Thread 128361596

"The tone is in the 5,600$ smackaroos" edition

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SCALES:
https://www.all-guitar-chords.com/scales

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

are PRS worth the price, or is like the iPhone where I can get the same quality in other brands for less money?

MANDATORY VIEWING:
https://youtu.be/7k_A8GhN0L8
https://youtu.be/sNzJjlV1TOA

>>128361596 (OP)
my butt is fartin'

It’s okay if you play metal, we were all 14 once too.

>>128361620
you could just a cheap se. if you’re worrying about value for the money at the $500 range you might not have much room for being discriminatory. are pse guitars better than an equivalent fender/gibson? no they sound different because of the scale length and where the pickups are located

>>128361620
Was literally just watching a vid on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9_0XJaoIS4
TL:DW for anything that isn't ceramic, it doesn't matter if you doing anything that's even mildly high-gain, it looks like his harley benton (abt 260$) kept pace with the PRS in the blind tests he did at the guitarist youtuber meetup.
I have a crap EART with PAF clones and I actually like it's tone just as much as my MiJ les paul with SD jd/sh's in it fwiw, despite it being 1/3rd the price.

>>128361620
They're worth every penny. Don't let the poors convince you otherwise.

>>128360945
JHS Bonsai and Packrat underwhelmed me, but the flight delay is worth every cent for the reverse delay and ability to add chorus and tremolo to the delay.

[... Scene...]
The GC (guitar center) manager steps into the mans office. It's downtown, dark room. Blinds drawn. He steps carefully to the seat. "We got people coming in and they say the guitars aren't tuned. No free picks. Cables too short, or none at all. We got families coming in and you let them down? What are we gonna do about this? Say you get off your shift and Johnny from the old neighborhood is having car trouble. It gets dark earlier now... Say someone broke the lights in the parking lot. Real dark. Pitch black. Maybe you fall funny and Johnny has to bring you to the hospital, yeah? He's a nice guy after all. Or you could tune the fucking guitars every couple hours. You got it?".

He nodded, knowing the man was right...


---
The gc manager leaves and the Sweetwater rep pulls off his rubber mask of the GC regional manager. "That will rattle his cage heh heh heh". He carefully unwraps his 8 ball and gets to it.

EL34 > 6L6

sincerely hope none of you guys plug your guitars into your computers or pedals with computer chips
enjoy have your songs stolen

>>128361620
Maybe the high end ones but the budget line is going to be on par with the asiatic made guitars like Squier and Standard Fenders. If I’m spending more than $1500 on a guitar in this year of our lord 2025, it’s going to be made by nimble little Japanese fingers with uncanny Japanese precision you just don’t get on American (Mexican) models these days.

>>128361883
Based Luddite take. This but unironically. I record via a Fostex tape machine inside a faraday cage.

>>128361620
Yes. You get what you pay for, core series PRS go through dozens of quality control stages and are built in America. I have several and very few of my other guitars match the fit, finish, rock solid stability, sound and playability of my PRS, the only one that comes to mind off the top of my head is my Ibanez J Custom. Keep in mind I do not buy garbage and all of my guitars are excellent, the PRS are just one notch above. You don't need a guitar like that to enjoy playing guitar or to make music, and you're not compromising "tone" by not having a PRS, but you're paying for peace of mind and things like properly cut nuts and properly sanded and radiused fingerboards and properly crowned frets, it's very rare that a core series PRS has issues with any of these plus they look and sound great.

>>128361695
I wouldn't take advice from anyone who looks, sounds and acts like this fat fucking pig. Glenn Fricker needs a shower, a haircut and about a year's worth of hard labour in Auschwitz before I care about what he says, not because his appearance is an affront to my visual sensibilities (though it is) but because this motherfucker doesn't even have the dignity to make himself look vaguely human in form at the same time as he's telling people to buy and play the made in Asia shit tier garbage poverty guitars like there's no difference (there is, large time). Have some pride in yourself and just save up for a few months longer to get a real Fender, Gibson or PRS and stop coping.

>>128361714
Unfortunately this, the poors will be out in defence saying PRS is overrated, etc. In some ways they are, these days you can get a lot of guitar for a lot less money. On the other hand, if you can comfortably afford to pay for quality, don't be afraid to do so. They're great. Nothing bad to say about 'em except I wish they'd bring back the Custom 22 and I wish they'd add hardtail options to the 24 and 22.

Are electric guitars easier to play? Ive only ever played acoostick guitars

>>128361931
Shouldn't you be finishing reading through due-diligence docs right now mr. lawyer?
The age of overpriced meme crap is over, the era of cheap GOD-TIER geetars has begun.
Also if you don't like his methods why don't you post up with spectrum readings on waveforms from different pickups and guitars then?

pigfucker poorfags didn't like that at all lmao

>>128362036
notice how they never post guitars of their own out of shame. justasgood though!

>>128361974
in all aspects yes

>>128362036
I don’t like the way prs guitars look and I really don’t like the people that play them. they’re good guitars tho

>tfw I spent more time looking for a tone than practicing
I'm honestly starting to think I don't trust my own ears. I know it happens to everyone, but can't help but feel disappointed.

>>128362197
This is why having a single channel master vol amp is the best thing you can do for yourself. Quick turning knobs and just play the guitar.

>>128362246
Quit*, although quickly turning them to get back to playing is also acceptable

>>128361695

>Hahaha it doesn't matter if you use high gain

What about for grownups? You know for people that actually want to hear music not hide behind pedals and screaming vocalists.

>>128362197
Unless you’re using a digital modeler you probably just don’t like your amp. An amp you like with a guitar you like should be almost flat

>>128362273
no no no you see, metal is gay and poverty planks are perfectly fine if not BETTER than more expensive guitars but only when using metal as an example. this is the poorfag paradox

>>128362197
>looking for a tone
Just buy an amp.

i boughted guitar

>>128362273
>Totality of pickup characteristics nullified when played through an EXPENSIVE, NON-SHIT TUBE AMP/SPEAKER combo and EQ'd
>Gay ni/gg/ers find news to cope and complain that it akschually doesn't count because all the doctor blueslawyers are akschually playing with JCM-120 clean tones to sold out stadiums
Cope harder you fag-ass bitches

Gearsissies, our response?

