I haven't played in like two weeks

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Yes bass at bottom treble at top.

>>129894543
I stopped playing one amp and six pedal ago. I'll focus on gear from now on.

>>129894565
Love this man like you wouldn’t believe

>>129894565
Where are the knobs bro

If you could, how much time would you spend practicing every day? I think 3 hours spread across the day would be nice.

>>129894656
I can only jam for like 4 hours max before I’m bored and tired. practice maybe like 2 hours

>>129894565
Dick Dale has been dead too long

What are some good videos on CAGED that explain the shapes up the neck & why they are what they are.

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>>129894656
I practice in my head all day. If I’m home and working, I reward myself with 7.5 to 15 minute sessions between work and meal slimes. It helps to have different instruments littered throughout the house. And keep track of real practice, not fickarounditis
>pic rel

>>129894525

As much I like the feel of rosewood, maple fretboards are the greatest

how can I sound like this?

https://voca.ro/1f7yCsOe117v
https://voca.ro/19kqcDP2suDN

>>129895356
indian laurel is better anyway

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>>129895286

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>spanish

>>129895347
What do you do to practice?

>>129894565
works for surf but not for my style. i like the high string at the bottom because it makes the melody stick out when its the last note strummed

>>129895286
>explain the shapes
there's nothing to explain you just learn them
>why they are what they are
they are just collections of intervals. the different permutations of those intervals result in the different chord shapes. if you want to understand chord shapes you need to take a step back and understand intervals

>>129895286
>>129895418
From top to bottom:
>1st line: Open position major chords, the "cowboy chords"
Below that you have the same shapes transposed up to other positions on the neck, often using a barre as a capo (think of it like a moveable nut).
>2nd Line: Transposable Major chords (can be slid up or down, putting the black dot on the root note of the intended chord)
>3rd Line: Transposable Minor chords
>4th Line: Transposable Major 7th chords
>5th Line: Transposable Dominant 7th chords
>6th Line: Transposable Minor 7th chords
>7th Line: Transposable Half-Diminished ('Minor 7 Flat 5' or 'm7b5') chords

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>>129895526
Oh yeah and the 'x' markings just show you optional / alternative notes you can include in the voicing.

Here's another good one.

>>129895347
Yeah I'm trying to figure out which of my sessions are actually practice vs just fucking around

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One more.

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>>129895459
>IN MY HEAD
I like to review stuff I learned or imagine new patterns. I do rhythmic stuff too, like trying to do odd meters/polyrhythms against steady beats.
>I have to do this method primarily because I’m still living out of hotels for the time being
pic rel for some junkie family that just smoked meth and used incense to cover it up.

>REAL PRACTICE
I learn multiple things at the same time to crosspolinate concepts. For example, learning violin gave me a starting base for mandolin, which is in the same tuning. So, for example, I tried to take “Bonaparte’s Retreat” in deadman tuning (dDAD) and see if I could play it on mandolin, viola, bass, piano, and guitar. Turns out I can, and then I see if I can do it in standard tunings.

Other times, I just grab a quick 7.5 minute session so that it counts on my board. This could be just running a Hanon exercise mindlessly while I baked a blackberry cheesecake. Still, my hands get exercise and it beats doomscrolling.

Filling in the blocks over time satiates the inner speech and when I hit 20 hours, I count that as a new era, like BEGINNER -> LOW INTERMEDIATE -> INTERMEDIATE -> etc.

>>129895286
CAGED system is only the major scale shapes all over the neck. Isn't that difficult. If you understand how chords are built, know the name of the notes in the fretboard and know these patterns, you learn CAGED.

>>129895895
you are constantly posting from parking lots do you live in your car

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>>129895550
Just pick what’s hard in your mind. I’d say that mindless scale patterns while watching a movie isn’t fucking around because you’re putting in gym reps. However, hyper concentrated practice can get you myopic and frustrated. But playing little ditties until you fuck up the same part? Yeah, that’s fuckarounditis.

Violin was like this for me for a minute until I learned the scratchiness was coming from not warming the violin and strings itself. I actually was fucking around and made a discovery about the instrument warmth, and boom, progress.

Back in my beginner days, I’d grab a joint and just play along for hours in a stinky sweaty room until I felt like I could nearly play anything. Then boom, I’d revert to being a little better than the previous day.

The real progress came from constant jamming with anyone. Punk rock kids, jazzbo wannabes, chorus fags, jazz combo, etc. Until you can pull it off in front of someone under pressure, you can’t really do it

>inb4 muh ego

>>129895955
No just since Feb. Suing my absentee landlord for $20,000 (lost wages, accommodation, pain and suffering), so I’ve had to do this while all my equipment is in storage. I do have a beater guitar, but I don’t want to attract junkie attention or get the stinkeye from mothers at the park.

Luckily, the idiots didn’t think I’d record their admission of blame in January (they didn’t do a service call for my flooded basement in June!), so I’ve just been waiting for my lawyer to initiate the suit for a settlement.

