/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

>>72817562
first for me

How do I improve timing ?

how do you get the stink out of a fretboard? most guitars i've played make your fretting hand smell fucking disgusting, even with fresh strings

>>72817594
clean your fretboard

>>72817594
wut. Just keep your strings clean by wiping them off whenever you play and clean your fretboard every few months.

Wash your hands before you play too.

>>72817594
thats fuckin weird man, maybe its because you touch your ass/dick too often with your fretting hand

>>72817594
the smell is part of the tone you stupid fuck

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0m3lAXWKGq3

How bad is my time?
I just started, I know it's sloppy.

Is a reverb pedal for bass pointless?

>>72817583
First link in OP

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>>72817684
>tfw the tone smell soaks into the tone wood and the smell gives my wood some thick tone for some siqqq shredding
honestly gibson a shit

will I regret getting a MIM Fender?

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Please hold me /gg/, I lost my favourite pick.

Is the Hal Leonard book the best for bass?

I won't lie, reading anything other than tabs terrifies me

>>72817979
Depends on your expectations and what you need it to do. No one here will be able to give you a good answer.

>>72817990
Those picks are fucking gods. I love them. I made sure I got 20 of them and I keep a case of them nearby.

>>72818099
How sweet

>>72817990
I don't have enough puking pics saved for this shit

>>72817990
They go blunt too quick

>>72817583
shit in your hands and rub it on your chest

>>72817979
I wouldn't regret it as an owner of an American Strat. My buddy's MIM strat is about as good as mine.

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>>72818099
While looking up the pic I found out there is a Max Grip version of Jazz III. I need to order one, but it may very well become my new favourite.

>>72818132
I can sell you some puking pics of your mum for half off from my fetish site if you're in dire need anon.

>>72818276
Those are the ones I use, they're amazing.

>>72817979
Depends. They can be pretty good, each individual intrument is different. Try before you buy.

>>72818276
max grips are my second favorite

i bought a pack of the petrucci jazz iiis and i like them even more than the max grips

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Holy shit this thing is better than the noise swash and the geiger counter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eahakY3NXek

what are some albums you can play from beginning to end? I never cared enough to learn a whole album

>>72818368
noise fags have completely ruined everything

Why do most picked bass tracks sound the exact same?

i bought a set of flatwound strings

which guitar should i put them on?

options:
>mim tele
>epiphone dot studio (hesitating on this one because the bridge buzzes and drives me fucking insane so i barely touch it)
>j mascis jazzmaster
>squire strat

i'm thinking the tele would sound pretty unique with flatwounds

>>72818276
>jazz III
Oh shit, those are the ones I got. Yeah, those ones are incredible.

>>72818637
I'd go with the jazzmaster, flatwounds make jazzmasters actually sound like archtops. It's pretty cool.

>>72818408
>butt rock and blooze players have completely ruined everything

ftfy. At least the noise guys are trying something new with the guitar.

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>>72818637
Don't forget flatwounds put a LOT more tension on the neck, you'll need to adjust your truss rod or the neck's going to bend up like a banana

I just started playing after maybe 7 years of owning a guitar and never touching it. Are there any precautions I need to take when taking care of it?

>>72818708
>noise
>new

lol what

>>72817992
Yes. I have it and use it. I already play piano so I had a head start on music reading, but I do think that he makes the music reading pretty accessible and easy. And he does start including tabs partway through.

>>72818772
I'm using noise in the broadest sense possible, new gear is constantly being put out and the only people actually putting it to use are experimental guitarists. Meanwhile rockfags just keep looking for reissues of pedals to sound like Jimmy Page or whatever other 70s rocker.

>>72818866
most of the people who buy those pedals are just richfags who can waste hundreds of dollars on their collection of pedals

how does he get that texture at 0:51? i can't replicate it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H12juqO77o

>>72819003
That's two guitars playing a minor 3rd harmony

>>72819389
i actually do that a lot when playing over stuff songs because it sounds so good to my ear, didn't even realize but i like it bc in flames does it. so you think he's just doing slides though? not hammers?

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>>72817990
Get on my level.

>>72818398
Kiss' Alive!
Kiss' Kiss
Kiss' Hotter Than Hell
Kiss' Love Gun
Kiss' Rock n Roll Over
AC/DC's High Voltage
AC/DC's Let There Be Rock
Free's Tons Of Sobs

>>72818866
>pedal to sound like jimmy page
retard

>>72818866
contemporary 'experimental guitarists' basically just reminds me of the virtuoso boom of the 80s that was eventually blown away by grunge bands playing 3 chords and no soloing

rock music comes in cycles

r8 the solo i made for my band's new song
https://clyp.it/rk5303oq

>>72819851
I have the red one from a variety pack, it's my second favourite after >>72817990, I actually prefer it in terms of sound and all but it's too slippery and to too small to quickly adjust it without flubbing all over the place. I have high hopes for the Max Grip version of it now, if it works out for me it may become my main pick until the end of fucking times.

