First for nothing. Absolutely nothing at all.

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>day 90 of waiting for my fender mod shop build

I'm too poor for a Music Man, so I'll have to settle for an Ibanez AZ Prestige

>anon waiting on his mod shop
>anon who had his $7k gibson lost in the mail
>anon waiting on his amp back from the shop
wtf how unlucky are you people

>>129305513
music man quality is as bad as Ibanez now. at least you aren’t getting burned as bad

Does it really take 5-10 years to become decent at guitar?

>>129305626
Depends on the definition of decent
>like youtubers play in their videos
Absolutely, probably even more than 10 years
>like youtubers play IRL
2 months

>>129305626
you can become an intermediate specialist in a genre in 12-24 months

How do you... escape... tone prison?
https://youtube.com/shorts/5uPx5wF2uFg

>>129305641
How about "decent enough to play covers"

>>129305513
Why not a Sterling?

>>129305666
>Satan
No time at all if you sell your soul

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>>129305626
Started bass at 15. I started playing clubs at 19 - CBGBs and L’Amour Rocks and other shit around the five boroughs.

The main issue is that you need to get in the early reps as soon as possible and hit successes until you hit the intermediate plateau. These reps are home practice, jamming with others, and stage time. Each of those has a difficulty level, stakes, and nuances. You can kiss all those home-perfected sweeped arps bye-bye when some asshole heckles you mid-set or your hand cramps from dehydration and your calluses start to bleed because they aren’t developed.

Essentially you need to double your rate of failure. Here’s an example: which part of your hand do you use for downward slides? Upward slides? Pick slides? Volume knob and pickup selection mid-phrase? Adjusting a flat string’s tuner? ALL OF THESE AND MORE will set you apart from novice to intermediate.

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WELL WELL WELL
thank fucking God

>>129305813
remember to wait 24-48 hours before opening the box
if any were going to explode it's that one

When you sand the back of the neck with 220 because it's sticky is when you're intermediate. iykyk

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>>129305666
>666
Stat with this, satan:
https://youtu.be/0BS9oBLrDw8

As soon as you can play that, you mastered your first cover. Small steps but I remember when I learned this (and could sing it), it unlocked a loot crate. Then it’s just a matter of learning little phrases that you’ll hear in songs. For example:

Gary Numan “Cars”
NKOTB “The Right Stuff”
Lipps Inc “Funky Town”

All of those feature the same Lydian-esque hook, so you now can start filling in your mental repertoire and cut down on the time it takes to get something performance-ready.

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>>129305500
have you reached out to them? mine took a month from order to shipped
>>129305832
ffs i forgot about about that ;_;

how many mental illnesses do you need to type like that

uh guitar sisters?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDUCTsXPiE

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What guitar accessories should I ask for my birthday? Besides the obvious, id est: capo, guitar strap, tuner (I want to get an automatic tuner).

Gimmicky, or very useful accessories please :3

I can’t decide on a harmless acoustic pickup.

>>129305863
hammer jammer

>>129305863
fret wrap
fastfret grease
maybe some ebony bridge pins for your acoustical

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>>129305847
yes they had an "unexpected shortage of both the body and neck components" and I have been "prioritized for early 2026"

>>129305870
It looks scary lol

>>129305863
you should kill yourself for putting a pickup in a Martin

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>>129305880
damn that fucking sucks did you get something weird like a rosewood neck or something

>>129305863
You should do what my family does and request a spreadsheet of things you want only to ignore the very spreadsheet they asked you to send and buy you a bunch of random clutter instead of any of the 4 things you asked for.

>>129305879
Oh yeah I think I settled on ebony, because I don’t know if I can trust fossil mammoth or walrus ivory to not be poached, plastic is gay and well actually maybe brass, because they have to cut down the ebony and that sucks…

Brass would look sexy I think.

>>129305892
>rosewood neck
yup, because they were offering them for free
I shoulda figured they'd run out
lmao

>>129305882
What part of harmless don’t you understand? Like I don’t want to modify it but I’d like to have the option retard.

>>129305901
brass or those martin metal ones are cool and zingy but with old instruments the pin dowel holes tend to be kinda nonstandard so youd have to ream them out (scary) to make them fit flush

>>129305914
I guess someone of your skill level or lack thereof wouldn’t be upset with the quality output of an acoustic pickup

>>129305863
Get a brass slide (light as you can find)

All the other accessories are gay. A slide can give you the ability to play guitar in a way that is not achievable. Plus, it’s very easy to sound legit in open tunings - “Loser” by Beck is open D with slide. Avoid glass on acoustic because you’ll end up dropping it.

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>>129305903
kwab sorry anon

>>129305933
wanna tango huh tough guy? I don't hear no riffs

>>129305933
I can’t decide because so far they all sound shitty… I guess I’m holding out for one to appear that doesn’t?