>what does this have to do with guitar?
Well, I’d be posting better SHRED BEDS and vocaroos. Now even shitposting retard is gallivanting around with his Kmart - Amen breakbeat. The world is off kilter I tell you!

I will have my arthoe harem yet

>>129896111
surely you mean the fiddle

>>129895286
Dont learn caged. Its a crutch and puts you in a retard box.

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I’ve got a spare 10” speaker in storage so I’m gonna get it out and plug it into this old amp and see if the original speaker is causing the lack of volume and just overall lack of cleans, and if it’s just a speaker that’s an easy fix. If it’s not a speaker then at least it eliminates the old stock speaker from being a cause of the problem so here’s hoping. I’m just glad that the amp is working even if not as intended vs not working at all.

more like gayged

>>129896309
That's a very nice satin finish.

>>129894629
When I heard you loved Dick I thought they meant something else. It's good to know you made the right choice.

Which guitar is the best?

>>129896428
Les Paul Standart

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former bass guy here, starting with justinguitars fingerstyle videos. practiced the D chord in 6/8 for about 15 mins. by the end was able to get really good and loud tone out of my fingers and increase the speed quite a bit. I don’t have nails so it took some learning. my beginner eastman thank you for your time

>>129896309
If that is the version with 2 6l6 power tubes your lack of power could come from old tubes, the need to replace the power supply caps or both. The big, old electrolytic capacitors in those dry out. They can eventually cause the whoke amp to fry. They would be the first thing I would look at because they store the energy to keep the tubes powered. Bad caps are a sign of low power. Look into it. That is a nice amp that should be sounding fantastic.

>>129896336
>satin finish
>amp
?

>>129896480
The guitar you nitwit

>>129896442
Look up Rob Mackillop for info on playing fingerstyle without nails. He's a great proponent of it. Although his stuff is geared towards classical, nylon-string guitar.
https://rmclassicalguitar.com/

>>129895372
anyone please?

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>>129896215
I learn all styles. Chris Haigh and the Fiddle Channel is great, as is working through the Suzuki books like a Chinese toddler.
>getting back to MIND PRACTICE
I subscribe to something I call “adjacent skillsets”, which means I get a better ROI with limited time. Even if I can’t touch the instrument, I listen to Bartok’s 44 Duos to absorb the nuances by osmosis.

https://youtu.be/3M6_vUaNI0k
>melody is in A Dorian #11 for all the readingchads, tabcels gotta sit this one out sry :DDDDD

>>129896474
The tubes are apparently old 6L6s from an old Peavey amp so they’re definitely on the checklist of things to look at. Caps were my very first assumption but I figured it’s easiest to just eliminate the speaker since that’s something I can just grab and plug in to check. There’s a great amp tech maybe an hour and a half away who I’m gonna contact about looking it over. The way I see it for what I paid for it I’m happy with it as is, and if repair cost keeps the total under a grand I’ll still be happy with it. Worst case scenario I can sell it as is for what I have in it but I’d rather get it up to speed.
>>129896491
:^ it’s my dookiecaster

>>129896524
how exactly do I navigate this website? it seems like it’s laid out like some kind of repository blog

>>129896586
caps, tubes, and bench time shouldn't cost more than a couple hundred bucks. A matched pair of 6l6s are around $75. You don't need fancy NOS IMO. Caps $30 or less. Bench time varies. It shouldn't be much of a job for an experienced tech. $1k would be rape.

>>129896682
Click the links? They're all at the top of the main page. Each page has whatever content is has at its top, then followed by open comment fields. Yeah, it's laid out kind of boomer-y like a Geocities page, but he IS an old music scholar and teacher. Not expecting him to be a master web designer.

>>129896738
well i guess the better question is all of it relevant to me? I see the technique section and just making sure that isn’t the primary thing you were referring to

>>129896779
I scanned the website and he recommends putting hand cream on after playing. Seems like his the same pain in the ass as dealing with nails or slapping on some acrylics

>>129896795
lol well I’ll still peruse the website at any rate. thanks

>>129896699
No I mean if I can keep the total cost of all the work plus my $400 already into the amp to less than a grand I’ll be happy. I’m figuring around $300-$400 for any work but that’s just a guesstimate

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Does anyone here have any experience with these Squire bass VIs? Any tips or suggestions? I'm a bass player but I wanna dip my toes into more strings and more chords but keep my low-end focused sensibilities. I know they have some problems right out of the box but I have some basic modding experience

>>129896428
my little vintage martin

>>129896862
saddle height needed some slight adjustment for proper intonation but besides that it was g2g

1500 dollars before tax

i need a strat and a bass. what combo would you go with?

>>129895356
i really don't like the feel of rosewood, maple feels better. nothing to do with the wood, rosewood is objectively better because you don't have to lacquer it, i just prefer how lacquered feels. lacquer rosewood and id like that too

I’m debating buying an AVII 61 or 65 Strat, or spending half that on a MIJ 62 reissue with inferior electronics and bASSwood instead of BALLder

Why did Harley Benton remove all their hardtail fusion strats from production?

