Should I buy a DAW, microphone or a new guitar

>>129417732
All 3

>>129417739
I don't have a job

How do people make big distortion without it getting super loud? Like you hear it in a song and of course it gets louder, but not as nearly loud as trying to play it yourself.

1st 4 never shittin/gg/ cum
#IntactBlackCherry

>>129417763
You bought a Tele didnt you? You'll be fine as long as it works. Also reaper is free.

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>tfw you will never be cool a Geordie Walker

>>129417811
No I don't have a tele
A lot of posters in /gg/ are unemployed so you might be confusing me with someone else

>>129417881
Well unless there's something wrong with your guitar, you really dont need to get a second one.

>>129417910
>you really dont need to get a second one.
But...

>>129417875
One of the few guys who's cool enough to get away with having dogears

>>129417910
this, don't be like reddit and have a collection of 14 $300 shitplanks

When you guys are doing scales for practice or warm up do you do both major and minor?

>>129417974
A weird mix after the first six notes its a coinflip if i stay major or minor depending on which note you flip you get some interesting texture.

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What should I get, /gg/?

>>129418113
jalapeno burger don't be a pussy

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>>129418142
> car in front of me
Do they have that? I’ve got an ulcer and I’m just jamming out to this:

I’ve been on line for 20 minutes
>free jalopy burger incoming

>>129418161
fastest steak and shake experience

>>129418161
https://open.spotify.com/track/79r2tSK7dxVDKRgurVApOP?si=telBVA4BRayy3tor93Kopw

What should I play next to get the staff to hurry the fuck up?

>>129418161
you have an ulcer and you're about to pound some greasy red meat, he'll yeah brother.
get the cottage cheese and pineapple

>>129418229
It’s a treat and I have to live out of a hotel before suing my landlord

>Spotify is spitting pure fire:

https://open.spotify.com/track/0SjnBEHZVXgCKvOrpvzL2k?si=e3X9NOolRImIDvW2fiJuYg

I HAVE MADE MY DECISION. PLACE YOUR BETS.
>milfhunter is in it to win tonight

When you started practicing scales did you play both vertical and horizontal scales? Vertically is similar to bass so I'm more inclined to play that way but just wondering if there's an advantage to horizontally playing.

*vomits*

alternate picking triplets

https://vocaroo.com/1YWgvPMwdhr0
reposting one of my favorite vocas ive ever heard here

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>>129418333
Horizontal scales give you the ability to shift positions and access modes. If, for example, you are in F and slide up to a D on either e string, can you rip a scale ascending or descending?

The way I figured this out was that forget all fingerings and try to play across the entire neck in the key. Deliberately mess yourself up, and add bad finger placements. See if you can keeping steady 16th notes at whatever tempo

Or do what he said >>129418372

Still waiting to order my burger…

*flicks toggle*
I got full humbucker mode and coil split mode right here.

>>129418445
Same here cuz my beater guitar actually sounds passable and THE SHREDDER made his sexy appearance
>my ears are pregnant and expecting twins

Lady said 10 - 15 minutes ten minutes ago. IM HERE TO WIN

>>129418517
going trans i see

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My guitar has 2 humbuckers (picrel) and idk if I should be moving them up keeping them down, or having them even with each other or having one up and one down, etc. What's the point of moving pickups at all? If I strip my pickups' screws do I have to throw my guitar away?
What's the difference between humbuckers and single coil in terms of sound? If I ever get a new guitar should I prioritize getting one with a different pickup arrangement?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuYY0El32gA

Why's the pentatonic scale get shilled so much? Why not just learn the full scale it's really not that difficult

>>129418637
https://voca.ro/1iTtmQyehCI4

>>129418479
Garlic double steak burger for me

>A-minor & C-minor share the exact same notes, all natural notes.
So why even have a scale for each of these? Why not combine them?

>>129418759
You need a G# in the A minor to build a V chord

STILL WAITING

>>129418747
Not getting that
>sorry try again

Time to practice bass a little. What I will practice:
1. Practice the bass line I composed recently. Let's say, practice it for 15 min. Then 5 min break.
2. Practice playing the bass line of 50 Cent - Ayo Technology to the actual recording. Also maybe listen and see if there are any notable variations in the song. Also 15 min, then 5 min break.
3. Practice the bass line from Hola Perdida. 15 min.

>>129418731
thanks I'll just fuck around with it. I do think my neck is a little bowed as well so that'll have to be the next thing I take a look at.

>>129418722
because people find learning the full scale difficult.

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Can someone redpill me on the Bassman 50?

>>129418792
>You need a G# in the A minor to build a V chord
How does this work exactly?

Also, I meant C major not minor
>>129418827
It's only difficult if you don't know notes on the fretboard

>>129418844
I have a 70s Bassman 100 and 80s 135. They're a good, loud, clean amp for pedals. You'll need a 4 ohm cab for full power.

>>129418844
loud, otherwise typical silverface experience
I think they're still pretty cheap though everything vintage has been going up and up so it's probably now or never if you've found a good one

numbah 10 peppas and onions

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>>129419089
Hour and half wait!

