first for I got GAS for a semihollow out of nowhere, this is stupid as fu k
Oliver Phillips
posted in the last thread
In this book(downloaded from the links at the top) the author shows a Ebm7/9 on this page. The diagram says it starts at the 3rd fret making the root note a D? Am I reading this wrong or misunderstanding the theory?
Nicholas Flores
Hello /gg/ I have been play guitar for a little over a year
I'm still pretty new to guitar but I've been play a second hand Yamaha Pacifica, and frankly its not very nice
I've been to the guitar store a few time to tried other guitar but I don't really know what I'm looking for, I'd like to play something rocky
What guitar would you recommend someone who wants to buy a guitar that will last them the next 10 years?
Don't worry about budget so much but for the sake of argument lets say £750 ($920 for you Ameribro)
Can I get a nice guitar for this price?
John Peterson
anybody got an opinion on eminence red coat governor speakers? There's a Hayden 2x12 cab going loaded with them at just a little more than a Harley Benton loaded with V30s. I've seen the govenors described as a smoother less "ice picky" v30.
something rocky you could always look at lower/mid range PRS, schecters, maybe even an ibanez. Can you list some influences? it would help quite a lot since "rocky" is a fucking massive spectrum.
Tyler Parker
no, you've got to spend around $1500 ameribucks for a decent guitar, upwards of $50000 for a nice one
James Garcia
lol
Jaxon Cruz
personally always reminded me of one of the tracks on tekken 3
Ryan Peterson
Buy a cheap one.
Austin Williams
? im being 100% seroius. its all about the tone
Luis Williams
I've never heard an Epi humbucker I liked. I guess buying an Epi Sheraton II and getting Gibson humbuckers would be an okay bet
Dylan Sanchez
anyone know about this?
Xavier Thompson
I just got an Epiphone ES 339 with P90s on the cheap, totally worth it
Benjamin Cook
The PRS's look nice, the schecters website wont load, and the Ibanez look a little to metal for me
I know I'm only judging off looks but thats all I really have to go on
Influences wise, I don't really have a band (Though I'd like to be in one) but the sort of bands I like are PUP, Alexisonfire, Hot Cross, La Dispute, Hail the Sun if that helps
I feel like your pulling my leg but I'm not sure
Jayden Kelly
MiM strat
Don't listen to the memes
Elijah Long
well i know a jazz guitarist who has played glastonbury as a session guitarist and he plays schecters and ibanez. though you're right they're normally marketed to metal guys.
You say alexisonfire but that's kinda heavy. PRS has some sexy guitars, some schecters are nice, just avoid the synyster gates shit, old a7x is good but those guitars are fucking hideous, i have a limited run solo 6 and it's gorgeous to play. Loaded with emg 81/85s.
Basically you just want something with a nice neck and humbuckers for your taste. Maybe EMGs, depending if you're edging more towards the Alexisonfire end. Ibanez have some nice non metal guitars, you could also check out Chapman guitars, they're good guitars. As long as it has humbuckers and a comfy neck then any shape will do buddy. Also you're UK, where are you located?
so yeah honestly just dig through some websites for
>schecter >ibanez >PRS >chapman
you could even go for a telecaster with humbuckers but really anything with humbuckers will do you a solid.
I think the next thing i want is a tele style with humbuckers. Like the chapman one.
Anthony Gomez
>month and a half ago >order a knock off David Gilmour strat from aliexpress for $150 and free shipping just to see what comes in the box >told delivery within 14 days >21 days pass, no delivery, tracking number never even showed guitar left China >ask for a full refund >get it within 12 hours of asking >think that's over with >go outside this morning >see large guitar shaped package on my front door >instantly recognize that it's the guitar I ordered >check the tracking number >the seller put the wrong tracking number on the box which is why it never updated >haven't been charged for it >seller probably has no idea since he was selling hundreds of guitars the past month >basically got a knockoff strat for free
I'm a bit surprised how decent it feels and plays. Didn't break the second I touched it.
/blog
Daniel Barnes
I just bought my first amp, It's a marshall MG15CFR
It was $100 Did I make an okay decision /gg/?
