what is the difference between standard high quality guitars and the super expensive?
for example you can pick up a proper SG for just under a grand, but some versions sell for 4 or 5. why?
Noah Sanders
trim, options and branding
Nathaniel Anderson
Gear snobs.
Ayden Sanchez
Custom luxury wood/finish Insanely good setup (action/intonation) More features such as coil tapping
Jace Edwards
Tube amp distortion or pedal distortion into a clean tube amp for just playing in a home setting and doing home recording?
Samuel Ramirez
Gibson is composed entirely of Jews.
Caleb Parker
I like both, but for different tasks
I use a BD-2 blues driver for OD and switch back and forth when I need an accessable clean channel, but if I just want to play overdriven I'll turn it up. But it depends heavily on the amp for me
Levi Ramirez
super expensive luthier guitars (in some cases) = insane quality, all kinds of options available super expensive corporate guitars (in almost every cases) = overpriced, can't get exactly what you want (you'll never get a strat from the gibson custom shop, while a luthier can do strats or lps without any concern)
>More features such as coil tapping wow, would you look at that, a feature that takes 10$ worth of components and thirty minutes of soldering, for only a thousand more bucks ! what a steal !
depends on the amp.
Matthew Watson
>wow, would you look at that, a feature that takes 10$ worth of components and thirty minutes of soldering, for only a thousand more bucks ! what a steal !
I never said I agree with it, any guitar over 2k is a fucking scam, but they do use the best woods in the bin on them so that makes up most of the cost. Not that wood fucking matters other than look and feel.
Nicholas Reyes
What is the cheapest acceptable guitar to play on stage with? Nothing big, just a tiny gig Me and a bandmate have a disagreement
Jayden Bennett
>mfw im at a concert and the guitarist just spanked the selector to the bridge position so you know shit is about to go down
Jason Davis
amplification matters far more in the small time/amatueur circuit
it'll be a wall of sound whatever gear you're using
Bentley Rogers
a used fender mim
Leo Cooper
Cost doesnt mean shit if you can play and sound good, the audience doesnt know the difference between a gio and a jem. If it sounds like shit people will notice.
People in bands woll notice, but theyre broke as fuck too.
Parker Gonzalez
Yeah but at least when wood is an aesthetical and cosmetical argument and can't be changed, coil tap isn't an incredible thing, even mid range (~500€) Schecters have them. Plus, so many guitarists don't even bother touching their volume/tone control that it barely matters.
Probably something around the 300€ mark. VM Squiers, used MiMs, Indo Ibanez/Schecters/whatever. I wouldn't trust anything else to hold up against anything rough. Or if you play punk, a first act or a behringer guitar.
Angel Jenkins
And dont use what im saying to go back and make the argument for the strat knock off you got for $30 from the pawn shop. It doesnt sound good, i can gurantee it.
Ryan Wilson
>Not playing leads on the neck pickup
Oliver Morales
I agree with you anons, thank you
I disagree with this though, I think a VM Squier is just fine
Kayden Reyes
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Ian Adams
Every so often my bridge pickup gets much quieter and stringy, usually knocking on the pickguard near the selector switch fixes it. Is my selector switch fucked? Or should I be more concerned about other aspects?
Justin Campbell
mate a vm squier and a used mim should cost about the same
solder it back although there should be some noise when that happens I think
Austin Gonzalez
It crackles a bit when I change pickups, is that what you mean?
Benjamin Thomas
crackling might be the switch itself either way it shouldn't be an expensive fix
Grayson Morris
Based Josh.
Chase Hill
>you will never be a handsome 6'4 widely loved rock god
why even live
Jackson Harris
Wait, that ginger is six fucking four?
Andrew Sanchez
>you will never play in standard C on a motorave guitar while playing scales you came up with life is suffering
Bentley Bailey
according to google
musicians never look their real height on stage
Dylan Scott
>widely loved rock god [allah ackbars intensify in the distance]
Christopher Rodriguez
Thats a lot of souless-ness
Levi Hughes
Thanks user
Leo Ramirez
What is the best EQD pedal? Im planning on ordering either the Depths or Acopulco Gold, but I'm open to recommendations
Aiden Brooks
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Ryan Hughes
I met Paul Gilbert and he's a giant.
Brody Allen
Isaac Brock for me, guy is like 5'4". Listened to and watched him for over a decade and had no idea.