I bought a Ibanez axs32 for $50 (pic isn’t mine but it’s the same model) someone replaced the pickups with epiphone ones
Do you think I should put Duncan 59’s or cream dimarzio super distortions into it?

I’m going to sand the chrome finish of the pickguard and replace the knobs

>>128362640
EART will be the end of us
I'm going to guitar center to trade in my Gibson custom shop murphy lab grade 5 giga-aged rn (right now)

FART guitars

>>128362692
>It's over

>>128362288
Lmao. Wrong

>>128362317
Sup nigga. You like that danzig?

What's the deal with gear poster? Sure... Sure... They enjoy looking up potential buys. Who doesn't? But they share what they are looking up! Yes, I'm serious! They do this all the time... It's like enjoying a chapter of a book and posting a screenshots of the pages. Reposting the daily farm report on nextdoor.com just for redundancy. Now I'm a pretty dull guy. But these people are driven to a frenzy watching paint dry. How dull can someone get? Am I wrong?

>>128361596 (OP)
https://youtu.be/H-9qltTkvzg?list=RDf4dndkH9Y_w
I DONT play but youtubes suggested this but its kino

>>128362738
buy a better amp

With Gibson, there's the Les Paul Standard, Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Classic, Les Paul Studio, or SGs and ES-335 and all that.

Then with Fender, they don't really have one definitive guitar on sale. It's like a flurry of parts.

>make progress
>progress seems to stop for two days
>fuck this shit did I really even progress at all
>next day huge improvement
Funny

>>128362757
Is Thelonious the greatest keys player of all time?

>>128362819
jacob collier could reharmonize circles of fifths around him

>>128362830
I doubt it

>>128362288
admittedly I'm using a valeton gp5. I think I'm just in a bad mood. Yesterday what I had sounded great. Today it just sounds shit. I think I'm just having a pic related moment.

>create a backing track for youth of the nation
>sounds like shit when i play it
I even added delay and reverb, yet it sounds bad. I also suck at playing it or the tab I used is wrong. Man, I was so hyped, but now I'm the opposite of hyped... whatever that is. I don't ever want to play guitar again.

>>128362911
I had an amp that just couldn’t get any good tone out of it. I thought about running pedals or changing pickups but I just got a better amp. they all color the sound in different ways even with flat eq and drive circuits always sound different at low levels.

>>128362830
The guy who had to reinvent the guitar because he was too stifled by muh theory? Sure thing bub

>boughted guitar
>boughted

>>128361596 (OP)
This reminds me that I almost bought a custom 24 10 top in whale blue employee guitar with roasted mahogany neck last year but I couldn’t get my bank to process the 3000 dollar debit transaction. My daily limit was 2500 and reverb would not allow me to split the payment. Now I don’t even own a guitar. What a shame

>>128362687
why do people hype these things up they look like ass and the name is temu tier

if Jimmy Page were alive today he would use a Squier Sonic Mustang (HH), ernie ball 9's and a 50 watt BOSS KATANA combo

>eart makes +1k guitars

Huh

https://eartguitar.com/collections/eart-custom-shop

>>128363114
Jimmy Page is alive today bruh

>>128363101
poorfags are very easily swayed by youtuber shill campaign propaganda

>>128363114
Jimmy page died?

>>128363118
Bro I don’t give a fuck if eart is the best guitar on the planet, I’m not playing something called an “eart.”

>>128363101
I nutted up and bought their strandberg clone
was actually just as decent as the 14 different youtube videos said. Pups are a bit woofy but the neck feels amazing and it's handy, great as my desk guitar so far, and saved me from buying a squier CV with ceramic chinese niggertoe pickups

>>128363067
>debit transaction
they saved you the embarrassment of missing out on up to 5% cash back with a cc that also offers buyer protection + other benefits. checking accounts are for paying off (in full) cc statements and nothing more.

>>128362986
I've been looking for an amp locally. I think I'll find something near Christmas. The gp5 is just nice to have if I have to travel and want to practice. I couldn't pass it up when it was only $60 plus it works as an audio interface, so it'll be useful to record some demos.

>>128363114
He'd play a Telecaster like he always did.

>>128363163
this guy balance transfers to 0% interest cards (fucks)

Guitar aficionado secrets:
>get the amp up off the floor to be navel height, or in a kick-back stand at least
>play 11s or greater
>dial the amp in and use the volume and tone knobs on the guitar
>lefty loosey, righty tighty

>>128363173
I feel that. I’m really considering just getting a little modeler box to take with me where I can plug into a pa and to record at home and just leave a 1x12 or 2x10 cab at my practice space

>>128362813
This happened to me today also

>>128363219
NTA but I bought a boss ir2 a few months ago and fucking love it. 150 on reverb. And you can buy different IR models online that allow you to dial in pretty much any sound you could ask for. I jam out in the basement with my headphones before work while the wife and kids are sleeping upstairs. Highly recommended.

I have a question: when I create a chord progression & strumming pattern on guitar do all other instruments in the song follow along and build off of that or do they do their own thing?

>made a few tracks by finding the root of a guitar sample with bass
>offer for peavey was accepted
Good fucking day

>>128363315
Generally they follow that
You've created the harmony and chord progression that is the skeleton of the song, everyone follows/builds off that

>>128363315
doing their own thing almost never happens. even when you have polyrhythms and counterpoint melodies or even something like jazz where it seems like everyone is in their own world they are still listening and working within the confines of the original rhythm and harmony. this is why it’s important to practice your timing and not have a meltie when someone plays something other than a quarter note

>>128363354
>>128363418
I still don't understand the difference between melody and harmony but oh well.
Aside from that, say I want a solo from a saxophone before the acoustic comes in - the sax player would still follow what I've created since I would've played it for him?
Also, what other instruments are used to build the chord structure of a song besides guitar and piano?