Chipotle is only accepting online orders, so Wendy’s it is.,,

>>129419176
Get a bacon cheddar baked potato and some chicken strips

>>129418445
mine is this
https://voca.ro/1httwQQrazcC

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>>129419193
Close, I got a triple and subbed a baked potato.

>>129419176
30 minutes for steak and shake is rough dude

Where can I comprehensively learn about chord progressions (I.E. I-II-III-IV, etc)
What each one sounds like & why it sounds like that

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>>129419230
You pick up your guitar and start strumming.
How do you think the first person figured all this out without a reference? Its self evident.

>>129419227
I’ll get comped tmrw and use /gg/ posts as proof.
>I’ll keep you posted

Now that I have Dave Thomas coursing through my veins, it’s time to make some shred beds,..

Fucking bass. If I fret the 7th fret of the D string and release the finger, an overtone sounds for like half a second more and makes the next note muddy. So it looks like I will have to fucking mute it with the right hand. Fuck this.

>>129419246
Or I could watch a video on someone who's already been through the motions, apply it, and learn it in a fraction of the time.

https://voca.ro/1eKTSrQobNFy

>>129419302
Sure if you just want the results with none of the understanding go for it.
>Why learn how do math when have calculator?

>>129419359
Give me the one about the man of sin

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>>129419289
you don’t say

>>129419230
Essentially, every chord progression has a function. And every chord within that serves its own function.

Take a simple I IV bVII IV (1 4 b7 4). This has a familiar sound you’ve heard in Neil Diamond’s “Cherry Cherry” or The Romantics “What I like about you”.

Now, what can get interesting is that that progression in E (E A D), for example, also can function as a V I IV in the key of A.

>why is this important?
Same sound different function. Depending on the melody notes, the progression itself will sound different. This is also how artists can change key.

One definitive version of this is Fahey’s “Spanish Dance”, which does what I described above. You can hear how he change the chord order and emphasis, eventually hitting a
> III7 - IV - V of V7(first inversion) - V7

>ugh the Wendy’s was a mistake

>where to learn them all
While being piano-oriented, OpenStudio has TONS of chord progression info. The main dude is Midwestern nice, the bald dude is the advanced jazzer, the bass player has some cool tips on bass, and the rest all try to imitate the midwestern dude.

https://youtube.com/shorts/P5Y0xkvtuw4?si=yTwnYsRel2FNSTLV

>>129419535
>fahey
https://youtu.be/eOl4xtP9x44?si=ZI6Bv8iXZPiaBbt8

>>129419289
Muting issue but could be the resonance from the A string, too. This was one of the reasons I switched to floating thumb early on, as you’ll start to hear these tones crop up in wrong places, especially if you’re playing in a key like Bb or F

https://youtu.be/N-Pt2VCBWkM

>>129418902
>How does this work exactly?
In Western harmony, relative keys are related, but if you play a V chord in A minor, it will be E minor (so it’s actually a v chord, not V7 - lowercase in classical harmony denotes minor).

Does this sound okay? Yes, but there’s no tritone and therefore it doesn’t have that much tension to resolve.

Classical harmony fixed this by sharping the 7th degree in the relative minor to create a dominant chord. That’s why we have the harmonic minor scale that’s different ascending and descending.

>sorry I missed this before, my blood sugar was low

What's it called when you're not an absolute beginner anymore but you still suck

>>129419717
metalhead

>>129419717
theres only two levels of guitarist
those who can play spain
those who cannot

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>>129419717
conscious incompetence

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a new song from me. (my band rejected this btw)
https://voca.ro/14C6cI1t2IxX

>>129419904
you're slowly morphing into mountain man

>>129419904
actually has some cool ideas
it goes on for a bit before it picks up though, I think it'd be nice if that chorus section came in sooner and the drums picked up into a nice groove

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>>129419717
>pic rel

The solution is to relearn the rudiments. Three decades in, I still review the basics every few months or so. Once you nail those, advanced stuff tends to take care of its own.
>it’s also an ego boost to rip through stuff that once seemed “impossible”.

For example, I know I suck at violin. I must have gone over the same Suzuki and easy fiddle tunes 20 times over—and it almost seems like I get worse. But each reiteration, I can see things I overlooked or areas I improved. I can also properly gauge where I can learn new things to keep it interesting, but also hyper focus on what’s holding me back.

That being said, learning violin inadvertently helped me level up on viola. Here’s some shitty viola:

https://voca.ro/13SuCqzgeBN4

I also can do this on guitar, so it’s like a twofer special at Steak & Shake
>my stomach is starting to give me the runs, fucking Wendy’s did me dirty

>>129420000
disgusting

is this the guy who sold all of his worldly possessions for a mim charvel and a helix stadium

>>129420017
you're just scared of making life changing decisions, time is a thief when you're undecided champ

https://voca.ro/1cP2abVyChPY

https://voca.ro/1hyLo3MNCRq8

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I never thought I would be so happy to own a Squier and a solid state Fender practice amp.

DeepSeek told me that it's a great first guitar, and I had to explain that I have had several guitars, I just sold my Player Telecaster before the end of 2024 because I liked looking at it, but didn't expect to pick it back up while my hands were still healing from wall punches.

