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i can pizzicato decently now but it still sounds pussy and noisy compared to pick reeeeeeeeeeee
>bassist
Boner lost. Like magic.
>he's too poor and/or dumb to own a Gibson
ask me how i know you're homo
post yours
GUITAR IS TURNING YOU GAY
So do you own an entire guitar or just a neck?
And where's the timestamp so we know this isn't from that one time you got into your dad's closet?
A $2500 guitar isn't anywhere near out of my reach. I just can't justify it because when you buy a nigson you pay $2500 for $500 worth of tone and worse QC than chinese ibanez.
...
>heavy muh hoggany shitplank
>worth more than $500
fresh talents and relevant talents play fender, ibanez, and esp for a reason
gibson is washed up just like its artist roster
>m-muh people who were famous once
Get a load of this tonewoodlet.
>not knowing that mahogany has the least tone out of all the woods
go ask your dad if you can take another picture of his guitar lmao
Bass(ed)
>mahogany has the least tone out of all the woods
Mahogany has the best tone
Maple and ebony have the best tone. If it's too bright just change your EQ.
But you can never make mahogany brighter.
>falling for the wood = tone meme
trees aren't consistent. anyone who's sawed a log in half can tell you that two cuts from the same tree will have different densities and that it gets even more fucked up when you age it. all you pay for with tonewoods is a pretty wood grain (and then you coat it in a fat layer of some sort of paint). any hardwood would do, even american oak, just hand pick it so you get a good one that's not going to warp in a year.
Literally the first result.
Let's click the link and see what's inside. Oh, look, it's being wrong and poor! Too bad! Many such cases. Sad!
If tone wood was a thing amps would be made out of exotic woods too
Wrong. Vibration can be a desirable characteristic in a guitar body but it is certainly not a desirable characteristic in a speaker cabinet.
Guitar sommeliers unanimously agree that only a Gibson is good enough.
What non-Gibson guitar comes the closest to being good enough?
I've been looking into buying a Gibson for a while but man they are just ugly
Gibson headstock design is severely flawed.
The PRS Kakastom 24?
>best tonewood is just the most exotic
What could influence this poll
The actual sound? Surely not. Even with acoustics, experienced guitarists fail to identify woods based on sound alone in double blind test.
Maybe, poor people attempting to appear upper class? Likely. It's like niggers and iphones and niggers and air jordans. Anyone with a mcjob can afford one even if they squat in an abandoned apartment but they act like they're rich because they have one. Gibsons are nigger guitars for blue collar hicks with nigger attitudes.
>The actual sound?
Correct. I'm glad you figured it out.
Gibsonfags btfo
Baghdad Bob pls
When did you starting jamming with other people? How did it go?
When I was a teenager, like most normal musicians. It went well because I don't suck.
washed up old farts
The guy on the left is literally the greatest living guitarist.
like a couple months in
good, because we were both beginners and progressed together
Then when I was kind of okay I started jamming with people who were way better than me which always helps you progress faster
>jamming with people who were way better than me
I never knew this feel.
How do I stop aimlessly noodling around a few pentatonic scales?
I can't seem to make up riffs, just couples of notes.
Me and my firend both started playing very late together. We've been jamming ever since and we do fine. But we do it like once a month
The first step is accepting that there are no wrong notes, but that accurate rhythm is critical. When you hit what you think is a "wrong note," the average pleb thinks it's a "jazzy note." When you hit a note out of time, though, EVERYONE can hear that shit. They know you fucked up.
Once you accept there are no wrong notes, your improvisation will soar... unless you simply have no talent. Then you're just fucked.
>timing is everything
>tfw you're too white for music
Only a Gibson is good enough for high test men and cute anime girls.
you gotta start developing your ears.
Imagine something in your head that you don't know how to play, and try to pick it out by ear.
It'll really suck at first but the more you do it the easier it'll be.
say something nice about the jazzmaster
it's like a les paul for girls
greatest guitar in the world
>play music with friends in a band
>they don't allow me to solo, stop dead when I try
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE WILL PLAY WITH ME
>les paul
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They have really good sounding pickups that are pretty underrated.
But I will add that it's retarded how many iterations between them end up confusing people.
Like trying to explain how 'they're not p90's, except for these two models that basically are.' Or how the mij ones are built completely differently and sound more like a strat.
