Stratocowboy editionprevious >>127706585SCALES:https://www.all-guitar-chords.com/scaleshttps://fretboard-navigator.com/GIT GUD with GUITAR:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg1L-sBIxnYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QCt3UBTS1Y
yeah so i just play G C and F all the same shape and it seems like im talented
Why do guitarist get all the cool iguitars and bassists get shit, is it some sort of discrimination, or racism?
>>127722767Pic unrelated. But yeah bassists are harder to meme for whatever reason so they get less BS marketed to them.
My pickup selector switch is very loose. I noticed it after the pickup I changed suddenly didn't work. Did I ruin the switch while soldering stuff to it?Either way, now I'm looking at a replacement switch and there's not much choice. Some have a depth way too big for my guitar's cavity. Now I'm also thinking about replacing the pots, because I'm afraid that I ruined or will ruin those if I keep heating them up while trying to solder stuff to them.
>>127722767It’s impossible to improve upon the look of the Rickenbacker 4001 so nobody has bothered.
>>127722970are you saying the pickup doesn't work now because the switch is loose? is the lever floppy or did the nuts or screws just back out? needs more info but maybe you just broke a fragile solder connection yanking on it when changing pickups
>>127723016Nobody is playing ricks. They only stay in business because the owner has cash to burn.
its so pretty...
>>127723023The lever is floppy. I can use it as a kill-switch by wiggling it.>maybe you just broke a fragile solder connection yanking on it when changing pickupsI checked and everything is connected.This is the switch I will get. The lugs are in a different configuration than then import style switch I have on my Squier. There's a diagram online for it and I hope it's going to work. The audacity of these CRL people though. They charge extra for the cap and screws. The cap is also kinda ugly, I hope I can use my old one.I also want to replace the pots, but I have a problem: I don't have a meter and I don't know which pots I currently have. The guitar had humbuckers, so I assume it's 500k pots. It doesn't say anything on them.
>>127723095yeah if it's one of those crappy pcb selector switches you definitely could have melted it. idk why they took a design and made it more complex and less reliable. a selector switch is basically just a jumper station. you'll figure it out
>>127722550i wanna be a cowboy baby
>>127722550>>127722767>>127723047mogged by The Tele™
>>127723182HSS Strat>Any Tele
Gonna etch "notices bulge OWO What's this?" on my guitar
>>127723047free bleed, the strat
>>127723319shut up furfag
>>127722767I was under the impression it was the opposite. Bassists get all the whacky slant-fret goiter neck designs and guitarists get variations on the same 1950s themes.
>>127722550How much do I have to pay for a Fender Strat with a wooden finish? No Squiers, please
>>127723422what is a wooden finish
>>127723424Probably means natural finish.
>>127723424It's wood but has some lacquer
>>127723426I am ESL from Europe, yeah probably that
>>127723422Cheaper to buy a fender and hire out a refinish.
>>127723440I wanted to LARP as Jerry Cantrell from AIC but he has a G&L strat and it's a bit too much for europoor - so I was looking for a used natty fender instead
>>127723422Saw this for $650
>>127723429https://warmoth.com/ps-16505-stratr-replacement-body
>>127723477650 dollarinoes is not a bad price>>127723520I have an extra Squier neck hanging about, I'd just need the electronics and the hardware for the body then
>>127723549you could build your own but their in stock bodies are usually cheaper
whats the appeal of natural finishes?
>>127723575cutting board fanatics
Imagine thinking you’re too good for a Squier.
>>127723575they look more authentic.otherwise, you've got some paintjob over wood thats meant to not make it look like wood, and that feels tacky
>>127723575I just like them ok
>>127723464One can do a natty plank with whatever electronics they want on the cheap. There's a reason the super strat is the most modded solid body guitar. Asking Fender to do anything on the cheap isn't going to happen. Either hunt down the guitar you want 2nd hand online, swap a body, or refinish.
>>127723599i want to have sex with that telecasterwhat model is it?
>>127723520>unfinished $255>finished $550300 to spray the burst, several coats of finish, and polish. That's fair enough business.
>>127723464>I wanted to LARP as Jerry Cantrell from AICBuy his sig?
