Thread 126980805

"Give it back!" Edition

>store i usually buy from had a guitar i wanted expected in stock over a week from now
>ordered it because great return policy and shit, willing to wait
>they fucking shipped it today
BOYS

>>126980811
Buy a lottery ticket!

>>126979035
great song anon
>>126979042
im still trying an nowhere close
>>126978974
jhs flight delay does both i think

>>126980564
Now i'm playing metal like it's folk. I'm so confused now. what is real?

thinking of buying this one, have any other anons tried it yet?

>>126980836
player 1's were shit though, they had all the teething issues because they were made when everyone was new at the factory, not to mention
>no rosewood
you couldnt give that shit to me for free

>>126980822
>>126980824

U ok bro?

>>126980805 (OP)
i'm getting old bros. Think I'm gonna transform into a Blues (and Jazz) Lawyer. How do I cop this style?

Reminder that Clapton's Unplugged is apparently the highest selling live album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kseSoguuiCs

Thinking about this used MIM strat that is being sold by a business that is dedicated for selling used guitar gear. 21 frets, very good condition for being a used, rosewood fretboard. 3 single coils. Price is around 560 eur.

I was thinking I could still use a single coil guitar and the strat might scratch that itch

You can either go Old Timey or "Adult Contemporary" past 40.
Dressing like a kid (letting alone living like one) is cringe.

>>126980930
21 frets looks cooler. Doesn't sound any different. Most will barely use 22+ anyhow.

Also, of course, you need a Strat.
I always go back to it. I'm most creative with single coils... I really don't know why either.

https://vocaroo.com/1cGxX3VBc0Ey

r8

>>126980942

Dean Ween uses a 21 fret guitar. I would keep this guitar in E standard

The seller says it's from 2003

>>126980927
Nah that was the Notadumble, and the moment he discontinued it, it became legendary so I'm still not 100% sure he's not creating brand lore with shit like that. Pretty sure he intentionally deigns lawsuit pedals for the same reason. I think that's funny desu.
He's re-releasing the Notadumble with the intended circuit intact but the old one is already skyrocketing in price. Mission accomplished I guess.

>>126980902
be careful how you learn the blues, there are so many bad blues books and courses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_j8Zb4LLdw
I sort of trust JustinGuitar as a place to start learning the blues for free

I've made some progress on finding the perfect configuration. I have two amplifiers. one is stereo. three speakers. i put the Strymon Timeline in the FX loop of both amps, with each amp taking one side of the delay unit. and i put the Strymon Big Sky in between the preamp and the power amp of the stereo amplifier.

Imagine how much milf ass a good blues lawyer can score.

>>126980902
Embrace it. I used to own 3 different Ibanez meme machines for metal and had the gain on my amp cranked. I would downtune and all that silliness
Now I own a Les Paul and two Telecasters and my amp is rarely ever above 3
You grow up

My friend who repairs guitars set up my guitar, when he removed the neck to examine Electronics and put it back on, the action raised 2X

>>126979035
What song is this

>>126981019
Maybe he stupidly shimmed it.

>>126981023
Nevermind im dumb

Or accidentally bolted it in at an angle. That'd be fucked.

Out for delivery today boys

>>126981044
nice, any modification plans?

>>126981017
I find that I turn the gain a lot already. Guess I'm halfway there.
There's a lot of quality in metal/high gain amps too, but they all sound the same when cranked.

>>126981067
i mean Mesas and other tube high gain. Not chud amps. Chud amps sound like shit unless they're cranked. It seems.

>>126981060
Not yet, maybe some Dunlop strap locks because I put those on every guitar I have but this is also a 50 year old guitar so I don’t know if I want to be doing too many mods to it

>>126981087
50 years old? what did you get?

my only guitar related purchases this month are four picks, one string winder and a string action ruler

>>126981103
Bustanutstang

>play mostly acoustic guitar
>need to talk with neighbors downstairs to install air conditioning
>knock on their door
>"Hi I am anon, I live upstairs"
>she replies with "Yeah I know"

What did she mean by this??

>>126981120
she can hear your shitty ed sheeran licks

>>126981120
Im autistic as fuck and even I can infer that she's seen you go to your apartment before, because she has eyes. It means nothing.

>>126981067
The biggest redpill is when you discover all your favorites had the gain way lower than you think they did

>>126980994
oh yes, the wet/wet/wet

>>126981120
She’s waiting for you to make the first move so you can do sex

it's /gg/otta be a /gg/ibson

might be the stupidest thing i've put together but here it is, the official /gg/ signature guitar pedal

Only available through the 5 watt world and that pedal show online stores.