Anyway, I highly recommend this guitar, and actually like hearing the built in overdrive on the amp blaring through headphones that I don't wear. Marshall MG10G amplifiers and Vox Pathfinder 10s are pretty good as well.

>>129420105
based, and enjoy, Anon.
You should install little mini kickback stand legs on that amp just for a laugh.

>>129419722
I barely listen to metal tho

>>129419807
I cannot play spain

>>129419824
>>129420000
Yeah I have some self awareness

I thought I may have been a bit better than I was but I'm struggling playing Purple Haze and apparently that song is relatively easy

Clean your guitars. They are disgusting.

the better i get at guitar the less i care about open or alternate tunings. i used to think they were so cool, but now i just find them limiting compared to standard tuning. i downtune a half step but still just standard, sometimes drop c#.

>>129419904
>>129419923
total banger
turns out sounding like depeche mode was always a good thing

>>129420105
great squier, great chair, s tier strap

deduction for filthy linoleum tile and plastic fork

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>>129420288
that's not a fork, it's a knife

>>129418161
Post punk is great. I've heard AndyDemos play riffs off that album.

I'm not sure how many milfs are climbing into an Elantra.

There he stood in his track suit, exuding the essence of funk with every moment.Time stood still with him, it was one of those days. Popeye chicken in one hand, whopper in the other.Destiny. Fate, it was instinct, it was his calling.After the proper amount of moment had passed, he wrote a letter to his band, "expression is to be shared not ensnared" he mumbled under his chicken addled breath, his beady shifty eyes completely absorbed by the words in front of him as he groaned and grunted articulating his frustrations between bites. Hours pass, the paragraph is written, the deed is done. Like silent clockwork he lifts himself and makes his way to the local guitar center. He walks in, cool and collected a determination fills the air, the funk exudes him, he is the center of attention. He makes a meaningless gesture at one of the salespeople and they just nod their head in quiet respect. All instruments stop as he heads for the Gibson section, they're movements paralyzed by such raw reverence of the presence before them. He picks up a 335 plugged straight into a Fender Twin and begins tuning it without even strumming it first, its innate at this point, he knows its out, he knows exactly where it needs to be. He finally strums it once, a simple E major chord, and then for the next 19 minutes the most sonically perfect blues performance erupts. Licks no ones heard before, phrasing so sharp you could shave with it, people start fainting and crying, everyone starts recording. Slowly he brings in more funk remedying the crowd as he begins to chicken neck with the notes, its simply electric. With a final strum he completes his set and says "Not bad, the one I have at home is better though" as he sets it down a low grumble begins to build, familiar, betraying, he can't hold it this is happening and its happening now. A deafening silence and then a loud wet schlort sprays the guitars on the wall with liquid feces, a highly pressurized spray breaking through the fabric.

>>129420366
thanks for spending your time on me

>>129420390
an unfortunate day to be literate

>>129420231
I originally hated alt tunings because of having to constantly retune my shitty starter guitar. Then as I got better, it really doesn't make sense to sacrifice all my knowledge on non-standard tunings.
My friends who like alt tunings are some combination of not that good, don't know theory, or play twinkly math rock stuff that sounds the same in any tuning.
They have places if you're folk/slide players or have one-off songs but largely feel like a waste of time

you goys writing this?

>>129420231
I play mostly metal but I exclusively tune to E standard. Downtuning feels a bit like cheating since the fatness of the tone can carry a weak riff. If I can create crushing riffs in standard tuning it feels more effective somehow.

Tell me your worst string change experience.

>>129420416
alt tuning is only good if you don't want to use many fingers and/or you want to drone the top 2 strings.
i had a song written in the alt tuning and it was pretty good but because it's been a while i even forgot what the tuning i was in. was it normal turning but with G# on 3rd string?

>>129420561
None but I wear goggles when I change them.

>>129420231
See >>129420000 & >>129419824

Open/alternate tunings give you usable harmonics, for starters. You can also play decent clusters you won’t fine elsewhere, which can give you scale runs too. Open G (DGDGBD) gives you the ability to play things like the A and C between the top 3 open strings for a harp effect.

And for the record, I consider CSNY’s “Carry On” and other unison tunings to have unique timbres.

Behold motherfucker:
https://voca.ro/14T9wTuZPW8y

>the baked potato from Wendy’s is coming in clutch right about now

>>129420561
every 12 string

Bump
Appreciate it

>>129420105
lol get a guitar holder man

>>129419606
Not going to click on a random youtube link without a description because of the fat schizo that spams this general

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click it

all of my guitars are now downtuned to D standard

shit is so cash

my peepee poopoo doodoo haha cashie washie

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>>129420769
>he hasn't installed 4chanx
L O L

>investing time into 4chan
bro I just phone post a few mins before bed and when I’m shitting

>>129421005
Based

>clicking the mouse a few times is "investing time"
As expected of retard phoneposters.

*burps*

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>>129420561
Two high-e strings broke in a row which tapped out my reserves, and I had to use a spare B string for the e.

>>129421000
The schizo metal troll janitor is always going on and on about it so that’s one reason not to even look into what it is. And it doesn’t work on phone so it’s only for turbonerds

>b.1999
>internet is too crazy for a kid
>internet is too tame and lame for an adult
do any of you post your music other than this thread?