>>128363574
>melody and harmony
Harmony is two or more sounds together. Either two or more instruments or just the notes on your guitar too in order to make a chord.
A melody is a song in general..sans the lyrics. The hummable bit.

>>128363418
>>128363354
NTA but what if the instrument you used to write the chord progression drops out of the song during the bridge for example?

>>128363163
Oh no I missed out on 50 bucks from the credit Jew. Credit cards are for shabbos goyim.

>>128363574
shew man that’s a lot of deep questions. think of harmony as everything in the background, chords, chord progressions etc. melody is just kind of what’s happening on top of it in the foreground like vocals solos etc. I don’t know what you mean before the acoustic comes in, like the saxophone by himself and nothing in the background or what? but yeah typically he’s going to play a collection of notes that generally fit the key of the song. they don’t all have to be notes in the key that’s how you create tension. But I highly recommend reading into the difference between a key center and a tonal center. the bass is actually the largest contributor to the harmony than any other instrument. You could also consider the piano because it can play in the same register but it’s essentially just filling the role of the bass. the bass is creating the fundamental harmony, all the chords on piano and guitar are just voicing it. that’s why bass players have to be a lot better than everyone else because if they fuck up you’ll not only hear it but feel it

>>128363619
doesn’t matter. Look up tonal center. I can imply a C chord by soloing in a C-centered scale as long as I occasionally resolve on the C. when a really good guitar solo hits a funky note and you feel a big emotion attached to it that’s because it changed the tonal center (that’s not always true but hitting a funky note briefly isn’t very impactful)

>>128363609
>>128363634
Thank you.

>>128363620
Spoken like an ignorant poorfag. Imagine getting gamed by the system instead of being the one gaming it.

Melody is why we meme that rap isn't music. None or very little melodies in the entire genre, and when it does exists, it's a sample of a better song.
I would go further and say a lot of metal doesn't have melodies either. Old school heavy metal did, Thrash and groove metal did most of the time too. After that, it's all shit and no better than rap. Drummers dominate the genre and modern metal guitarists are cucks to the drummer.

My knockoff strings and cables are breaking 2 electric boogaloo often. The chickens have come home.

Marshall Plexi style amp (SV20) for edge of breakup clean tones or Deluxe Reverb?
Help me decide, I like them both..

>>128363619
also as long as the bass is still there that’s the bare minimum you need for “harmony”. doesn’t matter if all the chordal instruments drop out

Count me in as a refunder.
Took back a pretty Spanish guitar because the top wasn't up to my liking.
Maybe it's for the best. I felt like such a poser with a nice guitar like that. I think I'll resort back to being the low class American I am and stick to steel strings for fingerstyle.

>>128363715
You'll get breakup sooner on the Marshall. Both are loud as fuck despite 20 watts.

>>128363715
Marshall

>>128363726
>refunded
based
>being self-conscious about owning nice things
not based. just think of all the 59 bursts and pre war martins hanging on some boomers wall that don’t even get played

>>128363645
Is resolving on the tonal center more of what you feel like it is or is there some theory behind this?

>>128363715
wut guitar?

>>128363726
>I dont deserve nice things
bitchass

>>128363786
I have a Les Paul with '60s PAF's and a Strat with '50s alnico single coils. I play them both equally desu

>>128363772
>not based. just think of all the 59 bursts and pre war martins hanging on some boomers wall that don’t even get played
I'd feel less insecure about those desu. I play rock and folky stuff. I'm not Segovia. I wish I was. I don't even know how to read music. I just sort of fake my way playing stuff that kind of sounds classical. Or kind of Arab like. It felt really good though. Maybe I'll get a cheaper nylon string.

>>128363779
depends. when I practice composing I just go entirely on what I feel and that usually ends up changing the tonal center once or twice. sometimes just to minor but in the same key. that’s the secret to modes that YouTubers don’t understand. when they play all the modes back to back you’re like wow that’s the same scale but it just starts one degree higher. the magic is when you resolve on the new scale degree and change the tonal center during the solo. you can totally stay on the 1 for your entire solo and it will work, but resolving is kind of like putting a period on a musical phrase so you can start a new one

>>128363825
also resolving isn’t the only way to change the tonal center, you can pedal on a note or just repeat it until you feel like it’s worked. hard to explain cause I’m still kind of figuring this shit out on my own but you know when you’re practicing a scale or something and you hit the wrong note and it sounds off? that’s because in your mind you’re expecting something in that key because a tonal center has been established to you.

>>128363654
Paying interest is not gaming the system, you’re just willingly participating in usury

>>128363856
the real secret is theres no such thing as a key

tip for new axe slingers:
stick a piece of bologna down the front of your jeans so it hangs over your belt buckle. this'll stop you from scratchin' up your instrument

>>128363886
based avant-gardener. I really like victor wootens approach to music theory

I think the schizo is off their meds again

No we’re not. Teehee

>>128363892
will pickle and pimento loaf work?

there are no wrong notes just notes that are out of context if you play a wrong note you can make it correct with the right sequence following the note.
even the most dissonant clashing sounds can be put into perspective with the right horizontal composition.

>>128364174
rip miles davis

>>128363328
which bullets can I shoot my telecaster with to improve the tone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kanbpbPdeQI
Can someone tell me the strumming pattern for this song? I'm having a hard time with it

>>128364298
sorry no i don't play guitar

goes andertons do guitar set ups?

Phase 90, Maxon OD 808. Russian Bigmuff. Simple as.

thumbs up

>>128364356
don’t see it listed on their website. guess they need a license for that

>Intonation off by 3 cents
>Rocksmith refuses to pick up any note or bend past the 12th fret
>Re-intonate
>intonation settles back to prior point
MFW

>>128363886
how do I unlock doors?

p90s are great, but they can be barky and not quite crunch in a worse set up amp.

>cobra burst
>not jfs tribute
dropped

>>128364492
no locked doors no windows barred

>>128364174
wise advice anon

https://voca.ro/13g0DTvb8tcm

>>128363176
Why did Jimmy get on the LP train?

