/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

>powder blue t-bird

so tasteless I almost like it

Second for LP, preferably made in Japan.

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>>73003874
Feel the same way. Gibsons been putting out some cool firebirds out lately, tacky but I can't help but want one.

>>73003945
Needs P90s, neck through and jazzymasty trem.

hi

>>73004005
hello

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>http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/2017/Custom/Modern-Double-Cut-Standard.aspx

Looks like Gibson revealed their new original model.

Thoughts?

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>>73004005
sup brah

>>73004060
Isn't that just the Tak Matsumoto model?

learning guitar on a $40 childrens beginner guitar
it sounds terrible ofc but would skills transfer to an actual guitar?

>>73004136
Maybe if you can actually tune and intonate it.

>>73004060
>Thoughts?
it's shit
upper fret access looks like ass
body shape looks like a cheap PRS

>>73004060
Looks like the shittiest parts of a bunch of good guitars squished together.

>>73004163
i can tune it but it goes out of tune in like a minute lol

>>73004092
>Tak Matsumoto
It's a bit different but probably took inspiration from it.

>>73004199
It'll be hard to advance like that honestly.

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>>73004060
first

>tfw I've started to unironically like Firebirds

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Ok, today bought pic related (Ibanez V70CE electro-acoustic guitar as my first guitar ever). Now the question is, should I start learning from justinguitar.com or the wiser choice would be Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar Bonus Workshops (by Steve Krenz)? Nevertheless I'm going to take several private lessons with professional musician to learn how to hold/play guitar properly.

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>>73004136
>learning guitar on a $40 childrens beginner guitar

oh man, you are in the right thread

>>73004136
>learning guitar on a $40 childrens beginner guitar

So is everybody else in this thread

>>73004021
>>73004068
hi

>>73004060
>different shaped Les Paul
>with a neck joint we should have implemented 20 years ago
>rosewood fingerboard because it won't be in production very long
>but hey we got rid of the extra useless volume and tone controls that were high tech in the 1950s
>no, we didn't bother designing a new headstock so you'll have to put up with that old shit looking totally out of place
>3 tuners per side, even though it's the 21st century

seriously, this should be the year Gibson finally go bust

>>73004457
they changed the headstock apparently

>>73004457
At this point they should make a headless model.

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>try to practice once a day
>still sounds like shit a whole month later
>slowly lose motivation to even try
>haven't practiced in two weeks

How did you boys push yourselves to learn? I'm sure most of you will say it came naturally though.

>>73004704
I mean, it's got old pickups and even older hardware. The only new things about it are the body shape and the neck joint. It would look better with a more modern headstock design. And would it kill them to fit a trem? Would it be such a climbdown to develop a single coil pickup?

>>73004754
>I can't git gud by playing for ten minutes a week

>>73004737
And yet it looks identical

>>73004822
I was actually practicing almost 3 hours a day everyday.

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wich guitar is this?

>>73004854
it's the construction method that makes gibson headstocks so brittle, not its shape
dean headstocks are huge and have the same angle, but not that problem

should i get a tele if i want to be unoriginal and normies can tell me i have a nice guitar?

What is reasonable for a 97 Japanese Jaguar? 600?

>>73005136
it's that one, right there

>>73004060
nice looking schecter there

>>73005189
$600 for sunburst, white or candy apple red $800 max for other colors

>>73005136
the FashBasher

>>73004005
good2 see u

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wtf this has changed my life

>>73005150
getting blown out by dean is a little embarrassing

>>73004754
>practice almost daily for 8 years
>still suck ass
Well at least no one can ever hear me play

Hey guys can I get some help. WTF is the practice routine.

I just filed one of my guitar's frets with some sandpaper.
The fret is probably ruined forever now and I don't have the tools to give it a proper crown but it doesn't buzz so bad anymore.

>>73005411
Start writing songs

The only way to actually learn guitar and its intricasies is to start writing some songs dude

>>73005455
You file with a file. You sand with sand or other abrasive particles.

>>73005370
Gibson has been out of the loop since decades now.
It's not even a particularily complex fix, since they do that even on the cheapo chink Deans.

>>73005455
what did you even expect ?

>>73005482
I'm three years in and I'm a decent/good player, and I've never written any song.
You get good at playing by practicing.
Writing songs is only gonna make you better at writing songs.

>>73005136
schecter banshee?

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>>73004704
3 tuners per side feels better than 6 cramped together.

>>73004808
you see p90s at lot I guess

The m2s look alright, but these colors tho

>>73005482
I don't really like making my own music because I have very poor imagination. I sometimes just mess around and make some simple chord progressions when practicing but that's about it.
I just mostly try to play technical stuff from artists that I like.

>>73005318
Thank you

>>73005519
Does Dean just two piece scarf joint?

>>73005519
>You get good at playing by practicing.
>Writing songs is only gonna make you better at writing songs.

So, to you, the only point of playing is to "get good". Not to make music or express anything. Just getting good so you can tell everyone how good you are.

>>73005499
yeah, that

>>73005519
For it to buzz less and have a flat but survivable non-crown

>>73005942
I don't have emotions to express and am in general not a musical person. I like to 'get good' so I can play for myself and hopefully get some joy from it. My guitar is the only thing in life that I have.

