Friendly reminder: the kiddies who post in /gg/ threads have nearly ***zero*** experience concerning guitar. Playing, repair, new player recommendations, etc. The average age in these threads is around early 20s: green as shit grass.
If you have an actual question this is probably one of the most uninformed & least knowledgeable places you could ever expect a proper answer to come from.
Be weary of any advice given here as it's amateur & perfunctory at best.
Have a nice day.
Henry Cruz
Also, friendly side note:
Anyone posting their gear here has made a decision (either consciously or unconsciously) that playing guitar is nothing more than a meaningless hobby, something along the lines of stamp or coin collecting. Their uninformed opinions and amateur advice are firmly rooted in this unserious mindset, music being secondary to the compulsion to accumulate and publicly display their "enviable" possessions.
Sup Forums is considered poison by most mature adults and is rightly shunned publicly for its immature, juvenile, and sometimes vile content. Lorde and the bassist from DIIV immediately spring to mind, both being heavily criticized for posting on Sup Forums and for their seeming willingness to be connected publicly to Sup Forums. No one with any real goals or aspirations would risk being contaminated with an association to this website, thus no serious musician would chance being recognized by posting their gear here. The only people who would be willing to subject themselves to this possibility would be the kind of hopeless, self-defeating troglodytes that routinely post on Sup Forums because they know they don't have any other options and nothing better (or more important) to do with their time. If you're posting on this site then you should be very familiar and thoroughly acquainted with this standard model Sup Forums user. There's no deliberate or pragmatic pursuit of knowledge or skill in these threads, just inane, unending circle jerking around gear, attention whoring, and fishing for replies.
For example: Aussiefag has been here for well over two years accomplishing absolutely nothing except for *getting some attention for himself*. The sad truth is that he has nothing else, this is his legacy: replying to other losers in /gg/ threads because his life is obviously devoid of any other social interaction.
If your goal is to wind up like this then posting gear here ad nauseum and avoiding actual musical discussion is definitely a good place to start.
Carry on.
Charles Clark
>and there it is
Justin White
ignoring stale crusty pasty
replies to last thread me too, I didn't want a red Tele originally but I was too impatient to wait for another body to come into the store.
do what I did and get a Fender head and a 2x12 or 2x12. I wanted a silverface Bassman originally, but I'm happy with the Bandmaster. It is LOUD. I played a gig last night and only turned up to 3 or 4. I wish I had been able to afford a DRRI, though.
Luke Thomas
>2x12 or 2x12 lel I mean 2x12 or 2x10
Christian Phillips
> im so buttblasted someone posted my stale pasta images in the last thread so i couldn't, i shut up the entire thread until bump limit so i could start a new one and post it > i feel vindicated > ;^)
Easton Diaz
Sorry, bro. Some of us have social lives to attend to, shows to play, etc. Enjoy the weekend though, I'll drop in occasionally but I'll be back in full time shitpost mode on Monday.
Don't be late for class, Bueller.
Hunter Murphy
YOU GOT BTFO
Kevin Gomez
The guy who has the Deluxe could I ask you some questions?
Leo Morris
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Oliver Anderson
me? I have one. maybe I could help
Levi Carter
im i weird for playing an 8 string and utilizing all of the strings equally while also listening to and accepting djent as a legitimate genre?
Nathaniel Fisher
> i have a social life > i have shows to play
Isaac Fisher
who's this qt
Landon Peterson
my Indonesian bullet squire is trying to kill itself in the corner after you triggered it
SEND HELP
Alexander Sanders
>Not using it for post progressive transcendental synthgrind
Kek
Jaxson Harris
i will admit i do play my fair share of d-djent-d-djent-d-d-djent-d-djent
Brandon Wright
post your mememachine gooby
Austin Cox
why was it triggered? you think ej strats are bad?
Oliver Ross
>post your mememachine pls no bully
Xavier Jones
post more rare john photos
Daniel Hill
get your own thread
Landon Price
I don't have any pictures of Frusciante but I do have a shot of one of his Strats
Ian Turner
hey your not me also i already posted it
Tyler Nelson
do you have any real pics of it?