How do you guys get people to listen to your stuff? I dont care about making money from the music I make or anything like that but I'd like people to listen to it
no I'm not posting it here
this whole post is a joke
Wish I started playing earlier, now I'm too old for black metal
>solos
Haha, what is this? The 80s? Try applying for a 60+ years old cover band
ego is bad
do not stand out
you own nothing, not even your life
your soul for the party
now plain the soviet anthem in unison
My dick is the best tone wood
Still need to see this anime, been waiting for more episodes to come out before I binge watch it
guys I got a new les paul check it out
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I play bass like a mixture of Hooky, Simon Gallup and those guys that do solo arrangements on youtube. Could I make shoegaze by splitting my signal, playing just the clean bass on one amp and filtering the other signal through some effects and then playing it through another amp or would that just sound horrible? I would rather not deal with a guitarist
oh also the signal with effects will also be pitch-shifted an octave up
It's not gonna sound like a guitar if that's what you're asking.
The guy from Royal Blood does it so why couldn't you?
when I was like 11 I got into a weekly blues jam in my town for like 2 years ish, gave me a lot of great experience playing with others. played with one of frank zappa's old rhythm guitar players a lot which was really inspiring.
now i just go to jazz jams after big band rehearsals but it's not as fun as wanking out dorian over a blooze for 3 hours :(
It's pretty limited with what you can do with bass when it comes to doing solo shoegaze. octave up fx on bass wont make you sound like guitar. Your only option is the digitech whammy ( the new one if you wanna do chords) as analog octavers usually can't do clean octave up.
To be more specific. If I play a bassline like love will tear us apart could I make the second signal have the role of the synths?
oh yeah baby you KNOW I had to rip it up a lil
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les pauls really are the best guitars
Why?
See you guys in a couple weeks :D
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This sounds great user!
this came up on my twitter yesterday, I've never seen such a persuasive argument for not owning a Les Paul. This is the best they could find?
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Pretty much symbolizes gibson. The most modern example is from 93 lol. Not a single young player is using that dinosaur garbage and they do absolutely nothing to remedy that. Fender on the other hand is the brand for new talents next to ibanez.
anyone has a tab of this?
Why cant ypu ever post the whole guitar? Afraid were gonna call out your chibson?
Kek. What a fucking retard.
Stop posting such sexy feet.
Rate my 2 riffs /gg/ (shitty tone alert)
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what style of guitar is this? its like funky but not funk?
i like the sound and im new so I have no idea what its called
Citypop
Reminder only a Gibson is good enough.
Wait sorry I meant Martin.
Disco
>bigger than parlor size
Lmao
man deciding on a first guitar is fucking hard
You'll know better when buying the second
For when you want a guitar that looks like a 19th century oriental whorehouse.
even for £500-600 there is too much choice desu
>got called to do a little freelance as a bassist tomorrow
>first rehearsal last night
>pizzicato sounded weak and lifeless no matter how I tried to bang the strings, dynamics all over the place, finger noise and missed notes, even had problems skipping up to the g string
>decide to grab a pick
>bass sounds lively and punchy, I can play up to the speed of my left hand and my brain's
>still felt like a jerk cheating and an incomplete player
Why can't I just be good at fingerpicking reeeeeeeeeeeee
guys, i was thinking about getting a new neck for my oldass crapcaster. shit's really entry level and the neck's fucked. but for my susprise the body is actually not that shit, it's a one piece agathis, damn pretty too.
so i thought about slapping a new neck and i'm looking at warmoth's offerings, they have some pretty interesting woods but it's kinda hard to judge how well it looks and feels just from some not that high resolution pics and seller's descriptions.
so, what can you guys tell me about their necks?
Forgot pic
I have held every single one of these and just going to a store and holding it didn't work to help me decide, they all feel fine, I like different aspects of each but its impossible
pacificas
revstars
mim tele/strats
squier strats
ibanez semihollows
Have Gibson become the Apple of guitars?
Well Apple isn’t in serious financial difficulty so no.