>>73006121
wow, sounds like it's well past kill yourself o'clock in your personal time zone

>>73006121
I remember my first year of high school too

>>73004754
I did it out of sheer pettiness and anger like "Fuck you guitar I'm gonna beat you"

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Ok, what's the best way to practice playing an electric guitar? Standing or sitting? Will practicing sitting down be a transferable skill whilst standing?

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Im not a strat guy, but I gotta say, this guitar in this color is fabulous, im looking to getting a squier affinity in this color, thoughts on the build quality? Is it worth getting just to have a strat type guitar?

>>73006411
Whichever feels more comfortable.
And pretty much yes.

>>73006411
>if I piss sitting down on the toilet, will that skill be transferred over when I use a urinal?

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>>73006496
>squier affinity
>build quality

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Ok, so it's better to practice standing? If that's how I'd rather play?

>>73006411
Arm angle will change. Even switching from left knee to right requires slight alterations to technique. Also, fret access can be facilitated or inhibited. If you're going to perform standing then stand.

>>73006496
Don't buy a guitar just because of the color. Affinity squiers suck.

>>73006557
It doesnt have to be premium level Gibson (hahaha gibson quality hahaha) but long lasting as far as the build of the wood components

>>73006706
squier affinity are quite literally the worst build quality and worst materials imaginable, they are kids toys

save your money until you can afford at the very least a Squier Vintage Modified and ideally a Classic Vibe, the entire Affinity range isn't worth the money

>>73006411
One thing you have to be aware of is if you play over your right leg while seated, your neck will be at a totally different angle when standing. But even if you play over the left leg with a strap while sitting there will still be a slight difference, but then it's only noticeable on really hard parts. Practice standing if you're going to be performing standing

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Anyone ever play a Samick hollowbody?

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>>73007028
Learn as many standards as you possibly can- get your tone crisp as shit. Learn as many scales/modes as you possibly can, practice your improvisation off of those scales. Familiarize yourself as well as possible with every "conventional" chord you can think of and start improvising with chords.

Finally, apply said techniques to the standards you've learned and start improvising around them. After a decade of this, start playing bar gigs while some savant virtuosio rips harder than you could ever imagine- translate your jealous rage into motivation to work harder. It's really something that you have to treat like a sport you're constantly training for.

>after you become famous get yourself killed by a bouncer at a shitty bar and go down in history as one of the greats

Is Orange a good amp if I want a clean and post-hardcore sound?

>>73007197
>Does jazz sound good

no

>>73007259
You have to be at least 18 years of age to post on 4chan.

>>73007197
look up Charlie Byrd

Can someone tan out ravens by mount eerie for me?

>>73004060

Could be space age futurism cool, but the classic head kills it.

>>73005136
That's an old Schecter Blackjack from like 20 yrs ago. The writing on the headstock is the old Diamond Series script.

>>73007892
I've only heard of tanning things like cow abd pig leather, I don't know if bird skin is thick enough

>>73004060

>4k

Hello? HELLO?!

I can get two Standards for that price, WTF! Even a historic replica!!!!!

>>73007892
Tab*

>>73008023
dab*

>>73008004
Or a guitar that you dare to take out of the house without fear of damaging it

and an amp

and a used car

REMINDER: JIMI HENDRIX IS THE MOST OVER RATED GUITARIST OF ALL TIME

>>73008709
well, no, because Eric fucking Clapton

and Jimmy fucking Page

but yeah, Hendrix is near the top of the list

>>73008709
No, thats BB King

>>73008727
>Hendrix
>better than Page
kek, good joke

>>73007216
Yes. Trendy bitch

>>73008709
That would be slash

>>73004060
I'd get one in all white with a flat body would look cool I think Gibson headstocks can look good with bodies like this more so than the curvy a lot of people don't dig this design for some reason and I can't understand why it looks neat would want to modify it a bit though kinda reminds me of the univox high flyer

>>73008760
haha, like anyone actually rates him as a guitar player

>>73006496
I have a Fender P bass in that color, it's way better in person. But you should really try to at least get a MIM fender if you're gonna get a strat.

>>73006496
>should I get a Squier Affinity
>>73006742
>get a vintage mod or a classic vibe
>>73008882
you should get a MIM Fender

>>73007892
I don't feel like tabbing it. It's mostly based of a C major chord with a capo on the 2nd fret. Technically it's in D major, but the only way to do the bass parts on the guitar is with the capo.

Is all of my "totally overkill for any bedroom guitarist" equipment just the equivalent of a lifted truck meaning I have a small penis

>>73007152
Yeah the higher end ones are pretty nice. I think the one in your picture is one of the nicer ones because of the spruce top.

>>73009245
No as long as you keep working on your craft.

>>73009295
that was really wholesome

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>tfw you didn't get to grow up in a musically enriched family that started teaching you guitar before you were even potty trained and by the time you were 20 you'd be a damn near expert at playing even the most technically complicated songs to ever exist

Why'd I have to be born to a bunch of shitters who only listen to radio sewage?