Nicholas Richardson
no but its literally exactly the same exept its a little darker
William Ortiz
now I'm sad gooby. i'm usually the only erg player in these threads and no on wants to talk to me
Joseph Carter
fuck you ill ask for rare johns in whatever thread i like
Adrian Ward
same here. whats your meme machine?
Justin Jones
memeanez rg8 sold the prs
Connor Stewart
i know your a troll but fuck you just fuck you dude yah fucking cunt
Samuel Murphy
get agile bruh. higher quality and higher resell value
Robert Wright
b-but muh high quality Indonesian construction
Oliver Wright
oh i thought you only had an rg8. that one is really nice from reviews. how is it? what do you play? strings? favorite artists?
Nicholas King
thats not mine gooby! i wish it was though ;__;
Zachary Nelson
What are some interesting band set ups? Like 2 bassists and a drummer or something like that
Michael Reyes
oh, well for the same price of the rg8 agile is better. made in south korea. also he is my inspiration
Kayden Brooks
my 20$ guitar that I got at a flee market saw the glorious fret board bindings and pastel high gloss paint.
tore its poor little china humbucker out and bleed to death on the floor
sweet thing too good for this world ;_;7 rip
Alexander Wood
have you seen his new signature? its fucking sick gooby
Ryder Williams
Jesus what an ugly piece of shit
Grayson Cook
rude gooby
Blake Sullivan
is it out of prototype stage? its awesome! have you seen what he does with a 9 string?
Thomas Johnson
im relived to see something new. litterally every guitar is either a super strat, a tele, or a les paul. ITS BEEN THIS WAY FOR ALMOST A CENTURY!!!
Caleb Edwards
ah it hasn't been released yet. I'm dreading the price point it'll be introduced at because his last sig was crazy priced
Jaxon Moore
it gets you thinking if there was real gold on that thing
William Bell
I remember how my great-uncle Jerry would sit on the porch and whittle all day long. Once he whittled me a guitar out of a larger guitar I had. It was almost as good as the first one, except now it had bumpy whittle marks all over it. And no paint, because he had whittled off the paint.
Austin Reyes
tfw you almost had quads
Colton Fisher
My uncle made me one out of Legos once. IT WOULD NOT STAY IN TUNE
Ryder Flores
What??
Justin Gonzalez
They say he carved that spoon himself
from a bigger spoon
Wyatt Cruz
>dat dubs recovery
Camden Martinez
hey guys I'm looking into getting my fist electric are there any squire stratocasters that come stock with a good sounding humbucker? i know some people say they are cheap but can be upgraded. is there maybe a special one that has a good pickup to begin with?
Brody Reyes
pls respond
Charles Nguyen
Upgrading a pickup is the easiest thing you will ever do in your entire life. Also, no.
Jaxson Bennett
There's a djent band with 3 bassists and no guitarists. Sounds like poop, as you'd imagine
i figured there might be an old discontinued model with a signature pick up in it i could buy cheap? is there no such thing?
Logan Robinson
sounds memey
Adrian Gonzalez
When you actually start playing you will find no two people agree on what sounds best. It's much better to choose a pickup you like and install it later on, instead of get a pickup that will be just okay. You're not gonna save money, and you're only gonna save 10 minutes of time.
In any case there's nothing horrible about any stock bucker, cheap doesn't always mean it's going to sound bad.
Noah Morris
how can i decide if one sounds good brfore i buy? I'm looking at buying on craigslist to be honest
Christian Lopez
Why are you sticking tinfoil in there like that? Tok pek to keep the government out of your tone?
Ian Ramirez
Damn, that thing has history...
Gabriel Williams
Check out the Vintage Modified and Classic Vibe Squire line. I'll take high end squire stuff over mexican shit any day.
Nathan Gomez
Not him, but it reduces interference. Take the covers off your guitar. There's foil in there
Xavier Myers
Honestly, don't worry about it for now. A beginner won't be able to make a decision like that easily. Just try to get a guitar that's sturdy and cheap for now. A beginner even choosing between a humbucker, p90s, and single coils is hard enough. It's good that you're looking for a guitar with more than one kind of pickup in it.
Though, these days you can get a pickup of any type to fit in any space, so I guess it's less of a concern.
Nathaniel Rogers
I love looking at instrument that has been played by a specific person to the point where the wear pattern has become a signature of sorts.
