official stratocaster color ranking >1. Tobacco burst + maple fretboard >2. Red fiesta + rosewood fretboard >3. olympic white + rosewood fretboard >4. sonic blue + rosewood fretboard >5. sunburst + rosewood fretboard >6. natural finish + maple fretboard >7. black + maple fretboard >8. unimportant other colors
When I get the headless portable guitar I'll buy a vox mini amp and start posting guitar covers from work
Jace Lopez
>mint pickguard on a strat with maple fretboard lmao retard
Oliver Jones
>important colors Lol autistic
Angel Cox
Official stratocaster variation ranking
0: Middle pickup only 1: 3/4 size HH superstrat with or without locking tremolo 2. HSH 3. HSS 4. SSS 5. Neck pickup only 6. Bridge pickup only 7. Vintage
I have one sticker on my guitar. A tiny flag of Scotland. Is that okay?
Nathaniel Evans
-3 at the most
Tranny surgery usually has very poor results. In rare occasions it's just poor. But it's never good, because it's an open wound that's constantly trying to close.
Nearly identical to actual gibsons 99% identical after $200 of luthier turd polishing 100% identical after you throw in the pickups that gibson thinks are worth $200 each but sound worse than $80 duncans
I mean, a "real" gibson may use a 2 or 3 piece body so there's not much of a difference
>inb4 it's not real mahogany, i can hear the difference, trust me, trees have consistent tonal properties independent from all other aspects of craftsmanship regardless of how a particular tree grew Or maybe someone believes some real bullshit >guitar factories hand-select wood for its tonal properties instead of just grabbing a lot of knot-free wood and cutting it to shape
Connor Fisher
9.5" radius
Easton Moore
Nobody can believe that shit and simultaneously believe that some gibsons are select diamonds in the rough that "sing" and put all the others to shame.
Joseph Flores
Dumbass.
Nicholas Scott
i once heard that it's hard/impossible to tell maple and ebony fretboards from each other based on feel alone
>amp doesn't have headphone out nor USB interface to connect to PC >XLR interface that outputs headphones is $110 >XLR interface that outputs USB is $80 >Boss GT-001 has XLR, 1/4" inputs and outputs as well as USB and is effectively a multieffect unit. $300
I've never used any effects pedals, will my tone be sacrificed by including a digital pedal into my chain?
To pay me with açaí? Sure that’s fine, those are tasty. There’s a a shop down the street that sells them that lots of cute girls frequent. I think the guitar is a firefly though.
Aiden Richardson
Describe the guitar better
Levi Williams
My goddamn Jazzmaster won't be here until TOMORROW. GOD DAMN IT. What am I going to do? How will I cope with this shipping delay?
Easton Reyes
should've got the V you'll regret it
Josiah Reyes
It’s a cheap strat copy SSS red with maple fingerboard. I think you can buy these on amazon
Ryan Green
>/gg/ said I shouldn't get a V because it was bad for beginners >now /gg/ says I should have gotten the V
There's just no pleasing you guys.
Kayden Baker
>beating the dead horse
Ethan Sanders
maple fretboard = white pickguard, like rosewood fretboard = mint pickguard, like pic related. i believed this was way too obvious to write, apparently not..
Probably, don’t know the names of these super cheap brands and my friend who owns it doesn’t really play guitar.
Oliver Stewart
I had an epiphany last night. I suck at guitar because I don't practice enough. But I don't practice enough because I don't know how to dial in a good tone. Is there any way to learn how to do that? I can hit one once in a while, but then when I go back the next time, I don't like it.
Nathaniel Diaz
If you want to know how to cope, looks at Samuel's posts for inspiration. The fucker thinks his Brazilian shitplank is an actual les paul
Juan Gomez
Thanks based bro
Connor Peterson
Dumbass. Best strat is black, mint guard and maple neck. I believed this was way too obvious to write obviously not.
Daniel Gonzalez
We always said get the V.
Elijah Scott
No you guys didn’t!!!
Jack Brooks
Sell it and give me the money That will save us shipping fees
Daniel Murphy
Okay that sounds good, I can do that.
Landon Evans
Grow a pair of balls
Austin Wright
I don't need another set
Blake Cox
I guess that way you can get something you want too
Cooper Stewart
Mint guard looks like it's a white one covered in dirt Always
Hunter Walker
Get a tranny's then
I'll get a middle pickup for the tele so it will be like a strat
Jayden Watson
I just realized Steely Dan's guitar solos are regular tonal blues solos
Zachary Nguyen
Most rock solos are.
