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How do I start learning guitar?
>justinguitar.com
>studybass.com
Guitar chords and inversions
>chordbook.com
String tension calculator (D'Addario-based):
>stringtensionpro.com
Music theory:
>musictheory.net
Guitar Maintenance and other information:
>frudua.com
Why is my guitar buzzing?
>frets.com
Large repository of tabs, books and other resources related to playing and theory:
>mega.nz
Previously:
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Samuel is poor
What's a good guitar brand? which ones should I avoid?
fuck off check the last thread this was asked like 3 times
Don't ever buy anything from Brasil
>What's a good guitar brand?
ESP
Gibson
Strandberg
>which ones should I avoid?
Fender
Gretsch
Ibanez
you cant play guitar
Was it ever proven that Babysaster was a guy? I always figured it was.
tranny poster identified
it was tim henson the whole time
>I have one regret in guitar and that isn't starting with the expensive one I wanted
>Fuck beginner crap. It's for kids who break shit and give up on every other hobby they attempt.
It really depends on how expensive you're talking really. Before I started playing my dream was to always get a PRS Custom, if I started on a $5000 guitar I'd be to nervous to bring it anywhere so I just settled on a $600 MiM Strat since they're my second favorite guitar.
i cant prove it to you but its definetly a guy
Trannies love Fender and Ibanez though
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... what?
It's been proven through multiple threads that one of the Gibson shitposters is a confirmed paedophile and a tranny
hes busy pushing a wheelbarrow down to the pier , in order to dump building materials into the water, which is his job
he have good chops but terrible taste in guitars.
I reported him for posting cp. Hopefully the law is looking into his nasty ass.
did he actually post cp?
Poor favela freak. He doesnt even kniw what a pier is he must be scared out of his mind right now with that kind of first world magic
Yep
>tfw playing all these years with 200$ 5 string ibanez using my toddler sized hands
>tfw tomorrow i'm getting a new am pro p bass
fuck i'm hyped, what was /gg/'s first serious gear upgrade?
favela party freak
youtube.com
>he can't afford a Gibson, the only guitar that is good enough, because he spends all of his money on tofu and pussy hats
i love playing the damn guitar
going from a cheap chinese strat knock off to a g&l tele, the tele sound better by miles, but i just got so comfy with the fake strat
one day someone might actually buy a gibson just because of you, why would you do that to a stranger who hasnt done anything to you?
It's called possying user
Dumbass
Oh yeah? Sick, show me the proof
How often do you guys change strings? I just started playing about 3 weeks ago and have been playing for about an hour or two everyday other than when I first started and was doing like 3 hours a day. Is it time to switch them out now I'm starting to see some parts get a little black but it's not grimy like how the factory strings were when I changed those the first day.
Just get a form fitted hard case. Pros travel with them and let roadies handle them and their guitars are fine. A lot of guitars are also extremely durable by design, particularly fenders (telecasters especially) and most multi piece neck through guitars.
>All these poorfags cant afford hormones and surgery but I can
>My chibson will turn me into an anime girl
>They just pretend not to want any of it
Cope harder gibsontranny
Buy nyxl strings. Once every 3 months
I actually bought some today so that's good to know.
When they break
i just wait until a string breaks and then i switch them all out
>If I pplay authentic I'll be an anime girl too.
How long do you apes keep your strings on? Years? I kept the same strings on for 8 months once and played them everyday without them breaking.
low test: playing gibson to become the anime girl
medium-low test: playing gibson to feel closer to your anime girlfriend
normal test: playing a fender
high test: playing an ibanez because no anime girl to date has played one
ultra chad: playing a gibson because ryuko is your favorite girl from love live and you're a true fan not some faggot poser plus slash played one too and he's fucking awsome ps kevin from school stop showing everyone my tumblr you peace of shit
What is the second best guitar to own to make people jealous with behind a Gibson?
I've had the same strings on my squire for 10 years now and it still sounds great.
Yeah that's true but still $5k on a hobby you aren't completely sure you enjoy is still too much for me, I'd rather spend a low amount to make sure like I did. Now that I know I enjoy it I have a goal to eventually buy one now so it's not bad, I want to get some playing gains and financial gains first.
ESP Snapper.
no longer then 6 months, maybe its because i play aggresive often
>not playing an ESP Shadow
bro you're such a cringe normie
For my bitch mades
Only a schecter is good enough
fuck off you made me hungry
>$1600~ guitar
>doesn't even come with a hardshell case just a flimsy bag
Jesus christ.
Dude, that axe is lit af!
>~$1500
I'd actually buy that but not for that price. A meme ain't worth that much
gotta shred fast
schecter is a great company. my current dream guitar is their rob scallion signature
Which anime girl played a shecter again
I remember she was hot and blonde, and that's it.
miley cyrus
6 or 8 string?