How do I make a vid with loops quickly without setting up a computer with mics? Like vid below, he plays the lead lick then loops it and dubs the rhythm over it
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>squier strats
>ibanez semihollows
I'd drop these from the equation immediately. That leaves you with the fenders and yamahas. The revstar series is all humbuckers (except for the P90 model) with no possibility for splitting them (there's only the dry switch). The pacifica range offers coilsplitting options on each model with a humbucker on it I think. There's numerous options for you to venture into below 300 bucks here. 120 with HH, 311 with P90H and the 112 with HSS plus a trem. I started on a pacifica 311 myself and there are only two complaints that I have. For one the necks are among the thinnest I have ever seen on a guitar in width and second they can sound a bit dull if you don't tweak the EQ a bit. Don't put anything below gauge 10 on there if you want decent tone (11s work best imo). For my second guitar I went for a much bigger neck because it became quite heavy on my hands to play them easily once I got into holding barre chords for long times and when finger picking due to the precision needed with string spacing that slim. With fender guitars you obviously get classic tones but if you aren't certain what you want in a guitar yet the 120 might be a better choice because there is so much stuff you can try with it in terms of possible tones. In the middle position with a bit of EQ you can get relatively close to a funky strat too. The split bridge sounds tele enough aswell. All in all the comfort of the guitar and especially the neck are the most important aspects next to looks and sound. You have to like the instrument and feel comfortable on it.
i'd go for either the pacifica or mim strat
I like the sound and the looks but I couldn't find one to try out locally and can't order them online. Might order a Doheny instead.
tfw like white block inlays but also fenders
Post your guitars/gear set up. I wanna see what y'all got.
They are available just not on standard issues. Jaguars and jazzmasters seem to be the most common type of fender with them.
Buy a Jazzmaster, then
I recorded my song for you guys on actual guitar, but my interface is kind of fucked.
Dunno about that. I'm pondering my second one right now and it's fucking hard. There are guitars I like the looks of but they are basically the same thing. I have a 2-humbucker guitar right now with pretty low output vintage pickups so the only things I can't play "effectively" are something like death metal and I dunno j-rock or surf or something. But I do want to play exactly that and that's two completely different tone requirements.
So there's just that struggle of "I want to try a new guitar with a different sound" and "It either has to be something that can do both or something that can do one extremely good". And since I'm a rarely have a lot of money to spend freely it is a big deal for me. Currently torn between wanting a tele and some shredstick with actives.
If it was my first I'd just go with the one I like visually and be happy about it but a second one? That's way harder to actually justify, not to mention choose.
too poor for that
maybe I can just buy a classic vibe
not even memeing but it's incredible how the dean looks like a better guitar right away
just the way its finished and the edges
Sounds good, my dude. Are you a pick and fingers kind of guy? Also, do you visualize the fretboard using CAGED or 3nps or both, or some other system?
You could always build a parts guitar with things you like. I think this is beneficial because it helps you learn how your instrument works and how to do proper maintenance. Plus you have something you want to play and not just a generic thing everyone else has. That being said, there are a lot of great options from pretty much every brand for every style of player and most of them are affordable. Honestly I've been really impressed by the Music Man Sterling stuff. Usually around 600 bucks and they are set up well and sound good right out of the box.
You may want to check your eyes. The first thing I see is pig iron screws, pig iron whammy bar meaning the bridge is also pig iron. Also shitty actives.
Yeah, fuck off Sam
Maybe its the carved top that makes it pop
I just played this guitar in a pawn shop and its the best thing ive ever played. If i get squier jaguar and put humbuckers in it will it sound and feel the same-ish??? reverb.com
Shouldnt have cheaped out on your interface
Thanks, I just bought it
The worst acoustic guitar I have ever played was a Dean. Lots of decoration on it and more tortoiseshell than a Ray Bans shop but sounded and played fucking dreadful.
LUL
Post one that hasn't been posted before WITH timestamp
Yeah I think need to get a new one.
I'm just using a Zoom H4 I got like 6 years ago.
I've been having some fun with its glitches though. I believe in working with what you've got.
Yngwie was an early warrior of kaka.
He channels so much kaka, he's spurting out metric tons of kaka a second, as much kaka as he can.
And when he stops and vibratos, oh my God, it's a fat, almost solid log of kaka coming out.
Based Yngwie
Yngwie is great.
How absolutely tasteless
If I wanna put p90s in my squier vm jazzmaster can I just order any pair I find online or does it need to be a certain kind
Of course he is, he has mastered kaka on so many forms and levels
Regular P90s won't fit it. Aren't the squier versions already wound like P90s or is that only true for the mascis?
guess the riff
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yes, my amp is shit
You're shit, Sam
I dont know who that is
Strangely ive played some real good dean acoustics. They also own luna acoustic
Don't even try, you won't kaka yourself out of this one.
You haven't played a bad acoustic until you've tried a vintage Eko Ranger.
