How do I start learning guitar?
>justinguitar.com
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Guitar chords and inversions
>chordbook.com
String tension calculator (D'Addario-based):
>stringtensionpro.com
Music theory:
>musictheory.net
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>frudua.com
Why is my guitar buzzing?
>frets.com
Large repository of tabs, books and other resources related to playing and theory:
>mega.nz
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Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later
Get a life, buy a girlfriend or wank me now.
You are my girlfriend, my life and my wank but you will never be my gibson
I can imagine Rob Chapman or some other dopey cunt being behind this whole charade.
Is there a better guitar playing waifu?
No Yuis, please. She's a retard and it shows in her taste in guitars,
Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later.
>gibson boy
Kys fgt
Any recommendations on MIDI pickups and sustainer pickups lads?
>kisses you softly
Gibson Dad checking in. Works for a living. Saves his shekels. Gives absolutely no fucks about brand haters.
God bless you
You've been conditioned to clamour for any response good or bad. You probably don't even have a gibson, you definitely don't have kids like you claim and the amount of time you spent shitposting on here is tiresome for all involved. Noone is frothing in a rage at their computer screen. Noone is second guessing any purchase they made because of your bullshit. You trying to force this meme is boring and actively a detriment to this thread. I hope you find something better to do with your time, or at least just stop posting. But you won't so let's hear your next zinger. You'll probably want to just revert back to your old catchphrase. Repetition is the key to success after all.
>mfw having a 95 studio gibson, no faggotry just deliciously well balanced lp with ebony fret
>mfw having a cherrypicked partscaster that put 95% of everything fender has on the streets to shame
Need all those I can get (blessings), ty!
490s are terrible pickups though
I curse on you and your spawn in the name of Allah
Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later. Isn’t it a gas?
It's sin to take the Lord's name in vain, Sandnigger. Sure is a good thing ya don't know it.
Yeah, Ran plays a gibson
Thought to share my gear I acquired through the years. Not trying to show off or anything, It took me years to "get my sound".. done some heavy gigging and recording few albums with these. Excuse the shitty picture.
Emotionally very invested in stuff rather than monetarily... would break my heart if something breaks up beyond repair. Love the late 80s and early 90s to mid 90s sound and equipment.
Guitar: 1989 Charvel 475 Deluxe
Preamps: ADA MP-1, Zoom 9150
Carvin Quad X preamp (The cheaper Mesa knock off that some consider to sound better)
Power amp: Synergy Syn 50-50 (This is the newest piece of gear I have, I consider the newer power tube amps much superior to the older ones and they have minimal effect on the tone)
Use Marshall cabs when gigging/rehearsals. These days I play home through Fryette Power Load box because cannot play loud.
Money-wise could have aimed towards much more expensive gear, but all of these were acquired through years through based solely on sound. Would not change it for anything.
What type of setup you guys have or would like to have?
Fuck off, gear queer.
Fuck god and fuck yahweh
How come some of the best bass amps are solid state, but solid state guitar amps are pretty garbage?
Do companies not bother making one because people willingly pay $2,000+ or can it not be done?
Real talk: when is clairo gonna get a job and afford a gibson?
She already did
>Show off my gear
>Post stock photographs
don't believe me huh? Not posting my band either.
Most people here play guitar directly into their computers with amp simulators. They do not have any idea what a good tone sounds like, in fact,
most of them could not even tell a difference between tube sound and solid state like these posts prove
i want to buy a bass and learn it and tune it and know it deeply and all that
how much value is there, really, in brands and names? will i be well-off if i buy a cheap instrument and work it myself?
Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later.
What's the harm of posting an actual pic of your rack?
>most of them could not even tell a difference between tube sound and solid state
The virgin tube amp vs The Chad solid state modeling amp?
It’s fine to go a bit cheap if it won’t be your main instrument and/or you’re not gonna be playing live music. Definitely don’t go cheaper than Squier though.
>some of the best bass amps are solid state
I don’t know dude there are only like 2 or 3 good solid State bass amps including your pic, and I still wouldn’t consider them “the best.” Even so I think the big problem with solid state guitar amps is that in most cases the mids and highs are a bit off compared to tube amps.
Hi there, any ukulele players here? I tried guitar and it’s too difficult, my fingers got very sore, but I am loving my new uke! I’m trying to learn neutral milk hotel right now, very difficult remembering the chord shapes but hopefully I will be out and entertaining chicks soon! :)
What are the other good solid state bass amps other than the Aguilar?
Most bass amps are solid state
Eden WT series and Gallien-Krueger RB series. The Markbass stuff is also pretty good if you don’t use pedals, but that’s a dealbreaker for me.
Bass players are retarded. Thats all you need to know.
Lol cant even afford a real amp. And im sure youre aware guitar center rents them out for photoshoots. She looks fat
Easier to get the wattage needed from SS.
What would you compare the Gallien-Krueger RB series to? For instance, I've heard the Tone Hammer series is similar to Ampeg STVs.
Also is there a reason Orange's OB1-500 didn't make your list? Some well known bassists use it.
You are not immune to having bad tone
You clearly don’t understand her aesthetic.
>rent
Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later
Whats the problem with markbass amps and pedals?
I'm a bassist and I'm very retarded so please bear with me.