>>72819881
>implying the market for that type of thing isn't huge

http://catalinbread.com/product/rah/

>tfw you were worried you were accidentally enjoying using max grip 1.14s and /gg/ confirms this is not the case

phew

>>72818398
I started playing guitar when I was younger so I tried to learn every RHCP album

I got BSSM and Californication all the way but I can't name any others

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>>72817990
>2017
>using picks

it's like you guys aren't proficient guitarists

learn your instrument, picks are for beginners

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>>72819851
Let's see Paul Allen's pick

>>72820027
> Implying I can't use both
I'm a funk player anyway, picks give me the sharp attack I need when picking in between the strums

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>>72820053
Whaddya think? That's Bone.

>>72820105
>The tasteful thickness
>My God it even has a watermark

>>72818398
>be me
>start learning album
>get inspired
>stop learning album
>start writing song
>repeat

>>72819864
I think i found that brazilian fuck

why are you all still fiddling around with babby instruments like guitars instead of grown up instruments like the trumpet or sax?

>>72820612
my lungs are as small as your penis

>>72820851
i have no penis so you're dead :^)

>>72820612
>limiting yourself to 1 note at a time
lmao you retarded bru

i tried a japanese jaguar earlier today
Holy shit what a terrible guitar, felt like a toy as soon as i started playing, though i dont know if thats a jaguar thing in general
The bridge is awful but we all know that, the thing that kept bothering me is the scale and the pickups, could have passed as squier pickups no joke
Sorry for blogpost

>>72821122
>can't play more than 1 note at a time on trumpet or sax
lmao the retarded is you

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errybody move the fuck aside
best plectrum passing through

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It riffs

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>>72818712
i put it on my tele. the strings i took off were the 7's that billy gibbons uses, these are 12s

/gg/ is the funniest thread i frequent. It's so amusing when people argue about why their opinions and preferences are the correct choices, for anything from music to string brand. Trivial shit that o ly matters on a personal level.And how everyone so readily reaponds to bait. I honestly think deep down it's a reaction to not trying to prove the other person wrong, but trying to make sure the other person doesn't influence anyone.

Thanks for years of chuckles /gg/, never grow up

>>72820027
Nigga fuck you I do what I want.

>>72820027
>2017
>being a proficent guitarist
literally for what purpose? there are hundreds of hobbies that that are more rewarding and take a less autistic practice regimen to master. i understand people that make enough money to survive off guitar needing to be proficient, but it's just a hobby for anyone else. anyways, if you do practice 8 hours a day for a decade and become the greatest guitarist on the planet, then what? play more bars(if you even get into a band), do open mics, try to make it as a solo artist, make youtube videos? personality matters more than skill, you'll have more experiences in music if you're a mediocre guitarist with a personality everyone like than some weirdo who locks himself in the basement for 8 hours at a time playing to a clicking box.

guys i dont have a capo but several songs i wanna play require one. is there a way to make one with household items? the pencil+rubberband version doesnt work for electric btw. probably has to do with the curvature of the fretboard.

>>72822091
wtf just walk up to the guitar store and buy one they're cheap af

Let's see if you guys can help me
Where the fuck do I place my right hand for picking?
"Over the bridge"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwEiXNNPwbU
Most of the guitarrist I see have their hands over the string wihout muting them and play like that
Plz teach me these kinds of wizardry
>Inb4 rub shit

>>72818637
Teles with flatwounds sound pretty good.

>>72818398
rage against the machine's self-titled album

>>72822227
I usually have my right hand touching the strings I don't want to ring out. Like the side of my thumb, close to my hand

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>>72821533
I bought that dunlop pack with 12 different picks and I can't decide whether I like this one, the ultex 0.9mm, or the gator grip 0.96mm. The green tortex is pretty universally good but they all are good in different ways.

>>72822303
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKtOcEouaWE
Look at this guy, his right hand is not resting on the bridge, what is he doing?

>>72822227
lots of old punk albums, and honestly a lot of them i dont actually know, but i remember the chord progressions from relative pitch so i just find the root and go. im right like 9/10 times. im really good with relative pitch, a lot of albums i listen to a bunch i can usually fake my way through.

>>72818398
Green Day's "American Idiot"
Black Sabbath's "Paranoid"

That's about it, I think. I might be able to play all of Slipknot's "Vol. 3" after a couple listens, but other than those 3 albums I only know a handful of songs from the albums I listen to.

I could probably play most if not all of "Are You Experienced?", too.

>>72822393
I could never get the slides in iron man right, mine always sounded like shit

>>72822227
there's a bunch of different ways. most people keep it somewhat close to the bridge so they can palm mute quickly. i had to re-train my picking hand a few years ago so i could go back and forth between palm muting and floating my wrist, took a decent amount of work to get out of the habit of constantly palm muting and anchoring your hand down.

when you free float your wrist there's no anchor points and you have to get used to picking with small with your fingers

>>72822418
You just gotta feel them out. The "Paranoid" tab book was the first guitar tab book I ever got and, looking back, some of the transcriptions were really off, or at least not the most intuitive way to play certain riffs/leads.

My approach to learning Hendrix tunes was kind of the opposite: I figured out most of them by ear or just from looking up chord charts and working out what the actual riffs were from there. I feel like I got a lot closer to how riffs and solos were actually played, which also speaks to how intuitive Hendrix's style was.

>>72822436
So basically my arm rests on the guitars body and I have to use my wrist a lot more?
Is that what all of the guitar players I see do?
Thanks anyways anon

>>72818866
>new pedals
>not overpriced rehashed
lmaoing@your life

you'll grow out of that noise shit soon, don't worry.

