>why did they make archtops without soundholes even before they had electric pickups Without any soundholes? I'm not aware of any, do you have a picture or a link? In theory it would still work, it would be like a closed speaker cabinet instead of an open one. >also is there an archtop with a bridge pickup? but like a jazz hollowbody not just a semihollow like a es335 I know that the retrofitted pickups (in the very early days) were mostly in the neck position for some reason (warmer tone was more suitable for jazz, or they didn't know any better?). I'm no expert, you can browse big music stores for hollowbodies and see if some come up with a bridge pickup. Be aware though that a complete hollowbody guitar can have issues with feedback if you play amplified, that was one of the reasons why they made semi-hollows.
Ethan Ramirez
They're made in mexico, mexican labour is cheaper so they can be produced cheaper. Because of that they are also the "cheaper line" of Fender guitars, meaning they use some cheaper hardware and pickups than the american ones. Not a massive difference. People also say that quality control is tighter on the american made ones, so the standard of production should be higher with these but who knows honestly. And if you get one and have a luthier work on it to make it perfect (if that is necessary) then there won't be a real difference between the two except for slightly different hardware and pickups.
Josiah Morales
well not rounded holes, just small f holes i suppose they would be very quiet
Angel Barnes
I have an archtop on which some retard coiled the floating bridge UPSIDE DOWN, is there any fucking way to fix this on my own?
Dylan Foster
>he doesn't get the joke
Aiden Bell
whops that link was accidental
Bentley Taylor
Hmm...I'll consider the Mexican one. Is the country of origin disclosed when buying or are there any specific ones to look out for? Also any specific model you would recommend?
Parker Brooks
Cellos and upright basses also just use tiny F holes, the hole doesn't generate the sound, the vibrating top does. It's basically a speaker membrane (kinda). The holes just need to be able to let a tiny amount of air through, f holes are just fine for that. I have no clue, sorry.
Justin Brooks
Im looking to get a low watt tube amp, i only play on bedroom level.
get an orange, nothing sounds better than an orange.
also eat oranges they are yummy
Gabriel Campbell
The mexican ones are cheaper, it clearly says "made in mexico" on the headstock and it should also say that on the product page. In your price range I'm pretty sure you'll only find made in mexico fender guitars.
Basically, the country of origin is already (kinda) the product line. You'll see a "fender standard stratocaster mim" mim stands for made in mexico. And then there would be a "fender standard stratocaster mia", made in america. Those are clearly labeled and 2 different lines of products. And actually they rebranded the standard mia line to the "american professional" series now, they start at 1500 as far as I could tell.
Basically, a fender standard stratocaster in your price range will be made in mexico most likely. They have some specialized models, but just the base model or maybe an HSS strat (humbucker single coil single coils instead of 3 single coil pickups) should serve you just fine. But I'd definitely go to a store and try them out, and also other brands of course.
Sorry if that was confusing, I should structure these better.
Brayden Powell
No need for apologies, I appreciate any and all information I can get on the matter.
I might actually consider pitching in myself to get an American made guitar. I'm sure the Mexican ones are great but it's just something that calls to me about having an American made Fender.
Quite a dumb idea considering it's gonna cost more but this will probably become a family heirloom so I guess only the best is good enough.
Brayden Davis
Repost, but the old thread died quickly. I'm eyeing a custom made LP-ish guitar and my goal is to modernize the design (a bit) an to get rid of the inherent flaws in it. Of course it'll also be made to my liking, but that's the main goal.
The idea is: Mahogany body with flamed maple top. Maybe a thinner body to make it more comfortable, could this result in head dive issues since it's reducing the weight of the body? A better headstock design, more shallow angle, reinforced joint area, different headstock shape so the strings actually go over the nut straight (tuning machines moving inward). This should eliminate most of the tuning stability issues that LPs have. Oh and probably proper modern locking tuning machines or something like that. A maple neck? I'm still reading up on this, but hardrock maple is considerably harder than most if not all mahogany. It just seems like it would be more stable and I like that. 2 humbuckers and the traditional control layout (2T, 2V, 3-way toggle), but I'd add two 3-way mini switches so I can switch the humbuckers to serial/parallel/single coil individually. Also, treble bleed or something similar on both volume controls. 24 frets (don't judge me) A different bridge? Does the traditional tune o matic have issues? Not sure, never had a proper LP.