How does one get a Tweed tone one bass? I'm using a Rumble 100 and I'm looking for a nice dirty and compressed tone to add to the vintage Bassman setting in the amp. Something like the 5e3 circuit would be great. I'll just use my Pog to lover the octave. Will that work? Got the idea from Al Cisneros since he would run a DS-1 and a Marshall with his Pog2 and now he's using a Bax Bangeetar.
Great amp from what I heard. I got the original Tone Hammer DI though. Solid state is great but I prefer the hybrid ones like Markbass.
>lover
I swear typed lower.
Whats aesthetic about being fat? Or do you mean the whole fake independent diy gimmick she has going on that her dad bought for her? Shes a joke and "chappers" is less of a joke than her. Shes a kid playing pretend well into her 20s. Shes a failed billie eilish industry plant.
Any southpaws here playing the guitar right handed? I have been playing it left handed for 10 years, but it bugs me so fucking much that I will never be able to play my super rare vintage Japanese dream guitar unless I re-learn everything right handed. For now I can do basic chords, and some 1 to 2 string shenningans but I still suck mayor dick with it. Should I continue, will it get better? Or just give up and settle down that I will never be able to play the guitars I want (or atleast how they meant to be played, upside-down is awkard as fuck... sorry for the blogpost)
A lot of people compare the GK RB amps to old Blue-Line SVTs but that’s not really accurate. They’re just super clean, obnoxiously loud, and have a bit of a mid scoop (a very early 90’s RHCP sound).
The Orange OB1 didn’t make my list just cause they break up and distort at like 4/10 volume. I love the sound Sergio from Deftones gets with them though so I’ll have to put that in the good pile too.
They just don’t handle drive pedals that well and get very muddy if you use chorus and/or delay.
I used a bass through my joyo zombie amp and sounded real good on the hi gain setting
>The Orange OB1 didn’t make my list just cause they break up and distort at like 4/10 volume
Is that really that much of a big deal since everything gets mic'd up nowadays?
>They just don’t handle drive pedals that well and get very muddy if you use chorus and/or delay.
Every Markbass? I was thinking about getting the Little Mark III so I googled about that issue but I couldn't find anyhting related to that. I assume it's just your personal experience?
Yikes. Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later.
Couldn’t you just take it to a guitar tech and get it altered for left handed play? If it’s your dream guitar surely it’s worth it.
It is in a rehearsal/band practice situation for me because the guitarist I play with uses two AC30s, and the drummer hits like a monster.
I guess it wouldn’t matter that much in an actual mic’d up live situation.
I have a Little Mark 800 (pic related) that I don’t use anymore, and it acts the way I described. It’s probably just my personal preference though. I prefer the way tube bass amps react to pedals.
If it would be an acoustic sure, but it's an electric. With a floating bridge. But I don't know... maybe it is worth it. Im just a bit worried about pick-up polarity, and if I turn the switches accidentaly while strumming, or the jack gets disconnected by my elbow, or the string angles on the headstock.
>guitarist I play with uses two AC30s
You guys have a video or audio clip of this?
>no argument
Dont worry kid this is exactly what i expected you to respond with
>kid
You believe in a conspiracy theory about a girl who got famous from a YouTube video. You are angry because the mean man said Gibson is the best.
Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later, son.
Quit your job, buy a First Act and thank me now.
It's not a conspiracy theory to say that her father is marketing exec for huge companies and undoubtedly had a hand in her success you retard. Just like every other Hollywood starlet
Hello cockfags. This is the mark of a real guitar.
How are LTD SN-200s? I don't think I can get any actual strats here without either buying $50 crap or overpaying a huge amount for a god damn Squire headstock logo.
Theres pubes in your guitar
I fap in it every string change, gives that personal tone.
What's the best pickup configuration? SSS? HSS? HH?
*puts tinfoil hat on* oh I believe it. He had so much money to throw at YouTube that they changed their entire algorithm just so her video would pop up more frequently in recommended.
Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later. Maybe stop being so gullible too.
HHH
P90 P90 S
If you play bluegrass
BEST ELECTRIC GUITAR FOR A BEGINNER? FUCK GIBSON
But the answer is, Gibson. They make beginner guitars too user.
What’s some of the most unique ways you’ve seen a guitar be played? I saw one guitarist play Indian music on an electric using s slide to get the semitones, and he did this after studying sitar music st some small shop in San Jose.
Just bought a '19 Gibson Explorer in antique natural from Sweetwater. Will be here tomorrow. Which Metallica song should I play on it.
Yamaha, or Squier (not affinity or bullet series).
I'm trying to break out of rigid fingerstyle patterns and do more of an improvised style. How do I sound?
From whom the bells toll, brother
Post some of the hi-res pics they sent you.
>shitting on First Act
Not sure if they still do, but First Act use to have a world class custom shop. THey cut their own throats though with the cheapo walmart guitars. Horrible business decision.
It'll be fine, all you need to do is get a new nut cut and have it set up.
I can't think of any reason why pickup polarity would be a problem (or even related). Even if you do hit the switches accidentally, it'll only take a few days to learn to avoid them. The jack definitely will not get disconnected by your elbow. The string angles on the headstock will be fine, there are endless reverse-headstock guitars out there.
Any more concerns?
why not the affinity or bullet?
My net worth is more than that because I own a house and a Gibson.
Isn't every fag a cockfag?
H.
>to get the semitones
>whatthefuckamireading.jpg
First act had been a cheapo brand since 1995, and they opened their custom shop in 2002 I think.
