Johnny "Luddite" Watson edition.
/gg/ Guitar and Bass player General
Thank you Jake. I will learn every chord here
Watch this
Why do you always sound like you're underwater
And why does this board seem to think you're good? You're awful.
I suspect you just samefag compliments to yourself, because that's the schizo shit tripfags do.
one chord on every page
woah
See what I mean bros?
This post was me btw (by the way)
you wouldnt believe how easy it is to carry
Nobody is persecuting you. I shouldn't have said you suck, as I have no inkling as to how long you've been playing. I was wrong to be harsh.
Please download the Dolby recording app onto your phone though, you wouldn't believe how much better it'll make your recordings.
All I care about is gear acquisition
consooooooooooooom
based
So I guess your words have no meaning? Why should I listen to anything you say? Nobody is genuine, just like David Foster Wallace illuminated in Infinite Jest.
So I guess your words have no meaning?
No insult holds real meaning, which is why I apologized.
And no skin off my back dude I don't work for Dolby or anything, I just thought it might help.
Capo gang, report in.
I own one for acoustic stuff but I always just end up transposing the key. If I played with a singer it'd be a different story though.
they're fighting again
There's no we and no fight, I've been away for a long time and made some assumptions maybe I shouldn't have made, and apologized.
I'd report in but I can't find the tool I use to punctuate my sentences
sorry
What if his nickname was Guitar but he played Drums? lol how funny would that be?!
He's a multi instrumentalist. If you watch the video he plays keyboard also.
Just got this EB capo. It barely fits on fatter necks like my Epiphone Crestwood but it’s reversible and makes much better contact than they Kysers I typically use.
metal guitar is played using picks
metal guitar solos are played as fast as possible
fingerstyle has higher maximum speed than flatpicking because you can pluck with more than one finger at a time
finger picks exist
So why do metal guitarists use conventional picks?
Picks are louder. Hybrid picking is the happy medium
Forgot the picture
Picks are louder.
Conventional picks louder than fingerpicks? And loudness doesn't matter with electric guitar because you can turn it up as loud as you want, it's just the sound of the note attack that matters. And it's all distorted anyway so subtle changes won't be noticed. You can hear pick vs. fingers but pick vs. fingerpick?
so true king
He won
i downloaded it, eq'd it, limited it, exported it, re-uploaded it.
now we can understand you.
Metal guitarists: Start doing this -> youtube.com
metal guitar solos are played as fast as possible
this is just incorrect.
I'm going to check out a baritone guitar in a store either this afternoon, if I can make it, or tomorrow.
Actually economy picking is considered the fastest.
still shaking off the rust
It's not as fast as some of the things flamenco guitar players can do.
That's absolutely not accurate. I know it's counter-intuitive, but fingerstyle and picking use different muscle groups. For the most part, flatpicking and especially economy picking is faster, except for a few exceptions here and there.
You know, you don’t have to pick every note
fretting hand kinda cold and stiff
fap
warmed up and ready to go
Anyone else do this?
narciso yepes needs a word with you.
youtu.be
Yes. I also dip the tips of my fingers into chalk or ash to make them dryer and feel more glide-y
Dude you're just wrong, maybe actually research instead of going by your dunning-kruger.
you should really watch maestro yepes.
doubles down
I hate this general
fingerpicking is faster if you are playing more than one string in random order but alternate picking is faster as far as beating the fuck out of one string goes and you can always sweep if you are playing adjacent strings quickly.
you can hammer on or pull off with either technique but picks are louder than flesh or nails (makes it easier) and it is always slower to play with fingerpicks, even if they are just as loud or louder than a flat pick.
for normal guitar solo arpeggios a flat pick also lets you pick slide or use pinch harmonics which are common in metal and it is very easy to slip the pick into the crook of a finger to tap anyways.
classical guitar is optimized for playing with your fingers and the fastest a single string will be repeated is in recuerdos de la alhambra. it's just tremolo picking. metal guitar solos are much more complex, no one wants to be autistic about their nail care in the metal scene, and there is no one that can play with finger picks very fast.
deprives himself of maestro yepes because of an odd argument
i can't tell if you are joking but i have thought about this many times
doesn't this destroy your strings?
there are legends / rumours about SRV and Gary Moore. that they superglued their fingertips at some point
Nothing a wipedown after you're done wont fix.
Has anyone used Paul Gilbert's lessons? I hear he's a great teacher
What is the key to playing fast
I think even Buckethead was his student once upon a time.
