Thread 128070371

Timeless Fiesta edition
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SCALES:
https://www.all-guitar-chords.com/scales
https://fretboard-navigator.com/

GIT GUD with GUITAR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg1L-sBIxnY&list=PLJwa8GA7pXCWAnIeTQyw_mvy1L7ryxxPH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QCt3UBTS1Y

EAR TRAINING:
https://tonedear.com

BACKING TRACK GENERATOR:
https://www.onemotion.com/chord-player/
https://www.musicca.com/chord-player/

DRONE TOOL TO PRACTICE SCALES BY EAR:
https://www.dronetonetool.com/

RANDOM STRUMMING PATTERN GENERATOR:
https://vilda.net/s/rsp/

METRONOME:
https://scottsbasslessons.com/groove-trainer
https://www.onemotion.com/drum-machine/

RANDOM NOTE GENERATOR FOR FRETBOARD MEMORIZATION:
https://www.therandomscalemachine.com/index.html

DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES:
https://files.catbox.moe/qafrab.pdf
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bgrkn98ecvlta/Documents

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wasting my lives

>>128070416
how many?

>>128070432
on my 3rd reincarnation and pinky anchoring still hasn't clicked

>>128070371 (OP)

Love telecasters simple as

First for Blue being a musical colour

>>128070532
pigment keeps the wood from breathing. you need a natural color in nitro

Why did you buy a Schecter

a blue angel recto that they wanted entirely too much money for at the pawn shop

I'm gonna say it. Rickenbackers are hideous.

sparkly charvel with matching sparkly headstock

>>128070599
kinda looks like a horizontal tele bridge pickup

>>128070617
i always thought it was weird how they lacquer the fretboard
its like way shinier than other brands that do that

>Proof of concept
It works, but need more string length and a set bridge (though you can some sweet whammy action). String tension will break plywood.

>>128070655
nobody else does it on rosewood afaik. not fender or gibson at least

>>128070706
yeah if you're seen how many ricks delaminate around the frets, i don't blame them

>>128070617
laffy taffy burst

What's the best way to learn a sweeping part? I've never really practiced sweeping before. Is it just playing it slowly and speeding up little by little until you get there or is there something I should be paying attention to while practicing the piece? Looks difficult as fuck already, I play it at 60% speed so far and I have no idea how the hell am I gonna get to 100.

Also fuck you, Kirk. Sweeping is hard.

>>128070532
Based blue hate will not be tolerated.

I had the epiphone version of pic related... she was my first love when I was 16

>>128070761
probably just get used to the feel of sweeping through the open strings first. that's one of those techniques that doesn't really work when you do it slowly. then focus really hard on the timing then work on cleaning it up when the technique feels comfortable. sweeping is all about the timing

>Buy guitar strings on sale (2 dollars off)
>AliExpress packaging

Feels bad man

>>128070871
>babbario's

>>128070871
>fell for aliexpress

>>128070817
I'll give that a shot, thanks. Really do wanna learn this solo, and sweeping in general. It's a really cool technique to play around with. Honestly though, I find it harder to get my fingers in on the proper frets so quickly than I find controlling the pick up and down, although that feels really weird too when going up the strings towards the bass side.

>>128070974
yeah sweeping is just hammer ons and pull offs, that's why you gotta get really comfortable with the timing. you can probably do hammers ons and pull offs but they just feel harder because the timing is tighter on sweeping. definitely going to recommend practicing with a metronome on this one

>>128070761
If you can rake, you can sweep. The secret is to start with a thick pick. 2mm seems excessive until you plow through strings like butter. Make sure it’s worn in on both sides - those little burrs will get you jacked up.

Pick slanting is useful to reduce friction, but you need the correct angle of attack in both directions.

When changing directions, there’s a split second you need to fill space. That’s where most people put in a hammer-on or pull off to mask it. If you’re looking to avoid this, Marshall Harrison has SWYBRYD, which combines sweeping and hybrid picking. It requires a slightly different pick grip, but you can add large interval leaps. I’m just integrating this into my playing, but it feels like letting a cat and then pinching its fur. If you have banjo rolls at your disposal, then a backward roll can get you into some cascading sounds. Hell, you can add simultaneous double stops which is something that sweeping can’t do w/o note separation.

The easiest analogy is rubbing a comb. Slow and messy? That’s a rake. Muted and fast? That’s more like a sweep. But you’ll notice that the sweep is easier to not get caught in the tines of the comb at speed; slow, you’ll get jacked up on the changing string gauges.

Also, economy picking is kissing cousins to sweeping. You’ll find that you’ll start to do Allan Holdsworth style legato naturally if you can’t be bothered to alternate pick a note (hammering from nowhere technique). And at speed, most alternate picking transforms into economy picking anyways.

Last, pay attention to your RH muting. Not everything has to be staccato. To test this, try a 3-string sweep in a dissonant key (like Bb) against open strings. If you hear the other harmony, you’re not muting well enough.