>>127723606Idk some pajeet loving bug dude
>>127723634jej
>>127723631Looking in to it - of course I knew he'd have a sig
Wow another artist sig that's just bridge humbucker only like a caveman. No pickguard and a floyd rose only make it worse.
>>127723209why would you want a strat with a humbucker, unless it's a superstrat?
>>127723687https://www.thomann.de/fi/yamaha_pacifica_112j_yns.htmI could just pull the trigger on this and call it a day. The bridge system on the rampage isn't really what I'd play, anyways
>>127723818>wants to larp as cantrell>can't deal with a kahler?????????
>>127723828JC has kahler in every one of his guitars? I thought it was only on his rampage
Speaking of Cantrell did you guys see this cool vid of G&L custom shop building him a guitar (with boobies on it)?https://youtu.be/WDf7A1SiaIA
New pedal chain: EHX tuner / tone wicking Muff / Deluxe Muff / Green Screamer / Two Stroke EQ / R7-X2 / BM-13 / Triple Threat. I was losing too much volume from the last setup, the BM-13 is new and replaced my Small Stone, it’s very awesome for the price. The Orange Two Stroke parametric EQ is used as a volume boost, I’ll only use the EQ for certain guitar/effects combos. The Deluxe Muss is the ultimate Muff, I have and expression pedal that allows you to mod the mod boost, very cool and dynamic. I was tempted to build a larger pedal board but I think this will do for now until I find another couple pedals I just have to have.
>>127723575The wood grain patterns anon. They are unique for every guitar.>>127723581Imagine having hands small enough to play a Squier comfortably.
>>127723808Because Strats already have great neck and middle and a bridge humbucker is the best kind of bridge pickup.
>>127723634oh George Harrison
>>127723937why not get a good humbuckler guitar?even if the strat has coil spilt it will sound dookiecaca as a bridge pup
why do telecasters have ashtrays for bridges?
>>127723988you wouldn't get it if you weren't alive before the 80s
Gibson redid their entire website and I HATE IT!
>>127724014yeah
>>127718802>decouple the knife edge and the vibrato postsWhat did he mean by this?
>>127723864I just replaced my MXR reverb with picrel. It's pretty sweet. Other than that, I just have a volume and wah. Probably will get a Stereo Electric Mistress (or some Chorus/Flange combo to save some space).
>>127724020Oops,forgot pic.It's the Fender Mirror Image and Marine Verb in one.
>>127723981>why not get a good humbuckler guitarThats the point, it is a good humbucker guitar while still having a Strat neck pickup. I don’t use coil splits either.
>>127724014Sounds like they listened to my advice. "Back to Our Roots" with a pic of an acoustic guitar. lolThey need to tap into more shit besides rock. Next up should be old timey jazz boxes. They have a ton of great history, so it doesn't have to be rock 24/7. As much as I love rock, it's not smart business wise.
>>127724044I regret getting a HH strat
>>127723988fenders were designed to be cheap. the bridges were just 1/8 mild steel plate bent on a brake, the saddles were just all thread with holes drilled in them, the pickguards covered ugly routing and the necks were cut on a bandsaw in 5 minutes.
>>127724054I'll take it if you don't want it.
>>127724044What I don't understand are Teles with Neck humbuckers. Tele neck pups are already badass, in addition to the bridge. It makes more sense to supe up a Strat bridge, if that's your thing. Although there are good Strat bridge single coils out there too. Mine are. lol
>>127724044it's no longer a strat thoughit's like buying a draft horse, putting race gear on it and calling it a thoroughbred
>>127724064
>>127724056They weren't exactly that cheap, in retrospect though. If you adjust for inflation, a Telecaster in the 60s was $2000 bucks. That's just the basic, not a Tele Custom. Strats were a bit more. JM and Jag even more than those (Leo meant them as high end models).It's more than he built them to be easily dissembled and serviced than just cheap.
>>127724053i was referring more to the fact it's impossibe to find anything on the site anymore. the layout and navigation is absolute dogshit.
>>127724096I can see that. I just think they need to actively market their gear to everyone and go for a more neutral genre aesthetic.
>>127724056They were designed to be low-cost compared to other instruments, not cheap. They would've been around as much as a MIA is now.
