Thread 127484833

Guitar general: Tort guards on Ozempic White Jaguars edition.

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look i would probably try a prestige or a(nother) premium but ibanez were consistently the worst guitars in the store when i worked at GC. rg, gio, and soundgear are abysmal

felt cute might bounce it off a mic stand repeatedly later idk

Inspired by a post in a previous thread:
Post two contrasting guitars that you own!
Could be the paint job, number of pickups or any other factor
Here's my contribution, the heaviest guitar I own vs. the lightest guitar that I own

tfw my only tort is on a natural Strat with a 109 piece body
This thing’s neck is slightly thinner in profile than any of my other Fender necks and I don’t like how it feels

>>127485051
>Unpainted RMR

>>127485101
Gayer than the penis guitar

>>127485092
wrong sooper dooty but you're close

>>127485060
love the natural Strat. The tort pick guard works good with the rosewood board.

>>127485101
Cotton candy

>>127485101
>>127485252
what is this? candy ass bitch general?

>>127485229
co____ tr____

>>127485101
Unironically a good color combo, since I'm old enough to remember this being used before troons co-opted it.

>>127485319
this
first they took rainbows from us, now they take cotton candy

The acoustic bass actually sounds fuckin sick. I thought i would be sending it back but probably not. Although it actually smells like dogshit. Like full on cigarettes and metal. Played a few songs on the acoustic and I dont think I'll be using finger style on it. Seems like a good way to practice picking on bass. Do acoustic basses use different strings than a regular bass? I have some extra bass strings i havent used, seems like a good time to use them.

>>127485383
>indoor smoking in 2025
people are absolute animals

>>127485402
I have no idea what he did with it but the case it was sent it smells like cigarettes when I open it. Smells like that all in my room now

>>127485442
that used to be a lot more common, I have distinct memories of cig+case smell from different purchases over the years but it's thankfully more of a thing of the past. restaurants went "no smoking" but it took clubs a while to follow suit so even non smoking musicians ended up with that odor caked on their gear.

>>127485383
yeah they usually use bronze strings like acoustic guitar. you can put steel electric strings on them but you lose a ton of volume. personally i think acoustic flat top basses sound and awful and just like a bigger guitar. double basses sound awesome imo

>>127485052
i dig the contrast. nice bean but that goes without saying

>>127484887
>ibanez were consistently the worst guitars in the store
then nobody there knew what they were talking about or you only sold budget ibanez
i dont own one at the moment, my current shred machine is a schecter because reasons, but upper-end ibanez are incredible machines anon

>>127485544
i wasn't impressed with my sr1600d. like it was ok but for $1500 built in indonesia it should have been a lot better. needed to be set up and the frets leveled, everything else was ok but nothing really stood out either

>>127485576
You spent $1600 on an $800 Cort, no wonder you didn't like it

>>127485601
i assume he's in another currency non

>>127485052
this nigga playin beans

>>127485601
if you have to split hairs it's just a shitty brand. i wanted to try a 24 fret active pickup bass for other reasons. for a few hundred dollars more you can just get an open box american fender

>>127485703
you're just not an educated consumer and you spend 1500 on a world music guitar that cort sells for $800 tops.
agreed that you shouldnt have to be an insider to know what to buy though, but fender with its factories isnt much better. same with gibson, martin, taylor
they all have stupid details you need to learn in order to get the best instrument

>>127485703
If you buy a MIM for 1600 and compare it to a american Fender, you played yourself

>ibanez's are great
>nooo! not those ibanezs!
>you're too poor
>nooo you're too rich

>>127485476
I never understood why cigarettes were people's go to. I guess because they dont get you high just a weird buzz. I might run the case through the washer or spray it down.

>>127485482
Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep the strings they sent with it for now. I'll ask the seller if they ever changed the strings. Do you guys change your strings at least once a year?

>>127484887
>still seething
KWAB

>>127485576
>$1500
>Indonesian
not comparable also what are you doing?

>>127485758
>look ma ima strawman!

>>127485801
JP tuners on indo plank

>>127485801
they only made the tuners in japan?

>>127485818
>>127485813
it's a prestige that i don't even play or like but >>127485724
is correct. you made poor purchasing decisions and yes when people say "ibanez" they mean MIJ.

>>127485849
maybe they should not put their name on the headstock if they don't want people to associate it with their name or call it premium when it isn't. let us know when you're done moving goalpoasts

>>127485861
i agree with you. unlike a lot of people here im not in love with one particular brand nor will i just go to bat for them for no reason, especially not a brand i don't even play. if someone wants to pay to ill gladly change that but it hasn't happened yet. im simply pointing out that you overpaid for an indo instrument when the general consensus is when ibanez is brought up is that japan was the country of origin, and tried to compare the quality based off a price point. it shouldn't be this way, but it is unfortunately.

henceforth /gg/ will acknowledge that all ibanez that are not mij are dogshit and will specifically indicate which country of manufacture the ibanez they are referring to is located

Im a bass player so I have no idea wtf you guys are talking about. I dont know the ROOT of this problem so I cant play along.

>>127485941
>I dont know the ROOT of this problem
its b sharp
get it? just be sharp and this shit wont happen to you
also b sharp doesn't actually exist so it's an unsolvable problem
here, hit my weed

>>127485941
A maj/F(uckup)

>>127485957
>its b sharp
>get it? just be sharp and this shit wont happen to you
top kek

>>127485861
>moving goalpoasts
you're in an imaginary argument friend
i haven't owned an ibanez in decades, i have no vested interest in shilling the brand. im just telling you how it is, for better or worse.