Yeah, any input, any ideas, anything I missed or didn't specify, anything stupid I mentioned, let me know.
Most important issues, the ones I am really not sure about: maple neck? different bridge? thinner body? but I welcome any ideas, questions, tips, etc. Just anything really.
Blake Moore
Eh, it is your decision. I personally think that there is nothing mystical about the MIA Fenders, but just try them out and see for yourself. The new ones, the american professional line, also changed some minor things I think. Some modernizations or tweaks, not sure. But the difference between the american models and the standard mexican ones seems to have widened a bit with the refresh.
Gabriel Lee
What's a guitar with a floating whammy bar that isn't from Blender, or isn't a jazzmaster/jaguar/mustang, u don't want to give them any more money
John Williams
I dont honestly think that having AMERICAN on your headstock justifies the price and workmanship that goes into a modern day Fender guitar
Carson Turner
>I've never really listened to guitarists, because they've never really interested me. In fact, I think the guitar is a pretty feeble instrument. Virtually nothing interests me about the guitar. /gg/ btfo.
Luis Torres
Yes on the maple neck. Expensive Gibson Archtops have them and you rarely see them with broken headstocks (though it could be because it's a more careful type of owner)
Elijah Russell
I personally consider maple necks to be disgusting
Guess the rest of it depends on your budget, you really to to custom a custom guitar?
Nolan Cook
I recognise that exact guitar.
Connor Mitchell
Nice kitchen faggot
Caleb Jenkins
Are pink guitars gay?
Christian Hall
Yes
John Jones
Okay, just comfirming that I'm a faggot.
Ryan Sanders
What's a good guitar with humbuckers that i can find for 1000-1800$? I'd trade this strat pro us that i got in a trade. Looking for thst classic rock sound but dont have the cash for a les paul. I love strats clean tone but feel like they sound like shit with distortion. What do?
Jordan Perez
Deimel firestar
Easton Hughes
Maybe you are a post modern faggot who does not care about pink guitars?
Isaac Powell
I looked it up, new and "better" pickups, a new neck profile (subjective), frets are shaped differently (subjective), treble bleed on the volume control (a technicality, most players don't really use the volume control too much and at home it's not that relevant), better tremolo system, slightly better hardware, allegedly better quality control. That's what you're getting with the USA model over the mexican one. Again, I'd say you should go to a store and maybe even compare them side to side and decide for yourself if it's worth the extra money.
Oliver Sanchez
I'm very tempted and I have some hints on why it "should" theoretically be better. Not sure. Why? >you really to to custom a custom guitar? erm, what? Do I really need one? Basically, I want an LP-style, kinda, guitar but I'm really not happy with the 60 year old design that has many flaws. So I'd get one that is exactly how I want it with the modifications that I like. It will be based on an existing design, which is based on an LP from a luthier here, it won't be complete custom madness for 10,000 bucks, I just want to get it right and not miss anything.
Computer, could you kick up the Gb3b5 Eb3b5 please
Adrian Brooks
>Maybe a thinner body to make it more comfortable, could this result in head dive issues since it's reducing the weight of the body? it will result in a thinner sound, like an sg plus the maple neck. it will be a bright les paul
Justin Evans
My gf just left me, will this shitty shitty feeling at least make me better at playing the blues?
Jacob Sanders
Isn't blues just the default playing style?
Mason Green
>TOAN WUDDD
Elijah Diaz
>toan plastic >toan concrete
Brody Martinez
It will make you better at being human
Easton Gray
Did that one user ever get his Hughes and Kettner amp working? It happened a week or so ago
Aiden Gutierrez
Girlfriend left, dog dead, truck stolen... Sorry, bro. Those are country feels.