>>129305918
I’m sending her into Martin in a few months, to get work done on her, just a few things for now, I don’t want to pay for a neck reset or refret, too much money and she sounds great as is, I’ll wait a few more years. They’re going to fashion me a wooden pickguard and redo the headstock logo, and replace those pins of course, so I’ll ask them about ebony.

>>129305952
you’re wasting your time. the lr baggs hifi duet and yamaha atmosfeel are the best and they still don’t sound right and are invasive. just get a different acoustic you don’t care about

>>129305894
I’m sorry about that…
>>129305942
Will do! My clumsy ass would break a glass one, I suppose dropping a brass one wouldn’t be much better considering it’d dent.

>stuck at my pointless job again
>music dream fading with every passing day
I hate my life

>>129305971
its called a dream because at some point you gotta wake up from it

>>129305958
Or better yet an electric, I can finally buy one now since I got that amp. I’ve been looking at Gibson Firebirds today I love the sound and look of them, very sexy. I’ve also been interested in Stratocasters, Thinline Telecasters and several others that aren’t coming to me.

Maybe a Kramer, they look so cool.

>>129305863
Fossilized Mammoth Ivory nut. I've got one on one of my guitars and I love that a piece of a an extinct animal that lived 200,000 years ago is living on through my guitar. The fact that it sounds great too is just a bonus.

>>129305991
>this ngl got pleistocene elephant jizz on his guitar

>>129305991
I want to do it but the reason I’m hesitant is because there is a possibility it could be contributing to elephant poaching, I love the idea of using ivory from mammoths because it hurts nobody. I don’t think anyone is gonna bother microscoping the pieces I buy to determine if they’re modern or not.

But I would probably go all the way with it, nut, saddle and bridge pins. I actually think my current nut and saddle are elephant ivory…

>>129306027
>he seriously thinks a 70s D18 used ivory anywhere

>>129306056
000-18, shows what you know.

>>129303603
i like it anon, looks cool.
do pay mind to where the jack will be so you dont either hit yourself in the nuts or break it when sitting with it.

>>129306059
Oh right, surely THAT el-cheapo bottom of the line model will have ivory instead. My mistake.

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^_^

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>>129305863
A couple tuning forks in appropriate frequencies, or a nice metronome.

>>129306076
Why are you so rude : ( I love my guitar.

>>129306085
Capital idea, I will most definitely get a metronome, I’ll be honest I’m not sure why I’d need tuning forks though.

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>>129306083
>paying $7k for a butt plug

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>>129306085
>432hz

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>>129306116
idk why it took dean to give the V a symmetrical v headstock
its so intuitive idgi

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I’m also trading this 12 string Höfner I bought later today, I’m going to try and get $300, I haven’t really been able to play with it because I never changed the strings or adjusted the action.

I wonder if I’ll regret letting it go, I’m doubling my money but I’m really only doing it out of necessity. And I haven’t used it in the 12 months plus that I’ve owned it so it’s probably for the best.

>>129305978
Every god damn rock band you've heard ever never had to

>>129306162
nah Hofners are generally ass and require more money to be put into them than they're worth just to be playable
especially so for a 12 string
I'd honestly be surprised if anyone wanted to buy it

>>129306225
nta but aspiring luthiers/hobbyists eat those and harmony acoustics up nowadays

>>129306246
fair enough, yeah

>>129306225
It’s very loud and has pretty flame maple, but thank you for your input.

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>>129306264

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I mentioned yesterday that I started playing about a month ago, I got my friend to buy a guitar and we were gonna play together today. It was actually really fun. My first time playing with anyone else. We smoked joints and played for hours until like 1 in the morning. I taught him the minor pentatonic scale and how to play the riff from feel good. We were able to get synced up which was a very interesting feeling. Its crazy how you fan sync up rythym-wise. At a point, I couldnt really distinguish between the audio from either amp, especially playing with my eyes closed. Really fun and thanks to the guy who suggested hopping right into playing actual music together day one. Here's our guitars. I also bought an sf300 pedal which sounds really good.

>>129305863
I forgot to mention I’m getting strings tomorrow, if anyone has any recommendations (only Martin for now, and nothing above a 12 please).

>>129306304
martin retro monel

>>129306301
>old enough to post on 4chan
>started playing a dead instrument
pfft
Why?
You're too late in multiple ways

>>129306301
the black one is the coolest guitar ever posted on /gg/

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>>129306301
theres no feeling in the world like being locked in with someone else while playing an instrument
its better than sex

>>129306310
Yeah those are the ones I started with, I guess I’ll get them in 11s this time instead of 12s.