I have that dean without the trem. Crazy good unamplified tone.
the trem is shit, i need to block it. cant even stay tuned for 2-3 songs when I dont touch it
Learn to set it up right. But licensed floyd are shit regardless. Get a floyd 1000 at least. The design and parts used in an original floyd rose but made in korea.
>tfw trying to play barre chords with small hands
this is fucking hell on earth
Ah, don't meme us. Just play triads then.
Very little actual music uses full barre chords.
How is your life this sad?
How small are your hands? Unless you are a dwarf or a chick below five foot I don’t understand how your hands are too small for barre chords.
I find the F barre chord faster and easier than the non barred folky version.
I'm a very petite girl. Maybe I should get a cute mustang??? :)
No, you’re larping.
Just the mascis I believe the vintage modfied sound more trebly like a strat in a jazz body
HOW THE HELL DO I PLUCK BASS STRINGS AND NOT SOUND DEAD AND WEAK
got the les paul player pack today because it was affordable and because i just wanted to get started.
i hook it all up getting ready to practice and the amp doesnt work. feelsbadman
What amp
Don't bother coming back, nobody likes you.
varg? is that you?
Epiphone Electar-10 Amplifier. I heard it was pretty shitty, but I was atleast expecting it to work. Maybe it's the chord. idk
should have gone fender
by actually plucking them with enough strength, you weak ass fag
you know he says he has a career in music and would be recognized if he posted his real stuff
i wonder who it is?
I have tendonitis AND I see guys in YouTube playing smoothly and sounding good AND I actually tried to play hard and it just added noise.
play really near the fretboard
Grow fingernails.
pluck really near the bridge
have man hands
>i'm a cripple
consider using a pick
Chicks below five foot and similarly disadvantaged men can always play bass
>consider using a pick
the motion for plucking shouldn't be different from the motion you use while strumming with a pick
if he has tendinitis he needs to
a) stop playing for at least 4 weeks
b) apply heat locally and take some NSAIDs for a week
c) do warm up exercises for a week
d) do active exercises for another week
e) add some weight/resistance to those exercises
f) practice his fucking playing technique and do warmups before playing
If you don't get it after that, quit it. Learn another instrument.
t. medfag and bassfag
He's no one
It's "bad technique" to pick from your forearm to compensate for and lessen wrist/hand pain, and even though you "shouldn't" it's actually doable up to a very high tempo.
There was a guy who played guitar entirely with his fucking thumb. There are no rules.
50% some youtuber with more wanking ability than real musical talent
50% some nobody who hasn't composed a full song in his life
Never mentioned bad or good technique. But if you play a couple hours a day and still develop tendinitis, you need to change it.
It gets buzzy and makes some ugly trebly noises
I've been plucking near the bridge indeed
And I've been using a pick and it sounds great but I want to sound good with fingers
>the motion for plucking shouldn't be different from the motion you use while strumming with a pick
No what the hell. For plucking the hand stands still and only the fingers move. Picking the fingers stand still holding the pick and the wrist moves.
I've been doing some stretch exercises and warm water and diclofenate and it's been improving. A year ago I couldn't play at all.
I saw a vid of John entlrwise moving his arm as he plucked the strings and I tried it. Guess what? IT STILL SOUNDED WEAK AND DEAD ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO PICK
What did he do to make you so salty user?
Aren't nails for guitar not bass
>For plucking the hand stands still and only the fingers move
I thought you meant plucking as in doing slap n pluck.
Anyways, you should try to adjust the angle you rest your wrist while plucking. Do you anchor yourself to certain level or do you move your hand as you move through the strings?
Intermediate player here, Looking to really grind a bunch of songs out quickly for ideas, is Rocksmith a good idea for this?
Is the latency fine on PC?
I don't anchor because I don't want to bend my wrist ever. I think I rest the hand on the strings. My finger picking technique is shit and I even have trouble going up to the G string on fast licks
Do I need USB3.0 or will 2.0 still work without much latency?
You just need to practice then, still would advice to rest your playing hand a bit. Doing activities while injured lead to compensations that could result in technique deterioration.
2.0 works fine enough. I got 3.0 because my mobo supports it so why not
Cheapo epiphone sg or cheapo squier strat?