>>127724026I’m kinda limited as I need a good reverse reverb for one of my songs. That Mooer R7-X2 on my board has 14 types of reverb, lots of knobs, selectable bypass modes, and an infinite foot switch that’s pretty slick. 14 reverb types and they all sound good, impressive for Chinesium IMO
>>127724056And somehow they’re still more sturdy and reliable than Gibson, funny how that works. I could drop my Jags down a stair well and they’d still be in tune with minimal damage to the finish/wood
>>127724176prove it
>>127724162The MXR I had was a bit more like that. It had easily selectable modes to get something workable from. This Fender is more tweakable, but not easy to get good tones quickly. It's going to take some learning. But it sounds great.
>>127724176they're all more sturdy and reliable than an acoustic and i'd still rather play an acoustic
>>127724218based
>>127724176By this logic every acoustic and classical worth playing aren't good because you can't throw them down the stairs.
>>127724176Get after it then.
>>127724218I'd rather play an acoustic most of the time because it's instantly gratifying and can be played anywhere. But I hate babying them..even though I still do that too.
>>127724226>>127724264acoustic chads stay winning
>>127724229I mean to say that once setup, Fenders continue sounding good in a way that other guitars just don’t. The tuning stability is terrible on Gibsons due to the headstock design and break angle from nut to tuners
The other good thing about acoustics is it sort of forces you to make coherent song structures. Then you can transpose that in any way you want later, with whatever production or instruments you want.But if you always start off the other way around, the production process becomes a big part of your sound. You'll find yourself only playing stuff that sounds cool with this or that effect or with distortion. But then it'll sound like shit as a clean song. Look at all of the great songs in history. They were all able to be performed a thousand different ways, from different artists and bands and techniques. But you'll never hear U2 songs heavily reliant on the Edge's delay effects to ever sound good without them. You'll never hear a good Death song in acoustic form.
>>127724311Martin Gore used to compose all of Depeche Modes songs on an acoustic, I'm convinced that's part of their magic.
If it doesn't sound good clean it'll sound good with low gain.
taking lessons is humbling me really hard, I'm an expert in other areas and make good money, but being a total noob at something again is so fucking weird.
noob retard here. Just got a strap. Is there a guide for how long I should adjust it to for optimal playing?
>>127724734Above or below the cock.
>>127724829
>>127722767Just buy a Rickenbacker
>>127724311I mean you can still write and play clean with electric even unplugged with electric. Also, I never write with effects, I'll only experiment with them in post if I feel like a certain part is missing something. Usually what I'll do is run through a bunch of patches that have like delays and chorus on them to see if it gives it a better feel. But like 99% of the time I'm either using a light distortion (like van halen 1) or even less, and a clean with reverb. If you've never practiced acoustically I really recommend it. Just pick your electric up and jam on it without an amplifier, it'll do wonders for not only hashing out anything you need improve upon, but also build your natural sense of rhythm and timing. Because I've done that so much in the past, I really can almost play anything without a cue or metronome and be pretty close to where I should be. And that helps enormously when you start jamming with a band, because you won't have those cues, unless you're like rehearsing with in ears. Speaking of in ears, I've been wondering. How exactly do you set up those in ear tracks with the key drone, metronome and little "verse coming up, building, chorus" voices? Are there websites where you can download those for whatever song you want or do you have to build them in ableton live yourself or something. If I do end up starting a 90s cover thing, I think I want to go that route only because I have the worst memory and once I turn the backing track off I totally forget where I'm at in the song sometimes or how many bars there are before the next transition. I guess live vocals help with that a bit, but still.
>rickenmemer
>>127724734I like it to be just low enough to not look gay. like maybe the guitar centered on waistline / belt. Any lower or higher looks either nerdy or posery. If you need to you can rest your foot on a monitor or something ala tremonti for the really technical stuff, but usually that height gives you decent access to everything you need. The real problem is getting used to not looking at your fretboard while you play. If you're standing up, unless you angle that guitar or crane your neck over you're not gonna see the strings or frets.
>>127724296how many gibsons have you owned?
>>127724998Do Epiphones count?
>>127725009so zero
>>127725021headstock might be a different design but it goes out of tune just as well.