Andrew Reed
>implying he made any original scales
John Powell
>fat chap keeps popping up on my suggested videos on youtube >fuck it, I'll watch one of them, it can't be that bad
buckle up lads because that video is quite a ride >starts literally with a cringy intro of him soloing at least there's a bare minimum of phrasing here >cringy glass breaking sound effect for transitions >myth one is about starting on acoustic/classical being better >his only argument is "no because they're different but electric is totally better", says nylon is more physically demanding (jesus christ what) >myth 2 is about having an amplifier being necessary to practice electric guitar >somehow he finds a bullshit argument using himself as an example, "you can hear it so it works", without making any mention of ringing open strings which you'll notice less without an amp
>myth 3 is about having to start on an affoardable guitar so far this is the first time he's been right
>myth 4 is starting on thin strings being better for beginners a little bullshit but at least his argument stands (a 50 year old woodworker with callouses all over his hands wouldn't feel anything with 9s)
>myth 5 is about learning to read and write being important for being a guitarist I thought "this is bullshit" But his arguments are even worse, saying that you don't need to write down anything if you play meal/blooz/rock, and that there some successful players who don't know how (without quoting a single one, nice trick) but yeah sure don't write anything down, improvise your chorus changes and mess everything up when you take a winter break from rehearsing and forget parts of the song
Tl;Dr : Fat cunt plays uninspired garbage and gives terrible advice.
Why is he so red by the way ? He's almost as red as the LesPaul he's holding, is he a lobster in disguise ?
Hunter Powell
Not that guy, he obviously follows scale principles but Homme's style is pretty damn unique. Conflicting low end C with a load of high half step riffs. It's illogical but he makes it work.
Helps having incredibly good bandmates too I guess.
Nicholas Hill
oui oui fromage
Landon Rogers
>is about learning to read and write being important for being a guitarist
if you're thinking about one day being a professional why wouldn't you learn though? artists get away with it because they never need to
session musicians need to sight read sheet music, no room for tabs
Alexander Reyes
>it's only good if it's not "creative" >listen to my five fuzz pedals and five delay pedals in my chain >this is real music
Noah Cruz
>reading sheet music A better skill is being able to read unorganized hand written numbers
Elijah Evans
Just build an Acopulco dude
Benjamin Torres
succ my baguette, roast-beef
That's his argument, not mine, I have the same thought as you, writing and reading are powerful tool.
what are you even trying to say
Sebastian Green
What is the cheapest/best quality power supply? Isolated pls The moen miso 8 seems like the cheapest option
>Why is he so red by the way ? He's almost as red as the LesPaul he's holding, is he a lobster in disguise ?
He's embarassed by the quality of your post.
t. the captain
Michael Kelly
Your playing is nice, why ruin it
Owen Garcia
my neighbors are home and i can't crank my amp. :(
Wyatt Barnes
>what are you even trying to say You kinda sound like a naive shoegazing teen who relies on effects and doesn't want to learn technique and theory because it might hind your "creativity"
Jackson Lewis
lmao
Jace Harris
First off thx for the Hal Leonard bass.
Second I am new to bass and have 2 questions.
Got a Yamaha trbx and it has 3 knobs, 1 for the precision pickup, 1 for jazz pickup, and one for "tone"?
What do these knobs actually do?
Second question is what do the bass, mid and treble knobs on my amp do. How do I tune these for specific songs
Anthony Cook
I hate the snobs who spend thousands of dollars on high end gear and obsess over toanz to sound like their favourite bands when said bands clearly only uses cheap and accessible gear.
Jonathan Russell
What bands use shit gear?
I agree obsessing over tone is a bit stupid though when artists are pumping through many thousands worth of amp/stacks live and spend months producing and fine tuning their part recordings.
Owen Gutierrez
Hey man, nice to see your joining the low end legion.
The knobs for the P pickup and the Jazz pickup are volume knobs, you can turn each one up and down as you see fit for the sound you're looking for. Tone knob filters out the treblier capacitors, making your tone bassier and darker the more you roll it off.
Bass, mid and treble are the tone controls on your amp, they're what your bass sound will be founded upon after your pickups and tone knob position. You use the three to amplify or reduce certain frequencies on your bass, it's the reason so many different bass tones exist, like how different bass tones are in metal, dub and jazz, for example. Move them around until you find your desired sound.
Damn, you mean he can read into the future ? So this is the power of the Chapman(tm) huh...
How so ? I'm almost the opposite of what you've described. Keep in mind, I agree with next to none of his points I just found the video really stupid.
Nathan Roberts
changed it to public, apologies m8
Eli Taylor
Kek fuck off third worlder. I'm glad it's not available in here in Freedom McMoney Land.
Noah Stewart
>First off thx for the Hal Leonard bass. Thanks for pointing that out. I would've overlooked it.
James Wright
tidy playing, like the links around the 30 second mark
original basslines?
Jayden Bennett
Can any fingerstyle guitarists help me out?
I'm starting to more seriously practice fingerstyle guitar (specifically Travis picking stuff), but my right hand feels real awkward. My fingers sort of keep getting stuck or caught up on the strings, but I don't think I'm picking too deep. How can I improve my right hand?
Austin Cruz
Are Album Tab books worth it? I would really love to learn some of the intricate stuff some specific guitarist do, but i don't want to support at sites like ultimate guitar (who 70% of the time have the wrong tab) I know its better to learn by ear but sometimes i just wanna know a song offhand for fun and actually learn what techniques the actual guitarists of the bands used
James Allen
p gud senpai
Isaiah Evans
They usually are worth it, yes.
If you don't want to use tab they include notation if you wanna try your hand at music reading.