Stock is limited, pick an original one up now before josh from jhs clones the circuit

>>126981150
this is the epic shit the internet was invented for

>>126981161
>still has fret buzz

>>126981161
Lmao

>>126981161
That's crazy high. The neck socket looks straight though. Is it up the neck too or just the bottom? The bottom is more than likely a saddle/bridge raise. The upper neck would more than likely be truss rod. Not always as a rule. Sometimes it's a little bit of both, but you should adjust the saddles for now.

>>126981161
Average Les Paul Player.

>>126981161
Looks like you’re playing slide now brother

>>126981161
>barely any green gunk on it

I would not play that travesty either

this one could actually be useful for a number of anons.

Are in person lesson with a guitar teacher that spent his life teaching others and doing recordings worth it?
I already know enough music theory, what the hell do I even do more?

>>126981219
Write songs, idk wtf did you try to learn guitar for

He
Will
Yeah
Brother

>>126981161
is it just the neck that needs adjusting? wtf did he to it

>>126981263
I actually just sat through one of his vids. One the JTM45. Which isn't even 5 watts.
But he's still boring.
No wait, I shouldn't knock him. He's got the blues lawyer thing going on too. Maybe I could learn something.

>>126981274
On the JTM45*

>>126981274
I like his streams when he has Dave Barber on and Dave talks about pedals and amps. Kieth is cool cuz he used to shoot handguns competitively.

>>126981284
Yfw you kiss the homies goodnight

one for the techbro guitarist...

>>126981283
I can respect that.

what would the riff tabs be?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noBucnkjd6k

>>126981150
>DD-8 with a MOOD mode
Do you even realize how hard that would go

>play one guitar regularly for years
>the finish is pristine
>all the metal parts get rusty
It doesn't age how I want it to

>>126981331
i dip my guitar in baby oil about once a year

>>126981331
That’s one of my Strats, I’ve had it for 20 years and have gigged it more than any of my other guitars and it has a handful of very small bumps that didn’t even make it though the poly finish down to the bare wood and that’s it. All the metal has corrosion on it though, bridge and pole pieces are peppered with rust. Still plays great tho, needs a refret.

>>126981120

She's seen your fat ass waddle your ass upstairs to know you're their upstairs neighbor

>>126980851
It rapes the player 2 in build quality and QC, I’ve played dozens of both, they come nowhere close. Mine has a maple fretboard, I already had a 2004 with a rosewood fretboard. Player II is a step down in quality across the board, especially the offsets. QC and build quality has and will only continue to get worse as time goes on, it’s not a matter of opinion. Muh teething issues sounds like a parroted youtuber opinion.

>>126980930
What year is it?

>>126981331
>>126981348
I would say get a nitro finish, but some old poly finish guitars show interesting wear and tear too. It just takes longer and does it differently. Like at some old 70s Fenders. They don't look new..but not beat to hell either. Probably a good sign what will happen to your guitars..but double the time. Like 50 years.

>>126981367
I'm not sure I'd even live that long man, also how to polish chrome parts

>>126981273
My friend who repaired it lowered the action, and then removed the neck to check the electronics, and when he put the neck back the action just randomly raised 2X what it was. I have no idea what happened, all the screws are tight and everything is good. We have no idea what is wrong with it

>>126980961
Do it if the price is right. I have an 04 MIM and it’s been a very solid guitar, it’s probably my poorest/least maintained guitar and it still plays and sounds great. With a bit of work and set up it’s a very solid choice.

<- pinto

>>126981376
could be the neck is just totaled.
could be you need to adjust the truss rod
could be the strings are too high gauge, hard to tell from the photo but i doubt that's it
is it like the 'relief' in picrel?, look down the side of the fretboard from the headstock end and you should be able to tell pretty quickly what you're working with

>>126981137
the mono amp is always dry of the stereo reverb, but both amplifiers share the same stereo delay. you may want to add dry signal to reverb, but, you control wet/dry of delay on the delay itself. reverb should have all the headroom, so it's perfect in between a stereo pre and a stereo power amp. delay is perfect between two amps.

