memorize all the chord shapes on 6th, 5th, and 4th strings
Then learn how functional and sequential harmony works. This applies to metal as well, and other genres where complex harmony is hard to find, so you likely won't be using the extended chord shapes like 9ths and 13ths as block chords, but in lead guitar you will use them in arpeggios.
Depending on what genre you're doing, you should either learn scale shapes, licks, or arpeggios for lead. Preferably all of them.
>tfw learned new song on guitar >decided to learn it out of boredom >go through the usual anxieties of having difficulties learning the song >eventually learn it to a decent degree >don't feel anything after being able to play it
I used to be glad being able to learn something on guitar that was difficult for me. Now I just do it. Where should I go from here?
the song I learned was Spirit by Ghost btw. I learned it 10 minutes ago.
Noah Johnson
What gauge are your strings?
Jayden Murphy
Isn't creating your own sound and music like the next logical step?
Carter Watson
standard 10-46
why?
Jacob Jackson
I do that. But I don't have fun making new music either.
Anthony Hall
I learned Interstellar Overdrive by ear (the main riff not the circlejerk part). I know it's an easy tune but I'm proud of myself.
Christopher Morales
Your power chords will sound heavier with thicker gauge strings.
Sebastian Price
Some good riffs Not getting much progginess from it though
Now this gives me inspiration to keep playing guitar. Great stuff man!
Caleb Morris
I'm looking for a giggable guitar around the 600 euro mark.. Considering buying a faded SG as I don't give a fuck about finish, As long as the thing works I'll play it. and I'll probably swap the pickups anyways.. Anyone that has had bad experiences with one? It's not going to be my primary guitar, It'll probably end up as a backup within a year because I'm buying a new #1 next summer.
Levi Cooper
Thanks friend
Ryan Baker
very impressive
James Carter
any help with building angular guitar chords? i've got a few wonky ones but i don't know any way to make more of them on my own to give them that math rock sound
Michael Sullivan
still in SOS mode
Landon Brown
Good work man. How long you been playing? I figured out the James Bond theme after I had been playing for like a year and a half and I was pretty pleased
Nathaniel Ross
do you just not like playing music
Matthew Moore
I recorded this with faded SG
Landon Thompson
Think about getting a better amp first. Those Crush amps do not handle dirt pedals that well.
Eli Hughes
Guys I am thinking about buying a capo but I am unsure as to what to get the closest music store to me has what is shown in the link below and a few others but I am not sure about them, any advice.
could i get a suggestion? I normally just use this for practice and rely on my friends ridiculous orange tube head
Christian Hill
>I normally just use this for practice and rely on my friends ridiculous orange tube head >orange tube head
Well there you go m8, start looking for a tiny terror.
Hudson Long
sounds like regular thrash metal to me. But good thrash metal. maybe add some kinda complex drum playing, even if it's a pain to do it with programed drums
Not only, it has also a lot to do with how you attack the string and how you setup your amp.
>melodeath >it's death metal with melodies and not gay bland death metal I like you user. Got any soundcloud/bandcamp or whatever ?
Michael Lopez
As a good player, Im playing with 8k worth of gear. It doesnt make me happy or better. People hate me even more because of jealousy and I think they are going to try to rob me soon. A gun is something Im adding to my setup soon.
Evan Roberts
whats your rig friendo
David Wilson
Mesa 90 watt mark V Marshall Vintage Modern Running in tandem into two 4x12s Fulltone tape delay the real klon Sonic blue MIM fender strat with gold spun hum canceling pickups
Jose Wood
>A gun is something Im adding to my setup soon.
lmao. do what you gotta do.
Charles Evans
I fear for my fucking life. I hate Seymour D for talking me into these pickups.
Sebastian Bennett
your strat looks nice in my head
Jordan Walker
Took it apart recently to have a custom made neck fitted
Jonathan Morris
LOOSE JACK user
I fell asleep before you replied. Loctite is a brand, but its what everyone calls thread locker, like the q tip/cotton swab thing. Thread locker is like glue for nuts and bolts, keeps them from coming apart over time from vibration or other movement. A nut driver is a screw driver meant to turn nuts. A nut is that hexagon thing that holds the jack in place. Dont use pliers, youre going to damage the nut. Loctite comes in semi permanent, permanent, and i beleieve one weaker than semi permanent. Get the weakest so when you eventually need to take that jack out you can.
Make sure the back of the jack is held in place so you dont twist the wires and damge them, take the nut off, put a little loctite on the threads(if youre clumsy put masking tape around the area so you dont get loctite on your guitar), put the but back on, tighten it to the point youd have to force it to tighten more(stop at that point, dont be heavy handed), let it set for however long the package says it needs to cure.
