>tfw you pacifica shitplank has actual rosewood and will fetch gibson prices easily in a few years Feelsgoodman
Jaxson Johnson
No need to be jealous, friend.
Landon Adams
epic trole XD
Nolan Ramirez
Boss Katana Line 6 spider
Jayden Peterson
>Yep, now that's the mojo I wish I could have accumulated through shows if I didn't start playing in my 20s. Whatever, time for my pentatonic first box shred.
Sebastian Reyes
Then why does Dean and everyone use ebony still
Ryan Johnson
Don't like gettin' called out for being a poser, huh?
I went busking yesterday, made ten bucks over a few hours and gave it to a hobo. Anybody have busking tips/advice?
Anthony Kelly
you can get anything from a custom shop retardo maximus
Evan White
Better to die a mediocre faggot whose list of hobbies starts and ends with "fucking around on the internet all day" than a complete nobody
Even if you started when you were 10 you were probably never going to be a rock star. You can have the talent but you need the charisma.
Nathaniel Myers
>hobbies hobbies are for losers who don't have anything better to be doing with their time
Brayden Bennett
This. Never trying > trying and failing > trying too late to have a chance. I don't play guitar, I just tell other people to buy gibsons.
Liam Wilson
>made in mexico charvel is custom shop Lmfao dumbass
Carter Price
How do I trem-pick? I try to play Raining Blood but I can't pick the open notes for the life of me. I can get it to sound like a crappy "gallop" at best.
lmao you couldn't figure out how why a partscaster assembled in mexicio costs $1500
Owen White
>Line 6 Are those actually good or just a meme?
Hunter Cox
Any idea why the new EVH iiiS combos cost more than the iiiS head + 2x12 cab together? Its like a 300 dollar difference Hell, even the old EVH III combos dont cost this much
Nathaniel Ramirez
Start at a comfortable tempo with metronome, where you're not making any mistakes and just pick open for a couple minutes. I assume you're talking about the reverse gallop, slowly bump up the bpm until you're at speed.
Nolan Ortiz
>he plays a baby sized 24.75” scale Gibson “guitar”
lmao and martin has started using richlite too so there's another high end guitar manufacture you can rage at because you you can't afford one
Connor Stewart
Do any of you take lessons or are you too scared of leaving the house and answering the inevitable "what kind of songs do you want to play" question
>Sick gibson bro, that thing is NICE. I wish I had a guitar like that when I started out. >So dude, what kind of songs did you want to learn? >ho...ka....time.... >Dude what? >hokagoteatime >Sorry man I didn't hear that, one more time? >ho-kago tea time >Never heard of them. Some J-rock stuff? >y-ye- >Hold on, let's look them up, I bet there are tabs. >Hahaha >AHAHAHAH >stop >Jesus christ dude is she 12 >yui is my guitar hero.... >Pffffft ooookay dude so let's start with stairway
Chase Adams
If you like the song and it has simple open chords then it's a good first song. Anything decently popular will have a usable tab/ chords on the internet, but listen carefully to the actual song and tweak it if you have to/ it sounds better that way.
Carter Rodriguez
Why would i get a martin when taylor is superior. Keep defending cutting corners though.
Andrew Hill
Not them but just to clear this up for you ebony is running short in supply. Yes, you can still get a guitar with an ebony fretboard but it'll run the cost of the instrument up substantially. This is me hoping you're not really as stupid as you seem, hope it helps.
Ethan Reed
Its only one species that is endangered. Weve had this discussion already. Its the one with the darkest and highest percentage of dark wood. Now manufacturers are using "imperfect" ebony. Look at some of the charvel okoume dk24 models. They have ebony fretboards. I have a dark board from my korean dean. Its ebony. New import deans have ebony too. Before only 10-20% of an ebony tree was being used. Were using more now from each tree.
>defending cutting corners lmao but jcum you couldn't figure out why a partscaster assembled in mexicio would go from being a $600 guitar to $1500 after an ebony fretboard was added remember? this discussion had nothing to do with cutting corners
I was talking about the riff at the 0.45 mark, if that helps. I'll try that, thank you.
Jack Young
skill
Jackson Adams
bruh...
