What's everyone's thoughts on Brian Jones as a guitar player?
Kayden Flores
i think a better question is what do people think about keith
keith gets shit from a lot of people, but he is a great rhythm player and came up with some really great riffs
Chase Bell
I've never really looked into what Jones did vs Keef. I think I prefer the era of the band he was in though.
Asher Martin
I like Keith in some ways. He knew he wasn't a great player but did some real work. Finding good sounds you can build a song out of, rather than the equally important embellishing and flushing out songs with lead. Pretty exemplary rhythm player, though far from the best.
Christopher Green
their best albums are the mick taylor albums. keith did the song writing/rhythm stuff and he just let mick do all the embellishments
Nathan Jones
>their best albums are the mick taylor albums
Ryder Butler
I'm tired of how 90% of these threads are just gear spamming and circlejerking over your latest purchases.
I've learned literally nothing in these threads. Why can't we just move away from this hyperconsumerist bullshit and talk about other things? Like, I'd love to see more discussions on theory, tips and tricks, performance stories, busking, playing, related stories or technique. I'm going to be sick if I see another post about "DURR LOOK AT WHAT I SPENT MY WELFARE MONEY ON, PLS PRAISE ME FOR BEING A CONSUMERIST DRONE!"
Nathaniel Morgan
I've been going back and forth on what pickups to put in my Squier Mustang and I think I've settled on routing it for P90s. Are there any decent cheap P90s? I can't seem to find a consensus on forums on the GFS ones.
just bought my first tube amp its pretty much brand new
is a little static normal?
Carter Morris
don't do this, it triggered the klon fags the last time i brought this up
sounds 98% identical
Gabriel Johnson
What does a black line going across a measure with a number on top mean?
Sebastian Morgan
try plugging it into a different outlet, try a different cable for the guitar>amp
it's probably just the outlet, i don't know if this is true for other people, but if i have my comp on and try to play guitar through an amp, there's a whole bunch of noise coming through from the computer
Connor Evans
I love Exile, but I think Brian was on everyone album up until Let It Be. You said their best had Mick Taylor, but he was only on Sticky Fingers and Exile I think. I love his slide on this song
so if it's a dark straight line and the number above it says like "6" or something, that means 6 measures of rest
Elijah Sanders
Oh okay thanks.
Jason White
There's a lot of variety when it comes to p90s. You gotta know what you want, but most people aim for the sort of les paul junior tone. I have no freakin clue what magbets they had. I like that a lot for the bridge, for the neck, I dunno, I guess I want it to be even funkier. I am really not a fan of most of the seymour duncan ones, to me they sound too clear, close to a gretsch or something.
I can't give a solid recommendation either way, but I like weak magnets in the neck. Alnico II, or better yet rubber cheapos. I don't like to use the neck for cleans, always at least some breakup so that's not a good recommendation if you like to do sort singing Chicago blues lead stuff on the neck.
I guess this wasn't helpful but I love talking about pickups. IMO the best p90 tones come from nice and high pickups. That's part of the reputation of a "mean" sound imo. Non-adjustable dogears usually ended up pretty high on the vintage instruments. Somebody who's actually played a vintage LPJ, please correct me if I'm misinformed there.
Easton Anderson
I wanna start playing blues, so what amp should I get when I'm on a budget? I was thinking of Roland Bluescube, since I can't afford Marshall Bluesbreaker. My guitar is Epiphone ES-335.
Pic related, it's the bluescube
Jacob Campbell
>Are there any decent cheap P90s? I can't seem to find a consensus on forums on the GFS ones.
Quite honestly, I think these are shills. I've heard that Xaviere guitars that come standard with GFS pups and they sound like absolute shit. If you're gonna spend the time, money, and energy in putting new pickups in your guitar, might as well save up a little longer and buy some that will actually be an upgrade.
Jason Jenkins
the ad with glenn fry makes it sound incredible. but 900 bucks for a modeling amp is way too much. look around for used tube amps; go to small shops, as most of them there will be serviced and won't have problems, while still being pretty affordable.
Michael Wright
The first thing you should worry about is getting a law degree. Amps are no hassle
Jackson Mitchell
Yeah I guess I'm going for a LPJ type tone. I used to own an SG Special that I loved the tone of, including the neck pickup. I know something like Lollars are regarded as the best P90s but I don't want to spend more on my pickups than I paid for the guitar itself.
Wyatt Richardson
Yeah, I was considering a cheaper version of this amp, can't remember what is was called, but I remember its price to be around $500.