Really ironic.
And now they're apparently owned by a toy company, so that's that.
Sam has more net worth than her.
But does he have a Gibson?
He has a Les Paul according to him.
Yeah, but 250,000 Hispanic Rubles is like tree fiddy in freedombucks.
>in guitar shop
>hi there, do you mind if I have a shot of this guitar?
>sure buddy, let me tune it for you
>staff member tunes guitar
>proceeds to play minute long technically challenging wanky piece
>here you go user, it’s all yours
>employee sniggers in the background whilst I strum cowboy chords
Are guitar shop employees actually great at guitar or do they just learn a few short show off pieces to make customers feel like dicks?
Well he is king
They're not actually great at guitar, user, they're just better than you.
Lol this. Working at a guitar store is an automatic never gonna make it
Are there any good exercises for chords like X.3.5.5.5.3 (C Chord on the 3rd fret of A) using only my index and ring finger?
I just cannot for the life of me bend the last digit of my ring finger in a way where it doesn't fuck up the B or the high E string. Should I just not worry about high E?
Come on man, just learn it barred with the proper A chord shape using fingers 2 3 and 4. That way you can do suspended and 7th chords and you won’t mute the E string. It’s easy on the third fret, it’s only difficult when you are doing a B flat.
GUITAR IS TURNING YOU GAY
thanks, I can actually do the "real" A chord shape on the low frets, but I figured I'd leard this shape too for the high frets. I have a tiny travel guitar and when I try to do an the usual shape on higher frets there's just not enough space for 3 fingers.
What fucking technique is the bass player using in this video?
youtube.com
I would google this but I don't know what to look up and no one will fucking answer me.
>inb4 slap
Obviously he's doing something else.
It should be easier with narrower fret spacing, here’s me at fret 7 and I can still comfortably do it. You just have to bunch up your fingers in the correct way.
As another user says, you should do it using fingers 2, 3 and 4.
However, I can play this shape and leave space for the high E string to ring out if I use my *pinky* finger to barre the D, G and B strings.
Anyone? Hoping it’s not so shite you thought it was an intentional shitpost. :(
aight thanks, guess I'll try harder
weird, I just tried it with my pinky and that's even more impossible kek
But thanks for the suggestion
No worries, user. I'm pretty lucky in that the distal phalanx of my fifth digit is exactly the right length to pull this off.
Of course, it's essentially useless because I play in fourths, herp derp.
Holy SHIT you’re fat as fuck
ikr no way he can pull that off with those sausages
Kek. I actually have relatively slim fingers but otherwise you are correct, I am eighteen stone.
I fucking hate guitar stores for this reason, it attracts try-hard failed musicians desperate for validation. I don't give a fuck that you were a roadie for Toxik in the 80s dude just let me play. I still refuse to buy online though so just gotta deal with it I guess
It's a useful shape to learn desu cause it frees up other fingers for moving quickly between voicing
Uuhh I'm pretty sure its double thumping
brandon dog is that you? fuck i am one drunk little nigger
Nope. I’m this guy, the one some strange user always dredges up my broken wrist pic of. youtu.be
Wasnt cabinfat a personality?
I’m not sure who cabinfat is but as I posted a clyp tonight that coincides with the thread time I think it’s safe to say I am not larping.
No he posted a lot of timestamps with his guitar and amp in his cabin.
So youre saying he got a lifetime ban for posting food and is too stupid to go around it?
CORT
LTD-ESP
Ibanez
They can even easily surpass the "beginner" category
Anyone own a guitar made by Vintage Electronics? They're practically the only guitars sold at my local guitar store.
Yes
Are Alembic basses worth the money?
Nothing bass related is worth the money. Bass players are easily replaced by a pirated copy of FL studio.
Yuki Nagato is theoretically a perfect guitarist.
Bass!
>he's too cringe and bluepilled to own a Gibson
Animes have theories for everything except to why theyre largest consumers are still virgins
Don’t worry user, if they’re man enough they will thank us later.
I have one and even tho I hate the bigsby on it, Its super fun to play and sounds beautiful. They really did fuck up with their marketing.
My cute waifubro the double G
how the fuck do you play surf rock
>tfw I just came up with a beautiful chord progression and melody
This shit gives me a reason to live lads.
vibrato and reverb all the way up
Look up tabs for a metal song, remove the distortion, tremolo pick everything.
hmm
ill actually try this out
what metal bands should i check out? i know nothing about metal
Band: Slayer
Album: Show no mercy
You'd be better off with black metal, lots of tremolo picking. Palm muting open E isn't so interesting sans distortion.
Thoughts on the EVH 5150III 15W LBXII or the Peavy 6505 MH? Are there better options for a low-watt metal amp?
shitload of happy chord progresions similar to punk
tremolo pick and sublime use of the whammy bar you can use a tex-trem pedal instead.
>I've never considered myself a homsexual
>I don't know what a bear or twink is and I don't care
>I just let my bros bang on this tite boihole and make me scream with prostate pain or pleasure
>and I get the sounds of hands free orgasms
Azusa doesn't own a Gibson either, faggot
At least post the REAL Gibson™ best girl
lemme guess u own a gibson
unironically, emperor
As well as Burzum, check this out: youtube.com
best guitars/pickups for post-rock/ambient?
motorheaded gfs, respectable
Get a job, buy a Gibson and thank me later.