>>126981376
actually, it could be that there was a shim in the neck pocket, angling it back further.
If you guys took the neck off and didn't realize that it dropped out, it could explain the extreme angle

>>126980962
Ah, you’re right. I want to like the JHS stuff but everything I’ve tried has underwhelmed me. The Packrat in particular sounds great on paper but when I demoed it I found it very thin and anemic. Maybe it’s just the 10 in 1 pedals, those are the ones I’ve tried so far.

>>126981450
Which op amp did he substitute in the packrat?

All me.
Do you guys like my chord choices and vamp


https://vocaroo.com/156WsIFhkHko

>>126981150
Saved

I want to hate this but with the pickups screwed directly into the mahogany, I'm imagining they actually sound pretty good minus 60hz hum.

Are you guys sensible with your rig or do you believe in the rule of cool?

I make fun of pedalboard nerds now and then but I can't criticise, I have two marshall heads because fuck it, I didn't learn to play guitar because it's sensible and grown up. I play guitar so I can LARP as an 80s rock star.

I'm poor I only buy what I absolutely need

>>126981765
Play what sounds good. Look the part if you can back it up.

>>126981161
once I grew up and stopped playing muh shred, muh metal, I found myself rasing the action higher and higher
I think I'm at 5/64 know

>>126981161
your shit is all retarded

>small cut on fretting hand ring finger tip
>want it to heal as fast as possible, so no guitar until i can practice like a madman (hopefully less than a week)

how can i expedite the process (currently on high protein diet for weight training)?

what do i do in the meantime? i have a midi keyboard

>>126981848
glue it and keep playing

>>126981848
>what do i do in the meantime?
learn black sabbath iommi junior

if you want to gradually change your approach to guitar and the rest of your life too, try out this beast

>>126981161
Looks like the strat i looked at the other day. Your friend is retarded

>>126981848
>what do i do in the meantime
Fret with other fingers. It's a creative limitation. You will need to use open strings much more and accept key restriction. Try open tuning, DADGAD or DGDGBD.

>>126981376
>removed the neck to check the electronics

Finally got around to playing with my knockoff PRS from ebay.
Its humbuckers still have the plastic wrap on them and it seems like it'll be a pain in the ass to remove the wrap without taking the strings off.
It's got a synthetic fretboard. I can hear the string scrape across it when I do bends. The frets themselves feel smooth so I don't think it's scraping on them but I could be wrong. The pickups don't seem to capture the fretboard scraping.
It buzzes around the 12th fret, so I'll get to learn where its truss rod is pretty soon. Hopefully it's where it ought to be and I can tighten it a bit.
It doesn't sound quite as warm or full as my actual PRS and it's not definitely NOT as pleasant feeling to play. But it's got a nice spunky tone in its own way. I don't feel ripped off at $250 provided I can get rid of the buzzing mids without swapping them out for buzzing F chords.

>>126981925
Doubles up as a crossbow

>>126981376
Saddles are evened so it should be good to go.

anyone??? >>126981318

>>126981962
>I don't think it's scraping on them but I could be wrong
You are definitely not touching the fretboard surface between frets with a string. No way. You would sound sharp af.

>>126981962
Let's see this dirty bird

>>126981765
>sensible or cool
it can be both

last one for me today
this one would make a great gift for your gf, real or imaginary, it don't matter

recorded a demo with my strat, even has vocals however i wassnt allowed to be loud of sing loudly so i just whispered

>>126981993
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>>126982094
>i wassnt allowed to be loud of sing loudly

good for you though, hope you had fun

Captcha - V2 HM2

>even the troll bot is getting outsourced
Damn cutting usaid really did a number on them

>>126982094
black blues anon x ying yang twins whisper song collab when????????

>>126982118
souns like e myxolidian to me also

>>126982163
I don't hear E there at all and it's relative to Bb major?

>>126981997
Took a while to figure out how to change the file size

https://voca.ro/19ZVtSAsJhQf
MY NEW DEMO. Couldnt sing it properly cause its loud so i had to whisper

Found it. Amfisound guitars, made in Finland

>>126982118
assuming you're basing if off the lowest note, either C minor or C dorian.

That's assuming i'm not reading your tab backwards

>>126982239
welcome to the tone gang

>>126982239
gottem again, paul!

>>126981542
Can you make the -ACK in all caps so I can save and post this in the future? Also put YWNBAW somewhere lmfao.

