/gg/ - Guitar and Bass General

First for I like guitar, guitar is nice

fuck /gg/

>>74848316
Wow that was not very nice. There's no meanposting allowed in this thread

fourth for telecasters most comfy

>>74847992

I mean, if an ESP Viper and Gibby LP Studio are chinkshit, sure.

What happened to /gg/? You used to be so chill?

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I've never seen so much meme in one photo

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>>74848374

true tbqh

How many guitars is too much?

>>74848420
This guy fucks

>>74848460
more than ten

/r/ ideas for guitars layering on this
https://clyp.it/nvsc03kq


>strumming the whole song - les paul midde pos + strat neck ; clean
>filler inversions - strat bridge + middle
>filler on the choruses - les paul bridge ; light crunch
>lead - les paul bridge pup ; overdriven

>>74848398
>ltd
>epiphone
gtfo

>>74848489
uh oh

>everything i try and write sounds like i'm biting radiohead
kill me

why its harder to play with precise timing on the bass

>>74848701
I have the opposite problem.

I can nail timing and rhythm on bass but I can't do either on a guitar.

Then again, i'm not really a guitar player by training, so it's probably just inexperience.

>>74848743
>tf finally nail timing and rhythm on guitar well enough that I'm able to just play and come up with stuff on the fly
Feels so good

>>74848523

Believe what you want if it keeps you from getting your feelings any more hurt than they are.

>>74848834
i dont have muh feelings but your projection shows how fragile you feel. you need a gay daddy

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I like the bass that OP posted, What about this one?

>>74848873

ok :^)

>>74848834
Post the headstocks I think you're lying now

>>74848938

nah. I could be. Maybe I'm not. either way, I'm not home. And also not as invested in this as you are. oh well.

guess we could just discuss guitars or something?

>>74848999
Ok they're LTD and Epiphone then

>>74849019

ok :^)

are you less angry now?

>>74849031
Why'd you feel the need to lie? Were you embarrassed or something?

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name a better pedal, oh wait you can't

>toan
https://clyp.it/hexkxfus

>>74849178
>big mudd

>>74849178
>pedals
just buy a les paul and a marshall dumbass

>>74849178
*switch breaks*

>>74849455
literally what i do
pedals suck

>>74849573
Did you ever figure out how many gain stages your amp has?

>>74849178
i prefer my bc108 fuzz face

>>74849625
two, preamp and poweramp. both are tube-driven by the way

>>74849178
I have a fuzz from a company called black cat. Hopefully one day you guys stop buying $80 pedals so you can try the good stuff.

>>74849670
does the bc stand for black cock

>>74849705
wtf that can't be right. It has a gain knob, right?

>>74849760
yes it does. it controls the poweramp volume/saturation

>>74849776
good question

>>74849776
videos look pretty fucking intense, though steve gets gassed easily and drum machines really weren't powerful enough yet to do them justice live

>>74849741
i also use termofuzz. so one black and the other cock is fucking hot

>>74849797
I'm not going to research it but it probably has more than two gain stages. You should be able to hear them kick in as you turn the gain knob up. Open up your master volume and see if you can hear what I'm talking about, this is something a guitarist needs to be familiar with.

>>74849893
the master volume starts distorting after past 3 o'clock. that sums up two gain ('dirt' stages seems what were talking about) stages

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Is it normal to have to really push down when trying to learn chords? I'm not a bitch about pain but sometimes it feels like it's digging into my skin and it's still not enough.

>>74850122
beginners, will they ever learn

>>74848491

https://clyp.it/xmj1mbuj

gonna record the guitars tomowwowr and finish mixing

>>74850001
Do this: open up your master volume all the way and then slowly start turning up your gain. You should be able to hear distinctive "steps" in the gain as you do so. How may steps you amp has I don't know but it's probably more than two. Understanding gain stages and setting yourself up to take advantage of what an amp has to offer is crucial knowledge for a hard rock guitarist.

>>74850122
you shouldn't be pushing down on your strings any harder than a girl pushes down on your taint so you squirt buckets bruh

>>74850193
>more or less preamp distortion (gain)
>more or less poweramp saturation
all these years i never noticed anything weird through the turn of these knobs really

>>74849321
you spelled Big Bottom wrong

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>>74850145
im trying to :(

>>74850248
It seems like it would be odd for a medium gain amp to only have two gain stages. I could be wrong though. You should look it up, you're the one who really needs to know, it's your amp not mine. I'd send an an email to Alien and ask if I were you.

>>74850372
theres only preamp and poweramp gainstages ever

>>74850425
>>74850372
FFS with this banter
which Marshall head do you own, I'll do the fucking maths for you wizards

>>74850425
It could be but probably not.
http://blog.thegearpage.net/?page_id=808

>>74850492
It's based on a Soldano I think.

>>74848887
Ugly as sin but I bet it plays nicely.

>>74850641
You are fucking stupid holy shit.

>>74850641
yeah your mom is ugly as sin but she played pretty nicely last night

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>>74850565
"based on a soldano" isn't a marshall model name/number I'm familiar with m8

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>>74850662
>>74850687
Sorry, but that bass just screams "I suck cock backstage."