>>128070371 (OP)
looks so much better without a matching red headstock

>>128071108
sorry your wrong

>>128070416
I used to install random linux distros like /g/. that was actually wasting my life.

>>128071320
rip. 4chan meme advice sucks

>>128071289
>sorry
theres no need to apologize, we all make mistakes. See, I left out the apostrophe so you don’t feel so alone.

>drop tuning on a six string: cringe
>drop tuning on a seven string: based but still kinda dumb
>drop tuning on an eight string: giga based and better than standard

>>128071500
the cringe of an eight string far outweighs any basedness of tuning

>>128071320
I’m still on windows 10. What happens if I don’t upgrade?

>>128071539
your computer will kersplode (kaboom)

>>128071500
>>drop tuning on a six string: cringe
what, you hate the 90s and....van halen?

>>128071550
It’s too restrictive for my liking. You lose too many chord shapes drop tuning on a 6 string. It’s less restrictive on a 7 string and even less so on an 8 string. At least in my experience with them.

>>128071539
pic related

>>128071579
?

>>128071289
meant for >>128071144

>>128071577
I can see that actually. I stick in standard most of the time myself. But those guys in the past really got a lot out of it. The trick now is trying to not sound like them now. It's too easy to sound like Soundgarden or Pantera.
It's hard to sound like EVH. He still kept his bluesy swing in Drop D.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnZE7n2Gl3Q

>>128071539
I'm still on 7.
If there were some OS braking zero days Microshaft would patch them.
In fact windows 11 and 10 have more bugs than 7.

>>128071583
It seems pretty straightforward

>>128071635
free tremolo, baby

are evh wolfgangs good guitars? i dont play metal but a local store sells evh and they have a used standard for a good price.

>>128071732
They're named after a fat retard, so obviously not

The open E power chord is the greatest sound in the world.

I still need more, but this would be cool to have

>>128071867
disgustan'

>>128071867
Way too busy

>>128071881
It's a Tele. You love Teles.

>>128071899
Of course I love teles
That one's a trannycaster

>>128071074
Will do. Had to tab out the thing in tux so I could slow it down and figure out how to correctly play it at a much slower tempo lol.

>>128071108
Thanks for the advice. I'll be looking into all that as I practice. I'm not sure if I'd wanna go for a thicker pick though, I just like my yellow turtle too much. Anything thicker just feels too weird when doing anything strummy.

Art Bell here. South of the Rockies, your on the air. Let's hear some rifs.

>>128072317
nice. i bought a super-sonic recently.

>>128072317
Based Gibson with P90s into a Fender amp combo enjoyer

Acceptable topics for threadly argument
>optimizing string action in mm to two decimal places
>tonal characteristics of your fx loop buffers
>how to use all the modes while only knowing one position of minor pent
>what amp to buy to go with your other amp
>how to buy a plank but not come off as poor
>how to buy a relic and calm down the seething masses

>using metric
not gonna happen

>>128072367
I will get this but Epiphone. I still think that neck pocket is ugly as fuck but the rest of it is hot. I really don't get why it gotta stick out like that instead of being like every other LP.

>>128072417
Like the $500 Epi ones or the $1000+ “inspired by Gibson” Epi ones? From what I’ve read and heard online the cheap ones are pretty decent but for the inspired ones just get a used current production Gibson one for not too much more

>>128071320
My linux computer is better for everything but running proprietary guitar modeling software. My windows computer does that and compensates for mountains of bloat with pure processing power and excessive memory on hand.

Here's my Yamaha. Older than most poosters on 4cham. Late 80's.

My tablet is probably older than most poosters too

>>128070597
Offer them 40% to 50%.

>>128070371 (OP)

Business idea: pcpartpicker but for guitar mods and builders

Thoughts?

>>128072457
very few people end up happy with their parts guitars. that's like selling life insurance to trannies

You do know all your inversions don't you gg?

>>128072438
what is the oldest electric in /gg/?

>>128072434
The 500 one. Also I think that one is from the inspired by Gibson series. I don't remember seeing a special with p90s in any other price range for Epiphone.

And yeah, that Epi in particular is getting glazed left and right so there must be something to it. I really like the look of it (minus that neck pocket) and I love the simplicity of it. Barebones, just the way I want it these days. NOT having stuff like coil splits is a bonus for me. Also really wanna try out p90s after basically only playing hbs.

>>128072457
>try to catch and release guitar scraps for profit
>sellers part out old damaged material for more cost than the working and serviced units
the bubble isn't popped yet

>>128072468

It's beyond partscasters it's like comparing pickups tuners bridges pick guards etc cetera

>>128072469
no. if i need it ill learn it. this one seems like one of the more useless ones

I love Strats, but I want an HH with a 25 inch scale length like a PRS.
I don’t really want a PRS though. I like the strat body better, but I heard that an HH strat doesn’t sound the same as a PRS cause scale length.

>>128072317
>>128072348
super sonic voca?

>>128072517
put lighter gauge strings on it

>>128072517
Those Fender HM "Strats" are strangely 25" scale. But HSS and Floyd Rose.

