Any guitar anons here? What have you been learning? Pic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSKyN3lG2bE

>>38683737
>squier
Nice beginner's guitar, poorfag

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At the electric guitar, some meshuggah songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDeZgVR5y2Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JpvfKUM6Hs


At the acoustic guitar, some Rodrigo Y Gabriela songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSOfQRHu7o

pic is my guitar

>>38685018
Not all of us get everything from mommy and daddy, you know. They've probably paid for your education, as well. I bet your house is huge.

Recently I tried learning No boundaries by Michael Angelo Batio for the challenge, but it's too difficult, I'm not there yet.
It's fucking impossible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eObD9K1a2i0

>>38685239
Nope. They didn't pay a cent. I worked 3 jobs through college to pay for it and I bought my dream guitar when I was 16 by mowing lawns 5 days a week for 2 years. Not everyone is a lazy ass like you

>>38685327
I still don't understand the point of sections like 3:38 other than showing off. I don't even know what the fuck's going on there.

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Only a Squier, but I'm shit on the bass so it'd be silly to get a more expensive one

trying to write some songs with a style similar to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-GErCK88Gg

no idea about lyrics tho

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>>38686305
Also have this Danelectro 12 string which is a lot of fun. I would have liked to have gotten it in a less boring colour, but being left handed my choices are severely limited

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>>38686323
This Gretsch is my true love, I want to fuck it, I want to marry it

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my collection.
Thinking of trading my traditional in for one with a different color

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>>38686305
Sorry this is my bass actually

>>38686374
Those are some perty guitars anon. How much did the Grestch and the Gibson cost?

>>38686389
gretsch was used, got it for 500, but I put like 300 worth of pickups in it.

the gibson was on sale and was around 1900 dollars

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>>38683737
Telecasters are the biggest meme guitar. They sound like shit, they feel like shit, and they look like they have Down's.

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>>38686430
>telecasters sound like shit
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8BBzCVY6c
Make sure you listen to that with some nice headphones
The tone telecasters can get is fucking amazing

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>>38686511
>tone like a tin can that got kicked in the nuts
>fucking amazing

>>38686574
>sounds like a lapsteel guitar
If you don't realize how fucking amazing that tone is, just stop playing guitar.

That's not even a normal tele's tone. That's on another level

It's strange that I see this thread today, because I just ordered a guitar about a week ago and it's supposed to be delivered to my door today :)

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>>38683737
Synthesizers are the true robot's instrument

>>38686511

This music makes me feel so baked that I can't even move.

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>>38686645
>I just ordered a guitar a week ago
WHOOOAAA WHOOOAAA WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING YOU DUMBASS?

You need to play the guitar before you buy it. Also the same model of guitar can feel entirely different in the hands.
>You could play a 2000 dollar Les Paul in a shop that feels as smooth as butter
>order the model online and end up with something stiff
Big big big mistake.
If I play a guitar in a store and love it. I request the exact guitar I played in the store.

>>38686717
it probably sounds amazing when you're high.
Roy Buchanan is the best guitarist to ever play a telecaster.
That god damn tone is so sexy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOIL5OqvYs

>>38686719
Anon I'm left handed, all music stores within a four hour radius have next to no lefties, so I'm kind of forced to buy online

>>38686574
>this sounds like a tin can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSKqEmeONuU
It sounds so smooth and clean at some points it's hard to believe it's a telly.
Buchanan's tone is the best I've ever heard out of tele.
>vicious
>and clean at the same time

>>38686765
well shit m8. I feel bad for you son.
i'd ask the store you order it from to send a model that plays amazingly
it's always a great idea to ask for that just as a special request

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>>38686765

>not turning it upside down and putting the strings upside down
>not being like hendrix

Why even live?

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I miss playing so much. I am 26 now, started when was 11. Stopped around 22, just too much other shit and had to sell my third guitar to pay bills. This was my second guitar (first was a standard learner fender), that I sold to buy my first car (87 porsche 944 S2). Also played drums for 6 years, miss that a lot. Is it easy to get back into? Does a lot of muscle memory remain or would I have to start completely over again, even build calises back up? I still have my raven half stack at my parents house so I'd just have to get a new guitar.

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>>38683737
I just got this one. Don't be mean

guitar is the most normalfag of instruments. Go play wonderwall at a party for your friends, faggot.

>>38686954
you a female or a faggot?
Are you underaged too?

I have a Gibson Melody maker from the 1980's. It was my grandfather's who died before I was born. Many members of my family believe I was reincarnated as him because we are the only two members of our family with any kind of musical talent.