Can't be helped.

>>74850724
Nice Pepe. That totally doesn't scream "I SUCK COCK LOL."

>>74850724
that's funny because your mom screamed "I suck cock backstage!" last night

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>>74850745
>>74850780
Who touched you in the bad place anon(s)?
I'm so sorry.

>>74850700
>youtube meme poster
yuck the least you could do is post a few pony pics so I could report you

>>74850820
that's funny because your mom touched me in all the bad places last night

>>74850820
Carlos, but that has nothing to do with this discussion!

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>>74850850
>>74850854

>>74850911
I've seen these pepes on different boards before please get new ones.

>>74850911
>reaction image reply
>dunt tawlk bout muh mummuh!
kek she really is a slut though

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>>74850947

>>74850987
>Fucking a corpse

>>74851017
whoa now we don't need all the tawdry details of your moms sexual exploits anon. jeez

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>>74850831
>cant work out how many gain stages are on my amp
I'll help figure it out for you so you can stop having this 16 year old back and forth m8 what amp model do you have and I'll get you a spec sheet
>based on a soldano
yeah that's not a model number try again
>le meme man b8 b& reported
fucks sake with you retards

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>acoustic rock ballad
>live the guitarist improvises an agressive solo with the bridge pickup

>>74848612
Embrace it. It would be worse if you forced yourself into something that doesn't come naturally.

>have little riffs and melodies on a folder
cant seem to develop any of them into a song

>>74851079
kek not my amp buttblistered

>>74851095
this. worked for cold play and muse. just be a hack. a multimillionaire hack who sleeps on a bed made of virgins and gold

>>74851180
You will always be compared to another band by someone so it really doesn't matter. Just make your music and have a good time.

>>74851079
alien mars 10w

>>74851211
who did black sabbath get compared to

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>>74851017
You are really digging into this, aren't you! We're so proud

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I've decided to become a tone attorney and there's nothing you can do to stop me /gg/

>>74848547
let's see em

>>74851293
shit I don't do and will never do:
post my music
post my gear
click on any links posted
help

I'm only here to laugh

>>74851477
hows this persona of yours called?

>>74851477
>I'm only here to laugh
we're all laughing at you, not with you, desu senpai

>he doesn't own at least 3 guitars
wew

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>not improvising an Evening Ambient piece before bed every night

https://clyp.it/nqukgjt1

>>74851533
name it for me, you idiots are good at that ;^)
>>74851607
uhh rite n muh fee fees! u kek me up senpai

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How can other guitars even compete?
Comfortable
Best design
Mahogany
Tremolo
LES PAUL+STRATOCASTER=SG

>>74851779
i do own 3 guitars

>>74851905
you should post a picture of them

>>74851941
fuck it

>>74851941
This. I love pictures.

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>>74852036
ok

>>74852106
>tele
vomit

AHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHHHHAAAAHAHAHAHA
>GIBSHIT
https://www.thestreet.com/story/14280618/1/gibson-guitar-may-default-if-company-can-t-refinance-its-debt.html

which of these 3 (left, right, center) tracks should i use on the mix

https://clyp.it/pq1nbl20

>>74848491

What's lower than a B? The financial rating of Gibson Brands Inc.
The famed guitar maker had its rating lowered to Caa3, nine notches into junk territory, with a negative outlook, as maturity of $520 million in debt approaches.
The privately-held company will need to refinance the debt before July 2018 or it faces a likely default. Moody's Investors Service Inc. said last week that there's "uncertainty" about the company's ability to refinance this debt and that its capital structure is "unsustainable." Gibson didn't respond to request for comment.
Although Gibson's finances are the most stressed, according the rating firm, it's not the only music company that's playing the blues.
In December, Moody's moved piano maker Steinway Music Group to Caa1, from B2, because of the company's highly-leveraged balance sheet. The company, owned by Paulson & Co., has a $300 million senior secured term loan due in 2019 and is leveraged at 8 times debt to Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization), according to Moody's.
Last year, Fender Musical Instruments Corp., partly owned by Servco Pacific Capital and TPG Capital LP, was able to pull itself up to B1 from B2, which is still in speculative territory but only by four notches. The upgrade followed Fender's move to pay down $40 million of debt in 2016, bringing its leverage to 2.5 times debt to Ebitda. Still, the company has posted small revenue and has poor product diversity, Moody's said.

