ALUMINUM MEME EDITION OLD THREAD >How long have you been playing? >Fav guitars? >Fav guitarists? >Projects? >Talk about and play music >General guitar and bass discussion
I guess Sega know their edgehog fanbase is autistic as fuck.
First song I learned was House of the Rising Sun. Chords are A minor, C, D, F, E.
Anyone can learn that song.
Aiden Baker
Cornering the autistic market I see :^)
Jokes, all guitar players are autistic
Alexander Clark
uh oh
what does the oil do actually? mine is a rosewood board. does the oil only add the dark look or does it help with the longevity or something? some parts of the first couple of frets are lighter than the surrounding wood, is this something to worry about?
Brandon Lee
smoke on the water intro ;^)
Landon Myers
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Colton Williams
Rosewood naturally has oil in it, this needs to be topped up so the board doesn't dry out, crack, warp and other nasties.
Don't stress it this time, just have some for the next time you change your strings
Evan Howard
The oil soaks into the wood and keeps it nice and shiny + easy to play as intended.
Ever seen an oil finished guitar? It's similar, but not exactly the same. A good oil will only darken the fretboard slightly.
If you can be arsed, get the crimson guitars fretboard cleaner + restorative. Shits good with zero solvents or petroleum shit.
Jace Robinson
The solo yeah, but the basic chords and melodies are easily learned.
Easton Ward
A beginner doesn't need to know how to play a E7 (#9) chord.
Better to stick to learning songs with basic major&minor chords until the basic shapes are embedded in the spine.
Adrian Cox
>If you can be arsed, get the crimson guitars fretboard cleaner + restorative. Shits good with zero solvents or petroleum shit.
hi ben :)
Dylan Davis
Not Ben, but I am bald.
David Hill
I'm having to decide between a Jazzmaster and a Jaguar, problem is, I like both about equally, so which is more versatile?
Jacob Wright
telecaster
Andrew Reyes
# They're like 30$. You don't need to change them unless they get grimy. Or rusty. The strings on my bass have been on since 2003. I don't play it very frequently and clean them when i do. I couldn't imagine leaving strings on a guitar for that long, i change them like every 6-8 weeks.
Angel Lewis
This tbqh
Alexander Nelson
for whom the bell tolls is bretty good, just take it slow
you get to learn some palm muting, power chords and if you're feeling cheeky you can take on the lead guitar parts too
Oliver Gray
I think people are too easy on beginners (most teachers are because they want to milk their students $ for the longest time). I don't believe in any limitations, the harder you push yourself the faster you learn. Getting used to extended chords early on is a great help.
I learn the basics of Purple Haze the very first day I picked up a guitar and I felt like it gave me a head start on learning to play leads getting used to moveable chords.
Dominic Stewart
c-can i rub your head?
Juan Butler
So he gets the choice between twangy, twangy and twangy.
Jazzmaster is probably the most versatile, if you want versatility get a HSS strat with a coil split for the humbucker if you're dead set on Fender.
People who grow up on power chords turn into shit players. Learn chords, then power chords.
Andrew Brooks
Jazzmaster if only for the noiseless middle position.
Charles Hill
>So he gets the choice between twangy, twangy and twangy.
tele is clearly the best twangy
Kayden Gomez
I would not say a telecaster is "versatile" you can play classic rock station songs on it.
Sebastian Sanders
>not getting the Custom Shop one
John Richardson
A beginner barely understand the difference between minor and major. If you learned the basics of Purple Haze on the first day, great. You didn't understand what that weird E chord was until way later though.
Ethan Cruz
What's some good rock guitar music you guys have been into lately? I just learned Black by Pearl Ham
Isaiah Cruz
I HAVE 300 DOLLARS WHAT ACOUSTIC GUITAR DO I ORDER THROUGH AMAZON
Justin King
Save more money unless you're a beginner.
Christopher Wright
WHATS A BETTER PRICE RANGE?
Jason Cox
Using The Mexican by Babe Ruth as a warm up + practicing fucking around all 6 strings in a run. Other than that it's primarily writing new riffs and practicing my improvisation.