>>129421141
Of course

this is pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0KVxWWH18

>>129421197
you can do this in audacity too but I forgot how

https://voca.ro/1bYilcUfXh8z

>>129421141
My vocaroos are /gg/ exclusive one off limited time performances captured for eternity for all to enjoy (Vocaroo's self delete after not being opened for a while)

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>>129421405
woa

>I'm a master of the custodial arts.
>Or a janitor if you wanna be a dick about it

>>129421197
this is dumb, who still uses analogue cameras. Analogue video equipment should have 75 ohms impedance. This is retarded.

>>129421730
like you know shit about fuck anyway

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>>129421740

https://voca.ro/1nvpkdFyR7y1

I CAN SEE THE SOUND

https://voca.ro/19M5JB5983fg

CAN YOU HEAR THE SILENCE
CAN YOU SEE THE DARK
CAN YOU FIX THE BROKEN?
CAN YOU FEEL MY HEAART

>>129421770
used to roll fags like you in the east village made a pretty comfortable living

>>129421777
how is this supposed to make me feel

https://voca.ro/16l537qTkcIV

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she's dead the tech couldn't save her time for a new amp head

>>129421870
not a good look for the overpriced amp company

>>129421870
anon its literally just capacitors and wires you need to find someone competent

>>129421870
Get something that sounds nothing like an Orange and put it in the orange case

>>129421897
i will mess with a guitar or a pedal circuit but im not touching the inside of an amplifier

>>129421901
eh just discharge the capacitors with your screwdriver and its nbd.

how is the rocker 15 lunchbox that rockerverb is fucking heavy

>>129418445
Thanks, appreciate it. It's the synth they added in the Quad Cortex if you wanna cop the tone. I'm sure there are better plug ins if you use your DAW.

>>129419302
You're sounding less psychopathic as time goes on, that's nice.

>>129419904
Wasn't this the one you posted a few threads back before you were about to sass your band? Groovy, just a bit samey so it felt long. You might wanna add other parts, but it's nice.

>>129420056
>>129420577
Nice

I was just messing around making random noise and accidentally made a Sonic Youth song
https://voca.ro/15Y2afGH6olj

WELL I HEARD THERE WAS A SECRET CHORD

DAVID PLAYED AND IT PLEASED THE LORD

BUT YOU DON'T REALLY CARE FOR MUSIC DO YOU?

I can't do downward pickslanting

>want to learn a song
>it's in Eb
no thanks, onto another song

>>129422034
https://voca.ro/1fOdxSsY2e0Z

>>129422278
https://voca.ro/1evHPfsGo1C4

>>129420561
I had a one of those recent white Fender Duo-Sonics, with the string-thru bridge. I made a thread here of my guitar, and I cut off the strings and took off the neck. I put both in a backpack and rode my bike to my friend's house. When I got them out, I was too anxious to put the strings on, with shakes taking me after the ride. My friend said he could do it. So I got my new pack of flatwound 11s out of the backpack and handed it to him.

When he finished, I went to tune it, and 4/6 saddles in the bridge were flipped upside down.

I had been posting images of my journey on this website, and when I saw the saddles I decided not to update my thread.

>>129421947
>Nice
Dänke schon, shredder supreme

>>129421075
THE HORROR

https://voca.ro/1aUof4TWMcWH

>>129422718
Cool & good. I like the way that sounds.

>>129422722
Thanks Danny.
https://voca.ro/1oyiEAUsq6ad

>>129421870
Send it to the Guitologist.
It's made out of pieces that can be replaced and tested.
It's not a black box.

Look at a used MIM HSS strat.
Check the serial number and compare it to the listing.
Wrong color wrong neck wrong pickups.
600 dollars.
I don't even.
Probably Chinese.

>>129422743
This would read better as a greentext. I was scrolling through the thread wondering who you were telling to look at a used Strat.

>>129421870
I'll fix this derp amp in 2 hours. I told you it's easy af.

>>129422737
Brad's probably busy with some Turning Point shit or making Tool covers.

https://voca.ro/1feVL1sxQDmJ

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>>129422907
Really nice. Reminds me of Donovan, or a children's TV show theme that shows stills of puppets or something.

P.S. my Squier doesn't have a skunk stripe with its non-maple fretboard. This makes sense to me... part of the allure.

>>129417780
Some use an attenuator or loadbox of some sort to run their amp at a beefy level and get the tubes fired up for good tone but have better control of the overall volume level.

Anybody have experience with a Tremol-no or similar product? I just want to set up my Floyd to dive-only so string breaks, string changes, and general tuning stuff is not such a pain in the ass.

>>129418759
I think you meant C Major. The difference is the tonal emphasis. If you play a C Major scale all over the neck but the bass player is just playing an A note all day long, it's going to sound like A Minor.

>>129420231
i just got my second guitar yesterday tuned it to b standard and plugged an sf300 into it. it felt very good when i got stoned and played electric wizard into my headphones :]

>>129422171
just play all the same notes but one fret lower, retard

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good morning sluts.
today: new strings and new bridgeplate on the Tele
>>129422956
I used to be obsessed with having a no-skunk neck because I thought they were better/more premium.