>>126981895
fucking kek

>>126981895
>RAT mode
sure I'll try it

>>126982289
best i can do without wasting more time

Reminder to do some basic maintenance like cleaning the fretboard, polishing the frets, wiping down the neck and body can make your instrument feel like brand new and inspire you to play more.

p.s. don't forget disassemble, clean and oil up your floyd rose every now and again. Just some light mineral oil will help slow down/prevent corrosion

>>126982347
Thanks anon

>>126982370
>polish frets for first time
>see fret is flat
>realize that's why I cant do albert boomer bend on one spot
fml

>>126982262
never buy anything from finland, anon
finland is the niggers of scandinavia

>>126982239
I got some definite rocking on the 13th fret

>>126982409
But anon, they're not a part of Scandinavia!

>>126982421
did you set the neck dead flat before you checked

>>126982470
exactly

https://voca.ro/11k1Za5EV3rX
i made the synth bass more prominent. it has the raw energy i wanted from it.

>>126982370
My ibeenhad is torn down for this at the moment. I'll replace the volume pot and maybe the bridge pickup while I'm in there.

>>126982476
Not really checked it with the guitar on my lap.

>>126982370
>cleaning the fretboard, polishing the frets, wiping down the neck
none of this is necessary if you have a glossy neck and play it regularly

>>126982532
you mean wash your hands

>>126982532
Lmao

>>126982370
>removing the toan
>WILLINGLY
what the fuck am i reading? you gotta have some stank on it

>>126982582
i swell my capacitors

i swell my panties :3

Any of you have a digitech drop pedal? Do you like it? Thank you.

>>126982532
>and play it regularly
anon, this is the /gg/ thread, none of us play
we're all just here to jerk off over gear

Real niggas play that Boogie. Real niggas got that plexi.

>>126982610
what gear gets you going?

>>126982650
gibson sg bass into a plexi with fuzz

>>126982582
Literally no one does this.

>>126982668
soulful lead players use volume swells for effect.

>>126982370
>Reminder to do some basic maintenance like cleaning the fretboard, polishing the frets, wiping down the neck and body can make your instrument feel like brand new and inspire you to play more.
putting water on a non-finished fretboard can make the wood swell and cause fret sprouting which will cause buzzing frets

>p.s. don't forget disassemble, clean and oil up your floyd rose every now and again. Just some light mineral oil will help slow down/prevent corrosion
mineral oil like 3-in-1 is a carcinogen, baby oil is actually refined mineral oil which is not a carcinogen

>guitar lessons from boomer went better than expected
>we went over the 45 minute time limit but thats fine because there's nobody after me
>showed me some proper hand technique and gave me an exercise to try
He's pretty cool in was skeptical at first but his room is full of music shit and he's been teaching since the 80s. $35/45 minutes with the chance of going over the time limit is such a good price compared to stores. With this guy and the weekend classes, I hope I'll be playing guitar well before the end of fall.

>>126982736
>mineral oil like 3-in-1 is a carcinogen, baby oil is actually refined mineral oil which is not a carcinogen
Use only lemon fretboard oil for authentic carcinogenic vintage tones.

>>126982668
watch any Jeff Beck concert on youtube from 1980 onwards, he is riding the volume knob constantly

>>126982745
>$35/45 minutes
This dude is giving his time away. Make good use of it.

>>126982808
More like he actually wants to teach instead of swindling young guitarists out of their money

the parallelizer is amazing. it gives you 3 FX loops with stereo returns that you can blend with the dry signal, and stereo outputs. every output and return is really well buffered or something, it's so loud and clean, and it solves my problems.

>>126982668
Yngwie does this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scv0udY1Imk

>>126982668
I specifically moved my Tele’s control plate around so I could do this.

A lot of Stratfags in denial itt.

I keep rubbing scrote grease all over the guitar

>>126982890
in denial about what? HSS strats are unnecessary

>>126982890
not a problem if you don't have giant hands

>>126982736
>eats food full of carcinogenic microplastics
>worries about some oil on his guitar
do you lick your hands after playing guitar or what?

>>126982890
Yes it has both the bridge humbucker pickup and a single volume knob. What pots are in HSS? No idea, it doesn't matter anyway.

>>126982890
in denial about what? from this picture I can clearly see you're a faggot

>>126982808
Yeah man he's great. He said he starting doing lessons at home because he saw how expensive lessons were for people in the shop and he kept losing students cause they cant afford it.

>>126982836
Yup this is basically it. He wants to teach as many people as possible but doesnt want to drain your pockets. So glad I took a chance and talked to him in GC.

A Strat is the ultimate electric guitar. If You can't get with the knobs, it's not the Strat, it's You.