>>>128360902
Here you go, extended it a bit
https://vocaroo.com/1nkQoCRqdrVN

>>128364356
They mention in their vids that they have a plek machine, I'm sure they do

>>128364633
lol very Lynchian

Whatever happened to slime? Was out here for more than a week

>>128364588
>not disabling all of window's spyware bloat
I'll stick to key encryption, kid

>>128364987
Didn't he have a black Custom when he was a teenager?

Was there ever a definitive answer on this? I haven't gotten to play a jumbo but dreadnoughts sound big and loud and jumbos look goofy as FUCK

>>128364987
He actually had a Les Paul Custom before the Telecaster but it was stolen, and the Telecaster he had was given to him by Jeff Beck to replace his stolen Telecaster. Then Joe Walsh sold the Les Paul he would be most famously recognized by. Technically he had a Les Paul first but he continued to use his Telecaster for a lot of lead parts in the studio.

>>128365062
>to replace his stolen Telecaster
*to replace his stolen Les Paul

>>128365054
I like my jumbo over my dreads

>>128365054
Martin OM is peak optimal body shape.

>>128365083
>t.

>>128362197
slap yourself out of it
fucking add addled brain

>>128365108
blue is not a musical colour

>>128365145
i beg to differ

>>128362539
congrats man!

reminds me of my old spector legend 5 custom I sold a long time ago

essential for mavigating /gg/

>>128365136
>>128365169
>>128365209
>>128365286
I post these to twitter and take credit, just FYI
Keep up the splendiferous work

>>128365334
good for you anon. maybe if you get popular enough elon will save you from the labour camps in a few weeks or so

>>128363857
you pay 0 interest so long as its paid off before the next billing cycle , pinhead
if youre paying interest on credit cards youre literally doing it wrong

Whoa

https://voca.ro/1i81WvkEmJtp

>>128361596 (OP)
Do PRS SE's have actual flamed maple tops, even if of lower quality, or is that just a laminate/sticker or whatever?

>>128365530
they’re all like 1/8” veneer. it’s real wood just as thin as they can get away with.

Flamed and quilted tops are for posers, respectfully

>>128365607
I like figuring but I don’t like it super aggressive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtH68PJIQLE

Can Grimes shred? I bet she can.

How old were you when you realized your guitars reflect you?

>>128365675
Guitars will reflect anything if they're shiny enough

>>128365675
60

>>128365681
They don't reflect love.

>>128365675
16

>>128362539
Very cool anon. Do you like it?

>>128365334
The Copyright Act of 1976, enacted on October 19, 1976, as Public Law 94-553, established the foundational framework for current U.S. copyright law, codified in Title 17 of the United States Code.
It was a comprehensive revision of the previous copyright law, superseding the Copyright Act of 1909, and went into effect on January 1, 1978.
The Act extended copyright protection to all original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, whether published or unpublished, once they are fixed.
It granted authors a nontransferable, nonwaivable right to recapture their copyrights 35 years after their transfer, a provision designed to balance creators' rights with commercial interests.

A significant innovation of the 1976 Act was the codification of the fair use doctrine for the first time in federal law, explicitly allowing the use of copyrighted works for criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, though the defense is not limited to these purposes.
The Act also established a new term of copyright protection for new works, extending it to the life of the author plus 50 years, replacing the previous system of a fixed term with a renewal period.
For works created before 1978 but not published or registered before 1978, the standard term of protection is also life of the author plus 70 years, though Congress provided an incentive for publication by ensuring these works would not expire before 2048 if published before 2003.

The Act also addressed new technologies by granting the right to perform a sound recording by means of digital audio, a right added later by the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995.
It clarified the rights of owners of lawfully made copies or phonorecords, allowing them to sell or otherwise dispose of their possession without the copyright owner's authority, and permitted public display of a copy by projection to viewers present at the location.
The Act also established

Got one of those coiled guitar cables at a local music store today. It was an impulse buy as I was walking out with my Gibson custom shop Les Paul. Cost 8k. The guitar lol. The cable was 150 dollars.

>>128365831
Okay

>>128365780
You guys seein this??

>90% of my playing is unplugged electric strumming
>Want to buy a new electric guitar instead of an acoustic
Bros...

>>128365961
Dude do you not have a trip?

lets say you found a mint condition guitar (30 years old, still has the plastic on the pickguard)
and you really want it
but if you get it, you'd have to tighten up your budget for a month, would you?
im so fucking conflicted man, i KNOW i will regret letting this one go. But it would mean a tight budget for a month and if my boiler or something like that shit the bed I'd be fucked (i would have to use credit for any emergency expenses)

>>128366061
>spending a month eating ramen just to have a guitar from the 90s
that's gonna be a yikes from me dawg

just spent 3k on a guitar, amp, cab and a reverb/delay pedal despite only being somewhere between a beginner and intermediate skill level and not having played for like 10 years. im gonna regret this arent i? at least theres a 30 day money back guarantee...

>>128366096
That's basically nothing for a full rig. Don't worry about it.

I think Ill buy 2 cheap Jackson Dinky's for D standard and Drop C fun. Ive got nothing to lose

>>128366074
yeah its fucking stupid isnt it
ill save a month or two and if i find something like it again ill jump on it.

>>128361629
can
't heat too much of a difference between Swamp Ash and Mahogany.
but the Alder was different and I didn't love the difference.

>>128366134
can't, not:
can
't

fml

>>128366128
yeah unless it’s your dream guitar. I wouldn’t consider anything from the 90s vintage and everything made in the 70s and 80s sucks. if you want a good investment buy a vintage reissue now and put honest playwear on it

I'm buying a classical guitar to play renaissance lute music
Can you play renaissance guitar music on one as well? Why do people seem to use the ukulele more often?

Should i get the mid range Revstar with bumhuckers or PRS SE? No tremolo on revstar, so thats one plus/minus. If revstar, black or the blue one with go-fast-stripes?

>catpcha: PRPRS
hmm, hinting at things

my fart is buttin'

>>128366215
Btw any tips for buying a used classical guitars?