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was Jim Marshall a chud?
the original Marshall logo has two Fasces book ending it

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Currently at work doing major scales to a metronome 80 bpm. I was able to take the bass shape I know and apply it to the guitar. Going diagonally felt really good. Was able to play the scale up to the 15th fret. About to work on the first and open fret shape. Once I get that down I'll move into the minor scale shape. I like the tele and its comfortable in my hands but part of me wants to go back and check out some more guitars. I think i miss having a jazzmaster. I got the tele for 475. Think I'll see if I can find something near the 550-600 range.

>>129423585
major and minor scale are the same
all the same diatonic pattern
once you understand this you are ready for modes

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>some years ago a ragtag association of guitar nerds came together on a Boston cream donut image board to share their guitar knowledge and tips
>little did they know their contributive efforts would grow into a plate of spaghetti on the floor of insults, laments, wishes, and dream guitars
>this is the 5-Watt World short history of Guitar & Bass General, otherwise known as /gg/

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I found an 11/10 perfect dedicated reverse delay pedal, this thing is amazing. Pushing the speed knob past 50% adds pitch shifting to the reverse. I’ve never been big on dedicated effects pedals like this but I use reverse reverb/delay more than any other type of mod so it justified giving it a shot, so glad I did.

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Auditioning some new picks this weekend

>>129423793
The blue and purple turtles are approved.

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>>129423793
ive been using these as picks for years

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>>129423757
I bought pic related for like 70 bucks on a whim because it had a cool sounding reverse delay effects. It was cheaper than a similar pedal I was eyeing but now I have a huge 100W head which is basically just a reverse delay that I will use once every blue moon, at least it looks kinda nice in my collection with the silver and carbon fiber optic. Distortion tones are a pile of shit, but it's also not too shabby on full clean mode.

>>129417716
I found out recently that the saying "You hate Teles until you don't" is very true.

I used to find them extremely ugly, but now I've been watching videos and testing guitars in shops for the past few weeks and I can't decide.

>Sire Larry Carlton T7 new gen
>Fender Player II Modified in SS
>Fender Player II Modified in SH
>Squier CV
>Most expensive Harley Benton Tele I can get

which way to go, I don't know

>>129420231
It makes me feel like a beginner again. I don't know the fretboard and improvising is hit and miss.

>>129423988
I'm the resident Sire hater, so I'd advise against the Larry Carlton T7 New Gen.

The best guitar I have was a Squier Tele, but the Contemporary Telecaster HH range. The neck is so smooth, no sharp edges, every fret level, lovely 12 inch radius. I've read some reviews about shitty grounding on the new Contemporary Teles.

>>129424003
>Contemporary Telecaster HH
I played a white one with black binding the other week, that thing looks fucking sick and plays like a dream, but it doesn't sound like a Tele. I want that Twang

>>129424018
>I want that Twang
Pick near the bridge saddles. Even a humbucker sounds "twangy" then.

>>129423988
>Most expensive Harley Benton Tele I can get
why not at this point just bite the bullet and get a proper Mexican Fender Tele used for like 500 bucks? Cheapo shit is starting to come close to pro level used territory. Nowadays I cannot justify spending 400 bucks on some Sire which was almost half pre-COVID when I can find genuine Fender shit for a little more.

>>129423988
get a MIJ

>>129424051
well, if I were to get a Fender Tele, it'd be the player ii modified, for all its upgrades that I don't have to do myself

>>129423745
Yeah i pretty much got most of it down. The transition was a lot smoother since I've been picking on bass. Just going to keep focus on getting this down today. Probably going practice the 2 leads i know

>>129424057
there are some nice finishes, but are they worth spending 5-700 more than a mexican player II?

CANT STOP ADDICTED TO THE SHINDIG

>>129424082
Worth it is a subjective thing, but I would say yes. You can get used domestic-market Fenders for a good price. I would stay away from basswood models, just like I wouldn't want a poplar model.

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I came back for free burgers
>sweet success
Practice your damn scales

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Hope you're all having a nice comfy Saturday. Don't forget to get your SO or mom some flowers for Vday.

Kind of new to this, I thought I'd have trouble switching between chords, but so far I already have trouble just putting fingers on the strings when they span more than just two frets. My ring and pinky finger seem to bend inwards towards my thumb.
Are there any good exercises for this?

Is it true Jimi Hendrix never played a Les Paul?

>>129424355
is that your son under the table

>>129421870
what happened?

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>>129424371
One of them... He always jumps up on top of my Princeton andf I'm worried one day his fat ass will knock it over.

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>>129422907
Nice

>>129423006
Tremol-no works well
Just don't lose the tiny pin that connects them together. Now mine has a tiny bit of movement even when enganged as I had to replace that pin with something that didn't fit precisely.

>>129424369
You just have to keep doing it. Check out justinguitar for beginner lessons.

>>129424452
I guess a piece of wood is too easy.

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>>129424369
Chromatic scales with one finger per fret. Start on the low e string and get comfy playing each finger in sequence (1 2 3 4). once you feel confident in that, then move one fret down and start the sequence like that again. Try to get all the way down to the 1st fret - 4th fret.