>>129306336
to you maybe

>>129306339
its incredibly gay especially if they start singing its super mega cringe

>>129306336
Thank you, that ones mine, but he got his for like 500 bucks which is awesome. The star shape is actually really comfortable for classical sitting position. It was really interesting seeing how the different pickups made the guitars sound different when we swapped amps. Our guitars sound very different. So do our amps. He has an orange crush 35rt and I have a katana 100w with the sf300. The different length necks were interesting too.

>>129306339
It felt really good actually. We even swapped guitars at one point. Im gonna roll another joint and play more guitar since I dont have work until tomorrow.

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>>129305960
>>129305960
Nah, brass is thick. Get a light one. Most people play it on the ring finger, but I’ve always used my pinky (easier to fret chords). Also, you SHOULD corrode it a bit with your sweat - it will grip better over time.

There’s lots of cool slide tricks and it opens up the range of the guitar to obscenely high pitches past the fretboard, or microtones to mimic carnatic music.

Best slide player I’ve ever heard is me, but besides me, Derek Trucks doing the wailing blues singer imitations is money. Kottke and Fahey are probably more your speed on acoustic (Vaseline Machine Gun). And you can also slide harmonics and sheeeit

/gg/ why don't you have a buddy that you practice with on a regular basis?

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bba and dunning kreuger
like peas and carrots

>>129306643
guitar people have this nasty little combination of being mentally ill, raging narcissists and drug addicts
dont need that in my life

>>129306339
it doesn't beat the feeling I get when I press "Buy Now" on a $7000 guitar from Sweetwater

>>129306652
I prefer 36 easy payments

>>129306643
I married a qt black girl and her family are musicians. I play bass with them

>>129306658
>bass quartet
wack

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>>129306657
>>129306652
for me? its 6 easy payments

>>129306643
I'm 30

>>129306643
Nobody is on my level I'd have to cripple my own ability to be able to play with anybody else. I was able to play the entire work of Bach and Mozart by age 11, I was recording in Denmark by 14, I've sold dozens of gold albums.

https://voca.ro/1iNh16ZNIeWJ

https://voca.ro/1oG7pq8Orr1k

>>129306676
same

>>129306704
play some rock and roll pussy

>>129306717
https://voca.ro/1bEaZHfJDfbQ

>>129306627
How does one play with paws?

i win

>>129306908
you just lost

How the fuck do I write lyrics?

Hello?

>>129306942
Be sad and whine. Write it out. Fit a basic chord progression to the words.

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>>129306972
hi

>>129306973
I whine all the time
What words am I supposed to write?
I'm in my 30s so I don't think people will like my whining

who shit my pants

>>129307016
jenny

https://voca.ro/1mxmmWVoGu5p

Am I doing it right?
https://voca.ro/1iTHWQbsA1Wy

>>129307157
pretty gud m8
https://voca.ro/1e4Mh7tJ63S7

https://voca.ro/17iUxF6M9Fnq

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>>129307209
>>129307170
You tell me if your vocas were worth listening to

>>129307235
define worth

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>>129307245
does what you played sound like a song you’d want to listen to?

>>129307295
s-shut up

>>129307209
If a song had this intro, im not hooked yet but id want to see where it goes

>>129307295
yes

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if you cant play the freebird solo youre not normgroid certified
its that simple
cant play the freebird solo, or at least fake it? you mean nothing
they will always ask for you to rip it out, and if you cant you look like an idiot

>>129306998
You won't know till you starts whining now will you? Sounds like you need to start whining.

>>129307455
why would i wanna learn that, i dont wanna learn to play southern rock, i want my style to be more yngwie like or Eric Johnson like.

I dont wanna make fucking Americana music, its good but not for me.

>>129307455
thank you for your opinion, man who has never been nor ever will be a professional musician

Got this down on bass and vocals, learning the guitar part
Got this down on bass and vocals
https://youtu.be/q-KE9lvU810?si=DMMyq-WRyJlq9JFh
https://youtu.be/taOjp7Dny9A?si=wYsjcljATXEG6qT7
Learning bass and vocals
https://youtu.be/zTuD8k3JvxQ?si=_9At-AmXaGhf-Cv6
https://youtu.be/Vtpgj9CQvJo?si=LLCSZL5zI7OMQTp-
https://youtu.be/Vtpgj9CQvJo?si=LLCSZL5zI7OMQTp-
Practicing this bassline
https://youtu.be/Mq1sHDwpgqo?si=NIMisecz6FZy1zBZ

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when are you learning classical guitar and finally talking to women?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaIBmrBuxl8

https://voca.ro/1o09lxzWyBJl

>>129307455
post a vocaroo jenny spammer, of your guitar playing that is

https://voca.ro/1iDwoNucvWXD

cool your jets my guy
https://voca.ro/1lXBfmQehaoN

how do you go from this https://youtu.be/RhDYTvovH0s?si=Odo5vP_0h2-OHPrt and from being a knowledgeable music nerd and sound obsessive to THIS https://youtu.be/54IelfXA3vs?si=ZEOLqV4gdiW1D-_Q

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>>129307780
10/10 would smoke to this
>>129307810
Etheral and dreamlike, would also smoke to this

>>129305757
Been about a year and I need to start playing with others and in front of people already.