David Hughes
Who are your favorite blues players? There's a lot of blues out there. Obviously some of it being poverty blues that worked pretty well. Some of those fenders are kinda hard to play certain stuff thanks to the nice compression they have. You can sort of gain those dynamics back with some reverb that tends to exaggerate dynamics, but it's not totally the same.
Best case scenario you can get something with low compression and use a compressor to get a fender sound when needed, but if you only listen to stuff that's always a bit compressed this might not be the way you want to go.
Maybe try winding or rewinding your own if you happen yo have a sewing machine around. Lollars are scatterwound I think and that's probably a decent part of vintage LPJ tone. Then again, I doubt your SG was that old that it'd have them.
David Turner
Yeah you're probably right. I just did a quick completed listings search and found that used Lollars regularly sell for cheap so I guess I'll save up for a set. They should also look nice with the mint pickguard I'm replacing the cheapo tortoise shell one with.
David Harris
You could still get better tube amps in that price range. You just have to be patient and keep your eyes peeled on CL.
Easton Martin
I'm about to fall for the 8 string meme /gg/
Josiah Rivera
Will I probably get good results my first time?
Angel Green
See, a lot of people have come into these threads and complained about how there's no discussion about "x." If you want discussion about something then start a discussion about it, don't bitch about how nobody talks about it
Josiah Flores
The only one shitting up this thread is you senpai.
> "DURR LOOK AT WHAT I SPENT MY WELFARE MONEY ON, PLS PRAISE ME FOR BEING A CONSUMERIST DRONE!" >
Liam Ramirez
First time you actually complete it probably. I think people usually break the wire a couple times. I wouldn't bother if you don't enjoy projects like this. Takes some patience, some people find the whole thing annoying. Meh, just a thought. You should check out some videos anyway to see if you would enjoy that kind of thing. Maybe you can look up what sort of wire and insulator they used on those things, too.
Christian Long
strat style looking guitars are ugly as fuck just like strats
Levi Ward
What's the best acoustic body shape and why is it 000?
Liam Ross
Strats are actually nice looking guitars. Superstrats are ugly.
Kayden Watson
lol
Oliver Johnson
Serious question, are people with good handwriting naturally better guitarists than people whose handwriting is abysmal? Is there a connection at all?
Easton Jenkins
Do it properly and don't buy an Omen, they're 26.5"
Lucas Taylor
there's definitely no connection whatsoever
William James
>serious question If this is a serious question you definitely haven't graduated high school.
Julian Reyes
if that were the case, women would be by far the best guitarists in the world
Thomas Jackson
says the weab
Ryder Sanchez
Dreadnought master race. 000 is for women and children
Nathan Cooper
non-edgy super-strats are fine imo the best super strat is the Ibanez S. Lighter, thinner neck, either FR or hard tail, some models are HSS as well.
My handwriting's meh and I play good. My friend's handwriting is the same and he's far worse. There's absolutely no correlation between each other.
Eli Roberts
What do you recommend then user? how is the rg8?
Gabriel Myers
>"weab" says the newfag
Charles Gomez
My handwriting looks like absolute trash. No joke sometimes I can't even go back and read what I wrote but I've been playing professionally since 2001 so I'd say there's no connection at all.
Joseph Hill
Oh shit I spelled weeaboo wrong, how will my status on this board ever recover?
Oliver Gray
>weab this should be a ban worthy offense
Jeremiah Gutierrez
See
Jaxon Morales
Don't worry bro, here on Sup Forums, people are what's called "anonymous." The only way we'll know it's you is if you continue act like a faggot.
Adrian Richardson
he probably will desu
Nolan Howard
Oh like you're doing now????
Angel Perry
samefag
Colton Rodriguez
I haven't tried either yet, I'm just recommending this on specs. Both are indonesian made, so they should have comparable quality, and recent Schecter necks are similar to Ibanez. If you want a Schecter, go for a Demon, it has a comparable pricepoint, but is 28" long, which should sound better. Otherwise keep an eye on the used market, some gems might pop up, even though 8 strings are scarce there.
Samuel Gonzalez
swing and a miss
Anthony Diaz
It won't motherfucker. You want to know why? Because I've got your number bitch, and I will make you regret ever posting here. This is MY motherfucking board. And you just think you can pull that shit here with out feeling the wrath that comes swiftly after? Boy I'd hate to be you right now, because I'm going to,make your life a living nightmare.
Blake Edwards
Are there any guitarists besides Wes Montgomery who only downstrum? I have a long term wrist injury that prevents me from upstrumming and need some motivation
Tyler Nguyen
James Hetfield used to do mostly downpicking Les Paul played with a cast on his arm after a car accident Django didn't play with only downstrums, but being that good with completely mangled hands is still a good source of motivation
Jacob Moore
Maybe finger picking would be easier for you?