She's young. Give her time. It's inevitable she'll get one, since she witnessed Gibson's greatness first hand spending time with Yui.
What's the best digital amp to use with a DAW like reaper? Or just any DAW really, I don't have a preference, Reaper was just easy to set up
I'm actually excited bros, my guitar doesn't sound half as shit as I thought when it was playing through my dogshit speaker
You're living in a literal dreamworld.
What is the third most likely guitar to be used by a successful professional musician behind 1. a Gibson and 2. a Fender?
ESP
>boomer seething his Marshall gets BTFO by axe fx
The future is now old man, tubes are stupid, guitar makes you gay, get a job, buy a Gibson, thank me later.
Show off pieces. Whatever they play, just say "oh nice dude, do you know anything like [band not in that genre]?" And watch the spaghetti fly. Especially if they played some bullshit metal lick.
G&L
/gg/ betting pool time, who dies first this fat lard or the user who was 400+mg of caffeine a day smoking half a pack to go with it. Trips and I die first. Bury me with my Gibson
This was the correct answer last time, but as much as I love them, I don't think that's correct this time around. They're criminally underused.
The correct answer was PRS.
Maybe 18 years ago
Your boomer projection is kind of sad. I'm sorry you're getting too old to get those twink cocks in your butt on the dl. Maybe listening to musicians who can actually play their own songs will help?
That's like two normal sized cups of coffee or one large one, that's not a shocking amount of caffeine.
Back when guitar was relevant?
Dude the average coffee has like 80mg, a Bang energy drink sold as pre workout has 300mg. 400+mg a day is literally stroke tier
95mg per 8flo
80-95 mg per 8 fluid ounces is some weak ass coffee.
Talking bout me brah? You mad I slam two of these bad boys with a fat joint and write sick fuckin jams like I'm speedballin on heroin and coke? Real niggas dont make it past 27, write that down on the back of your gibs- oh, you're poor. No thanks are necessary.
Based
How do you not get anxiety doing that though? I did it (with coffee) for a while but it started giving me crazy anxiety (grass has a tendency to make me anxious sometimes anyway). But when it works it's glorious
My Ibanez bass sounds so shit when slapped, lads. Tried an Aria Pro from a friend today and was blown away at how easy it was to get a good slapping tone with barely any force. Should I just get a stingray or jazz bass already?
I get crazy anxiety if I take caffeine or get high before public situations, but for writing music it just hits that sweet spot of being loose enough to relax and let the music develop while also being so jacked that all the mundane bullshit involved with music production doesn't phase me whatsoever. But that's because I do all my writing and recording solo in my room
>buy a Gibson
>posts a literal Ibanez shill
O I am laffin
nobody gets laid for the sake of it. if something else fills the hunger jerking off alone is enough and probably feels better.
anime enables mental masturbation that neuters the sex drive. no need for companionship, no need for pussy. the TV and your hand have it all covered.
Get a Stingray if you want to look like some limp wristed indie "artist" or a Jonas brother.
Get a Jazz bass if you want to carry on the legacy of every musician that has wielded it before you.
Bonus points if your Jazz bass isn't a Fender.
I own a Player series Jazz bass and I would buy a Sire if I could do it again.
Sounds like you need an Aria Pro
>most of them could not even tell a difference between tube sound and solid state
Neither can experienced guitarists in double blind tests. The mythical >50% success rate has yet to be reached. Modelers are pretty much perfect even when you AB them with muh real tubes. And in a live situation where a lot of the guitar's tone is drowned out by the rest of the band, lol, who fucking cares. A lot of the SS hate came from old shitty designs, they've improved to the point where we can create all solid state, all analog amps that sound like specific tube amps.
Experienced guitarists even identify tonewoods in ACOUSTIC guitars at a rate higher than random chance either. Which should tell you something about how wood works for solidbody electrics where its greatest influence is maybe changing the way the strings vibrate (with the nut/fret and bridge in the way). Which also means, yeah, guitarists nerdery is one of the driving forces behind deforestation and the extinction of ebony.
sites.google.com
So tubes and tonewoods are just curios now. You buy them because you think they're cool but practically they're just ornamentation. Get over yourselves and buy fiberglass guitars and kempers.
Someone should make really good modeling software that comes with a guitar designed for the modeling software, meaning the modeling software expects that guitar's frequency response and other characteristics.
Then you could have presets just for that guitar which recreate famous tones perfectly.
>tfw need to keep my fingernails long to have good sound fingerpicking guitar
>tfw need to keep my fingernails short to have good sound playing bass
fuck
or just, you know, move some knobs around and feel it out
If you're playing the amps to AB them you can listen for sag in the tube amp, which the SS amp won't have unless it's programmed to model it. And excess noise and microphonics from the tube amp. An the tone change as it warms up.
Basically, tube amps are slightly worse so you should definitely be able to tell the difference.
With a little research they could probably program in adjustments for string gauge changes and string material changes, too.
Line 6 variax guitars have been around for like a decade. They seem okay? Never tried one don't know anybody who has.
It's not the frequency response. A graphic eq will do any of that. It's the distortion characteristics.
Modeling fag is just buttblasted that it's cheap and easy to make tube amps sound great. It is harder to record with a real amp and speaker than just jacking into a computer. You can't win them all.
That's something totally different which works through piezo pickups.
Also,
>Line 6
I said really good.