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Reposting from last thread as I got no answer
a boomer is selling a vintera mustang for 460 bucks. Good deal? Worth it? Has a rail pickup in the bridge, but that can be easily replaced.

Have you ever realized you've been playing a song wrong the whole time?

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>>129307855
you want a mustang

>>129305813
HAPPY FOR U ANON

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>>129307865
I very much want a mustang/cyclone/duo-sonic style short-scale offset.

>>129307855
460 sounds fair if its in good shape, id go for it

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americans, is this some sort of vice grip readily available? i know the thingy connected to it is a stew mac special fret thingy.

>>129306339
and then you have back breaking buttsex after

>>>/wsr/1556001

>>129307810
smooth

>>129307864
more often than not yes lmao

>>129305626
no
there is no 'decent'
the worse technically you are, the better music you make
people get caught up in chasing technicality because its tangible but literally no one cares about how proficient a guitar player is, if anything, it makes them worse

even in music that supposedly demands high technical proficiency like metal, yea it's cool if you can shred like a motherfucker, but look at Kerry King, he literally fucking sucks beyond belief but sounds awesome

>>129306643
my drummer friend has a job that takes all his time its miserable

>>129307864
happened to me last night and breaking the muscle memory of when i was playing it wrong is hard

>>129308096
Not sure about that exact one, but i've seen similar ones for sale

https://www.philadelphialuthiertools.com/luthier-tools/hand-held-fret-press-inserts-not-included/

Say I want to cover my guitar in gold foil to make the gayest guitar on earth how would I go about sealing it? Does normal clear coat work?

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Recently got a decent beginner set up for recording guitar ideas into my DAW and I'm happy with using the drum VSTs to fill that spot, but I hate using bass VSTs, so figured buying a bass instead would be the best option. Was thinking of getting pic related (https://uk.fender.com/products/affinity-series-precision-bass-pj-1). I'm recording a variety of genres, but most fall into punk/pop-punk/alt/metal kind of areas. Is this a good first bass for a beginner, or are there better options?

TLDR; Thinking of getting pic related as my first bass guitar for recording my shitty ideas (mostly punk/pop-punk/metal) in my DAW, ye or nay?

>>129308592
Yeah it should cover most basic tones you'd probably need
For a first instrument it's better to just buy what you like, you'd know what you actually want when you've played for a while

>>129308592
Sometimes I play synth bass stuff and realize its easier to just play the actual instrument. Same with drum programming

>>129308592
any music worth listening to was recorded on a p bass so yeah

in gg, brazil wins
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rVZaqu07jio

>>129306778
lets not ask furshit questions

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>>129309184
>in gg, brazil wins
>doesnt even know how to embed a short in 4channel
>mfw
Sopa de macaco, uma delícia

maybe he should by 4chan pass and break his amp

can I run a bass guitar through a boss katana (guitar)amp?

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>>129308617
>>129308810
>>129308876
Thanks, I'll go ahead with it. Just hope it's not gonna be too hard to play the damn thing coming from guitar.

How to play like Igor Paspalj?

>>129309374
Think more like youre playing leads

>>129309421
I mean more physically. I get how to write basslines so I'm not worried about that, more like playing technique, playing with fingers or pick that kind of stuff.

>I think you've done a little bit too much talking about Tone, Dylan

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>>129282994
>https://vocaroo.com/1ef8D1oDBmUB
did some bass improv a drum beat and a piano loop. if you're around anon and u can add something pls do

@bass n drum anon I spent my brain cells with double tracking and harmonizing at the start, got lazy to redo my solo tracks pardon the flubs
https://voca.ro/1mHpHw3AXO4F

>>129304210
>My sincere apologies. Here’s a fusion one with a solo bass but plenty of space for tasty licks:
https://voca.ro/1lcT3zUksavU

@slime I tried but I had a hard time placing myself between the space of the beat of your bass or the drum track, would sleep better at night if it was in sync kek
https://voca.ro/1hIKaXIIZu2L

>>129309678
>https://voca.ro/1mHpHw3AXO4F
damn, really does sound like shit if your playing is not tight when double-tracking.