Adrian Murphy
can we get some guitar love in here lads, im so glad i started playing guitar and it feels so good to just sit down and play, so satisfying. how do you feel about it
Evan Foster
I just started relearning it, I knew a bit some 3-5 years ago, but I forgot a lot of stuff. Feels good to be back. And now I want to learn it properly. I'm probably gonna come back here regularly to help with motivation.
Parker Parker
Hey guys, looking at buying a Tiny Terror or a Dark Terror for just bedroom playing (pretty sure I can't settle for the micro versions of either, but if you can encourage either I'm open to suggestions), any suggestions on which way to go? I'm rather torn because I do play clean a lot, however I also love heavy distortion (love Boris especially).
I'm a bit worried about the maintenance a tube amp entails, but I'm told if I take care of everything I don't have to worry about anything typically for about 5 years.
Levi Nelson
you're never getting a Boris tone out of 20W unless maybe if you buy twenty of them
Jason Cook
I know, but I don't really have $10,000 lying around. If that's what I like, doesn't hurt to go after it right? Or do you think my money would be better spent elsewhere?
Brandon Morris
Only thing that's made me happy in my post-adolescent life. Gains are addictive, expanding your theoretical knowledge is erudite and satisfying. Good for you that you found guitar, don't let anyone put you down about it. Keep it up guitarbro. Here's to many more years of GAS.
Kayden Thomas
Should I or no?
Hudson Young
>6 strings That's no meme machine
Luke Ward
There's a 7 for 100 more desu
I have a good share of mememachines
Joseph Carter
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Jackson Williams
I started playing in late november 13 years ago. Theres times i dont play as much right now because of work, stress, commitments, etc, but ive never set it down. Longest ill go without playing is a month, but thats rare. Its normally every other day, if even for 10 minutes. Its opened doors for me like nothing else. I appreciate all types of music now, mostly. Not saying i listen to them, but i can hear them and listen attentively. Some of my best friends were just people i knew but through music i developed strong relationships with them.
I dont know what id be doing if i wasnt so involved in music. Probably working and hating life.
Noah Turner
Deader than guitar music
Samuel Long
stop doing whatever you do RIGHT NOW and post the most fun songs to play
>Only thing that's made me happy in my post-adolescent life same I'd be one depressed fuck without my guitar
John Evans
>british band >only good band members are american
Nathaniel Campbell
Takeshi plays a Micro Terror so I don't think you'll have much trouble.
Do invest in an actual tube amp sometime though, an Orange Rockerverb, a Matamp or a Sunn Model T should get you there.
Landon Nguyen
So, 8months player here on a shitty chinese nylon guitar and I am able to play most chords and strumming patterns and some fingerstyle. How am I doing? Should I be already able to play some lead guitar and improvise on some scales?
Nicholas Cox
What guitar are you CURRENTLY playing, /gg/?
Oliver Price
Forgot pic
James Bell
None.
I'm at work.
Fug
Elijah Watson
Want to upgrade from my OE-20 and might buy a PSL20 this weekend, but what are some other guitars between $500 and $700 with that arch in the neck that would be good for someone who plays doom, black metal, and blue grass? Are Mitchels good, I was also looking at schecters and ibanezs
Hudson Adams
How often should I change my strings? I bought my guitar 2 and a half months ago and the bottom three strings have gotten a bit rusty already
Easton Stewart
depends. every couple of months is good if you're a bedroom musician. hell you could keep them until they break if you don't give a shit about tone.
I've never ever seen string rusts on any of my instruments. you might want to get a dehumidifier or else you'll have neck problems too.
Isaiah Baker
Be careful with chemical based dehumidifiers and those little dessicant packets. Some can damage fragile finishes on the long run.
Jeremiah James
My uncle and cousins guitars get that rust, but that's because they have like 30 guitars and aside from the few they play frequently, they haven't been touched in years unless I picked it up. That being said, if you play a guitar frequently, change your strings when you feel you need that fresh crispy tone. So maybe before you record something or jam, play live for something, or maybe every month if you do lessons.
Asher Butler
could be a climate thing. I live in a dry location but I have no idea what the people down south have to content with.
Leo Sanders
They live in california about two hours south of san francisco. I live in illinois and never get rust, and my house is dry in the winter.Something I'll say with some of the rusty strings on their guitars is that some of them have been in those cases for up to 30 years, so those brittle cardboard leather feeling cases (hell if I'd put an early 80's les paul in a case like they have theirs in)
Christian Taylor
I have this shitty small guitar amp. Can I connect it to my (also small) speaker amp using the audio out with an 3,5 adapter? It does sound better, but I'm a tiny bit afraid it will burn down my house.