Will it ever get painless again tho
As I said this been going for almost two years now. It went from not being able to play because of extreme pain to being able to play with some little pain but the improvement is too slow
How can I practice playing with technique that provides good tone if I don't know that technique to begin with
bolt ons are more suited to being cheap, especially fender due to parts availability.
a bad set neck is bad for the life of the guitar. you will never get that guitar set up perfectly, you'll always be compromising because the neck is off or isn't in there solidly. a bad bolt on can be shimmed and nudged into being in the right place and replaced if it breaks or is just so shit it goes out of tune if you hold it wrong.
learn the technique you monstrous retard
A job, son. Its about time.
My first post is that I couldn't figure out how to make a good sounding note with fingers. It either sounded dead or dead+buzzy.
opinions on Agile guitars?
been seriously considering getting this neck through les paul
Don't want to waste money on != can't afford
Always buying the best thing you can afford is how wageslaves stay wageslaves. Your riches are forever no more than what you work for, and if you want more money you have to work more hours, because you already bought the most you could afford. One gibson, two gibsons, maybe a few ESPs. Right on dude now nobody will think you're unemployed even though the adult world assumes everyone is employed.
Buying no more than what you need and investing the rest is how you grow your wealth.
So buy that gibson, prove to the world you have something everyone who isn't on crack or meth has anyways. I'll buy a squier and put the $2000 I saved into the stock market.
3.0 is worthless right now, essentially snake oil. Jcum can tell you all about falling for that.
Depends, the hand is a delicate place. Most tendinitis have a good prognosis with conservative treatment (rest, nsaids, home rehab). However, if the tendinitis is serious enough to decrease blood flow to certain area or compresses a nerve, they mostly require surgery. Still with good prognosis, but nobody wants to have surgery.
But if you don't give it rest or insist on doing stuff that hurts it, it will always come back. Fortunately, there are many ways to play a bass, so even if your current technique is what it is hurting it, you could always change it.
Explore, find what bass players sound like you want to and investigate their technique. Find a balance between what they do and what you feel comfortable doing.
a true jew would never play anything but a squier affinity strat
even if you have a million bucks, if you buy a nicer guitar you just have less money.
I have better guitars, I just want something lightweight and comfy to sit and fuck around on.
>Orange Dark Terror
>Orange Jim Root Terror
>Orange Crush 35rt
>Vox AC10C1 or AC15C1
>Vox AV30
>Boss Katana Artist
>something else entirely
what would you get and why
Not salty, realist. No one famous comes here. Even if they did, recognizing them isn't a legit excuse to not post playing. Just play something thats not in your recording catalog. It's LARP bullshit.
I have a hot rod and it's loud as fuck for home practice. Gimme dat boss katana meme.
As good or better than other import guitars in the price range.
as long as you have a good amount of gain and if solid state, it's a good design instead of squier SP-10 tier, cab and speaker matters more than the amp
(sorry fender players)
How do I get my tone to be this poppin
>Just play something thats not in your recording catalog
Isn’t that what he’s doing? I’ve heard him play to back tracks and post at least one full song. I don’t think he’s famous but I also dont think he’s a larp.
"famous" is my bet. One of those better known youtube fags with a modicum of noodling ability but not a lot else like stevie T.
>he says he has a career in music and would be recognized if he posted his real stuff
Pink suhr is Sithue Aye I’ve know for years
>implying he's that good
How do I tell if a nerve is compressed
One index finger didn't stretch fully at one joint, as if the tendon were stiff and pulling it back, it's the finger that hurted the most, but I did some pulls with it and now it's straight again
He’s probably a hired gun, that’s my guess.
you guys know tfw learning to play all of those old nostalgic runescape songs? feels good man
He's got a lot of loyalty
The anime shit makes too much sense.
Squier bullet
Either burning pay or numbness in one of these areas.
By what you're saying it sounds like the tendon is getting compressed by one of the many levels of the pulley system.
Better go to see an specialist, those things always require surgery.
lol that was all normie anime
>his waifu can't even play guitar with her toes
>laughingchinesecartoongirl.webm
So sithu aye is a pedophile?
Trips confirm
Not that there's anything wrong with that
Better than a day laborer
I've had a foot fetish for about twenty years and I swear between these anime pics and K-pop creep shots on Yea Forums I'm starting to go off it.
Anime feet just suck. The realism foot fetishists try and shoehorn in clashes with the rest of the picture and creates an unsettling atmosphere.
Anime is really the genre for the boobs guy.