>>127484833 (OP)
Fuck you op.
This is the my first ever bass edition.

IDS is real

>>127486019
music mans are just kind of ugly to me but man do they sound good. nice bass man

>>127486024
at least we've finally settled the debate that anything less than specific mij models are ass. unfortunately that's going to ruin the social credit of many gg posters

>>127485758
>flatwounds
pleb

>>127486029
Thanks I'm thinking Peavey max 300 for my amp. Learned how to play guitar on some kind of peavy bass combo cabinet back in the day one of my freinds let me borrow. Been wanting a bass amp since like 2001. Still can't get that kind of tone on a guitar amp. Shit was heavy, even though my only guitar back then was a Silvertone by Samick beginner plank.

>>127485442
I assume that's what all of Kurt Cobain's guitars smell like

>>127486076
nice. i've never used the peavy bass amps. you can do the opposite and run a bass through a guitar preamp/head and get some cool tone out of it.

This is why ONLY a /gg/ibson is /gg/ood enough

>>127486084
pussy and heroin?

>>127486110
Yeah but I'm poor as shit and if I blew my amp I'd never recover. I heard I could blow it if I run a bass through a guitar amp and speaker cab.

>>127486157
yeah especially into a combo. it's not so bad running a head into a bass cab. if you ever decide to get into modelers and sims look at the darkglass anagram. they have a marshall plexi model. they're expensive tho so maybe something a few years down the road

>>127486188
10-4. Thanks. Will look it up.

>>127486029
I prefer the plain ole P-Bass look, but wished it sounded more like a Stingray.

Should I drop like 7k on a used Vox Starstream xii.

>>127486488
i think fender made a blacktop p with a p pickup and a music man in the bridge several years ago. they should really bring it back

>>127486499
maybe

Guitaristas dropped a screwdriver on a brand-new AVII JM.

>>127485092
>look ma I posted my gay photo again

>>127486682
>Guitaristas
who
i'm sorry bro. what's the prognosis? some dings are good, but a screwdriver might be pretty severe.

Are Hagstorm any good?

>>127486682
that's real play wear

>>127486747
i've tried a couple of their basses the quality was good but i didn't like the design. apparently they will throw you under the bus when it comes to warranty and replacement parts on older instruments tho. it's very hard to find any of their stuff to try

>>127484833 (OP)
All teles look best with a black pick guard
No exceptions

I’ve been thinking about mocking up different color pickguards on my rosewood Tele to see how it looks

>>127486797
if it's not too dark i like cream/aged white. if it's really dark i'm afraid there's no hope

>>127486682
Butterfingers!

>>127486831
It’s dark and currently has a black guard but yeah I’m thinking cream might look ok, or like a three ply white. I’m gonna make something out of printer paper and mock it up. Maybe tort would look decent but I don’t think so.

>>127486879
You should try silver anodized. I don't why, but it seems to click in my mental image. Maybe it'll actually look like shit in person.

rate my stoaner toaner
https://voca.ro/1m2ESGGtAA92
first part's pick, second is finger except due to outside influence I suck at fingerstyle right now

>>127486682
Free relicing, the fuck are you complaining about?

>>127486747
They're kind of middle of the road in that they're nothing spectacular but theres nothing inherently wrong with them. If you like the way they look and are in your price range it might be worth a shot. I'd definitely play one first though.

>>127486925
Dings and checking is cool on the finish. Not if that screwdriver took a chunk of wood out.

>>127486918
+10 for weedeater riff but you shoild back off the gain, it'll get lost in the mix. You want some string chime shining through, its a tad too compressed.

>>127486906
I thought about an anodized aluminum pickguard when I first got the guitar but then it thought it might clash with the already chrome hardware (neck pickup cover, bridge, control plate). It might look cool though

>>127486967
Oh, I see what you mean.
Try a 1 ply all black guard too (like the odschool).
.. It looks cool as it is though. It's the Rosewood Tele. What can I say.

>>127486682
It happens man I've had this one for all of 7 hours and dented up putting it back on the case kek. It's just character. Some people pay extra for it when they could just beat it up themselves over time

>>127486701
>who
pic rel.
It's just a ding on the top of a pristine Dakota red finish.

>>127485052
>>127485060
>>127485849
>>127486967
What the deal with /gg/ and hardwood floor looking planks?

>>127487134
They match with everything else, like an old trust pair of boots. You do have a good pair of boots too, don't you anon?

>>127487134
They’re my favorite, I’m able to perfectly blend in against the wall of any 1970s mobile home or wood panel station wagon. Add my LP Special and I can blend in with pee stained wood too

>>127487159
ahem, an old pair*
not sure how that happened

With the end of the year quickly approaching, it's time to look back and reflect and take stock on which guitar you have played the most this year. For me, it's the ES135.

>>127487201
I bought a D-18 a few months back. It was life changing.

>>127487134
Paint dampens the toan, bare wood lets the toan breathe and flow

>>127487213
>a few months
That's still the honeymoon phase, especially for acoustics. It will take about 5 years to start to break in.
All the same, nice guitar and it's only going to get better.