I used it in a musical theatre show that took place in the 80's and my dad cried.

Don't play it much though, there's something fucked up with the G string. I mostly play acoustic covers of songs I enjoy.

>>38686991
I'm a girl. I just like the pretty pattern. Don't be mean

>>38686765
It's the worst, isn't it? Also, if you're looking for brands that make decent lefties, check out Eastwood. Their necks feel really flat and are kinda thin, but the build quality is pretty good.

If you're in UK there's a brand called Revelation guitars that's pretty good. Also rondomusic, but you're gonna want to upgrade the hardware/electronics in those. The bodies and necks are good, though.

How come people give a shit about the shape of the body if the sound is 90% about materials and electronics? I feel like I'm being meme'd here.

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>>38683737
>Showing your guitar but not the amp

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>>38687095
>Why do people care about the size and shape of a woman, you're sticking it in 3 holes no matter what and it's the same results.

>>38687031

> Many members of my family believe I was reincarnated as him

I'm sorry that your family are retarded inbreds.

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>>38687033
You got to understand the prettiest thing is a simple and beautiful color, and design.

A garrish and obnoxious pattern is so childish and ugly

>>38687163
Because reproduction and gene selection is a thing. You planning on breeding your guitar there, dumbass?

>>38687174
Ew, that's a hideous color. Everyone has different tastes, anon

>>38687205
I don't plan on it cause i get laid, I'm sure you could tho since you're desperate enough to fuck other inanimate objects.

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>>38687206
>hideous color
I see you have a childlike taste.

>>38687251
> I'm sure you could tho since you're desperate enough to fuck other inanimate objects.
I can smell the extra chromosomes from here.

>>38687313
I just dislike green and gold. Sunburst is better but I'm not a big fan

>>38687163
>People discussing telecasters and tone
So you're telling me it's just looks? Thanks for clearing it up for me then.

What does it mean when I'm trying to learn a song by ear and I get the notes right relative to each other but a half/full step off key? Can I overcome this with practice or am I stuck with retarded ears?

>all these left handed guitarists bitching about not having enough options
Why not learn right handed instead to maximize guitar availability? Just bite the bullet and use your right hand. It's not like it'll make a difference which hand you use since we all suck at first anyway.

>>38687170
They actually are though. I'm pretty right wing, but these guys are religious-right, no gay marriage because Jesus said so guys. I don't hang with them much.

>>38686374
>that Gibson

OH MOMMA

>>38687333
Disliking one of the coolest color combinations imaginable. Something that gretsch can only make look classy.
>>38687675
It has a really fucking mean tone. So god damn powerful.

>>38687313
>that boomer guitar

I'm sure you'll get to fuck Dorothy after the barbecue cover set. She's a wild one!

>>38687726
>boomer guitar
Are you this stupid?
Go ahead and limit yourself, you don't deserve to play one.
That being said, you probably can't afford to play one anyway.

Try to pretend boomer and dadrock music wasn't superior guitar music to the shit we have nowadays

>>38687782
I'm not american nor poor. Seems like I've hit a nerve!

>>38687848
>i'm not american
>nor poor
Probably can't even get a vintage Les Paul without being raped by the pricetag.
I can already tell you wouldn't drop 2000 on a guitar, no matter how good it sounded and played.

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>>38687031
Here's a pic of the Melody Maker. I blurred the part where it's labeled with my family.

>>38687881
Well, that's not true. I would.

>>38687974
No you wouldn't fag, because you probably can't play for shit
>"hurrrr dudrrrrrudusxurrrr boomer guitar"
Faggot you can play any style of music on a les paul.
What the fuck are you playing a stupid ass B.C. Rich??

>>38685532
I guess that's the point. If they were trying to make listenable music they wouldn't focus on "ayylmaoooo tap god TWO necks"

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Guys i've been wanting to learn an instrument for a long time and now that i have the chance i can't decide between my favorite three.
My options are Piano,Guitar,Drums
I like everysingle one of them but i would like some suggestions so i can make a clear and better choice.

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>$1000s in equipment
>flat-out suck

>>38689920
Get a really cheap guitar and learn the basics. Once you do, either upgrade to something decent or go for they keyboards. Drums are a meme.

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tfw none of the bands you listen to are big enough to get tabbed but you aren't good enough to play by ear

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i really wish i could justify spending $750 on this
i also really wish i had $750 to spend

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>>38685018
>learning
>Nice beginner's guitar
>learning
LEARN. TO. FUCKING. READ. YOU. FUCKING. SHITFUCK.