>>129896816
>rub the lotion on your skin or you get the hose again

https://voca.ro/1cAehxP0JwGF

>>129896995
two used classic vibe squires and 2 really good setups

>>129897299
i can set my own guitars up since i'm not a retard. so take that out the budget and re-evaluate

>>129897142
>the sound of domestic violence

>>129897310
two used classic vibe squires and a brand new squier vi

>>129896941
hell yeah nice. I saw some people replace the entire bridge as well as strings, but if it just needs intonation work, all that can wait

>>129897415
well I've done additional modifications to mine too, but none of it was absolutely necessary, just personal preference stuff.
I put locking tuners on mine, restrung it with lighter baritone strings so I can tune up to B standard, and I changed out the individual pickup switches for a single 5 way.

>>129897493
gotchu, noted. How does it feel compared to a regular guitar neck wise and string spacing wise?

>>129896111
how's your progress in violin? i thought i was doing well but my fingering suddenly produced awful notes again

>>129897526
it really just feels, plays,and sounds like an electric guitar with a 30 inch neck
an anti-jag, a fat strat
only a couple things worth noting
>finger vibrato is much tougher to do because of the necessarily stiffer strings, the whammy bar actually comes in handy for this
>chords tend to get muddy in the lower registers, moreso at the default E tuning

>>129897393
sss or hss? 50's sounds nice but the 70's looks cool too.

>>129897692
all same quality and mostly same specs. go for the color and pickups you like personally I think hss is more versatile

>>129897692
>sss or hss
idk you're the one who said you needed a strat
if the pickup configuration doesn't matter to you why do you need a strat

>>129896554
Please try to stay on topic.

>>129897692
get an sss for the authentic strat aesthetic and then if you really want a humbucking bridge, just swap out the single coil pickup with a stacked humbucker

>>129897762
he'll probably find that he doesn't need the humbucker. it's not the 50s anymore, you can roll the tone off the bridge

>>129895447
It's porch you geez

>>129897814
Give it a trem at that point.

>>129897814
Hockey stick headstock

>>129897854
bless you

>>129896309
what guitar is that?

>>129897972
George Harrison tele

>>129897972
Squier George Harrison Indian Laurel Telecaster Sonic

playing IS practicing
ok
just wanted you to know
I'd say thanks but really, you're welcome

>>129897721
hss has a nice brown wood version i had my eye on.

basically story goes my first guitar ever when i was 13 was a hondo II strat clone. it was a black hard tail strat, absolutely horrible to play on, i had no idea what the fuck i was doing when i was a kid but in retrospect there probably wasn't much wrong with it outside of needing to be setup properly, but it wasn't set up properly, sucked ass to learn on and eventually gave up until the last few years where i began to actually try to learn properly with a guitar i bought with my own hard earned money.

Got me a squier tele now, absolutely love the thing, but i have an opportunity to get some new instruments for absolutely free, within a 1600 after tax budget, which means roughly 1500 before taxes. I have the tele, so i determined that i kind of want to give the strat a chance again. obviously i don't want a cheap shit hondo II, but i figured i'd get one. My dad gifted it to me after a surgery, it was probably one of the only nice things he ever did for me. he died a few years back, but if i got a new one it'd be a nice way to remember him by, and honor the gesture by actually getting kind of decent with it.

if i want to be a purist about the subject i'd get one in black with single coils, but interested in other configurations too. but part of the whole budget is that i would like a nice quality bass to go with it to replace an old ibanez POS i got on craigslist like 10 years ago.

i was heavily considering sire guitars but after reading more about them, while they are really nice quality they're incredibly proprietary, to the point where you can't really replace much outside the pickups on those things. should anything go wrong down the line you have to basically work through a warranty system and that's kind of gay as fuck for after it's no longer covered.

anyway thanks for reading my blog.

thanks for reading my blog.

>>129897982
>>129897991
is it a real one or a squire one?

>>129898077
real depends on your stance on reissues, but it is indeed a fender

>>129898049
Nothing will break on your guitar and you will never have to replace your bridge and even if you did guarantee the sire strat copies/tele copies are compatible with aftermarket fender parts

>breaks you’re fucking tremolo in half
what now strathole

>>129898149
*cries*

>>129897993
Scales ARE music. (according to Robben Ford, and I'm inclined to agree.)

>>129898121
so you think the sires ain't a bad choice? the s5/s7 strat clones they have just look great in comparison to anything fender's doing desu but i do like to think about keeping them in good shape for a long time. they have edgeless rolled frets for her comfort and idk how getting those refretted years from now will come out, but honestly they're free man so i don't know if i care too too much. i just want some fun shit to jam on and the quality for their asking price is just crazy. they don't get talked about too often but literally anyone who owns one raves about em.

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I dunno, too much?