Joshua Adams
But Steely Dan isn't a rock band
Nolan Lewis
>Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1972
any experience with sigma guitars? They are like cheap versions of martins. Store down my street has a sigma 000-18 copy that I played a little and it sounds leagues better than most other relatively cheap guitars I have tried around town. No one carries taylor here anymore, though.
Tyler Anderson
Fusion is one of the most abused words in music. They're not fusion, at all. They're a rock band with jazz and R&B influences. The one defining feature of fusion - which is improvisation, is completely absent in their stuff - they were rigidly NOT improvising, ever. That's one of their qualities, how tight the arrangements and performances were.
Isaac Fisher
they're the best guitars in the
Nathan Lee
They WERE cheap versions of Martins, they were made by Martin. Now the "Sigma" name is owned by another company, but the actual company that made the old Sigmas is owned by a German based company who makes them in China, but can't sell them as "Sigma" in the US. Bizarre.
If it sounds good and plays well, buy it. That's all that matters at the entry level price point.
Christian Garcia
No theure a jazz croup that decided to make rock songs to make money. Theyre fusing jazz composition with rock delivery. Maybe youre autistic and just want fusion to be what your headcanon says it to be.
Jacob Hernandez
Now you’re describing math rock and being pretentious
You know that cool slide down the low E string some guitarists do just before a riff, what fret do you start it with? Mine never sound good.
Cooper Taylor
>know that cool sli You need to adjust your action
Julian Wilson
Is anything better than playing an Authentic Heritage Cherry Sunburst Les Paul /gg/? Even our shred boy Steve here pulls one out on occasion. Yui really was on to something with her choice of guitar I think.
>he can't afford a Gibson, the only guitar which is good enough, because he spent all of his money on flannel shirts, thick-rimmed glasses and beard-trimming scissors
my high school friend video called me last night i gave him another theory lesson he learned it then on the end of the call he said he would show up at my shop because he's off from his job this week and he fuckin didnt
>he ordered a fucking orange crush Kid, your fagmaster will sound like absolute crap especially without any reverb effect available. The only worse amp brand is vox. Send the thing back and get yourself a yamaha THR.
Jackson Smith
Second this
Easton Morgan
That was yesterday user. Fuck off.
Jace Mitchell
But it chugs
Grayson Allen
You obviously dont have friends. They probably see you as an acquaintance at best.
I know that video and this brittle and weak tone isn't chugging. I played this piece of crap before.
Noah Baker
Sounds like chugging to me.
Colton Stewart
Theres not many neurons in your oversized head left to kill so id say its totally safe in your case
Jacob Clark
>diabetes and heart disease dont exist and arent the leading causes of death. >weed kills more people. Thats literally how dumb you are
Eli King
Lol we don’t even smoke weed in first world countries anymore it’s all about that concentrated THC that really gets the creative juices going.
Anthony Garcia
Imagine taking drugs like an incel
Thomas Smith
Imagine being afraid of chemicals because your mom told you to be
Mason Bennett
That's heavy enough, love its crazy kinetics.
Benjamin Walker
Jazzmaster guy here, I’m going to pay for in person lessons, what should I look for in an instructor? How do you recommend I find one?
Owen Jenkins
Again exercising fixes it
I didn't say weed kills you retard I was gonna argue but you already proved to have brain damage from weed
Bentley Wright
Shittest him by asking abour orange amp. If he doesn't immediately recommend selling it, get another teacher.
David Gonzalez
My tube screamer does not mesh well with my ac15. This looks like a normal issue. Would an EQ to take the midrange down after the ts make it play better with the amp?
Isaac Taylor
Just get a Caline Pure Sky for $30. It's transparent; no shitty retard midrange boost.
Daniel Hughes
Swap for a Metalzone so you have more control over your midrange
Parker James
why dont you just sell the screamer and get a klon clone? or sell the europoor amp and get something american
Parker Martin
Lmao Sam is going to get fat because all he does is think about playing guitar while eating
Daniel Perry
I don't think he can afford enough food to get fat.
Eli Thompson
That will go great with a white belt, tight jeans, and swoop hair. Are you somebody's emo bf btw?