It's real easy to make tube amps sound great yeah
Just replace and re-bias the tubes fairly regularly and make sure they're warmed up before you record. Also spend $1000-2000 on your amp.
>meanwhile in solid state land
Just turn it on
Also spend $1000-2000 on your amp
you can plug a tube amp into a load box turdwad
The best amps are hybrids
>overpaying for a digital modeling effects/preamp section that sounds enough like the real thing to be used
>overpaying for a tube power section that actually makes the amp worse (that you probably never overdrive anyways, ps: power section distortion sounds bad)
>not getting something with a tube preamp that you can hit as hard as you want and a solid state power section with an assload of headroom
>overpaying for having every tone on the planet
ok
Took you 4 hours to come up with this mental gymnaatics and cope lmfao loser.
DIstortion comes from the preamp
They're not heat sensitive, it's a vacuum.The warm up is over once you have sound.
Buy cathode bias if you're a tube-tard.
Are you getting good recordings from using a reactive load? Or are you just memeing.
Isn't that right though? Anime fags are virgins because they're too busy fantasizing about perfect women to get horny enough to just go out and fuck a 5/10 like everyone else.
Turn up the master volume some more. A lot more.
Based
Not enough abologney
>tubes
>cheap
Lmao
>spend 800 on axe fx
>clone any amp you ever wanted
Seriously tube fags are deluded, even most recordings people will claim are tube are actually a dry signal that gets reamped and tweaked to fuck, or at best a dry signal with a modeler mixed with a tube signal. Seriously no producer uses tubes exclusively anymore, unless they're just doing it for kicks, which is a meme because it's a big fucking waste of recording time to not be able to reamp on the fly. And live it absolutely does not matter whatsoever.
Dont buy a tube amp. Save the money you would spend on that on an axe fx or kemper, then make sick guitar riffs to sell to cringey rappers to use in their beats, then buy a fucking Gibson, and thank me later
maybe if you get a modeler it will correct your gibson's tuning problems on the fly
Frusciante didn't have to play in tune and neither do you
The glowing tubes are pretty cool and smaller tube amps cost a lot less than the modeling systems that are actually worth a damn.
Really.
>dry signal that gets reamped
gee, maybe someone uses a real amp and microphones to do that.
frusciante hit accidental just intonation
you just sound like an amateur
that someone spends a lot of money on a variety of amps, cabs, and pedals for a diversity of tone
and average artists aren't rich people by any means (unlike the fat cat kikes that make money off shit they didn't make)
You've literally never stepped foot into a studio and its painfully obvious to everyone who has lmao
His bedroom counts as a studio. He has, uh, sound-damping anime dolls.
>1980s
>solid state shit sounds like garbage and is either for poorfags or gimmicky shit for doctors and lawyers
>get a tube amp and some hand soldered in america pedals son, now that's tone
>2010s
>tube amps are made in china crap and the only way to get passable tone on a budget
>poor people have to buy chinese knock off pedals to get decent effects.
>doctors and lawyers buy high end tubeshit and pedals just to show off
>professionals use expensive digital effects
Lets hear your great studio LPs.
Would it be worth the effort to desolder the tone pots from my HSS strat clone, leaving just the toggle switch and volume?
what if he's just the intern that presses stop and start at the sound desk
The reality of this hurts. I grew up wanting a mark V so fucking bad. Now there's literally no fucking point, for anyone without completely disposable income it's a total waste and then some because you have to plunk down even more cash for a bunch of effects that come built in to an axe fx or similar. It's not fair bros
>he has a kemper
>studios only use kempers
>kemper trap-prog fuccbois are the only guitarists left that aren't little wayne
fine, but don't lump me in with your anime faggotry
I recorded with will putney while he was still with Machine and we talked about this at length, hes a tube head but even he admits they're a waste of money if you're not a producer who's whole job revolves around owning a billion amps
sounds like a cush job
Get active pickups for less tone suck. I'd go with EMG SX/SX/58X or duncan AS-1N / AS-1N / AHB-1B.
Non-X series EMGs sound like ass on strats.
When you can pick them up used for $500 and lower end ones new for $300 and less, nah. Best tone on a budget.
>on a budget
Poorfags get out. Seriously. If your guitar costs less than 1k dont post. I bet you're that faggot with the gookshit guitar. You dont know a fucking thing about tone, your ears have more than likely been destroyed from listening to carly rae jepsen on your ear pods at max volume. Here's some advice, free of charge because I know you can't afford it. Sell your shitty tube amp. Buy a Gibson. You're welcome.
Do I need a speaker cabinet for my $1800 profiling head? I only have enough money left over to use my laptop speakers.
Harely benton
Your guitar means NOTHING as long as it's set up, in tune, not making weird noises on its own, and stays that way
Found the Squierfag. Next you'll tell me amps dont mean anything and to buy a Line 6. Seriously get a job dude, one besides handing out bad advice like its HPV at a price parade. I'll bill you for this advice later, but seriously just buy a Gibson. You'll feel the difference.
Amps and cabs mean everything, guitars mean nothing.
That's the way it be. Guitarfags are vain nitwits who imitate anime girls because that's what they are on the inside - teenage girls.
What about EMG SA or SLV?