I dare anyone in this thread to post an uglier guitar.
I thought robs sigs were made by Chapman
Only a Fender is good enough.
i wont lie, the 6 string is the one im looking to own
Just post your own faggot
your right i must have slipped into an alternate reality
Don't settle for anything less than a custom Tele.
How about a guitar with your mom on it?
Its so fucking good. Them sausages are great and the burger had arugula and blue cheese. Just
too good
>no one impersonated me and posted my guitars saying they are mexico made
/gg/ is dead.
I have my eyes on a Squier VM 70 jazz bass as my first bass/instrument. Is it a bad first pick? Should I get something else?
It's very good to learn bass on, much better than most pieces of shit basses people start on and it'll last you a few years until you feel like upgrading.
Absolutely a man. A woman would do everything to remove all doubt about her gender. BSaster is basically a guy trying to put his career on easy mode by disguising himself as a woman. Look at the insane amount of effort he puts into faking his gender.
its because we are sick of seeing them posted every day, fuck off
Get a precision bass, retard.
You fuck off dumbass bitch someone has been impersonating me for months i dont come to this shithole anymore
Thanks, user. Was expecting five responses telling me to stop being a poorfag.
I'll impersonate you.
"I has a tacky guitar but it still play the good. No one touch it, is paint still drying."
Precision bass sounds like shit. I hope you're not one of those retards who take the "precision" too seriously. News flash: music is about what sounds good.
i dont know who you are and i dont care.
double fuck you
Stop being a poorfag
Glad you got that out of your system. Now help me jew up the guitar center.
Good: Esteban, Dean, B.C. Rich, First Act, Encore, Tanglewood, Daisy Rock
Avoid: PRS, Suhr, Tom Anderson, Musicman, G&L, Gretsch
Unfortunately unless you're doing decent sized concerts, it's not worth it bringing the nice stuff out. Most gigs have risks to your gear, the bass player might whack your headstock, you might have to lend it to some asshole who wants to play a song, or worst of all it could be stolen. Most people I know don't often bring out the nice stuff, in fact one of the best keys players I know gigs a 300-400 quid electric piano.
They're irrelevant and have been for at least a decade, you can buy and upgrade a Sheraton to be as good as a 335 for a fraction of the money. I've only played one good Gibson and it was made in the 80s.
Apologies for the late reply. /gg/ sure moves fast these days.
I play nu-blues rock, boomer rock, and fingerstyle (I have a classical guitar for this, but I use the mustang for contemporary stuff).
>how is roland amp?
Very good - especially if you have a guitar with single coils. The clean sound is very clear and neutral and I think the amp overall takes pedals really well. The stereo chorus is unique though I don't find myself using it that much. Zero maintenance since it's solid state. It's also very well built.
Cons? It's a solid state and you don't get a natural overdriven sounds if you crank it up. It just gets louder and this thing has a lot of headroom. I guess this is what pedals are for.
I would recommend this amp, it's very good considering the price.
Tell me more Bout the kikes.
ALSO R8 AND H8
i oil my strings after i play which gives them substantially longer life. i replace my strings when they get unbearably rusty or a wolf note pops up on my E string.
Do you also oil your tuners? It improves tuning stability.
i probably should but im replacing my tuners soon anyway
If you wipe down the strings after playing they should last a couple of months. Strings shouldn't be turning black, unless they're some cheap chinesium brand, with strange alloys. I've always heard, from my first guitar teacher on, 3 months or 100 hours, whatever comes first. Pros switch out every night (some of them), because...well, because they can. Someone like Slash who's bending the fuck out of his strings every night probably should restring every day, to avoid breaking. You? Don't worry about it, and wipe your damn strings down.
I dip my entire guitar in oil, personally. It never goes out of tune, even with the biggest bends. Locking tuners and tremolos are a waste of money.
It also contributes to a really slick and fast playing neck.
Cringe
>Baiting this hard
nice. im glad it works for you
faggot
I want to get back into electric guitar after a long hiatus. I am almost constantly travelling (I move country every 2/3 months) so it would be nice to have a setup that is decent to learn on the move.
I have a guitar and hard case already, but what I want is a compact alternative to an amp, I am guessing headphones, and maybe something I can plug into my laptop and do some recording. Any suggestions on what achieves this without costing the world.
And does anyone have tips for frequent travel with an instrument?
What are some simple songs I can play that will grant me instant pussy? I'm thinking something like Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life.
>look up pussy hats
>women fighting for feminism by wearing cat ears
Lol which rich weeb duped them into this?