>>127487134
only white men can appreciate the suble, no-frills beauty of natural-finish guitars
sorry there's not enough bling to catch your attention, DuQuante

whoa

>>127487233
Yeah. I keep it in the case when not played. Might take longer than that to really break in. Still has the nitro+cedar smell when I open it. I'm thinking I need to be a little rougher... not rapey. Just rough.

>>127487134
>ayo why do wypipo be liking wood n shit

>>127487213
very nice. i'm going to make a pilgrimage to sweetwater after the holidays and try a bunch of d18 models and go home with whichever one i like the best

>>127484833 (OP)
Sugar Ray - Someday
https://youtu.be/dPcX-5Tmqt8?si=wo73Azet2LJfSLcm

>>127487352
Cool. I'd love to check their store out. Apparently, if it's not on the floor, they can just bring some from the warehouse that's nearby. So you can get a look at anything on their site if you want, but in person.

>>127487347
wypipo like big black wood

>>127487246
wypipo don't season dey guitars

>>127487440
What the fuck is that?

>>127487480
A strong African Queen, when she speaks you LISTEN

>>127486950
I'm running a two cab setup with a bassman300 for the cleans. I turned off the Mid Notch added the built in amp compressor
https://voca.ro/1nvib3nDKTJZ

Would it be better to get a 60's cool vibe or a paranormal Nashville strat. I'm think the body pickup would be a nice bonus.

>>127487480
Soul, brother

>>127487500
Fender mashups never work out properly. Get an OG model if you want a Fender. If you want a good mashup, get a G&L.

Colorful guitars are cool, but like I said, a natural finish just matches with anything. I can just get a colorful strap and be one of the cool kids too. And when I change my mind, I can go back to plain. I'm not kept in a prison "playing out" this colorful character that I don't always feel. You got me?

>>127487384
same, never been. it's a 4 hour drive one way but my nearest gc or store that would even have a d18 is 2 hours away anyway

>>127487500
>paranormal
QRD on this naming convention? What is it describing?

>>127487549
It’s just a series that they did with like non standard features

>>127487496
Holy shit this sounds so much better anon, you nailed it. Great tone. Bet it sounds huge in person

>>127487549
I think the paranormals were like the Alternate Reality series, but by another name. Like "what if" weird versions of their guitars and various mashups. "Tele hardware but Jazzmaster body". Stuff like that. Or maybe the Paranormal was a bit weirder.

>>127487500
You're trading a Strat trem for a Tele bridge pickup. Is that worth to you?

>>127487544
funny colors <<<<< funny shapes

>>127487574
You could always add a bigsby. But you'd really have to love the guitar.

>>127487574
tele > strat tones

>>127487574
half of strat players don't even have the tremolo arm on

>>127487737
why even live

10-46 vs 11-48 for les paul? I was thinking of switching to the latter but now I'm getting used to 10s and they feel pretty good. How much difference is there between 46 and 48 really?

>>127487752
not much, but you will feel that bigger gauge on the higher strings

>>127487752
10-52

>>127487500
Which pickup on this is RWRP? If it's the bridge then you get no hum on what would be the Tele middle position and the Strat position 2, which is probably the best compromise.

>>127487544
>a natural finish just matches with anything
Yeah. My criteria is that I want an "evergreen" guitar that matches with any genre from an aesthetic standpoint. If you get a natural finish with a decent body shape, you can get on stage and play anything from black metal to twee pop and you won't look out of place no matter what.

>tort
Autistic video going over tort guards, i like this guys channel
https://youtu.be/__f42qHGafQ?si=X6Q_Wht0NeP7I-AS

Is there anything more arete than playing a Jazzmaster?

I see natural finish the same way I see black or gray cars, it's nice to own one, but more than one and it gets depressing

We need to go back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C206MOVNcs

>>127487888
You only really need one.
But for me, it's the Sunburst Strat. Obviously. Maybe that's not entirely natural. More like grandpa's furniture. Not his floor.

>>127487737
At least they can put it on when needed. The trem is such an important of the Strat.

>>127487926
>such an important *part of the Strat.

Hey guys, so I bought a couple of these Herco Thumbpicks today (I bought mediums) and holy shit, they're a game changer for me for hybrid picking, fingerpicking and regular picking. Having the ability to not lose your fucking pic inside the soundhole on my acoustics by accident when you need an extra finger for hybrid picking is a real major improvement. We've all lost a pic inside there at some point...flip, spin, clang clang....come on fuck...oh oh oh, there! Got it!

I expected a bit of a learning curve for fingerpicking compared to the super long ass old style thumbpicks (they're ridiculously long and get caught in my strings and I was going to give up learning to fingerpick because of this). I have tried other styles but I hate them all. This is my sweet spot since it's just like a regular pic. The mediums are a bit too flexible in comparison to a Dunlop Tortex Orange (medium - 60mm). I didn't get a chance to try the heavy model as my local shop specially ordered in the mediums. They come in a bunch of colors. I got red and blue. They didn't have black.

Anyhow blah blah blah but you should check them out. I am so happy!!!

Having the pic stay attached to the thumb at all times is super handy. Just gives you that extra confidence that you won't drop it like a retard when you need it most and they're pretty comfortable on the thumb. Won't press on your thumb moons so you'll forget you are wearing it. Look for them at your local shop, if they can't order them in for you then you can find them online too.