How can I find out where my guitar was made? It hasnt arrived yet but it's an unbranded guitar from ebay

>>129898207
You will never need a refret, quit listening to fat faggots like Phil McKnight and obsessing over fret ends like a pussy, quit thinking about fret leveling and all this garbage youtube put into your head. Sire, MIM Fender, Yamaha, Epiphone, Squier all this shit is fine quit being autistic and just buy a 500 dollar guitar

>>129898232
>unbranded
it's probably from china m8

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>>129897542
It’s the same incremental improvement path as guitar, but I understand 5ths tunings, got callouses, and im willing to sound bad because it’s fucking funny as heck. Same with reading treble clef, but the bowing direction with slurs throws me off (but makes sense). The analog to guitar would be economy picking and sweeping.

The main challenge for me is to understand the feel of zones and common positions. The naming conventions of the positions are a bit counterintuitive; I am getting used to finger spacing and hand frame. Surprisingly, I have better intonation on viola which accommodates bigger hands.

I really like the sounds you can get. Here’s a laser:
https://voca.ro/1otcEvkcYqqI

And here’s shitty viola:
https://voca.ro/19nonsSIdPpW
>i suck but it’s fun as fuck so slime win

>>129897759
sry bro crowd (>>129897542) says otherwise UwU
>maybe tmrw you’ll be right

ni/gg/as will discuss anything but guitar in /gg/

>>129898276
what qualities do you look for in an acoustic

>>129898286
that it has a solid body and at least 3 pickups

>>129898290
good discussion

>>129898300
Do I need to start doing the reddit thing of /s

>>129898276
>mentions analogies to guitar
>has shitty vocas
>offers blind-leading-the-blind advice
where did I go wrong

>>129898314
Could you try the reddit thing of going back?

>>129898209
I think so yeah. Sorry I tried really hard to rationalize this but I think the beauty of the maple board neck is how plain it is

>>129898318
go ahead and start /vg/
>>129898329
You can't play for shit.

https://voca.ro/1asu9nGkLlO7

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>>129898286
If it can support a mbira for bass

/vag/ - Violin & Guitar general
>start that up for me

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>>129898248
alright fine jeesus

sire's website doesn't ask me for taxes on checkout so this might end up working out.

>>129898443
what does the can lid do?

thought on suhr guitars? they're way beyond my price range but maybe someone in /gg/ is rich enough to own one

why do you look on reverb when everything is retarded overpriced

report the post or shut the fuck up gatekeeping is off topic too

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>>129898474
Gatekeeping is part of guitar culture which is entirely relevant.

>>129898451
It’s at an angle so I can get a snare sound after a down strum. The mbira is super resonant, but they are a pain to intonate. Plus, to do bass, I had to space them. I dont know what a logical tuning system would be, but I had it in a 1 2 4 5 b7 octave configuration.

I only have shitty out of tune recordings:
https://voca.ro/1c249Sc8vfq8

>>129898451
shaves your calluses off

>>129898524
shave your anus

>>129898514
makes me think of the movie hanna for some reason

First for Gibsons suck!

>>129898381
I hate the strokes, but that might impress slime's harem.

>>129898563
>trustfund

>>129898574
wat

>>129898381
this song is fun to play

>>129898622
what song?

>>129898514
https://voca.ro/19672lvvDRxv

>>129898563
the slime is developing multiple approaches. I think if I can pretend to be a sensitive gay, I can trick the ones with better music taste:

https://youtu.be/fysxCBOIa9U?si=qK5IF21pbjq9wd2t
>o hummingberrrrrrrb

https://youtu.be/OtnOfstvefE
>Eeeeliiiiiiiiiiieeeeeellllllliiiiiiii

https://youtu.be/9IZKcb3LndA?si=vjrvdivjnMiCLgvF
>bass for me, sultry vox for her

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>>129898640
you tried, son, and that’s all that matters
>we’re all too hard on one another
happy easter

play her this and the panties just melt right off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ux6SlOE9Qk

Would you rather buy a factory guitar for $2k or a partscaster with a neck and a body from two different guitars of that exact same $2k guitar for $1.3k? I’m looking at an American Vintage 2 Stratocaster and there’s a partscaster where a guy took two of the same American Vintage 2s but with different fret boards and swapped necks, and is selling the other guitar. The 57s come with certain finishes and maple boards and the 61s with different finishes and rosewood boards, and he had one of each and swapped necks to make the one he wanted for himself and is selling the other. Is 35% off a non swapped used one worth it if I don’t care about finish and just want the specs?

>>129898699
I nailed the tone I play to the band. My guitar is even 14 cents out of tune to match but you think this mediocrity comes easy? I've been playing for 20 years to achieve this.

>>129898704
The ones I had success lived shit like this:
https://youtu.be/46cnkoFqVno?si=drnuKxcgu9idTCJX
>like your example but on more drugs

>>129898704
Most 4channers weren't born when this music came out, unc.

>>129898723
>https://voca.ro/19672lvvDRxv

>>129898736
I wasn't born when Bohemian Rhapsody came out but that doesn't make it any less of a banger.

>>129898729
the venn diagram of women who like this type of music and who have genital herpes is a single circle

>>129898715
there is fundamentally no issue with this but you need to look really hard for red flags

>>129898765
>the 3 hot girls in the scene that everyone else has already fucked, including the touring band
checks out

>>129898765
My ex like Converge and Unwound, so who knows.