>>72818398
led zep 1, 2, houses of the holy
can do most of the songs on 3, 4, and PG
dsotm

when i was a teenager i basically listened to those albums on repeat for years and would practice to them. i haven't played that stuff in years but i haven't forgotten it

https://youtu.be/s-7pJhBgLck

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>>72817562
Are Westone Thunder's any good?

>>72822129
the next proper guitarshop is like 50 kilometers. we hae one in town but they are super small, i would have to actually talk to people and then they will probably try to sell me a 30€ one when i just want a cheap af one for a 5er. plus its the middle of the night right now. i'll probably order one on amazon but still it would be nice to have something right not that works.

>>72822129
I spat on my screen and snorted reading this.

>>72822546
yes, you lightly rest your arm on the guitar and let your wrist and fingers do all the work, mostly the wrist.. you don't really want to use your arm or shoulder. some shredders do use their arm though, petrucci does. it's kind of difficult to describe what he does, but he's basically picking with his wrist and fingers but he's moving his arm up and down to switch strings so he can maintain his picking speed

>>72819003
Sounds like synth strings are backing the lead

>>72819003
you can't replicate it because there's 3 guitars playing. one is doing the back riff and there's two guitars harmonizing on top of it

>>72822648
Holy fuck I love you
Literally fucking no one could tell me this
>>72822581 Pretty much like how slash plays on this video, I could never get that right.
I'd blow you no homo

>>72822820
i was talking more about near the wrist, but yes i always anchor my arm down like that

>>72821533
Best pick for bass.

>>72822874
What kind of dummy uses anything less than 1.5 mm for bass?

>>72822903
You use your dick for bass?

>>72822849
I saw it was mentioned so I deleted.

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I used to palm mute religiously but now I never do. Maybe 'cause I use less gain these days.

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>>72822929
oh shit how will he ever recover from this

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>>72822903
Nice try, bud. My fat hog is 4 inches long and at least one mm wider than 1.5

>>72822581
Al's voice sounds like complete dicks here, so I'm guessing either this song was played toward the end of their set or he just got off a week of shows with AC/DC.

>>72823283
>Al

Fuck, Axl*.

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>>72818398
On guitar
Unknown pleasures
Craft Spells' Idle Labor

Bass
KGATLW Nonagon Infinity and I'm in your mind fuzz

Should I get one of the new fender p/j mustang basses?? See pic, just have a shitty Ibanez gio bass.

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Anyone have experience with the Sobbat drive breaker pedals? Seems like each of the four models is a step up from the previous one, but just making sure that this is the case and that somehow the 4 isn't shittier than the 2, etc.

>>72823360
If you want a decent short scale that won't cost you an arm and a leg then yeah. I own a couple short scales and a medium scale and I honestly prefer the shorter neck.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0m3lAXWKGq3

>>72817839
no, but it should suit the music, needs space.

I MAKE GUITAR PEDALS WITH MY F*CKING HANDS AMA.

>>72824002
can you make me a guitar pedal that will get me a girlfriend?

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>>72823974
Thread needs more playing.

Learned this lick today as a sight-reading exercise, along with the rest of the melody for most of the song. Bonus points if anyone can tell me what it's from.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0hB7BDnwXfX

>>72824008
THIS PEDAL WILL BE UR GF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZTCk8XSLI

>>72824044
i can't wait until anime becomes illegal

>>72817979
It's kinda like getting a V6 Mustang or Camaro. Sure, they're pretty cool and you can go fast in them, but you'll always wish you had just spent a little extra and gotten the V8.
And every time you're ever pulled up next to the V8 version at a stoplight, you're going to feel inferior and have buyers remorse.

Just spend a little more and get the real thing.

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>>72817562
Does anyone know of a speaker that sounds like an early Rola alnico speaker, but can hold more than 25 or so watts?

why the fuck would ANYONE prefer humbucker over singlecoil?

humbuckers just sound so fucking dead and boring.

>>72824034
How was that? I posted twice earlier asking about timing? I'm a beginner and don't know any musicians to give me feedback. Its difficult for me to count while I'm playing, and id like a different perspective.

>>72819897
What you're saying doesn't even fucking make sense, most noise is about the texture but the stuff underneath is usually just a drone or a couple chords, it's not technical except for the gear. Now go sit and play some blues licks in the corner

>>72824268
It was fine, probably took me a lot longer than it would a trained musician but I really like that little lick and wanted to be able to play the song. I don't practice reading music that often unless there's a jazz piece I really want to know, but I'm trying to get better at it. As far as timing/counting goes, I'm absolutely horrendous at reading rhythms so I'll usually listen to the song first so that I can get a sense of the melody and rhythm before looking at a transcription. Maybe after 20 minutes of staring at the same eight bars over and over I'll pick up on the rhythm without having to consult a recording but I don't practice it enough to figure it all out in my head. It's a process, man, and I've been playing for a long time. I developed my sense of timing from playing along to backing tracks or playing with other musicians.

>>72824501
I apologize, but i was referring to the vocaroo I posted, that you responded to.