Vox amplugs actually sound good
The boss katana air is well reviewed but I haven't played one. It's solid state so I'd guess the cleans and effects are good, since solid state effects pedals can be perfectly modeled in software unlike tube amps.
Buy a digital interface (you can get a Behringer 2i2o for $80 or the Scarlett Focusrite which I've heard is a bit more durable for twice that), download Reaper (it's Winrar free). Pirate BiasFX or use any number of free VSTs out there for virtual amp simulators. You'll have pretty much any sound you want at your disposal
for recording but not so much for live sound
buy a vox tonelab it is an interface and a multiefect all in one.
>he exclusively plays high test guitars so his body naturally increases oestrogen production
Enjoy your bitch tits
brb buying a shortscale anime girl guitar
Feel free to explain why piss bass is better. I'm listening.
Thanks for the replies, I'll read into all of them
There's tons of acceptable headphone amps out there. The Orange Micros, the Joyo Minis, the Roland Cube. Smallest that doesn't sound completely awful, is the Vox MV50 - it's solid state but they sound okay.
What are you planning for effects? Pedals? Plug ins? If it's plug ins, just get a good direct box for recording the guitar, and then get some good impulses, you don't need an amp - if you have a decent laptop. If you want to create distortion from the amp, then a tube driven mini amp will be borderline good, all the mini tube amps use the 12AX7 tube for the preamp, that the big boy amps use. How "portable" are you talking, what's your budget, and how much gear aside from the laptop are we talking?
Oddly enough this anime girl guitar is the same price as the non-anime girl snappers
Can someone please tell me what makes ESP strat clones so expensive?
You explain why you're so triggered by the most popular and best selling basses of all time, first.
PS, "precision" was just to indicate it had frets, as opposed to fretless standup double basses, which it replaced. But keep frothing about things you don't understand.
every ESP original is hand carved by tone elves from tone, japan, out of tonewood trees grown with tonewater from the tone river. the tone river is the result of a centuries long geo-engineering project that strived to re-route what was once an ordinary river over japan's finest tonerocks, creating premium tonewater, originally used to naturally create polished tonestones for traditional japanese music. the tone-samurai of tone are world renowned masters of timbre.
beware of the cheaper ESPs, now branded E-II. these are made out of lesser tonewood trees watered from the inferior shin-tone river (considered the bare minimum for tonewater) and are not crafted by tone elves in the quiet tonetown of tone.
>the most popular and best selling basses of all time
McDonald's sells a shitton of burgers, that doesn't mean they taste good. In the music I like, I found that the bassists use a jazz bass. I've watched pbass demos on YouTube, and they were only half as good sounding as the jbass demos.
What more do you want? For my opinion to bend to your preference?
>PS
I took you for a tard who didn't understand what precision meant. I'm about to take you for a tard who thinks bestselling means best sounding, and I'm not hoping to.
I'm in the planning stage at the moment, chances are for 6 months or so, so I'm just going to be focusing on learning (re-learning guitar and music recording), so I just want something that's an improvement on an unplugged electric guitar sound.
They key is portability, up till now I have been travelling with 1 carry-on bag with a laptop, the less extra items/cables/pedals the better, so ideally something I can plug into my laptop.
I doubt I will be bothering with an amp, I move around too much for that and most places I go have good rehearsal rooms so if/when I do join a band I would just be renting the in house gear.
pic related, also beware of ibanez. they sparingly water their tonewood tonetrees with tonewater from the yoshitone river, which is cursed by ancient malevolent oni, giving their guitars terrible tone and the unique ability to drain the life energy from the player, making him frail and feminine. it is said that when an esp and ibanez player meet, the esp player is consumed with a desire to slay the ibanez player and free him from his suffering, but does not, for the crime of murder would separate him from his beloved guitar.
t. japanese expert on tonewater, ken yamato (but you can call me ken-sama)
Get one of these and a katana air
More portable and more easily replaced than any other headless guitar.
According to an ancient Japanese legend, the tone river was used as a kaka depository by prehistoric rice farmers. Is this true?
hai...
Stop being a fucking nerd and play a PJ.
Check out the VOX MV50. There's different models, like a hard rock one, a metal one. Probably perfect for what you need. They're TEENY.
youtube.com
love these demos
>oh did we mention the boutique pedals we're using? the amp sounds nothing like this.
There was some sperg shilling these in /gg/ a couple of weeks ago. I noticed they had a bunch at the music store so I took a look and they were all complete shit, the build quality is awful. The fretboards were particularly atrocious.