Music retailer Guitar Center Inc. had its outlook changed to negative in April (rating maintained at B2) as a result of the challenging retail environment and substantial debt maturities approaching in the next two years. Guitar Center is owned by Bain Capital LP.
None of these companies responded to request for comment Tuesday.
The industry generally is vulnerable to any dips in consumer spending, due to the often-discretionary nature of musical instrument purchases.
But for Gibson specifically, Moody's also cited a reduction in the number of products it's selling, new regulations and turnover among senior management as causes for concern.
"We expect Ebitda to remain essentially flat this year as we think margin enhancements will not be enough to offset revenue declines," Moody's said in the Aug. 17 downgrade. "Moody's expects a significant decrease in revenue this year as the company reduces the number of SKUs in the Audio business and deals with the lingering effects of supply shortage issues that began in the first quarter of the fiscal year ended March 2018, new government regulations for certain wood products, and long-term secular pressure on guitar volumes in the Musical Instrument business."
Turnover at the "senior financial management level creates challenges to executing a quick operational turnaround," the rating firm added.
Levered at a rate of 10 times debt to Ebitda, Gibson has $375 million in senior bond debt maturing on Aug. 1, 2018. An additional $145 million in senior bank debt has a springing maturity of June 23, 2018, if the company doesn't manage to refinance the bonds.
The Nashville-based company, famous for its Les Paul guitar, has $1.2 billion in revenue annually, according to Moody's, and manufactures brands Gibson, Philips, Epiphone, Kramer, Baldwin, Onkyo, KRK and Stanton.

stop spamming

>>74852210
>>74852219
>these post times
hello roman

>>74852246
roman loves gibshit you dummy

>>74852256
>this denial
hello roman

>>74852351
roman is >>74852228
>>74851897
>>74851862

>>74852368
lmao naw lil' niqqa

reddit

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So are these meme machines worth owning? I'm aware that the hardware sucks dick, they are nightmare to keep properly set up, and they are finicky to play, but I fucking love the Rick tone and I haven't heard anything else that comes close.

Opinions?

>>74851240
Kanye

>>74852492
more like re/gg/it

>>74852623

Can't you just put the same pickups in a bass that wasn't designed by drunk baboons?

Hey guys, practicing on fretless bass, what's crackin'
>>74852623
yeah man
I think you have to get one for dat grunty toan. I prefer spectors for low midrange, honestly.

>>74852855
You would have to widen the bridge pickup a shit ton because the entire pickup assembly has to go in for that to work. And the neck pickup is a weird ass size too if I recall.

It's possible but a lot of work. It might not sound the same either. I know people who put Precision pickups in their J-bass because they like the J-bass necks but it still sounds kinda off to me.

>>74852855
actually it looks like this is true you can even get a similar design from alembic

>>74850122
You wont have to push down once you develope calluses

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>>74852106
>les paul condom
Every time

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rock on fuckers

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>>74853972
thanks you too

>>74852623
I dont know what the hell that is but it's not a real rickenbacker. Closest match tonewise would be a nice passive vintage-ish jazz if you want to save a few quid, but the weird honky midrange pickups and neck through situation on the rick definitely put it in its own place if you absolutely have to have one.

>>74854715
I already have a J-bass that i've set up to get close to that punchy Rick tone, but it's still just a little off and it drives me nuts.

>>74848808
How long have you been practicing/playing?

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>>74854758
Less than a year I play everyday I also logged something like 400 hours on Rocksmith with CDLC and have been using Justin Guitar learning songs by ear. My hands are tearing up.

>>74854814
shave your legs faggot

>>74852623
to be honest i love the aesthetic of ricks but the limited tone and unreliable hardware is just not worth the pricetag. One day if i have the extra bucks and a project that would work well with one I'd love to own a natural finish rick.

Out of the 4 basses I own, my yamaha
Yamaha TRBX505 has been my favorite of recent. Super versatile, feels great and built much better than I thought. Looking to hopefully upgrade my ampeg to a darkglass head soon

need to sort out the intonations on my guitars. is someone able to direct me to a concise and helpful video? im capable of looking myself but if someone has found a video that considers all factors cohesively in regards to adjusting intonation, then that would be great.

>>74848168

im a newbie and i bought a telecaster for my first guitar. what strings should i put on it and what gauge plectrum should i use? want to play pop and indie stuff mainly.

>>74850122
Maybe your action is too high

Hey /gg/, want to cover Polysics - Catch On Everywhere.

The problem is that I don't understand how is it played on rhythm parts 0:17 - 0:28. A lot of stringhopping going on there, not really sure if I do it right or not. Also would be nice to know how to get similar sound. Neck pickups with clean amp.. anything else?

https://youtu.be/rd008p9l8xE?t=17s

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I bought a mandolin for 5€.
I began to work on it so I can get it playing again, the hardware was okay on it, the tuning pegs just needed a bit of lubrication.
The thing about it what seemed kinda odd was the unfinished spruce top on it and the fact that there was no plywood used anywhere in the acoustic parts. Even with the old strings it sounded really snappy so what I'm asking here is would it be a good idea to give it a light coat of some oil or would it dampen the tone?

>>74850122
Action could be out of whack if you can fit a credit card under the strings and they're higher than the card most likely the action is too high. You might have zero callous which makes it a lot more painful and feels like you have to give it more pressure than necessary.

tfw think its probably time to get a new electric since i've been playing a pacifica since i was 11 but have no money

>>74855774
No need to buy a new one, just upgrade it if you wish. Make it your nibba.

>>74848612
try to rip off somebody that doesnt sound like them
i love stealing aesthetics from different people it's so fun

>>74850700

$5 says it's a Jet City

>>74855748

Mandos are generally finished like violins which is often a few wipe downs of a watered down mineral varnish. I'd jump on a luthiers or mando forum, the community is pretty particular about them and you could affect the value substantially with your finish choice.