Jaxon Wright
>to keep the government out of your tone I laughed but you really need to get a new reaction image dude. Kinda poor form to use the same one over and over on Sup Forums, people will think you're shitposting.
Noah King
...there's no foil in my guitar dude.
Benjamin Peterson
Reminder Canada Bros.
Today is long and mcquade free guitar setup day. Just buy a set of strings and get a free setup
Ryder James
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Matthew Martin
Plenty of guitars don't have it, it costs money for the manufacturer obviously. A lot will also have conductive paint instead, there should be a strip of copper somewhere attached to the cavity if this is the case.
Jordan Roberts
>mfw i'm poorfag thats actually one of the nice ones gooby
Brayden Howard
Do see through paints (sunburst) stain thw wood or remove differently? Could i just use a heat gun to do it?
Alexander Martinez
Pic related. I can't take this guy seriously.
Nathaniel Martin
For those of you who are in a band, or even just jamming with your buddies and playing your own shit rather than existing songs, how did you start out composing your own stuff? I've been learning guitar for a while now, and while I can play most of what I want to play, I can't for the life of me come up with something of my own. How do you do it? Where do you begin?
Owen Smith
diiv and lorde aren't musicians though, they're products
Ethan Lee
No, they are not stains. If you are not going for a natural finish you do not need to remove the old finish. You can just paint over it, Fender did this all the time. Taking off a finish is difficult and dangerous, and a lot easier to fuck up badly.
Alexander Evans
>heat gun Use a blowtorch like a real man, you faggot.
Shit, he looks like that evil henchman chick from one of the old Bond movies. How can anyone take him seriously?
Noah Lewis
Why, because he dresses like a jedi? Stop it dude you're crushing my dreams.
Owen Nguyen
>Why, because he dresses like a jedi?
John Torres
OK can someone please explain to me the benefits of using different string gauges for electric guitar?
I understand 9s are easier for bending, but what benefits do heavier gauges have? Are coated strings better? What's the best affordable brand/set to buy?
Adam Jackson
tf this dude wearin?
Julian Allen
Why is it dangerous? I watched a japanese guy do it with a heat gun and a few hobby knives with relative ease. I probably could just paint over it but my current layer is starting to peel
Isaiah Clark
>what benefits do heavier gauges have They sound different, some would say better. And if you're going to down-tune, your strings will get floppy as fuck if you don't get heavier gauge strings
Evan Ross
I don't know. He rocks the hell out of a fedora though.
Wyatt Bell
blue one looks better
Jackson Moore
>He rocks the hell out of a fedora though. this slightly sickens me
Ryder Bailey
fuck that. place sucks donkey dick
Cooper Hernandez
why did she choose a les paul
Luis Turner
can we talk about adrien belew?? holy shit what a monster
his style is still unique sounding today, even when shitter guitarists have tried to copy it
Thomas Myers
Head looks a fair bit warped
Adrian King
I know that heavier strings are harder to bend, but I wonder if you have to bend them less distance to get the same pitch increase? Just out of curiosity.
Thomas Ross
Same reason everybody gets a les paul. She didn't know anything about guitars and thought it looked cool.
Landon Bennett
don't play around on the guitar, you will be stuck in patterns that you know, thinking visually. what you need to do is think melodically, which you can start doing by humming a tune before you play.
maybe you could also try another instrument to break out of a writer's block
other than that, just keep doing it. i'm sure you can come up with SOME kind of melody right now, even if it blows. just keep doing it until it doesn't blow, whether that takes a day or a year
Wyatt Rivera
i don't think so. i haven't tried it but i'm just thinking scientifically, i think bending a string is supposed to reduce the length of the part of the string you're picking. so heavier gauges wouldn't affect it, but the length of the neck and body would.
if somebody knows anything about this or has tried it before please correct me if i'm wrong
Thomas Edwards
Why do most guitar courses start with learning chords instead of individual notes? Literal music retard here.
Aiden Long
Isn't it John Frusciante?
Ryan Butler
I think its to get your fingers used to fiddlin'.
Anthony Price
>those trips >that Gibson logo that couldn't be mistaken for anything else
Bentley Flores
Nah, what makes it go up in pitch is the increased tension, the distance is actually getting longer between bridge and fret.