>basically just gotta pull a kozelek
https://youtu.be/e6DxdQ-9Z8w?si=_MiSarn6wqXdmuh5

>>129898793
That’s what I’m thinking. On paper I don’t mind it at all. He wanted a certain finish with a maple board so he bought two, made what he wanted, and is selling the other. I’m just on the fence about if I want to take the seller’s word for it.

>>129898715
ngl I'm not going to subject myself to this kind of longform hypothetical. This is some type of trauma you need to take to your Sweetwater rep.

>>129898838
It’s not hypothetical, it’s a guitar for sale.

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>caring about finish
>caring about wood
glad i'm poor

$1000 MIJ vs $2000 MIA for the same specs minus body wood (stuck with) and pickups (can change)?

>>129898886
always go for whatever has the better neck. stability, carve preference, radius preference etc. but if they’re the exact same finish and the mia isn’t nitro I’d get the jap

>>129898904
I like Japanese necks a lot. Spec wise they’re the same neck. The MIA is nitro over poly, the MIJ is poly.

>>129899268
yep looks like a shitty pedalboard

https://voca.ro/1lnzp4vC1mXi

^^^jester hat and eviction notice coming soon^^^

its 2026 you still rent? ew.
Work on your housing situation before guitar.
https://voca.ro/1kfYhV1UumnX

>got my gibby
>still living with mom and dad
hyuk hyuk hyuk
https://voca.ro/1bZbTP5tXURz

>>still living with mom and dad
make that 3 jester hats

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Does this type of burst have a name? The rim is all at the top and none at the bottom

>>129899492
analburst

Is that the Seinfeld publishing renegade? Without his constant gatekeeping /gg/ would be overrun with 8 string core kids or Brazilians?

I say let him cook. The hero this dojo deserves.

>>129899559
thanks offset fag

>>129899492
Maple Burst Fade

>8 string core kids or Brazilians
This would be an improvement

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milkshake

https://youtu.be/3ad4NsEy1tg

ooohhhh plinku plunku

>>129899704
what styles of music are the primary influences here im getting funk/disco

>>129899622
be the change you want to see in the world its never too late anon

>>129897814
Reverse headstock and angled HSS

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>>129894525
i am pleased to announce after many years of woodshedding on my 3/4 squier mini strat i have finally upgraded to a 7/8 japanese fender junior strat.

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I want a 5 strings bass but anything remotely quality is quite pricy

>>129895356
>>129895383
>>129897010
You actually touch the board? My fingers only touch strings. If I can feel the fretboard I know my technique is off.
>>129899904
Some of the Ibanez 5s prior to the mid 2000s were decent.

>>129899951
I'm more into jazz basses, ibanez basses never sound quite right but I haven't tried their top end models, seems like they're all pretty metal-focused

>>129899951
when bending, yes

>>129899904
im sad theres so few 35 inch models available too, im surprised the length is so uncommon

>>129899719
waka waka jpop waka wow!

>>129899760
>primary influences
Persona 5 and maid cafes

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>>129900038
Wish these weren't a fortune despite being indonesian made

>>129899834
Your labors have not gone unnoticed. Yet, your journey has merely begun.

3/4 pink gang, rise now as a full member

do you pinch the pick just between your index finger and thumb or between your index, middle finger, and thumb

hes learning slide guitar now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9REy6ZqAhQ

>>129900163
thank you. are you saying this as a current member of the pink gang also? ironically i am 6 feet tall with man hands and long fingers but i like playing mini guitars theyre soo cuute

>>129900242
Sounds gay as hell. I'll never forgive Derek Trucks for popularizing that gay ass black woman singing R&B style of slide guitar playing. It sounds cool the first time you hear it then all the copycats killed it.

>>129900189
the former.

https://voca.ro/1r0UAq2Ups6f

https://voca.ro/1ZHto7xExsYH

https://voca.ro/1eGpzfzN3eZ8

>>129900593
this one is gg sound

Imagine buying a guitar so badly put together that it needs shimming

>>129900242
>only playing one string
>only playing melody line
Yeah he's "learning" alright

https://voca.ro/17INDpyYikD7

https://voca.ro/16zCfxqv5wcC

>>129900698
lmao

>>129900650
Are you referencing someone's guitar here? I can't be bothered to read the thread. But it's kind of gone the way of the dodo with new guitars, fortunately. CNC and the industry autistically holding to exact specs has improved things, at least in this respect. Back in the day, specs were just guidelines.

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I want a burgundy mist Stratocaster.

>>129894525
Oh no no no /gg/
Don't tell me an ugly seamonkey mogs you
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vrlOX1jZ_xg

>>129900888
i can't in good conscious

>>129900805
my twin sons Courtney and Lindsey chose this finish for their Strats. They look sharp in their matching outfits and Strats. They played an original piece at the talent show and got swarmed by jealous players curious about their Strats, they have to beat off curious guys every time they gig with these well finished instruments

I just want yall to know that I woke up early from acid reflux and gas

>>129900242
starting to think it's ibanez players calling offsets players fags & queers as distraction from themselves

>>129898251
yeah i assumed it's china but how do i find out which factory?