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>>73009336
I mean it, the difference between "bedroom guitarist" and "solo artist" is a frame of mind. Even retards have musical careers. Keep doing what you do, put your gear to good use.

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>>73009442
>tfw you grew up in a musically enriched family and started learning piano at age 4 and started getting really fucking good but quit at age 13 to start guitar instead because Guitar Hero was fun and now you can hardly play the piano and no one cares about guitar and tiny asian kids will always be better than you anyway

>tfw fuck it three note riffs with tons of fuzz and reverb shugayz god

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>>73009684
>what did he mean by this pic?

>>73010131
Thurston "for the blood of jews" Moore

http://pitchfork.com/news/71475-radiohead-israel-performance-protested-by-thurston-moore-roger-waters-desmond-tutu-more/

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>tfw your playing doesn't even sound like guitars anymore
https://clyp.it/urnnfzqr

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>>73006496
i have a squier classic vibe in this colour. just look up "Squier Classic Vibe Daphne Blue"

>>73011026
Blue moon ice cream

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Just got done getting a couple of hours in of practice. Who else has ACTUALLY PLAYED GUITAR today?

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My favorite dean style headstock btw. POST YOUR FAVORED HEADSTOCKS

>>73011554
>Who else has ACTUALLY PLAYED GUITAR today?
Let's see, last time I played was about 5 months ago

>>73011645
My favorite head is from your mom. It's always in stock, I grab it whenever I want and it never runs out.

>>73004060
if someone saw me on stage with that theyd think its a PRS or ibanez

90% of the reason you own a gibson is so people know you own one so they think yer rich

>>73011554
I don't play guitar. Or bass.

>>73009442
>tfw hyper-musical dad that i dont talk to anymore that tried to teach me theory and forced me to listen to yes at 8 years old

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>>73011840
He's a good guy, you should give him a call.

Does anyone know how I can go on about following these instructions.

>>73011925
I dunno man, seems a little vague

>>73011972
Ik man, the practice routine is kinda hard to follow and I dont know where I should start.

>>73011840
Yes is very good.

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Damn Misha is really letting himself go...

>>73009442
I came out of a family that only listened to radio sewage. I told my music instructor at school when I was 8 that I really wanted to play guitar. He found a horrible amp and guitar someone he knew had in a basement. Seriously, he took my lunch money for 2 weeks and gave me a peanut butter sandwich and a cup of water. At the end he gave me a method book that was in the same series as the ones we were using in class. He taught me posture and I was on my own after that, having to rekate what we learned in class to my book at home. At 12 I had him for jazz band and he put me on guitar, and beat me down til I stepped up to the plate. He convinced the school to get an es335 and I played it til high school. My junior and senior year i got out of my last 2 classes to be his TA and I tutored 7 different guitarists and 10 different bassists. Dude didn't know shit about guitar, but he knew theory and how to motivate. I almost went to college to be a music instructor, obviously not for the money but because of the positive effect this dude had on so many people's lives.

He kept it lowkey, but he bought an alto sax for one student cause the kid was so passionate. The kid was moving out of state to a city who's district had no music program and the kid wanted to keep playing. We were behind in timezones and this kid would call every tuesday after our last hour class let out to talk to us, see how we were doing and to keep us up on his progress. Teach would take the call collect on the school's dime. He would justify it as "this program exists for education, growth and betterment....is that not what this phonecall is about?"

All it takes is one man. If you never had someone like that, be that to someone else.

>>73012273
>Seriously, he took my lunch money for 2 weeks and gave me a peanut butter sandwich and a cup of water.

That's kind of fucked up. I would have just bought you the book lol

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>>73012273
No joke, this story really almost brought a tear to my eye. I hope you know you were really lucky to have someone in your life like that. I wish I could say the same.

>>73012364
Hahah fag

>>73012322
It taught me that you have to do without to be a musician. It didn't hit til later when I was trying to make money from guitar. I could always afford the bare minimum, but never more. Main reason I didn't pursue it as a career much after I hit my 20s. I still keep up with him, he said he would have gave the money back but an 8 year old with 12 bucks can get into trouble.

What makes an amp super responsive?
like the orange AD30 for example

>>73012421
>It taught me that you have to do without to be a musician

What?

>>73009442
>grew up in the same situation
>don't whine about it on /mu/
Do people just come here to complain about stupid shit

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>>73009245
My setup is the equivalent of BBC.

Has anyone here used one of those guitar tuning apps?
Any thoughts about them? Best one?

>>73012421
Yeah it's a good lesson, still you were 8 haha. I'm kind of in the same boat but I could never make a living playing the music I love anyways. Almost everyone I know in my style of music has a day job, it's crazy when you meet some of the most well known musicians in your genre to find out they work as Trash men during the day.

I've thought about giving free lessons and acquiring affordable instruments for poor kids just so I can pass on my legacy. Just posting ads on craigslist would make me look like a pedo though....Maybe I should volunteer somewhere

>>73012364
Seriously, it taught me a kind of nurturing I had never and will never experience. Even as an apprentice for the ibew being the bitch for several journeymen I never had the the same kind of distant abrasive training I had with the teach.

