Marco Pierre White edition
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>>126694715 (OP)
>Marco Pierre White edition
wtf is the connection here, just that they look kinda similar?

I get to jam tomorrow and Saturday with my friend. I'm excited.

>>126694788
What will you guys play? Or what do you typically play?

The 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue.
*sips Monster Zero Ultra*
Yep, now that's a geetar.

>>126694715 (OP)
Say has anyone used rocksmith 2014 before? How good is it to learn how to play guitar (and piano)? It seems neat but kind of skeptical because it's Ubisoft.

>>126695079
For actual learning it's not great, but for getting in practice with the guitar it's good.
I'm not sure how you'd get much if any piano experience out of it.

>>126694715 (OP)

Just me or is hearing yourself play is like hearing yourself speak -- vomit inducing

I'm really thinking of modding my benton tele into a v. Saw off the sides, glue some blocks and saw out a v shape. Also fill out the trem holes and make it a hardtail. Oh it is so tempting.

What do you think of bands that save their good gear for the studio and use shitplanks on tour?
IIRC Clan of Xymox use Harley Bentons on tour and then just give them away when the dates are finished

1st 4 never shittin/gg/ cum
#IntactBlackCherry

>>126695153
Mistakes are more noticable when you listen to a recording. You don't notice shit like fluctuating tempo or bad notes ringing while you're playing (unless you're good), but on a recording it's impossible to ignore.

>>126695308
That's actually pretty cool. And they don't gotta worry about their good shit getting stolen.

>>126694797
Usually just turning on the drum machine and playing until something clicks. sometimes start a loop then build on it by jamming but never record any of it. Since I understand a bit more theory, I'm thinking we will try and write but we'll see. My friend plays guitar and I check up on him but he's not very consistent with practice. That makes me sad

>>126694715 (OP)

How do I practice playing expressively

>>126695308
>What do you think of bands that save their good gear for the studio and use shitplanks on tour?
Doesn't everyone do this, well except bands that are so rich it doesn't matter

>>126695485
Looper pedal, make a backing progression, noodle until you're involuntarily making the stank face. Congrations, you done it.

>>126695308
Bands get robbed all the time on tour I don't blame them at all. There are countless stories of bands breaking up after having their gear stolen.

Rocked too hard a few nights ago and chipped my front tooth on the aluminum neck, lads
Shit sucked, had to get an emergency dentist appointment and all

>>126696189
Did you dent the neck though?

>>126696210
Nah, the neck pwned my tooth though

I only use wood necks because it's easier on my teeth when I gnaw on them mid set.

>>126696189
many such cases
sad

>>126696189
post toof

>>126695614
>>126695760
back in the 90s it seemed like bands constantly lost all their shit and fell apart
maybe they're more risk averse these days?

>>126696360
Already got it fixed and didn't want to commemorate it with a photo
Sry m9

>>126696384
fake and gay

>>126696189
>emergency dentist appointment
Was he a Blues Dentist? Was he impressed when you told him how you fucked up your teeth?

>>126695760
I could be in the biggest band in the world and I would still be bringing my primary guitar with me everywhere I go. That and a gun and or armed security.

>>126696424
>a Travis Bean, you say? I think my receptionist plays one of those *smirk*

>>126696417
Come one now, I may be dumb enough to post my very identifiable guitar on here but I'm not dumb enough to post my face in any capacity.

>>126696477
you being too retarded to know how to crop a photo is less believable than your story

>come up with killer riff
>play it once
>forget it

>>126696491
You have no idea how easy it is for me to crop photos.

>>126696495
You will play many more killer riffs that you'll forget, trust me.

>>126696495
A! B! R!
Always! Be! Recording!

>>126696361
Cheap gear were like really shit back then so it's understandable that they'd be more likely to bring their nicer stuff, and then there's also the amps and cabs that you can't really replace with crappy practice ones

>>126696424
Do blues lawyers or blues dentists have the superior taste? What's the verdict here?

>>126696733
Blues doctors.

>>126695760
Does gear theft even pay off considering how vigilant musicians are about getting their shit back and the hassle off selling shit off to pawn stores and so on?
Seems like it would be a better gig to just steal copper wire like the rest of the scum

>>126696798
Back in the days you could drive off a couple blocks and pawn shit off easily and no one would ever find out, these days not so much since everything gets uploaded online, but crackheads will steal anything

>>126696798
Nah, Heart had their shit jacked two weeks ago and the dude that did it is already arrested.

I've been playing an embarrassingly long time to have just now accidentally figured out sad but true. i dont play in dropped often.

2 lbs cubed lean beef
3 lbs halved ripe tomatoes
.5lb diced onion
1 bunch sliced celery
.5lb minced Jalapeno (adjust to taste for heat, can use serranos/habeneros)
1 bundle of cilantro chopped with stems

Brown the beef with the onions on high heat with a teaspoon of vegetable oil, add a tsp of salt to sweat the beef and onions. Once browned add the celery and continue cooking for 2 minutes, once the celery starts to release its aroma add the jalepeno mince and halved tomatoes, smashing the tomatoes as you add them to release their juices, once smashed all meat and vegetables should be submerged in the tomato juice, if they didnt juice enough out add water till all is covered, simmer for 2 hours on low heat, add half the cilantro, simmer another 1 hour or until meat is fall apart tender and add the last half of the cilantro, serve with warm tortillas.

>>126695153
you have to keep doing it till you get used to it

they didnt like my recipe :(
how about a chord then

5
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Even the schizos are gone...grim

>>126697219
they are literally all /pol/ fucks, anytime /pol/ is going hard they are gone, really lets you know the caliber of "people" in these threads

>>126697291
something's happening?