>>128072478
my gretsch 6125 is from 1963

>>128072517
A 0.5 scale length difference is going to make a 0.5 difference in tone. If you like how a HH strat looks get that.

>>128072469
What's the difference between an inversion and a slash chord?

>>128072572
context

>>128072487
That’s why I love specials so much, barebones and simple with killer pickups. The pickups in the cheaper Epis are still great sounding pickups. The only upgrade I did to mine is replace the wraparound tailpiece bridge with an intonated one from Music City Bridge

>>128072570
I trust you. Thanks anon. <3

>>128072517
Maybe one of the various HH Fender Japan guitars with a 24.75” scale

>>128072417
>neck pocket
Just noticed mine doesn't have that. Weird

>>128072572
nothing. if you gave them to people who can sight read they would play them the same way, metaphorically speaking

>>128072587
The bridge is the only thing that I'm a little iffy on with the way it is but it seems to work or they wouldn't be making it I guess. The pickups sound great from the demos I've heard. I'm gonna try it out the get a feel for the neck since I've never played a 50s one but if I like it, I'm getting it for sure.

>>128072607
Only specials and juniors seem to have it. I'm guessing it's easier to make, or something to do with being a flat top I dunno. Looks ugly as shit compared to standard LPs, lucky yours looks normal.

what do you mean. All guitars have a neck pocket.

>>128072869
let them cook

>>128072869
You kid but I know you agree with me.

>>128072604
Those exist??

>>128073048
The MIJ ones are Teles and I’m not aware of any factory HH Strats but just it isn’t too hard to route the body for a loaded HH pickguard. There was also a MIM series called the Modern Player series that also had a 24.75 scale but again I don’t think any Strats were HH

>>128073165
*the MIJ ones are mostly Teles

>haven't practiced building up speed to the metronome for a week
>play 20 bpm faster and more cleanly than when i last practiced
sending positive energy to all my brothers

tfw finally gave my Wolfgang to my dad

>>128072570
>super sonic voca?
it makes a difference in harmonics and tension. a little goes a long way. especially the tension is slinkier.

>>128073193
What do you do to practice building up speed and how fast do you do it?

>>128073236
err didn't mean to greentext a completely different post.

>>128072572
>woah woah woah don’t lie to the boy
Slash chords can have any bass note that is in or outside the chord; inversions are just the spelling of a chord based on which chord tone is lowest. Inversions tend to stop with 7th chords, as putting the extensions in the bass changes the entire harmonic structure. Inversion and voicing are more similar terms, but rarely does anyone say can you play Drop 2 & 4 chord/arpeggio unless you’re doing Gil Evans-style arranging.

For example C/D is not an inversion unless it was an add9 chord. And even then that’s a stretch because the bass makes it more of a Dsus4b7add9 sound than C D E G (which is just a Cmajoradd9 chord). That C/D usually precedes a resolution to G (it’s called a pop 5 chord because it’s used in every damn prechorus)

As >>128072582 said, it comes down to context. And the purpose of chord charts is to give the map, not the territory. If I’m reading a chart and I see C C/E C/F C/G, I don’t think inversions, I just think the bass player is up to no good.

Weird slash chords like Bb/E exist, but after going through the entire real book and playing every single chord, the tunes that have those types of chords tend to suck or sound like late-stage academic jazz.

Eventually you learn all these rules until they turn gay. Then you forget them and try to play intuitively. I was just listening to Wire’s “Pink Flag” and most of the power chords are inversions (5-1-5, or ADA for instance). Because of the overtones, it sounds heavy and clear.

https://youtu.be/h8rcCH-CowY

>>128073251
thats alot

>>128073279
bass sounds more tough than pencil neck guitar and all you have to do is root notes

unless you want to be another anarcho Mary Halvorson slug nameposter

>>128073279
Our cup runneth o’er

It’s just semantics but it does matter. The first sentence is all you need.

>>128073238
i do 3 tempos, one slow to focus on tone and dynamics and overall technique, the middle is just at the cusp of being able to play cleanly and at speed, the last is 10-20% faster than i can play and i try to go around the song without stopping 3-5 times no matter how sloppy it is. right now im playing at 110 bpm. thats 16th notes with string crossing etc and rhythm with walking and alternating bass lines

>>128073444
i should say i practice the song. i never practice scales or spider walks

>>128073165
Ah ok. Thanks anon

I keep looking at this one

Why or why don’t you like the Les Paul?
Personally, I’ve never played one, but I can’t decide if I really like the looks of it or not.

>>128073646
I like the way they look

>>128073646
I got Gibson Les Paul Studio Tribute and a Gibson Dove strap, and it just wasn't comfortable until I changed to a standard 2" strap. It felt awkward until I tightened up the strap. I really feel like I wasn't able to bond with it because my friend chipped the paint right away.

I think I'd still like them if I had another...

>>128073681
and I guarantee it.

What guitar was the shortest frets possible? I press too hard on the strings to make contact with the fretboard and it gets bent out of tune.