>>127484833 (OP)
that a wicked tort

>>127487926
It is though. Strats opened up surfy playing back in the day. Can't get that anywhere else. Or Beck and Jimi and Blackmore's different takes (this goes without mentioning all the squeally stuff with shredders later). Or it could just be chill and sound like a slide like this dude:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLB7-1L2-UA

When you think of vocals, the human voice naturally has vibrato. So why not guitars.

every time i click on a video about martin guitars there is a boomer with the profile pic of an extreme closeup of him in his truck with sunglasses on and his name is johnwashburn. he's always talking about his guitars. shit cracks me up

>>127488187
Kurt named his Martin "Grandpa".
But grandpas are cool.

I think because of my large body I don't really vibe with acoustic. I did play it for about 2 hours today. Spent most of the time trying to get comfortable. Standing or sitting both kinda sucked. I really like the sound of the bass, sounds cool with my pedals, I just hate the body size. I picked up my p bass and it just felt right.

>>127488234
There are different sizes of acoustics. Not sure what you'd like, but the Dread and Jumbos are the biggest. Below that are OMs or Orchestral Model. Taylor stuff is around this size. Then smaller is 000, 00, 0, and Parlor models.

>>127488263
He's not looking for anything he's just here to boast about being (allegedly) tall

>>127488281
Well, I'm 6'5" and play a dread. But not a mountain of a man. Nor is he. There can only be one.

>>127488234
p bass is the most comfortable stringed instrument ever made. hard to compare really

>>127488209
should i keep some werthers inside my acoustic?

>>127488263
Definitely a smaller body acoustic but I'm guessing that would mean a smaller neck? I still would like a longer neck fender type. They're stuff is pretty comfortable.

>>127488305
My first thought after playing acoustic all day the picking up the bass was, "damn this shit is comfortable." I'm not sure how they did it.

>>127488310
Some werthers and rubbing your balls for the toan.

>>127488234
TL;DR for a larger body size, avoid Ovations...

You wouldn't like an Ovation since they have round backs and are annoying as fuck sliding around on your clothing unless you have a gel cushion to adhere it to your body. I have an Ovi Custom Balladeer but I don't have a gel cushion. I really want one. Otherwise I love the guitar. The neck is soooo fine. Plugged in they're amazing (10/10). But unplugged the sound is one notch above so so (6/10). Higher end woods are so much sweeter and louder.

You may like a Cole Clark True Hybrid though. Electric and acoustic (true sounding for both) with the flip of a switch. They're not cheap though.

>>127488334
only a maton is good enough

>>127488321
>Definitely a smaller body acoustic but I'm guessing that would mean a smaller neck? I still would like a longer neck fender type. They're stuff is pretty comfortable.
Not necessarily. OM and 000 are actually the same size bodies. But the 000 has a slightly smaller neck, at a Gibson like scale (24" and 3/4). OMs are 25.5 or 25.6 like Fenders.
But after that, the smaller stuff all tends to be the shorter scale.

what ever happened to the t5? i feel like it was all the rage a couple years back

>>127488324
not a bad idea. i've been changing my shorts every 5 days but i think i can push it to 7 for the mids

>>127488370
I've never played one. They seem pretty cool, but too expensive to buy on a lark.
It can't be that bad if Tommy likes it.

On Guitar what are some basic pieces you would recommend to "impress" normies for the usual "play something, anon" situation?
For example on Piano: I fucking hate river flows in you so much, but it still always works for some reason, especially where my usual repertoire doesn't do anything for the person asking.

>>127488187
My Martin is unironically my desert island guitar. They are magic.

do you guys mod your guitars?

>>127488388
wanted dead or alive, pretty straightforward chords, one of those tracks people want to sing along to

>>127488388
I just noodle some fake sitar+flamenco blues thing.

>>127488401
Some of them. It's a sickening decision.

I thought drumming was expensive, but I could buy a second hand drum set for $250?

https://youtu.be/3BS3DaSLsH8?t=640

anyone have any idea what kind of circuit is jammed into this thing? i'd love to do something like this

>>127488370
It's fucking gorgeous. I know an asshole with a last name of Taylor though so I would never buy this. LOL! All because I hate the name...

>>127488441
Of course Frank had an OG clownburst...
Don't know about circuits, but it sounds badass.

>>127488401
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gno1Sbg_jm0&list=OLAK5uy_nzKzXaLTNlWh0wPHMIbKm1m9HjTdCdNbg&index=3&pp=8AUB
I've always wondered how hard modding is, this guy had a customer guitar you can see on the cover. Pretty insane to get this sound with no pedals.

>>127488436
drums are cheap yeah. you could pick up a used kit for a couple hundred. if you don't play drums though, you might not realize if parts are missing, maybe the arms that the rack toms mount on or cymbal stands etc. often the skins are beat to shit too, decent skins might hit you for 20-30 bucks a pop.
cymbals are the expensive part. even half-decent stuff like A customs or sabian AA stuff will set you back 100+ used per pie.
if you just wanna learn and beat the hell out of them then you could get a basic setup for 400 or so, including some garbage cymbals

>>127488400
i'm saving for one. i'm sure their quality is hit and miss and you could argue there are better guitars for the money but they have a darkness and compression that no one has replicated yet

>>127488472
Yup, that's me...jumping on his face.

>>127488370
I'd rather a K.Yairi KYF series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ4ELFYbIss

>>127487522
Looks like mounds of shit

>>127485052
I only own my one guitar

>>127487962
Only dude I ever saw use this was the guitarist from Guided By Voices when I saw them way back in Brooklyn.