>>73012447
Income is based off work, work is based off opportunity, opportunity is based off availability, and at the end it's all based off competition. If i make 10 grand in 2 weeks it aint shit if I can't break $200 a week in the next 4. It hit me when I was seriously considering running coke for a drummer I played with every so often to make ends meet. I make more now than I was making with music, and even though it's much more work that's much less rewarding I have security I never had before. I would still like to teach music, but if I pursued it I'd have a ton of debt. I am thinking about voluntering at a community center though.

>>73011554
>tfw I've only played Ukulele today

>>73012621
BBC news? How so?

>>73012674
>it's crazy when you meet some of the most well known musicians in your genre to find out they work as Trash men during the day.
yeah man, ska is dead
it's a real bummer

>>73012676
I just couldn't comprehend any of that.

>>73012690
I'm not smart enough to come up with a witty retort. (Stupid brain!)

>>73012731
Where do you live? Because i can tell you no its not.>>73012767

>>73012800
east coast US
as far as I'm aware there are a couple of groups that are making ends meet and that's about it

>>73012918
Theres plenty of ska and reggae in the west coast. Alot of ska punk too.

>>73012951
makes sense since that's where the scene has always been really
streetlight manifesto is gonna be in florida in july, I'll probably go see them

>>73013029
But everyone knows ska is for teenagers and girls. So obviously i dont know any bands.

>>73013082
>ska is for teenagers and girls
you forgot us oldfag skaters bruh

>>73013087
You fags in tuxedos couldnt ever do any tricks. I always beat you. Rancid band shirt wearing ass poser niggas.

>>73012674
It's the age I started to learn a lot of things, actually. I get you, 2 of the more well known hardcore bands from the 80s come from my state; one of their singers taught 6th grade and retired early, the other flips burgers. They both still perform 3 times a year at least(even though one dude is pushing 60). I've been there for shows with 50 and 2000, and they're in it like it's the most important show of their lives. Most I've made playing the music I like is $600 across a 5 person band. The music you like is a labor of love, the rest is you doing your best to excercise your craft. I love music, I love playing music, all types. I do it cause it's what I know, every style is a different idea. It's not even about playing what I like, it's about being able to mesh with other people and pull it off while sounding good. I signed up for this benefit concert where musicians get thrown in a pool and you have to play a hit song from this decade and the 70s, we played bruno mars and michael jackson, it was a blast and people were in to it because of the performance. We all ripped solos during rock with you while the singer talked mad shit to the crowd. The first key player and I went back and forth between eachother in this call and response improv thing for 32 bars, one of my best moments.

>>73012767
It's all good. If you can't hit celebrity or cult status you're limited to getting paid to play for different acts. I went 2 months with making less than 2 grand and rent was $800 a month.

>You guys know where I should start. The instructions from the post is kinda confusing.

>>73013161
Holy fuck get your own webpage and stfu

>>73013087
propagandhi was shit til today's empires and every album gets better.

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>>73013185
This is my webpage. Here's a selfie for ya

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>>73011554
I just played an SRV strat in a guitar shop
Beat that faggot

>>73013280
You mean the shit version? So what i played an ej strat yesterday.

>>73013280
Besides every real guitarist knows srv loved his Tokai strat alot too and used ot extensively.

>>73013400
Yeah it wasn't that impressive. Fucking expensive though

https://clyp.it/uohd0wrh

I did it guys!

>>73012621
cucked

>>73004704
>hating 3 tuners per side
fag

>>73005455
Did you try the truss rod before you did that?

>>73013430
Theres a more expensive version

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BEHOLD

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>not building your own capeshit-themed guitar

plebs everywhere

>>73014210
Damn, this made me think of my first amp and guitar.

Practice with a metronome or a drum track whenever possible.

>>73014210
Get a stand peasant.

>>73014210
Play Enter Sandman

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>>73012273
>there was this one guy who encouraged kids to waste their time
kek too bad there wasn't a real teacher at your high school who could have given those kids a future doing something of actual value in society

>>73014357
How's your grandma's leg?

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>>73009263
Yes, they seem quite tasty and surprisingly cheap

>>73014296
I live in abject poverty so I can't afford any of that. I'm 23 with $800 to my name after years of struggling through debt and irresponsible mistakes (because no parenting).

I built that guitar myself out of old guitar parts I bought off ebay for pennies and I refinished and painted it all with a can of spray paint and gloss. I bought the amp from a craigslist fellow for $60 and the EMG pickups I had to painfully shell out the $200 for. Anyway, it sounds old school as fuck and all I do is write Bathory inspired riffs.

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Just purchased the seven string version of pic related. How jealous are you poorfags

>>73012674
>just so I can pass on my legacy
your wife's son just doesn't quite cut it, huh?

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>>73014444
Good stuff

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"yes mom i'm watching guitar lessons and studying guitar"

>>73014450
>ibanez

>>73014496
Whose this effeminate beaner

Amp is wide ruled paper, guitar is no. 2 pencil, and pedals are Crayons. Make me something nice to hang on the refrigerator.