>>38690708
I'd love to grease the pole of the artisan who crafted that neck.

>>38685018
Because he's learning, you useless fucking cunt.

>started playing 2 weeks ago
>learned 6 chords so far
I just hope I don't give up

>>38690708
Just buy a cheaper model, the bartolini pickups are good and even the in-house ibanez pickups are decent.

>>38690995
i was thinking about that, but i really want to have the eq bypass switch so i can still play passive. on all the lower models the switch does something with the mids

I've been playing guitar on and off for a couple of years. I started playing shit metal in dropped D (Rammstein mostly, all shitty power chords). I had my guitar abandoned for almost a year. Recently I started listening to more "strummy" music like Radiohead (well, at least some of their earlier stuff) so I decided to learn at least the open chords. I've been practicing regularly and now I can more or less decently play "No surprises", "Exit music for a film" and "Fake plastic trees". I also started to sing along while playing the guitar, which for me is kinda difficult because I'm an autist and I dread my neighbors will hear me and laugh at me thinking I totally suck (which I most probably do).

>>38691044
You can get jap pj ibanez basses at decent prices secondhand. Check sites like reverb. Would recommend them over the newer indo models and it would save you money too!

>>38691222
i'll check it out, a million thanks!

>>38690757
>>38690865
>falling for such obvious bait
You two are hopeless

>Tfw bass guitar brainlet

I deserve death.

>>38691044
passive switch is just a matter of getting the signal from the pickups to bypass the active preamp. If the preamp and the volume/pickup selector knobs are separate that shouldn't be too hard.

>>38691222
The SR shape is super comfortable and lightweight compared to a traditional PJ.

>>38691283
so long as you don't relegate yourself to just playing roots, there's nothing less impressive about playing bass than playing guitar

>>38691257
No worries mate. I wish you the best of luck finding the right ibanez model for you. Also don't get too carried away with active electronics. You can always get an external pre-amp to help shape your tone and a di box to do impedance matching.

>>38691299
I meant the SR series though. I should have clarified. There are jap sr models with the pj configuration.

>>38683737
so what can you anons do on guitar
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0oakeTnxRM3
all i can do so far is finger tap and power riffs
what should i learn next

>>38691581
>learning to finger tap
Fucking learn something more practical first dumbass
What about fingerstyle guitar, or picking patterns.
Arpeggios.

>>38691606
tapping is fun, and if he wants to play math or something it seems perfectly fine to get on that early

>>38691581
learn chords

>>38691606
>not letting people learn or play what they want first

no fun allowed police

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>>38691625
>>38691705
it's one of the most impractical things for a new guitarists to learn.
He could be learning theory, strumming patterns, picking patterns, arpeggios, chord shapes, improvisation

Instead he's learning fucking finger tapping for his l'epic lil solos when he can't even fucking improvise.

He could be learning full songs, something he can actually play in front of people. Instead he's learning tapping like a dipshit.
>t. someone who's been playing guitar since 2011

>>38691730
Do you have any books/videos you would recommend for learning theory? For like a total beginner?

>>38691685
there are other chords other than power chords?
>>38691606
by picking patterns you mean this:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1dzpzXlTkUF

mega retard question: i had to sell my amp, if i get an audio interface and play through that, i can still use my tone controls and stuff, correct?

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>>38691800
>there are chords other than power chords?

>>38691847
b-blease dont bully me!

>>38691768
I wouldn't know because I stopped learning it after I switched my major from music to business.
I recommend a teacher to be honest.

Shit isn't fun at all, really boring. Probably only get's interesting after 6 months of memorizing shit.
It isn't necessary to be a good guitarist, but it's god damn helpful if you want to teach music, or play in a jazz or classical ensemble.
>>38691800
That's a riff dipshit.
i mean finger picking

>>38691935
what if i was using my fingers to pick that riff
is it finger picking then?

>>38691862
power chords aren't even chords, they're dyads

for anyone wanting to start learning about music, i'd recommend the youtube channel 12tone.

>>38691977
stop fucking trolling faggot. I know you're not this stupid.
I fucked this up.
But this is fingerpicking
>http://vocaroo.com/i/s1QMM3KQq4bT
I gave up on practicing regularly a long time ago.

>>38692081
oh i can do that!
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0QMkn1jyXL0
my best attempt

>>38692200
>http://vocaroo.com/i/s0QMkn1jyXL0
please practice anon.
Don't fucking focus on fingertapping when you can't do simple fingerpicking

I know i fucked up with my rhythm but jesus christ.