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>>74849178

>>74848460
One for every tuning you use consistently with an alternate/backup to each. You can count extended scale guitars as tunings too.
Add 1-2 acoustics.
If you use one tuning consistently, then anything over 4 guitars is retarded for example.

>>74849455
>LP.
Nah, they're shit m8.
>Marshall.
Shit cleans.
I'm more of a Super Reverb and a drive pedal guy..

>>74854731
>that i've set up to get close to that punchy Rick tone
how did you do that

>>74848808
>>74854814
>tfw took me like 3 years to be able to play with some consistency worth recording
i didnt practice technique properly though

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>>74856535
I joined a band recently, and one of the guys uses a cheap marshall combo stack that sounds awful. I forget the exact model; but it's definitely on the lower end.

There's something legitimately painful about hearing his clean tone. It's glassy and there's something about it whenever he hits high notes it almost causes you to wince.

It also doesn't help that this guy has a multi-effects pedal and doesn't know how to program it, save effects, or switch to different effects without fumbling around with his pedal for 5 seconds....and he's the "lead guitarist".

>>74855732
why bother playing that stuff just play good ol rocknroll you wont have the problem of searching for cover videos

>>74855732
that little riff is on the e minor pentatonic scale open position now keep trying to figure it by yourself

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>>74848808
>tfw I've been playing music for almost 16 years and timing comes naturally and is completely second-nature
feels even better

For the past few years I've picked up my guitar once every couple of months to practice some random song I liked for a few days. Am I gonna make it?

>>74855785
i did that with my first guitar and i realized i lost a shitton of money and my first guitar's visual identity

>>74856679
pls give tips to not play stuff slightly ahead of the metronome
in fact i want to play everything behind the beat for a relaxed feel like some famous musicians do, but i dont have the control for that, as i said i cant even play on the beat precisely

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>>74856710
>Grab a Metronome
>turn it on
>Listen and Clap for about an Hour
>Repeat everyday till you die

What is finger style guitar. Is it very advanced stuff?

>>74856710
play with people. I've found it's significantly easier to follow a drum track (whether you're jamming with them in person or only listening to a drum track) than it is to follow a metronome, IMO.

Once you can *feel* the drum beat and you can feel yourself get into that rhythm, then you can start worrying about staccato and legato playing. In fact, this is Classical's bread and butter -- music that isn't four square and instead appears to bend rhythm depending on the passage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7CpOZh8PPc

this awesome plugin makes the recorded low B of my bass sound as clear, defined, punchy and loud as the other strings

>>74856821
Playing with your fingers

>>74857006
Oh yea ok. Thanks

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>>74856673
It's not an open position, all notes are fretted.

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>>74857050
The other way to play it is like this. The most difficult part is the first four notes at the beginning of the bar played at the original speed (134 bpm). It seems that my hand coordination sucks playing this or is it just played with a lot of string muting? That way it sounds a little bit muddy in my opinion, while Hiroyuki Hayashi does this without too much effort and it sounds nice and clean it seems.

>>74848168
>trying to sell my 6 string bass
This was a mistake.

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Practice your modes on "One Chord Backing Tracks." Youtube. Just look it up.

>>74857114
idk maybe its because hes playing a bass and the riff is on the keyboard? dont know just guessing

>>74857353
terrorist win

>>74857353
Why not make your own backing track? Literally less than 30 minutes using nothing but Audacity and a digital audio interface.

Is there any way to make electric to sound more like a nylon/acoustic guitar? Any tricks with effects wise or adjusting EQ?

Now I just added tons of chorus and don't care about the mix.
https://clyp.it/0uqxvu3n

>>74858092
Acoustic Simulators are what you're looking for. They work reasonably well from my experience as long as you have single coil pickups.

>>74858145
can you recommend a good one? the one on amplitube isnt too realistic

>>74858092
You need to record guitar through the microphone and add a little bit to the mix.

First track -- acoustic sim (Bias FX have pretty nice sounding acoustic amp).
Second track -- microphone.
Third track -- reverb.

First and second track sends their signal to reverb channel.
This is how I've got these tracks.

https://clyp.it/fytkorai
https://clyp.it/2euqez1s

Don't mind clicking on the back, that's my gf playing some silly browser games :q

>>74858201
>>74858145
Thanks, I'll go find one and play with it.

I didn't know Amplitube has one and I have been using Amplitube for years now.

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>>74858258
Thanks, I'm going to play around with these. I like the way my guitar sounds but it's good to play around now and then. Also I have active humbuckers the clean tone is really too bright by default.

>>74858258
I have actually BiasFx installed but I don't use it that much because I'm getting this really annoying clicking sound and overly distorted sound when I try to get anything out from it. That's why I use Amplitube for distorted guitars. Here's quick test with the acoustic sim, it needs more balancing of course and I didn't add anything else than just acoustic sim but sounds promising:
https://clyp.it/sszl51kc

>>74858258
>https://clyp.it/fytkorai
>https://clyp.it/2euqez1s
really nice sound, too bad i cant record 2 inputs at once bc one of them is blown

>>74848701
adam neely did a video on this.

essentially it's easier to discern rhythmic differences at lower frequencies. and bowed instruments can just be totally off and sound fine because the attack is more gradual

>>74857850
ireal. literary 3min

>>74858201
>>74858260
I personally used the mooer acoustikar, worked fine for my purposes. Especially chords sounded like they're from an acoustic guitar, individual notes didn't sound that different, especially on the treble strings.