>>128366219
Revstar is a pro-level, do everything well instrument. You could sell all your gear and use that and a Line6 Pod and be ahead of everyone pre2005 in terms of tone. It's the guitar golden age.

>>128364633
smooth sound my guy

jets are heating up

>need to go to bed
>been playing guitar for the last four hours
>playing along (poorly) with Jeff Beck’s Wired
>just goofing around and figuring stuff out by ear
>guitar stuff is put away, I’m in bed now
>can’t stop listening to Wired
When I’m not playing I’m thinking about playing, when I’m not thinking about playing I’m listening to something that makes me think about playing

>>128364308
i think you could do better than what you've presented here you should equalize the volumes better

>>128366362
equalize these nuts in your mouth

>>128361620
Even the SE's are better than most (not all) guitars. And it's apparent, just holding it.

>>128362539
Looks nice, whatever it is.

if it's DOD it's GOD

DOD?
more like SHIT

Guitar
>BC Rich Mockingbird 10,000 dollars or higher

guitar > splitter > nine (9) Crate gx 65 combos in 3 by 3 square

>>128365198
Thanks! Black stain is a nice finish on those, do you miss it?
>>128366403
it's a Spector Icon
>>128365728
I'm enjoying it so far. The aguilar pups sound good and it feels and plays amazing

its' up

https://youtu.be/SkCbRgezWco

>>128366219
Those black revstars look badass, and I'm not even a fanboy.

>>128362539
woa

>>128366861
It seems I was so much happier with a cheap Crate and beater back in the day. How do I go back?

>>128366700
we can never go back to those halcyon days

After I graduated from my shitty amp, I put the speaker in my (shitty) first car. I wasn't bumpin' like gangsters, but that actually worked pretty well. I guess a cheap guitar speaker is still better than the typical car speakers.

strat pak more liek strat scat (cuz its shit)

>>128367037
I'm sorry son, but you can't

>>128367065
just about anything is better than stock car speakers desu

Is a Dinky model too small for 6'4"?

>>128367133
cmon bro im right in the middle of my set
https://voca.ro/1dYr9QLrW5sG

>>128367148
Is that a Ukrainian or Russian folk tune?

>>128367166
neither its American and its about 10 minutes old at this point

>>128367184
i thought it sounded more like indonesian folk music

I'm glad yamaha has moved on from those fat SG2000 to more modern designs (yes ik santana used to play them, still ugly as fuck)

>>128367133
its the same body size as an Ibanez rg
>>128367209
i think they look cool but admittedly never played one

>>128367209
I think those had a big brass piece in the center. Easily can go over 10 lbs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFGA2HbCa0A

Instead of returning the yamaha to GC, I'll just sell it to another store. I didnt pay a dime for it so any money i get for it will be good.

did you lock in your order yet?

>>128365453
Who cares? I refuse to participate in Jewish social credit systems and usury no matter if I’m coming out on top or not. It’s the principle. You don’t see Dave Ramsay with a boat load of credit cards trying to stack cash back shekels do you? No, because he knows they’re evil and the banks who supply them are evil. If you don’t have cash you don’t buy it, period. They want you to feel all warm and secure and think you’re “gaming the system” until you’re on your ass because laquisha got you fired and you rack up 50 grand in credit card debt floating yourself to your next job, or have a major problem with your house or whatever you can’t afford to fix. And you go ohhh I’ll just swipe my card and pay it later, boom stuck in and endless cycle of debt. No thanks. Not worth it, don’t care. Not going to convince me otherwise. Fuck Jews

>>128367460
Nah I'd consider one if it was half the price, especially when I mostly use the middle position these days

Yeah I’m not buying the Les Paul studio this morning because my car is now making a popping noise in the passenger front wheel / suspension area as well as the clicking and clunking noise in the driver front wheel wheel / suspension area. I am taking the car into a highly rated shop here in town at 1pm who told me they would *for sure* figure out where the noises are coming from and be able to fix them. This will be the fourth mechanic I’ve taken the car to and none of the previous ones have fixed the noise.

It’s basically a metallic clicking I hear when I’m driving on rough roads / over expansion joints in concrete. It doesn’t happen when I hit bumps or go over speed bumps / curbs. I’ve already replaced inner and outer tie rods, stabilizer bar and links, both control arms. Strut towers were replaced last year and look fine. Wheel hubs, wheel bearings and cv joints were replaced in July. I honestly have no fucking clue because everything “looks” fine underneath the car but it definitely doesn’t sound fine when I drive it. The only two possibilities I can think of are the retard who sold me the car drove it into a ditch and damaged the strut towers internally, or it’s the engine / transmission mount. But I guess we’ll see what this shop says because he told me with 100% confidence they would find the source of the noises. Hopefully it doesn’t cost me several thousand dollars to fix.

>>128362273
That just means you are autistic ;^)

>>128363857
Thanks for proving my point about you being financially illiterate. Educate yourself.

>>128367635
Yeah. Also a bunch of pixels went dead on my main monitor and Costco is going to refund me even though it’s over a year old which is based. I’m going to take advantage of some Black Friday deals and upgrade it to a 280hz oled for a couple hundred more. Worst case I’ll have to order a Revstar in a week or two for 800 shipped on sweetwater.

>>128367662
Not him but it doesn’t matter how educated you think you are, you’re still a willing participant in a Jewish usury game. You are literally a shabbos goyim. Sometimes following a strict moral code means you lose out on material things like money and status. You’re not going to convince me that I should violate that code just because I’ll get a couple shekels back from the synagogue of Satan every month.

>>128367564
>If you don’t have cash you don’t buy it, period
Holy retard. You use cash to pay off CC's before the month is over, thereby never paying interest. You don't swipe a CC unless you have the cash to pay it off immediately. You then funnel that cash-back % into a brokerage or high yield savings account where it immediately starts earning interest. In other words, I get paid to use credit cards without ever paying a cent of interest. Leave free money on the table all you want, but don't pretend to have this shit figured out, because you have an elementary understanding of it.
>dave ramsey
Proving my point. Only retards go into debt with credit, other people leverage it and use it as a supplemental wealth generator. If you already have $10mil in the bank like Ramsey, by all means follow his lead. He's so out of touch with the current state of finance its unbelievable he still has a platform. But I guess there are still enough mouth breathers out there that need to be told to stop spending more than they have.

