

If you would've stuck to
>one of the best contemporary classical guitarists
you would've sounded less retarded.

can you imitate someone talking with your guitar?

>>72615515
>he listens to classical music

That alone makes you a pretentious fag.

>>72615677
>Send help.
Why? You're allowed to like whatever you want. Don't let /GG/ shit on you for something you like. People like that just wanna put you down because they're basement dwellers who will never make it in the music industry.

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>>72615702
I know, I fucking love my Jacksons. But sometime I feel like a dumbass for buying the same brand over and over.

>>72615728
Well I do feel like you're missing out, but it's not an issue at all. You like what you like, it makes you happy and that all that matters. Just go to Guitar Center and pull some guitars off the wall (assuming you live somewhere with one accessible). If they don't appeal to you, then fuck it. Just keep buying what you like.

Why does everyone on this site want to make others feel like shit? I don't get it. I feel like at least 50% of everyone on 4chan is underage.

>>72609261
No one cares.

>>72615702
>/GG/
back to plebbit

>>72615895
/gg/*

Sorry, I'm used to correct abbreviation because I speak proper English only.

Anyone got an laney amp? How are their cheaper tube models?

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>>72615985
Pic related is you

>>72616191
WOW SO FUNNI XDD HAHAHAH GREAT JOKE LEMAO

>>72616346
>joke
I'm not joking. That response only made me believe it even more.

>>72616363
>I'm not joking.
I'm sorry you have brain damage.

>>72616379
I don't. Is that supposed to upset me? If it was then see >>72616191

>>72616041
ace frehley used to have some

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>>72616593

>>72615682
maybe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhP4lg28fs0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csySqxKUwLQ

>tfw wrote my first song today
>it's a ripoff of three four different songs
>it actually sounds pretty decent just needs some fill
>it's fun to play
>plan on playing it in front of friends who play music to see if they dig it enough to play it with me
shitting myself right now /gg/ have you been getting gud?

>>72616628
>it's a ripoff
Congratulations, you cracked the code for success. Seriously, not trying to shit on it. Eventually it gets to a point where can write in that style and make it your own.

I myself haven't been getting good. I've been remodeling my kitchen for the last 3 weeks, with that and overtime at work I haven't touched my guitar.

Good luck brother, get a band going and do some shows. If you've never played live before it puts you on a new level, you can fuck up in rehearsal, you can't fuck up live. Forces you to sink or swim.

>>72616650
Seriously playing other peoples shit is what's getting me good playing songs is literally the key you learn how to play in time you and in general playing guitar is almost like dancing

>>72616628
>it's a ripoff of three four different songs
All my songs

>>72616778
>in general playing guitar is almost like dancing
How

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>got gud
>not doing anything with it
thinkin' of starting a blues band to play old tired classics and do 10 minutes funny jams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM6wjk_vIIU

>>72617185
You have to stay in tempo to dance all you need is the chord as a voicing now start dancing to a beat and dance to the chords/notes you play and hum it in a fashion where you can put them together if you can't dance to it you can't play it because it's shit but if you can dance to it and have fun while playing it it's some good shit. Basically once you ripped off chords from one song and know what sounds they make you just use those to dance to idk how to explain it other than that I just made I kickass Nirvana ripoff songs it's soooooo good.

>>72617339
makes sense. rock on

what are the best jimi hendrix live albums, I've been mostly listening to the studio stuff

>>72617637
kiss alive!

>>72617637
jimi was shit, only studio magic and his producers made him listenable

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>>72617720

>>72617752
Hendrix was a good guitar player and did wonderful music.
Flawless composer, excellent visionary and of course the fact he accomplished what he accomplished while being completely self-taught is remarkable, however we can't pretend forever he is the absolute best in history.

>>72609794
Because he is a fender-hating, ignorant and pretentious faggot. The strat is THE guitar, like it or not. Besides, nothing wrong with a nice archtop. They sound good.

/gg/ - Beta Cucks Who Own Guitars General

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XZvE83LNBI

>>72617808
>pentatonic scale with bends
>didnt even know how to play math rock
>used a strat

lol what a pleb!!!!

>>72617966
Somehow this got me laughing.
Am I autistic?

>>72617966
Best shitpost evar!

>>72617825
i actually wrote this last night and forgot about it, i was not making fun of the type of guitar at all but it takes a particular kind of person to show up to an open mic and

a) play a solid body electric guitar through a mic'd practice amp

or

b) noodle around trying to mic the f hole on an archtop

i go to a shitload of open mic's and both groups tend to be the pretentious ones - its a fucking open mic, just bring a regular ass guitar.

>>72618235
how is a strat not a regular guitar

>>72618304
Because of it's huge mangina

>>72618304
people that bring strats to open mics:

>sound guy spends 15 minutes trying to figure out if it sounds better mic'ing the amp or running the strat through the PA
>dude proceeds to play chord progressions but uses the whammy bar during them like he's kevin shields
>branches off into solo at the end of the song, bonus points if he brought a loop pedal

why are you so defensive of strats?