Lincoln Sanchez
You can’t find a good tone cause you aren’t good at guitar. I used to complain about tone in the beginning but my friends who knew how to play could make the same guitar and settings sound amazing. I’m finally at the point where I can make most tones work
Owen Morales
Missed the pedal edition! Running a American special Tele into pic related into a vox ac15 c1x . Been having a lot of fun!
Just pedal front really loose amps for tight gain. It's harder fuzz a tight amp.
Xavier Sullivan
t. Can't dial in a Fender Champ
You're not gunna make it.
Jaxon Hall
I don't have a champ
Landon Gonzalez
If you can’t make clean tone sound good then you won’t be able to make any one sound good. For sure you don’t know how to do left and right hand muting.
Gabriel Phillips
The app is pretty easy to follow.
Liam Williams
I can do a clean tone, and I can mute. You're assuming a lot.
Jordan Cook
>having a pedalboard instead of just haphazardly spreading them around on the floor
If you are having a hard time finding a good tone. I can only assume you are not that skilled
Easton Reyes
Pedalboards are for two kinds of people
Gigging artists who haven't gotten the memo on multi-FX or believe some snake oil nonsense about germanium diodes having magical tone properties that can't be reproduced 1:1 in software And people larping as boomer gutiar heroes
Dominic Roberts
Why do people with single coil guitars and low-gain vintage style amps have so many dirt/modulation pedals normally?
Every les paul and superstrat player I know just uses the amp and the knobs on their guitar for all their tones with very minimal pedals. Maybe a noise gate and a looper.
Xavier Murphy
Like I said, you assume a lot.
Lincoln Fisher
maybe he just doesn't like the actual in the room sound of electric guitar but fell in love with all the close mic'd, mastered, and compressed once more demo tones on youtube
Logan Myers
are you that youtube cover guy who only plays jazzmasters that plays 80s/90s alt rock
Cameron Cruz
Nah. I'm far from a snakeoil faggot but I enjoy having the very specific overdrive, reverb, etc. that I subjectively like the sound of best rather than a collection of effects that somebody else chose for me.
Jaxon Fisher
You can modify the effects, amp presets, impulse responses, etc in a decent modelling unit and make your own sound
By kicking it boomer style you're just using some hipster's tube screamer clone with resistor values chosen at random
Angel Walker
Can you literally custom-shape the clipping of overdrive to match that of a Timmy, Klon, Tube Screamer, etc.?
In the end you'll get close enough for nobody to be able to tell the difference without direct A:B comparisons, it's doubtful that anyone would successfully identify the physical pedal, and nobody would give a shit about it in a full mix.
David Young
fucking with impulse responses alone is worth it. having a collection of real cabs is as costly as boutique pedals but takes up a thousand times more space. even richfags only have half a dozen 4x12s.
Hudson Gutierrez
>you'll get close enough So, that's a no. So, what you're telling me is I can get "close" with a $2,249.99 multi-FX unit, or I can get the EXACT overdrive sound I want with a $30 chinaclone? I'll take the $30 chinaclone in this case even if I'm a billionaire, because rich people stay rich by spending smartly.
Kayden Fisher
The $2,249.99 multi-FX comes with theoretically unlimited overdrive pedals. And loopers, and reverbs, and delays, and whole amps and cabs. For the cost of a singular "high end" tube amp that nobody can reliably identify in a blind test.
Your tone autism about sounding exactly like a chinese pedal with high-capacitance wire comes with lifelong virginity.
Adrian Morales
"spending smartly" means something else to someone who is already well off and has a steady stream of income
if you make 7,000 a month and your base living expenses are barely over $2000, you're not going to care about a $2500 purchase. you still have half your disposable income left to invest, and you're not buying a $2500 toy every single month. are you?
>comes with theoretically unlimited overdrive pedals. And loopers, and reverbs, and delays, and whole amps and cabs. That's cool for people who like a lot of effects and a lot of different amp/cab sounds, I guess. I really just need a few effects pedals and a single amp. I can make that sound good because I don't suck.
Xavier Barnes
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME THE CHORDS FOR THIS SONG
I want a mutli-FX but mostly for the realistic amp simulation. I'd plug it into a powered FRFR speaker to get 99.99% tube tone with 0% tube maintenance, weight, and fragility and the added benefit of being able to fuck with effects without buying pedals I'll probably never use to actually play for other people.
Right: Might be an actual gutiarist Middle: Probably can't play guitar but sleeps with it every night, has put the whammy bar in unspeakable places Left: MIJ STRANDBERG. COSTED TWICE AS MUCH AS YOUR GIBSON. U MAD POORFAGS?