I thought yours was good, but I'm light years from being able to decipher whether or not yours was in time or not. I wouldn't even be able to tell you which time signature it was in.
How would I go about that? Would I just count bpm?

>>72824554
It's in 5/4, counting beats per minute wouldn't do you any good because all you'd end up with is a fraction of beats over seconds in real time, rather than beats per measure, I suppose you could make a rough guess as to what the time signature was from bpm, but then how would you know that exactly if it was, say, 120 beats/60 seconds, which is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, etc.?

The best way to determine time signature, at least without having a well-developed sense of rhythm, is to simply count out a rhythm to yourself over the music. Most music is in 4/4, so find the pulse of the music and count "1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4..." and see if it fits: if something seems off, you might be in 3/4 or 5/4 or 6/8, so count in groups of 3s or 5s or whatever until you get to a point where you're locked into the groove.

A drummer I used to work with said that he would find the rhythm by focusing on whatever piece of the drum kit on a recording was being used the most often, usually the high hat.

>>72824684
Gotcha. I played drums for about six months about 7 years ago but i never really retained any of the information.
I've been playing guitar for about 5 months now. I think it's going well, but at first i had a sort of mentor, but haven't for the past 3. Its difficult to find a path or know what to practice or improve on without another person there.

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r8

>>72824684
For instance,
That is in 3/4
How would I count that while playing it?
Bc I want to say 1, 2e+a, 3, 4e+a
But that wouldnt work. Should I do 1, 2e+a, 3+e+a? Or does that even matter as long as im keeping in time?

>>72823974

>>72824795
Oh shit they they pushed the run until end of August (it was end of March originally when announced). I still have hope of getting it then.

>tfw no job

I just unironically want it ok, maybe I'll keep it in a glass case, or maybe I'll actually play it instead of my shitty RG120. Ohmura is my guitar husbando.

>>72824900
So what I think you're doing is forgetting to count rests as beats here. Really, you're playing in 6/4 here so you should be counting "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and", with the "and" after the "1" and "4" being a rest in each measure.

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>>72824975
why not just get the jr version for 7 hundo

>>72824256
Humbuckers sound THICC and FULL
Singlecoils sound thin and quacky
Twinks like singlecoils

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>>72819851
No, u.

>>72824256
>>72825242

both of you are wrong

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>>72825187
Because the sneaky jews at Assmart were only shipping it to Japan and I don't want to get it 2nd hand from some slanty scalper.

This is now a Moa thread.

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>>72824256
P90s m8

>>72825242
P90's are the patrician choice, desu.

>>72825274
Also I own three purple guitars. AMA.

>>72825330
Post guitar pics

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>>72825296
>that webm
>best girls
>This is now a Moa thread.

anon you are literally me, both are my favs as well by far.

I got the guitar pick from them. I can't believe it was only one for $5. Thought it was a pack or something.
[spoiler][spoiler][spoiler]I would have probably bought it anyway[/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler]

>>72825159
I think I'm getting it now.
Sorry to keep this going but most sites are saying its 3/4. However, i think i can just apply what you're saying you 1e+a 2e+a 3e+a with the rest being on 1 on the "And" in 2

>>72825159
Im sure it would help to tell you that the song is In The Aeroplane Over the Sea by NMH

>>72825438
>hearing a song
>not just syncing up with it
screw what time signature it's in if you can hear it

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Third is a Daisy Rock, in storage and probably not worth taking pictures of. AMA else.

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>>72824034
Hey dude I know where that is from.
Here's the bass line and a sloppy fill.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ZZh9xdLl2d

Wish I had a synth pedal or something for songs like this.

>>72825499
Digging the purple. Post some playing!

>>72825532
Gotdam milennials and your ready to share recordings. Got a couple of things recorded a long time ago but saved on CD. Because old. :) Don't have anything ready to share right now.

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>>72825366
Bloody shame they missed that moment in the official broadcast, but you can always count on fancams. I fucking love that girl.

The pick was always out of stock when I was making my BM orders. But their store is such a piece of incompetently ran shit that I'm not even mad at this point. I got more than my share of merch already, including the band scores which make me depressed with how much above my level they are.

Are you in Murrica anon? Going to Palladium by any chance? I'm hitting the bed now, gonna catch you next thread or something.

>>72825651
>>72825366
fucking pedophiles

>>72825463
I mean I get that, too. But when reading about progressing at this and generally being a good guitarist, I picked up that playing with a metronome and developing rhythm/time internally is often overlooked. I'm just trying to be thoroughly so I dont develop any bad habits that will be hard to undo in the long run.
Also when playing along it's difficult for me to maintain the tempo. I've noticed that a lot of times I'll play faster than I should be, or dragging along, or playing catchup. I'm trying to develop steady rhythm.

>>72825734
you know what helped develop my rhythm? Guitar Hero. 100% unironically

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>>72825732
If they're old enough for Marty they're old enough for me!

Anyone redpill me on solid state vs digital? Inb4 tube. I know tube is better.

>>72825789
it's all memes
use what you want

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>>72825734
Excellent thinking man.
I also find switching between different subdivisions is a good exercise.
Put on a metronome and play a scale, and switch between playing eighth notes, triplets, and sixteenth notes. Mix in some polyrhythms if you wanna get fancy.