>>73014527
not your dad

>>73014505
>Prestige

>>73014527
(((ACE FREHLEY))) (((ALIEN))) (((AMPLIFIERS))) (((CONDOR)))

>>73014505
Oh look, it's the MIJ ibanez's are shit because I played a $200 indonesian shit in a store one time meme

>>73014569
I wonder how much the idiot paid.

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>>73014540

>>73014635
no bully

>>73014450
Purple-gray burst is such a weird finish choice. Granted it looks a lot better in regular lighting compared to stock photos, but still. Anyhow Prestiges kick ass, post pics when you get it

Where can I find musicians to play with besides craigslist? Seems like an actually legitimate post on there is rarer than 1 in 10 or even less.

I've posted a couple times but haven't gotten any suitable responses.

>>73014681
Yeah, I was originally going to get a Nebula Green Burst, but they were all out of stock and I was able to haggle this one down to the same price on Reverb despite it being a few hundred more. I'll make sure to post some pics here to do it justice, too bad memorial day is this weekend so shipping will be slowed

so ive been playing guitar for a while and i love it, but i always liked the sound of bass. i got one and its the most fun ive had learning an instrument

anyone else ever get that feel.

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hey i know u guys dont know anything about theory but can u guys please help me i dont know the difference between 5/4 and 5/8

they both have five beats per measure whats the fucken difference. when u say its because the quarter/eighth gets the beat that doesnt mean shit 2 me because u could easily write a song thats all quarters as all eighths in a slower tempo

heres a guitar pic for ur asses too

>>73014444
...whatever you're posting with can be used as a metronome or to play a click track

>>73014746
5/4
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
5/8
1 & 2 & 3 1 & 2 & 3

>>73014848
thanks man

>>73014693
Keep trying. It's the best you can do without like-minded friends.

>>73014632
If you legitimately like the wizard necks and edge trems something is fucking wrong with you. Why not a keisel?

>>73014848
5/8 sounds like a pair of tennishoes in the dryer.

Has anyone here gotten an[spoiler]8string?[/spoiler]

Which one did you get?

>>73014742
Bump

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rate my pedalboard /gg/

>>73015038
Intriguing
>>73014742
When I first picked up bass it was amazing and the most fun I've had on an instrument ever

However in the time since I've also regained interest in guitar and like both equally for different things

-The feel of new bass strings is superior to new strings on guitar
-bass techniques work on both, but slapping seems slightly more satisfying on bass,popping good on both
-distortion is a million times better on guitar, on bass it sounds fucking terrible particularly on low strings
-most effects in general work better on guitar IMHO

>>73015139
Hard to make out text
Is that two delays though??? 11/10 if so

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>>73015159

two RV-3s, I have three but I left the other one at our practice space

the white one is MASF Raptio, a glitch/stutter delay

>>73015011
The Lo-Pro Edge is amazing are you kidding? And the wizard neck fits my grip which is thumb on the back but with my fingers really flat. Kiesel crossed my mind, but to build one with a trem, flamed maple, and with the color I wanted would be 2000+. Not to mention I would have had to swap out the stock Kiesel PU's

>>73015183
The lo pro sucks and you know it. Get an og floyd

>>73015139
Too many Boss pedals, too many fuzz pedals.

Please discover Orange amplification and ponder the virtue of minimalism.

>>73015224
Stop shilling for orange

>>73015174
How do you like the raptio, worth the price or a one trick pony?

>>73015233
Not everybody can read, some people require cryptic symbols to operate their amplifiers

And like that, he stopped shilling for Orange. .. Yet, he wondered in his heart, why toanfags eschewed their citrus savior. Nevertheless, there he left them with their inferior stompboxes.

>>73015257

I quite like it, it's pricey but the glitch is super responsive and the freeze/hold is super lo-fi which I like, plus it has volume controls so you can play on top of the glitch/freeze or just let it go on forever with no other sound coming in.

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Friendly reminder, absolutely nothing of value has ever been posted in /gg/. Ever. Not even once.

Ask yourself who you're talking to in these threads, who's posting these idiotic/uninformed opinions/ideas. The only answer any reasonably intelligent person would be able to come to is
>abject failures who don't have anywhere else better to be and nothing else better to do with their time
Ask yourself why you're interacting with these people at all, what are you hoping to accomplish? Are you aiming for the same status? No? Why are you here then? Are you just fucking retarded? Short answer: yes.

Here's a hint, you imbeciles: there are no professional musicians giving away their trade secrets on social media. None. If you're posting in these threads the best you could ever hope for is wasting your time like all the other useless hobbyists who play guitar do. What could a hobbyist possibly have to offer you? What do you think you have to gain posting here? Are you actually trying to accomplish something or are you just another sad loser looking for a temporary escape from your miserable, pointless life? You want to do this for real or not?

Wait, you say you don't want to be a professional musician? You don't want to do this for a living? You're just doing it for fun? lol, playing guitar all alone by yourself is a bullshit hobby for out of touch manchildren, the world doesn't need another brain-dead bedroom warrior who won't admit to his illusions of grandeur. All your doing is frivolously, futilely, and furiously jacking your tiny dicks to avoid the realities of your pathetic lives.

Time for you all to get a fucking clue.

Just ignore him. Hes getting desperate now.

>>73015313
thanks

>>73015313
BADMANMAKETOMMYCRY/HURT!!!