>Amps and Cabs mean everything
Yeah, if you're feeding them a quality signal. the sort of quality you can only get from a quality manufacturer, and guess what? The only quality manufacturer is Gibson. But you already knew that, you're just absolutely seething in poverty, shitting and farting in your pants trying to cope with the fact you play gookshit
All guitars and amps sound the same.
I play one string djent stick into a baby monitor. Sumerian Records is trying to sign me.
personal preference but stick with the X series preamps or get duncans
EMGs will audibly distort when low on power, which is most of the time when you don't have 18v
gibson pickups suck and body wood doesn't matter. but neck wood does because that shit moves.
i play an MIA strat because it stays in one place.
>gibson pickups suck
i make $1200 a week and only need to spend $1500 on a month to live
I did buy a gibson but I returned it after a couple of weeks because it sucked and guitar center has a really nice return policy
>stays in one piece
>with a bolt on neck
Just buy a Gibson already man you're embarrassing yourself.
>I bought a Gibson I swear I'm not a poorfag larping
Post timestamps
>OH UU UHHHHHH I RETURNED IT! YEAH CUZ IT WAS BAD DEFINITELY NOT LYING
Poorfags literally never learn
Post a timestamped photo of your Chibson, larper ;)
Kek finally someone catches on goddamn, this thread is definitely full of boomers. It takes like 200 posts in every time
Why would I take a picture of a fucking disappointment
>set neck
>doesn't move
lol
and if it moves around too much you can't replace it, shame, because gibson's consistency is ass
post guitars and i'll tell you if i would rub my penis on them to orgasm
Get a load of this LARPing fox.
no
what a foolish fable
for it dismisses the possibility that the fox might not just continue to long for the grapes, but tell everyone of their sweetness like some sort of deranged grape fanboy, in hopes of making someone else feel the same longing.
except that that's not what happened in the story.
It was written before one in five foxes had autism.
Epiphone > modern Gibson
This sad general literally cannot refute this without once mentioning being poor or referencing that inane fable for the 10 millionth time
maybe that "ITS SMALL BUT ITS THERE" tonewood and lacquer boomer will tell you the differences are small, but there
>arguing over planks of wood with strings attached
Only a boomer would be unable to detect Gibson posting for what it is while unironically bragging about fendershit
>mfw only a boomer would be able to afford a gibson in the first place
I am starting bass. When I move up an octave, I find the most effective thing to do is move my hand way down the neck all at once (for example start the second octave of E on the third dot thing on the second string) is this the right way?
two things: the strings on bass and guitar go from thinnest to thickest, so the second string would be the third string down when holding the bass in playing position. i assume you meant the third string. you need to be more specific about what you're doing when you move up the octave for me to judge whether it's right or not.
GIBTODDLERS BTFO
Based
I have geneal idea that while playing a bass line I would keep my hand close to the top. And when I would play a solo with high notes I would keep my hand further down the neck mostly. Is this idea correct?
ebay,craigslist or facebook clasified a second hadn mim strat for like $300
the top of what?
Says the fucking moron who doesn't know that for less than $900 you could have any fucking warmoth guitar or bass you want that will kick the shit out of anything you can buy off the shelf for that price and beyond.
Like by the head
it's up to you where you play, whatever serves the song.
tree trunk neck
I miss distorted Chon
All their songs sound like Japanese elevator music now
That's one way of doing it. Other times it will be more appropriate to play an octave two strings over and two frets down. It's important to remember though that the same note will have slightly different timbres depending on where it's played on the fret board.
>"clean" tone
>still sounds distorted
why do guitarists do this
slightly crunchy is the best our metal amps and hot humbuckers can do, give us a break
>buy a Gibson
I’m shocked it’s not trying to sell JCM800s
>not playing with your fingers
what happens when you lose your pick fag? can you even play more than one voice at a time?
think he means quarter tones. king gizzard did something like that for flying microtonal banana.
>he can't into hybrid picking
Confusing semitones with microtonality is what I assumed had happened, and lacking theory to that degree falls entirely within the category of 'whatthefuckamireading.jpg'.
but most Gibson basses suck ass
Get on welfare, buy an Epiphone Thunderbird and thank me later
I fell for the Neon by John Mayer meme. My hand is too small for this shit.
>tfw really want a Flying V bass because I've always liked the shape and would like to have a shortscale in my collection
>tfw the ones made by Gibson are shitty and hella expensive because they only made 375 of them
>tfw heard good things about the Gibson 2011 reissue but they're hard to find
>tfw Epiphone made a few but they have golden hardware
>tfw Japanese companies (Greco, Burny) made a few good clones but they're even harder to find, not to mention import taxes if I were to order one
Doctor here. It's obviously a dice-roll (with lung cancer being an either-or situation), but morbid obesity will usually trump smoking at this (sub-COPD) level.
Forgot to add, I don't give a shit about the caffeine unless he has a heart condition.
Play what you like and don't fall for any memes.
I'm fond of MIJ Ibanez.
Actually, even "Captain" Lee can now reliably tell the difference between a Kemper profile and the real thing since he realised that it doesn't model power sag.