>>72825833
Noted. Will do.
I've just started using a metronome consistenly. I've been playing for about 4 months now. I'm really trying to focus on 2 or 3 things at a time, and keep a steady daily routine of serious practice for at least an hour. Its difficult to gauge progress without another person's perspective, but I can definitely tell I'mgetting better every day.

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>>72825651
>I fucking love that girl.
Same. I understand that it's Su's group but it's such a shame that she is stuck in such a limited role. She definitely deserves much more spotlight.

>Going to Palladium by any chance?
Naw, but I expect something big. Looking forward to it. Hopefully Moa solo project.

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actual best pick here mines the thiccest

How is it going gg?

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>>72827042
Just came back from rehearsal and I'm fucking exhausted.

How you doin' mate?

>>72827042
About to go put in another 12 hour shift, worked late after i got home last night replacing ball joints on a buddy's truck. I just want to play music today.

quick reminder that Ibanez Jems are going to be THE next indie rock guitar of choice once they get sick of offsets

>>72827230
>I might see JEMs outside of a guitar store
I'm getting ready to vomit

>>72827230
Jems can be pretty pricey. I wouldn't be surprised to see them with holesaws putting finger grips in chinese strats.

>>72827351
I think things like cutting headstock and body shapes is going to catch on. Been seeing it a lot more with rustoleum and krylon finishes.

>>72824044
the only thing I don't like is the idea of stomping precious waifu

>>72825294
piezo master race

>>72827230
M O N K E Y G R I P

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>>72825774
Hmm.

I have a couple of guitars suitable for metal and a vintage style amp. Should I get a metal amp or a single coil guitar first? Which one brings more to the table? I can use a distortion pedal for metal and split the humbuckers when I want to pretend to be Hank Marvin but neither of those works well.

>What do you play the most? That should settle it.
I need both of those 50/50.

>>72827910
amplifier my man

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>>72819851
You might as well play with a postage stamp.

>>72827910
>I can use a distortion pedal for metal and split the humbuckers when I want to pretend to be Hank Marvin but neither of those works well.
What's your signal chain for metal ? Some distortion pedals just flat out suck for metal.

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>>72827539
Why?

>>72827943
Why?

>>72827951
Ibanez RG1820X with Black Winter pickups > Mad Professor Stone Grey Distortion > Laney L5T
The speaker and cabinet seem to be the biggest probelems but I don't have need for a separate cabinet, so might as well get a new amp at some point. Then I don't need to compromise.

>>72827999
>I have a couple of guitars suitable for metal

what's a good budget acoustic guitar to achieve that neutral milk hotel tone? sounds lame but i can't think of any other way to describe the tone ahaha. i'm talking very very budget. buying this as a 4th guitar to use occasionally when i want to achieve that tone.

What strings do you use on your acoustics?

I use Extra Light 80/20 Martins because 3 sets sell for 10€ on amazon and I'm a cheap bastard.

Never tried Elixirs although I hear they really are the best, but they're also over 4 times as expensive.

Thoughts on 80/20 vs Phosphor Bronze? Thoughts on gauge? Thoughts on 85/15?

>>72827956 (You)
>>72827999 (You)
Why?

Sup fa/gg/it's

What type of guitar is least likely to go out of tune when I play it like an ape, pressing down too hard on the strings and putting too much pressure on the neck?

It's not a huge problem, but sometimes I'll notice it and it's a bit annoying

I need major advice /gg/

I'm moving out of my parents and I sold a guitar my mother bought me after working for a couple of months to save the money up, but I haven't shipped the thing yet. The problem is that I really don't like the guitar and my mother and I aren't good friends anymore and I don't really want to talk to her anymore when I leave.

Am I going to regret shipping this guitar? I could use the money, but it was my only guitar for over three years and my mom bought it for me, but I also sort of don't want to touch it ever again too. I want to go for a 57 style strat and this thing is more early 60s.

I want to move into a new chapter of my life, and getting a new guitar would be part of that, but I would be replacing this thing my mom paid for and I played brand new for over 3 years. Is it time to move on or should I let my mom hold onto the thing for when I'm older or some shit? I don't really want to play it. This is such a hard decision.

>>72828069
look into takamine and yamaha
i don't like the ones that come with mics and pres (rather stick a mic in front of it) but that's personal preference

>>72828111
>I sold a guitar my mother bought me

Wow look at this piece of shit

>>72828141
my parents got me my first ever guitar and i sold it to upgrade a couple years later. it was just a squier, i'll always appreciate their support and how they help get all started but that first guitar had to go eventually

>>72828181
This is a fender CS so it's a nice guitar, but I feel like I should move on.

>>72828198
do what you feel you must anon. your mom is your mom and you may be pissed now for whatever reason but what she did for you means something. on the other hand by selling the guitar it's not like her gift is wasted, it's still the reason why you have whatever guitar you trade it for

>>72828218
edit: unless you're retarded and fuck it up

>>72822903
me. I use this >>72817990

>>72828089
you shouldn't be going out of tune when you play hard. you need to stretch the strings out, like literally take a hold of a string and stretch it up then retune and keep stretching and retuning until the tuning is stable.

>>72828141
My dad got me a guitar as a grad gift but I sold it to upgrade after 5 years. I told him how much I appreciated it but that I needed to get a guitar that I jived with more. He was very understanding.