>>126983011
Jake E. Lee moved the knob down

>>126983011

Strats are for babies, when you grow up you are either a tele man or a paul man.

Teles and pauls are for kids, when you drop your balls you get an offset or an sg

>>126983042
It's cool when Jake does it.

>>126983069
Basado.

>>126982890
>being so clumsy that this is a problem
do you need help to go to the toilet too?

>>126983123
it's a gibson boomer writing that so...

>>126980805 (OP)
Are there any benefits to a katana 3 50 over a boss katana mini x?
I got the mini x and it's great and what you see is what you get, I don't need anything louder right now but it looks like the full-sized katanas have the boss tone studio, so essentially you're getting access to 1000s of dollars worth of boss pedals if you're willing to dick around with them and set up presets.

>>126982890
How to tell me your a pickcel without telling me

nothing against offsets ya dig it's just that no good song has ever been written on one

>>126982890

It didn't stop Hendrix Clapton or srv. Don't see why it'd stop me.

>>126983110
that Jag looks so refined, so polished.

>>126983304
>if you're willing to dick around with them and set up presets.

So no different than normal pedals except you aren't plunking down 1k+?

>>126983316
Stratfags play offsets and don't even realize it.
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How is the view from the cope cabana?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDR247fmhnc&list=RDXDR247fmhnc&start_radio=1

>>126983316
Slash used fake Gibsons

>>126983304
The mini X cant access tone studio? what the fuc

>>126983400
It's wild, it allegedly has the same IC on the other katanas, it even has BLUETOOTH PASSTHROUGH for backing tracks, but no tone studio.
It's still lightyears ahead of the first mini though (except the defretter and synth effects suck).

>>126983400

No USB or built in Bluetooth. Whoops!

>>126983395
Cool, G&R is fag music

>>126983409
>>126983412
Cmon Boss, what a fuckup. This is what's stopping them from cornering the market.

>>126983395
They were probably better built than "authentic" gibsons lmao

Offsets? Yeah I like em.

>>126983431
it looks kino

>>126983442
There's no way they could ever match the work ethic that goes into an authentic Gibson. From the director to the workmen on the floor, all the way to the final inspection before they're shipped out.

>>126983431
no man that has sex uses that plank, yuck!!!

>>126983416
>fag music
If they shaved the pubic hair of every groupie they nailed they could probably fill a garbage truck with the stuff

>>126983518
Okay fag

Spark Mini or Katana Mini? Guitar sounds like shit and is frankly way too loud through my Acoustic bass stack. Not trying to drop big money on a nice amp. Which of these is most suitable for a loser playing on a couch? Ill never play guitar live and already have a recording interface, so none of that matters.

>>126983521
This shit's broken at least twice

*loses original templates*
*sells off original guitars*
*leaves original factory*
*loses trademark battles*
Can it get any more Authentic than this?

>>126983304
How loud is this compared to those babby 15w tube amps?

No one needs a 50-200w monster unless you built your own soundproofed studio and everyone owns either these or those PGrid ones.

>>126983535
spark if you want to spend hours on your phone and potentially get distracted into facebook.

Katana mini **x** if you just want to get up and play, you may outgrow it after awhile.

give it to me straight guys, is 24 to late to learn the guitar? (my fav band is electric wizard, i want to playthis kind of music)

>>126983521
this is no joke why I will probably never own a Gibson

My amp died after I spilt a pint of beer on it.
Fucking Marshalls are shit, know what I'm saying?

>>126983630
it's never too late to learn if you put the work in.

>>126983625
if I set it to 3.5/10 it makes my desk rattle and I can feel airwaves- it's a 10w 5" speaker I believe.
Most of my playing is done around 1.1-1.8 but I like to crank the gain for the breaking sound they programmed in.

>>126983630
If you've got a decent ear and sense of rhythm already, no. It's not too late.

>>126983630
No

>>126981161
>fet buzz?
>fixed

>>126983630
learning to play music, meaning improvising and not just memorizing licks or songs will keep you mentally sane through adulthood and lead to more sex
it's never too late

>>126983636
Fender necks can break or twist too yknow.

>>126983639
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>>126983661
thanks, I had some classes like 10 years ago and always dabbled in playing a bit over the years but never took it serious until now

>>126983630
go for it anon

>>126983716
still haven't dropped my guitar in 25 years of ownership

>>126983637
Don't lie, if it's a marshall you spilled your boyfriend's semen all over it

>>126983752
Let me guess, you use a strap so it doesn't fall?