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>guitarists think bass is easy
>listening to the vocas in this thread

>>129309739
>https://voca.ro/1mHpHw3AXO4F
What do you suggest specifically aside from playing tightly in time, no vibrato? For the last part specifically the other was just another solo take added in, didn't record it specifically to double track. Dunno the standard operating procedure for recording techniques in general, still a noob. Like the other one I know of is remove cut a lot of the bass frequencies.

>>129309846
They don't want to settle down and get fucking good, or they can't.

>>129309678
Thanks i was hoping I didnt miss your post on accident. I liked it even with the flubs.

>>129309365
No, you'll destroy the amp. You can run guitar through a bass amp though.

>>129309365
it will work but you will most likely have muffled low end and at worst clipping

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buy a depth gauge

>>129310205
>at worst clipping
it can literally cause speaker cone overexcursion, crease the cone, and then eventually tear it.

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Berry Bros...

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/FfK2EBmuU6g

>>129310222
key word it can
not will

When it comes to electric guitar gear don't even try plugging something into something it wasn't meant to be plugged into. You're going to destroy your gear or kill yourself like this. No, you can't plug your bass into your dinky guitar amp. No, you can't use an instrument cable to connect your amp to your cabinet. No, you can't use any old charger you have laying around to plug your pedals in. If you have to ask, the answer is no.

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>>129310213
>buy
learn to use the tools you already have.

>>129310259
that’s not how “at worse” works.

>>129310276
you don’t need any measurement tools to set up or fret level a guitar. I have several but you don’t need them

bass is super easy
*drags behind the entire song*

>>129310285
sucks to suck

>>129310298
I appreciate you letting me know

>the bass is playing more than whole notes?
>I’ll never be able to improvise over this…

Tyler hanging out with Joe again. It’s just not fair

>>129310222
Does the katana put out enough lows to verify your wives' tale? Have you tested this? Let's see sources.

Quad Cortex arrived today. It’s going back

I've got the bug /gg/. I sit down with my looper, 16 bars of percussive hits on my strings, layer 8 bars of a chord progression and 8 bars of melody. Then trade back and forth treating my looper like an improv partner, swapping chords and melody every 8 bars. Looked up at it was an hour and a half later.

There's an open jam every Thursday at this bar near me. I'm pretty nervous about going but I want to get more experience so I'm going on Thursday

>>129310390
Why? What went wrong?

>>129310463
go for it. even if it's a complete disaster you will get respect for trying and someone might take some time to help you get up to speed

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I found the perfect pick

>>129310365
you’re right, go ahead my guy.

>>129310222
This isnt gonna happen at a reasonable bedroom volume. You will hear the speaker distort long before it takes permanent damage.

>>129310222
the fuddlore passed around here is worse than on /k/, and 99% of that board are 10x the retards than the ones in this thread

Is it just me or does the g chord in general sound off? I know it's not my intonation or form, it always sounds like it's out of tune even when it isn't. I don't have this issue with any other chords.

>>129310678
welcome to the limitations of 12-ET.
true intonation meme frets can fix this, but then you will sound funny playing with other people without them.
sweetened tunings exist, but they will make other chords sound worse at the cost of making some sound better.
imo
3
2
0
0
3
3
is the better G

>>129310537
Damn, this katana sounds great with my stingray. You're the man

>>129310729
this is nonsense
anon is just pressing too hard with his fingers

>>129310463
The first jam, you should bring a drill then go the the venue bathroom and bore a hole through the partition. Just camp out in the stall that way the bandmembers really know you're down.

>>129310390
Lol. Its you that sucks, not the gear

>>129310757
if a bass through a guitar amp sounds good to you, you’ll fit in well with /gg/. everyone here is tone deaf and have no sense of time

What’s a good way to build some facility on the instrument?

>>129310879
have you tried practicing?

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>>129310879

>>129310648
you don’t know what excursion is

>>129310847
time doesn't actually exist so at least gg has sovl

>>129311045
There’s a reason almost no one here plays professionally; you wouldn’t hack it.

>>129310522
>>129310800
Going to the festival and jamming with my friend definitely helped with my nerves. I just hope I'm not asked to read anything or play classics. Thats the one thing about going to jams that throws me off. If a key is said I can find it on my bass and play in it no doubt.

>>129311279
don't be afraid to say "i don't know how to do that sorry". if that's what they want to do, no harm just sitting in, listening, and learning what tunes to pick up for next time

>>129311347
if they are really out of your league you can use that as a specific goal to bring to a teacher to help get you there faster

>>129311279
play out of key and offbeat and call it soul and when they try to counter you just say their instrument sucks. buy a better (used) amp than them when you get home to re-establish the heirarchy

>>129310907
Yes but there’s a lot of conflicting information

>>129311535
well you won’t find correct information on /gg/. people can’t even set up a tremolo and pretend to know what excursion and pleks are

>>129310222
I've played bass through my OG katana 100 at bedroom volumes for a few hundred hours at least with no problems. Kinda wish it would blow up honestly, good excuse to upgrade, but it just keeps chugging along.