Sometimes it's not the worst thing ever to get rid of a gift. Not all of them are immensely sentimental.

>>72827947
muh $20 handcrafted meme picks

>>72828833
If you can find me cheaper one that's as good, post it.

>image upload failed

Get your shit together 4chan

>>72828809
I do that every time I restring

>>72828919
Have you considered strumming and fretting softer? If you're stringing properly and stretching them enough once they're on, you shouldn't have any tuning issues unless your guitar is literally busted, set up like shit, or cheap as shit.

I mean I play pretty hard but I don't have this tuning issue even on a floyd.

>>72828820
you just got yourself written out of the will sonny

>>72828919
>>72828950
I forgot to ask, does your guitar go sharp or flat when the tuning goes wonky?

>>72828974
It goes very slightly sharp when I pull back on the neck and flat when I push, I'm probably just autistic for noticing and idk if it actually happens when I'm playing standing up at shows

>>72822874

>bass
>pic

This is a joke right?

>>72829033
People use this trick all the time with bolt on necks with fixed bridges to get a light vibrato effect. I'd just practice keeping the guitar in the middle position as you play. You can also try to screw the neck on tighter and make sure that it is truly flush. You might have to shim it if it's not possible to get it perfectly flat.

>>72829063
Yeah I do the Belew thing where you push down on the neck for like a whammy effect, I'd like to be able to do it deliberately but not accidentally. I notice it's worse with my Epi LPJ, but that's a piece of shit

>>72829094
In that case, I think all you can do is practice.

I am looking to get into song writing, I used to play bass and guitar, but work blah blah. Now I want to dedicate time to getting back into those, and being able to record.

What is a cheap but not totally shit way of plugging into my PC for both Bass and Guitar?

I don't want to spend a lot till I know I am taking it seriously, but I want to give it a proper try and know what I am getting into software wise.

>>72829148
inb4 morons recommend Amplitube

>>72829167
or Guitar Rig

>>72829049
fuck dynamics

>>72829148
You should try Amplitube or Guitar Rig.

>>72829210
>>72829167
>>72829194

Heh, but I can already tell thats not what I am looking for, that looks very gimmicky.

>>72829148
buy a mic and interface

How do people play with regular sized Jazz IIIs? They're so fucking tiny. The XL ones are nice.

>>72829342
It's preference. People get them BECAUSE they're tiny.

>>72829337

I should have mentioned, I can't use an amp at the moment, so it would need to take that into account.

>>72829337
Different fag, but I got a Berihnger UM-2 and so far I've only fooled around with Garageband. Any good suggestions for affordable/free software for my PC?

>>72829363
Yamaha thr. Amp is tiny, headphone jack, and usb recording.

>>72829376
pirate another DAW and mess around. It's personal prefence in the end. Logic, Ableton, Reason. Whatever you want.

>>72829342
>How do people play with regular sized Jazz IIIs?
Just like with every other kind of pick; hold it between your fingers and pick the strings.

>>72818398
RHCP - BSSM
RHCP - Californication
All Rammstein albums
Green Day - American Idiot
Bullet For My Valentine - The Poison
Most of the time I start and then lose interest when only a few songs remain. I can play most of Opus Eponymous by Ghost, and most of By The Way by RHCP and the last few songs wouldn't be difficult but I can't be bothered. The last album I started to learn was Scenes From a Memory but I gave up after learning the first three songs, Finally Free and getting halfway through Home.

>>72829421
>RHCP
>laughingbitches.png

are you 14 years old?

>>72829445
I was when I learned those albums. yes. Now I am 25.

which one sounds closer to "decent"
https://clyp.it/rmakzrjp
https://clyp.it/s0wzo0yp

>>72829469
they both sound like complete shit

rate the guitar solo of my band's new song
https://clyp.it/eciwgx3j

>>72829363
>>72829287
Unless you're willing to dry record your guitars and then manually apply all your effects to get the sound out of it you want, something like amplitube or guitar rig is your best bet.

>>72829478
just like your music

>>72829342
I thought the same thing a couple years ago. Then I bought the small ones once when the shop didn't have XLs. Now regular picks feel huge and unwieldy. You get used to it really quickly

>>72817583
Listen to the metronome daily 20 mins at different BPM. Count beats 1,2,3,4 with beep. Get comfortable with counting at different BPM. Use of foot to tap keep rhythm was also taught to me.
When practicing on Guitar, start with the tempo you are comfortable. Gradually increase tempo by 10 BPM. Remember control is more important than speed. Once you gain control, you will gain speed automatically with practice.
I'm a beginner so that's all I can tell. Hope it helps. Other anons have given shitty answers, that's why I pitched in.

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i have an electro acoustic similar to this, probably whatever the cheapest variation is, but it seems fucked. at the bottom of the bridge where i circled, its like the bridge has pulled up from the body a bit and ripped the crappy plastic coating. the action is also garbage so even open chords are painful as fuck to sound. i'm too paranoid to even tune it up, a step down and it already feels overly tight.

i also didn't know how stringing it worked since i never used a bridge like this before. for some reason i thought they were literally held in with the pressure from the pegs, rather than sitting in grooves. and i used phosphorus bronze strings that might have been for electric. should i just try restringing it with bronze acoustic strings or take it in somewhere?