>>127725021Not him but I've owned many and they really do not stay in tune well even with professional setups
>>127724829this is what peak performance looks like
If Les Pauls really had major tuning issues, Gibson would've fixed it years ago or people would stop buying them. Tons of accomplished players spent most or all their years on a Gibson.
>>127724836when you can release those kind of records using a 4 track the rules don't apply to you, my deaner.
>>127725073>crabcore>coolnah robert trujillo ruined that vibe
>>127725102who said it was coolit's function over form
who needs a guitar when you've got a cello?https://youtu.be/Tz0yjK-_wfs
>>127725113paul just reminds me of a golden retriever that has free range of a 5-6 acre plot of landliving his best life
>all these people getting baited by a jagtard
>>127725087Bro. Give it up. It's a major issue that is talked about all over the internet and by tons of professionals. The g and b strings do not hold tune under heavy bending. You either don't bend or use vibrato, aren't good enough to notice that your strings are out of tune, or you're being dishonest. The best setup in the world with the most lubricated nut will not stop the g and b strings from going flat.
>>127725153I have never had issues with the B stringI fixed my issues with the G string (still have issues after a 10% change on the hygrometer though)
>>127725153I'm not saying ALL Gibsons are made perfectly, nothing mass produced is. I'm saying there's no major, widespread issue of Gibsons going out of tune all the time. They are top quality instruments with a reputation to match.
>>127723041I amSucks to play but it looks cool and that's all that matters
>>127725196the cope is truly a thing to behold
>>127725073
>>127725196Nah, that's not true. I had issues with mine before I used the boomer lore I posted in this thread. I also had issues with the G string staying in tune on my yamaha acoustic. It's more an issue of the angle of the string coming from the headstock to the nut, but the backwards angle probably compounds it.
>>127725256Not cope just how it is. Even people who don't like Gibsons want the Gibson experience.
>>127725274wait that was last thread
>>127725196>no widespread issuesIt's literally every single one due to the break angle. There's no way to keep the g or b string from binding when you bend. I'm not saying people don't play them and work with them but you cannot play a song with heavy vibrato and bends on a les paul and expect it to be in tune for the next song. For me, I do 1-3 step bends all the time and use heavy vibrato. I have issues with tuning stability in any guitar that has a standard nut. Teles, strats, esp's, charvels, shecters, yamahas, you name it. If it has a standard nut it won't stay in tune for longer than a song or two for me. But gibsons are always worse. Like almost unplayable after a song. Floyd rose? I can go an entire day without tuning.
>>127725268I loved metalcore and played in many metalcore bands in my 20s but I couldn't stand the theater kid bands like attack attack or asking alexandria. Just write good music and stop trying to be an image.
>>127725299do the boomer mods and upgrade the shitty gibson deluxe tuners for some higher ratio ones. it fixes 99% of the issues.
Anyone played 70s/80s yamaha electricsMight get a super flighter
i'd love to congratulate fender for solving nut problems but these retards radiused and/or put a notch on the bottom side of the nut on certain models and years
>>127725299If you bend it out of the nut slot, that's user error not a problem with the tuning stability. Playing it properly (even with bends) isn't going to cause any issues.>Floyd rose? I can go an entire day without tuning.Oh right, Floyd Roses only exist because floating tremolo guitars all have far worse tuning stability than a Gibson. But everyone still calls the Strat a quality guitar (and it is, but you can't complain about LPs then).
>>127725323I don't own a gibson anymore. I'll probably buy another one if I'm ever not broke and still alive but at this point probably not any time soon.
>>127725375i'm definitely not after their politics
what do we think of brass nuts?
>>127725380inferior to deez
>>127725385what's deez?
>>127725380i try to avoid prolonged exposure of dissimilar metals whenever possible
>>127725388deez nutsgottem
>>127725390i've never heard of a deez nut, is that like graphtech?
>>127725366Holy cope. Bend it out of the nut slot? How the fuck would I even accomplish that? Floyd rose exists for dive bombs and heavy tremolo work not for standard tuning stability. It's actually quite incredible that you can dive bomb and rape the bridge as hard as you want and it'll still be perfectly in tune when you're done. I'm not even complaining about LP's. I like them a lot. I'm just stating the fact that they don't stay in tune very well.