>>126983630
nonguitarists play electric wizard pretty good

>>126982890
Fender has released Strats that have the volume way down and only one tone pot

It didn't sell because they gave it godawful OFR and stupid ugly colours

Since that area is an actual hollow cavity just go buy custom pickguards on Ebay

Schecter's Sun Valley/Traditional line solved this

>>126983727
No problem. Oh and start off right by buying a good guitar and not one of those amazon ones.

>>126983521
it keeps happening!

>>126982067
Come back later man, keep ‘em cummin’

>>126983813
thanks for the tipp. have an fgn neoclassic my parents got it for my bday when i was 12 and always felt bad that i only used it occasionally. is it a good guitar idk but it was expensive

Ok fender fans, what do you do now?

>>126983867
Leo is smart and knew this would happen... which is why necks can easily be ordered and replaced by the guitarists themselves.

Aluminum chads don't have to hold their guitars together with hopes and dreams like all the plankists.

alucels fear the carbchads

>>126983069
Based. Generally when watching random vids of no names playing guitar, it’s the offset players who have some combination of skill and originality. Where as with Teles and LPs it’s almost always some generic blues noodling with zero confidence and little to no Zazz.

>>126983965
luckily for me i own all kinds.

>>126983937
>implodes after a few uses

>>126983451
Classy/Sassy. Thinline Mustangs are a unicorn guitar, thinline Stang in Sherwood green with comp stripe and matching headstock would probably be my ultimate idea for a custom order.

>>126983530
Giving of some real he who smelt it dealt it vibes bud, projecting much?

>>126983637
I have a DSL100HR on back order and I keep finding reasons to cancel it. Between being made in Asia to the fact that even my old MG100DFX from 04 fell apart quicker than it should have, so it stands to reason a modern Marshall will be even more fragile. I want a tube amp that I can play a theater with but can also have the output dialed back for bedroom/basement jamming.

>>126983521
>'dark ages' Gibson added a volute so this wouldn't happen
>le based Play Authentic Gibson got rid of it because boomers won't shell out $5k unless it comes with a one-way ticket to snap city
Of course you can always hunt down a model from the 70s Tribute line. I'll bet you none of them has a neck repair done.

anyone else here think the pickguards on jaguar/jazzmaster body shape looks dorky and makes the guitars look ancient?

the only non-pickguard jaguar/jazzmaster shaped guitar Ive found is an old signature guitar for Blues Saraceno back in the 90s (picrel)

>>126984144
the volute didn't make a dick of difference, they break all the same

>>126984144
the necks snapping is a fake problem. it literally only happens to people who are careless and dont use straplocks. all 4 of my gibsons have their necks intact

>>126984162
4 gibsons here. no neck snaps. what am i doing right?
not being a fucking retard that puts it on a stand where it could be knocked over. not being a retard who doesnt use strap locks.

it is literally a nonexistent problem you poorfags use to cope

>>126984181
>a tripfag is unequivocally right
well shit

i havent changed strings in 5 months and there isnt even any sign of corrosion

>>126983897
>$472
Jesus

fuck forgot I posted >>126981318

>>126982118
hmm I expected some 6th string tuning as C, like some soad song

>>126982668
Incubus does nigga

So, what I gather is melody would be playing the individual notes you'd play in a song while harmony would be it's relationship to a chord?
My question is: can melody exist without harmony? I.E. playing notes without a corresponding chord? How common is this in songs?

>>126984233
a luthier fixing your gibsin neck would be 10 times that cost, anon

How long has /gg/ played guitar?
I hit 20 years this year

>>126984295
My guitar teacher told me to lurk here for 2 years before I can have my first lesson.

>>126984181
I have more gibsons than you
that doesn't make the headstock stop being a weak point

>>126984295
about the same give or take

>>126984159
No, the opposite, they’d look wrong without a pickguard. Guardless offset guitars conjures up EVH vibes and that just doesn’t jibe with Jags/JMs/Mustang personally. It’s a chachy look.

>>126984243
Help!

>>126984295
I started goofing off when I was 11, I started actually learning chords and scales and learning the fretboard when I was 13, and I’m 33 now.

>>126984388
just play random notes in the scale corresponding to the chord

>>126984295
I started playing in 1993 but in 1996 I got distracted by other things and only really knew cowboy chords for years.
Didn't play much in my 30s. Just recently got back to it and I'm learning much more now thanks to the youtoobs.