Dude was wasted as fuck but never lost a pic. Pretty sure he has a beer in one hand and a cig in another.

>>127488281
imagine being so insecure about your height that you have to project this hard
not everyone is obsessed with your insecurity anon
its YOUR insecurity

>>127488523
I literally love it. You can grab a microphone, beer, adjust your amp settings, jam it up your butt whatever you want and it's still attached to you. It now just obsoleted all my pics. Your index finger becomes totally useful again rather than just hold the pic. I don't know why I've put up with it for so long.

>>127488535
can confirm, im 6.0" and never think about height, it just isn't a factor for me

>>127488541
I haven't tried these but I did get a thumbpick recently. I only played with it a little but, I was surprised at how quickly it mechanically replaces your regular pick. in about 10 minutes i could do everything with the thumb pick i could do normally and i was free to just focus on fingerpicking

>>127488560
That's great man! Glad you found something that works for you too. Ya, that feeling is how I felt today. Was like whoah...mind blown.

spent 3 hours straight learning and practicing a guitar solo

I sliced the pad of my left middle finger at work last week and have been having a hard time playing guitar without a string finding its way perfectly inside of my cut and feeling just really uncomfortable, how much progress am I going to lose by not playing for the past week?

>>127488654
u got access to aloe?

>>127485052
i'm quite jealous of the bean. it's a dream guitar for me.

>>127488654
Or just wait 7-10 days until it heals.

I think these would be like a puppy wearing booties in the winter.

>>127487440
wtf vernon reid went tranny?

>>127488639
nice.

>>127488639
You might like some software called Amazing Slow Downer by Ronimusic.com not cheap, but you can loop and slow down without losing sound quality. There are pirate versions about if you can't afford it. Worth it to buy though in your repertoire. Will speed up your solo learning a lot. Can export your loops at whatever speed you want too into whatever audio format you want.

>>127488639
record yourself playing it before you go to sleep or you'll forget it by the morning.

>>127488730
/gg/ is a Truefire thread.

>>127488746
Truefire is okay. Useful for the videos. VK has them all for free if you know where to look. Amazing Slow Downer came way, way, way before Truefire. And you can get an app for your cellphone.

I trust a teacher more if he owns a Tele.

Boom Boom Boom

>>127488787
probably the best tuition I saw was on Truefire. I remember when I started people gave me stupid exercises to do which were not in a musical context. It's kinda stupid because you can do chromatic scale up and down the neck like in the truefire vid I saw, which helps you learn the musical relationships as well as build up strength and a callus. Anyway it was some guy who developed a "complete method". wish I had that when I was a kid. I should've learnt music, not patterns and shitty songs outside of their musical context.

>>127488926
I looked it up: Frank Vignola a modern method for guitar.. do it guys.

>>127487763
Yeah I have 11s on another lp clone but it's a 52 set so I can't compare the bass strings and those are the ones I'm most curious about.

>>127487772
Was thinking of those actually since I use them on my Jackson but I don't really want them on the lp. They're just too thick for some of the stuff I wanna play on it, just adds needless strain on the fingers.

>>127487752
>>127488971
I always interchange E standard and Eb, so play 10-46 on Fender-likes and 11-48 on Gibson type stuff.
Slash plays 11-48. So there ya go.

>>127488898
Don't disrespect JLH like that. Dude had a groundbreaking sound.

>>127488926
i'm taking bryan suttons course on artistworks. it's basically a week of learning the major scale and it's then jumping right into playing songs to a backing track. very tough sometimes but im learning a great deal. i learned bass the traditional way and learned theory and i think it made me a worse improviser desu

>>127488730
Or just use the riff repeater in Rocksmith

>>127489006
yeh not a bad idea. I guess looking back the grass is always greener. It's a good idea to learn everything relative to the c major scale similar to how a keyboardist would. it gives you a roadmap to music in a sense. c major being the arterial roads and the backroads being 10-TET gamelan or some shit.

I'd this Telecaster.

>>127489062
true(fire)

>>127489264
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What have you done today to get out of your zone/head/rut/home/routine/limit/expectation/bracket/cell/norm?
Did you have fun?

Achieved an interesting tone with the new reel to reel machine.
https://voca.ro/1lFJu4WOrkzd

>>127489439
I went outside for a walk and got something in my eye that caused it to swell shut
No I did not have fun

>>127488401
If changing out a few plastic knobs and some old tuners count as "modding"

>>127488436
it is expensive, 250 bucks for a whole set is the equivalent of buying a used walmart guitar

>>127489457
Very nice lighting with the surf green.

>>127488388
Don't learn some Wonderwall tripe to win over NPCs. Play what you want to be heard and deal with the consequences.

>>127489417
now post 5 watt playing something

>>127489439
I just finished my project thing two days ago, I'm not practicing anything serious for least a couple more days to avoid burning out

>>127488654
>cuts finger
it's over

just another day at GC
https://youtube.com/shorts/4gIpDlTzmDQ

Pickups.

Upper-intermediate - beginner advanced guitarist here. I've studied the major and minor scales, the modes, the pentatonics, the hexatonics, piano transposition, sight reading, improv., tribute playing, solo arrangement, orchestral accompaniment and tonal accentuation, weddings and corporate parties, teaching, and basic recording techniques. I still have a question though. What is a fret?