>>127725378mindbroken if you wouldn't buy a gibson just because they're pulling a marketing stuntand no i wouldn't buy one either but not because im scared of trannoids
>>127725378qrd
>>127723841what chord is he playing?
>>127725400Except I'm saying they stay in tune just fine with normal bending. Normal trem use can still make a Strat go out of tune.
>>127725380
>>127722767How? There's a fuckton of wacky basses to the point that stuff like musicman and warwick are considered "standard" shapes, meanwhile every guitar company either apes strat, tele and les paul, or make generic super strats
>>127725408they have a program that gives grants to lgbtq only artists
I keep getting dreams where my guitar neck becomes all flaccid and bendy, what does this mean? Am I scared of getting ED deep down?
>>127725418C7. Same chord shape he plays in the intro to them bones. Basically a hendrix chord without the pinky.
>>127725401i'm not scared of anyone. i just find all exclusionary programs are inherently racist/sexist etc regardless of whether they're marketed as beneficial or not. either everyone is equal or they aren't
>>127725494When did this happen? >>127725571Also I might be wrong here after another look he doesn't appear to be fretting anything.
>>127725395you should get bofa those
are long fingers an advantage or a disadvantage?
>>127725649look at paul gilbert's hands
>>127725611q3 2024 i think
>>127725681https://www.gibson.com/blogs/gibson-gazette/music-forward-and-gibson-gives-partner-for-lgbtq-emerging-artist-awards
>>127725704>prize is a les paul tribute and a weeks worth of wages
>>127725659Now look at Michael Romeo's.
>>127725649It's an advantage but not as big of a deal as people make it out to be
>>127725321scene girls loved the image
>>127725782just fat fingersthey're actually longer for a manlet like him
>>127725823Byeah that's the point. A lot of those bands were just scene dudes trying to attract scene girls. Had they not used autotune and made shit songs they might have been ok. The only bands that actually mattered from the metalcore scene were killswitch, as I lay dying, all that remains, and silverstein. And none of those bands dressed like faggots. Well, maybe silverstein on their first album, but I think that was forced by the record label.
>>127725907>The only bands that actually mattered from the metalcore scene >metalcore scene>that actually matteredlol, lmao evennu-metal was less of a detriment to society than metalcore
>>127725927If you were actually there you'd know it was all intertwined. Killswitch released their first album before linkin park. I don't know what you mean by a detriment because a lot of that music is classic. Maybe you don't like it, but it's classic and it defined an era.
>tune guitar>capo first fret>measure string heights at 12th fret>both E strings are sitting 1mm higher than the highest ideal action measurements>take capo off>push whammy bar down>jam half a deck of cards under bridge>undo locking nut>loosen all strings to take tension off>make sure locking nuts inside trem bridge posts are loose (they are from factory)>lower both bridge trem posts exactly 1mm>tighten locking nuts inside bridge trem posts>make sure trem bridge posts are tight>tighten strings>remove deck of cards from under trem>spend an eternity tuning E E A B D G strings in that order over and over getting the balance right>tighten locking nut back up and tune once more>capo first fret>strings only dropped 1/4th of a mm ad still way too high>every string is now also sharp at the 12th fret to bootNope, I don't regret getting a floating double locking trem at all
>>127725907What a bland metalcore list.
IF YOU'RE GONNA BUY A USED GUITAR READ THE FUCKING DESCRIPTIONGUITAR HEADS HAVE TO BE THE DUMBEST FUCKING RETARDS ON THE PLANET
How do you sound like Wes Borland?
>>127726069Fred could get away with murder behind the stuff those guys wrote.https://youtu.be/LWbYq74YhGM
its a 2000 dollar giitar that im selling for $800. no I will not accept your offer of $200 you fucking pajeet.
Turn on auto reject.