>>74857850
>find drum prog/machine
>learn how to program it
>buy a bass
>wait a week for more calluses
>buy interface
>???

Or

>Youtube video

>>74858582
Short but loopable. Simple and no extra notes to force a mode or pentatonic.

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Anyone elses playing/musical habits change with the seasons?

For me I always gravitate towards acoustic guitar (no effects) in the fall and winter, also more melodic playing over timbral. In the spring/summer I get more into ambient and textural playing with lots of effects. It's been this way for a couple of years now.

>>74858715
>acoustikar
>>74858430
https://clyp.it/4f40fokb
There's still this electronic timbre present, I adjusted some of the settings but it's kinda close. I'm going to download some more stuff to test.

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For pick slanters. Strict alternate picking would use the middle two examples on both lines. I find with two way pickslanting, it's easier to think "in and out" rather than up and down.

How do you play Bb A-shape chords?

>>74859066
barring with the ring f or stacked 2 3 4 fiungers

>tfw CAN barre
:)

>>74858201
>>74858260
>>74859051
A quick comparison, DI recording. P90 in the neck and split humbucker in the bridge.
https://clyp.it/c3nutysi

Depth and treble can be adjusted on the pedal, I basically just set everything to noon here.

>tfw you realize a ii-V7 is essentially just a V7sus4-V7 progression

https://clyp.it/zv4gtrid

>>74859152
>mooer acoustikar
Ahh wait, I didn't understand it was a pedal. That's interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC0q5jBUMRI
Best way to do it is to install nylon strings on your electric guitar!

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Dont shit on me but I play bass and want to start playing guitar but all guitars feel so fucking small and my fingers cramp up. I was wondering would a baritone make it any better being a longer scale then standard 25.5". I tried pic related but its not the same as guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OESz83PEKaY

>>74859278
Just play a normal guitar ffs. I'm also a bassist and startend playing guitar, you get over it. If you have a serious issue with the strings being too close together for your hands then you can try guitars with a wider nut, but just get used to it.

>>74859264
>Ahh wait, I didn't understand it was a pedal. That's interesting.
lol. If you're working with VSTs or modeling amps or something you should be able to find acoustic simulators as well. I just bought the Mooer because it was cheap and I wanted to mess around with it. Works okay if you ask me, of course it doesn't sound like an actual acoustic guitar but you get that character and openness from an acoustic, especially when strumming chords.

>>74859278
It'll work, I think 7 strings have the same scale and you can tune those in standard with no problem (you just have to use light strings).

Really though I would just adapt, it's not that big of a deal you get used to the differences.

>>74859317
>>74859441
I guess I'll stop being a bitch then. If I wanted a bigger guitar I would just get another bass thanks anons.

>>74859477
That's not even the issue, stretches will be more difficult on a longer scale guitar and do you really want to be that guy who can't play on anyone else's guitar because you didn't get used to it?

>>74859025
Mine change over the course of the day.

In the morning after I wake up I like to play melodic stuff, energizing but not harsh. When I get home from work in the afternoon I crank the distortion and bust out the riffage, and at night before bed I play really soft sleepy stuff.

>>74859278
That's bad ass, I want one.

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What music Akari is listening?

>>74859610
Slayer - Kill Again

>>74859610
Kill Yourself - Pink Guy

>>74859477
>I guess I'll stop being a bitch then.

Good choice

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Eric Devries fan post. If you have any good threads found somewhere on internet please post em. Look at this legendary luthier, all his guitars are truly masterpieces.

http://www.guitarforums.com/showthread.php?t=29792
http://guitarsatbmusic.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14597
http://markweinguitarlessons.com/forums/threads/hate-to-do-this-to-you-guys-but.63163/

And this is the official web page?
http://20101108210526_7253741.webstarts.com/index.html

where is the absolute cheapest tele body i could buy right now

idgaf if the neck is shit, i want to put a new neck in. idc about color or anything, just need the body to be in decent shape.

>>74860212
http://www.guitarfetish.com/BEST-VALUE-Guitarfetish-Necks-and-Bodies-at-WHOLESALE_c_518.html

>>74859763
See: >>74842178

i want to put a bridge filtertron and a middle pickup in my tele!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>74860281
>http://www.guitarfetish.com/BEST-VALUE-Guitarfetish-Necks-and-Bodies-at-WHOLESALE_c_518.html
i've seen used squiers below that price point

i'm talking REAL cheap

>>74860534
only cheap as your mother is 'real' cheap

>>74860534
That's as cheap as you're going to find dude. Even unfinished Pine teles are hard to find at that price point. Finding someone locally to sell you a squier is your best bet.