Chase Lewis
40% of your tone comes from your fingers 40% comes from the room or auditorium, and no matter how many effects or boutique things you put in the signal chain you can't beat it unless you use a headphone out the last 20% comes from your gear
go for it, tubes are a scam.
Gabriel Wood
Who is the best gutiar teacher on youtube?
Tim Henson's videos have been helping me out a lot
This is such a retarded question. Practice things that don't involve creativity. Practice your scales, arpeggios, and work on your technique and theory. You might find something to inspire you while messing around with it.
Jacob Edwards
jesus why does every other fucking virtuouso and prodigy play an ibanez these days
is it a fashion statement? are they paid for it? am i missing out? am i holding myself back? are they just aping steve vai?
John Thompson
Anyone know if any of the US sites are willing to price match from EU sites? Some stuff from thomann and musicstore are still noticeably cheaper even when accounting for shipping/exchange rate fees and even buying US plugs/power supplies than buying from gc/sweetwater/musiciansfriend/etc
Parker Lee
If I want to buy new humbucker pickups, how should I decide which should I pick? I mean should I look at what does those guitarists use whose songs I want to play?
Joshua Bailey
Listen to demos/comparisons on YouTube and decide which one you like
Gavin Bennett
Figure out what you want EQ and output wise and don't fall for overhyped memes
Nathan Evans
how the fuck do i play drum n bass on me guitar lads the fuck
Michael Wright
Feel isn't there though, digital is soulless and processed
Jacob Murphy
go to bed dad
you have to wake up to the warm organic sound of your tube alarm clock
Sebastian Garcia
Ibanez has that sterile and brittle garbage tone that autists seem to love. I don't understand how ibanez manages to make every guitar sound bad but here we are.
Juan Howard
Ibanez modding is infinitely fun, so no biggie, just swap the pickups
Ian Brown
Ibanez makes all pickups sound bad is what I'm saying. Duncan, Dimarzio, Suhr, it doesn't matter.
Mason Kelly
Yeah, nice memeing, friendo, but can you step up your game??
Adam Gray
Really doubtful but do any of you have experience with Gibson amps?
Xavier Martinez
Why do people hate Joe again?
John Morgan
I can because every day there's discounts on this food delivery App, that's why I'm getting so much of these bowls, they go for 2 reais each
Jason Anderson
ARE THERE TUBE ALARM CLOCKS?
Hunter Sanders
Help I'm skipping into the twilight zone!
Nicholas Lopez
I have a nylon string I found in hard rubbish for this specific purpose
Nolan Russell
Yes, being under 50 and having a lifetime ahead of you.
Carter Reyes
DUDE JUST STRUM ALL THE STRINGS AT ONCE AND USE A MARSHALL LMAO
Hunter Gonzalez
Spending money on guitars and not redecorating, maintaining your house. Pathetic
Ayden Nelson
But his guitars ARE home decoration
Nicholas Young
He's hot
Brayden Reed
post yfw I improve by just thinking of guitar more than you do with a guitar in hands lol @ dumb materialistic loser
Stupid and useless without outside help? Me? I'm more of a Ritsu guy.
Brayden Torres
/gg/, my tone knob cuts all volume when it's between 0 and 1. I don't usually play it that low, I usually keep it 5-10. Is this something I should get fix anyways?
Dude, I don't even have a toneknob because I don't see the purpose. Just sound like throwing a blanket on the amp.
William Powell
Lmfao tonelett
Colton Anderson
how is Ritsu any different?
Luis Collins
>redecorating t. woman or tranny can't tell
Jose Cox
This might be a dumb question but I have an AmPro Strat with finished satin neck. Over time it's begun to lose its finish and it's not as fast of a neck anymore. Parts of it are now unfinished or have very small layer of satin.
Is there some kind of oil I can put on it to make it faster?
Angel Hall
I removed the tone knob of my Tele because I wasn't getting enough twang with these shitty hot pickups.
Landon Collins
Where's that /gg/ent who covered The Messiah Will Come Again for his music class or something? I really need to bookmark that video.