It will mainly be for blues, rock and attempts at metal
Jack Baker
So, hi /gg/.
I've been playing guitar for 1 year and 1 month, but my study routine is non-existent.I watch videos to learn songs i want to learn, and play them for months until i get tired.
I'm also getting some backing tracks and jamming with them, experimenting and trying to create new riffs, everything by ear. And i think that's pushing me back.
I don't know more than 2 or 3 scale patterns, i always play by ear and try to memorize the right frets. Sometimes, for example, when i go from a high note in the 14º fret to a lower in the 2º or 3º fret, I count on the luck that I'm going to hit a note that matches the music tone, then keep playing from there, because i kind of "know by ear" wich fret will be the right note and wich one won't.
I also like to get solos by ear, then sometimes i look at the tab to improve it with the notes i've missed.
Where do i start from, to fix my study and improve? I feel like i'm just going up and down with the same notes in every song i play, no matter how many bends, arpeggios or hammer-ons i do.
Elijah Thomas
i'm afraid not. You can get slightly better on the 2nd hand market for that. That's around £75, i got a 100 watt marshall vs102r for £150 so around $200. If you're a beginner that's fine but to be honest you could do better just running it into your computer.
The MG series is pretty shitty.
Fuck man i got an all tube 100 watt head for £200
Owen Green
PRS are a bit of a rip off.
Yeah they look sexy, and make for good top end custom builds but not worth a medium budget.
Daniel Turner
Thanks for the advice
Thanks again, will definitely have a research
I'm from Cambridge Originally but I'm currently studying in Swansea, fellow Britbro I assume?
Wyatt Perez
yeah of course, they're overpriced as fuck but if the dude wants something like that then the dude does. I personally wouldn't buy one, but if you have money burning in your pocket and it makes you happy then hell get it.
I do agree with you though. I used to work in the largest music shop on the south coast of england for work experience, i couldn't believe the prices of some PRS guitars in relation to how they felt.
no worries, there's nothing wrong with going 2nd hand and getting something tasty. I got a 2001 gibson SG standard from chicago for £500 by some stroke of luck. Poor bastard was probably strapped for cash.
Nice yeah i'm from the south coast.
Jose Brown
Wait, so you think that a PRS isn't worth the cash, I only suggested that amount because I thought it was around the price of a guitar that would last me 10+ years
How much should I be looking to spend?
Easton Diaz
>100w tube for 200 uh
Anthony Scott
Fuck. Yeah I'm a beginner.
Live and learn. Hopefully its ok. I can always take it back and say its a bit fucked.
Brandon Flores
well they are worth the cash, just for the same kind of build quality and specs you could get something equal from another brand for less money that's all. It's like buying a mac as opposed to an equally spec'd computer, you're paying for the pedigree of the name a little bit.
yup. i'm a massive jew and won't buy anything unless i can get it as cheap in relation to it's value as possible.
Brody Rogers
it's not a total piece of shit. The speaker is bollocks though. Cleans and blues it should be fine, but don't expect it to do metal without it screeching at you.
Ryder Jones
Agreed on the Strat, but MiM's have become overpriced memes. They've gotten ridiculously expensive the last couple years and considering your budget, just go for an American made one. Highway One's are a pretty damn good value.
Lincoln Watson
Thanks for the advice, I'll check out these models/brands nice time I go to the guitar store and see what I like the feel of I'm with you, thanks for explaining
Nolan Long
nu-male guitar
>GAS >harmony central
Nathan Phillips
pic related. it's the head.
paired with a boost and some tweaking you can get a ballsy sound from it.
Nathan Ramirez
Incorrect. The primary difference between a ~$500-$600 guitar and a $1500+ is build quality straight out of the factory and sometimes (but not always) pickup quality. And maybe fancy shit like cool looking laminated top cap and gold plated hardware etc.