>>126697219

I'm on Reddit this place is dead. Most the boards I used to frequent are dead outside of 3-5 generals full of normies thinking this is a scary place and their edgy hip people.

Just move on. Everyone else did

Im still here but i always just lurk anyway

When is the next Missouri /gg/ meetup? Are we meeting at the same guitar center as last time

Ignoring the samefag trying to talk people out of being here, how much do I have to practice to get as good as metals most underrated guitarist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDzy8ZYgCeg

>>126697665
you wont get there. metal is a waste of time. you could be crafting pop songs and playing neosoul funk and getting pussy

>>126697665
You could be pro ready in about 4 years if you really set your mind to it. Guitar is not difficult.

Mustang T O M O R R O W

>>126697665
that was pretty sick ngl

>>126697789
Post pics when you get they/them

>>126697789
this dude finna bustang

Watch this

https://voca.ro/1maouV6L91lr

>>126698250
no, thanks

See what I mean?

back to tel aviv

>>126697789
What's the big square white one called?

>>126697789
A pedal with four knobs does not need to be that big. Let me guess its a fuzz or some bullshit like that with 4 components

>>126697789
>headroom
>denmark
hmm

>>126697951
No I gotta wait at least 72 hours to open the box or else the guitar will literally explode
>>126698179
reverb makin me edge
>>126698286
Carl Martin Headroom
>>126698294
It’s an analog spring reverb with two channels, it’s that big because it’s got springs inside like one of those pranks where you open the can and a snake jumps out

>>126698312
Why did you get a spring pedal when you already have spring reverb on the amp

>>126698312
I just use the spring reverb on my cranked Fender Blues Jr. With a Boss Ds-1, and the volume knob on my GIBSON sg turned back until the amp barely distorts... You can get any tone a real rock n' roller needs. Just turn up the volume knob to add distortion, than kick on the Ds-1 to get a different tone.

Why do they make real spring reverb pedals but no one has made a plate reverb pedal with a real plate inside?
This could be a big idea

>>126698364
As if I care about your gear. You any kinda artist?

>>126698376
Doesn't the plate need to be fairly large?

>>126698348
Cuz the spring tank in the amp is both reverb and tremolo and they’re controlled by the same knobs, and I wanted to use the on board spring tank as an analog tremolo with an analog spring reverb on my board. If I want to use both reverb and tremolo on the on board tank they both have the have the exact same setting, and I like being able to have very wet drippy reverb with subtle tremolo or subtle reverb with warbly tremolo. With the pedal I can have two separate reverb channels and with the on board tank I can dial in the tremolo exactly how I like

>>126698382
Just make the whole pedal board a plate then stack on top of it.

>>126698382
It can be amp sized. Just haul it to the gig. or keep it in the stu

>>126698447
Guys! Get down! I think there's a sni

>>126698452
Candleja

I have no talent and it hurts
Used to think I was gifted and then one day realized people were just nice to me when I was a kid,
I should kill myself.

>>126698944
why though? kinda undermines all the shit you already went thru, might as well see how it plays out the fuck else you doin

>>126698968
just tired of myself. and to be honest i've used that as motivation for most of the year, making changes in my life and putting some addictions behind me. You're right that I shouldn't let that go to waste. It's just so fucking exhausting sometimes.

its just funny how yesterdays icon was a super star rock god and now we have twinks and anime characters as an icon, culture really has been declining rapidly since 2010

>>126698973
take a rest. try not being "you" even if only for a moment. breaking addictions means you have willpower which is a gift if you really think about it, so many people are slaves to their urges and have no willpower.

>>126698980
That's just you aging and not being self-aware enough to realize the zeitgeist is beginning to pass you by.
Things change. Most people feel that they change for the worst because they instinctively reject that change.

>>126698985
thank you fren

>>126698989
I was never part of the zeitgeist
when my classmates played videogames, I played with action figures and flash games
when my classmates browsed facebook and instagram on their iphone's cellular data, I browsed 4chan on my ipod touch on school wifi
and now everyone's on their tiktok and their fortnite and I'm just sitting here playing guitar and still shitposting over a decade later

>>126699156
my brother we are the same

>>126699156
I'm a little bit older but I get it. I spent my days largely alone with my nose in a book until the Internet started to get big in the late 90's. Then the world changed for me but I've had to watch it get ruined by normies for the last 30 years.

I'm getting rid of the cathedral Reverb.

>>126700045
F

>>126700056
I want reverb but I think i need to get one specifically for bass. All of the settings don't do much for my distortion and fuzz

Guitar Track // Multiple Sections // W.I.P
Any advice, feedback or critique?
https://vocaroo.com/1eSHjMx0Vwab

>>126698944
Don’t think about yourself in the third person, don’t try to form any kind of personal legend or “self”. What you are isn’t a real thing, you’re a temporary, permeable being and trying to make sense of that is egotistical and foolish

Pick things up, put them down, stop thinking about them. Remove the mirrors from your house, delete your social media. Animals don’t think about themselves, they just do. Be an animal, they are happy

Haha, close—but it’s Copilot, not Grok! No hard feelings though. Thanks for the chat!

>>126697644
Its at the gay bathhouse

>>126700205
I think I'm still banned at that place

>>126700279
Kek fuckin/gg/ cumshitter

Do I just get a squier classic vibe jaguar or spend the extra few hundred for the player ii? What's the differences apart from the classic vibe having all the bells and whistles? And buttons ofc, am I really just going to be paying for the Fender logo?