Weird, when /gg/ shills something it's usually amazing once you actually try it (ie: gibsons)
Post your dream guitar and it’s specs
>LP-style singlecut, mahogany body & neck or wenge neck/ swamp ash body wings
>ESP neck-thru contour and thin-U neck profile
>25” scale, 12”-16” compound radius ebony board with 22 6100 stainless steel frets, block or ESP flag inlays
>black nickel or gold hardware with either a TOM+stoptail bridge or a regular Floyd trem with lockin hipshot tuners
>some kind of trans rose-red again over a subtle quilt or a candy apple red or candy pink finish, matching headstock and multi-ply body and headstock binding with single ply neck binding with red luminlays
>either fishman classic meme pickups or a Duncan 59/custom hybrid in the bridge and a 59 or alnico ll pro in the neck. If fishmans, 4 splittable pots for voice and coil options
These are too expensive for what they are. The build quality is like a cheap $150 guitar but they cost more than double that.
>by stein(((berg)))
what did you expect
>all that text
Why not just say an EC with a custom paint job and new pickups
>charvel superstrat base
>solid red composite body with black back, matched headstock, no binding
>glitter finish in clearcoat
>this decal slapped somewhere on the body, clearcoated over
>composite neck with white binding
>22 frets
>8 strings
>floyd rose
>non locking tuners, strings will be broken, probably at the bridge
>EMGz, three of em, with an on/off switch, volume knob, and 3 band active EQ for each pickup
>could be used for some amazing prog licks
>used exclusively to play DJONT
stay tuned for my youtube debut
Any bass pedalboards here?
And yeah, Korg Miku is 10/10 for annoying everyone.
>Bassist
>excessive knobs, somehow, somewhere
Every time.
Hey, we have overcompensate the lack of our strings somehow..
It's getting kind of silly.
basscuck here, also a poorfag
mic my $100 amp with my $10 mic, which makes annoying low freq rumbles
or
buy a $10 shitty dac to direct input into my pc
An es335 but it's all solid wood
buy a $10 shitty dac. Preferably something a bit better. I got myself Line 6 GX for something like $18 last year.
Micing bass with cheap mic is a bad idea in general. SansAmp is an easy and a fast way to get nice mix-ready tones. Or if you're poorfag you can go with Behringer BDI21 (haven't tried it myself tho). Or just use a plugin.
Say something nice about my Fender Mustang 69 reissue
Sugoi.
this with a mjölnir
2nd best girl plays it
You're behind the times and should have got this
lol
seething christcuck
you sound like you want to play some shitty goth metal with clear influences from J-rock and wouldn't complain if you woke up as a girl
you sound like stevie T
you sound like a retard
you sound like you dream of playing in a nazi black metal band but can only do shitty covers of late burzum
>be me
>want to restring bass
>never restrung it before
>get good guitar friend to help
>she breaks the D string by tuning up somehow
>fast forward to a few weeks later
>have replacement string
>try restring myself
>end up cutting string too short so it keeps popping out of the tuning peg
>fast forward a week later
>have 3rd D string
>restring it
>it works
Yay :3
Cute cat
tfw no cat
>>she
is the taylor gs mini really that good? and whats a good price for a used one?
Well yeah best girl is the drummer
Of course, best girl is on the keyboard.
>not having female friends
She's incredible when it comes to gear - she's built her own guitars, amps, pedals and is starting to get commissioned by some local bands we know to build pedals for them
When she talks about it to me half of it goes over my head cos I don't understand how they all work and I feel like a big dumb dumb
She sounds pretty boppin
>tfw you are not polyphia's bass player
he's gay
Would she over tune my D if you know what am sayin?
what is this man doing to himself, he used to be hot
Black HSH superstrat with yellow pickups and no pickguard and a hardtail bridge. Coilsplit for the bridge.
She really was the highlight of that show between all those dumb and insecure girls
Well sure but then your banjo string would snap
That's the best he can do in his position? That bitch looks like she just came out of a timecapsule
come on, the tiddies are ace
Laddd
>you sound like you dream of playing in a nazi black metal band but can only do shitty covers of late burzum
pretty accurate desu
emeraldcityguitars.com
Hmm, 79 LP Kalamazoo made
is it a good one or is it shit tier? I know that typically gibsons from the 70s are crap quality
is it even worth $2200?
My magic ass singing Les Paul is a '79, the idea that all 70s Lesters are shit is mostly conjecture. I got mine off a dead guys widow for $400 in 2008 which was the going rate for a 70s Les Paul at the time. Now close to 10 years later my guitar is listed for $4000 all day on eBay, Reverb, and Gbase.
Ask yourself what changed in 10 years and you'll have your answer.
You could get a new guitar for that price
Post and rate pedalboards
Cool variety.
Here's mine
Based
based paul the tim
unbased jezza
I wish they would do more strats with bonding like this
Lads recommend me a looper pedal
Rickenbacker 330/12 with a wide flat neck and string spacing commensurate with it.