>>74851269
Your guitar is ugly.

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Hey /gg/. My first time on this board in general. I was looking for a piano general. Does anyone post that topic or do I have to do it myself if I want it?

>>74860617
oh the unfinished ones are cheaper, too bad they're unavailable

only see cheap strats on craigslist around here ;-;

>>74861061
youll have to do the replies yourself also

How do I get a percussive attack sound like Nuno bettencourt?

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Can anyone tell me a good pedal for alternative rock? Thanks. pic somewhat related.

>>74861135
figure it by yourself

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How do I shred?

https://clyp.it/eqvs5dye

>>74861164
>a good pedal for alt rock
I'm assuming you mean distortion? Good amp gain is hard to beat. What kind of bands are you trying to emulate?

>>74861199
Great reply bud.

>>74861204
use a metronome, shitter

>>74861213
I don't know.

>>74860281
>>74860617
i'm going to spring for a body i like

have you ever used their pickups? think i might go for some while i'm at it.

>>74861271
GFS pickups are actually pretty solid.

>>74861268
Think hard dude. Trying to help you out

>>74861265
better?

https://clyp.it/20fcli00

>>74861318
Splendora? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TGCIfolQtI&ab_channel=KurtSlade

>>74861164
probably a pod then just download your favorite band set
most of the time it already come preloaded

>>74861416
Sounds almost like a fuzz, not sure though. Just get a DS1 or a decent amp.

>>74861199
>/gg/ full of faggots who cant play, have shit gear and shitpost
yep nothings changed

>>74861416
Why in god's name would you want to play this awful music

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Finaly found crunch that suits me. Opinions about that lead tone? (and playin as well. It was pure impro)
https://soundcloud.com/kucernakjan/harmonie-zpev-prostredek

>>74861506
thanks :) appreciate it

>>74861643
Where's the crunch. Reminds me damnation Opeth tho.

>>74861643
soundcloud shilling is not allowed in this thread, please respect

>>74861721
Well, it was on clean channel, so I didnt wanted to call it distortion. Never cared about how it is called. But yeah, huge fan of opeth and I love Damnation.
>>74861733
Sorry, didnt knew that.

>>74861204
>https://clyp.it/eqvs5dye
That's pretty cool. We could make a song, the progression reminds me of Sonic. I'm going to make a song about Sonic.

>>74848168
>6 string bass oh boy.jpg
i did count 9

>>74861204
Stop doing what you are doing, and start practicing correctly.

>>74861821
Wow plz never post this sonic rubbish again.

>>74851829
>earthquaker afterneath

y tho, I can;t even tell if you're playing a guitar or a synth

>>74861643
could do with a bit more gain imo, not enough sustain

fucking stellar playing otherwise

>>74861403
he meant use a metronome for 30+ minutes every day for a month then try posting here again

>>74861816
>https://soundcloud.com/kucernakjan/harmonie-zpev-prostredek
https://youtu.be/beyYgvfxqTY?t=9
Yodeling solo on top of the song would work really well.

I'm trying to decide if I should get the 50's road worn tele for 1200 or the tele elite for 2600.

Is the difference in quality worth the extra money? I know you can add noiseless pickups to the reissue for like 300 bucks if you'd ever wanna do that.

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>>74862065
Okay... :(

>>74861899
I'm working on the song RIGHT NOW and you will hear it SOON. Gotta go faaa-aaast!

>>74862050
>Thanks a lot man. About sustain, I will change guitar instead. This one is mexicant and lacks a bit of body and sustain. But have more aggresive high frequencies then any other strat I have ever tried.

>>74862184
what youre quoting man you crazy?

>>74862358
Shouldnt be qoute. Sorry. Not exactly 100% sober.

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Is my tremolo too high? Or is this supposed to be the right height?

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>>74862542
Another pic

>>74862566
Too high unless you want that floating trem effect, that's fine if you want to be able to pull up on the whammy bar as well as push it down. I normally keep my trem flat to the body pretty much but that's bc I have a floating trem on one of my other 6 strings.

TLDR:
That's fine if you want a floating trem.

pleae rate
https://55chan.org/mu/src/1504027291535-1.ogg

will i get shocked if i fiddle with my guitars inner workings while plugged in

>>74862789
no more than the little shock you might get from playing

>>74862731
Alright. I may lower it later because I don't really care for a floating trem, I just wanted to make sure the pitch of the trem wasn't too high

>>74862542
>>74862566
Are you joking? Nobody has this high action. At least it looks really fucking high when looking at the second photo.

>>74862786
-10/10

>>74862731
Even if you want to use tremolo the bridge should always be in horizontally parallel... Where do you get this retarded advice from? It also affects the action and intonation.

>>74859025
ok dad

>>74862894
Even if he wants to use the tremolo to make notes sharp? Where did you get this retarded advice from?

>>74862834
>>74862894
Damn, I just restrung this shit too and don't know how to adjust that shit myself. I'll get my local shop to adjust it real quick tomorrow. I'll take a pic further away from the guitar in case the close up was misleading.

>>74862566
looks like your tremolo is missing a spring

how do i get an old rickenbacker 4001 tone without spending top dollar?