It's getting better with stretches and warm water and surgery is too much hassle
How many power chords do you guys remember by heart without having to check the notes? Im new rn but Ive decided to dive deep into the music theory to give myself a headstart ahead of other beginner but found myself stuck on learning powerchords. So far I got 7 but in the heat of a jam it gets real confusing sometimes(a becomes c etc) and I just stop for the rest of the day real pissed because of how frustrating it it. Any tips?
So youre saying you support pedophilia?
>How many power chords do you guys remember by heart
All of them
lol hi jcum. Too easy
How do I stop having gear regret?
If I have cheap shit all around it sounds bad. If I have expensive shit it sounds okay but I sound bad, and I feel bad because I'm not worthy of it.
I'm just going to be honest and tell you straight up - don't learn the music theory, but rather start training your ear. That's where your music comes from. Sure, it explains something, but it's much better to invest hours into training your ear and going for the music theory once you're feel confident(at least somewhat). To answer your question: all of them.
be conscious about what you buy, try before buying
cheap isn't always bad, expensive isn't always good, middle point isn't always flawless
Unfortunately there is none. You feel what feels right, bro. I've been actually feeling like my gay as gear is holding my guitar-god strength back. So let's help eachother out, mate. Hmu and I'll give you my adress.
for what use?
considering practice, gigs and etc i like the jim root terror a lot, damn good head. loud as fuck too.
Does anyone else feel like music theory opened up a new whole world to them? People were actually impressed when I mentioned that that radio song we had just heard was a basic I IV V theme and it felt great. Now whenever I go around I just hear a I a V a IV a ii and so on. Feels like I get it now. and how are your guys' Music Theory study going?
i honestly feel like pentatonic is the only thing I need rn. i know all positions and can bust a nice solo/improv whenever I want and no licks stop me nor do they sound the same. whenever i feel funky I drop a new note or two which i usually just figure out myself. so bros is there really any need to learn other shit or is it just a meme at this point
>People were actually impressed
No they weren't. They had no idea what you were talking about and thought you were a pretentious dick.
Valvestate amps like orange tiny heads sound every bit as good as valve amps for a fraction of the price.
Solid state sounds close enough to cut it in a mix but just isn't the same. Good SS amps aren't grating on the ears but they have a much tighter, more focused sound while tubes naturally suck at audio reproduction and that flubby saturated sound is kind of cool (though possible to emulate...if you spend as much as an actual all-tube amp)
Try them out with the cab you're going to use. A good amp can sound like a shit amp through the wrong cab.
t. tried a head with a 4x12, bought it, went home and used it with a 1x8, was disappointed, had to buy a 2x12
can antrhax, metallica, megadeth and slayer sound okay on a SSS strat?
they will actually sound better
just get EMG SAs first to buck the hum
its going to be my first guitar and plebbit tells me not to buy emgs as a first
just buy whatever it doesnt even matter since I assume you're a beginner/intermediate and at this point it matters that you just play and dont care about this gay ass shit until later.
They call it plebbit for a reason. EMGs sound great, as long as it's not the regular 81/85 set. Their single coils in particular are among the best pickups ever made without resorting to crazy modular multichannel shit and they've only gotten better with the new models.
If you're a beginner having cool stuff will make you excited, just don't listen to faggots on plebbit and forums who think a $200 set of seymour duncans sounds better than $30 OEM passives (they sound the same).
i meant that you play and don't abandon the hobby in the first year.
My 81 85 sound great dumbass
Lol no. Get buckers
So did mine but I had an active tone control, rarely had the guitar volume on max, and had the 85 in the neck sitting almost flat with the guitar body.
The 81X/60x combo sounds better.
>(they sound the same)
Schedule a hearing test.
Nah
All musical instruments essentially sound the same, I mean they all play the same notes for fuck sake.
that's why i play with ur momma
Use the tips of your fingers, not the pads
The attack that comes from fingernails sound gross
Its called timbre you stupid fuck. Get an education.
Actually, as a beginner I'd also like to know if Rocksmith can help to improve your guitar playing skills.
man it’s so fucking difficult deciding if I want to learn guitar or bass more so I can start already but what it seems like to me is this?
guitar:
funk sounds good
can play epic metal like I listened to when I was 12
can play classical
probably can do more alone
I don’t really get much feeling when I listen to it?
bass:
backbone to most genres
lots of depth to the sound
looks cooler and more fun/involved to play
in demand if I ever got good
looks very dull to practice alone
Why does classical guitar sound so full of soul, beautiful and emotional compared to acoustic?
You sound like an idiot. So bass should suit you fine.