>Be 15 year old me
>Look up on Guitar Center for basses, looking to get a new bass
>See the Epiphone Thunderbird
>bust a nut, I need that bass
>Go to local Guitar Center because retarded 15yo me thinks every Guitar Center will have that bass
>They don't have it, shocker
>Try out other basses for shiggles
>Salesman comes over and recommends an Epiphone Viola bass
>Not bad, and I like spending money like it's burning a hole in my pocket
>Fuck it, I buy it
>End up fucking hating it
>Trade it in to a local shop for an Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor hollowbody
I still want that fucking Thunderbird
but i do, i practice my picado technique everyday
i also practice the double slap technique too
Wrote a new song today, not that you guys generally give a shit but posting it here anyway. I swear I didn't intentionally rip off David Bowie.
you misspelled "gibsons suck"
I don't like it but it's not bad.
Stupid question about the pronounciation of Flying V: is "flying vee" (V as a fucking letter), or "flying five" (roman numeral)??
vee
It's actually a flying lambda.
Only if it's a lefty, or in Australia.
Get a jazz or something similar mate, I've got a Sterling SB14 which is like a cheaper Stingray, and whilst it's good fun it isn't versatile tone wise and I'd like a jazz now as that can do punchy and mellow.
Flea plays Stingrays m8. Sires do seem like amazing value for money and sound great.
Not really, you should be playing it three frets up on the third string away from it like pic related. I use my third finger personally but most use their little finger. Get used to doing this because it's a key skill in bass and is in nearly every song.
I'm not sure where you got this idea from, like the other user said, you play whatever you need to.
It's a flying implying. Or as the kids on youtube say a flying meme arrow.
My bandmates say they want to do the best EP that we can even if it takes long, but then we're recording and the singer forgot his guitar pedal and he wants to record his part with my multifx's shitty distortion because he can't be bothered to record it again, it's too much hassle
Zzzzzzz
You'd better not be fucking with me, I'm going to ask for one at the store!
It's pronunced as flying five, because its body shape looks like a number five.
Why would it be called a flying five?
Considering they're competitive Smashplayers, that's probably the exact sound they're going for. I just listened to the new album, it starts off pretty weak but there are some real cool pieces in there
STOP MESSING WITH ME WHICH IS IT?!
Because V = 5 in roman numeral, so I'm confused, so you can't know if it's the letter or the number.
Vee
It looks like a fucking V
Flying V
Fucking christ
Can somebody educate me on this meme right here?
tears in heaven
Claptons son fell out of a window when he was 4 or something and papa clapper was drunk off his scrote or on heroin or something and blames himself.
Got it, thanks. Hope it's true.
>WHEN YOU WANNA GET DOWN, DOWN ON THE GROUND, COCAINE
No their headstock are uglier than Gibson’s.
I agree but also
Dean > epiphone
Because they dont veneer the whole guitar like epiphone does and better pickups.
And better headstock
what the fuck is sag instability in the tone ? compression ?
Voltage sag is the proper term. I swesr to god zoomers are retards. Transformers are not powerful enough to handle power needed in large hi watt amps when dimed
but how the fucking sound ? you dumbo you are just parroting nerd shit.
why should i spend more than 2000 $ for a ES-335 when i can get an Eastman t386 for 1200 $
>he didn't get a new Gibson today
Just fitted her with a fresh set of GHS Boomers DYXL 10-46 with wound 3rd. Nothing beats this fresh nitro smell. Bout to go dab on some Megadeth riffs
Everyone will judge you for playing chinkshit
you posted a pic the other day of the guitar and from that pic the upper bout looked bubbled.
was that just bad lighting?
Kek thanks based doctor. I want to quit smoking, I know it's bad for me. But I've also read a bunch if literature that explains they're not quite the coffin nails anti smoking campaigns say they are. I just kek when I get my blood pressure taken after drinking an energy drink and smoking a bunch and it's perfect. Especially since I herniated my L4 and haven't exercised in half a year. Anyways thanks for reading my blog, this blog was brought to you by Gibson Guitars: Get A Job, Thank Us Later.
Fuck singers go instrumental srs
Jesus christ the schecter is the only one that doesn't look like it was designed by a 7th grader
Kek they really couldn't get a decent piece of top wood on there? Looks like stained plywood
If you played/sang with a little more confidence it's really not bad. I'm getting the feeling you're a johnny cash/tom waites fan. Also congrats on doxxing yourself you big fat bastard. Shave the beard, it doesn't grow enough on your face. Either do a goatee or get rid of it
HOLY FUCK I WANT TO PUNCH MY SINGER
SUNDAY, WE'LL RECORD AT MY ROOM
HE CALLED ME BEFORE LEAVING HIS HOUSE IF HE COULD RECORD WITH MY LES PAUL JUST SO HE DIDNT HAVE TO BRING HIS (HE CAME WITH HIS CAR, NOT EVEN WALKING)
I EVEN INSISTED ON RECORDING WITH MY TELE SINCE IT WAS FUCKING GUIDE TRACKS BUT HE WANTED MY BEST GUITAR (HE COULDN'T BE BOTHERED TO MAKE GUIDES AND THEN LAYING DEFINITIVE TRACKS AFTER WE GOT THE DRUMS)
AND THEN HE PLAYED IT WITH HIS MONKEY HAND AND BROKE MY A STRING AND BLAMED MY GUITAR
I JUST LEFT THE BAND'S FACEBOOK GROUP TO NEVER JOIN A BAND AGAIN
#
I'm gonna get good at singing and become solo artist
This is the worst fucking shit. I've got a similar story
>drive 6 hours to get home to spend the weekend writing with my drummer
>make plans to meet up at 11am on saturday, and work on our EP
>go to his apartment at 11 to pick him up and go to the practice space
>he's asleep, and hungover as fuck
>"hold up dude I just gotta shower"
>30 minutes later
>"dude im sorry I just have to eat something hang on it'll be quick
>30 more minutes
>"alright dude lemme just get ready and we'll go"
>another 30 minutes, getting dressed, brushing teeth
>finally fucking leave to go to the practice space
>get there, start to warm up
>"fuck dude I just can't play dude I'm just not feeling it today dude sorry bro"
dropped him off back at his place, never spoke to him again. At this point I had already written a 5 song EP, demo'd it with superior drummer, and drove the 6 hours to get footage of his parts so I could translate those into the tracks. He'd had the demos for about a month at that point, and had never sent me anything back in return. Fuck people, go solo
Thanks, not a big Waits fan but I do love Johnny’s Cash. Confidence will come once I have practiced the song more.