>>128073704
Just press less hard tho

>>128073704
Ricks have some pretty tiny frets

I want to put gold hardware on my Les Paul, but changing out the bridge pegs and shit will be a pain in the ass, won't it?

>>128073739
It's not that bad unless you're a total buffoon

>>128073704
fretless

>>128073646
You're always fighting the intonation a little and the binding edge because there's no contour under the picking arm. I suppose the upper frets are a reach. Toggle is perfect but the other controls are a little out of the way. The pickguard style is idk and it can break. The guitar never sounds as pure as a strat, but it can often be more musical. I like the weight, balance, tune-o bridge, flatter neck, neck profile, scale. I don't think the guitar is the most amazing for looks but it is classic.

>>128073646
I like the way they look and I like the way they sound but I do t like the way they feel other than the feel of Specials and Juniors

>>128073646
they're great guitars. set up better from the factory and play better than any fender. unfortunately gibsons qc is ass so you're rolling a $3k pair of dice any time you order one. they're also too heavy which is a sign of bad quality when it comes to wood. i used to like the tone and they're still good playing rhythm in the crunch zone but as i get older i prefer single coils for lead and slower chord playing. honestly acoustic sound the best to me but yeah

>>128073635
>green

For people who have played both- do HH Strats sound identical to an HH PRS?

Nobody even knew Les Pauls and Strats were different lengths until a few years ago

How do really hot single coils sound compared to humbuckers and standard single coils?

>>128072545
I want one of these but with a maple fretboard but I'd rather have this color body than the ones they offer with the maple fretboard.

>>128074149
louder
>>128074119
imperceptible difference

>>128074052
It's goooood

Fully recorded and mixed
Feedback please, it's my first attempt doing a real recording

https://vocaroo.com/1jbaPvUYY85o

>>128074402
>Reaper Evaluation License
>Activate Windows
>Mega zoom on a small screen
Absolutely based.

>>128074442
lmao I didn't even think about the windows activation watermark
oh well, i'm a bum.

>>128074402
don't care didn't listen
nobody cares about your "music"
the fact that you tried this hard is pathetic
get a life

>>128074474
>it's teh /gg/rim reaper

>>128074474
Can't play huh?

>>128074402
>buttrock
it's recorded fine I guess but yeesh

>>128074402
Real earth rocker. They hate to see it.

>>128074402
Half way through. It's very beautiful. Remember, even if you don't think you can sing, you can always use your voice. I love Instrumentals, and the mechanics of Existentialism very much. But not necessarily the morals of the creators of such. But it is a tool to be freely used... And what man would have it any other way? And so forth, in this, but combined with a human voice; a new age appears. Some kind of hologram of perception.

>>128074402
this is the worse shit I have ever heard, my 7 year old son plays better than this
>jk its pretty good

>>128074402
Hey I'm Hard Rock Joe and I just want to say I think this is pretty kickass haha, rock on dude!

crabs inna bucket

Verification not requir3d.

>>128074614
BEEFCAKE ALERT

>>128074634
like to eat it
like to suck it
take a shit
in a bucket

>oh boy cant wait to play guitar for 3 hours today!
>work on metal solo improv for an hour
>the same fucking licks with minor variations that ive been playing for the past month
>get mad
>decide to wank it for the last 2 hours
Should I just spend more time taking it slow and listening for new things that sound good? I'm so frustrated with myself

>>128074402
You are based. Don't give up.

>>128074659
Well... That's a good question, and shows you have an analytical mind to even see it that way. So search for things aligned with you musical goals, that you enjoy. Allow yourself to enjoy practice, yeah?

>>128074659
>the same fucking licks with minor variations that ive been playing for the DECADE
just have fun, you aint gotta be the next randy rhoads
>.t oldfag with 20+ playing

>>128074402
You study at Berklee perchance?

I have a charvel model 1A like pic related as well as a spare red 1A body. should i add a humbucker and install a floyd rose? which color do you think would look best?

>>128074715
kek

>>128074715
University of Scotty West

>>128074715
>bum that went to berklee doesn't have a certified copy of daw
highly unlikely

>>128074732
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7v_O5ics-s

>>128074721
you are the most based person i have ever met in this general holy shit

>>128073725
I caaaan’t I just like to press hard.

>>128074765
are you an ape? stop strumming so monkey

>>128074781
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5wBQh0Yqj4

Very Kafkaesque...

Why are there so many character this episode?

I reckon someones just having a bit of fun eh?

That music is for everybody, Mr. McMurphy...

CIA is beaming into my house again the feedback is back

>>128074698
>Allow yourself to enjoy practice, yeah?
I do enjoy practice, but I guess I'm mad that I haven't come up with anything new in a month
>>128074704
>just have fun, you aint gotta be the next randy rhoads
You're right, I do need to be the next Trey Azagthoth tho

Check it

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

>>128074783
Who gave the filipino a guitar?

>>128074814
Lmao

>>128074859
>>128074856
>>128074846
>>128074831
>>128074786
>>128074781
>>128074744
https://vocaroo.com/1hJ1MuKS5Qst

>>128074862
Sad to say, but he's right.