I've got a 330/6 and it takes some adjustment, I'd really like the 12-string but I physically can't play it, its just not happening.
i think i might actually be disabled 3 years of guitar and sometimes i still have trouble playing stuff that alternates a lot between sixteenth eight and quarters
People talk about the Strat being versatile but does it actually excel at anything?
it excels at being boring
it excels at being ugly
it excels at being needlessly expensive
>muh Amerimutt made
redpill me on mesa bogie amp,thinking of buying second hand mark iv
matching headstock?
norlin era guitar are good quality, you just have to find a good model. and kalamazoo made are sought after for their higher quality than nashville.
my absolute most cherished baby of all time. modded with jb/jazz humbucker combo and 6 way selector switch
Buy a jap lp instead
What's the best bass for a beginner?
do you know if the japs make good wheelbarrows
what's the fucking problem with some boomer faggots?
>guy selling a boss katana for good price
>I tell him to meet and try the amp
>he responds that he doesn't invite strangers to his house
>ask him how do I know if the amp works fine then
>"trust me it just works, I know what I got"
>immediately tells me that I offended him for doubting him and that he's gonna sell it to somebody else, cuts all communications
>boomer
>owning a solid state amp
I don't believe you.
boomer as in the Yea Forums sense, ie older than 30. He looked 45 in his whatsapp pic
The p-bass with an extra jazz pickup
>DIPS HIS GUITAR IN OIL
It's wonderful, also nice bridge.
i see the gearfags have been strong on here today
>giant sack of autists
deepfried guitar
A PJ bass? Which one?
that is very pretty (:
how much was it?
Local luthier i know uses them. I couldnt tell you much but I can stop by and ask him for a demo
>in your steam
>real as any place i've been
>get alive with this dreamers dream
I paid $650 CAD + 300 for the upgrades
That's very nice of you user and thanks in advance
what amp?
Princeton reverb, might start looking at other amps though.
yamaha
If youre a beginner just get a squier p bass, for their price they are pretty good ,and a beginner really doesnt need anything more, unless you have extra cash
Ditter Looper. There are several at various levels of complexity; there'll be one for you whether you just want a simple one-switch loop for practice or some multiple-switch monster for solo orchestral arrangements.
>go to guitar center
>see some sexy twink playing a pidce of shit schecter 7 string randomly chugging off beat and tapping
>get a visible boner
>pick up a les paul to show him how to really play and sit near him
>turn up the blues jr to 8
>play led zeppelin
>he stops playing and leaves without getting his number
Music for these feels
Whats the difference between yamaha FG800M and FG800? price is like 100 bux between. Last one says its new designed and has something called ''scalloped bracing''
Is it worth paying extra 100 for this guitar or should I buy FG800M for 200 bux?
I want my dream guitar to cure me of the cancer I got from reading your greentext
scalloped bracing just means you have to put in less energy to a make the top move
Any reccs for transporting equipment? I'm deciding on buying an amp (currently between a deluxe reverb, ac30, and a princeton) and at this point it feels like i'm paying more for it just to weigh less. Trying to find something that would work for carrying a hardshell jazzmaster which is a pretty large case and an extra 60~ pounds in the amp
Its bad for a practice guitar? The sound and feel quality isnt better?
frets.com
Read this, not really worth the extra money for a cheap guitar
all it means is you get more volume with a softer attack. if you were to compare the two in person the scalloped one would be louder if you picked them both with the same intensity. thats the idea behind scalloping braces anyway. but you have to understand this is a wood instrument so each one is going to sound different
>buy MIA fender
>sounds worse than 100 bucks epiphone shitplank
what did they mean by this?
J bass sounds awesome until you're in a band.
What are your favorite exercises for getting your fret hand to play faster?
The only pedal I have right now is a boss tuner since I'm a beginner. In a few months when I get a little better I want to get a boss ge-7 and probably a bd-2w.
Would it look autistic to only have one brand of pedals? How do you tell if your amp sounds good with the pedal if the amp is fairly new so no video of someone playing the combo on youtube?
youtube.com
how is this faggot making that just by kissing his guitar like that
What's the point then? Get a les paul
He said hot, not a trashy skank.
They all used to be hot. Tim ruined his adorable twink body with all those shitty fucking tattoos.
Then they started playing different music and trying to appeal to a broader audience. It ruined them.
I don't get it.
Tim is a millennial.
I'm a millennial.
What do zoomers have to do with this.
>ywn fuck prime tim before the neck tattoo while his gf toungs your asshole
Pick a side. Boomers v Zoomers. AGE WAR NOW!!!!!
Seriously though where the hell have you been?
Sam haters are the scum of the guitar general
t. Samuel
>Micing bass with cheap mic is a bad idea in general.