>tfw Gary Moore sharted out his version and it's what most people think of when they hear the song
Its definitely an individual thing, but its mind blowing to me how much of a difference warm-up makes. I think months went by where I never played more than an hour in a day and everything just felt dead and straining. This week Im back home for school, playing three or four hours a day, and the strain is finally gone. Guitar feels like butter, fingers do what they should without any tension and picking up new licks and songs is so much easier
Carter Brown
they are shredding machines. you are not a shredder, well not a good one
Jordan Hill
They are shred machines for children . real anime men use Dean
Daniel White
>Ibanez makes all pickups sound bad nice try aspy. next youre going to say all pickup brands are made in the same mexican factory by big pharma
Dominic Richardson
real men shred on pretty strats like pink suhr
Jack Collins
Charvel are much better all-around guitars that also happen to be better for shredding than any ibanez
Grayson Ramirez
>jesus why does every other fucking virtuouso and prodigy play an ibanez are you thick?
Jose Allen
sharvel are much better t. shovel owner
Nathaniel Davis
>real anime trannies use Dean fixed it for you
Tyler Hughes
pro tip - use voltaren
Cameron Miller
>real anime trannies use Dean and ESP fixed it for you more so
Grayson Sanchez
Is the digitech element any good?
Leo Fisher
Damn that's old, move on user And it's a good thing Gary Moore did it. Roy Buchanan is sloppy as a casual dad.
sorry no, that's incorrect we all know guitar virtuosos play ibanez & fender guitars guitar virtuosos by their saintly baseness are not trannies
Daniel Russell
Is renting a guitar redpilled?
>really love this $2050 guitar at my local shop >they'll only charge me $40/mo to rent it >it'll take over 4 years before the rental cost outweighs the purchase cost
>I can literally think of none That one dude that knows someone that once played in a grateful dead coverband. That's pretty much where they are at right now and they're not doing anything to change that, quite the opposite actually. There's zero appeal to younger players.
Ryan Roberts
did he give you stomps & the phone charger as well?
>People genuinely buy $1500+ guitars only to sell them 4 years later Lmao it's like you hobbyists don't really enjoy your instruments
Eli Russell
You forgot to mention that all the best session guys play suhr. It’s funny how all the Ibanez players are washed out 80’s players.
Leo Evans
chorus, and a delay. + your distortion& tuner. they are your best basic 4 effect boxes right there. try & get all boss. thats would be sweet
Liam Smith
wow dude you're so funny I can't even breathe! Easily the best joke I've ever heard in the last 10/15 years, probably even in my whole life. eheheh did he give the phone charger? lmao! Are you a guitarist? I hope that you have a carrier in comedy because yours is such an amazing and natural talent
Gabriel Moore
>he doesn't think 80s was the highlight of guitar music
Hunter Lee
hss that boss tuner been modded or what? i like it
Nathaniel Reyes
ikr, because they're all in the top 100 charts today. joe satriani "surfing with the alien" was the last album to chart and that was in 1987. its been all downhill for shredders ever since
Samuel Fisher
I'm new to guitar. I like 60s-80s music mostly. I can play a Purple Haze riff and Smoke on the Water, anything else beginner friendly?
>music I like >Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent, Van Halen, Dire Straits, Roy Buchanan, Gary Moore
This looks like the dean archetype with beanie, earrings, sunglasses and all that bad taste crap. LIterally a relic from the 2000s just like their taste.
Elijah Evans
Flying V guy here, my Jazzmaster is out for delivery right now!! Pretty soon I'll be so busy banging out basic chords that I won't even have time to post in /gg/
Ryan Thompson
top 40 or btfo
Oliver Turner
>beanie >sunglasses indoors >studded jacket He sure makes Dean look good!!!
Juan Sanchez
jesus christ this guy could almost be a /gg/ chad meme
Lol loser, everybody agrees Eric Clapton was better when he played Gibsons. Even today, if you can find a recent clip of him playing a Gibson (usually a semi hollow) his playing is better on it.
Also Gary More, Les Paul, Slash, Bucketfag, Peter Frampton. All the tasty players with good tone. Also Jeff Beck. Beck and Clapton go to show that FENDERS ARE FOR TIRED DADS that think les pauls sound to heavy for their tired ears. Gary More played fucking fast with a Les Paul and picking every note, not relying on wanky hammerons. Ibanezes are for people that can't handle high action and would rather tolerate that thin ass tone that comes with low action. See: Paul Gilbert.
Jose Sullivan
You have been visited by the Laura of dead and dying threads.
This thread doesn't have much longer left to live. No need to mourn though; having reached the bump limit, the thread has lived a full life. Its popularity is a good indicator that the thread and its anons will live on in future iterations.