Liam Edwards
That's really inspiring man. I picked the guitar in March for the first time at 25 because I was going trough some rough times and I needed the distraction and then my friend did it and now we jam together every week and it's the most fun I've had in a really long time.
Jack Bailey
>tfw too drunk to work my robot tuning
fucked up somehow and stuck in open g. I gave up.
Asher Sanders
>tfw hands too cold and its hard to play
Christian Ward
what the fuck happened to guitar prices?
Logan Morgan
Lack of competition and ingenuity.
Easton Lee
Learn to play by ear and start making music
Lucas Davis
Most of Schecter prices remain at $1200 which in Mexibux is still a lot for me but I saved for one and I don't regret the purchase. :^)
Austin Ward
Yes I'm 6 months in and know scales you should be learning how to play by ear and practicing rhythm if you have your chords down. Rhythm is fairly difficult lead isn't too hard unless you're using a metronome when playing but you should be while playing scales.
Adrian Ramirez
>tfw the finish you want costs €150 more black guitars were a mistake
there's plenty of odd, novel stuff (fanned frets, asymetrical neck profiles, active preamps[...]), it's just that the average guitarist doesn't want/need it.
Ryan Jackson
Man that jazzmaster looks sexy
Josiah Green
$3000 in my acoustic guitar fund right now. new martin or vintage dove?
Thomas Green
Do you want something like a strat or tele? If so, find someone local who is decent with tools (and maybe a second guy who can solder). Buy cheap bodies from eBay, get decent necks and you'll have a "better than fender" tele or strat for the cost of a few hours of work + parts. There probably is already someone doing something similar near you.
Landon Scott
those high end models are good desu
Parker Butler
Buy a new martin
Elijah Allen
>3000 for an acoustic guitar For what fucking reason man you could drop 200-300 and get something well above decent acoustics aren't even that great unless you're getting an electric/acoustic and plan on using pedals.
This is the truth but dont spend more than 300 on an electric either. Buy a 300 dollar electric and spend the rest of your budget on an amp and as many cabs as you can
Caleb Moore
want to cop one of these. anyone tried the new mustangs or duo-sonics ?
Lucas Moore
Spend a good piece on the amp and the guitar. Don't do what I did for a few years and spend 4 times as much on your pedals then your guitar and amp are worth thinking it will make them sound better.
Cameron Gonzalez
eh, it depends on too much. how many people can actually afford/want to haul a shit ton of loud amps. a lot of the people on this board probably just record in their apartment and never play shows.
Samuel Sanchez
J Mascis signature. Overpriced like all jazzmasters, the Squier one is pretty great though.
Cameron Jenkins
the acoustic guitars you get for 300 bucks are okayish but still kinda suck
you can get bretty nice ones for 1000 or so tho
Hudson Reyes
Thanks user, I wish it wasn't so beat-up, but I've had it for so fucking long and I'm not the original owner so it's to be expected.
You should probably open the picture, user.
Matthew Ramirez
thanks man
Ian Flores
i tried learning this song but it's hard as fuck. post a clyp if you can actually play it
Cooper Williams
I'd legit rather spend $3k on an acoustic rather than $3k on an electric, the craftsmanship behind the body is far more intricate than "drill a bunch of holes and sand off the top so it's smooth". But if I had $3k to blow on musical instruments, I'd get a bass rig, a guitar rig, and drums, rather than just a grandpa's guitar.
that's just ugly, their fretless with a floyd is far more meme
Lincoln Turner
?? What about the picture?
Nicholas Garcia
The duo sonics are nice reroute the bridge and throw in a humbucker with your sonic and it's 10/10.
Angel Butler
It's a Fender American Vintage Reissue, not the Squier Mascis sig.
Eli Wright
Oh I thought he did a fender one with exactly the same looks as the squier one, but I guess I was wrong. Guess the squier is based on that model then.
Anthony Kelly
>people shit their pants over 3000$ for an acoustic guitar That gets you a decent upright bass for a student. A new set of strings sets me back 200 bucks minimum, more like 300-400 for nice strings.
Gavin Martin
Oh yeah, I got a gold guard + gold TOM bridge for my american Jazzmaster after I saw his back-up guitar. (the one in the picture)
His Squier sig is based on it too, I had a different pickguard on mine but once the signature was released I thought I'd be more content having an actual Mascis sig pickguard on my tribute guitar.
Easton Brown
This is good advice.
Ryder Evans
congrats. you're getting cucked by classical music