The idea is that you go from what you can handle to slightly more difficult increments.
>pro tip: try this on bass and guitar will feel like a toy

>steak and shake is a proud sponsor of /gg/
pic rel

>>129422034
https://voca.ro/eMX8PWs523f

/gg/-Steak & Shake General

WELL I HEARD THERE WAS A SECRET MEME
THAT DAVID SHARED AND IT PLEASED THE LORD
BUT YOU DON'T REALLY CARE FOR SHITPOSTING DO YOU?

>>129424500
His father is superior and could probably swim:

https://youtu.be/SmjzxODwGcM?si=0mv3CKKJHa31DT57

>>129423757
Let's hear it.

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>>129424530
>I am a dreamer

why are bass guitars so fucking ugly

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Thinking about taking the Tom Morello masterclass

>>129424473
This is a bullshit exercise. A complete waste of time.

>>129424618
Harm the Ohmless.

Ω

>>129424632
how? it builds up finger muscle and independence, I consider it a warm up before leaning any technique

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>>129424632
You’re right. Here’s a better exercise

Is the worst part about owning a Squire or Epiphone or whatever the fact that it doesn't say "Fender", "Gibson", etc. on the headstock or the the fact it was made by Mexicans?

>>129424714
what a fucking loser holy shit

>>129424714
milk and shake

>>129424842
>what a fudging *looser of holey shit

>>129424861
Truer words were never spoken.
>utilize squeezing mammaries to build hand strength and flexibilty

The name itself is subtle code for proper vibrato:
>stake (your attention on a target pitch) and shake

>>129424820
if you care about the headstock says you're a queer, the most important thing is Q.C. which can be set up by you(watching youtube tutorials)/someone else

>>129424820
there is zero difference in manufacturing between Gibson and Fender custom shop and stuff from Temu.

Only difference is in branding.
Everything in terms of production line work is identical, if anything its lagging at Gibson because they are run by jews who nickel and dime on new production equipment, Chinese are typically the first to adopt newer, better manufacturing tech.

>>129424936
shut up fag

^^^schizo right here^^^

>>129420561
one time i put on super slinkies

>>129424618
does not cutting my strings all the way to the tuner make me look cool? I've seen lots of cool guys do this. Will it make me play better?

>>129420561
somehow broke a wound string trying to do that shitty knot at the tuner
tired and retarded i accidentally swapped e and a felt weird

>>129424385
it just won't turn on. said it was probably a blown fuse but it's not that

A scalloped fretboard will help you play with a light touch

never stop spreading half-understood misinformation /gg/

>>129424820
Gibson on the headstock is ok. Fender on the headstock is only ok pre-Y2K. Their quality is in the trash.

^^^double lmao^^^

why are bass guitars still so fucking ugly

why are bass guitars so fucking cool
why are bass guitars still so fucking cool

Free my boy Giacomo Turra

>>129425278
no :-)

>>129425213
looks like this is a common problem with these amps
one solution i found is a guy found a toasted diode in his

amp techs who actually know how the circuits function and have at least 1 'electronics 101' course under their belt are like 1 in 100000000

99% are just monkey's that replace parts until they find the answer

>>129425413
It’s easy to diagnose what’s wrong, it’s much more challenging to source a replacement and competently solder it on

>>129425413
I'm gonna believe this professional amp tech that works for real bands I have heard of than some retard on 4chan

Summoning the shredder:

https://voca.ro/1aU9GAFCyI3f
>recorded in the Dominguez Escalante BLM desert, you can hear my propane heater

https://voca.ro/1cvN2pL6NNbe
>banjo progression played in a boat’s toilet seat with a hub cap resonator played in the desert

>>129425265
Bass guitars are the A-10 of instruments
>brrrrrrrrrrrrrt

>tfw you wanna play guitar, but you're not feeling anything you're playing
I've been having a lot of these days lately.

>>129425439
retard
>>129425453
the 'professional' who couldn't fix a common issues
kek

>>129425745
>retard
No u

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Jazzmaster body is cooler to me than tele. Sticking with this for the time being. Feels good and sounds good. Compared to the squire jazzmaster I had before I think this is just an upgrade. Going to work on scales after I mess around on my live 3.

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>>129425265
basses are fantastic. for years I played bass in a band consisting of bass, keys/synth, drums and vocals and bass was the lead instrument, while synth was rhythm.
you could say that I played lead bass

>>129425915
I wouldn’t say that

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>>129425881
Teles just aren't that cool desu.

>>129425881
love my JM. but I'm currently looking to get a tele

>>129425881
shame about the pickups though

>>129425931
Not when you post it for the millionth time in your gay setup

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>time proven pickups on a sleek ergonomic body
>no need to shim the neck, graphite the nut, raise the bridge, loctite blue the thimbles, set the trem lock, or whatever else jazzmaster players do

>>129425931
As soon as I picked up the JM again I knew what I had to do.