I will continue holding off on having a social life until I get to a level I am content with this intrument

>>128074898
Same. Just a few more years until I'm good.

I like this

>>128074402
I recognize that riff you've posted it before. It's nice, cool that you eventually made in a song. imho make the bass sound bigger, better ask prod. You could make the time feel in 1:40 tighter, clean up the part at 2:14. Overall nice job

>>128074925
i sincerely hope bam's doing ok now
dude went through so much shit so fast
>>128075018
RAW I'MA GIVE TO YA
WITH NO TRIVIA
RAW LIKE COCAINE
STRAIGHT FROM BOLIVIA

Yuh yuh yuh

It cricked

right on time

>>128075178
>blue

>>128075190
>da be dee

What are the least shit (yes I know >they are all shit) kit guitars out there? Thinking of building a leftie Esquire as a Christmas project, I have the woodworking chops to deal with your usual reshaping/sanding/finishing type stuff and can wire up the pickups fine, but would probably rather something that isn't going to have a fucked neck out of the box or whatever. Are all of the chinkybrands much of a muchness now, or are there ones to look out for?

Gm /gg/. Little personal blog update: My San dimas plus and powercab 212 cl arrive at the store tomorrow. Have an appointment to buy a 2007 Prius with new ev battery at 10am that should be a good reliable car and haul my gear. Still waiting to hear when the stadium xl will ship, but word on the street is in the next 2 weeks. Everything is looking up.

Oh also when you look at the specs for my guitar it says it’s a satin finish but that’s only the black model, the Snow White is gloss which I prefer.

>>128075218
depends on your price range and how much of a kit you want. i heard the solo guitar kits are good, if you're just looking for a really good body and neck go warmoth

don't work me into a shoot brother

>>128075218
I’d just go with a fender Mexican body and neck of your choice on their website, get a set of custom broadcaster pickups and gotoh vintage bridge. Vintage USA tuning machines, pots and wiring. You should be able to get all this for under 1000 dollars and have a really sick playing and sounding tele.

https://www.fender.com/products/telecaster-solid-shaft-potentiometer-and-capacitor-kit-2-pack

>>128075555
I didn’t realize you said esquire but you should still do everything else the same as long as they have a lefty neck and body on their website and then just wire it like a broadcaster. I meant nocaster pickups not broadcaster but same difference because they hadn’t changed the name to tele yet. Only problem is they don’t sell them separately
https://www.fender.com/products/custom-shop-51-nocaster-tele-pickup-set?variant=45940659388638

>>128074402
Sounds great man.

Why do good girls love to play piano and bad boys and bad girls like guitar?

>>128075573
It looks like fender doesn't sell left handed tele bodies, but they do have this
https://www.fender.com/products/player-series-telecaster-left-handed-neck-22-medium-jumbo-frets-95-radius?variant=45940695367902

Alternatively you could just buy a warmoth body and find a 50s left handed neck somewhere. That's a modern C shape. I don't know how much being period accurate matters to you. If it doesn't, I'd get the player II neck.

>>128075573
Or honestly, I'd just build a black guard blonde tele with whatever warmoth or used left handed body you can find and put those nocaster pickups in it with cts pots and vintage wiring. Get the gotoh bridge because it's got string slots and intonates better. Get a set of USA vintage tuners. I think you'll appreciate the neck pickup, and it'll be a ton easier than trying to build a left handed esquire. Plus you gotta buy both pickups anyway.

>>128075573
https://reverb.com/item/91734421-lefty-fender-av-ii-american-vintage-1951-telecaster-body-tele-ash-butterscotch
https://reverb.com/item/91597666-fender-american-vintage-ii-51-telecaster-lefty-21-fret-maple-neck

If you wanted to do a really sick american fender build you could buy those put all that shit in it and it would be a dream guitar. Only reason I'm putting so much effort into this is because I plan to do the exact same thing. I want to put a black guard tele together with nocaster pickups as my next guitar. I might just buy whatever blonde american guitar complete I can find tho. Don't know yet.

>>128075676
https://reverb.com/item/91847739-2015-2016-lefty-fender-pure-american-vintage-52-telecaster-guitar-body-blonde

blonde body if you'd rather that over butterscotch. If you have the cash man I'd build an american in nitro with an american neck. It'll be worth it. Do the rest yourself but get the good body and neck. And don't skimp on the pickups or pots / wiring / bridge / input jack and tuning machines. I bet for about 1500 dollars you could have a better than custom shop guitar if you put the time and effort into it.

Having trouble with slap bass pratice, I feel like I just can't get the dead notes to pop enough even though I'm already playing harder than I'm comfortable with, would changing to fresh strings help?