Why are you so mad?
play guitar, chances are you can switch to bass without scene people noticing your skill level
Im not. just pointing out the obvious.
Nylon strings.
Steel strings are for electric guitars only.
Depends on what kind of music you actually want to play. If anything you can't really compare them like that, if you have to make a list of pros and cons think about why you want to study in the first place - it's fucking hard at times and if your heart isn't into it you aren't gonna make it far without passion.
The best way to go is to get both, of course. But the ultimate pragmatic bottom line is, If you start on guitar and later decide to switch, you can at the very least transfer some of your skills onto bass, like simply playing with a pick like a rhythm guitarist and going further from there, but I dunno if that really works the other way around (I went from guitar to bass to both).
Higher performance standards.
I’m trying to get an acoustic vocaroo/clyp thread started, your company would be much appreciated /gg/
yeah totally I want to learn to play both anyway and I’m a long way from deciding what I actually really really like but thanks I’ll probably just start with a guitar
I guess going from more to less strings wouldn’t be a bad thing but the only real argument I hear for bass first is you can’t develop groove or good timing if you play guitar bro! and I’m destined to be shit with timing if I start with guitar
This is coming from a bassist, but as long as you practice with a metronome and get use to using your pinky on your fretting hand, you'll be fine if you ever switch to bass
how did you guys get people to listen to your music?
how much theory will I know once I’m through all of the justin material?
Play at open mics. Encourage people there to follow my Facebook page where I upload videos.
Shilling on Yea Forums doesn’t work particularly well, a lot of people just pick random posts to ‘rec’ (e.g. I have had “recs” on videos with 0 views).
>you can’t develop groove or good timing if you play guitar
I can understand groove, it can be different for bass, but timing is important to guitar as well. Generally if you feel the rhythm and can follow it you can certainly play both bass and guitar since both need it. Of course stuff like slapping is mostly exclusive for bass and will require additional training, but so would sweeping and artificial harmonics and whatnot on guitar. Basically what I mean is both instrument have intricate advanced techniques but on a basic fundamental level skills do carry on from one to another.
Try out both and see if you like the feel of them and most importantly try out different types of both. Sometimes guitar just fits right in and you "feel it" like you have to play it, sometimes a bass just overwhelms you with its tone and you get into groove just by listening to it. It's more about what kind of emotions the instrument invokes, even if that sounds questionable it is true, having a plank you fall in love with every time you pick it up can get you through a lot of hardships, hesitation and doubts while learning.
soundcloud threads were actually pretty interactive like 5 years ago. Got 30,000 listens just posting in those. Haven't been in them in awhile, but they started going downhill years ago
Does passive neck J pickups sound weak or I'm just homo?
Highest number of views I have had on anything via Yea Forums is this video, 80 views only. I don’t post my stuff here that often though. youtu.be
Thanks for clearing it up.
I like the sound of both and it’s good to know that just because I start with one it won’t limit me.
>sometimes a bass just overwhelms you with its tone
this is exactly what happens and I love it but then sometimes it’s non existent for some music and I feel the guitar a lot more
Yes
more like you can't develop groove if you play metal guitar
you can't develop groove if you play anything that isn't sufficiently africanized, actually, because groove as a musical concept is pretty damn african. the european way is just playing with the right time durations, tempo being a suggestion that fluctuates throughout the song, and being noisy and fast enough for out of sync players to blend together. it's not a better or worse approach but it's a different sound.
>more like you can't develop groove if you play metal guitar
Nigger what, there is a shit ton of groove in metal
"metal" metal, stereotypical metal, noodly "dude i wanna solo" metal, "real guitars have 36 frets" metal.
Kys
How much?
No one rated my riffs I'm sad come on gg :(
The guitar was $99 new. Not mine but i put about $200 into it. Its pretty loud acoustically
Fuck off peasant.
maybe you should have played them on a gibson les paul in heritage cherry burst (the best tone color)
I prefer my 300 bucks Jackson, at least it's a esthetically pleasing
>Its pretty loud acoustically
With your soldering skills, that's a necessity.
Post your jackson
If it still has the headstock attached youre ahead of nigson already
And im off late today so i cant go to harbor freight to pickup a new set. My old solder gun was on its last limbs
But nonetheless the squier is surprisingly loud.
im just going to waste all my money on pedals and do shoegaze
Its easier to say you suck.
that's pretty metal but can you play hockey with it
Do you think people will laugh when I'll be playing solely Beatles covers with it?