>>126700445
The Classic Vibe targets vintage specs, and the Player II tries for more modern specs.
A couple examples:
CV has a gloss neck and the Player has a satin urethane neck.
The Player has a less deep C shape in its neck than the CV.

There's a lot of changes that make me sorta scratch my head, though, like them completely removing the rhythm circuit and switches for pickup selection on the Player II. It makes it feel like it's not a real Jaguar without all that.
They fuck up the pickup selection for the Mustang in that series, too, and it's the big reason I would never get a Player II Mustang.
Also they don't even give you locking tuners until you step up to their more expensive Player II Modified series (which they offer neither Jaguars nor Mustangs in anyways).
Honestly, if you can stomach not having Fender on the headstock and the body being poplar instead of alder then I'd say just get the Classic Vibe. I've got a CV in my collection, and it's a perfectly fine instrument.
The more I look at the Player II the more disappointing it seems. You don't even get the cool block inlays, tortoise shell pickguard, or bound fretboard.

>>126700445
classic vibe, avri 65 pickups, panorama trem, and matching avri bridge

/gg/uys what kind of nut goop should i get for my les paul? is this stuff good?

>>126700445
Neither, the CV has a shitty trem system and the P2 is lacking a rhythm circuit. Get a used Vintera or possibly older, might take a bit of extra saving but you will thank me later I promise.

>>126700720
Used MIM instruments with desired specs is definitely the best option if they're cool with checking out Reverb or local shops.
Got some great stuff that way.

>>126700720
>shitty trem system
That's all mustang/jaguar

>>126700774
cv especially so, it's really insufferable, because you either
- use the trem, in which case classic vibe will make a click of you pull too far
- not use the trem, and classic vibe is the only version that won't let you lock it

>>126700707
just get a tusq nut and skip all the lube bullshit
they are like 17 bucks maybe? and you never have to lube again

>>126700870
He's doing to go need at least two of them, a special tool or a slotted caliper, and a file set

>>126700735
Indeed, I’ve gotten the most bang for my Buck this way. Many times I’ve bought them with the intention of further upgrading components only to realize they’re perfect as is. I would even put MIMs from 2018 on up against MIJ as far as QC and component quality goes.

>>126700881
damn, i just bought one pre-filed, used a screwdriver and a hammer to knock the old one out. some superglue and slipped it into place.
https://graphtech.com/products/tusq-xl-slotted-gibson-style-nut?variant=40524954107927

>>126700774
The CV Jags are particularly bad in my experience but maybe that’s a fluke. I own one and have pulled more than a few off the wall to compare it to and all of them feel pretty bad compared to my Vintera.

>>126700901
Not a fluke, they are all like that, gritty, abrupt clunk at the end of travel, not holding tune, standard procedure per Pusheen and his redditors is to replace it with avri unit or similar.

How many people here play bass? It feels like there's not even 10 people here that do

>>126700996
I started bass a couple months ago

>>126700996
im still waiting for my bass and emg pickups for it
(i main guitar, but i want to dabble around with bass too)

>>126701034
I tried, I can't fucking hear myself. I can't hear bass, it's just either there in the mix, or not, but if I try to play it, it's like playing unplugged guitar with earplugs, there's no feedback. I'm missing a crucial part of soul that allows playing bass.

>>126701056
>>126700996

>>126700925
I pulled mine out about an hour ago remembering I have some shims and a 3 pack of heavy bottoms I wanted to put on it. Even after a .25 shim, action adjustment, bridge and intonation setup it still just feels like shit, trem non withstanding. To put it bluntly you would have to upgrade the trem and hope that you got one with exceptional QC if you want a CV Jag that even remotely stands up next to the cheapest Fender jag. My Vintera required a shim and a fair amount of setup as well but it actually plays and sounds very, very nice after doing so, I just can’t say the same of the CV. I guess the player 2 is an option if you don’t care about the rhythm circuit but that’s a lot of what makes a jag a jag IMO.

>>126700996
Exclusively? I'm not sure. I started on bass as a kid and while I do still play, its in addition to playing guitar. Though I do catch myself writing riffs in my head as just drum and bass during the day. That probably has a lot to do with it being my first instrument.

>>126701056
>not in the mix
>I'm missing a crucial part of soul that allows playing bass.
you're missing a 410 cab is what it sounds like.

My body is ready

>>126694715 (OP)

Frens list week 24 2025.

Following posters are back on my friend list (on a provisional basis):

- black es 335 poster after he stopped posting his momma's couch every thread for a week
- robot poster after he got new robot memes, not the old one with the robot feet in the air

Following are still off the list:

- black bass pedal guy
- that guy that says whoa and is you seeing this randomly

Addendum: P90 guitar guy is still on my BFF list (no homo)

>>126701559
>P90 guitar guy
Who’s that? There are a few people here with P90 guitars.

>>126701482
Mustang bro? I hope it’s a good one. I was bitching about the trem on my MG73 a few threads back and it must have been the strings being new because now it stays in tune just fine. Not loving the mustang trem arm though, I need to try one of my longer arms in it and buy one of those if I like it.