Alexander Jackson
Does everyone have these little sacks on their finger tips or am I a freak? They protrude just enough to touch the next string over and it’s fuckin annoying
>Were using You're not doing anything. And I have no idea what that you're trying to get at with that jumble of sentences, use your words next time.
Adam Jenkins
No, it's dyed indonesian rosewood. Same shit schecter uses on the diamond series.
Julian Cooper
>tfw too retarded to get btfo
Gabriel Flores
No its not i hit it with paint thinner and nothing came off.
Nolan Lopez
Sure
Do it again, really rub it in, we'll see
David Cooper
This plus choke up on the pick.
Alexander Roberts
>they're using substandard Ebony now that supply is dwindling No shit Sherlock you aren't even arguing anything here you fucking idiot, you're just reiterating that quality Ebony is in short supply and guitar manufacturers are having to choose alternatives to quality Ebony or drive the cost of the guitar up if they insist on using it
Nathaniel Richardson
Yeah, that's the reverse gallop and there's tons of stuff on youtube showing how to practice stuff like that. It's all about endurance, you have to start slowly and steadily work it up to speed.
Christian Howard
>no Overdrive >no Distortion Dude...
Sebastian Stewart
if I buy a stranderg will people catch on to me being a weeb or will they think it's because of plini?
Oh boy, time to talk in the guitar general on Yea Forums!
>Samboposting >Sammyposting >Kakaposting >Retarded posts about gibsons vs other guitars >Whenever someone asks a music theory related question, they get ignored >Whenever someone posts an example of them playing, instead of constructive feedback they get showered in autistic shitposting about their skill level >Whenever someone posts a picture of their guitar it gets met with poorfag posting or other autism
Nevermind.
Jaxon Johnson
fender champion series
Caleb Nguyen
>New import deans have ebony too imagine being dumb enough to actually believe this
this, every time I read /gg/ it's just crab bucket posting. Fucking lame.
Robert Anderson
somebody rec me my first amp >small enough to fit in the backseat of a car >mostly used to play metal but needs to sound decent on everything else too >battery powered >headphone jack >150 dollar budget is ideal. can go up to 300 if REALLY need to
Don't try to deflect bro, that's the best advice anyone here is going to give you for real
Wyatt Lee
Reverb is full of overpriced shit
I find better deals on ebay
Boss katana air
Dylan Brown
Schecter C-1
Adam Howard
yamaha 120h? ltd viper 10? whats wrong with ibanez though
Isaac Sanchez
>shitty forsale site buys another shitty forsale site. In other news, fire burns, grass is green, water is wet, and everyone you know is getting older.
Anyone else legitimately afraid of amplifiers with headphone jacks? Like just imagine having your headphones plugged in and then fucking up having every knob on the amp on maximum and then getting tortured by the sound and then going deaf. Like holy fucking shit
Daniel Miller
what difference does it make to you? lol you can't afford anything there anyway
Parker Wilson
dont buy new, instead hunt down a Jackson TH1 thinline ash in satin finish made in japan.
If you're willing to rub solvents on your fretboard (or stupid enough), try other solvents, like acetone or alcohol.
Cooper Ramirez
I thought this general mainly bought from reverb. Hell, i never heard of it before I started coming here and people used to rave about it. Im always able to find rare gear I can't get in my hillbilly state. Whenever a seller has an make an offer option I almost always get it a few hundred dollars cheaper. EBay is way too sketchy, too many chinese knockoffs
You're worried about some inlays being off on a budget Jap copy when Gibson's QC has been notoriously bad even on their custom shop shit?
Austin Johnson
not him but edwards is what poor fag nips play when they can't afford a real domestic esp
Asher Hughes
Then try acetone. You might have a species of some sort of ebony, or it's dyed - and some dye techniques are "baked" in, so you can rub it off playing it. But it's probably one of the cheaper varieties of "ebony" that isn't banned. If it was imported into the US or UK, it's not the good stuff, that's for sure.
Christian Campbell
this is gear that never leaves the house
and not a mic or XLR cable in sight either so there's no recording going on
Chase Young
>poorfa/gg/s and their Gibson complex lmao, every fucking time.
Benjamin Mitchell
glad your waife allows that little mancave and that sexy mannequin leg
Lincoln Turner
>waife
is that like a mix between a waifu and a wife? like, a 2.5d spouse?