Jordan Rodriguez
just kill urself user it's way easier
Daniel Nelson
Sure user
Jose Morgan
when did james stop?
are there any good books or dvd's on fingerpicking? I have no experience with it
t-thanks Sup Forums
Samuel Campbell
No idea if he really stopped or when, I don't listen to Metallica past ride the lightning
Daniel Ortiz
I think James upstrums (or probably did in the Load/ReLoad era), but only downpicks the riffs still.
Jace Smith
I know I asked last thread when was dying but, I might be trading q Baja Tele for this SG special with classic 57' pickups and a Hardshell. I'm wondering if there's a place where I could buy an SG pickguard in Surf Green? Also I was thinking about putting in some P90s from my 60s Teisco to replace both pickups. Also guy who replied I'm getting it done at ChicagoMusicExchange since I don't think my local guy knows about vintage wiring and routing too well and CME deals with stuff like this daily
Probably the opposite, I've read that people with shite handwriting have it bad because they're trying to scribble down what ideas their brain is rapidly sending out and the hands can't catch up. When I improvise on guitar I used to mess up a lot when playing a fast lick and this was when I was around 14-15 then as I practiced from 16-18 I'm able to do some rapid fills Yea I was the got saying to get Duncan's, Bareknuckle, Lindy Fralins, Joe Barden (makes really good SC Humbuckers) and GFS but I said before go GFS if you wanna be cheap. But the idea with the Lollars sounds soild are you wiring it up yourself or are you getting someone to do it?
Asher Thompson
don't do that trade you're going to regret it. Baja Tele over SG any day
Elijah Walker
If I were you, I'd get some surf green singly-ply plastic that looks like it'd work, use spray adhesive to attach it to the top of the pickguard, with a bit of overhang all around, then trim or file it down the rest of the way. Using a scraper you can fix up the bevel. Depending on the plastic you can use a lighter to heat the bevel once it's pretty smooth to get it to shine. Then you just gotta add the screw holes. A counter sink is easy, too.
Carson Brooks
Hey /gg/, I posted here like two weeks ago. I had two guitars in storage which I never learned how to play, and was finally able to get them.
There's some good news and some bad. Good news is, I have an amp, pick, spare strings, etc. for the electric guitar, which survived 10 years worth of moves and storage. The acoustic did not however. The neck of it is nearly broken in half.
I'm sorry but people are gunna hate me for saying this but I don't like the Tele at all. I've been playing a strat since I sarted and always preferred them over Teles. I finally got a Tele and I barely play it. The twang is nice but I'm able to get that sound on my Mustang and from what I've seen and heard the SG can do it too
Dylan Jones
I don't have to follow the link to tell you it's a shit guitar. It's got a broken neck, and it's got no sentimental value, so don't bother.
Jackson Taylor
Nah, it's alright. In the end it's what you like the most.
[spoiler]I don't like Teles unless they have a Humbucker[/spoiler]
Jeremiah Davis
Mick Taylor first appeared in Let it Bleed and last performed on It's only Rock N' Roll, that makes almost 6 years of awesome discography.
Brian is just another hack glorified by dying at a young age, the band were merely playing blues covers back then and their first songs aren't that interesting. Maybe Brian was more inspired than his bandmates at that time, but it's not like he was special in any way. Everything the Stones did after he died easily tops all the Brian era.
Cameron Gomez
Nah mate that link goes to my working electric. The acoustic is the fucked one.
Austin Smith
>Is it a shit guitar?
yes. but depending on what type of music you want to play and the condition of the frets, it might be in your best interest to buy a good pickup and swap it out along with the electronics. depending on what pup you buy this would cost roughly the same price of a new cheap guitar, including labor (>$300).
Worse comes to worse you have a good pickup for another guitar/project.
Ryder Murphy
Wow thanks! If worse come to worse and I can't find any surf green PG for the SG I'll do this I wish, but they're weird silver Japanese P90s that overdrive very very well. They also do Strat cleans perfectly. One day I want to see how they're wound and try to recreate some more. I'd love to keep them on pick related but it's so hard to play since it goes out of tune every 2 minutes, neck is as thick as the body, unproportioned, body is too small and the action needs to be very high or it'll buzz like crazy
Cooper Kelly
Well the bridge looks like garbage, no intonation adjustment means your intonation will always be wrong, and you only have one full humbucker setting. So yeah, it looks like shit, and if it was in a storage for a long time it definitely needs a truss rod setup, but if you can set it up, then you've got a learning guitar. I wouldn't really go for a pickup swap though.