Why
Fuck off, Sammy.
Who else playing a epi Gibby sg special
I play a Condor les Paul with gotoh aluminum tailpiece, gfs brass locking bridge, Dunlop 6000 frets and super distortion + 59 pickups. The stock groover tuners are good. It's a great guitar for a lifetime.
>condor
Condor.
Vintage as all fuck and it's barely worth as much as a new standard. Really speaks to how beloved these are, but you know guitarists are literal wizards as in they believe in magic and nonsense so they aren't to be trusted.
It also might be the duncans, gibson pickups are prized for being unique (they had broken pickup winders...)
It'll only go up in value when gibson closes its doors. I say buy it if you like them and can afford it.
That Burst Color is similar to my Condor copy.
it has microphonic pickups. he's screaming into it.
it's considered a massive flaw but indie rock fucks have found a good use for it.
>condor
>when gibson closes its doors
i love this meme
They've been going up a lot in price because people think vintage instantly means its good, 15 years ago you could buy one of those pieces of shit for less than $1000 because it was still in peoples minds on how bad 70s gibson was
it has five tones: icepicks in your years, hollow and tinny, okay, hollow and tinny, neck with too much treble
compare to the telecaster's three: dat twang, fuller bodied twang, beautiful acoustic-like sounds
Telecasters generally sound better than everything else.
Telefags actually believe this
a fender offset of any sort in cherry red with a matching headstock
a 70's tele with an original WRHB
SAMUEL
What does that mean?
what's up with guitarists chewing gum when they solo?
every strat tone is hollow and plastic
was tht guy too retarded to know whats his so he bad to write his name on it?
post that guitar that's the only gutiar from a certain brand you want
should i go for the sire v7 2nd gen or just a 70s classic vibe squire? i play indie but open to any genre
They're imitating Roy Buchanan
Get a Condor
>average favela lifespan is 24 years
>poorfag syndrome
It's a fender. Sounding bad is their brand name.
>single coil pickups
>no tone for bridge stock
duh
Singlecoils with 9s (on single pickups holy lel) from the factory
That would sound like shut you retard
phoneposting cancer i swear
Mexican strat
MBMIA. You get what you pay for.
Should have bought an ESP or fender custom shop. Or you could have done what most people do, and just bought a Gibson.
is that a jazz guitar with a humbucker?
csguitars argues for using the tone as a high boost but i've always just used the volume for that, since it already cuts a bit of highs and dampens the sound, and is closer to the bridge for actual on the fly adjustments (you can move it as you pick for more dynamics even).
the tone knob is truly useless. when i want a fatter sound i use the neck pickup.
It's useful for painfully bright pickups (Strat-style single coils, EMG 81s)
my dream guitar is a lp clone made of honduras mahogany with no maple top.
>tfw don't have $8,000 to buy this beauty
life is suffering, lads
says guitar and bass general but all I see are a bunch of guitarlets memeing about gear. Bass will always be a more chad instrument than gay-tair
>$8,000
>misaligned dots
one yike
bassists don't talk about gear because no matter how many knobs they twiddle nobody hears them anyways
and they barely talk about playing because they barely play anything
t. And Justice for All fan
>those (I assume) lyrics
How do these people writing this not kill themselves of shame?
an edgy 15 yold should be ashamed of giving money for that
>guitar and bass general
bro you got the general label wrong its /gg/ gear general
you either have GAS or fuck off
You see shameful lyrics.
I see a keyhole to the darkness inside of me.
Who buys these? Diehard fans of edgy J-rock?
2015 PRS SE 245 on Craigslist for $350. Worth a scoop?
Didn't mean to reply to you, sorry bud
>$500 guitar
>$7500 for screen printed graphics
You know what they say about a fool and his money...
Just ordered an american pro telecaster
am I a retard who got memed into not buying an MIM?
It really depends on the genre, bass is arguably more important than guitar in funk and jazz but in metal and rock they tend to have more minor roles unless they're exceptionally talented
yes big time
Play it when it gets there. If you love the sound, how it feels and looks and you can afford it, why worry about it?
It's more like a $2000 guitar, a $1000 brand name, and a $5000 "signature limited edition" price hike on top of that.
If you like ESP just get an E-II, and forget snappers, charvels are better.
MIM has looser QC and shittier hardware
By upgrading an MIM to american hardware you do save some money but if the neck isn't great (MIM fenders tend to have less stable necks with the thinner profiles) getting a USA neck would bring the price up to that of an MIA.
>supported his own country instead of fucking mexico
>did i just get memed?
no.
If you could change something about your guitar, whether cosmetic or whatever, what would it be?
Dean style les paul with photo flame and unknown color mismatched pickups.