Sounds weird but there's more muscle on the tip of my middle and ring finger than on the tip of my index finger, so they both have different tones. Does this go away after a while?
Jayden Mitchell
>BABY CARROTS
Owen Powell
>tfw your wife gives you permission to buy a new gibson
I own two Gibsons currently. I've had an Edwards LP and it was the lightest non-chambered LP I've ever played. Seymour Duncan antiquities stock. I actually regret selling it.
Brandon Scott
full mannequin is trache´s wife
Liam Harris
thats why I wrap my cans around my neck while I mess with the settings I'm more afraid of my amp blowing out my expensive headphones
Luis Torres
they have a term for obsessing over something you can't afford like this. they call it neurosis >edwards is shit >..b-but b-but.. GIBSON!! lmao how you sound
Jace Martin
I never said it was madagascar ebony. Probably indian. I just got lucky perhaps. But the guitar is like 6 years old
Brandon King
>I own two Gibsons currently Sure you do bud, we all believe you yep yep yep
Asher Rodriguez
They have a term for your condition too. Gender dysphoria.
Hunter Evans
>Neurosis is a class of functional mental disorders involving chronic distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations They are delusional though, they desperately want to convince themselves that their $600 chink shitplanks are just as nice as a $2500 American guitar. It actually qualifies as psychosis if you want to be accurate. >Psychosis is an abnormal condition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not
You're on a slippery slope with Gibson and quality.
A Chibson isn't as good as a custom shop (and "good" is relative), but the Chibsons are just as good as Epi's. I personally wouldn't buy a Gibson made in the last decade. I'd take the money you'd spend at the custom shop for an LP and go to a small luthier, and have a "tribute" made - the quality will be significantly better. Most of them will do it, but they won't advertise it. Slash is the best known pro who's signature guitar was a tribute, not an actual Gibson.
Bentley Mitchell
>Believes his overpriced shitplank will make him an anime girl >Says everyone else has psychosis
The absolute state of Gibson trannys
Jaxson Gonzalez
Those are lies spread by jealous poorfags slash is the greatest guitarist of all time because he exclusively uses Gibson. Total guitar magazine told me so.
Ryder Torres
>Delusions are strong beliefs against reality or held despite contradictory evidence ah i see my mistake. thanks
Connor Jones
Yes Not a big deal Pretty sure most people have that, or maybe it's just us amerifats
Christopher Peterson
>Slash is the best known pro who's signature guitar was a tribute, not an actual Gibson. Slash hasn't played the Derrig Les Paul in 25 years. The guitars he's recorded and toured with for the last 25 years?
I feel like from a construction standpoint, it's excellent. The matte finish, the neck feel, everything falls into place nicely. I don't particularly think the pickups are good. It's something I'd find in cheaper guitars, so the premium is really for the roasted maple neck I think. Still worth it, but could use an upgrade.
I didn't claim that he was still playing it, pinhead. My point, that your low IQ was incapable of detecting, is that quality tributes are around, and better than the crap that Gibson is selling these days.
And, if you think Slash is getting any old random guitar off the line, and also worked over extensively by his techs, you're a bigger idiot than i already think you are.
Ian Morales
Writing something worth listening to?
Ethan Johnson
>I didn't claim that he was still playing it So you admit he hasn't played the Derrig in 25 years! That's great!
Now lets see if you can answer this question: so what has he playing for the last 25 years then, genius? Pro-tip: it ain't ghost built guitars!
Brandon Perry
Its because it has meme-more duncans. Put suhrs or emgz in that bitch.
Alright can someone help me develop an absolutely autistic regimen for maximizing progress? I have a lot of free time tomorrow so I'm thinking about practicing all day in blocks. I'm thinking one hour per session consisting of:
20 mins: Reading music theory 30 mins: Playing scales around circle of fifths 10 mins: Rhythm practice with a metronome
How can I make this most efficient? What are some better practices?
Logan Moore
All the practising in the world won't help you if you don't buy a genuine Gibson
Riiiight. In other words you don't want to answer the question. That's fine. You lose!
Ian Walker
so you like meal and dislikes jackson, kinda weird. that ibbi looks like my TH1 altho.