>>129425940
Good luck anon

>>129425949
What's wrong with them? Im still new to this

If i were to do guitar excersizes for 2 hours a day to improve my technique, what excersizes would you recommend?
Or i guess what are generally the most useful exercizes to improve technique, and how long should you do them?
Also pls post your own technique practice routine :3

>>129426045
if you practice anything for 2 hours daily and don't improve, you might want to find something new

>>129425949
It's not the pickups its the pots

>>129426055
Im practicing for one hour a day right now and i am improving... I just want to practice more, and more efficiently

>>129426045
spelling and grammar first of all

>>129425603
i mean i can shred but im not THE SHREDDER

>>129426091

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>>129418637
>ceramic chink pickups

>>129426044
nothing
he got tricked into buying overpriced boutique aftermarket pickups so now he has to try and trick his brain into thinking it was a good waste of 300 bucks by knocking your new guitar

>>129426113
I don’t know who’s shredding who?

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>>129426137
>wanting alnico on high output humbuckers so they are muddy, honky pieces of shit

I just love my muddy quacky low output pot metal chinkbuckers.

I like ceramic for gain sounds and alnico for clean but I usually just compromise and stick with ceramic and dial the bass and treble back a touch

>>129426269
fence sitter

>>129425213
>won't turn on
check power cable
check mains fuse
check power switch
disconnect power transformer secondaries, then I test if the PT is short or open with bench supply
check pilot bulb

>>129426269
It's really nbd. If you need a push in either direction, then just choose. Ceramic makes notes sound more uniform and alnico has more character. Go active if you want everything to be boring sloppa.

>>129426254
if they muddy raise the pickup height
if still muddy directly wire tone straight to pickup full open
if still muddy perhaps you're standing in mud

>>129426376
do you own a doghouse?

>>129425453
The pro tech that can't fix a linear power supply on a single pcb amplifier.

>>129426420
he can play spain though

>>129426427
Just you
Just me
Together

single coils should always be alnico
>high output humbuckers
if you need more output than a PAF what are you doing?

>>129426045
Two octave triads in the circle of fifths while crosspicking while vocalizing

>>129426442
playing bass

god damn bass guitars are so ugly

guitarists are the only people that are insecure about the way others play their instruments.

>>129426526
never met a pianist eh?

>>129426442
not pussy music

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I only play HSS muttcasters with an alnico 2 PAF style humbucker and alnico 5 single coils

>>129426560
I Neil

>>129426560
how does a monkey get so fat off of eating nothing but greens

>>129426600
monkeys can digest more of the nutrition in vegetables than humans can, maybe that means it's higher calorie for them too idk.

>>129426600
Do you think green foods don't have calories?

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>have no real interest in bass
>like classical style guitars and archtops
>come across Höfner one time and thought the 500/1 looks too goofy
>thinking of planning on getting a classic styled guitar near the end of this year
>come across the 500/2
>the more I look at it the more I realize it looks good because it only has 4 strings
>for some reason I want to learn bass now

free les paul for lil dood

https://youtu.be/OfPQSWMTpDg?si=UipQfdd7qqOuRKye

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>>129426600
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OXQr5FX-rEs
From humans feeding him junk food slop

>>129426652
Well on the bright side if you can't learn how to play bass you are the least musical human being on planet Earth lol

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Where can I find this?

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>>129426045
Easy:

1) spider exercise (it looks like an X)
>crosspick this shit
2) chromatic scales
>helps you determine your baseline for speed
3) string skipping
-> try one string away, then two, three, four, etc
>helps you feel distances between strings
4) play blindfolded
> helps give you a sense of the physicality of the instrument
5) ear training
-> find commercials and try to figure out the entire thing before it ends. Pause, rewind, figure it out.
> you should be able to come up with strategies to figure out music on the fly
USE THIS:
https://m.youtube.com/@80sCommercialVault/videos
6) all scales, all modes, entire neck
> don’t be a philistine, it’s not hard.
7) harmonics
>map all the pitches, pinch harmonics, and even artificial harmonics if you have the reach
8) space each finger
> instead of one finger one fret, get used to spacing each finger (very useful for three notes per string). Do all the combinations
9) economy picking
>all picking becomes economy picking at speed, so practice this shit slow
10) tapping
>experiment with all varieties (EVH, pick tapping, 8-finger, Preston Reed/Michael hedges shit)
11) slide
> because it’s easy as shit and sounds good. It should take you an hour to acquire this skill

The key to playing fast is playing slow

>>129426890
this is cope for those without god given talent.
I could play fast in just a few months, the articulation came from repetition.

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>>129426442
i have never found a guitar with high output pickups that i like. my strat is quiet as and its the only one that sounds good

>>129426911
nobody cares about playing fast what's important is staying in the groove and playing something tasteful and catchy

don’t tell him

>>129426303
It's not the power cable because there is a sort of small mechanical sound when I flip the power switch when it's plugged in. That sound doesn't happen when it's not plugged in, so the problem is after the power cable for sure. Tech checked the fuses and "everything he could think of" and it still won't turn on.

>>129426931
Have you tried percussive maintenance?

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>>129426919
> I care
Speed is exciting and taste is subjective. What’s novel to you is passé to me.

>>129426890
It’s weightlifting for your hands. Act accordingly.