>>38692292
finger tapping was easier to learn than fingerpicking

>>38692369
yes but it's harder to use tastefully. You've learned fingertapping but you don't know how to solo well enough or even play basic guitar.
You can't use fingertapping yet because you're not skilled enough.

Fingerpicking is great because you can use it on any chords you play. Learning one pattern that you can apply to so many different songs. And there are tons of patterns to learn too.

>>38691730
Well, maybe he's just having fun tapping? Did that thought ever cross your retarded little mind?

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>>38692491
I want him to fucking improve and succeed.
Maybe my sincerity didn't ever cross your retarded little mind.

I'm a guitarist with 6 years of experience telling him what he needs to learn and what he should prioritize. He can have fun learning practical things too.
Fuck off dumbass

>>38692528
I never said he can't fun learning practical things, you retard. That doesn't mean he shouldn't be tapping.

>>38692528
>practical things
>fun
if you cant sweep at 220bpm you're not having fun

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>>38692661
Why are you so defensive about practical and sagely advice?
It's like you're too inept to understand he's holding himself back by learning useless things like that.

He as well learn how to a gnarly pick slide or pinch harmonics. It's like learning vibrato when you don't know a fucking scale.
KYS dumbofag
>>38692663
Anyone who can sweep that fast learned the basics first.

>>38692898
>It's like you're too inept to understand he's holding himself back by learning useless things like that

No, not really. Knowing how to tap doesn't interfere with learning other things.

>It's like learning vibrato when you don't know a fucking scale.

But there's nothing wrong with that at all you low IQ mouthbreather.

am i the only person who'd rather just play with equipment and make weird noises

I'm a multi-instrumentfag but primarily a guitarfag

What's the verdict on buying a chink replica guitar and replacing the parts? I've heard both love stories and horror stories and I'm on the fence about it. It's a risk but it's half the price of a Gibson

soundcloud.com/basementvacation btw

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>>38693168
It interferes with time, and if he focuses too much on it he will be slower to learn what he should be knowing.

>there's nothing wrong with that at all you low IQ mouth breather
Learning single note vibrato, when you don't know how to improvise or play a scale is like buying furniture when you haven't even seen or looked at the dimensions of your new house.

I have an IQ of 115 and do not sleep with my mouth open. In fact I can't because i will eventually drool on myself and wake myself up. I'm a very light sleeper. But I digress.
My expertise on music far outweighs your own.

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i'm learning the minor pentatonic scale right now.
just got finished learning power chords
but i think after this i might go for some lessons at my college before i hit a wall.

>>38693557
>It interferes with time, and if he focuses too much on it he will be slower to learn what he should be knowing

The same could be said for arguing with strangers on the Internet.

>Learning single note vibrato, when you don't know how to improvise or play a scale is like buying furniture when you haven't even seen or looked at the dimensions of your new house.

How? I really don't see the similarity.

>My expertise on music far outweighs your own.

How would you know? I've been playing guitar for about 14 years.

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>>38689920
i'd say drums, but most people usually have most fun learning guitar. i wouldn't recommend doing piano because that takes considerably more effort to get decent at, depending on what kind of music you want to play.
drums is the easiest and doesn't take as long to not sound shit at.
guitar is the most fun after you get past the initial learning curve.
for piano, there's more effort that goes into learning it, so i'd suggest waiting until after you learn the others, since drums didn't take me more than two months of practicing every day for atleast an hour, to be able to not sound like shit.
guitar has taken me about 3 months of practicing like that too, and im not embarassed to play in front of family anymore.

>>38693557
I can feel the tip through my screen

>>38685210
I always wanted that guitar, but in my country that guitar is so fucking expensive

>>38687467
This. I'm left handed but I learned right handed, just like kiko loureiro

>>38686943
>Is it easy to get back into? Does a lot of muscle memory remain
A lot easier than you think
>callus
No, these WILL be gone. Even after 6 months they disappeared. It's a weird feel to have the technical chops still, but being physically in pain playing as my callus comes back.

>>38692528
Wow. Six whole years

>>38694105
i think six years is a pretty long time to stick with an instrument

Yea I got mine a while ago, I leaned the intro to Like Real People Do, but I can't find a good video for the rest
I jumped to Falling Slowly, which is really easy and nice to hear

>>38694105
>six years
>several school performances
>in a band at one point
>was a music major for 3 years
eat my shit.
>>38693935
I tip hard because niggers here are so stupid.
>>38693744
>i've been playing guitar for about 14 years
>thinks fingertapping is an appropriate thing for a beginner to learn over chords, scales, and improvisation
I have a feeling you're bullshitting

>>38694752
wow, watch out, he was in a BAND, crazy skills there

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Been playing for almost 10 years. Suck at making own music so that has made me a bit depressed. Mostly play with my Carvin.