Practicing these basslines
https://youtu.be/G4lTMOmH8Dw?si=UXnq-4NmABX0kKoW
https://youtu.be/l_kfWGj6IpM?si=w60cNLNF293N7_y6
https://youtu.be/JnfyjwChuNU?si=8pR9Ne_3YjQRCW3p
I like singing these songs, might learn them
https://youtu.be/oPzhUp8mWgs?si=x-ZDWg3utSp_q4OL
https://youtu.be/lXgkuM2NhYI?si=sx_gQ7VYN0IHg12s

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>>129902042
aah yes, because as we all know, guitars from all the factories in Ching Chong Province are much higher quality than those made in factories in the Jing Jong Province

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day 2 of playing guitar again, it’s starting to slowly come back to me. I don’t like these coated strings, they are too slippery for me to consistently do the hammer-on/pull-off on the G run. thanks for reading my blog
>t bass guy
https://voca.ro/1irDatDfqrB8

https://voca.ro/1gRsJ0qSjuCK

>>129902059
i just wanna know. I wanna find out and make it well known. I would watch that on youtube

Why is the g always out of fucking tune

Why is /gg/ always out of fucking tune

still got the blus

I meet with the doctor today to determine if they extend my court ordered meds for yet another 6 months. wish me luck that they dont.

uh oh

206th post

addendum to the 206th post

>>129902306
personal tone

>>129902306
It really needs to be a wound string to have proper tension and stay in tune but guitarists prefer a bendable G string

>>129902925
the lower strings are easier to bend

>>129902938
Just try a set with a wound G, I guarantee it will stay better in tune but will be much harder to bend

>>129902955
I’ll bend u over my knee what do you think about that young man

I think finger grooves on the fretboard are caused by not cleaning your guitar and the acid and salts in your skin oils and sweats rot away the wood. My logic is that the grooves are not present directly under the string.

>>129903031
the grooves are from not cutting yer fingernails

>>129903074
gross who would do that

>>129903099
Actually play? no one here

>>129903313
don't bet your life on it, kiddo https://voca.ro/1cCwlwcUR2Y3

Do you play better or worse than Kevin O'Leary?
https://youtu.be/bZ-3btc_5i0?si=q1eisBHny9T1rllu

https://voca.ro/19jUG5tVm28k

>>129903413
he's so cool

>>129900805
Based finish, one of Fender’s best custom colors
>>129900963
Cringe

>>129903413
I respect it.

Every time I play my pick grinds into so much microplastic dust. My guitar looks like the inside of a marine animal

>>129903595
Same except I play bass and it's nail dust

https://voca.ro/1oolLzlTO5Sk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUZEkI1mm4w

I hate barre chords. What an unnatural shape to hold your hand in, and theres nothing impressive about spamming an E shape all over the fret board.

>>129903798
no you fucker you must keep practicing them day in and day out even though it hurts you must force yourself to keep doing it until you completely destroy your hand and wrist

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>>129903798
trick:

>>129903595
Cum on the dust
Mix it together
Cement

>>129903911
that's sement. not cement.

>>129903798
it's ok to express your frustration learning something. it's not ok to dismiss it as unimpressive just because you're struggling. it's blatant sour grapes

>>129903923
Baby steps. They barely know about it just now cant blow their mind too hard.

>>129903798
It's true there's nothing impressive about it, which makes it even more pathetic that you can't do it

>>129903995
Is that a pussy hole?

>>129899268
Jesus christ, do you people still not know proper gain staging when stacking your distortions? The rat is slamming the not-a-crunchbox-dlx so hard you might as well have just bought the 900 or JVM pedal instead for the same saturation level. Push JCM volume UP and dial gain back so it doesnt fart out your SS's jenson

My post didn't post

How does a plywood guitar sound?

>>129904175
it has a layered tone

>>129904175
It doesn't matter how it sounds because a little gust of wind will break it apart.

>>129904381
ply is strong af are you stupid?

That'd be the only guitar you can skateboard on and it's ok to play after.

>>129904482
majority of /gg/ are unable to differentiate a screwdriver from a ballpoint pen
gen z has dropped the average IQ from equatorial humidity levels to temperate rainforest ambient temperature averages

>>129904482
Honestly, I wouldn't mind it either. I'm not a tonewood fag.
I think many think of particle board when they say plywood. In that case, it'd suck balls.

>>129904482
Low grade material.

>>129904175
guitars with laminate soundboards sound very compressed to me and not in a good way

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In every guitar wood there is Baal

>>129904624
nice tits

>>129904549
I'm actually surprised some company hasn't tried to peddle mdf planks. I think the gibson sonexs were some amalgamation of epoxy and chipboard, "Resonwood."

>>129904583
By what standard?