Who likes Bluesman101 here?

/r/ roman pics

Why cheap guitars n basses sound dull dead and lack attack?

>>72618498
Becasue you need to practice moar, faggot

>>72618498
tone wood my man

>>72618518
Seriously, they sound weak even with upgraded pickups, nut and saddles and set up

>>72618529
Of course they do, famalam

>>72618549
Yes they do. Why this happens?

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I have a classical guitar gig coming up and I know the material, but I don't have a classical. I only have a very shitty one borrowed from my friend. Are silk & steel strings any good on a dreadnought? How closely do they approximate that sound?

>>72618529
all guitars sound the same

Wood affects tone

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

>>72618625
the 2002 reissue sounds like its strings are dead

>>72618625
>old wood is good for tone
go get some barn wood senpai

>>72618581
Because every high end guitar comes with 1 ml of steve vai, and paul gilbert and Steve Morse concentrated cum in the electronics cavity.
Here's a suggestion to improve your toanz:
>Find friend with high-end guitar
>Preferably PRS owner, the faggot won't even notice when you do the following.
>Ask faggot to learn harmony, high end guitar owners don't actually know that shit, that's a known fact, specially PRS guys, that should keep him busy for a good lifetime.
>Get into PRS electronics cavity
>Steal high-end cumball
>Wave faggot friend goodbye
>Put on electronics cavity of Ibanez GIO
>Congrats, you improved ur toanz

>>72618693
hahaha

>>72618498
>>72618581
Where on the internet one can get serious answers for this

>>72618625
the 'magic' behind the 59 les paul, i.e. the main difference between it and other guitars, is the type of glue they used which is apparently more resonant than the shit they use today.

of course if you believe that glue and wood matters more than practice when it comes to guitar playing

>>72618693
Also, low-end guitars come with a fuse shot out of THE Samuel's dick, remove said fuse from low-end guitar before upgrading with high-end cumball

>>72618725
So its a good idea to make a guitar body and neck made out of resonant glue instead of wood

>>72618779
you might wanna patent this idea before mr chapman does, anon

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>>72618625
>dimarzio steve vai cable

check out the quote to "dazed and confused" on the second solo
https://youtu.be/hLJOYgo584c

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I want a looper / sampler for weird shit. I know Nick Reinhart uses a DL4 due to the reverse / half-speed function.

Is there a better option out there? I see the DL4 used all the time for sampling by pros, despite its age.

>>72618625
>.9s
Stopped watching there, might as well play a banjo.

>>72619185
How about no
>He doesn't play CHON
Go chokoe on dick you dadrocking faggot

gg how do i practice buckethead style arpeggios where he only does hammer-ons

my head is about to explode

>>72619378
You don't need that shit son, just learn to chug clearly and articulately and you're set for the century

>>72602852
Chorus has to have some kind of contrast to the verse riff. Usually it's 3 BIG chords if you're writing in 4/4. Make it sound large.

Mesa 212 on craigslist for $450? Yay or nay?

How I do get cool guitar player hair bros?

>>72619675
extensions

>>72618584
pls respon

>>72619654
Nay, you can probably get an alien for that

>>72619854
where

>>72619185
>ugly as sin brazilian subhuman playing dadrock in a shitty cheap guitar
Nobody has ever had less chances of making it in history

>>72619863
Here in Brazil, in ebayoao dos santos, they got for about 300 reaisoaos

>>72619896
lol why youre writing like that anoao

>>72619926
I'm brazilian.
Every word in Brazilian ends on aoao dos santos

>>72619378
do hammer-on only arpeggios every day and you'll get better gradually

>>72618779
>So its a good idea to make a guitar body and neck made out of resonant glue instead of wood

>he doesn't have a guitar built out of 100% toneglue
pleb

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>>72610150
yh lad

how do i into slap bass

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T O N E W O O D
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W
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>>72620653
Slap it

>>72620653
Suck negro penis

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>>72620841

>>72620994
>implying i want to play shit bass

>>72621018
>shit bass

yeah, actually no

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1XKARygAK0

>>72621075
Shit bass and shit taste, you're 2 for 2

>>72621105
k, you don't know what you're talking about do you

>>72621121
Lol, if that's what you need to believe. Must be easier than accepting the truth, slap bass is for retards and negro music.

>>72621150
yeah, I don't actually like slap bass though, I was just trying to bump the thread a bit by being controversail

>>72621150
>retards
>negros
theres a difference?

>>72621240
>bump the thread
>thread past bump limit
You're a fucking retard

>>72621318
>>72621318
>>72621318

>>72613146
>>72613203
It's a new day and I've since learned that 'pami' is the generally preferred fingering for this.