>>128075699
https://reverb.com/mt/item/40956259-general-vintage-tone-for-telecaster-esquire-left-handed-bakelite-phenolic-paper-pickguard-blackguard?bk=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJqdGkiOiJkNDdlNWJkMy0wYzJkLTRmMDctOTU3Zi0zZjgxM2M3NzYyMzciLCJpYXQiOjE3MTY5ODc3NTIsInVzZXJfaWQiOiIiLCJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiIiwiY29va2llX2lkIjoiY2JkNTRmMDEtNzlhNS00MTlkLTk0ZWYtMGNhYzRlOWRmNzY2IiwicHJvZHVjdF9pZCI6IjQwOTU2MjU5Iiwic291cmNlIjoiTk9ORSJ9.GzhVV-qO6ZQl4WheA-_VAmCsilnUfjOw4hFHre5Sv5Q

If you still want to build the esquire the blonde body, vintera II 51 neck, and this pickguard with a set of nocaster pickups and a vintage bridge will get you there. I can't believe I found all the shit to complete a left handed esquire.

>>128075403
Thanks, I will check them out.
>>128075555
>>128075567
I'll consider it, to be honest I was more interested in a project guitar to work on and have something that is still playable at the end, I will consider buying a Fender neck and body as a starting point though. I really just want one of those early, somewhat cheap but reliable bridge pickup Esquires. Honestly the main concern for me is getting a good neck, I feel like just about anything with the body can be worked on but I don't want to be messing around with trying to fix a bum neck. Thanks for the input.

>>128075731
And this is the last thing I'll post. If you want to go full retard with your build.
https://reverb.com/item/86680883-general-vintage-tone-1965-for-esquire-bridge-pickup-nos-handwound-pickup-enameld-1960-original-magnet-wire-g-e-general-electric-magnet-wire?bk=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJqdGkiOiJiZWY4MWRhYS1hYmU4LTQ3OTYtODY4MS03YmU4MGI1OGViNmIiLCJpYXQiOjE3NjA0Mzg1ODEsInVzZXJfaWQiOiIiLCJzZXNzaW9uX2lkIjoiOWQ0NWFmYmMtMTY4Mi00YTUyLWJjMzYtMTkwZTM0ZWJiNGZhIiwiY29va2llX2lkIjoiMjdjOGM1ODQtYWYyMi00NmI1LTljYWUtNTg3MjgzNjcyYjI2IiwicHJvZHVjdF9pZCI6Ijg2NjgwODgzIiwic291cmNlIjoiTk9ORSJ9.Nlqp7z5HlQFyvD65Lwz1YqvVxFq1zMWEEvfIVZSlx4E

>>128075741
Oh I see, you didn't specify. That vintera II neck on reverb is going to be your best bet for a really good neck. otherwise the player II is fine but not period correct. If all you're looking to do is build a single pickup tele not an actual esquire then do whatever you like.

>>128070532
But name a song written on a blue guitar.

>>128075597
Most of the kids who played piano did it because their parents told them to, you won't find any soccer mom forcing her kids to learn electric guitar

>>128075741
I was mostly confused because you said "esquire project" as in I thought you wanted a vintage style neck, body, pickups, pickguard etc. I have no idea what your budget is. You're not going to get anything near an esquire if you cheap out tho. It'll just be a partscaster with a single pickup. I'd still buy the fender neck cause necks are the hardest to do correctly and you get the real headstock and fender logo.

>>128075755
>>128075781
My apologies anon, I am very thankful for the genuine help and am currently putting all of this in a notepad file for future confirmation. My budget was ranging anywhere from a few hundred if I just wanted to do a casual project ("partscaster with a single pickup" as you put it) to a couple of grand if I knew I'd get something decent at the end of it. I just don't want to be the mug who spends 10 grand on parts to build a 2 grand guitar, if you get what I mean.
All things going well the end goal would be a fairly early second run Esquire (so yeah, basically the single pickup broadcaster, I just always liked the look). I have thought about things I could involve later to make use of the three position switch but I'd just start basic. 1950 Esquires are beautiful but I fear if I started on the path to build one of those I'd end up down the path of madness. I'll look into the vintera II neck, thanks for the help anon.

>>128075796
Man if you have the money build it right with the vintera neck and body. It’ll still be a long and fun project but you’ll end up with a guitar that plays amazing, sounds better, and you’ll be proud to show to everyone. You can still get an excellent period correct guitar with vintage pickups done for around 1500 which is half the price of a custom shop lefty esquire. If you build a cheap guitar you’re going to regret it later and always pine for what you actually want. I know, I’ve bought a lot of Mexican and import guitars. When you sit and stare at them you go man I should just sell it and get what I actually want.

>>128075757
https://youtu.be/4PkcfQtibmU?si=qDpcB9UV-6vSvOdI

>>128075796
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHVf4C2x_3g

Check this video out around the 50 minute mark. Mike campbell shows off his broadcaster that he used to record most of the tom petty catalog.

>>128075851
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHVf4C2x_3g

Are most ebony boards stained? Natural ebony almost never looks that dark

>>128075902
African ebony is pretty dark, but streaky cuts are frequently dyed and used anyway.