>>74859025
>two Gibson™ Les Paul Standards
>no Marshall® amp

Yeah, I'm gonna have to ask you to kill yourself now.

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>>74863109
n-nani?!

>>74862786
>.ogg
automatic 10/10

haven't listened though

>>74863266
I don't know what that means but your tremolo springs are in the back of your guitar. Probably under a plate you have to unscrew.

>>74862786
That voice made me laught a lot. Work on your timber.

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>>74863307
Nah it's fine. I honestly think it's because I restrung my guitar with slightly larger gauged strings. I measured the gap in the trem, and it's just under half an inch. A normal floating trem is supposed to be like 1/8"

>>74863405
Tighten those two screws, detune the guitar first, keep tightening the screws and strings until the trem is flat to the body and the strings are in tune and hey presto.

You're right, it's bc you restrung with higher gauge strings, I've done it before and it's easy to fix.

>>74863405
those two screws on the left hand side need to go further into the body. screw them in a bit more and you will see that trem bridge move down. You are supposed to remove the springs first. It's annoying to get them back on as they will have to stretch further. Use a screwdriver and pull them.

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>>74863445
>>74863448
Awesome thanks guys!

>>74863343
whats funny about it and how to work on it

>>74863771
>>74863771

your accent. You're mispronouncing a lot of words that wouldn't be a big deal if you were talking but singing it sounds ridiculous

>>74863771
Maybe too nassal? Let your chest do the resonating, not your head. Also, pronounciation.

>>74849573
You suck

>>74864281
no, you suck

sungem man da flarney

>>74863648
Remember that it was Jimi Hendrix who invented tapping and dive bombs. You are playing his instrument. Jimi used to have a specifically custom built bridge which had extra tall screws. These allowed him to freely use whammy bar to create dive bombs. This combined with extra high gain distortion and tapping, his furious leads quickly became a hallmark of progressive rock.

>>74849178
any decent russian muff clone

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>>74862786

lmao. Post a track of you singing in Portuguese.

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Ideally should I use the string that comes after the one I pick to stop my hand or should I stop it with my hand directly?

It seems like the former would be more efficient, but I still see people pick really fast and accurately just stopping the pick manually without needing to hit the string after.

My hand naturally stops after I pick without needing to hit the string after so far but as long as it doesn't affect my sound for the worse more efficient picking is preferable.

>>74864843
This is some next level autism, don't overthink it man just play what's more efficient for you

>>74849178

this is shit when it comes to fuzz, but it's nice for adding toen flavor. I usually play with the sustain/fuzz all the way lowest and tone at 2 o clock so it's barely a fuzz pedal

>play amazingly perfectly, sound exactly like whatever artist I'm immitating
>damn I better record this shit so I know how awesome I am
>recording sounds nothing like what I was playing
>literally sounds like a drunk guy playing sloppily under a mountain of fuzz and static

who else knows this feel?

>>74865356
there's a disconnect between your perception while you're playing and reality. What you sound like on th recording is what you actually sound like . Only thing you can do is practice until you're happy with the recorded sound

>>74865356
Recording your playing is ruthless. But that's the best way to improve.

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whats up 4followers
im recording the guitar tracks to wild world
would record the strat parts now also but parents are going to sleep so ill have to do it tomorrow
will post a little demo for you soon

I've been playing guitar for something like seven years and I still can't play some shreddy stuff that I want to play.

My right hand is just fine, but the ring and pinky finger on my left hand just tense the fuck up whenever I play anything longer than a couple bars and it seems like no matter how much I practice to a metronome they don't loosen up or get stronger.

I remember having this problem years ago as well.

Am I just fucked? Should I just stick to some simpler stuff?

>>74866089

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>>74864343
Just a little update, I ended up having to tighten the tremolo two more times and it seems like it's all set now. There was still a significant gap, less than 1/4", but still a bit noticeable.

>>74866156
what you practice to a metronome?

did xxxtentacion bring indie music back?

>>74866089
Your mic placement is off. Being in the center of a speaker gives you all of that glassy treble. Move your mic to the left or right a few inches, making it off center, so you're getting the full dynamics of the sound.

>>74866156

My guess is you're trying a little bit and then give up because it's hard and hurts your hands. Well news flash, you aren't going to just wake up one day and be able to shred easily just because you've been playing X number of years and can play other styles. To play shred you have to practice shred ONLY.

sure some people are blessed with giant hands and swift fingers, but for the rest of us if you want to shred you have to really put your nose to the grind and practice hard shred songs until you get it down perfectly. I'm talking putting hours a day on one section of one song. Your fingers are going to cramp and it's going to hurt. Sometimes it will feel like your hand is going to fall off and you'll need to go to the hospital. You have to just play through the pain and keep practicing

>>74866274
but i lose the airy top end

>>74866252
Mostly I just try do some single string exercises n one key playing the same pattern.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OMFYGG-fs

Recently I've been doing the single string exercise Guthrie plays in this video. Everytime I do that first lick with the major third my ring and pinky fingers stiff up quickly. As I move up the neck and the shape changes the exercise is slightly easier, but my fingers still stiffen up quickly.