James Fisher
That $2500 american guitar plays like a $600 korean plank.
They used to make some great guitars. They used to be #1. Fenders were buzzy boat paddles. High tech cutting edge superstrats and headless meme guitars didn't exist yet. The absolute best electric guitar you could buy used to be a Gibson les Paul.
Used to. If you can grab an old one (with restrictions, lol norlin), it'll be a great guitar, definitely worth every penny. But the new ones? They're memes coated in lacquer. The stocks of great tonewood dried up. Gibson is making guitars out of scrap and manmade wood substitutes. It's only a matter of time until they start using a manmade material for the body to try and get that one-piece tone out of their guitars again. Guitars that cost half as much are often better to play, better sounding, and better looking. You're paying a premium to stand in front of a mirror and pretend to be slash. You're paying an extra thousand to point at the headstock and say "SEE THAT YOU POOR NIGGER? GET OUT OF MY GENERAL.". Well, while it's still attached. I know you fags don't take care of your shit and lean your guitars against walls and on cheap floor stands.
If you really like the look and feel that much and can't shell out for a kalamazoo gibson, buy a heritage. If it's made in nashville it isn't a gibson, it's a $2500 gibson shaped guitar that 9/10 times will meet the quality standards for a $1250 guitar and 1/10 times exceed them ever so slightly, by about $50 worth of tone.
>poorfa/gg/ general triggered by the mention of anything that would imply that nice guitars sound different from their basswood ibeenhads and 5-piece "gibsons"
I generally don't get into the whole tonewood thing, but if you're playing with even a touch of distortion, all of that ceases to matter. Distortion colors the sound too much for any nuance from the wood. Then it's all your fingers, and your gear.
Jason Robinson
I wouldn't exactly call this living.
Alexander Torres
>t. doesn't understand how harmonics or distortion works
Aiden James
Hey so anyone notice that the mega link with tabs and shit is dead. Anyone have a backup?
>tfw the neck profile of my R8 burst is the same size as Tyrone’s girth
Noah Reyes
>he's still posting and no one's replying lmao trolled
Grayson Allen
anons i'm writing a shoegazey song but i'm dumb and need some nice mellow chorus chord(s) it's in the key of E verse chords are Esus2 A then Asus2 E (I-IV-IV-I) chorus chords are Asus2 A/E Asus 2 F#m7 (IV-I-VI-ii)
Angel James
pre-chorus chords whoops
Ethan Rodriguez
just step on all the pedals at once and play open strings while doing some girly groaning into the mic (also bathed in effects)
Ethan Jones
If I were to replace the stock EMGs in my guitar with standard sized humbuckers, would they fit in the pickup cavities correctly? I was just wondering since I saw this page: seymourduncan.com/blog/product-news/introducing-the-nazgul In which an "active size" version of the pickup is also made. However, I think this is for 7 strings, and my guitar is a 6 string.
That guitar is probably worth as much as a set of duncans anyways
Cooper Brooks
shoegaze doesnt resolve you just keep playing dreamchord after dreamchord.
Carson Allen
Hi, I want to be able to decipher what I'm playing and be able to name any chord or shape I come across by looking at the individual notes. What music theory sources are there for developing this knowledge? Looking for a sort of reference book that could tell me that such and such makes a major, which has a blah sound as compared to minor, etc., etc. Thanks.
Ryan Diaz
Kek yeah, they're not so great. Thanks user
Robert Rogers
But I like it user, it was cheap and it feels real nice to play
i'm already doing that why do you think all those Es and As and that 7th on the F#m is for what would be a nice dream chord to follow on should i just play like a B and turn it into sus2 or sus4 to not let it fully resolve either more than anything i'm looking for a good melody
John Hall
>no whammy bar
As if.
Tyler Sullivan
why the fuck does everyone here own a camera from 2002
Brody King
This but unironically
Aiden Powell
cuz your mom gives it out like candy lmao
Jeremiah Campbell
they had candy back in 2002 dad?
Jacob Edwards
yeah real candy. the kind that took your teeth out
>selling sandwiches and pants for drug money yeah I'm sure you'd be good for half a weed syringe every 6 months, not to mention dead from hypothermia and starvation
Henry Morris
>falling for the string thru sustain meme
why do stoptail gibsons sustain better?