Dylan Williams
Nice glasses faggot
Lucas Flores
>Isn't blues just the default playing style? It's the default theft of great style that invented the blacks
Dylan Roberts
only weak girly guys play with their pick slanted
Bentley Edwards
should i read more poetry if i want to write lyrics?
Henry Peterson
you should read more lyrics
William Long
I'm kinda sceptical about the tone wood stuff having such a large impact, again I'm not sure. I'll keep it in mind though.
Isaiah Perry
what if i want to write like bob dylan
Adam Wood
buy bob a dylan brain
Anthony Edwards
After years of playing guitar, there is yet one question for me that remains to be solved:
What in the fuck does tone do?
Leo Lopez
only weaklings play with picks
Grayson Clark
Fuck it, I'm too tired to do this tonight.
I'll be back tomorrow, fa/gg/ots.
Kevin Rogers
Give me a retardedly hard lick to practice because I'm bored
Ryan Baker
Knocking on heavens door.
Colton Cooper
Only fags refuse to use tactics that help them play cleaner
David Peterson
it's okay i'll take over
Brayden Clark
Nah, brah. I got this. Oh... Wait... Wrong board.
Christopher Smith
Suggest me a versatile pickup for bridge position of my Les Paul. Surely there must be something beside Seymour Duncan JBs.
Aiden Gray
Fishmemes.
Mason Green
We still never got an answer to where that gif came from.
Michael Russell
yes you did, it came from my computer
Ethan Johnson
What gauge strings should I put on a Gibson EB-0?
Liam Brooks
post timestamp
Leo Miller
no, because I like the fact that it bothers you
Asher Morgan
seymour duncan p rails with triple shot ring
Lucas Gutierrez
>be real froosh >everything going just as planned You people have no idea.
Ethan Rivera
>mfw weeb nu-froosh promised to shit up every /gg/ thread until /gg/ was dead >mfw he did >mfw weeb froosh came back and got upset when he saw how weeb nu-froosh had stolen all his thunder >but it was too late >/gg/ was an empty shell >tfw you fuck with weeb neets on Sup Forums and they eat your lunch and everybody elses lunch too terrible
Jaxon Flores
>mfw weeb froosh came back meant froosh not weeb froosh I'm such an idiot
Blake Wilson
friendly reminder roman hasn't been on /gg/ since last year and these autists are making up shit to ruin the general and blame someone else and probably don't even play the guitar
this place used to be something, not anymore.
Grayson Torres
>reddit spacing this is weeb nu-froosh everyone he destroyed /gg/ probably forever
Blake Rodriguez
How long have you been on Sup Forums? A week? That's not what reddit spacing is.
Julian Nguyen
>gloating over the corpse you're responsible for You really are a piece of shit roman
Asher Wright
The reality is the real froosh severely disabled this general over 3 year ago. This nu-froosh character is just picking the bones and finishing the job, if it's not just the actual froosh/roman, knowing his shenanigans over the years it would be no surprise. Who knows. There have been so many copycats at this point, I don't think even froosh himself can account for it all.
Nicholas Martinez
don't (you) me nu-froosh you jerk I know its you
Oliver Anderson
Feeling like shit lately. Every time I try to pick up the guitar and write something, nothing new comes out. I keep listening to mid-west emo stuff lately and I'm thinking this has something to do with it. I don't know, it feels easier to do something that I'm comfortable with and trying to be creative late just hasn't been working for the past few months. I keep thinking I'm a talentless hack but I know there's got to be some ideas knocking around there somewhere. I just changed my strings and I felt much better playing than I have recently so there's that. Any interesting chords you guys like to use that are "angular" sounding and in standard tuning?