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>>72831050

woops

>>72828089
>>72829033

Dude if you are getting neck-bending from fingering fucking notes you are using too much force, gonna snap it in two soon.

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Post it
Pic related

>>72831050
if you have a peg bridge just pull them up with pliers.

if the actions too high look into truss rod adjustment; as long as you have a allen key the right size youll be fine.

i would recommend switching to proper strings for an acoustic guitar, electric strings aren't often a thick enough gauge.

also just know that tension on an acoustic will often always be high, i dont rightly know why but goddamn are they every good to callous your hands

>>72829049
>>72822903
Anything thicker than 1.12 is unnecessary and muffles the full sound of the strings. You want a thicker sound use dick or fingers.

>>72828955
Not him but the way I got rid of my shit was ask my dad to pawn it when he needed money. Of course I knew he would lose them.

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How's everyone here feel about PRS SE?

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>>72832768

>>72832768
Korean shit is still korean shit no matter what camera whore egomaniacs name's on it.

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Guys
the other day i was thinking if there wasn't something like an recording interface that wouldn't need a computer, kinda like a 4 track or those small cassette recorders, for things like recording indivudual tracks or voice/samples on the go.
Does anyone know if something like it exist?
>Pic kinda related

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>>72832979
poorfags are now so poor they can't even afford computers to record their KISS covers.
>They now have to resort to using modded answering machines to record their $200 practice amp that doesn't have any line out functionality

you're better than this

how to write songs so i can solo over it and show everybody that i'm good

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>>72832979
dude those things are like super common
you could even get a portable recorder with a mic like pic related to record voclas too

trips are mine

>>72833999
ii V I

>>72833999
good taste and hard work basically

>>72833999
If you actually were good you wouldn't be askibg this question. Practice harder, learn more

>>72834117
how to
i just dont enjoy noodling chords anymore and cant come up with creative stuff

>>72834150
never did actually
kill me pls

I fucking hate my local music scene.

Everyone is either a dirty metalbaby or a 50 year old slow rock ballad cunt. There is an alternative band that has a keyboard player ruining songs with his 90's Casio toy.

What the fuck do I do

>>72834214
start a band you fuckwit

guys, since you're all big into guitar I assume you're somewhat familiar with Deep Purple so maybe one of you can help me out

does anyone know what song plays at the very start of this video before Glenn starts talking?

facebookcom/deeppurple6876/videos/1478223092198226/

thanks lads

>>72834277
Stormbringer

Use Shazam app

>>72834381
Thanks. I had the whole Deep Purple discography on my PC, or so I thought, but for whatever reason I just noticed I didn't download the Coverdale-era albums. Maybe I had this pre-conceived notion that they were shit so I didn't bother.

I've got memed out, I think I wanna buy a kiesel, either a Solo s6 or a tl60

>>72834609

Dude don't get one of those janky meme machines.

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>>72834638
>>72834609
Meme machines are good
Just don't get a cuckeye top

>>72834609
sorry to hear that man, hope you get back to being a decent human being and a good musician soon

Okay /gg/, I'm bored so let's play "Name That Tune". I'll play a riff or solo, and you tell me the name of the artist and song. Difficulty will (hopefully) increase with each correct guess.

First one up is super easy:

https://clyp.it/p0urzl2s

>>72835090
More Human Than Human

>>72835344
Nope.

>>72835384
Mudshovel

>>72835467
Nope, older than that.

>>72834210
write a neat melody
put some chords that sounds good with it
improvise on said chords

>>72835528
/r/ good melodies

>>72835550
Things you like

>>72835497
Southern Man

>>72835592
No, but definitely closer than some of the other guesses. Think guitar-centric, '60s rock.

>>72835556
i like blues wankery and mellow major stuff on the neck pickup

>>72835550
Yeah what that guy said
what kind of music do you like?

>>72835637
noodle around with the blues scale until you find something you like. make it 12 bars.
in blues dominant chords without function as dominant is a ok so play around with those

>>72835090
Hey Joe,

here's another easy one.

https://clyp.it/0rwkup1p

>>72835892
the entertainer

>>72835892
>sammy commented on your clyp
Officially famous

>>72835989
nah cuz
>>72836013
too bad he was wrong. Maybe it's not as easy as I thought.

>>72836013
Dammit. And he was correct.

Oh well, here's number 2. Guess this short and sweet solo from this band's short and sweet hit:

https://clyp.it/hfqvr2ih

>>72836150
Haha, nevermind, he got it wrong. This guy >>72835892 got it.

>>72836150
the noise from when you're hitting the string is sending shivers down my spine come on man fix that shit

>>72836150
>>72836185
Samefag

>>72836208
Yeah, I know. I was correcting myself.

>>72836204
Sorry dude, it's being recorded on a phone.

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>>72836240
>Sorry dude, it's being recorded on a phone.
alright i get it my bad

>>72836240
>Yeah, I know. I was correcting myself.
Oh, you weren't just trying to get your clyp to be noticed more to get more plays to feel better about yourself? Then you must be retarded to not realize you were playing something else, not the theme from star wars.

>>72836328
sounds better than amplitube you fuse dicked motherfucker

>>72836358
That wasn't my recording, that was somone else's. I've only posted 2 so far, the first was Hey Joe and the second was >>72836150, which hasn't been guessed yet.