Is there really a point to buying an Esquire over a tele?

>>127488388
for the ladies, keep eye contact while playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMPgVZtADtQ

Why are instagram/youtube guitarists so terrible? There is something repulsive and gay about the whole thing. Very rarely does the style matter, it's always just...gay
>Tim Henson
>Ichika Nito
>Cory Wong sort of, even though he technically got famous from his band
>Mateus Asato (his playing is fantastic, but I've never sought his music out ever. 0 replayability. He is the most tasteful of all of these characters so I respect his hustle)
>Marcin (technical monster, music sucks)
And people lap it up. Why?

>>127489776
https://youtu.be/jElPHmHWCLE?t=1788

Tele players
>Leo got it right the first time, dood
also Tele players
>imma ditch the ashtray bridge, change the wiring, get some compensated saddles, and flip the plate

>>127490027
you misspelled 'frot' and this is a blue board, take it elsewhere bub

>>127490107
yeh they're pretty gay. but in 2025 everything is gay. you should take the tosin pill. for 2025 he's masc as fuck.

>>127490061
if you want to feel superior to tele players, while having less tonal options then the esquire is for you!

>>127490141
Tosin has been a beast for a long time. He's on a different level, and Animals was actually pretty innovative when they came out. He's using technicality to explore new things. He is in a completely different universe to who I mentioned.

>>127490107
you really need to broaden your horizons when it comes to insults. if everything is simply 'gay' then you just don't have much of a grasp of the english language. there are a thousand ways to say you don't like something. try to articulate yourself more eloquently so we understand what you're talking about.

if these players aren't terrible players (your words) why are they terrible in your opinion.

i think it mostly comes down to these players looksmaxing and taking advantage of the video medium so people that seek out music on the video-based platforms rather than soundcloud or spotify see these artists and follow then cause they DO like the music

it's okay to be jealous of pretty people, but you should at least be honest when critiquing them.

>>127490172
/fa/, /fit/, /mu/ all rolled into one dude

https://youtu.be/i-PPKr6oOb0

>>127489439
not sure exactly what you mean but i washed and vacuumed my car, reorganized my storage unit, and chilled with some friends on a game. i've been practicing so much that my elixirs are dead after a month, so i gotta go buy some new strings tomorrow. guess i don't need coated strings. they look new but they've lost their highs and like 30% of their volume. i really need the volume

>>127490230
That's exactly what I meant, Anon.

>>127490290
what about you, friend?

>>127490186
>try to articulate yourself more eloquently
No.
>it's okay to be jealous
I'm not jealous of Tim no matter how many surgeries he gets to transcend gender into anime hyperreality. I've been on this site a long time and long eloquent posts go mostly unnoticed. If you'd like me to express the why of why this shit sucks, I'll oblige
>Tim
Technically extremely proficient (obviously). Emotional depth of a....nothing? What emotions are conveyed by Polyphia's music? I struggle to name one. Production is way overdone, modern as all get out, compressed to shit. Boring performer/showman because he is focused on perfection. His sense of aesthetics match perfectly with his music, too. Gaudy, overwrought. Completely fails at the most basic task that music is supposed to fulfill.
>Ichika
Much the same problem. His music is even less compelling because really he's just making clips for social media. Struggles to perform this shit live so kind of frauding in a way. I respect that he is talented but his anime asian super extreme style of playing just does nothing for me. You're telling me you can't even play this shit? Technicality for technicality's sake.
>Cory Wong
I'm gonna say more racial things but damn his funk is so white, so anodyne. So soulless, so trite. Falls into that faggy (uh oh I said gay again!!) ironic hipster bullshit with their stupid fucking dry 70s drums and maj7th chords and muh silly costumes. Just musically bankrupt. A guy who has literally nothing to say about anything. Funk for people who would find RHCP too much.
>Mateus
Beautiful player. Fantastic player. Plays all the right notes. If someone played it I wouldn't be mad. But he's just not an artist. He should be in a band with a creative songwriter or something. He is unfortunately forced to be in the whole social media circus when he deserves much more. Also, his note choice isn't really moving/compelling. Most emotional content out of all of them by far, though.

whoa

>>127490352
>continuing on Mateus
He's like someone with a beautiful, "perfect" singing voice. It's nice, but you just need a little grit sometimes.
>Marcin
An extraordinary talent. It is unfortunately used to be a showy, overplayed mess. Him and Tim have a lot in common in that regard. I do think his drumming on the body is pretty sick sometimes, which is profound considering most people who do that just look like douchebags. His music needs different mixing. All that moving around on the neck doesn't need to be given to you in 8K HD. Every slip and slide right up there in db with the notes themselves. Fatiguing, to say the least. Also, not an artist.

any1 tried a wooden guitar pick?

>>127490307
I switch guitars everyday, so I tried out the progression I wrote yesterday on the new guitar, went to Home Depot and bought some window sealant, made soup, and fed some birds.

>>127490420
No. How are they?