>>127726069Take your neck pickup out and twang two notes with some FX pedals, focus mor eon gimmicky costumes than skill
>>127726014block your trem, loosen spring plate screws a few turns, tune guitar to pitch, tighten screws until block slides out with very little pressure
is this a good sound?https://voca.ro/12iQSGFmfMUxbonus points if you identify the song :D
>>127726137also get all your TRAIN setup done first with the trem blocked parallel to the body and then tighten the screws and drop the block when you're done. i recommend a wedge from the backside if at all possible so the trem can be raised and lowered while blocked
>>127726137>>127726146It's an Edge Zero II with ZPS, I have no idea what I can remove/loosen in the back without fucking anything up or where you can even jam anything to block the trem
>>127726216That looks dreadful
>>127726145too much presence and resonance for me and no clue what the song is
>>127723575i wanted a strat and this one was the cheapest in my local area
>>127726216i've never got the chance to mess with one but from what im seeing you should block that silver cross bar from moving, that and the two black outer springs are what pulls against the string tension, which will stop the bridge from coming forward. that little block should be just resting against that silver bar which indicates the bridge is set parallel to the body. when your setup is done, you turn the tension wheel until the silver block just moves away from the cross bar, remove your block and then back the wheel off until they just touch. i think, i would need hands on it to confirm. idk if they designed that to where an allen key can act as a pin to keep that from moving or anything
>>127726394now that i think about it that's what that big notch is probably for. it's too big for just removing the cross bar during assembly and it goes all the way up against the resting position of the bar
>>127726216>making a trem this complicated how do you fuck up running 2 screws into a block of wood?
>>127726441it's actually the same thing if you remove the stop bar and the sub springs. the stop bar and sub assembly just get rid of the flutter from a traditional trem system. i just watched the official video, it functions exactly like i figured
tremolo is gay anyway just noise the only musical use of them is better covered by a chorus pedal.
>>127726463You can't dive bomb a chorus pedal, scrub
just use a whammy pedal
>>127726463It's a useful effect but nowhere close as dynamic as a trem.
>>127726480dive bombs aren't music chud>>127726498its even more dynamic
>>127726394What about removing the two black springs, removing the silver bar and just jamming something in the red part? Every video I've watched with this exact bridge they just adjust the trem posts without doing anything else, even Ibanez's official video for it, yet everyone says it's a big no no
>>127726510You aren't music, noobhttps://youtu.be/N4Q_15m9vbQ?si=HDICP8m4hT6Fn70S
>>127726523lel great gif
don't even need a guitar manghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HHMA1Dpo5M
>>127726512you would need to remember exactly where that silver bar went because if you don't get it right it will require adjusting tension and then retuning all the strings a bunch. the hitch is that the stop bar has to go in a very specific location otherwise there is always a variable amount of tension acting on the rest of the trem system. apparently someone said legos fit in there really well. the point of blocking it correctly the first time is only having to tune the strings once each
>>127726523
just fucking detune your string while you play
slow gear is musical
I'm a pro at chromatic scale noodling
>>127726582
>>127726512i would put a wedge where your red box is against the body and the silver stop bar at a point where the bridge is flat and can't move, take a bunch of tension off the thumb screw and do one string at a time, tune the strings, do your setup, add tension back to the wheel until the block can come out, then fine tune the tension til the bridge is flat. make sure the strings are just a few cents flat then lock the nut and fine tune the strings. with more string tension than trem tension the silver block is going to push against the stop bar and keep your wedge in. there's probably a spec for the distance between the trem block and the stop bar at rest maybe like .003" the thickness of a sheet of paper or something
>>127726124wes already wrote the fat riffs thoughbeit so why not have fun with costumes?
>>127726512is this the naughty side of an evertune?
once I really refined my legato I knew that this was the next step in guitar, by incorporating tapping with the right hand and tapping with the left hand simultaneously I can essentially play the guitar like a piano and have running rhythms and melodys at the same time while maintaining the dynamics of the instrument.
>>127726623its the ibanez edge zero. great idea but they mostly showed up on the S series thin body things.The knife edges were replaced with ball bearings and you can adjust the tension with the thumb wheel, without taking off the back plate. probably over-engineered but less though than an evertune. they were silky smooth to actually use, basically no friction resistance like you'd find on a floyd
>>127726644my bad, it was the ZR trem that had the bearings, not the zero
>>127726572volume pedal or just riding the volume knob would allow you to be more expressive though
Gretsch everything. Gretsch you, for example.
>>127726745i just traded away my only gretsch guitar. still have one of their snare drums though
>>127726745doesn’t look like it would survive a fall
>>127725974>a lot of that music is classic.you guys reading this?
killswitch engaged is fun to play