Cameron Miller
Fugg, is that real Carbon Fibre?
Hats off to the Japanese if it is tbqh
Jayden Cox
>finally coming up with vocal melodies to go with guitar parts I have recorded >mfw
singing is actually really fun, and I'm much less self conscious about it when I'm playing at the same time. No lyrics yet but they'll come eventually
Jayden Myers
It isn't, it's just an alder body at extreme to the max markup.
Just buy whatever fucking Yamaha acoustic you can afford. They're good.
Alexander Hall
any acoustic under 5000$ is a worthless piece of trash
Jordan James
True I didn't understand the exact name of the chord but I could still play it. You can learn a lot of stuff at the same time imo. When I was teaching I would focus the first couple of weeks solely on building technique and learning a song they liked (as well as open chords/major/minor scale) so the students would enjoy their playing and so that it's one less hurdle to get over when they want to understand the theory behind what they're playing. A lot of kids quit lessons because the first few are boring as shit and they never play anything more than open chords.
Different approaches I guess. I think getting your finger muscles moving in the right way is the most important thing for a beginner that wants to progress quickly.
Jonathan Turner
>I think getting your finger muscles moving in the right way is the most important thing for a beginner that wants to progress quickly.
Muscle memory is key.
Ryan King
I would, but I really want a trem
Wyatt Allen
Then buy a HSS strat and get the versatility you're after. The jag/jazzmaster trems aren't worth the hassle.
Caleb Anderson
Lads what are your opinions on the Space Bass?
Not gonna lie, it looks sick as hell, but I bet it's a bitch to hold/play
Andrew White
Check out this blues lawyer.
Luke Long
Psssh… Nothin Personnel… Kid…
Gavin Wright
Bobba/10.
Shit is pretty balanced since Bootsy uses it as a gigging bass.
John Lopez
Guys, I want to rent a baby for sexual purposes, where do I get one and how much do they usually go for?
Andrew Carter
That's the old space bass mind you. This is the new one.
Jackson Hall
>tfw I checked it out and liked the Jazzmaster's tone better why had God forsaken me
Hudson White
ooo, I didn't know that.
Do you, or anybody for the fact, know what the specs are on the Space Bass? Like, if you had to compare it to a well known bass, what would you say, and in what regards? Like a Fender J for tone?
Logan Martinez
Jazzmasters are great, go for it user.
Jaxon Myers
>tfw you fell tone meme
Aiden Thomas
What I posted is the $950 affordable version with bolt-on. Swamp ash body, bolt on laminate maple neck. The full version is a 5 active pickup, neck through LED monstrosity I don't even dare look up the price for.
They've been out since 2012 I think, affordable since 2014.
As for what it sounds like? A warwick bass.
Matthew Gray
>falling for the "Jazzmaster are memes" anti-meme
Ian Ross
thanks m8. If I ever save up enough money I'd so buy this.
Bentley Nguyen
Dude what I would do to have an EGC ATK bass. Or have Scott Kelly' signature guitar and I dont even play guitar.
Adrian Perez
Memes aside this looks awful
Jonathan Rivera
>$3,100 for a piece of plastic and a piece of aluminum
Isaac Wood
The same could be said for normal guitars. xxxx$ for a slab of wood.
Brody Myers
Anons pls. If they made a tension free neck for my bass I would've boughten that already.
Caleb Rogers
Makes me want to take a key to it.
Evan Sanders
>tension free neck Wut?
Logan Perry
>gig cancelled hours before Hold me broze
Andrew Jenkins
>I think I messed up the setup on my electric upright bass >nobody does setups for electric upright basses where I live H-help?
Caleb Evans
Wood has sweet tones.
John Thompson
I need some help tuning my bass, the closer I get to D, the harder it is to turn the Tuning Knob, and the less the pitch goes up. I have no desire to break to string as I have no way to replace it, any advice?