>>126701559
You WILL love me and my pedals

>>126701482
Awwwww yeah baby it's a good mail day on /gg/
Got me a cheap open-box Squier sonic P bass, gonna yank the frets out tonight

>>126701668
Will you seal the fret slots? This has always intrigued me, my friend had a nice fretless bass back in the day, I forget which brand but it was from the 80s and had active pickups and sounded and played very smooth. You’ll probably have to lower the action too right?

does anyone else ever think about guitars being alive? like these shitplanks being mass produced in china feel like they have diseases and they are in pain all the time then they get abused by their owners or when boomers buy a stratocaster and they relic it themselves with sandpaper and hammers the guitar wants to scream because its like going through cartel torture but we can't hear it then it ends up starving in solitary confinement because the boomer doesn't play it anyway, its why I always give my Christina a rubdown with high quality guitar polish and restring her from time to time to let her know she is loved. "good girl" I say as I readjust her trem block, I even pop a boner when I remove her pickguard (Its really her brassiere) yep thats Christina alright, the headstock says "Fender Stratocaster" but her heart says "play with me and hear me roar"

no I'm not schizophrenic

>>126701668
Nobody cares poorfag

>>126701695
Yeah I've got some wood filler, I assume that's better to use in this situation rather than wood putty since it's meant to be sanded. Never tried it myself but it seems straightforward enough. Definitely will have to lower the action.
I have a fretless Glarry bass (like $60 on Amazon) and I love that MWUAAAAHHH sliding sound, but the guitar itself feels terrible. Super light body, heavy and thick neck, and I don't know what the fretboard is made out of but it feels awful.
I'll post it when I finish. It'll probably look sloppy, but as long as it plays well, that's good enough for me

>>126701707
I just dont think about these things at all because I wouldn't buy a chinese made guitar nor would I even look at an instrument with "relic" in the title.

>>126694740
*stares intensly into the camera and lifts both index fingers*
"I didn't make him strum, it was his choice to strum."

>>126698980
I find it more funny how we used to have Bri'ish lad Jimmy Page and at some point we got Japanese grandma Jimmery Pageru-san.

>>126701858
Imagine my shock when I learned Jimmy Page didn’t in fact have any Japanese blood in him

>>126701714

Samesies

https://youtu.be/STugQ0X1NoI

>>126701963
He banged so much lolis it turned him Nippon

It took some trial and error but I’m pretty sure I found the strings that came on my Vintera mustang that sound perfect on those guitars. The guy said Heavy Bottoms but after autistically measuring the string gauge with multiple sets of calipers and matching the color of the string coating, I’m 99.9% certain they are in fact Power Slinky’s. I wasted ~$30 dollars worth of strings but it was worth it and gave me some practice on changing strings with a mustang vibrato. Going to take some time for them to settle and age, but they feel very close.

>>126702523
Not sure if that's orange or fiesta red under lighting. Looks great either way

>>126702523
Based retro 4x enjoyer

Now you'll take your perfectly set up mustang and fail to play a C chord

>>126702784
It’s Fiesta, I wish the more recent FR was closer to this shade. I have a 2021 Player Strat that also has a matching headstock but it’s a darker shade than this. These slightly older ones look orangish to salmon colored depending on the lighting.

>>126702798
I was expecting it to be a meme, but I can shoot a flea of a cow’s dick at 500 yards with that thing. The rifle is an H&R 604, which is worth every penny. The QC is light years better than anything else I’ve seen sold by PSA.

>>126702523
>>126702798
>>126702905
based /k/nowers
>>126702831
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>>126700156
I don't like this. I tried it and it sucks. I prefer to maintain the "main character" mindset.

>>126703003
>but you forgot the heckin fifth
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SAVE ME RICK BEATO

Hell yea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehJqJdseeNc

>>126703081
These KFC ads are getting crazy

>>126703081
"Black metal is for white people" - Hellhammer, drummer of Mayhem

>>126703081
Decent.

>friend and i plan on jamming tonight
>have to travel 3 hours to see friend
>we are supposed to be joined by other friends
>other friends are playing poker
>jamming friends says he wants to play poker instead
I need friends who actually like music. I'm dying here man.

>>126703330
he lost interest because he doesn't understand the dumb machine
have him watch all of absolutely understand guitar before the next time you jam

>mustang came in
>some pretty heavy chips in the back of the neck that the seller convenient didn’t mention and didn’t take any detailed photos of, only generic full shots of the rear of the guitar
Kinda upset desu, I wouldn’t care about any chips or dings in the finish of the body but on the back of the neck where you’re gonna feel them whenever you play yeah I’d rather them not be there. If they were disclosed I probably wouldnt have gone for this one

>>126703821
Cosmetically I do not care one bit about any kind of wear or whatever but these nicks I’ll feel every time I play above the 9th fret

>>126703821
>>126703845
Shitballs. Sorry it didn't knock you out.
If it makes you feel any better, I have a dent or two on one of my guitars and you get used to them. They are kind of like para-visual fret position markers for your hand.
show full body pic plz

>>126703821
fill with superglue, scrape close with a razor (put scotch tape on both outside edges of the blade to not cut into the underlying finish) then sand with micromesh until the area is a consistent texture with the surrounding finish.

>>126703821
>>126703845
I mean it’s not the end of the world, I can fill them with superglue or epoxy or something and sand them flush and since it’s on the rear of the neck nobody will ever see it but still, it would have been nice having it disclosed instead of just “minor player wear” and “minor blemishes” and no actual pics of the back of the neck specifically

Catbutt in frame

>>126703845
Fill them with a thin layer of super glue

>>126703821
jfc did a dog chew on that guitar

I’ve definitely got to shim the neck and properly set it up, funny cuz the seller said it’s got a low action and optimal neck relief when none of that is true lmao.

>>126703919
nta but I have a guitar at home with bite marks from an ex girlfriends dog.