>>129904691
Danelectros are made from masonite, which is pretty similar

>>129904700
It's used to build American homes and American homes are synonymous with poor quality.

How are you supposed to practice scales?

Brian May's famous guitar was at least partly plywood that he made with his dad.

>>129904787
learn all the notes in the scale and then find those notes on the fretboard

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Add to cart

>>129904818
extra small penis

P.R.S=Phaggots•Resisting•Style

>>129904818
>Poor man's memeson

>>129904818
I can't stand the look of les pauls

>>129904733
Really similar. I think I've only ever put that stuff on the ground to protect a floor or for a quarter pipe.

I knew this >>129904744 would be a europoor. American homes are made with OSB Smart siding, OSB sheething, OSB subfloor, OSB joists, pex, and drywall. That'll be 600k.

>>129904896
kek first thing I thought of too. Nice to know I'm not the only skater here...or ex skater at least.

>>129904787
Scales are a waste of time

>>129904996
they are not. scales allow you to practice navigating within a key. if you limit yourself to melodies only without practicing scales, you will find yourself with gaps when you are reading a new melody that navigates the scale in a way you haven't practiced

>>129905007
Nah, I never learned scales and I play great. Use your ear

>>129905024
lets hear it

>>129905024
its not about what note you're playing, it's about how you get from point a to point b, your ear doesn't help with that

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The key to playing like Yngwie is to only change strings on an upstroke. This makes it super easy to play fast

I wish I had a bass playing mom:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePM5e7nd4k4

>.54 gauge string lasts two years without losing intonation or output
>.68 becomes muddy after a month
why

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>removes top end shimmer from signal
>deadens tonewood where it matters most

>>129905132
toneWOULD
>buy an ad

>>129905154
complaining about 'muddy sound' when you're a chugwigger rhythm player

>>129905160
>>buy an ad
typing her name into coomer.su right now

>>129905169
learning solos and improv rn

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>>129904787
Scales introduce patterns that make up all Western music. In fact, eastern music, such as Arabic music, uses maqams, which are like half-scales superimposed.
>they are essential and you’ll learn them one way or another.

>how do I practice them
Learn as many ways as you can. You’ll start to recognize the patterns and variations thereof.

>muh just I’ll do whatever the hell I want
See pic rel for the ABRSM standards for classical guitar. You can gamify how you learn music by graduating up the grades (no auditions necessary) and have a reasonable expectation of where you’re at.

I could go on, but im working on the company slime right now.

>>129905233
>no non-diatonic scales
is there a second sheet or something

>>129905233
Can you elaborate on the 'grades' here? Where is this sheet from, and is the task to come up with riffs in the stated specs?

this boards sheet music fags can't play for shit, they're just clumsy nerds who think they can read their way into having talent

>>129905253
I don’t have any formal music education but I think those are sight reading exams to grade you as a professional/orchestral musician

>>129905302
You aren't allowed to say that until you've also spent years annoying the general public with your personal noise pollution

Anyone in a band who wants to strangle one of their bandmates?

>>129905345
what happened bro

>>129905345
Kind of. We haven't jammed in almost 2 weeks. I'm bored without them

>>129905381
Other guitarist in my band is just too carefree. We play fairly complicated mathrock stuff and have recording dates in early June and some shows coming up soon. Everyone’s got random work schedules, so we can only get to practice maybe once a week if the planets align. Next week everyone can make it to practice but he said he’s going out surfing the day we proposed, and he is definitely the one single member in the band that needs to practice a little more than others. I want to fucking kill him

I've lost all interest in distorted guitar ever since I've decided to learn the instrument thoroughly. Kind of wish I hadn't spent my teens playing metal riffs like a retard.

>>129905416
so wtf is math rock

>>129905416
What do the other members think? In any case it's better to tell him all that politely in a short DM message or the next time you practice.

>>129905460
I gotta talk to the drummer, we are best friends. I’ve confronted him before about being too carefree about scheduling and he did the whole, “bro it’s fine” response. Clearly it’s not okay because he always has to ask me about reminders of guitar parts during practice lol. It’s wild to me that there are people who have no concept of sticking to a schedule and keeping their word to others

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>>129905253
>slime here
It’s ABRSM, which is a pedagogical method that enables you to use a logical method to attain skills. Each of these skills and pieces are graded so you can know where you’re at skill wise. It’s basically no bullshit method because you’re dealing with how classical players do it.
>you’re not gonna play by feel in front of expert judges and discerning audiences

You can find a shit ton of pieces at IMSLP. These pieces stay from absolute beginner to advanced. Here:
>see pic rel
Click on “INSTRUMENT DIFFICULTY”, then Guitar, and you’ll see all of the FREE METHOD BOOKS and legit pieces to download.
>why do this?
Because you’ll know where you’re at skill wise and you shouldn’t advance without knowing the fundamentals down pat. Plus, if you don’t like them, you can just try another one. Each grade has like 40 examples for fucks sake.