>>128075757
https://youtu.be/cgJE-UY0a5o?si=dX4h_ecsbQDX_gL-

>>128075927
Not him, but do ebony boards feel any different from maple or rosewood? I had ebony fretboards on my guitar growing up. I had a custom shop carvin telecaster with an ebony board back in the late 90s but I don't think I've played on many since then or really paid attention to it. My new guitar that's coming tomorrow has one though. Back in the day everyone ranted and raved about ebony fretboards over rosewood or maple.

>>128075902
>boards stained
They probably do. Especially acoustic players noticed that they stopped darkening them all the time. I'm just wondering if colouring it is that easy why they don't do it with shitty pau ferro, laurel or even bright rosewood as people would stop complaining all the time. I mean these newer materials are actually ugly and deserve all the hate. The results of people trying to darken those themselves weren't really good and the process is a pain in the ass. Guitar brands had it so much easier to dye them before fretting.

>>128076131
Maybe they find it looking unnatural on the more traditional models, I know metal brands do it all the time to achieve perfectly dark fretboards

>>128074718
anyone?

>>128070371 (OP)

How old were you when you grew up and came to the understanding (gnosis) that tone wood was the most important component in an electric guitar

>>128076026
Maple fretboards are usually finished. Even if they aren't, they're relatively smoother than rosewood. The smoothness wouldn't be really that much of a drag unless you have very low frets. I dunno how they compare to ebony fretboards never had em.

>>128074718
Is it a swimming pool route behind the pickguard? Routing for a floyd requires more precision than just making a hole that fits enough for a humbucker. You should do what you want with your guitar but an anonymous ni/gg/er like me would not advise doing it yourself if you're not competent with woodworking for the floyd.

>>128076131
I surmise they don't stain those fretboard woods you mentioned as they're usually substitutes for the typical fretboards on regular priced models. They don't want to add the additional labor time and cost for budget instruments.
>but why don't they on higher priced ones
I dunno I've only seen those new fretboards introduced usually with entry to mid range priced guitars over the past decade

bros i think i found my next guitar

>>128076745
Purdy

>>128076745
or maybe this

>>128076760
Only 10 years ago a deluxe Strat ran 1200 dollars. This is insane. Gibsons have actually become the more affordable option

***SHRED BED***
New feature:
>shred over this

https://voca.ro/1hXxujsd5FDh

THEME: law and order style intro
CHORDS: Esus4b7 in the right hand, bass in F# G# D

>>128076760
I prefer the Telecaster

>>128076809
>F#sus4b7

>>128076546
>entry to mid range priced guitars
Suhr is a cuck brand in general but charging 4500 bucks for a guitar with a pau ferro fretboard and basswood body is more than a fraud.

>>128076870
There is nothing wrong with pau ferro or basswood.

>>128076870
$4.60 isn't bad for a Schecter. I'll get a couple, I guess.

>>128076745
>>128076760
What about this?

>>128076870
I’ve never heard a suhr I like. I take that back I like the tele the guy that plays with Darryl hall has, but that’s the only one. I think Pete thorns suhrs sound like shit and so do that Ben eller cucks suhrs.

>>128076923
>chunky neck
>P90's
>24.75" scale length
>wraparound bridge

nah

>>128076943
>wraparound bridge
You can just restring it straight, there's no need to wrap it around

>>128076760
What currency is that?

>>128076891
Yeah, on a Squier for under 10% of that price.

>>128076805
>>128076987
>inc GST
I presume it is AUD, you can probably just about half the price for USD.

>>128076943
Okay, then I just have this to show you.

>>128077060
Oh I didn’t notice that.

>>128077121
All good, it jumps out more to Australians I think but I would suspect that is someone buying in dingodollars.

I have a new friend being delivered today.

When it comes I will come to this thread and say this: the eagle has landed. And he brought a friend.

Many will be jealous. Several will seethe. All will respect it though.

>>128077167
What is it anon?

>>128077209
An amp

>>128077350
It’s probably some piece of shit boutique amp that guitartubers are paid to shill

>>128076291
Don't mod beyond what's necesseary. Building a guitar or even buying a guitar for looks is gay as fuck.
Put a humbucker on the Charvel to play honest to God thrash metal. Use the spare body to build a whole other guitar.
If you want a floyd somewhere, buy a body that's already routed for, and buy a good floyd. Not a Jackson Special, not an Ibanez Edge ; either a Schaller or an Official Floyd.

>>128077167
what is it

>>128076805
>>128077060
>>128077121
>>128077133
its some kinda third worlded money like banana leaves or something

They're seething knowing the eagle could strike at any moment.

>>128077467
I don’t really care bro. It could be a dumble and it wouldn’t affect me in the slightest.

>>128077476
i care
>>128077467
WHAT IS IT

>>128077467
Yep

>>128077422
>it's probably some boutique amp that I cannot afford
FIFY

if its a booteek amp i cant afford im gonna be real mad

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

They're not playing it for real, right? Is it just a montage?

>>128077629
cringe

>>128077629
>meteoro
-_-

>>128077629
This is Ken Sugma with Sugma guitar shop. We're ready to move forward with a sponsorship here.