>>129311569
whats a good place to learn to set up my tremelo? i kinda want to tune my guitar down to lower tunings. im very new. ive also considered putting an engl hardtailer in? i hear it makes it much easier to tune.

>>129311613
I’ve seen hail in 80 degree weather, that doesn’t mean the freezing point of water has changed.

>>129311661
Please explain what excursion is. Will a baritone do it? A bass VI?

>>129310536
ah god damn it, i just ordered other picks
i will keep this in mind for next pick-order

>>129311712
excursion is how far a speaker moves and the excursion range is how far it is designed to move. lower frequencies require the speaker to move farther to achieve the same volume; bass cabinets have fully closed backs to help the speaker move air more easily to create those low frequencies. the closed back also helps protect the speaker from over excursion by providing air resistance to its movement. there are extraneous factors like low frequency filters built into combo amps and the way you can play the bass to generate more mids that can buy you an unquantifiable amount of time playing bass into a guitar amp, but either way you’re rolling the dice since guitar amp speakers are designed with low excursion ranges so they can focus more on the frequencies above the lower spectrum. it’s stupid to argue if it will or won’t happen but it’s undeniable that it can happen

>actually playing guitar
no thanks. I already know how to play.

>>129311809
Thank you for explaining.

Thank God this general is dying.

As a starter bass, should I pick up a cheap Squire Jazz or a PJ?

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case stencils > case stickers

https://youtu.be/R4LQj6dhbqI

can someone tab this for me

>>129311986
you wish i left for like 6 years and its still the same jokes and the same vocaroos with no progress in skill, only gear. /gg/ will never die

>>129311994
go buy the affinity pj, dumbass

>>129311998
mine would say "cum" instead of "cream"

>>129312159
>give up playing guitar
not till im dead

>>129312159
This should be a recurring OP slogan.

>>129312170
just for that, im getting both because you called me a dumbass, asshole.

saw a homeless man the other day, told me he was a strymon fan, I gave him $5 :-)

>>129312432
>buying two affinitys
you could buy one cv and have something actually decent

>>129311958
jej

>>129306083
the prequel to broken arrow

>>129306116
you must think about buttplugs a lot to see them everywhere like that

Nice this is what Anton Oparin recommends

https://voca.ro/18cYCRZ7OM56

This is one of the the best exercises I've seen. Been practicing it for a week or two and upped my note memory in the weak spots I had (D and G strings 6th fret and up)
https://youtu.be/bxMC6gz8P_4?t=731

tl;dw: play the circle of fifths through all 12 notes, play the note on all 6 strings. Start on 12th fret low E, then 7th on A, 2 on D, and so on then back down to A on the low E, so on. Eventually add a metronome and up the speed

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Eddie Van Halen

>>129312746
I think sight reading music is better. Just grab a Real Book and sight read everything in it.

>>129312810
as opposed to penis reading?

>>129312829
educate yourself anon and see someone for that phallus fixation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sight-reading

>>129312841
faggot

>>129312845
retard

>>129312854
t. u

>>129312810
I've tried and that never stuck to me. There's also positional and timbral things to think about with sight reading that I'd rather not practice bad habits with.

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Based Brad SHITTING on RAT SHILL

>>129312845
>thinks of penis for no reason
>calls others a faggot
this anon lives in a closet

>>129312903
>doesn't know what sight reading is
a third-world closet

>>129312903
>>129312917
>being baited this hard

>>129312900
brad's my kind of schizo

>>129312900
>politics
what did he say? I don’t watch any of these sloppers but I’m curious how accurate my intuition was

>>129312870
just say you can’t read instead of making excuses

Is the proco rat still worth getting in 2026 or has everything been done with distortion already?

>>129313103
guitar is dead commercially. really doesn’t matter which distortion pedal you have. best you can hope for is strumming a chord every few bars buried under an electronic drum track and mumbled vocals

>>129313103
What kinda question is this? Why would you not just get a distortion pedal if you want one

>>129313103
the rat is the only distortion pedal worth getting

>>129313168
Right, what happened to hobbies and playing music because you wanted to instead of what's "commercially dead" (lol) or not?

>>129313211
if you did something because you wanted to you wouldn’t be asking a stupid fucking question like “what would you spend my money on” dumb ass nigger

>>129313222
I wasnt the one who asked that my /gg/uy.

do you need a 8 string to get that emptying bowels sound in djent?