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What do these little notes mean?

>>74866361

play actual songs instead of meme exercises.

>>74866337
I don't buy that. I'm not going to continue playing if I get intense crmaping in my hand, which is what I get if I continue to play longer than a few bars of something even moderately fast. This isn't typical pain. I've gotten pain from my wrist when working on alternative picking and accuracy and speed, but that goes away fairly quickly when you more and more. The stiffness I get in my left hand makes my hand completely tighten up and renders it completely unable to do any accurate motion whatsoever.
>>74866390
If I can't even play this exercise right there's no reason to believe I'd be able to play a song using the same technique.
And frankly, I tried just that years ago. I worked at osme meme Yngwie Malmsteen song for like months on end nonstop and I still can't play it to this day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0VhD95WFGY
Look at this, undisputed skill. Yngwie is crying. So... Dave played with orchestra couple of years ago and he didn't bother practicing the songs. There were few other clips on youtube but they were removed because someone doesn't want to leave any evidence. You can hear him playing wrong notes etc on this clip too. It's fun to read the comments.

>>74866539

so your hand cramped up? that doesn't mean you can't do it. you're afraid of leaving your comfort zone and have no confidence, so you'll forever be a noob.

because I feel bad for you I'll give you one more piece of advice: practice pinky hammer ons. Your pinky is clearly weak as fuck, so stretch your hand out with index barring the first frett and hammer on with the 6th/7th fret of every string with your pinky.

>>74866700
Well I appreciate the advice. I'll give it a shot and try and try a little harder at working through the cramping.

>>74866826
You need to check few things: your posture, the way you hold your guitar, is your neck to high or low and how is your hand's relation to it, are you playing in awkward angle etc. Check some videos on youtube. Second: stretch your fingers and hand, stretch your whole arm and do some rotator cuff exercises, make sure you stretch your whole back as well and rotate your torso around. It all comes down to issues you are having as a whole, not just your little fingers. The issue might be coming from your elbow or something, for example. But regular stretching helps to alleviate lot of issues. Of course it will take time so it's like brushing your teeth: you need to do it daily, couple of times.

>>74866917
Alright, I'll give that a shot too, thanks.

>>74866917
I mean *your neck* = *guitar's neck/fretboard*

>>74866274
wtf the recordings didnt come out glassy and harsh wtf. maybe its because the amp has no transistors?

>>74864843
Sounds like a rest stroke for picking. If you're doing a sweep on two or more adjacent strings that's what you do. (Timed so the motion is in one direction only.) Otherwise, you don't want your pick stuck in the strings so lift it and be ready for the next note.

>>74866917
>>74866917
And the fact that some people work with computers 10+ hours a day and I noticed that this caused me lot of stiffness in my hands and wrists. It's good to have some kind of rehabilitating exercises to prevent issues because if you work with computer all day at office or shit your wrists are locked in one position etc, this has given me lot of issues when playing guitar.

>>74866089
>>74866969
https://clyp.it/3puauws4

>>74867020
im having pain and stiffness on my wrists and hands bc i spend all day on the pc, what you recommend

how to stop feeling tense and unimprovisational when recording final takes

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>>74866608
Yeah, he was so bad at playing with a symphony. To this day, I haven't heard better than Uli Jon Roth doing Vivaldi. His timing and tone can't be beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQK6O0TUGx4

>trying to learn never going back again
>fingers are apparently too short
sigh

>>74867058
Do you even read the thread? I just gave tons of advice you lazy fucker. My advice to you: kys.

>>74867058
Are you retarded?

>>74867246

capo on 6th fret makes the song easy

>>74867540
still in drop d?

>>74867246
Marty Friedman is a midget and he plays circles around most of guitar players in world. It's not becuse your fingers are too short, it's because you are too lazy.

>>74867578

no put a capo on 6th fret with standard tuning, it's not technically the way lindsey plays it (he plays capo on 4th drop d) but it sounds pretty close and makes the song playable.

Also if you notice the album version actually uses two guitars instead of travis picking anyway

>>74867657
the only part I have difficulty with is barring the A and putting pinky and ring finger on the 5th fret (relative o the capo)

I have trouble not touching other strings while trying to reach

>>74864800
lol
https://55chan.org/mu/src/1503961150187.mp3
https://55chan.org/mu/src/1503360778913.mp3
https://55chan.org/mu/src/1503360759985-1.mp3

>>74867699
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rLZ-LIx09I

i basically followed this guy's tutorial, except instead of a half barr on the 6th with my fingers, I cheated and moved my capo down to the 6th fret so I wouldn't have to barr anything and could just focus on the picking. It sounds 99% the same, and like I said the album version uses 2 guitars so even if you played it perfectly it'd be different anyway.

>>74867465
>>74867493
>Second: stretch your fingers and hand, stretch your whole arm and do some rotator cuff exercises, make sure you stretch your whole back as well and rotate your torso around.
this? ok. is there more?
>It's good to have some kind of rehabilitating exercises
which ones?

>>74863281
ogg cos lame enc issues

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>>74868116