>>127490423
nice man. we have a rabbit couple that comes and eats the fruit and nuts blend of our bird food every night

>>127490352
so whats the deal then? people listen to their music. lots of people. it's not happening the same way that lots of people listened to music in the 70's but at the same time, we're not in the 70's anymore.

are all the listeners just wrong? they've been tricked into thinking they like these artists? usually people return to music or seek out live shows of bands to see music live that they connect with on some level. you may not connect with it but that doesn't mean other people don't.

you're talking about the emotional depth of music as if it's one singular thing that you think all artists are aiming for and that they must go about it the same way artists of the past did.

maybe the listeners are looking for something new, or at least some new way of expressing the musical ideas they're familiar with. Even polyphia and marcin are using typical chord progressions, they're just decorating them differently than artists that came before them.

the mystery that bands like led zeppelin had back in the day, where info about the players was limited by the media of the day has been replaced by an always online culture, where playthroughs and interviews with the musos are the norm, these players didn't create this world, they're just taking advantage of the realities and the tools available today

>>127490440
they give a more woody tone

>>127490504
compared to Primetones?

You're not gonna believe this!
I was just down at guitar center and there was this guy playing...
This one guy, uuuh Jim Henson i think he was called.
he played a million notes, maybe more. SO FAST
it was wild. i never seen so many notes come outta one guitar
but the audience, they all just...stood there. no emotion, no head bobbing, just...eerily still
i had to get outta there, couldn't stand how awkward it was
and don't get me started on the smell. god you wouldn't BELIEVE what it was like in there, i don't think a hundred cans of deodorant would have helped!

>>127490493
>Are the listeners just wrong
Yes and no. The listeners are fooled. Polyphia is not "bad music". It's just not compelling. People have forgotten about aspects of music that make it moving. Part of the mystique of the Zeppelin's and other such bands is that they did weird shit musically and were in tune with the aesthetics of their presentation as well. Hendrix took musical risks. Tim and Co. don't. Playing guitar fast over trap-esque rhythms is an innovation, but a braindead one. It's a trend. It's like Peep's emo+trap thing. Trap is an instant winner. It's why country is using it now. No risk. No real danger. Couple that with lack of dynamics. Lack of edge. It just isn't good art.
>you may not connect with but
Yes, I understand. But people connect with all sorts of stupid shit. I'm not saying all fans should just quit right now. I'm saying they have bad taste.
>Emotional depth
If you don't see this as number 1 most important thing in music I don't know what to say man.
>Singular thing
If they're not aiming for emotion what are we doing here? Cue Beethoven quote.
>Something new
I can respect this. Marcin is really just an extension of Flamenco, Cory is not innovative at all, Ichika is but fails to perform it, Mateus is I'd say decently innovative in his space, and Tim is somewhat.
>Taking advantage
I suppose. It seems to me more so that it became about this social media thing rather than the music itself. So, you're right. It's not their fault. However, why are other bands able to put themselves on the map musically without all of these theatrics?

t. can't shred

https://voca.ro/1hDqz5NQwErl

hnmmmmmm

>hands
clean
>neck
smooth
>tubes
hot
>posts
perfect length
>strings
righteous

>>127490642
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plVuZGAMrpU

I've come to the point of music where I realize that anything that sounds good has already been done. Changing one note from a melody does not a new song make.

>>127490705
Have you tried changing five

someone keeps telling me to imagine dragons? what's that

If you get good and stop playing for a year or more, do you lose it all?

>>127490172
the polyphia fag has copped his double thumb style pretty hard. their bands are not totally dissimilar, but yeah I love AAL..

>>127490186
the guy looks like a floating disembodied lesbian head.

>>127490762
you don't really lose your ear. you will lose your timing and ability about 80% but it comes back much faster than initially. just try to practice 10 mins a day 3 days a week

>>127490762
no
>>127490747
a rock band
>>127490713
everything just sounds like a song already written to me immediately. starting to see why people just copy forgotten songs.

>>127490773
ive been practicing from 4pm to 12pm everyday and then all day saturday/sunday since january.

I spend half that time playing with amps sims.

>>127490504
I like brass picks.

>>127490762
I quit for 3 years and it took me like a week to get up to speed, don't know how it'd go with a couple decades tho

>>127490747
imagine dragon deez nuts across your chin lmao

>>127490747
its similar to ligma

>>127490762
yep.

Has anyone ever heard of these? Are they good? On paper they look beautiful, but idk if it’s Chinese crap.

where do i even begin learning this shit
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gpX-tlKG5Eg&si=KrUsuwvzHeUfZJQt&feature=xapp_share&t=151

>>127491100
I've never tried, but on a quick glance: at least they have a homebase in the US and actual servicing just in case. And a return policy. The owner appears to be Korean. Don't know where they're making them, but he could just be going through Cort like everyone else for cheap guitars. Except they bring them back here for setup. Not some direct to buyer temu shit. Sounds like it's worth taking a chance and easy enough to return if you're disappointed.

>>127491116
8 hours a day for 20 years watching Hee-Haw and Roy Clark and nonstop metal in the other hours.

>>127491159
haha and then all he had to do was learn the chords and just play the rhythm by ear

>>127491140
Oh ok. Thanks anon. I recently got a strat, so I won’t be buying another any time soon.
But if I ever went for an LP, I most likely wouldn’t ever get an actual Gibson.

>>127491184
>But if I ever went for an LP, I most likely wouldn’t ever get an actual Gibson.

>>127491242
lol I can’t drop like 2 grand on a guitar.

How do people play while they're on drugs?

>drum teacher has no ears for some reason and no sense of time whatsoever
>bass teacher has never been seen playing nor fretting his instrument
>guitar teacher can fret... but is dogshit at it and keeps avoiding questions about what chords he's playing

>>127491281
theyre 2 and a half. still cheaper than a nice tube amp, wtf are you guys even playing? I sold my starter kit in the first year.