I just had a band practice session today and had a heart to heart with everyone. Our drummer brought up how he felt like after 4 years of being together we haven't gotten much progress done, and that's true. He said he's lost the starry-eyed gaze that we had when we first started out and has become more realistic in his idea on where our band can go. Though he told us that he hasn't been putting in much effort in trying to get us shows and linking up with other local bands because of his job, he says he still loves playing with us and thinks we make better music now than we ever have before. Right now we're trying harder to book us some gigs and tomorrow we're going into the studio, but I'm extremely heartbroken because I feel like I'm chasing after something unrealistic and maybe I should quit while I'm ahead.
Easton Harris
>>tfw you fuck with weeb neets on Sup Forums who would be so stupid to do this? if this is what really happened then this general got exactly what it deserved end of story
William Thompson
If I want to install a tremelo on my tele, should I take it into a shop or just install it myself? How much do you think it would run me to have someone else do it?
Benjamin Young
goodnight zachy
Mason Phillips
What kind of banjo should I get? ($500ish)
Hudson Sanders
Don't forget to smile when you're having fun, Marty!
Parker Rogers
If you're planning a Kahler like pic related, and if you're somewhat confident with a router then it's only one hole you'd have to route on top. But I think with Kahlers it's preferred the neck be angled, but they were originally designed for Strat retrofits so you'll probably be fine. If you want a double-locking system, a Floyd nut is better, but it's not worth the work to retrofit one on a non-locking neck. The Kahler nuts are beyond easier to install, but I've seen them with varied success. Otherwise if you're not doing Kerry King wankery, you could look into locking tuners.
Jaxson Anderson
Sup /gg/? can you guys redpill me on the Epiphone Les Paul? Is it really just a kids toy compared to a gibson, or is it a guitar that's good within it's own right? the plus top pro, specifically.
pic related
Easton Wilson
Both brands are garbage,
Austin Miller
In addition, how would it compare to a G&L?
How so?
Gavin Carter
>How so? Go to a store and play them instead of asking retarded questions that require you to go play them to understand.
Zachary Sanchez
best advice ever given in /gg/ right here
Noah Edwards
I've played one before, I was just asking general thoughts and ownership qualms, that aren't obvious at a store floor level
Eli James
lol why didn't you help him /gg/
Carter Brown
why should anyone?
Elijah Moore
it's an overpriced chink shitplank it doesn't matter what you buy if that's where your thinking is right now
Isaac Allen
good question what an idiot, right
Nathaniel Lopez
thanks so much man i really appreciate your helpful input.
Dominic Sanchez
this is more the advice I was looking for, what would you suggest instead?
Joshua Carter
TIL froosh is Chad
Hudson Stewart
you want a les paul? then go buy a les paul. fucking make it happen. get a second job. eat bologna sandwiches. sell blood
trust me if you can't make that happen you're not going to make anything else happen either
Dominic Myers
sounds good, but bologna sucks. maybe i can go sell a kidney somewhere and go straight to an R7
Eli Martinez
I suggest you go try them and make your own decisions instead of asking strangers on the internet that may or may not know anything and cannot possibly articulate what is good or bad about what you may or may not be interested in with your stupid, vague posts.
tl;dr you're a moron and i'm trying to help you but you're a moron so you don't understand that
>that aren't obvious at a store floor level They're shit, as I already said. Epiphone is trash, and Gibson hasn't been good for years unless you are buying their custom shop guitars, but that's how it is for Fender too with few exceptions.
I fucking hate you idiots that can't do your own research and get people to spoonfeed you, and then have the balls to deny the only real advice you'll get being as if you know better when you're asking in the first place.
You're an idiot, and fuck you.
Zachary Stewart
you can get a nice 90s les paul classic for $1500. if you can't swing that within a few months then I don't know what the fuck you think your doing, playing music ain't no cheap ride at the county fair
Alexander Perry
I value the opinions of random ass people more than paid or biased online reviews and chad from the local store. I just want people with experience to help me understand flaws.
in regards to the last comment, I can't, i'm saving it for marriage.