>>128367671
>changing my mind
>having to pay 7000 dollars to repair a 4000 dollar car over the last 2 weeks.
Being forced to spend my money on things I’d rather not is not changing my mind it’s called life and it’s stressing me the fuck out if we’re being honest. I’d love nothing more than to have my stadium xl and charvel back.

>>128367708
I know how fucking credit cards work, dumbass. I don’t believe in them or the Jewish bankers that peddle them. Go fuck your self and your 2% cash back shekels.

>>128367724
Not your blog dude, are you going to be here seething about your car for the next week?

>>128367708
You’re quite literally failing to understand that I know how credit cards and payment cycles work I’m just unwilling to participate in shabbos goyim activities. I literally don’t give a fuck how much free money you get back, it’s dirty money obtained by way of zionist usury. Enjoy your satanic bonus shekels, I’ll keep my morals.

>>128367747
Nope I’m leaving. Actually probably going to give up on buying a guitar or playing music ever again. It’s obviously not in the cards for me.

>>128367731
>"I know how credit cards work"
>mentioned $50k in debt in his last post
>"swipe the card to get by after job loss"
You're not even having the same conversation that I am lmao. I could not work for at least 5 years without changing anything about my lifestyle just on savings alone, thanks in large part due to compounding interest earned from rewards. It you have recurring bills every month, using cash to pay for them is retarded. By all means, practice your virtues though, I wont shame you for that, and I'm being genuine when I say that.

>>128366952
Kinda like the blue one too

>>128367770
Damn I need to learn these skillz.

>>128367762
Just uh, save money for a month or two? Selling a car and then rushing to spend every penny immediately was a very impulsive decision that was never going to end well.

>>128367770
Nobody gives a fuck faggot this is guitar general not finance bro brag about your credit cards and savings general.

>>128367774
Yeah, I could go with that. These threads have warmed me up to Revstars. Kinda ignored them before.

>>128366219
Don’t buy the black one, I’m buying the black one.

>>128367796
I've never plaed one, but people seem to agree that they are very well made for the price, and I've warmed up to the shape. Stainless steel fretes for sub 700€ is really rare.

>>128367796
The swift blue looks really bright in person. Personally I’d go for either vintage white or maybe the new sonic blue color instead.

>>128367614
I FUCKING CALLED IT >>128356748

>>128367807
I played a used one at guitar center a few months back and it was immaculate. No idea if the guy had any fret work or setup done, but it felt, played and sounded as good as any guitar I’ve played at any price point. The inlays look great in person. Only thing I’d personally do is upgrade the bridge and tuners. But I’d do that on a Gibson as well.

>>128367898
Nobody got scammed, Jose.

would you try one out?

>ytbois still simping over the Matteo Mancuso’s meme guitar

You'll learn.

https://youtu.be/Rhip7zqzYoM

>>128367915
Nope. Looks like shit and must be extremely uncomfortable to play.

revstars are for folks that cant afford a sg

>>128367922
>posts video of some hapa instagram funk guitarist
Nobody is buying revstars because of that shitalian, anyway.

>>128367933
Revstars are based on Les pauls, not sg’s.

>>128367933

Correct take. There's a certain poster in this thread doing damage control after falling for the revstar meme.

They won't be happy.

>>128367915

The tele could get it if it had a lawuered maple neck.

>>128367973
Not even remotely correct. Revstars have the same body width, binding, neck profile, bridge and pickup positioning as Les Pauls. The only thing it has in common with an sg is the double cut.

ES335 and Tele are the only electrics you need.
>i own neither

>>128368355
Maybe if your only goal is playing mediocre shoegaze

>>128367915
Never understood these, the boards were still in one piece why not give them to kids or something instead of cutting them to make the shittiest guitars on earth

>hey man can you not sell your guitar to anyone else and hold it for a week until I get my allowance back?
>SIKE NIGGA

>>128368416
>mediocre shoegaze
no thats what the jaguar and jazzmaster are for

>>128368432
Gibson could've given their reinvented Firebirds to kids but they chose to steamroll them. Literally

>>128368416
These days those two are more for midwest emo fags

>>128368554
The thing with Gibson was if they gave those away the parents would just resell them for bucks and they end up back on the market feeding on the perception that gibson = crap quality, not that that wasn't already true

>>128368554
What they should have done was let kids drive the steamrollers, they would have loved that.

>>128368572
They also had to destroy them to get the insurance payout. It wasn’t like they wouldn’t have given them away had they been able to.

>>128366061
idk how "tight" is "tight" but if you enjoy playing it and you haven't encountered anything like it before in recent memory, you'd be better off hopping on that now and just eating ground beef with rice for a month.

Why won’t Gibson make a good bass?

>>128368742
Too late for that, should have tried harder in the 50's

>>128367614
Shocker

>>128361620
>are PRS worth the price
They're great guitars but they're way overpriced.
If you have the cash to spare go for it but you'll get a guitar that plays better out of the box for a fraction of the price from any guitar maker that isn't PRS.
Their acoustics are dogshit.

>>128367708
Dave ramsey is a lesbian

>>128368774
Their SE models are like $500 used, surely that isn't overpriced if they're good

>>128368785
I played a used SE at guitar center that was the best playing guitar I've ever played. Was a bit overpriced and a shit brown color so I didnt buy it. Ive played at least 20 SEs since in an effort to recapture that playability in a better priced and more attractive guitar and not a single one has come close.

all guitars are very playable if you set them up

Talk me out of a Tele with a Bigsby when I’ve already got regular Teles and Strats for when I want a vibrato.