>>128077629
>105k subs
yeah we're finished

>>128077742
its third worldeds so its the 3/5ths rule

>>128075902
There are different species of ebony. Gabon ebony is jet black, Macassar ebony has blonde streaks.

>>128076809
https://vocaroo.com/166BZhmyLWYI
Cold first take, I'll try a better one some other time when I'm warmed up and a divine wind blows (up my arse)
Not much shred out of the fear of unfamiliarity and shitting the bed kek - already fucked up with the G there and then some

>>128078181
sounds very vai, nice
>>128078130
yeah this was weird to learn that theres like a bazillion different species of tree that are completely different but get called “rosewood” for instance

>>128076931
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1iZlD_7Wo

>>128076931
I think the john suhr standard is a very handosme guitar desu
the scraped wood binding and that deep sg style stained red really pop

>>128076931
I don't think Guthrie (Trapp, not Govan) plays a Suhr, does he?

>$4.5k for a tranny red guitar
oof. i'm not feeling so suhr about this one, lads

>>128078328
its funny too because suhr is the “we put stainless frets on our guitars first!” brand yet the John Suhr siggy has nickel frets lol

>>128076931
>>128078318
Oops I got Hall mixed up with Oates.

>>128078344
>5,000
>don't get stainless frets
who would pay that much for a strat

>>128078364
i dunno i would if it was the right strat
i love this black paisley custom shop strat for instance

has the eagle landed yet?

>>128078392
looks good and i like the specs but i guess i just don't see where the money is going compared to an acoustic. unless that finish is hand painting or something

>>128078485
iirc they get white paisley fabrics and then paint over it, its got a beautiful texture to it
they did a run of them from fender Japan a few years back that go for a much more reasonable price that im terribly tempted to get and replace the pick guard with a white one

>>128075373
Nice, been following your blogposting and unironically im thinking about getting one of them chameleon guitars.

>>128075373
im excited for you anon like >>128078538 said i read your posts and appreciate them

Has the eagle landed yet?

>>128078253
I think this is more common with tree species than expected. Mahogany is that way.

>>128078253
Nicely done. I’d say there would be virgins on this board, but their ears have been satisfyingly penetrated with this excellent tune.SUPERB
>he even hit the G spot

SLIME SCORE: 9.25/10

I’ll have to add some more chord changes and sections for the next SHRED BED.

>who’s next

>>128075179
don't drop gems in the slop

>>128078599
ik this is meant for >>128078181 but id participate if i wasnt so busy atm
maybe later

Art Bell here. Under the Rockies. Your on the air. Let's hear some riffs. Live coverage on the Eagle this night. Hoping for a soft landing. Over and out. All secure in sector 7

>>128078618
hey fart smell, is your refrigerator running

>>128078647
Caller please turn down your radio.

>>128078618
long time second time art, its a diddy I’ve been tooling around with for a while
could be some touching gay shit inflected out like delilah or something
https://voca.ro/1jlxFs4YN558

Hey be nice to Art

>photoflame veneer top :/
>paisley paper top :D

The eagle isn’t doing shit to the rooster.

Currently remote viewing the Eagle. All I can detect is an amber coloured aura in a dark cave. It seems to be cloaked by the courier. Cant get a read on it too much static. I will attempt a tacti

>>128078694
hmmm

>>128078694
Keep us posted

>>128078253
>>128078599
dhanyavaad saars
Yeah it would be cool to keep this going, it's fun

>>128078678
one is trying to pretend to be something it’s not, the other just is what it is

which phaser takes the cake?
>mxr p90
>boss ph-2
>marshall regenerator

>>128078678
Paisleys are paper?

>>128078752
phase 90

>>128078752
whichever one has the truest bypass. tone is in the fingers

He went ro/gg/ue, sisters. He breached tartarus. He's making a run for the Eagle. He's intercepting it on the astral plain.

>>128078664
Subliminal messaging

https://voca.ro/1h8aOVSCmif6

>y’know it’s been a while since I had a Big Mac

>>128078737
Will do. I have a backlog of tunes spanning all genres and plenty of instruments to choose from. I’ll see what I can do in the next thread with a [SURPRISE] instrument.

>>128078664
Very nice caller.

Sisters...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwymTXFsfR4

Radar picking up anomalies. Stand down, Obsidian. They aren't playing around. Eagle low on fuel, over. Eject astral plain over.

>>128078843
reminder that during this call Arts radio station got knocked off air for like an hour
https://youtu.be/upADHNA4AIQ
Cohencidence?

>>128078886
>>128078886
>>128078886
Laaaaast post!

>>128078759
Yeah it’s wallpaper

>>128073048
>>128073165
i believe they are called "boxer" strats. the "sherwood green" color is pretty fly.

>Sweetwater rep calls you frantically, in the middle of the night claiming to be breaching a mainframe facility
These guys are unhinged

>>128072738
>Only specials and juniors seem to have it
Yeah. My Special doesn't have it

I'm thinking of buying a fender