>>126703884
Nice fretboard wood though. Did you buy it from a Japanese seller?

>>126704013
Nah just a guy on Reverb from the other side of the country

>>126701707
No stupid ngl. I clean and set up my guitars on rare occasions because that's the quality I would sell to someone else. You'll turn a great guitar into an absolute plank out of pure neglect. The things you already own are already of good quality if you put one ounce of effort into taking care of your shi.

I just realized I don’t have any 11s on hand cuz I used my last sets restringing my Revstar and LP Special so I gotta go get some, this has what feels like 9s on it and I hate how 9s feel on a short scale. I didn’t realize this came with the vibrato arm, seller didn’t mention it and it wasn’t in any pics so I’m surprised it’s here. I hate the little set screw so I’m gonna go check if my nuts and bolts section at the hardware store has a little thumb screw that’s the same thread pitch so I can mess with the arm while playing without keeping an Allen key on hand.

Sounds great though my Princeton though, pots aren’t scratchy and selector sliders work as they should. Not gonna really dig into playing it hard until I set it all up and shim the neck and tweak the vibrato and change strings and all that really really fun not tedious stuff

>>126703884
Oh I talked to you yesterday and you were super stoked to be getting this, sorry for your misfortune man that's some bullshit. I'd leave that guy some shitty feedback.

thinkin bout getting an authentic Gibson
https://reverb.com/item/76208583-gibson-baldwin-les-paul-2000-s-black

>>126704123
I mean it’s a 20 year old guitar, I expected some wear and tear on it. I just wish it was openly disclosed instead of being surprised by it on first look. It’s all stuff that’s fixable without much work, it would have just been nice ahead of time knowing I was going to need to do it

>>126704065
Definitely give a thorough review explaining the discrepancy between the description and what you got, it’s the least you can do. I’m the Christmas tree mustang nigga, and the seller of my MG73 accidentally sent the wrong instrument initially. I was prepared to let him have it in my review but to his credit he shipped the right guitar out in a very timely manner. Aside from the neck dings and high action, how is it otherwise, pickups sound alright?

>>126704120
Try power slinky’s. I think you’ll like them, and if you don’t it’ll give you an opportunity to make further adjustments if you end up not liking them. Your probably will though, they feel like the perfect set for the mustang IMO.

>tfw playing 9-42s :)

>>126704120
This site sells both sizes, just got mine and they fit great.

https://guitarrepairparts.com/products/tremolo-arm-set-screw-fender-mustang-dynamic-trem-10-32-x-3-8-2-pcs?_pos=1&_sid=8306cad7c&_ss=r

https://youtu.be/Thp8-MI7hyE
Cool video explaining how Todd Rundgren got some motorcycle sounds out of his Mustang before going right into a solo all in one take, goes to show how stable the Mustang vibrato is if set up right

>>126704498
Yeah it sounds great and feels great other than feeling the nicks on the neck, but I’m gonna have to pull the neck anyway to shim it so while it’s off I’ll fill the nicks in
>>126704513
I use NYXLs on most of my electrics and have some 11 NYXLs on my Super Sonic right now and they feel great on the 24” scale
>>126704532
No it has a screw and everything I just hate having to have a key on hand to adjust it or remove it. I bought a thumb screw from the hardware store will be able to fiddle with the vibrato arm without needing an Allen key around, it looks stupid but it’s a real quality of life improvement when using the arm and not just palming the cigar

I was gifted an electric guitar yesterday and have 0 clue about string instruments or whatever they're called. Any useful resources to learn? Like youtube chanels websites apps whatever?

>start band last summer with friends
>one that decides to be Rhythm Guitarist is competent
>one that decides to be Drummer is pretty damn good
>one that decides to be Bassist is fucking awful
>never actually tries to play his instrument
>spends majority of practice on his phone or zoning out due to shit sleep schedule
>puts off doing literally anything in the band for nearly an entire year since he makes a million excuses
>we just stop doing shit because no fucking clue what this dumbass is doing
>we decide to get back together yesterday and kick him out
>Rhythm Guitarist switches to Bass and I'm only Guitarist now
>we actually fucking write some songs and practice them
Feels good man, have any of you had any similar experiences with some asshole holding back your entire band single-handedly?

No one asked

Hi ! I just started to play guitar and would like to know what chord is that woman here playing?

>>126704887
X
X
X
X
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>>126704769
I'm sorry you can't relate to the idea of having something to talk about. It would require you to lead some kind of life that interacts with other people in a non-shit way, and you are clearly the worst kind of autistic.

That was much easier than expected. Doesn't look great, but it's smooth so whatever.

>>126704917
Oh ! Cool ! :P I don't know much about theory. What is that chord called?

>>126704970
The “female in front of a camera” chord

>>126704711
Sit down and watch all of Absolutely Understand Guitar by Scotty West. It's free on YouTube. Whenever you have free time and are sitting around practice the hands-on stuff he prescribes. He builds up the theory part of playing guitar in a way that makes it seem obvious, and it blew my mind to learn some of the stuff after playing guitar without theory for years.

>>126704887
A dim

>>126704957
How was it out of the box? I want a bass and have been tempted to go the cheap route but it’s for recording so I should probably at least get a used Fender.

>>126705171
Unless you're a serious bass player, just get a cheapo. An Ibanez starter bass is good enough to lay basic tracks in any genre.

Will I get looks if I pull out a fret rocker to test a guitar in a store before I buy it? I would also play through all of the frets to see if they're buzzing with the current setup.