>>128365675
>playing my chinkpaul through a beat up 60s utah 1x12
shut up

>>128368880
looks ass, but so do all bigsbys

>>128368880
Imagine your strat tremolo but with half the range and twice the instability

>email my sweetwater guy saying order is wrong
>no response, it shipped today still wrong
knew I should have called

>>128368925
>not just knocking on his door because he moved in next door after you’ve bought so much from sweetwater
ngmi

>>128368890
Teles are the one solid body that bigsbys look ok on imo
>>128368909
That’s entirely my thinking too, this is local and is priced well but it’s spending money on a worse version of two different things I already have

>>128368890
bigsbys look great, but I just bend the instrument manually

>>128368777
How did Dave bankroll so much wealth? He acts like 'muh bootstraps, that's how I made my first 10 million.' Financial responsibility is one thing, but eating ramen and earning 30k doesn't translate to 7 figures.

tl;dr for sure lesbian

>>128369109
What does 1488 mean in lgbtq circles? I see that number a lot too.

>>128367564
>>128367731
>>128367757
you literally cannot even rent a house anymore without at least decent credit, youre just out of touch an out of touch incel/old fogey

>>128369132
the 1 going to the 4 signifies the loss of the penis as the 4 looks like a side profile of boobs and no wiener. the first 8 represents them hanging from a noose and the last 8 represents infinity as this cycle is perpetual

>>128368847
Yep, a guitar with a sticky neck and bad fret work is super playable, all you need is a setup
Lmao

>>128369132
1488 pride flags are kind of kino ngl

>sticky pau ferro and gold hardware drenched in poly

yes daddy

>>128369243
>steel wool to back of neck
>fret dressing
yes. nitro isn’t sticky like poly when it’s cured

>>128368799
Where did you play that guitar? I sold a tobacco burst se custom 24 to guitar center a while back and I have all my guitars set up to play flawlessly. It was kind of a piece of shit when I bought it new with uneven scratchy frets all over. The thing about se’s though is fret work is usually the only thing you have to do to them to get them to play good. Can’t really expect import guitar prices with flawless frets.

>>128369354
poly isn't sticky, sweaty. that's your goopy unwashed hand.

>>128369409
washing your hands and stripping the oil out of your skin would make it less sticky

>>128369354
Neither of which are covered by a setup

wash your hand penis after masturbating

>>128369454
>not doing your own work

>>128369472
nta but my time is more valuable than that. i have no qualms supporting a local luthier and having them do it for me.

Vladimir Putin - Blueberry Hill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekeq4szDmJo
---

5'10 245lbs Mountain of a man - Blueberry Hill

https://voca.ro/1nfeNFzZ1WA0

>>128369519
>doesn’t have an hour
>posts on /mu/

>>128369531
Me, btw (by the way)...

>>128369369
Las Vegas

>>128369535
im getting paid while also posting on /mu/, i dont get paid to play luthier at home.

>>128369519
Imagine what this guy looks like lmao. I'm guessing morbidly obese with an under bite. He's probably rude to retail employees lol. I wonder if it's because he wishes he didn't exist!

>>128369550
so you work 16 hours a day and still can’t buy an instrument that plays well out of the box?

>>128369531
>kills/drafts your entire young male population for no reason
Weird! Oh well I'm gonna go play my Gibson lol.

>>128369572
weird projection, life's great and i don't have anything to complain about, just don't feel like filing frets
>>128369573
i work maybe 6 hours a day depending on how much work i feel like doing, guitar just isn't my only hobby.
>can't buy an instrument that plays well out of the box
not the issue at all, if they weren't perfect i wouldn't bring them home. my vintage guitars are the ones I take in for work

>>128369550
>I'm that retard that can't put his phone away at work
Whoa. Hope you like the Mustang! I'm trans btw if that matters.

>wagie security guard lets other people fuck up his “vintage” instruments
I have to stop coming here

it's unreal how bitter the majority of you are lol, you only have yourselves to blame for how shitty life turned out though.

>>128369700
>you don’t suffer fools?
>you are soooo bitter lmao

>>128369611
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEn2N-0Dkuw

>>128369700
Imagine if you didn't eat breakfast this week? Makes guitar sound really good.

>>128369700
He's right

I'm moving cross country, I have the original shipping box for one guitar but only a gig bag for the other. Surely nothing will go wrong?

Gonna buy a grote to practice at work so my fender doesn’t leave my house

Just bought a 10k fender custom shop paisley tele. I don't even play guitar.

>>128369810
nothing will go wrong if you’re moving yourself. if you’re paying movers to do it half the shit will be broken

>>128369640
Nigga I havent worked in 8 years lmao

>>128369549
That was my guitar. Glad you appreciated the setup. Always wondered what people think when they play my used guitars.

>>128368758
At least I’m happy with my life and not miserable like you.

>>128369852
damn bro you sound bitter as fuck. I bet you are so depressed that you work on your own instruments

See what I mean?

>>128369912
You’ve been on this fucking be your own luthier rant for 2 days now. Here’s a clue, nobody gives a fuck. Work on your guitars if you want to. Some people don’t want to. End of story. Now kill yourself faggot.

>woah guys this guitar totally played better than another one
>sorry, a screwdriver? not sure what that is

>$800 for a fret dressing?
>golly gee you are the expert after all

>replying to himself again
Based

>$300 to make my wife cum?
>well, you are the expert…

last for Gretsch

>>128368432
Boards wear out from popping and other use.

>>128369795
But I did eat breakfast this week

>being your own guitar fluffer
no I'm the mandingo talent

>letting other people make love to your instrument
oof

This is the first time I've ever felt safe in an online community. I'm stepping into my truth. Im an openly gay, proud, guitarist.

I just made a nice New York strip with baked potato. If I weren’t so bitter I could’ve spent the same amount of time driving to and from McDonalds and had one of the experts prepare a succulent McCrispy for me so I could have time for my other hobby: sitting in traffic.

>>128361620
The SE have gotten a level where you're paying 1/6 of the pro line for up to 90%+ of the quality.
Paul has realized this too which is why he has been so heavily shilling SE for the last couple of years since that's where the big profit margins are.
My suggestion is to get one of the more pricy SE's as long as Paul is still alive because the company will go to shit and turn to absolute chink shit once he kicks the bucket and "managers" take over.
American made PRS are only worth it if you masturbate to wood patterns and got money to blow, if you just want a real nice guitar get an upper echolon SE.