>>129313211
i think because in general hobbies where you create have these high price point's now for their equipment. after getting the starter gear and getting things going that's pretty much when your hobby may or may not take your extra money. if someone wants to make something high quality they will most likely try and invest in good gear. i think the accumulation of shit without getting anything financially back is what drives people away from creating, when the fun of making something is learning and getting better at it

>>129313338
limitation breeds creativity. get a single pickup instrument and a tube amp with a gain knob. honestly though if you were serious about creating you’d have a keyboard

>>129313364
im not the guy asking about the pedal

>>129313382
well now you’re the guy talking about the pedal. don’t you look foolish

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>>129313413

just have sex with each other already, anons

>>129313424
don’t go anywhere. you’re getting in on this too

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Why is guitar so beautiful?

Why is guitar so beautiful?

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Is Rhett Shull jewish?

>>129313364
>single pickup instrument and a tube amp with a gain knob
Lmao this will not make you more creative it will make you miss having two pickups

>>129313459
A master doesn’t blame his tools.

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the slyme is suing his landlord so all guitars are packed.
>very sad

Here’s a slïmetastic classic with a koto bridge:

https://voca.ro/15xuVnsZYXJp

jannies don’t ban me
>it’s been a rough day at anger management class but I taught this dude Blackbird and 7 Nations Army

>>129313502
squalid living conditions or eviction without notice

>>129313424
I'd rather fuck the pedal tbqh

>>129313455
It's about putting hundreds of hours into the music or the instrument then acting like you just slapped something together. That's the secret.

slime traded his rent check for another plank rmyt

>>129313582
should’ve traded it for bass lessons

the art hoes were the roaches we festered in the walls along the way

I hate art hoes

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>>129313531
>everything’s packed and that’s my mood lighting
I had to move from a place meth activity and protected a child against this deadbeat biker dude with Cushing syndrome.

I think ended up here to play music but absentee landlord disappeared, only responding to transactions.

Pic rel is my tap water
>I didn’t choose this and I’m going for the arthoes of The Berkshires

>>129313657
>landlord isn’t charging you extra for more precious metals
lucky

>>129313569
Learning how to trill unlocks shredding

>>129313657
>COPPER
>LMAO
That has to be illegal right

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>>129313582
I had this stuff from years ago. I actually eBay’d a lot of stuff, but kept the cello and donated $900 of guitars to the veterans for a write off. Vets play guitar and injecting 14 guitars may spur a boom in the local music scene.
> the slime provides

Aight, I’ve been venting but I’ll end with the deep cuts I recorded here at this shithole:

https://voca.ro/17KLuRvx8LYW
>someone shred like your mother died in your sleep if you don’t respond

https://voca.ro/14VgWIhsZNlY
>some anon played the shit out if this and I will make you whole when I finish making macros for Ableton

https://voca.ro/1f5nF9b89W8M
>transistor radio as amp, needs drums

https://voca.ro/14eQAIKZQTz7
>my surroundings have influenced my oeuvre

Can I ask you guys a question?

>>129306301
DUDE WEED

>>129313804
safe limit is 1.3 I can’t really read the bottle but looks like 2.5 ppm. you’d have to test the water upstream of the complex and idk if you can even sue for that

>>129313837
Imagine what corroded steel strings absorbing through your sweaty hands

>>129313837
landlords and municipality hiding behind 10,000 legal skeletons

>>129313849
I can’t play bronze strings. they stink
>>129313853
HOAs are just as bad. I lost $15k selling my last house because their legal defense is not keeping any records. Fuck living in the city, that shit is gay.

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>>129313853
>t. slime
I went through all legal channels and kept records.

Pic rel is my favorite home repair: a painting slapped over spray foam insulation next to the breaker box (and underneath the sink
>what could go wrong?

>>129313890
I’m ready for civilization to be completely wiped out.

>>129306313
you sit on 4chan all day trying and failing to demoralize people, why?

>>129313972
nta but maybe cause this general stinks

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>>129313969
I have hope. I helped this dude perform his first song of Nothing Else Matters by giving him the Spotify lyrics on my phone. First time performing annd he sang that shit anll the way through.
>munchausens victim, sad

Another one had her child raped by her biological father, but she gives me jelly beans because I listen to and recognize her deep hillbilly pain.

I do my part and I think there’s an unofficial minority being spiritual anchors in rough waters. Music is spell casting and being able to soothe people by playing the theme to Pirates of the Caribbean or Johnny Cash. This one beautiful girl was oogling me so I think women are an early indicator of what society needs.
>I’ll dig out my guitar and take requests

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Jesus Christ why is everybody in this thread a delusional schizo retard

les paul

>>129313816
Whats wrong with that

>>129314222
um HELLO?! “guitar” general????? I’m kidding haha :)

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>every bass player: Gibson, please bring back the Grabber bass with moveable humbucker pickup
>Gibson: say no more, here’s a buttplug Epiphone with 3 single coils
sasuga

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>>129314222
Who is John Galt?