I just like talking with other guitar anons and looking at people's gear. I don't even tell people I play guitar I just do it because it makes me happy. I also have other cool hobbies like frisbee golf, programming, and weird music collecting

>>73015145
I feel that, ive been interested in my guitar. im having issues getting used to the tiny frets again though. bass feels much more natural to me

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>>73015296
Cool I might get one but it seems like it might be redundant since I already have an exh freeze and an masf possesed, still it would be cool to get some glitches in my glitches. The possessed doesn't do a good stutter effect, it's more of a. Rhythmic glitch delay, almost too predictable

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>>73015313
Case in point >>73015379.

This is where you end up when your life has no point. Thoughtlessly flailing at the void like an automaton until the darkness finally takes you.

Dang, i really was hoping to harvest trade secrets from industry insiders here in /gg/. It ain't as if it ever occured to me im a conscious jerk off among fellow jerk offs like every other containment board on reddit.

LOL, that rant was once someone's epiphany. Somebody who originally came here expecting edification. And she was so wounded by what she found instead that she crusades.

>>73015494
>expecting to get famous with guitar enough to be disappointed when it doesn't happen

>>73015313
actually some dude just helped major with time signatures.

first helpful post ive seen in here in a while shout out to u >>73014848

>>73015379
Fuck yeah, disc golf. /GG/ wasn't exactly the first place I thought I'd find a fellow disc golfer.

>>73014746
>doesnt mean shit 2 me because u could easily write a song thats all quarters as all eighths in a slower tempo

you can use multiple time signatures in a song without changing the tempo, which is easier than vice versa imo

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I'm interested in picking up a new jazz bass, what does /gg/ think I should get. My budget is around 2500$.

how to i record an amp / pedal accurately into my PC, quietly.

no fake amp software shit

what do I need. cheap as possible.

i currently do it 1/4 to 1/8 with an aux cable into line in but im told this is shit. help.

>>73015648

I'd get the Flea signature cause I love the look of it but fuck Flea

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>>73015517
>>73015569
>Of course I'm a loser!
>I'll always be a loser!
>You think I didn't know that already?
>No, I'm not trying to accomplish anything!
>Why'd you even bother pointing it out?
>Wasn't it obvious?

The pathetic poetry of /gg/, ladies and gentlemen. Profound hopelessness and an inability to reason are a crippling combination.

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/gg/ is like Voltron, where a few pussies can pull together and fend off Eric Johnson memes

>>73015650
get an audio interface and u can just plug ur amp to it from the headphone jack

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>>73015718
usb audio interface? ok sure

question 1: why is that better than just using line in on my PC through the amp with an adapter?

question 2: do I need to spend like $400 or can i do it under $100 cheaply?

question 3: what exactly do I need...

sad!

>>73015750
>accurately into my pc quietly
a good one should let you do whatever you want to the input

>>73005136
Is that one of the guys from Misþyrming

>>73015750
>question 1: why is that better than just using line in on my PC through the amp with an adapter?
because u will get latency otherwise my guy

>question 2: do I need to spend like $400 or can i do it under $100 cheaply?
no i spent like $70 for mine

>question 3: what exactly do I need...
an audio interface, a daw, guitar cable and probably a 1/4 to 1/8 which u already said u had

Just a reminder that if you're in driving distance of Stockport you could have a completely free 120 Watt valve amp head.

Details here
72998762

>>73015837
oops

>>72998762

>>73015313
Yes, yes, but can you play this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15eu7ar5EKM

Checkmate atheists.

Sum up modes in one sentence /gg/.

>>73016031
Scales with different interval patterns

>>73015797
but i dont get latency ive been recording for years with reaper and asio through line in? so why else get a usb interface?

>>73016073
dont get it then i guess lol. why as if its been working for u?

the interface also lets u control the input volume and is completely silent so thats a plus

>>73016031
The major scale but the root note is a different note

>>73016108
there are modes of artificial scales too

harmonic minor, melodic minor, harmonic major and even the prometheus scale all have modes

>>73016092
like wondering if the sound gets completely shitty or isnt accurate with a 1/4 1/8 -> aux 3.5mm > line in

idk people said its bad to do it idk dude im stupid

>tfw previously played oboe, bass guitar, and alto saxophone for around eight years
>had to quit playing everything due to living conditions
>finally being able to play instruments for the first time in three years because I'm not forced to live in a 300 foot closet with neighbors

How terrible will I be at bass when I pick it back up /gg/?

>>73015648
Music man

Should I take a break from practising barre chords because my fingers hurt or is it better to keep going and bear it?

>>73016490
Just quit, you'll do better quitting before you really hurt your fingers and get knocked out of commission for a few days.
You'll develop callouses eventually and be able to rub sandpaper without feeling anything, just give it time and take it slow.