>fell for the supporting his country meme
user, I...
Lmfao no you did good.
Dean doesnt do foto flame tgats schecter and ltd
>Jazzmaster body
>22 fret neck through
>Fender style maple neck
>Graphtech nut
>Grover locking tuners
>Jazzmaster pickup in the neck
>Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge with coil split
>Mastery bridge with jazzmaster tremolo
>Daphne blue with white pickguard
Replace EMG 81/85 set with EMG 81X/60X set
I feel like you get ripped any time you buy a guitar pre-loaded with EMGs. The better ones are only $9 more from EMG but are normally reserved for guitars that cost $1000 more because "dude, premium".
Anyone want to trade? Lol no, the 81 and 85 are their worst pickups.
Schecter, Dean, and LTD all use the same veneering process where a cheap, mid grade slab of figured maple is sliced into paper thin sheet and pressed onto a top cut out of cheaper maple.
they do this with every pickup brand, even duncans (you don't want the JB/Jazz? Get your wallet)
guitar cost goes up hundreds, pickup cost goes up $20.
So many guitars with that pickup set. Didn't they were that bad
newfag here. how do I stop myself from muting the strings when I switch between chords?
Curl your fingers so they're more vertical above the fretboard and just more practice.
The 81/85 are good for metal but compressed sounding and don't have a lot of headroom.
Their newer models are way less compressed sounding and more like noiseless passives with low-output clarity and high-output punch. Still sterile sounding and mid heavy when unmolested ("clean" into a fender amp set flat like boomers do to test pickup tone), but that's what EQ is for.
Ok but thats not foto flame
Foto-flame looks better than that cheap chink veneer shit.
>DIP YOUR GUITAR IN OIL
Dang. So what's stopping you from getting them?
It feels dirty to spend $218 on pickups. I don't even have a year and a half of experience. I don't play for an audience. I can explain and apply tuning systems better than I can explain and apply chord building. What does it matter?
My guitar bro has an ibanez with that set and it's amazing but it just feels so wrong.
this is true. most serious guitar players who buy non-customised mid-range priced guitars change the pickups and get them changed in during the first visit for set-up. i would go further and say some even get the frets replaced and shaped to preference
Most serious guitar players know how to set up their own instrument and can tell if an instrument has uneven frets before buying them though so they'd avoid it because who would drop $400~ for new SS frets the first week they got it that makes no sense.
if a guitar that costed more then $500 had even one uneven fret i would send it back
i bought an RG years ago. the factory pick ups were garbage. the dimarzios i put in as replacement were worth more then the whole guitar
Would have to get a different guitar as I am just a shmuck with an Epiphone Les Paul but the dream guitar would be like a Gretsch/Gibson 345. I like the idea and look of F holes and a large body guitar.
its a quality thing. these are sub $1000 guitars, not custom jobs. dropping $800 worth of pickup into them makes a lot of difference
I really think that's their best album though.
>$800 worth of pickup
What the fuck pickups are you buying that cost $800? The most I've spent on a pair was like $190
Sell the old ones and recoop some of the cost.
you're not really getting it
top dimarzio's are around $200each. x 3
plus labor, new pots, switches as well.
i pay a fucker who knows more than me to do it as well.
All pickups should transition to solderless installation systems. There is no reason not to.
>inb4 tone solder
What about those florentine les pauls?
Is that in BR land or something, plus paying for "labor" to switch electronics is a joke it's literally a 20 minute job for everything all you have to do is watch a video on youtube.
I guess not. I bought some pickups recently for my guitar and sold the old ones. Overall spent $100.
i'm lazy, and not a poorfag, and l dont live in the USA. postage and currancy exchange u know. fuck retail is even worse. sorry for the confusion as i wasnt quoting US$
>Paying someone to wire electronics
Dude, learn to solder. It's a usefuk skill
I guess, but learning something basic like soldiering can save you money in the future. I got a 6505+ head for $150 because the guy said it was busted and wanted to sell it and all I had to do to fix it was solder a couple of wires that came apart somehow
hahaha i know what you mean, but fuck it man. seriously dont mind paying someone, its money in the economy, support small business and all things. i do alright moneywise.
besides i love hanging with techies. i get to see what other cool shit i dont own by visting their workshops (theyre building & repairing). its much better than a music shop & its great networking.
i once bought a fender tele off a tech. someone had bought it in for work, never came back left it there & never paid for it, he offered to sell it to me for half its actual value. good deal. you never get deals like that on ebay
Got my first guitar today lads. Played about 20 mins of Rocksmith, my index finger hurts and I dont sound good.