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Fellas, I need advice.

I don't know the first thing about guitars, but I've always wanted to learn. Finally got some free time and hobby money.

Thus, I have these questions to ask:
Would a Yamaha Pacifica 120H be a fitting guitar for a complete beginner? I only really chose it for the looks, was initially looking at a 112V but settled for this one as it's supposedly a little better.

Could I play acoustic music with it? As in, somehow make it sound similar to an acoustic guitar and play me some Colter Wall, Tyler Childers, Zach Bryan, that sort of music?

What kind of amp am I realistically looking at for such purposes?

Would playing Rocksmith with it be beneficial in any way? Like, could I actually learn anything with that game/app?

>>129308529
jizz on it for months until it cures

I noticed all music sounds good if I take a toke or two.

>>129314390
There’s only one song you need to listen when high:

https://youtu.be/PtzgBJ13vro

>>129314308
>Pacifica
That's a top tier choice for a first guitar. Yes you can play "acoustic" on it by means of using a clean channel. Most amps have a setting for this. Turn the switch to bridge pickup mode, watch some Justin Guitar videos and just play along to those country songs once you get the hang of it.
You should be getting some kind of satisfaction every time you pick it up to play. Don't take it apart / mod it for more hours than you play. And, stay off /gg/ while you're learning for a few days. Good luck.

>>129314308
Pacifica is fine but research the other models before committing to 120H. You could always get an acoustic sim for it.
>Rocksmitch
It's not bad but there are better ways to learn songs. Always learn songs.

>>129314308
Rocksmith doesn't really teach guitar it teaches Rocksmith which is similar but listen to anyone who has exclusively learned on Rocksmith and they are missing quite a few fundamental techniques.

>>129314308
rocksmith is awful

>>129314461
>>129314503
Thanks, guys. What kind of amp would be fitting for me? Would a Fender Frontman 20G / Fender Mustang LT25 do?
>>129314523
I understand it's more of a "Guitar Hero but with a real guitar" sort of thing, but it would at least help with finger dexterity, right?

Learning music is just like learning language.
1. Babble, just play notes so your brain can hear them, then start playing groups of notes etc, this lets your brain figure out how to make each sound.
2. Simple structured sounds, pentatonic, simple 3-5 note riffs, simple chords
3. More structure, major scales minor scales, riffs that play into each other, triads
4.Start expressing now, say things with your guitars limited vocabulary, you've got all the tools now to learn any advanced technique.

>>129314560
Mustang, valvetronix, katana all good starting amps because they have lots of built in effects for you to play with. None of them sound the best but they sound good enough and can steer you in the direction you want to take your sound.

>>129314390
I've found that strict sobriety and a precise brain are required for the truest, deep-level Michael McDonald listening.

>>129314560
you’re trading effectiveness for fun. staring at the screen is working on your ability to read the UI of rocksmith more than it is you focusing on the fingerboard and hearing the notes

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>>129314602
I took shrooms in a Tesco and the music was like darting goldfish. I could manipulate it in real-time and it echoed off the cans of ‘Ol Speckled Hen. I always got the French beers because its hard not to insult the English.

I did shrooms on a gig in Dayton and could feel the audience form and egregore in the form of discharged pheromones.

>muh sobriety
Get gud

>>129314669
tesco taste on a little budget it seems

>>129314669
Have you ever noticed that magic mushrooms taste really bad? Ya, that's because your body knows they're poison.

>>129314691
The amount of mushrooms you need to eat for it to be harmful is comical. We're talking a dinner plate full of dried mushrooms here, you're going to barf far before its an issue.

>>129314560
Yamaha makes a great desktop amp, it would be better than getting a 25watt imo.

>>129314685
LIDL?

I’m a Greggs man myself. And the tuna fish on a potato is legit.

>>129314691
>yogurt tastes good on its own

>>129314700
This. I did amanita muscaria twice and got a birthing experience in a loop. Not good for music making and I had to listen to Joni Mitchell and Harry Nilsson to bring myself back into a better state.

>>129314719
I have too much repressed trauma and anxiety to take psychadelics

>>129314719
>amanita muscaria
ok no those will kill you if you eat too many. Completely different chemical and buzz.
I'm talking psilocybin, cubensis specifically.

>maggot brain intensifies

I'm gonna do a half bake and piss off the autist

>>129314588
Honestly, I found the katana presets to just sound like ass. I bought an sf300 and it was better than anything I could find on boss tone studio. My friends orange crush sounded better than any preset I could find, but ironically the katana seems to take pedals better.