Jacob Murphy
Why are all the best blues songs about impotence?
Isaac Davis
>Brian is just another hack glorified by dying at a young age, the band were merely playing blues covers back then and their first songs aren't that interesting. >t. edgy Scaruffi drone
Those blues covers, along with Satisfaction, are what put them on the map. They're fucking great, it's too bad you can't appreciate them.
Besides that, Aftermath, Between the Buttons, and Beggar's Banquet all feature Brian and are all fantastic. Their Satanic Majesties is certainly interesting.
Here are some more grade-A songs that would have never existed without Brian:
> Maybe Brian was more inspired than his bandmates at that time, but it's not like he was special in any way. Everything the Stones did after he died easily tops all the Brian era.
Exile most certainly does, but you're just being ignorant and contrarian for the sake of it.
Xavier Hughes
>excited about new good cheap pedal to potentially buy >it's the 3rd pedal I ever bought
Oh well.. Ridiculous pedal for the price though.. Easily the favorite I own as well.
Jayden Turner
Good thread attempt guys, let's pack it in.
Isaiah Hernandez
Maybe if you listen to Muddy Waters and all those nigger bluesmen that inspired the Stones you'd learn how blues-rock sounds and you'd be able to tell what they did in their first era wasn't that special.
I like everything about the Stones, their first albums are nice but definitely not great, they were just another boat in an ocean of blues. Taylor's guitar playing and Keith's open G tuning are what defined them as a band. As good as they sounded, they were just another english band playing black music before that.
Ethan Torres
I love nigger blues
Alexander Myers
That picture made me kek heartily
Elijah Parker
>Maybe if you listen to Muddy Waters and all those nigger bluesmen that inspired the Stones you'd learn how blues-rock sounds and you'd be able to tell what they did in their first era wasn't that special
Oh fuck off, I have. You're just another 16-year-old armchair critic who wants to feel special by shitting on a band and their work.
Dylan Jenkins
Hey guys, I came here the other day to ask about a standard blue mexican stratocaster and if it was a good choice for my first electric guitar but the HSH has caught my eye and I wanted to see if anyone has any opinions/insight on it. Is this still a good electric to start with?
Jaxon Morales
Whichever one you think will motivate you to learn I started on a Davison strat copy that would cut my hands open because of the sharp fret ends. To have started out with a Fender strat would've been amazing
Jack Gray
yuck. if you really want a humbucking guitar, HSS is the only acceptable way to go imo. otherwise you barely have a strat. resale value is less down the line for this reason.
Jonathan Wood
A neck humbucker isn't as useful as you might think. I definitely think of HSS as a better choice.
I do think a fender is a bit excessive for a beginner, but if you've got the dough sitting around AND you buy used at a decent price I guess you might as well. I just think no pressure is a very good thing.
Joseph Peterson
Any MiM guitar'll be good to start on. HSH leads to easier high gain sounds. I think the neck humbucker is kinda useless, a single coil works better as you never use much gain in that position
Joshua Reyes
Thanks for the tips, maybe I should've clarified that I'm not a total beginner and have been learning to play on a pretty solid acoustic guitar for around 8 months now. I like the acoustic guitar but I've been wanting to branch out into different sounds and genres so I figured it'd be nice to have an electric.
Nathaniel Johnson
Not true m8. I have a xavier that was a great PAF tone and is good for the money overall.
Christopher Ross
Youll be happy with a fender. Get an HSS though.
No point in wasting money on cheap knock offs or bargain bin copies since it seems like youre sticking to it.
James Foster
also to the anons suggesting a HSS it's actually a hundred quid more expensive where I'm buying from, does the price justify the difference?
Charles Martinez
Hell no, HSH is just different from HSS, but not necessarily better. And you can just tweak your knobs until it sounds right, or even re-wire your positions.
Brody Diaz
Well in that case y'know, spend what you want. If you just want a HSS guitar fender is kinda pricy, but if you like the history of the brand and whatnot go for it. You might end up wanting to replace the single coils at some point.
Oliver Watson
>does the price justify the difference?
No not really. All Fenders are overpriced. And the used market is oversaturated with Strats, so you will most certainly be overpaying for this guitar, should you choose to resell it.
I'd say consider other guitars in the same price range if you're gonna spend more. Also Mexi Strats have ceramic pickups which can range from good-sounding to absolute shit depending on the year. I'd say go G&L, but only because I'm gassing for pic related.
The pups in that guitar are incredibly versatile and sound amazing, also u.s.a-made. Much better than a Strat IMO. I think Classic Vibe Strats sound better than Mexi strats too btw, but what do I know.