>>129426911
>this is cope for those without god given talent.
Sure, but I was never a natural. I just hit woodshed for one summer and was in jazz band the following semester. Four years later, I’m playing clubs in NYC
>I could play fast in just a few months, the articulation came from repetition
This is true.

The trick is to not be stupid and unwilling to accept new frames of thought. For example, I jam with this one young guy twenty years younger than me, but he gets butthurt when I tell him something like:
>“hey, don’t post your RH ring finger when you’re fingerpicking.”
“That’s the way I do this.”
>”yeah, but the reason you cant pick Nothing Else Matters is because the middle and ring are in the same tendon.”
“This works for me” (it doesn’t)

So yeah, let stupid people fail. More snizz and accolades for me

does meth make you play faster?

>I can sound bad faster than you
is this what you guys are hanging your hat on

you sound bad on accident
I sound bad on purpose
I train to diligently to make everything as unlistenable as possible
we are not the same

https://voca.ro/12NOd6himakk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FDAO_HUTPc

>>129423750
Wow, David Hamburger is looking OLD now.

I know that's not him but he's fucking awesome. If you've never seen his blues or fingerstyle courses before, you're missing out. Super chill and easy to follow.

>>129423750
>a ragtag association of guitar nerds came together on a Boston cream donut
My brain went in another direction on that part

>>129426657
based

Before I picked up the guitar I kept hearing my fingers were going to hurt a lot at the beginning and the funniest thing is, the fingers don't really hurt me that much but my back hurts like hell.

Ok

>>129427283
you're supposed to use your fingers not your back

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Seeing a lot more offsets posted here lately, nice to see the gaysayers starting to get outnumbered. Offset enjoyers stay winning, and also guitar enjoyers who don’t have time to care what guitars other people play, stay winning.

>>129426999
Yes. I learned how to sweep pick on acoustic by doing the same simple loop, no joke, for twelve hours in the forest of Olympia, WA. My knuckles hurt like hell, but it was like a speedrun.
>then the shadow people came out

I also wrote 9,000 words in one sitting for one of my books a week prior.
>this felt like shadow demon perched on my shoulder

One insight that was surprising was that speed and hydration of your body go hand in hand (big pun intended). Think about cramps and fatigue, as well as the librication from your hands. On speed, I could smell the strings corrode in real-time and the waft of the acoustic’s glue.

All in all, it was a spiritual experience and I ended up getting giardia from a weakened immune system. Four raw cloves of garlic later, the sweeppicking was worth all the farts.
>I win

notice how no one gave the offset tranny attention? yeah, they’re dead. now that I’ve mentioned it, any future replies to her post are also negated

Is it any wonder I'm tired?
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?

https://voca.ro/1mipSfRXKwbh

https://voca.ro/1jS9C3EXzkUM

>>129427640
nah nigga... I ain't seeing this

>>129427536
They still think it's their guitars and not the incessant blogposting in every thread, retards.

>129427742
bro really slurping down that clotted cum

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jm on the bed

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>Cut nails too short
>Fingertips now sensitive
>Used microfiber to clean guitar
>Absolute sensory nightmare

>>129427860
Nice.

>>129427536
>>129427742
Peak feminine mean girl behavior

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I didn't choose my guitars.
My guitars chose me.

ain't with it today

I just burned two of my left hand fingertips on a hot cooking pot. It fucking stings.

>>129428063
get some aloe on that shit asap

>>129426931
Switching noise is normally relays and probably doesn't tell us a lot. You need plate voltage and filament voltage. Once you have those two and bias, you try to shoot audio out the back end.

>>129427935
P90s would look better just sayin

>>129428063
builds character.
>what the hell are you typing with?

Loosh harvester: SPOTTED

>>129428076
I don't know if there's any in the house and I'm not gonna wake anyone up to ask. I'm just gonna grin and bear it, I really don't feel like getting off my ass anymore. Even if the shit is pulsing. Fuck.

I practiced a few leads today and one song with chords. Leads went okay. My ear is having trouble going from listening for the bass to the guitar. I'm unintentionally losing the guitar and going to the bass out of habit. This time around it's feeling more fun to play guitar. Last year I'm not sure why but whenever I tried playing I wasn't enjoying it.

>>129428116
Hah. Let it build. I probably won't be able to play for a while though.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BIj41etoqY

>>129428128
You can get a small aloe plant in a garden center for a couple bucks.They are very easy to grow and propagate in pots. They are friendly medicinal plants that will save your ass in times like these.

>>129428205
Will see if there's any tomorrow and if I'll need it. I usually don't bother with that sort of stuff so it's never on my mind. I do appreciate the advice though.

Shred off the land my gg

god damn bass guitars are so fucking ugly

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>>129428146
Slide, my ni/gg/a

https://voca.ro/19fImdNJTNiW
> see pic for where to shake the slide.
> fret with your unburnt fingers

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>>129428457
Melt banana bassist is pretty tasty
> they crushed live

https://youtu.be/f9cAF21mY4I

>>129428457
Do not talk shit about my p bass man

>>129428732
>>129428732
>>129428732

>>129421870
Tube preamp, solid state power amp. Easy ass.

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>>129426919
I care.