>/gg/ is full of 30+ year old boomers
You really are here forever

>>126984470
I'm a zoomer (White)

>>126984243
Not exactly, chords are typically used to harmonize a melody but both can exist independent of the other. For instance plainchant (monk songs) have a single line of melody without any harmony.

Even when strumming and singing a typical campfire guitar song, you're not going to switch to a new chord for every single note in the melody. Many of these will be non-chord tones which give a melody its character but on their own might be dissonant with the underlying chord. Certainly you can harmonize every single note in a melody, but in Western popular music we tend to stick to relatively few chords (I-IV-V-I e.g.) and a melody working atop them.

>>126984436
Probably a retarded question but can you make a song without chords? Just playing notes in a key?

>be 3-piece maple neck
>have a deep '59 carve
>never snap or need trussrod adjustment
Thank you, Gibson Custom Shop.

>>126984515
That helps a bit but just to clarify:
Melody and arpeggios are independent?
An arpeggio would be playing a chord one note at a time, and melody would just be playing notes in a key without a direct relationship to a chord?
For example, I could play a G major chord then play notes independent of that chord but in the G major key.
Not sure if harmony is supposed to be confusing like this or I'm just overthinking it.

>practicing slap and double thumb for months
>sound is right but i cant play with the speed that everyone else does because it only sounds right if i hit the string in an incredibly specific way with specific force
>change from flats to wounds which have a slightly lower tension by nature
>slap just works perfectly
kms

>>126984562
melody is just the cadence including the tempo and pitch of a particular string of notes. they can be in or out of the key. a lot of nursery rhymes are 2-3 note melodies

>>126984518
yeah, but a little goes a long way, you can have one note that forms a chord with the melody playing simultaneously like this https://youtu.be/QPJUQg_U5HY and https://youtu.be/aY-CEFD8X1Q

To the anon asking for the source of the grumpy boomer rant from last night, it was from comments under a post talking about comparing a firefly to a gibson custom shop on the JayceAllanGuitar youtube channel. Made me laugh so I wanted to share.

>>126984577
>>126984600
I'm going to have to do some research on it some more. Really confusing to me but I also have no background in theory

>>126984636
it's like a square and rectangle. an arpeggio could technically be considered a melody but the way they are typically played and the context they are used in, they are not typically considered melodies. they're mostly just trying to outline the chord in a more rhythmic way.

>>126984545
>slap humbuckers on a piece of garbage
>have the same quality instrument and sound
take the classical guitar pill

>>126984518
A lot of traditional music is made without chords, either single-voice (as I said above) or with a single drone note beneath a melody (think bagpipes). Chords are typically used to give the melody a 'direction', establishing the key and creating tension/release. If you play the verse to Smells Like Teen Spirit on guitar and sing the melody, you're technically only playing an F5 (so not a full triad) and the vocals are defining the key as minor.

>>126984295
22 years. I’m not the sharpest or cleanest but I can figure out anything I feel like by ear in most cases, have 20 years worth of riffs and songs, played in half a dozen bands and played some good shows in front of a couple hundred people. I feel pretty good with where I’m at, which is as a hobbyist who’s retired the dream of being a full time musician before it got sad and desperate. I have old friends who still beat the horse and I don’t begrudge them, but playing your teenage or early 20s music in your mid 30s is rough if you haven’t really gotten anywhere with it. What’s funny is I got significantly better at guitar after I stopped expecting more than a good time out of it.

>>126984791
cool Crestwood(?) bro

>>126984791
this guy knows what's up. i play in a 3 piece jam band now and i literally couldn't be happier. having the creative freedom to just get funky is the best

>>126984611
It’s like meeting the ghost of Christmas future for the thirty something posters like myself. A reminder to not be quite so much of a cringefag

>>126984797
Yep, it’s a bit of a finicky plank for what it cost but it sure is a vibe. Total Chinesium though, the trem arm snapped off when I took it off to shorten it up, that being said Epiphone actually overnighted me a whole Tremotone assembly when I called and asked for the bolt that broke. It plays better now after a setup and acclimating to my house but doesn’t hold tune as good as my worst fender. The Mini humbuckers sound pretty awesome though, between that, the chunky neck and the aesthetic I don’t regret it.