Luis Phillips
So i picked this off a forum
20hz - 80hz = ........ Low Bass 80hz - 320hz = ...... Hi Bass, also referred to as Midbass. 320hz - 1280hz = ... Midrange 1280hz - 5120hz = .. High Midrange/Low Treble 5120hz - 20840hz = . High Treble
But from what I understand the bass only goes from around 40 Hz to 400 Hz
So what exactly is the mid and treble knobs doing on an amplifier if those frequencies are not being played directly?
This is a guitar teacher classic, easy to play but a good fingerpicking drill.
David Nelson
i love tab books. though sometimes theyre a bit wrong. youll find that some are better than others. pic related has every single part approved by frusciante for example.
Jack Edwards
/gg/, help me come to a conclusion This is driving me nut How do people keep playing games like guitar hero and rockband without moving on to a real instrument? All they talk about is score and difficulty Do they not like music? Are they emotionless? Are they brain dead? I don't get it
Jordan Bailey
I'm thinking of buying an Epiphone les paul custom to get back into music. I haven't played in a while and I've been itching to start again. opinions?
Carter Morgan
Ive dabbled in the Hal Leonard bass and guitar books for Nirvana tabs. They are definitely better than ultimate guitar in terms of your timing, key, measure, beats, and rhythm. However they usually only tab out say the first 4 bars of a song then show the chorus and post "rythym figure 1, simile" which means play what we just showed you but it is going to change and we arent going to show you the rest. So it gives you the basic rhythm but lets you decipher the rest.
Evan Foster
Awwwwe shit! Is there a place online where I can download this?
Xavier Ortiz
The amp still has to be able to process the upper register on your bass, that is to say harmonics and other nice shit the pickup magnets can pick up.
The Hz range each knob controls depends on the instrument the amp is for.
Cameron King
Seconding this, owned quite a few and there's always song tabs you won't find online. Even better if you can read sheet music since basically every artist has an official songbook out there
Tyler Cooper
just bought a swollen pickle fuzz, ama
Chase Wood
Some people don't actually want to do the thing. Some people just want to pretend for a bit.
Brody Perez
These can vary a lot depending on who made the bass, and they seem weird as 5kHz-20kHz is cymbal territory. As for bass range, it's a little bit more complex than that, these are the fundamentals of the notes that you're playing, but the ear will also pick the harmonics of it, so when you're hearing a low B on a 5 string, you're not only hearing 30ish Hz.
Adrian Cruz
You need two to post here.
Juan Cooper
thank m8, I'll try this out.
I can play some Chet Atkins stuff, the left hand is absolutely fine, but I can't help but feel as if I'm doing something wrong with the right hand. my fingers just keep getting hung up on the strings, and I'm thinking maybe my right hand placement is wrong, though it doesn't seem to be.
Jordan Hernandez
I didn't realize anybody still played those kinds of games. Seemed like a fad. I had a lot of fun with them when they first came out even though I already played an instrument.
I eventually quit in a moment of self reflection I had after spending about an hour trying to learn the solos in Hangar 18 in practice mode.
instruments are hard work and expensive. takes ages to see actual progress and you need to stay motivated. not everybody is willing
Nathaniel Richardson
cheers m8s. I followed the synth bass sounding thing from the original track. This bass guitar's strings are all rusty end smell weird
y-you too
Jayden Miller
why did this lose popularity? will it make a comeback?
Ryan Gutierrez
>my fingers just keep getting hung up on the strings
What do you mean?
Also are you playing nylon or steel string?
Liam Moore
I prefer the EHX Iron Lung.
Jayden Watson
For the metal lads, this one has the songs in both standard notation and tab, and all the transcriptions were actually done by the guitarist. Pretty neat.
Steel string, though a long time ago I studied classical (when I was like 14) and played on nylon.
I don't quite know how to explain it, it happens when playing with a pick too sometimes, I can't do stuff like tremolo or faster strumming reliably (for reference vimeo.com/11404399). If I hold the pick any looser, it a) just slides so far away toward my palm that it's the tip of my index finger and side of the thumb that are touching the strings and/or b) won't go through the strings, it just gets stuck. Though I can play most single note stuff just fine. At first I thought I'm playing to strong, but is it possible to play too lightly, i.e. not firmly enough?
As to fingerpicking, my fingers sometimes get stuck or hung up on the strings, like I'm fighting with the strings though I'm not really digging in very deep or anything. It's especially problematic when I'm doing a forward roll on the last 4 strings, it just feels kind of ''crowded'' if that makes sense, and it won't come out right.
Another thing is, when playing fingerstyle, should you pluck with the very tip of the fingers, or more with pads?
Appreciate any help.
Daniel Roberts
>tfw have that exact pedal >tfw used it once >"neat" >and never used it again.
Isaiah Richardson
I'm trying out tuning to A = 432Hz and A = 445Hz, to see if there's really a difference. So far it's confirming my idea that it's just placebo bullshit, there's barely any difference when playing at 440Hz.