>>73016058
>>73016108
nice
>>73016124
>prometheus
that flick was shitty

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lol test shitty 4chan servers hello

>>73017029
k, so it's working again now

Firebirds are just reverse jazzmasters

>>73004754
I was suddenly thrust as the only guitarist in new wave/post punk group after not playing for 3 years. I don't feel like being replaced when our EP goes viral so I've been practicing and getting better

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>>73017303
>when our EP goes viral

>when my mom and dad click on the soundcloud link I post on their facebook walls

>>73011554
I play guitar everyday. I don't always progress, but I make sure i never forget anything

>>73017340
What's your point dudette? I just want fantano to quickly review my project on his second channel so I can finally kill myself

>>73004060
>4k

yeah, i'll just buy a JET Earlewood instead

>>73015011
>why not a piece of shit that will fall apart?
>why not buy active electronics in carvins? what could go wrong?

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

>>73016139
Yes, it's bad. The interface has a preamp that can handle the output from pickups. The line in is 100% clipping parts of the signal and probably destoying any low end frequencies. It's the equivalent of using you're phone camera to record the radio vs downloading FLAC quality music from the internet. You can get a Scarlett solo or 2i2 for like 100 - 120 bucks and vastly improve your sound.

>>73017466
>>73015011
Kiesel Quality: http://www.sevenstring.org/threads/kiesel-never-again.320132/
They can't even fit a neck correctly. The Japs actually have pride in their work, unlike the SIGNATURE SPECIAL AMERICAN CERTIFIED CRAFTSMAN, that make three guitars a month to buy cheeseburgers for their fat children

>>73018051
>those bridge saddles

It only takes a neck shim to fix that shit, are they set necks or bolt ons?

>>73015313

Im a gigging musician. Your move chief.

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>>73018343

>>73011554
I actually transcribed a couple of songs from a concert I wen to yesterday. Just about 30 mins tho :(

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At what point do you start "getting" music theory? Like, I've done Justin's beginner course, but still. I'm only familiar with bass notes and the note circle at this point.

How do I even know what key a song is in? How many chords are there "left" to learn once I know stuff like A, C, D, G and F? Because when I try to play some melody I've heard somewhere, I never feel that the chords I've learned now can express the song.

Anyone remember how it was to be a confused newbie? When does it "click"? Do I need to start learning "movable" chords (bar?) before I can transcribe different songs?

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sup /gg/
make a setlist for me, with 10 classic rock songs (bands like stones, beatles, doors, zeppelin, hendrix etc)
songs that work well with just 1 acoustic

>>73018459
>nws on a ws board

just saying

>>73018457
get a method book "Guitar Theory for Dummies"is actually a pretty good book to work through .learn all the notes on the fretboard too

>>73015790
actually that's Mgła

>>73018625
it is not, its just a small brown blur

What's the best online guitar school? I keep getting invites to Trufire for 50% off

>>73004136
Yes

>>73018457
i started 'getting' theory once i learned how and why progressions work and how chords and scales fit into them, it all kind of branched off from there for me

>>73018459
Just look for an acoustic player with millions of hits on YT and do whatever songs they're doing:

http://youtu.be/d2RZXeQc5HU

>>73019242
>just copy someone else who appears to be popular
>don't think for yourself whatever you do
>just copy
>don't try a different arrangement
>don't do any less well known songs that you really like and people might enjoy hearing for the first time
>just do what everyone else does
>just be a copy of someone else
>don't think for yourself, that would be very bad indeed

>>73005324
Mgla is the Fash

>>73008947
>>73006496
>>73006742
ideally look for a used MIM strat, will cost about the same as a new classic vibe or vintage modified. Friend owns Classic Vibe P bass and Duo Sonic and they sound great for the price but the MIM holds value better and is worth upgrading (more so than the squiers).

Does anybody feel like they don't actively know songs, but just play by muscle memory? I know decent music theory, and I know why the notes follow each other, but even simple songs at like 60 bpm are hard for me to just play after a few minutes. I know how to play a lot of fast complex metal songs, but it still takes me months to learn new songs, even ones as simple as Wonderwall

>>73020258
lol months

>>73019730

I'm not telling him to wear a low cut top and jiggle his pecs like Jess Greenberg...

He wants a set list but is too lazy to create his own. I narrowed down his options for a set list. What the fuck does your post have to do with picking out songs that are popular for a set list?

Should i order the black american pro strat today?

>>73020916
Dont pay attention to him. He just shits up everythread looking for yous. Just ignore

>>73021591
yes

>>73021650
Damn. I was prepared for a shitpost. What do you guys think about making my own pickguard? Im practicing staining wood.

Are contemporary Strats/Teles made of worse materials than ones made decades ago?

>>73021853
(MiAs

>>73021853
They are starting to improve in quality again. Thats why im gonna get one. Ive seen some really nice necks on a few new fender elites too.

>>73021930
wow theyre called elites must be good shit
are they all black or something?

>>73022075
No stupid ass its what they called it after replacing the name deluxe. American standard= american pro and american deluxe = american elite. Too bad you actually dont know shit. Stick around kid ill teach you a thing or two.

>>73022152
wow you are really wise for reading a little article on fender new model naming

>>73022175
And you know it bitch

>>73021847
Sounds cool, but it's hard to judge without seeing what it actually looks like

Just picked up guitar yesterday, having a hard time not properly fingering strings. Half of the time at least 1 isn't actually strumming. I guess it's a problem with other fingers hitting that string but I can't really tell. Any tips? So far I've learned the A, D, and E chords.