The slime is jamming to PIL and y’all jelly:
https://open.spotify.com/track/5a5WR72xhtIyEHj3Q8RKo1?si=AZhi_YWkThGl-8TGRa0UUg
>steve vai ni/ggggggggggg/as

>>129905484
Some people are children. Remind him again and have your buddy back you up. Tell him 'we're wasting time and that there's a concerning lack of concern with him' etc.

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Really wanting this HB 335 copy. The seller says there's a crack that "appears cosmetic" but it's taken into account in the price. There's no warranty or returns because of that but the price is really attractive. Cop or not?

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>>129905515
>Cont
Pic rel is the repository pieces. Even black anon can steal these but don’t tell him they’re FREE.
>he’ll practice harder

>>129905440
Unusual signature times.

>>129905535
Yeah, good point. I’d rather have some backup instead of sounding like the “hardass”. What I’m expecting is just bare minimum and common sense

>>129905563
If it's just cosmetic, it means very little. But I wouldn't buy it unless it's a shop where you can physically play it.

Memorizing patterns isn’t enough. Use your ear

>>129905416
Learn his parts and overdub them when he’s not around
>surfs up bro
https://youtu.be/tyOYQ8qfFng

>>129905585
They have a physical location. Thanks

>>129905515
i think the other anon is write, it's specifically a metric for sight reading. i think using it as a general marker for your skill as a musician is ill-advised, there's a lot of gaps in this list

>>129905629
Post voca so I can determine which grade you are

>>129905563
look the neck angle and straightness over very meticulously. that’s the joint where the body meets neck, something caused it to separate and split the finish. could be bad glue job during building and the wood shrank at different rates which is no big deal but could also mean the neck is twisting or it took a hit at some point

>>129905647
im at work maybe later

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>>129905649
It appears to be straight judging by the height of the shadow

>>129905484
Use leverage. I had plenty of band members who didn’t think their shit stunk and all you do is whenever there is opportunity of “hey show us that part, I’m shaky on that,” that you know and he doesn’t, then you expose him as a slouch.
>I just play by feel bro, never the same way twice brah
It’s like Survivor or Fishtank, just get the group to gang up on him.

This is where keeping recordings is useful. I used to transcribe other band members in high school to throw them off.
>”so is that a B or C? Cuz you played x”
Zappa’s posture towards musicians is corrects

>>129905681
>doesn’t have portfolio
Will that be a window seat or an aisle?

https://voca.ro/11rx1tcX6pZ
>that’s from 15 years ago in a TASCAM 4-track
>muh wage slavery
Looks like you have time to talk nonsense instead, I dunno, having a digital portfolio

https://voca.ro/16Sn00Ti8WYa
>you come at the king you best not miss

>>129905704
I write all the guitar parts, meaning I teach him everything. That’s the explicit agreement that has been working out for a while. It will take him a minute to fully get something down because he’s not as competent as I am, but he’s fully capable of playing the parts if he’s disciplined enough. He just has a habit of goofing off right at the moment of necessity when it’s crunch time for a due date. We recorded some tracks last year at a studio and I asked him to join all of us during the whole process and he was like, “nah, I’m gonna work out and do a sauna first and then I’ll show up around 1:00”. That type of mindset drives me fucking nuts and I really think it’s so incredibly selfish. We all knew and agreed to the specific recording dates, and this guy just acts like a diva when the guy who writes everything tells him to be there for the whole process. Some people may think nbd, but to me that’s extremely disrespectful.

I’m going to talk to the drummer and just tell him to back me up on my demand. He knows that I already constantly remind/correct his guitar parts and he’s totally fine with that since I am the one writing everything and that’s what he agreed to.

>>129905908
bro I’d kick them out the first time they made other plans. they obviously have different musical goals than the band

>>129905728
you live in a car

>>129905920
I’m going to be moving across states with the wife to go be back around family next year and the band knows it will be done before that happens. Because of this, I don’t really feel like kicking him out and finding another guitarist. If it was just a recording project, I’d have done that a while ago, but we also like playing shows and he does a decent job at playing the second guitar for that.

Word of advice to anyone wanting to find people to start a halfway decent band
>Everyone needs to be technically competent and know basic music theory
>Nobody is an alcoholic or drug addict
>Everyone has a somewhat workable schedule and makes it to 90% of weekly practices

We’ve been playing for about 2 years and have about 15 well orchestrated songs rehearsed really tight, but all it takes is for one careless moron who doesn’t practice as much as they should and who prioritizes other shit to completely ruin a band. If you ever try someone out for your band and you get the slightest hint of intuition that it’s going to be an uphill battle, don’t continue with them for more than 2-3 tryouts. It will eventually bite you in the ass and then you have to go back to square one

https://voca.ro/1hL2qEhDxtiU

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>>129905928
Gonna need a voca before I take you seriously
>living in a shitty hotel, im heading to North Adams, MA to chase hipster stinkholes
Hush…

me: allowed to drink mtn dew, have mtn dew in house
you: has to drink tap water because your parents are super poor and really christian

>>129906028
yeah that’s why you have to nip shit in the bud early. sunk cost. rip man good luck

>>129906058
Nice laddie