Replace that atrocious bridge and shit pickups. Looks cool. I was gonna get an alexi laiho model but i decided for a superstrat instead.
I took.a piece of masking tape, put it on the side of the neck all the way up and wrote each note.of the fret on it so e f f# g etc, I had that on there for about 6 months probably could've been shorter but I didn't practice every day. But did this until I didn't need it to k ow which notes were where. Having that rather than having to count or look up each time.made a huge difference. Also power chords is more like a shape to remember that you place on any note (root) to make that chord rather than a chord itself. Most chords are shapes (in the beginning) you can move. Knowing the note on every fret on the first to strings (the thickest) makes this concept waaaay easier.
what's the deal with klon ktr? is it made in limited batches or something?
play slow and sing what youre playing
The power of friendship
*proceeds to do slow divebombs*
Ac15 if the Katanas are sold out.
done bombs and throat singing
No. I've yet to find a synth pedal that can take more than one note at the same time and not sound like a garbled mess, let alone bass register notes.
*drone
Probably the same reaction when I blast metal out of this flowery jazz machine
GG Allin was popular and he literally shit onto his audience. How does that make you feel about your prowess as a musician?
He wasn't popular, he was infamous. There's a difference.
and you're nothing. a void. literally blacked
idktf
and?
I'm working on filing this mdf. Pretty slow process. Unrelated: Does anyone know what sorta cable I should buy for DIY guitar cable? Like what specifications do I need to look for?
shielded instrument cable
I mean, are there certain specs like oxygen content, alloy, gauge, or shield material, that are important?
That's the most aesthetic LP Studio I've ever seen. I've actually never liked a Studio until seeing that. They usually look naked to me without the binding but that's fucking sexy. Nice.
Also, have a SECOND (2nd) YrYr thumbs up for having six saddles on your Tele.
no
Thanks homes, arctic white/ebony studios are low key dope as fuck. Better get one before they shoot up in price.
It's the Custom-like gold hardware that really sets that motherfucker off. It goes so well with that color scheme, and I usually hate gold hardware.
It's a nice aesthetic, just the right amount of class without going full fedora 335.
i will train my ears so hard i will learn what notes your mom moans when i fuck her
>tele cut
vomit
web.archive.org
tl;dr: Guy brings a bunch of audiophile friends over, tests if they can hear the difference between expensive Monster cables and a coat hangar. They can't.
The answer is what said
Don't ever fall for the audiophile cable meme.
i dont like your fusion, i like the tiny bit of jazz you insert on them tho.
Please go see a doctor for your excessive vomiting
My brother has one of the neck throughs. Extremely playable and flawless. They are really good about returns if you have in issue. IMO they are the best LP on the market, pickups aside. The one I played was an older model with ceramic magnets, sounds fine but not my cup of tea. The electrical components are smooth and noiseless, the wiring is good and all that. They come with good tuners.
If you're like me and you just care about the neck, I haven't seen any better. My guess is that it will last a lifetime.
should i upgrade my shitty 50 dollar strat copy to a yamaha pacifica or should i spend my money on something else
Does the shitty one you have have neck whip? If so, upgrade. If the neck isn't a noodle, buy yourself a level and some fret files.
This and some EMGs
>putting EMGs in a shit guitar
they have a flat, honest, and broad response so if you put EMGs in a shit guitar they will sound like shit. the "EMGs always sound the same" meme comes from the vast majority of guitars they get put in being shit (ie: ibanez, dean).
sorry if i sound like a retard but what the fuck is a neck whip
it means the neck is flexible
if your guitar goes way out of adjustment and gets buzzy with the weather and you can bend notes by pushing on the neck it's not stiff, not stable, not properly attached to the body, or a mix of those. the quality of the body wood and neck joint can also affect this so it's not like your guitar is all neck unless it's a neck through.
friendly reminder that only a Gibson™ is good enough
what are you bros practicing tonight?
What up you Yui Hirasawa wannabe
>adequacy: the image
nothing much, just getting back into guitar after busting ass at work nd shit teehee
Ever wonder why everyone wants a guitar like Yui's but nobody is clamoring for a JEM?
It's because Yui is a rock legend. She's not even real and she's more legendary than Steve Vai. That is the power of Gibson.
>watching japanese children's cartoons
shoogy
>taking life advice from a picture of george costanza
iggy
rage against the mediocre/10