How long does this shit take?
a while
you'll get the hang of it soon enough. don't give up user! it takes time and practice but it's well worth it
Years of practice. Use the justinguitar link at the top to really learn. Rocksmith is cool for playing some songs but it won't teach you techniques as well as he does.
ten years
7 years if daily and more than that if you slack.
Guitar, two hours a day, for nearly a decade, if you want to play a basic melodic song smoothly and consistently.
If you just want to strum open chords at a moderate pace and sing then, idk, 2 weeks
dick around on a classical if you can get a cheap ass one. the smooth gut strings are easier on your fingers as you develop calluses. i bought one when i started out just to do this. cost me $20
hey man just keep it up, just quickly learn power chords and you can do some easy songs on rocksmith pretty fast - but i don't recommend you using only rocksmith - its a mistake i made. I don't know any scales, or any names of the chords even because I only played rocksmith (my fretting and picking and strumming is all fine but when it comes to theory oh lad not good - or improvising too) defo have rocksmith just as exercise from time to time
>I don't even have a year and a half of experience
So why you feel your long opinions on pickups matter?
Thanks lads! I was just messing around about not being good yet, I know it'll take a long time but I'm having a blast.
Here's a picture of my guitar for you, it's a Fender Player Series strat.
internet newbs have the best opinions on gear. all they've done is listen to other people play so they really know what sounds good and looks cool. if they have gear, unlikely as it is, they're open to admitting that it sucks because they're new and didn't know better before buying it.
pros have the worst opinions because they're probably paid to have them, and if they don't have endorsements they just like whatever they play because they don't want to believe their gear sucks because as an experienced guitarist they should have great taste in gear. never listen to an experience guitarist about gear.
for this reason i get all my gear recs from /gg/ and now i have an awesome rig. i only play bad ozzy covers but people agree that my tone is amazing.
>gibson les paul standard with kaka stuffed in the control cavity
>boss katana
>no pedals
You wouldn't be having these problems if you just got a Gibson
best of luck desu
if i had gathered all my guitar know-how from Yea Forumsgg i would fucking kill myself.
now go off and do another yt tutorial and learn some more bad technique habits
A lot of sesaoned guitarists always go deaf from a lifetime of playing shows and end up having shitty tone.
See: Eric Clatpon. Steve Vai. Zakk Wylde. James Hetfield. John 5. Jeff Beck. They all have horrible tone.
If you want real tone tips, ask someone fresh and famous like Tim Henson. He has great tone.
Why do you take the time to make shitty bait?
You will never be able to afford a $500 guitar, Sammy.
Guitar in question, a Washburn WI14.
I went looking for a project guitar, and found this at a pawn shop.
1. How do I know the components, like the pick ups and bridge, I'm buying will fit the guitar if I can't find anything online saying it will?
2. What all do I need to order for completely gutting and redoing the interior electrical?
3. It has four knobs, but two don't seem to do anything at all? What can I do with the extra knobs?
Note: I have soldering experience, but I've never worked on a guitar before, so this is mostly new territory for me
>not in a hardcase
guitar newb definitely detected
It's not a Gibson.
>Paying someone to wire electronics
>Dude, learn to solder. It's a usefuk skill
yep that /gg/ for you
Why is G&L bad?
Bot him but i really doubt hes going to be taking his guitar everywhere and gigging to justify getting one yet. They were extremely important but I hate how fender doesnt give you a case when you're soending almost $700 on a player series. It doesnt even come with a gig bag
It's a shitpost making fun of the brazilian with a dean don't take it seriously.
Why are there no esp guitars with 24 frets without Floyd Rose?
There are, you just have to pay for a real one and not the cheap ones.
Here's mine. I've only been playing around three years. Wish I had room for a power adapter on here.
Do you move pedals often? You should rewire everything to be underneath the board. Would take this miles (especially that green cord, which would reach better if it weren't jumping over the Bad Monkey's switch)
I like that your patch cables on the bottom are thin.
Make that acoustic scream
tfw youtube censored my pearl jam black cover after it reached 7k views
There are no cheap ESPs. E-II and LTD are not ESP.
weird signal path. why not
>DS1 >> Small Clone >> DD3 >> Ditto
???
but would you?
>and nobody realizes why a new player would be taking their guitar places
Lessons!
Just got a board and the DD3, had only been using two at a time before. Haven't really figured out the "hierarchy" yet.
Is there a quality advantage in having the effects pedals (eg, distortion) enter the delay, vs the DD3 feeding into the distortion? I'm all ears if there's a level of this I'm missing.
Yes there is, if you put the delay into the distortion, it will compress the repeats. Some people do this but for 99% of people dirt into delay is better
New thread
...I'm doing it myself because I want to?
I WANT to work on guitars, for the experience of doing.
Also, I've never even been to Yea Forums until today, when I came to see if they had guitar threads.