Benjamin Sanders
Because they weigh 20 pounds.
Chase Roberts
Is this Shrek? Pleasant but feels off because of Keep at it.
Daniel Harris
Its fucking Toy Story you peasant. Shrek had a soundtrack, not a score.
Henry Jackson
Had meant to reference this post
Jose Ortiz
What non metal shit do you guys play? I'm getting bored of playing dad rock over and over
You still haven't figured out how to use your interface? It has a built in metronome, you know.
Brody Garcia
>Haven't played guitar in years and have no interest in pursuing or making music anymore >Guitar is selling online for $400 more than when it came out >Almost worth a $1000 now >Out of production and most likely will never be reproduced anytime soon
Should I sell now or wait?
Aaron Gutierrez
It's because of your callouses flattening and hardening, so instead of being flexible around the tip of the finger they create a straighter, flatter angle of skin making it more pronounce than fingers without
Gavin Reyes
You should play again.
Alexander Robinson
Ask /biz/
Josiah Lee
Yeah get rid of it now, the guitar bubble is about to pop.
Andrew Mitchell
>thinking he was me >thinking that sound quality was an interface
kek. i'm just goofing off on my iphone, no need to be anal retentive
Joseph Myers
Yeah, I might just sell it now.
I might take a look over there too then.
I think I've "moved on" now. I'm 24 now and just want to focus on going to university next year and getting out of the rut I've been in a while. I like music, but it'd take up a lot of my time and the music industry is shit in my country (Aus) right now, so I could never "make it" as a musician.
Lol, make it? Just enjoy yourself. It's a hobby that keeps your brain sharp like chess but is even more fun because it's inclusive with others instead of competitive.
Jacob Price
I've never seen anyone ever think of strandbergs in an anime sense other than here
Hudson Cooper
like to your ear, that sounded like i got out an interface and recording software and a real mic and sat down and tried to record something for mass media consumption.
no, i just learned to pick out the notes by ear just now and was goofing off. not even 15 minutes of practice. no need to have such severe autism :)
Jason Mitchell
>It's just self-entertainment and keeping your brain busy so you don't go insane, like filling out crosswords. >instead of competitive for losers like you maybe
Christian Torres
>like to your ear, that sounded like i got out an interface and recording software and a real mic no retard
In the industry, competition is a race to the bottom. The catchiest, the cheapest and fastest to produce, the least demanding of hard to find talent. That's what wins, and the name of the game for the guys making the real money? Profiting off things other people made.
Nobody in the music industry deserves a dollar and I wish mass shootings and trucks of peace upon every label
Cooper Cruz
>this dweeb thinks he's gonna make it as a metal guitarist just tremolo picking a single note really fast in rhythm
kek. i'm glad people as autistic as you exist to make me look less autistic in comparison
Bentley Edwards
>I've never seen anyone ever think Well I sure hope not!
so why in the FUCK did you say "huurrrrrrrr rdurrrrrrrrrrrr ur interface has a built in metronome HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
LMFAO
Zachary Peterson
the best part is none of the industry would be possible without copyright laws it lobbied to have extended so it could make more money off them
Caleb Clark
>to make me look yeah it's all about appearances
Angel Bell
IF you repealed the same laws that allow the music industry to exist, most TV shows, movies, and definitely anime would cease to exist out of low budget art projects.
Sebastian Williams
well i rest easy knowing that i'm actually less autistic than you as well.
Angel Carter
>metronome Hey that's a good idea! Work on that
Hudson Hernandez
I had my heart set on it and to be completely honest, if I make music again, I'd rather do using software instead. I got into playing guitar because I wanted to join a bad in the first place.
Yeah, I know. I wish I got a better guitar instead. But, it's value went up, so I don't mind as much now.
I'd rather use that free time towards getting a good career, hitting the gym, hanging out or playing vidya desu. And I'd just use music making software if I get the itch again one day.
>In the industry, competition is a race to the bottom. The catchiest, the cheapest and fastest to produce, the least demanding of hard to find talent And that's why if I still cared, I'd rather just produce catchy shit normies like and call it a day.
Tyler Murphy
appearances can be misleading
Wyatt Scott
>Vidya
Lol you'd rather consume some nerd shit than play an instrument? And you only started playing because you wanted to be a rock star?