>>38690994
I've played for 7 years and I don't know a single chord by name. Theory is a meme.

>>38695053
>chord names
>theory
And that's like saying 'I've been riding motorcycle for 7 years but never learned to ride a bike'.

I was thinking about getting a guitar for a quite a few months now. But what I dont know is how do you actually learn by yourself. Do you just watch instruction videos and read about music theory?

>>38695380
There's like a billion videos for beginner guitarists. Or you can just start searching tabs for songs that you like and start learning those things. I started like this. Learn some simple chords and start working on that. Get comfortable with the instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM
first song I learned. only 2 chords and quite simple strumming pattern.

>>38694839
I had to improvise jazz music at school performances.
so I was in a school band, and a band outside of school.

Above average skill for a musician to have

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>>38683737

Pic isn't mine, but it's the model. I have Seymour Duncan pups (full shred in the bridge, honestly can't remember the neck. JB-somethings?), and Sperzel locking tuners just because

>>38694962

12 years here, all I have to show for it is one shitty song I made from like 8 years ago kek.

>Carvin
You lucky ass nigga. Stock hardware? It looks nice, regardless

>>38695053

I want to touch on this and why it's a bad perspective because I've been thinking about it lately. Learning music theory and notation is directly analogous to learning to read and write. It literally changes the way you think about and approach music/language. I've been studying it more than ever lately (because I was like you, went years and years without really knowing much), and it's changed a lot both in how I listen to music and how I play. For sure, some people can get by without knowing it, but the vast majority of composers/players understood theory. "The limits of my language means the limits of my world"

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I've been wanting to get a Fender Tele but finding one that's natural color with a maple neck in my local stores is rare.

For now I play my Epi LP.

>>38695535
Nice Schecter. I was in search of a Schecter Hellraiser 7-string but couldn't find one anywhere near me so decided to get the Carvin. Yea I have stock hardware because I don't really have knowledge of that many setups to start modifying it. Plus I'd probably have to carve the body to get any other mics fit in there. Mine looks exactly like the pic but chrome pegs.

does anyone play any smaller brands? stuff like reverend, puresalem, bacchaus, or something? they all seem cool and i've been wanting to get away from fender, but i'm not sure what to get

>>38695539
>natural w/ a maple neck
muh
i want that in a les paul though

>spend $2500 on a LP
>enjoy playing a used busted $30 squier strat that i put humbuckers in more than the LP

Fuck me, music theory is a huge dick in my ears to learn.

>>38695869
you need to try out an instrument and see how it plays before you buy it.
Not all 2500 dollar instruments play that well. it's sad.

>>38695880
Theory is primarily useful for talking about music after it has been written or for writing formulaic music that everyone and their mother has heard a thousand times before. Just imagine what you want to hear in your head and then make that a reality.

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>>38695961
Really? Doesn't it like, make you better or something?

>>38695712

You probably made a better choice, I played a hellraiser once and it felt...not good. Bulky, cheap. The C-1+ has been good to me though.

Fair enough. It's not too difficult to get into though, if you ever wanted to. Pickups are the hardest, but even then when you find one there's usually another that's typically paired with it. Wouldn't wanna carve the body though, that just sounds like a pain in the ass and might fuck up the tone

>>38695869

I could never justify spending more than $1k on a guitar, honestly. Mostly for that reason.

>>38695961

Well, kind of, but kind of not. You're unlikely to subvert the order of things or make something truly new without a familiar knowledge of what came before. Just imagining and playing what's in your head will more than likely lead to derivative stuff; after all, you're likely still working within the typical tonal framework that's been around for hundreds of years. although I'm not thinking solely of rock based music, so

>>38695535
>"The limits of my language means the limits of my world"
I still compose and improvise just fine, but I do it alone. In the end theory is just a way so you can be on the same page with other people and communicate adequately, it's not necessary if you want to play on your own.

>>38696093
>without a familiar knowledge of what came before.
>>38696083
Ok, I might be taking my knowledge of music theory for granted -- I studied classical piano for ten years and have been playing for twentytwo. I guess it's just that theory won't write the music for you but it gives you shortcuts to block things together to be able to 'paint' more at once and with less effort.