>>128367460
it shipped today :D

You insulted him a little bit...

>>128370109
the have less margin technically but they can sell 30x as many. More expensive guitars and boutique guitars actually have ridiculously high margins

>>128370101
slay mustang sister!!

>>128370102
Mr albino I'm a huge fan

>>128370126
yeah but you still get more overall proft margin if you make 10000 times $100 profit than 2000 times $300 profit.

Squier, SE, Epiphone all the import stuff is the real money maker for most big brands.

>>128370155
Tell me more about the SE.

>>128361931
>Have some pride in yourself and just save up for a few months longer to get a real Fender, Gibson or PRS and stop coping.
he has hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, which is why he can actually verify when the chink shit actually holds up against the real deal.
As obnoxious as his persona and looks are, he's one of the more trustworthy ones when he provides audio proof.
Too bad he ruins it again every couple of videos by obviously shilling the most stupid cheapo shit for money.

>>128370147
Please, you flatter me. The royalties should be going to the cows, who created this steak.

>>128370201
If I took off the belt strap, would you die?

>>128370223
It would be extremely painful

>>128370176
They're very very good bang for your buck.
Paul's right hand man has been in charge of SE for a long time and the Phil McKnight SE tour showed how this dude cares just about as much as Paul about his craft.

I would suggest not getting the cheapest of the cheap SE's but more around the $700-1000 mark is where the gems are. The McCarthy and Paul's guitar are my personal favorites. The Zach Myers signature is my favorite single cut guitar and it looks just as expensive as the multi thousand dollar models.
The thing with SE is you can get very lucky and get a veneer that looks just as nice and quilted as a five figure private stock PRS, so visually they also deliver.
Also SE get shipped to the US after being made and undergo their quality control over there, which is why they also have a reputation of generally being very well set-up right out of the box.

>>128370263
Zach Myers signature? What's that?

>>128370276
Shinedown guitarist has a signature SE model.
Paul spoiled him and allowed a matching headstock with binding which is something that they generally only reserve for their most expensive US models.
I think it's really nice looking.

>>128370263
PRS is just so fuckin ugly

>>128370305
Do they make one in men's?

>>128370263
figuring doesn’t matter with poly finish desu. it literally kills the chatoyance of the figuring, which is why the se can look just as good as the mia prs

>>128370311
>>128370322
don't worry, they made one for the LGBT allies,too.

>>128370325
disregard that. prs started using nitro in 2023

>>128369905
You are confusing me with the anon you were arguing with and very likely projecting. Nothing miserable about not having to wage slave because I married a pediatrician.

>>128370374
Sure thing, bitter mcfatty. You lost.

>>128370410
>don't work
>play guitar, video games and shitpost all day
>buy almost any gear I want within reason
>losing

am i supposed to start every section with a downstroke? it's so much fucking harder holy fuck
>>128361620
PRS is like $500 it's not even expensive

>>128370430
this guy gets pegged (hes the housewife)

>>128370374
Yeah I meant that for him. I don’t wage either and would never make fun of someone for enjoying their life. I take care of my mom full time and live a modest life. When she passes I’ll have to go back to working but I may file for disability instead. I’m happy with my life for the most part besides this fucking nightmare of a car. Finding out in a few minutes what they think the problem is. might be struts which wouldn’t be the worst.

>>128370452
How is starting a hammer on with a downstroke into open chug downstrokes hard? Ru ok?

>I have very strong opinions about what other people should be doing
>but have a little bit of a tizzy when people feel the same about me haha

>>128370800
Refusing to quote the poster you’re talking to is paranoid schizophrenic behavior anon

>>128370430
>does nothing all day
>calls other people fat
>says he knows about setups
>can’t do his own setups
>calls other people bitter
>makes sure he doesn’t miss a chance to lash out at others in response
Woah, this guy is like a delay, chorus, and reverb all built into one.

>>128370861
John Mayer doesn’t do his own setups does that mean he’s not a real guitarist?

>>128370870
the difference is that he doesnt go to guitar center to do it
he has hired a god damn butler to do it for him

>>128370870
hes not on /gg/ proclaiming that he could if he really wanted to but spending the time to do so is beneath him. you really are sub-90 iq aren’t you?

>>128370452
gorge thyself on my slop:

https://voca.ro/1l6N7TRoYd8w

>>128370795
less sloppy than me but i'm up picking it which is hard so hopefully doing it properly fixes this issue

>>128370452
ok it took me like 5 minutes to get used to this

I'm White, I like older pop rock music like Bowie - what pedal would you recommend I buy first?

>>128370884
I don’t go to guitar center. I pay my luthier (who builds custom guitars, and is licensed as a fender and Gibson repair technician) 90 dollars once to level and dress my frets, set the neck relief and adjust the action height. File the nut for my string gauge etc. I mean he does the whole setup but I’m more than happy to pay that to have a boomer with 40 years of custom guitar building experience go through and make everything perfect. After that I’m more than capable of adjusting intonation or pickup heights or whatever else I may need to do in the future. I don’t have the experience to know when something is a cunt hair off like he does.
>>128370947
I really don’t care bro this entire discussion is annoying. You trying to force your opinions on him when you could just ignore it. How does it affect you at all if he doesn’t want to do his own setups? You seem like a control freak.
>>128370954
Ahhh that song. You’re supposed to start the open 16th notes on the upstroke and there shouldn’t be a pause in between. All the notes should be evenly spaced 16th notes with only the hammer-on not picked.

>>128370374
Aren't you worried about her cheating on you with patients?

first for tonewood

>>128371397
which one should i go for

>>128371857
>>128371857
>>128371857

>make a tasty amp mod
>output drops to like 25% and people will want equal or greater
>moving crap around changes the sound and doesn't recover the volume lose completely
fucking ef. I'm not trying to add a channel to this shit.