If you are even a little bit handy you can turn, for example, a MIM Fender in to something that plays just as well and sounds just as good as an MIA Fender with a couple hours of work and no more than $200 if new pickups are needed. (which is considerably less than you would be paying for the MIA). You can even go way cheaper than an MIM tier instrument with a little more time and slightly more money -to replace the bridge- so long as the thing is structurally sound and the neck isn't warped.
Jackson Ward
Thanks for the response. The turbonigger at the store assured me it was a great amp and price and they sell really quick.
He did look a bit jewish now i think about it.
Jaxson Wood
I've been playing acoustic for a couple years, and I just picked up a used MiM Standard ('93, seems to be in good condition aside from a few dents) for $400 as my first electric. Was this a good deal?
Lincoln Thomas
/gg/ hates MG series Marshall's, but you can't really go wrong for $100 if you're a beginner. If you like the sound, who cares. You'll be upgrading in a year or two anyway once you git gud.
Isaac Campbell
Tone is a product of the following in no particular order and assumes guitar is made of solid wood and not MDF or plastic or some garbage;
>nut >bridge >pickups >strings >amp
You should be spending considerably more on your amp than your guitar(s) as amps are more complex beasts where more things can go wrong.
Aiden Wood
Anyone got any tricks to darken the wood on the neck/headstock part of the guitar? Mine is super pale like the one to the far right with a rosewood fretboard and it just looks bad to me.
People said to put it in the sun but that seems like it would take forever.
Carson Reyes
...
James Barnes
How do you know when to change picks? my pick isn't super pointy sharp anymore but it still seems fine(?)
Aiden Watson
Change it when you play better with a fresh pick than the old one.
Nathaniel Smith
the sun would make it lighter... hence the term "sun bleaching". Used to do it to my converses.
You could sand down the wood and then rewax is with a darker wax but i would not reccomend it. Go to a luthier and see if he can stain it
Connor Wood
You mean a half-assed method? I dunno. You can make it any colour you like if you sand it down and stain it to preference.
Xavier Turner
>finger picking on electric
Jose Adams
>People said to put it in the sun but that seems like it would take forever. It will darken in the sun in a couple of months, just don't let the rosewood dry out though, you'll get sharp fret ends as the rosewood shrinks if you don't.
Ryan Phillips
i hybrid pick.
how's that make you feel?
Blake Foster
top 3 guitarists? 1. mac demarco 2. matt pike 3. tonetta r8 me not even degenerate btw; pretty far right.
Jonathan Gomez
Yeah, what was Knopfler thinking? Fuckin' amateur amirite lololol
Benjamin Nguyen
kys
Samuel Fisher
...
Mason Harris
ES-335's have the biggest price hike from Epi/Gibson branding I can think of.
Long shot but has anybody played both and knows the differences? Just curious.
Jose Johnson
I never really appreciated rosewood fingerboards until it was too late
thanks, plays nicely, the dirty channels are great and the cleans are surprisingly good, especially with a boost that breaks them ever so slightly. just a shame the speakers i'm running it through are absolute cunt. hence this post
Isaiah James
>3. tonetta i have no idea how he manages to put together such catchy and harmonically pleasing tunes.
Brayden Martin
She can't be that good at guitar, the top of hers fell off
Ryan Thompson
I hate those ugly ass instruments too
Hudson Sanders
i know, the detuned guitars really add to it. i love his music unironically even though i do get a chuckle out of it frequently.
John Lopez
t. Assblasted poorfag
Levi Cooper
dude arpeggiated chords in weird time signatures lamoa
Grayson Murphy
tonetta doesn't use any weird time signatures. It's literally just 4/4 pop music with detuned guitars and a drum machine
Nolan Hall
$400 is alright. As long as you're happy with it, don't let some stranger from the internet tell you it was a bad deal. I just can't believe all the MiMs I see posted for $600+. I got my used MiA for less than $550.
Isaiah Walker
I appreciate this. It is a little prog wanky but she has a good ear for melody.
I hope you're not hating because you're one of those DUDE BENDS MUH FEEL people
Angel Gray
>MiM Made by wetbacks in mexico >MiA Made by wetbacks in America
I'll just go straight to the source and upgrade from there.