What a sad individual you are
Jack Rogers
You couldn't write a hook if you tried. The dunning kruger of this post is insane.
>Lol you'd rather consume some nerd shit than play an instrument? Honestly, yeah. And when I get good enough at programming, I'd rather make games because I have genuine passion for that, not music. I don't hate music, but I just want to focus on making my life as comfortable and rewarding as I can (and playing guitar doesn't do that for me anymore).
>And you only started playing because you wanted to be a rock star? Yeah, I was a teenager and dumb.
You're probably right because I hate Top 40 music and couldn't make anything like that. If I did start making music again, I'd be fine just making shit for video games.
Jose Butler
alright post something you played then
Connor Bennett
It's better than what people call metal these days. That's pretty sad.
There's no good music left except for jazz.
Jayden Davis
>I can't write a hook but I can compose a score
wow, this is insane
Xavier Phillips
How exactly is that going to help with you procuring a metronome?
Hunter Lee
That's what practice is for, user. IF I was ever to do that, I'd study how to write to music, other scores and what makes them work etc. I don't claim to have a gift of some kind.
Aaron Bell
if you're gonna talk shit you gotta back up your own playing, otherwise nobody will respect your opinion
Joseph Bennett
You not being able to keep time isn't my problem though?
the rate at which people with IQ scores below 130 or so learn this shit is extremely slow and rare neurological quirks are required for decent progression even in the high end of that range, especially for self taught individuals
you are over ten years behind the curve, by the time you are good enough to do that on your own instead of just noodly improv and covers, unless you are a rare talent with an innate tendency towards excelling in this field, you will already have an established career and you will only be at what people who went into music from the start would consider the entry level.
Nathan Jackson
so you keep time even worse than me
thank you, next
Robert Bennett
nigga every single nintendo song is based on a fucking hook, koji kondo could fish out all the fish in the entire fucking ocean with the hooks he's created for every single fucking mario song, what the fuck
Elijah Roberts
I know, user. It's why I don't care anymore. I was speaking hypothetically before. I'd rather just focus on building a career, getting /fit/ and being happy. I don't need to know how to write music to do that anymore.
Nicholas Nguyen
>even worse than me How exactly would that be possible? Lmao I'd have to have tourettes or some kind of neurological condition, wouldn't I?
Christian Moore
>projecting i'm sorry that you have literally 0 ability to keep time
Jack Wilson
Pretty much, and it's age dependent. Someone who begins learning an instrument at 10 can expect to be able to perform well for an audience by 15 if they're good. Someone who begins learning an instrument at 15 can expect to perform well for an audience by 25. If they're good. If you start at 25 your playing will be awkward, hesitation-laden, and full of mistakes until you're in your 40s unless this isn't the first instrument you learned, then you might be half-decent in ten years. By rhythm guitar standards.
Music is like learning to speak a second language, only without fluency it's completely useless -Always stick to your first instrument -Do not expect anything if you start learning an instrument after your teens
Nicholas Green
>projecting Lmao, now you don't know what words mean either? Who straps your helmet on in the morning?
i'm sorry you were born with a neurological condition. you can't help it. i'm happy you have a tard wrangler helpful enough to make posts for you.
Isaiah Allen
Well regardless of whoever your caretaker is the least they could do is teach you how to count to four. This is all you'll be needing anyway.
Angel Cooper
imagine being so much of a pussy you're too scared to post yourself playing because you suck so much dick at all instruments lol.
Tyler Butler
>one >two >three >four It's not really that hard, I don't know why you're getting so upset.
Henry Thomas
the guitar is a virtuosic instrument as it can accompany itself. there is no reason to keep time if you are playing only with yourself, you are simply using complex time signatures.
Elijah Harris
post yourself doing that in rhythm, faglord
Jaxson Sanchez
You can even do it backwards, check it out: >four >three >two >one But I wouldn't recommend trying it in your current state, you need to calm down a little first.
Samuel Roberts
>being this much of a faggot pussy untalented hack
kek
Nathan Cook
if i could start over i would have learned the accordion instead
Zachary Adams
Whoa now, slow down lil' fella! Breathe! We wouldn't want you to blow a gasket getting all agitated!