Re. doxxing myself I made a conscious decision I don’t give a shit, the worst that could happen is someone posts something shitty on my YouTube or Facebook and I don’t have any dick pics or otherwise cringey things circulating the internet.
Just wanted to make sure you were aware of it. I'd want someone to let me know if I doxxed myself. Also I can tell you're going for a quiet singing voice, but pull back from the mic and sing a little louder man. It sounds like you're singing with your throat instead of your diaphragm. also was 100% srs about the facial hair thing man cmon don't do yourself like that
Cut your fingernails in a way that makes it longer on an edge so you can switch between them. Haven't tried this myself but read it on a bass forum.
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New CHON dropped today, for those with patrician taste. Definitely their best album so far IMO, got a little bit of everything. Didn't love the intro track, and there's a shitload of legato wankery, but that's just kind of their thing I figure.
looks like a 2 piece body tho.
How do I tell if I sing with the throat or diaphragm
Ok thanks for the heads up, I just post stuff by my real name as I play open mics a lot and it means people can find me easily.
The facial hair in that photo with the deer is just a weeks worth after a clean shave, it’s not a fashion choice, I’m just a lazy cunt.
It's solid Korina. No top wood.
You'll be able to feel it. Look up some videos, or if you know a really good singer, they should be able to tell you. Basically, the force that allows you to have a full, resonant sound comes from breathing with your diaphragm, the lower part of your stomach. If you've ever felt you sounded nasally or thin, it's because you're only using your throat to sing, which obviously not being a very big part of your body, doesn't actually resonate that much. There are vocal techniques that emphasize the throat, like using your head voice to hit higher pitches and such, but when you sing, your stomach should be flexing and moving about a great deal. Watch some videos of really talented singers, you'll see what looks like them breathing extremely deeply, even when singing relatively quiet parts i,e. johnny cash. It's difference between using your neck to make sound, and you're entire thoracic cavity. Desu I'm not a pro singer so it's difficult for me to articulate clearly, look up some videos on singing from the diaphragm.
nigga, that's straight up plywood. you are playing particle board
so... you're sperging out because of a broken string?
I have read and watched some stuff on using the diaphragm and even saw a coach but I still have doubts with it
Like, am I supposed to keep pushing the belly up to pull air during every note, or is it about keeping it stiff and not letting much air out
I also found that inflating my chest up like a chicken helps with my lower notes much more than pulling air with the belly
I'm trying to sing Johnny cash btw
What would you do if you were in my place
They acted as if I was the rich studio owner
>doubts
stop doubting, it's literally the correct way to sing
>keep pushing every not
ideally you want a full and consistent airflow for whatever the length of the musical phrase is. No pumping your stomach in and out every fucking word, taking full and deep breaths, and controlling that air to not just complete the phrase, but to support each note.
>inflating chest
that can work for short term and certain sounds, but ultimately you will run out of air or not be able to sing loud enough. 99% of amateur singers think they're breathing enough, and they're not. There's a reason when you see video of someone who can REALLY sing, like Sinatra, that dude holds the mic WAAAAAAY away from his face. And that's because even his quiet singing, is loud as FUCK by most peoples standards.
>trying to sing johnny cash
based
>stop doubting, it's literally the correct way to sing
Doubts on how to do it, fucker
>2nd paragraph
And when there's pauses between words of one phrase? I can't fucking grasp it can you give me a Skype lesson?
Inflating the chest makes it sound and feel more supported than focusing on the belly.
>when theres breaks between phrases
either breathe or don't jesus christ use some common sense dude, don't hold your breath but if you want to be a good singer you're going to have to be able to pull in a lot of air, very quickly. If you don't have any singers that can teach you breathing exercises, look up breathing exercises for Brass players, specifically Low Brass like tuba. Those mother fuckers can breathe like none other, they'll teach you how to use your diaphragm.
>skype
>doxx myself
no thanks
>inflating the chest
the chest will naturally inflate, don't think it's exclusively your diaphragm moving. the reason teachers avoid referencing the chest is because again, it's not the primary mover here, it rising and falling is incidental to the diaphragm working correctly. Remember your lungs are much lower in your thoracic cavity than you think, if you're breathing correctly, you'll even feel your lower back expanding. If you're having problems breathing between breaks in phrases I'm assuming you are probably not opening your throat enough. Srs. This is /gg/ so I'm done talking about singing here sorry but here's a place to start
korea: where all good things are made
as retarded as this sounds do girls take more of a liking to cute guys who play bass or cute guys who play guitar?