Jonathan Adams
why did you assume i was talking about tonetta? i linked that tryhard gook.
honestly anything with humbuckers and you'll be happy just roll off the volume pot and you'll get a smooth crunch.
Adam Barnes
Any of you negroes use Guitar Rig software?
Liam Lewis
I can show you a few 2-notes-per-string 3 octave shapes I like, but they're for drop tuning. Or I guess you could just play the bottom string two frets down
Major 7 |----------------------------------------------------17-h22---- |------------------------------------------15-h19-------------- |--------------------------------14-h18------------------------ |----------------------12-h16---------------------------------- |------------12-h16-------------------------------------------- |--12 h16------------------------------------------------------
Minor 7 |----------------------------------------------------17-h20--- |------------------------------------------15-h18------------- |--------------------------------14-h17----------------------- |----------------------12-h15--------------------------------- |------------12-h15------------------------------------------- |--12-h15-----------------------------------------------------
As you can see the basic shape is really useful. It's easy to change a note or two to get a completely different chord and vibe
Tyler Morgan
Roll off the volume pot?
Robert Carter
There's nothing wrong with "weird" time signatures. Also an arpeggio is a broken chord, arpeggiated chords doesnt make sense
Ian Campbell
im not one of those guys but this has no feeling at all. it doesn't evoke anything. its a gook doing what they do best: shitting out meaningless garbage under the facade of technique. id prefer something that can evoke an atmosphere. i love some prog for that reason. hocus pocus is one of the best songs ever but this is just scale practice disguised as music.
Josiah Gray
There is something a little "wrong" with weird time signatures, they're hard to dance to
Daniel Powell
i have used it.
if you want to hear it, i wrongly linked my aint no sunshine cover in this post the guitars in this are recorded using Guitar rig. whereas the other link you can ignore since that was an amp.
Guitar Rig can sound good with tweaks and attention.
yeah. the volume dial, if you turn it until there's no volume output at all and then slowly work your way up, you lower the signal going to the amp and you can make many "metal guitars" sound a bit better for other genres
Evan White
Oops, the last note of the maj7 was supposed to be a 21
Carson Martinez
Dancing is for Chads and Staceys user, odd time signatures scare them
Josiah Thomas
Thanks for explaining
Isaac Gray
an arpeggiated chord is just taking a chord shape and playing the notes independently. apart from the like slides, she was just doing that with 7th chords, no different than chon. just music masturbation, for the pleasure of inflating the "artist's" ego.
Cooper Sullivan
There is literally nothing wrong with being a Chad or a Stacey
Liam Morris
That's just your opinion though. it makes me feel quite a bit actually. its light and whimsical and it stimulates my imagination. It kind of makes me feel happy.
>hocus pocus the movie?
Dominic Sanchez
They have 0(zero) artistic value
Leo Lewis
i never said odd time signatures are bad but like everything else, it needs to be used to enhance the music and not for the ego of the musician.
Jaxson Evans
>an arpeggiated chord is just taking a chord shape and playing the notes independently It's disingenuous to describe chords as "shapes," because chords exist independent of guitar and individual tunings. An arpeggio is playing the notes in a chord individually.
Aaron Peterson
Please explain?
Noah Rivera
if you knew anything about prog, you'd know the song hocus pocus by the dutch band focus. its one of the most primal but interesting pieces of artistic expression ever.
Michael Young
how terrible is a 25 watt bass amp going to sound through budget headphones? the amp I don't care about but what price should I be aiming at to at least hear my hearself cleanly.
Connor Cox
i dont have to argue over semantics. in the context i used the term "shape" it was perfectly fine as we were talking about a guitar composition.
Lucas Thompson
Normies are incapable of creating art that is worth anyone's time
Luis Ross
>my hearself
brain fart, you know what I meant.
asking since my e-drums sound trash without borrowing a friends' inear monitors.
Michael Ramirez
then how do you explain kero kero bonito?
Joshua Butler
definitely true.
Jaxson Moore
what is that
Nolan Long
>two autistic brits orbiting a nip >chad o i am laffin