All I play right now is electric but the only vocs i post are old acoustic vocs that are 5 years old.

guitar delivered, reeee gotta wait to get off work to go check it out rrreeee im just gonna crap my pants at work so I can go home

>>126984345
dont consider an instrument made of wood not being able to be dropped on its neck a design flaw you fucking idiot.
>GIBSONS SUCK BRO YOU CANT DROP YOUR LES PAUL

Improvised jam just now, gain is up way too high and my acoustic sounds like its running through a DS-1 kek
Lil solo at the end
https://vocaroo.com/1fD1KMYJfxN1

>>126983897
Assuming a new neck would feel or sound the same? Just go get the old one fixed.

>>126985126
How improvised? Like, you made it up when you hit record, or you were jamming on it, liked it and hit record?

>>126985126
your acoustic sounds like a tele

>>126984236
Yeah it could very well be in drop C and everything is octave down

>>126985126
the latter, thats still improvised i didnt compose it or practice it or anything. the little bit at the end wasnt planned at all it just happened during recording

>>126985292
kek sure doesn't sound like an acoustic. there's no gain control on the katana go, it kind of sucks as an interface that way. need to turn it down on my guitar

>>126983937
Carbon fiber is nice, but maple is still king.

Big strong black hands typed this >>126984181 post.

Tiny white hands with weak wrists are constantly dropping their gibsons and snapping the necks. That's why Bonamassa has to have so many backups.

>>126985126
not bad. note choice is fine don't think so hard about playing the right notes. feel a rhythm and let your phrases breathe

>>126985403
I think you set the gain in the effect/amp you have selected even though its for input not output. It's a little weird but it works. If you want to DI the Go, put it in Tuning mode and it bypasses the effects processor completely.

>>126985392
its a little rudimentary but being able to just improvise a moving part like that is a real skill

>>126980805 (OP)

Thoughts about our black posters? Feel free to be as brootally honest as you deem necessary. We have been given carte blanche for this survey, by the NAACP, feel free to use the n word if it helps convey your point better.

>>126985126
oh rock yeah this is a jam

>>126985484
black blues anon is ok but i still remember he spammed the same damn picture like 800 times before he had a trip and i can't let that go

>>126985403
There is, but you have to connect it to a phone to actually use it. You can have a whole pedal chain emulated in it, worth it to install the app. Oh yeah, there's an "acoustic" amp, and it's on a preset "for acoustic". You can also put acoustic guitar sim in a MOD pedal slot.

>>126985484
I don't care, man

>>126985484
/gif/ seems like the designated race baiting channel. maybe you'd be happier posting there

Alright here's my acoustic tone through the Katana Go with the acoustic amp, a little delay and some EQ. Might roll the top off a little bit still. Any decent?
https://vocaroo.com/1oiLcMjCC1w7

>>126985622
Yeah, honestly I like the one with overdrive more

>>126985647
kek figures
im not even sure why im fucking with this so much i just picked up my ovation on a whim today

>>126980930
Back in the day I used to see tons of these on my local site for selling used stuff. I always regretted not picking one of these up, new or used. Old MIM standards are so much cooler than these new gay ass players.

Has anyone ever gave an Ovation an ovation?

Never knew how rough I was on guitars until I got a nitro finished one

Alright last one, simple 1-4-5, rolled it back a little but it still sounds too bright to me. part of the problem is im using a jazz iii and i shouldnt on acoustic. bailing on this to eat and maybe get my lp out

https://vocaroo.com/1h2PZoRTeARS

>>126985707
I put a chip in my Studio the 2nd week I had it, accidentally bumped it with the corner of my laptop. fuck nitro

>>126985731
no one cares about your country diddies faggot go to plebbit

Brand loyalty? Whichever brand makes Mountain a sig, that's the brand I'll be loyal towards.

>>126985751
i put my guitar on my bed, pulled the cable out of the jack, and threw the cable on the bed and wasn't even thinking, just straight up threw it on my guitar lmao
dented the finish and that was the very first one. now it's covered in them
>fuck nitro
i love it and don't like poly finished guitars any more

>>126985774
im just pissy about its fragility. but im not one to buy a guitar to stare at it, shit happens

make a new thread i have a guaranteed replies post i want to make

>>126985796
mmmmmmmmmm
no

Fuck nitro.
No wait, not like that!

>>126985731
you're a good picker shit you make open chords sound crazy

>>126985827
>>126985827
>>126985827
NEW

>>126985499
>need an app to control your amp
I hate this modern world

>>126983775
what is blud yapping about

>>126984166
>it literally only happens to people who are careless

>>126980805 (OP)
stiiiiiiiiiil he