Julian Butler
hey I've got a luggage set for sale here for only $700
Ryder Reed
... You keep turning until it's at the correct pitch, make sure the string isn't caught on the stringtree or the nut. Also make sure that you're in the correct octave obviously.
Isaac Flores
put some lube on the nut. graphite from a pencil lead works fine.
>The description explains it >drunk on snake oil for shame
Cameron Hernandez
It's basically a gutted neck with a thick steel shim stuck underneath the fretboard with a 90 degree bend coming down behind the headstock.
If it was such a great thing, makers would have used it instead of being relegated to the company who designed it for retrofitting only.
Jacob Robinson
Alright, thank you. Yes, I am in the correct octave, as all the other notes are in tune, and the D isn't a 5th about the A string.
William Russell
That has nothing to do with "tension free", the tension is still on the neck. What a retarded buzzword.
Luke Rodriguez
so in other words you don't have a way to adjust the neck when it moves because of temperature changes or humidity
Gabriel Jones
Well, they claim it's better than truss rod since it alleviates tension from the wood.
Not like bass necks aren't made with 5-7 piece laminate and twin truss rods to fix that shit these days, right?
Supposedly no need, it reeks of snake oil though.
Austin Nelson
>Supposedly no need >Supposedly sheeeeeit that must be why every bass manufacturer now uses this construction method
Jose Gonzalez
Like I said, reeks of snake oil. I'm not the guy who was thirsting for one though.
Cameron Murphy
time to learn
Aaron Martin
>Not like bass necks aren't made with 5-7 piece laminate and twin truss rods to fix that shit these days, right? Maybe if you play a meme machine 6 string with extra wide string spacing. My 5 strings all have a single piece hardrock maple neck with a single trussrod and none of them had any issues.
Hunter Martin
How/where? I can't find any measurements for the string height and absolutely nothing for neck relief since upright basses usually don't come with a truss rod.
Matthew Allen
It doesn't have to be a meme machine to be a multi laminate neck. Even the Rick 4001/4003 has had twin truss rods since its inception.
Jace Rodriguez
Whats the difference between the tension free and the travis bean necks then? Or are they literally the same since EGC took over the aluminum neck trend?
I feel stupid for even posting but now I know. It all sounded good on paper. In fact a dude at Cucktar Center suggested it to me when I brought mine in (has neck issues) so I thought itd be a great fit.
Chase Bell
>Rick 4001/4003 >example of good design >ever
Adam Edwards
Dunno, not versed in Travis Bean stuff.
Cooper Barnes
>mfw dunlop for music stuff has no relation whatsoever to the dunlop company for tires and sports stuff my whole life has been a life
Camden White
It was just the first example that popped into my head especially considering it's been produced since 1961.
And the 4001/4003 was good enough for people who are considered among the greatest.
Robert Wright
why are truss rods a thing, why not just make it straight lmao
Tyler Butler
> tfw install dunlop tires and use dunlop picks.
Leo Sanchez
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Camden Clark
>And the 4001/4003 was good enough for people who are considered among the greatest. Literally not an argument. Les claypool can make a stick with a bass string attached sound good, that doesn't mean that it is a good design.
Anthony Gomez
Long story short these EGC fags are ripping his shit off since Travis Bean stopped making instruments since the 70s. Idk why seems like artists who down tune often prefer aluminum necks. Honestly no idea how they sound.
Adrian Foster
Travis Beans don't stay in tune that's why no one uses them. The aluminum used in their necks is subject to temperature changes in an extremely noticeable manner, tuning one up and standing in front of hot stage lights throws them off for example. Veleno guitars did the same shit. They're useless if you care about staying somewhere close to pitch in a live situation.
Nathaniel Collins
I manned up and did it... nothing went wrong.
Wyatt Hall
You see, in Michigan, we have this place called Marshell's Music.
Ryder Torres
>tfw you're retarded all this time thirsting for a literal meme
Joseph Reed
I upgraded the pickups in my blacktop jazzmaster and love it. Try one out sometime.
Oliver Watson
What I want to do is paint my bass to a color I like (currently black). Should I do this, if so, how should I go about doing it?