>>126705316
Who gives a shit, do what you need to in order to be confident in your purchase, Good guitars aren't cheap.

>>126705316
No, that's why you go to a store in-person in the first place. You should be testing the guitars. If they get weirded out then just go to a different store because they're clearly not confident in their shit.

>>126705171
Honestly the Squier Sonic line sounds great, and if you're looking for a P bass specifically, get one and save the money over a Fender. Squier has had some really shit models in my experience (affinity, bullet) but every Sonic I've gotten, guitar or bass, has been set up and sounds good right out the box.
If it's a jazz bass you're looking for, Fender is a better bet. But if it's just for laying down a bass line for your songs, I think it's a good buy. Nothing you can't easily do in your DAW to make it pro quality.

>>126705349
I got a new Gibson for less than a squier. ha stay poor minded.

>>126705440
>muh anecdotal evidence. ha, poor!
shut the fuck up child. adults are talking.

>>126705440
>proud of his $35 temu chibson
at least you got it before the tariffs i guess

https://youtu.be/YRLfp2ZDjrk

>>126705482
>Some rando with a dunning-kruger argument
Cope is hilarious.
And all of this is missing the point. Dude asked if he should check guitars for quality control issues at a guitar store before buying them. Sperg out elsewhere, poor.

>>126705382
Sold, just pulled the trigger via Amazon (I’m sick of customer reps from Sweetwater blowing my phone up every time I buy a pack of strings, if I bought an actual instrument from them they would probably knock on my door). I feel pretty confident I can do and required set up. Well, that makes 7 guitars this year, fuck me.

>>126705675
I bought some cables years and years ago on Sweetwater, and I had a guy last year call me to tell me he was my new representative cause the old guy quit. I didn't even know I had a representative before.

Mustang is now sitting all dismantled waiting to be reassembled and set up, but I’ve got to wait for the super glue in the dings on the neck to dry. Vibrato is all ready to go, bridge will be ready to go once I can stick the neck on and eyeball it, shim is all trimmed up, it’s just a matter of cleaning up the neck before reassembling and restringing and setting it up

>>126705698
>buy new guitar
>tear it down day 1
authentic offset experience

Sold the 2 story London condo workshop. Now getting used to a treehouse mansion. Just another day in the life of a luthier!

>>126705698
Make sure you remember which side the screws were on the bridge lol… I put mine on backwards after referring to my Vintera mustang only to realize that the guy who sold me the MG73 had it flipped and intonated the other way around (screws facing the tail).

>>126705743
I'm learning how to put on a condom

Don't mind me getting better guitar tones bolting strings to random things. I'm using science but I'm not a scientist, just a touring musician.

>>126705751
Wait are the screw heads not supposed to face the vibrato?

>>126705787
Screws facing the vibrato is how it comes factory. It doesn't actually matter which way it faces, but sometimes flipping a bridge or an individual saddle can help you to intonate it better.

Time for Frogly's show
https://youtu.be/vNYm_VCGZYQ

>>126705316
Yeah that's weird as hell. You can tell if the frets are good if theres no buzzing on any frets, just play through them all, if there is buzzing just don't buy it. It's on the store to keep new instruments at least somewhat set up.

>>126705911
Oh, that's really nice of you, setting up all the instruments again. Your coworkers are calling customers and closing deals. What are your numbers this month?

What the hell is neck shimming and why is everybody doing it

>>126705698
>but I’ve got to wait for the super glue in the dings on the neck to dry.
Just throw baking soda on the glue and it will harden instantly. Old aviation maintenance trick

>>126706004
NTA but wouldn't the sudden deoxidation make it brittle?

>>126706003
lower that upper fret action bro

>>126706032
you'd think so but they've been patching plane wings with that method since forever, I think it'd be fine for filling in some dings

>he doesn't know how many hundredths of an inch difference there are between the action of his strings

>>126706053
How would it help tho my bridge can already get so low the strings touch the frets

>>126706086
Oh, thinking about it in that context it probably doesn't matter. You're not trying to hold anything with it, you just fill and probably buff or sand it down and forget it.

>his neck bolts on

>>126706103
It depends on the type of bridge. Generally the action at the nut is lower than the action at 12 and above because of bridge angles, so a shim lifts the upper frets up a little closer to the strings without affecting the action at the nut which is usually already as low as possible.

>lemme just shim this neckthrough

>>126706032
Baking soda or portland seem to make it a lot tougher. Maybe any particulate like sand. If I just wanted to activate CA glue, I'd mist it with alcohol.

>>126706132
>he doesn't own and enjoy multiple types of guitars which inspire him to play different styles when he picks them up
grim. metalfag detected, sorry about your Gio bro

>fee new nut but your playing won't stop sucking

>>126706213
All Gio guitars have bolt on neck though

>soldered frets

>>126706213
gios are bolts r tard

>>126706239
oh, figures. i just named the cheapest metal guitar i could think of.
i really like my bolt on, vibrato is different and you can elicit different dynamics than a through neck.

>dynamics, versatile, timbre, sovl, craftsmanship, made in USA, solid wood, tone wood, pecker wood, magnet type and number, compound radius, scarf joint break away headstock, chambered solid body

>>126706304
>i don't like terms i don't understand.
must be a maga.

you guys name your guitars? daisy and felicity are my best girls

>>126706380
Yeah, I mostly use Les Paul and Telecaster.