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>>72835892
pic related

r8 pls
https://clyp.it/t2ve5soe

>>72836761
good but drumline is a bit weird

>>72836790
its a high pitched cowbell

>>72817990
I bought a huge bag of these of amazon so now I have millions of these these picks around my house yet I still managed to lose them

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>have about $650 to spend on a fender jazz bass
>no idea what to get

>jazz bass standard mexican used/new
>jazz bass 60s mexican
>used american jazz bass
>used geddy lee mexican bass
>used made in japan bass

so many options lads
i like my squier vintage modified 70s (pic related) but its time to move on

>>72836976
oh, and which is better - rosewood or maple for the fingerboard?

>>72818866

dude 100% this

rockfags should just stop playing guitar

>>72833140
Aw yeeeeaaaa buddy this right here. I got one of these, it's great.

>>72836547
Don't know what that is but I think you're right.

>>72837192
Japanese pron game, Starless, from the guys that made Bible Black and Discipline.
Yes, they like King Crimson

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>my dog keeps farting as I'm trying to play guitar

>>72837022
Ebony.

>>72836761
Quirky vibe going on there. Then at around 1:20 you used too many clichés one after the other... Like you went on auto-pilot. Otherwise, it was kinda cool.

Would I have enough room to dig out space for a middle humbucker in between the neck and bridge in a 2 pickup SG? I love me a 3 pickup SG but they're very hard to come by.

every guitar solo is just a different combination of said guitarist's set of licks applied to the song's chords, plus some bends and the intervals that he likes

prove me wrong
brotip: you cant

>>72838051
guitars with 3 pickups need to be tossed directly into a fire

>>72838162
Sick dude thanks for the input

>>72838154
doesn't work for holdsworth

>>72838051
get that 3 pickup epiphone g400 creme, theyre everywhere

>>72838217
I've been wanting one but they seem to come in waves. Every so often they're seems to be a ton out there and then suddenly they're tough to find.

>>72838248
haha like that plants vs zombies game

/gg/ rate my bands new track. Still needs to be mixed and messed with a bit, but pretty much done.

>https://soundcloud.com/wu-tang-knutson/jfj-may-17-bounce

Can humbuckers work for Shoegaze?

>>72838206
Holdsworth was absolutely unlistenable though. Sure, he could play it all and was a wizard on the guitar, but nothing he played sounded melodic or musical at all. It just sounded like him playing random notes and calling it jazz so people wouldn't question it.

When is Fender going to stop making the same old shit and actually come up with something new?

Brands like Ibanez and Shecter and ESP and many others are constantly coming out with new models and innovation, yet Fender just has the same 3 or so models that haven't changed in decades.

>>72838590
teles are the perfect guitar though

>>72838608
Seems pretty lazy to me.

>>72822077

not that guy, I just want you to know that I've been playing guitar for almost half my life and you just destroyed me anon

>tfw

>>72838590
If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Plus Fender models are very easy to mod. It's pretty easy to find a cheap used Mexican Strat to use as a mod platform.

It's like a Subaru. A lot of people buy them not because of what they are stock but to do a bunch of crazy shit to them.

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>>72838162
>geet with 3 pups
>geet with HSH/SSS wirings

>>72838318
I really got into it. I was waiting for the guitar to fuck up... when that note was held, I thought "here comes the suck" but the suck never came. Good job!

Now what the fuck is up with the drums? The main lick being duped by the snare? And the rest was like some moron skinhead trampling my garden with his cherry Docs. Change it up at the logical transition points, for fuck's sake. I'm not a drummer but this track needs more of a modernized Stuart Copeland approach.

>>72838660
>I hate 3 pickup guitars because my pick hits the middle pickup and it makes me play worse REEEEEEEEE

>>72838421
>I never actually listened to Holdsworth so he's unlistenable.
How about some opinions on guitars you've never played. Keep the streak going!

>>72838704
>hitting the middle pup
what in tarnation

>>72838318
not much to complain about, but the weakest point is the drumming, he's playing it too straight in the first half of the song, i was hearing fills in my head at certain points

>>72838819
>>72838819
>>72838819

>>72838590
There have been quite a few new Fenders over the years... Heartfield, Venus(?), Cobain, Toronado, Pawnshop Series, etc. They try. They fail. They go back to what they know. It's not for lack of trying.

>>72838748
That's a legitimate argument I've heard against 3 pickup guitars.

For what it's worth I've been playing Strats for 9 out of the 11 years I've been playing guitar so I'm pretty used to avoiding the middle pup

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aside from that does anyone in this chan even bother with geet other than fender/gibby? schecter meme-ing
btw are there any leftyfags around here

>>72838847
anon i cant really relate since i always hover my hand above the bridge, so my pick never landed onto any of the pups. also faster access to palm muting

>>72838856
I like to stick to my strats but I owned a Schecter C-1 Elite for awhile and I've been kicking myself for trading it since the day I did.

>>72838318
dont like the genre myself but sounds fine

>>72836761
>>72837975
the idea was to use that electric solo that i recorded months ago and i liked, onto a song, so i experimented playing the same chords on a slower tempo and quieter way, then growing to the electric