>>127491306
Easily.

>>127491414
It doesn't make you sloppy?

>>127491401
I play a Japanese 1986 Squire.

>>127491401
i have a strat and a tube amp but still just use my interface because its a lot easier and more versatile. amp you gotta warm it up, cup the balls, make it some tea, get 40 pedals in just the right order, EQ it and to do all this I have to move my fat ass to the other side of the room. No thanks, I'll just click one button instead.

>>127491494
i agree but i play my tube amp through my pc using an amp sim, i just turn the amp off and keep the cab on.

is there a day you niggas don't talk in hyperboles and superlatives

>>127491414
Tbh yeah. You get out of your own way.
I've been sober for years. I'm on hard mode.

>>127491457
no not unless im like black out drunk or something.

>>127491515
tf u want its called dramatic effect look it up sometime sweety

>>127491350
you getting lessons from the local homeless shelter?

>>127491401
There's like 3 different price ranges between a starter kit and a gibson bro

>>127488730
Audacity has something on it that slows down the tempo without affecting pitch and it's free. It does get garbled as you get slower at around 40%

y cant i play it that fast?

>>127485092
>>127485111
wtf are you talking about? Guns?

>>127485092
Nice guitars and pedals, shame you can’t play them.

>>127491242
Not him but if I buy another lp it’ll probably be an inspired by epiphone. You basically get a custom shop Gibson for 1/5th the price.

>>127492664
>mfw i get gibson custom shop quality for 20% of the RRP

>>127490563
>>127490493
>>127490352
well explained. This is great to see

>>127485919
I want an old Ibanez lawsuit copy of the Epiphone Wilshire like what Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet used to play. Wherever those were made. (I'm assuming the USA)

If I'm going to send the acoustic back, should I detune it? When it arrived the strings were extremely loose. I dont wanna mess it up when returning it.

>>127492873
you smoke smega? obviously don't do that and just send it back you plonker

>>127492912
I was just asking since it's my first time buying a guitar online. I didn't know if there was anything specific to do

>>127490107
Luca Mantovanelli is another who is an amazing player but I've never been arsed to look up his original compositions.

>>127490747
https://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1755958085115177.webm

After 6 months of suffering from an arm injury I can finally play guitar again. Am happy.

>>127493277
based

Toadies - possum kingdom cover (rhythm and lead parts)
https://voca.ro/15S2KtesfjIP

What kind of strings are these?
Acoustic?

>>127493435
plug it in? bronze strings for acoustic should sound very muted through an amp

>>127493435
More than likely.
They'll still work. It's just bronze based vs nickel.

>>127493447
>>127493450
I stand corrected. Maybe they won't work well. Didn't realize there's some actual magnetic thingamajig action with regular strings.

>>127493461
yeah magnets n stuff

>>127493435
Uh where's the bridge?

>>127493554
under the bridge

Who wants to listen to 5 minutes of me breathing heavily and trying to play a Tom Quayle lick?

Telecaster power rankings?

>>127493994
Mine>the rest

>>127488926
5.18 GB D/L You'll be there a while. The English description is in the More Info click down box.
https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5094462

>>127488995
That's not Muddy then? Shit, I thought it was. Whoops. Didn't think it was Lightnin' Hopkins

>>127493994
Butterscotch blonde with maple fretboard and custom shop fender SS nocaster pickups > tele deluxe > tele with p90s > tele with HS > anything else (yes thin lines and nashvilles are hecka gay)

The only guitar that should have 3 pickups is a SSS strat. Everything else is gay, including HSS strats and especially HHH Les Paul’s.

>>127494173
HSS is straight actually

>>127493994
There's more than one?

>>127493994
If by looks then >>127486967, I love the look of this and am jelly of anon.

>>127494080
In that case...

https://youtu.be/DLQjSPTgztI?t=397

Why is he pretending he doesn't know how to play over changes?

>>127494451
how many blues licks did they do for the cops to be after them like that?

if you had a guitar that you liked but it needed some work done that you couldn’t do yourself, would you pay to have to work done or just sell/trade it for something you’d like better? I have a strat that needs a new nut and some fretwork and even though it’s a nice guitar I have another strat that doesn’t need any work and I’m thinking about just moving this thing along towards another guitar instead of spending the money fixing it up.

>>127494729
I would get it fixed up if it was unique or sentimental in some way. Otherwise just buy a better one.

>>127494729
have done both, it really depends

>>127494729
if you really liked it i'm not sure you would be asking

>>127494755
>>127494765
it isn’t anything special, just an early 2000s japanese strat. I have an old american standard that’s been my main strat for years, this japanese one i got in a trade recently. It’s a nice guitar but I’m not sure if I want to spend the money on the work when I’ve already got a strat that I like better and doesn’t need any work.

>>127495020
>>127495020

>>127494646
They stole them ALL!
I think I will scrounge around and see if I can find this movie. It's been a long time since I've seen it. Can hardly remember any of it but it was really good.

>>127493005
>Luca Mantovanelli
Based on what I just saw, he's like a less talented Guthrie. That's still saying a lot, obviously. But, Guthrie has the ability to put some stank on it, which I don't think any of those other guys I mentioned can do. And I don't even listen to Guthrie's music, either lol