>>126706213
>seething retard outs himself
It was a joke, faggot

>>126706211
Eh I just want to get it sanded so it’s smooth on my hand
>>126706380
Nah that’s gay my guitars are named things like “Strat” it it’s a Strat and “Tele” if it’s a Tele etc

>>126703981
ive been made remembering this event since I posted about it

>>126706380
I have a red les paul with gold hardware i jokingly call Mary but it's a joke only I would ever get

>>126706318
peak chud amirite? slay sister!

>>126706380
I have a blonde American tele named TayTay and a wine red Les Paul standard named Elizabeth Olsen :3

>>126706380

Nah. I'm not that lonely yet

>>126706380
No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man

>1999 proto chud
haha got em

>>126706380
Sibyl, Alcyone, and Margaret Beverly.

it's amusing to watch subhumans squirm and flock when they get called out
i mean, if the shoe fits...

this is fun
ive managed to rip of of my fucking cords away thankfully i had had bought two

https://vocaroo.com/1b3AJ0IpdAPA

Should I buy a coiled cord to roll off the top end? Treble hits me wrong so it's tempting but I mean...tone controls exist.

>>126706380
no

>>126706822
no

Why should I learn music theory if the world's just going to end anyway

>>126706832
EQ's are hard to use for the untrained ear. None of them are ever passive at middle, so it's not like I can plug an EQ in and just tweak one band. The moment it's in the signal chain, everything changes.

>>126706843
Someone has to write songs about the end of the world, not all of them can be dirges in e minor

>>126703730
I got him to play 10 minutes after he lost in poker that took 3 hours. So getting him go watch the videos, definitely cant get him to do that. He's been playing since HS, swears he wants to do this with me but this is the 2nd time I've driven 3 hours and gotten cock blocked by poker night. I will definitely just need to go out on my own when I'm back home to find people. Any suggestions on where to find people? Im thinking about just putting flyers up in music stores and maybe near bars. Approaching people at shows I go to was also something I thought about

Why should I wipe my ass if I'm just gonna shit again tomorrow?

>>126706884
Look at Mr Type A Sunshine here. I can't be arsed to shit in the first place

It looks like it’s got the pox but it’s smooth now

>>126703884
idk about you but I'd count a few nicks in the back of the neck as "minor blemishes"

>>126706380
Hasn't occurred to me really. I've felt sorry for my guitars for being lonely and neglected for over a decade though

>>126705316
Yes, if you take a fret rocker anywhere near a guitar that has strings on it, everyone will want to laugh at you, but they won't because it's rude. They will probably try to quietly point out the fool to others. No one will tell you why it's pointless to check frets on a strung guitar, though, not worth it.

>>126700897
You're losing valuable thousandths of an inch.

Double Stuf Missouri Oreo

some straight dimes in St. Louis gnomesayin

>>126706786
gotta fret the notes a little longer there champ

almost as gud as me lil champy

not really though

yeah man its a good guitar
just had to replace the
>neck
>body
>pickups
>pickguard
>bridge
>tuners
>tremolo
plays great now

>>126707144
Guitar of Theseus

>>126707144
Guitar of Theseus, but the tone's in the soul of the guitar which is immortal.

You guys seein' this?

schizo's back, /pol/ happening must have cooled down

tel aviv in ashes
https://youtu.be/JVeqhHmDPCE?si=QifZlgoF0QOqE7WJ

https://voca.ro/1beQiWPNbX9N

>>126707218
cute girl

Do p basses work for anything that isn't standard punk/hard rock

>>126707245
no you can't play them any other time

>>126707245
yeah

I am upset people don't agree with my tone views.

>>126707367
That's unironically a good thing.

>>126707367
You'll have hit peak guitarist once you realize that your opinion is the only one that matters.

idc about tone anymore I use the exact same settings everytime then """maybe""" adjust it a little more in the full mix

how does tone exist if our fingers aren't real?

>>126707005
>he thinks flex should make frets rock
bet you think a truss rod is a rod, too

>>126707245
why wouldn't they?

roller nut y/n

>>126707613
the more complex you make something the better it is

You guys couldn't hang with the musicians I hang with. I can call out chords to the rhythm guitarist as I'm soloing, the drummer can adjust to any tempo change, the bassist is pure beefcake bros. You want a strong thick lad holding down the low end, that I can tell you. I'm a big guy myself... Anyways, off to close out the weekly "Friday" gig my band headlines at the downtown club. They pay $500 per set. Not that I need the money. Lets hope the sound guy isn't the scrawny twig from last week. I tried to educate him on mic placement as he was trying to set up. He seemed to be bothered by that. I complained about the monitor mix over the vocal mic all set, so the crowd could know what was going on.

Whoa

>>126707624
Post your 59s.
Note the 's'.

>>126707662
>double neck musicman
interesting

>>126707624
Typical egomaniac abusing the sound guy. I guarantee he knows more than you about almost anything audio related. Treat them with respect and maybe they will give you a few tricks of the trade. Or keep being you and have bad monitor mixes. You are so out of touch you never considered he was giving you a bad mix on purpose. In your sorry mind it was only because he didn't know as much as you.

>>126707692
You ok bro?

Been fucking around with the Mustang for the last four or five hours and it’s still being a bitch. I can get it intonated but then doing every trick in the book the vibrato still knocks it out of tune. I gotta keep fiddling with it but it’s annoying as shit. The G string buzzes at the bridge too and I can’t figure out why, nothing I do seems to fix it. Overall it sounds and feels great but holy shit is it a pain in the ass

>>126707707
I'm pretty fucking far from ok.

>>126707709
Switch to 11s with a wound G.

>>126707725
Already using 11s but not a wound g

>>126707732
go on...