>>73003857
Lads i want to to tune to drop c but it seems i can only get to d before it sounds like shit, but i think my tuner is wrong since it goes from d to a, im using 10 gauges by the way.

>>73022316
Yea. Im just fucking arounf with a mildy flamed plank of wood. I need to source some 5mm thick maple from somewhere. And some ash would be nice in a light black stain.

>>73022430
try tuning with harmonics
thats how i manage to tune the b string on my bass

>>73022421
Yes your fat fingers are muffling the other string. Either that or your not fretting hard enough. Try angling your limp wrist a little more so your fingers come down on the neck more vertically.

Played guitar last night for the first time in a year
it comes back to you pretty fast, I was relieved
/blog

>>73022421
It comes down to finger strength and muscle memory. Just keep practicing changing between chords. You'll get there.

>>73022504
>>73022554
Alright, thanks guys i'll keep at it.

>>73021847
Staining is easy street if you pick the right product. Dyeing and sanding is a little trickier. And Working with different finishes has degrees of difficulty.

I'd think making the pattern for the router would be the hardest part about making a pickguard. Getting or making wood that's wide and flat enough might be interesting. Honestly ply will already have a veneer and will give you a different look on the outer band.

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>>73022430
I was using beefy slinkys for drop c. They worked well.

>>73022504
topkek

>>73022590
Yeah im doing the light stain followed by steel wool sanding . first i prepped the wood with 120 grain. Then 220. Then first stain. Then 220 to remove. Then second layer. Then steel wool used to sand from there on out. Im also using denatured alcohol to raise grain before i sand. Then i finish with a quick polyurethane spray . about 3 coats with 2 sandings

I JUST PULLED THE TRIGGER ON A NEW FENDER AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL SERIES STRATOCASTER. FUCKING HYPED.

>>73022974
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I JUST BOUGHT A LOAF OF BREAD CANT FUCKING WAIT TO EAT THIS

t. you

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Anyone messed around with an Epiphone Thunderbird pro or classic? If so, what is your opinion of them?

Also, best bass amps to look at that have decent gain for around $300?

>>73022925
Right on. Stain won't dive in as much as dye, but it all just depends. I do mostly boxes and not a lot of contoured tops, so the orbital sander is vital. To hell with rubbing everything down by hand. Grab the handplane if it's that bad, then just random orbit it out.

Why do you use alc to raise? Sounds like you're geared up. I'd post projects here but screw this cancer doxxing board.

>>73023102
hook us up with that ezekiel loaf

>>73023137
That black burst and natural.

Get a portaflex and pedal front it.

>>73023408
Do you recommend dye for figured wood? Like curly and quilted maple? And idk why i use the alcohol i bought it when i bought the stain only to find out i can use it with it. So i just use the alcohol any way i can to justify the purchase.

>>73023524
Cant*

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how to get better at this pattern

https://youtu.be/uM6wjk_vIIU?t=5m41s 5:41

What's a solid pedal pairing to stack with my dod 250?

>>73023524
Your options for making tricked out guitars are get really good with dye or get really good with paint. To get that figuring you need depth and stain generally likes to hang out on the surface.

I use denatured alc to cut shellac and sometimes for cleaning. You can use it with dyes. It comes up useful here and there and is one of a few solvents worthwhile to just have on hand.

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>>73019046
I have a friend that likes the los angeles academy classes. He was seeing his instructor at a studio but then he moved away so now he takes the online courses.

>>73024030
Yeah im thinking of keeping the sanding technique but going the dye and shellac route

>>73023883
Fender Jazzmaster

Are PSR guitars for around 1400$ any good or should I stick to Fender and Gibson?

Also anyone have a Kiesel guitar?

>>73025004
oh boy

here we go

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What's the cheapest DIY guitar kit online, I'm really interested in getting a terrible guitar and turning it into the shit.

>>73025004
>PSR guitars

>>73025037
do you want an actual kit thatll need sanding and painting or a cheap guitar to upgrade the parts?

>>73025090
Sanding, painting, the whole enchilada, like a blank canvas

>>73025036
>>73025059
I meant PRS guitars obviously, if that's what you mean.
Come on I'm new here. Are those guitars any good?

>>73025124
>>73025004

here ya go pal, here's the (You) you so desperately wanted

>>73025120
http://www.byoguitar.com/Guitar_Kits/Guitar-Kits.aspx

https://thefretwire.com/product-category/category-guitars/

>>73025211
wtf are you talking about

how do i herman li

any recs from a tremolo pedal that is less than $150?

the pulsar seems alright from demos

>>73018433
Can you tab out ravens by mount eerie for me

>>73025317
>tremolo pedal
>one LFO
>one voltage controlled amp chip
>total cost of parts about $15
>that'll be $150 please
>wow, where do I get one

>>73025258
You took the three biggest most well known, expensive brands of guitar that people own, act like a complete beginner who has never seen researched guitars, and then throw in Kiesel at the end because we were shit talking them earlier. I have now disassembled you're poorly designed bait booby trap

Fresh bread

>>73025735
>>73025735
>>73025735
>>73025735