>>126707725
you will never be this powerful

>>126707814
I saw something like that on psychedelics once. Maybe it was him. Maybe it was me. All I know is rock and roll is a real deal. And a cool buzz is far out.

>>126707662
'Massa

>>126707782
With what?

I’ve got some trouble shooting to do with it. Worst case scenarios are:
1) Worn out Japanese vibrato unit; replace with a $200+ vintage unit that’s built with better quality metal that won’t wear out from metal on metal contact
2) Take it to a guitar shop 2.5 hours away that specializes in offset guitars and they could easily get it going for me but I’ll be way more than I’ve ever spent on a setup
3) say fuck it and just buy a Ben Gibbard Mustang hardtail “vibrato” from Fender for like $90 and just be done with tweaking a floating vibrato and then tweak the bridge so it won’t rock/just buy a Mastery bridge
I’m gonna keep fiddling with it until I get it right, it’s just annoying when you think you’ve got it when you don’t

>>126707245
No, the neck snaps if you attempt Blues on them

>>126707245
A Precision Bass with an additional bridge pickup is one of the most versatile bass guitars you could own.

>>126708048
>126708048
PJ bass is what you are looking for

>>126708011
nice trio, anon.

>>126708048
ok but that's a pj bass not a p bass

limited and limiting

>>126707245
Jazz Bass mogs them desu

Id smoke all of you on any bass cheap or expensive. Oh black bass anon, ditch that reverb. I dont really care for your choice of compressor either. Stop buying shit and play.

The bassists are getting uppity again.

how am i meant to learn guitar? do i learn the notes, chords, finger positions, or scales? when i play, do i think of the individual notes and octaves? or am i playing the shapes? it is so confusing.

>Player II series had their prices increased even though they were already made long before tariffs
I'm noticing. Still not buying the II modified.

>>126708499
You play in a key which shapes the notes, chords, and scales you'll play. Sometimes songs will change keys, and you'll have to accommodate that.
At speed you'll mostly be playing based off shapes (which are really just a consequence of intervals which you definitely need to learn), but it'd be best to memorize the whole fretboard eventually.

>>126708499
same way babies learn to talk, learn the shapes and patterns and mess around with them till it sounds right.

>>126708565
this helped clear up basically everything so thank you. but where should a beginner start then? playing chords from songs?
>>126708614
yeah probably just overthinking

why is picking on the back edge so natural for me
its wrong and stupid

>>126708652
If you want a good foundation then I'm going to once again shamelessly plug Scotty West's Absolutely Understand Guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJwa8GA7pXCWAnIeTQyw_mvy1L7ryxxPH
It's better than most university courses I've had, and it'll lay out why things are the way they are.

>>126708526
all the prices at fender was retarded even before the tariffs

lines must go up i guess?

>>126705743
>Just another day in the life of a luthier!
She literally says in the video of her new place that she's only there because of the guy she's fucking whom she met a couple of months before during a plane flight...
Imagine being able to move your whole business across the world from one of the highest rents in the world (London) to a place that has even higher rents just because of the wet hole between your legs.

>>126707245
>Do p basses work for anything that isn't standard punk/hard rock
no, but a PJ, or even better a P/Humbucker with split function is literally the most versatile instrument on the planet.
That's why Spectors are so fucking good because they're essentially PJs but with modern design and ergonomics instead of the boomer Fender style shit that people only buy for nostalgic reasons.

>>126708526
Buying Fender when you can get American made Kiesel kits where you only have to screw on the neck for less than a thousand bucks is retarded.
Buying new Fenders post-covid is a sign of strong homosexuality, no matter how rich you are, you are willingly opening your anus and inviting them to fuck you. Ain't even about the money.

fellas, is it gay to use vaseline/body oil to get my pecs to shine more on stage

>>126709009
You mean these? Looks like an overweight Strat. Most of any heterosexuality this guitar would've had is canceled out by it being headless.

>>126709065
>1200 bucks for that
>meanwhile this costs 948 usd with fishman fluence pickups

>>126709075
What brand?

>>126709140
hils guitars

>Been playing a good while, self-taught but never played with anyone or looked anything up besides a riff or song here and there
>watching video on blues soloing
>already playing the blues scale
>already playing the major blues scale
>already mixing them
>already playing diagonal patterns
>learn about relative major and minor
>head literally explodes, fretboard shrinks to a manageable handful of positions, creativity skyrockets
goddamn

>>126709065
you can configure it in many ways, doesn't just have to be a strandberg knock-off. Still way cheaper than a Fender faggotplank while still being US-made.

>>126709075
HILS is for people that don't care about country of origin. But based on the fact that Fender is a billion dollar company there are plenty of retards, that think that having brown hands craft their instruments within the US border somehow magically makes it superior to brown/yellow hands outside of it so obviously HILS is not an option there, but Kiesel still mogs Fender in the US department in any case.
I think the HILS is much better value, as well and don't care about where the instrument comes from.

>>126709075
>trem on headless
miss me with that shit enjoy all the downsides of a floyd with none of the benefits bucko.

>>126709335
>>126709335

>>126703821
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVScFJoe24

>>126708058
>>126708064
Oh, you mean a Precision Bass with an additional bridge pickup? Got it!

>>126707132
>>126707132
im amazed i managed to fret them at all
it feels like i cant control my fingers when im trying to hold the guitar
my entire hand hurts

>>126697665
Why do they always play an F chord for pictures?

>>126697766
Guitar is very difficult and not intuitive. You also can't teach yourself soul.