The key of Lamborghini
plug guitar into a 20 year old amp with a 20 year old cable for the first time in 20 years
doesn't work
don't know which is broken
probably all three
Change the cable
i already have hard callouses and i imagine they did too. does it make less string noise to superglue them?
yeah but you can never wipe a wound string fully clean. i just imagine them sounding dull after only a couple of days
yeah but you can never wipe a wound string fully clean. i just imagine them sounding dull after only a couple of days
I'm loving this dude's channel lately. One of the best for tech related stuff.
the cable. put a multimeter on the contacts and bend the plugs a bit
play clean and very slowly ramp up the speed
it will take months and years but if you don't start playing clean you will be too sloppy to play fast down the line
they probably played so hard they ripped their callouses off or something
imagine playing hard all day and then having a gig in the evening
its probbaly something they had to do out of necessity
both of them were known for playing hard, heavy strings, high action, huge bends, wide vibrato
It's a combination of several things. Using proper alternate picking wrist mechanics, lack of tension, accuracy, reducing your picking motion to the smallest movement possible and most importantly, daily practice, preferably with a proper routine but learning songs that are hard for you and getting them up to speed is almost as valid.
Also, here's another. Unrelated and about frets, but blew my mind. I'm all paranoid about fret wear now.
well i watched the first one and was disgusted
then i looked at the frets on my guitars and that shit is worn out. didn't know until five minutes ago
i change my strings up to twice a month, i think i need to start religiously cleaning them
i have a grimy beater guitar at work but whenever i play it i have coal dust or grime on my hands, i don't even want to know how bad the frets are
good channel rec, i'll be watching more
That is such bullshit and outdated advice. Nobody builds speed like that anymore lol
D minor.
yeah now they “build” speed by playing at half tempo and speeding it up after the fact
Very good!
Only Les Paul (the man) and Vinnie Vincent did that
Yngwie plays for real
it's way i learned ten years ago and it worked pretty well for a lot of people
i'm curious what the new breakthrough is after a couple hundred years of guitar players and whether youtube shills have anything to do with it
what does yngwie have to do with anything
he even says the same shit in his instructionals about starting slow and building up
I got the squire 6 soooo much more comfortable than the fender. i can actually play a chord on it without feeling my fingers cramping. Only 325 and I'll return the fender tomorrow.
gg nerds are now more concerned about germies and fret wear on their guitar than making sick riffs
Based amp collector
cool bass vi
i play on a 22 inch superstrat and full scale bass sometimes with no problems, literally just a skill issue
Bass VI
Tune low string and then pick it on 12 fret, is it intonated?
this is why I buy daddiaro XS, so I never need to clean my guitar (maximize funk)
Cleaning up sloppy technique is easier than starting over from scratch because you learning incorrect technique. It's physically impossible to play fast if you use incorrect technique, so logically it makes sense to play fast from the start. Only exception is if you're learning everything with a good teacher.
Just buy one clean solid state amp and simulate every other amp with pedals.
youtube.com
They picked the lowest IQ genre for a reason.
That's what I did, I play boss pedal models through their recommended solid state amp. I still regularly think about tubes, their glowing filaments, warm soft clipping distortion, asymmetric unmatched bias, and voltage sag under load.
I've always been interested the guitar as machine. I only play what I play. I don't get any better at it. But don't get worse either.
I need a good high gain pedal.
the guitar as machine
Why no piano, it's much more machinery. It has a BUTTON for every note. To play it, your only job is to press a button like Homer Simpson, the machinery, mechanical or electrical, does the rest.
Metal zone
I would like it too if I could play it better.
Being a Piano Tuner might be a good gig, now that you mention it.
be a professional home visit guitar tuner
It wasn't possible to speed up recordings in Les Paul's day. He was legit.
How high did he tune to get that squirrel tone?
impossible to speed up reel to reel tape recordings
????
NTA but you could speed it up, it's literally just pushing the tape through at a higher rate of speed than it was recorded at, but its obvious as hell in both the movements and the pitch of the music.
But yes Les Paul was legit, so was his wife, she was actually an even better player according to many.
still luv me fano
I'm gonna be the Davis of guitar tuners.
ancient 15in speaker in my boogie crackling and crying for mercy when pushed even moderately
i think i mightve blowded the speaker up
No, you just invented rock & roll
lmao
it doesnt sound like rock and roll it sounds weird, considerably worse with effects like static
how it started
how its going
That's your fault. Tone is in the player.
all larp
more like
If its a paper cone you can fix it with tissue paper and glue.
Oh and also, tell me if the cone is pushed to full when its on but without a guitar signal.
ive been meaning to replace it for a while now
i mean it sounds ok dry but if you run effects or get the gain up (which is impossible not to do as this amp is basically impossible to get cleen) it gets all muddy and crackly
It could be a rip, it could also be a bad cable or input jack on your guitar. make sure to isolate the actual source of the problem by testing with a different guitar and cable.
if it's a speaker tear, the tissue trick I mention will get you by for awhile while you wait to replace it.
If the cone pushes out to full without a guitar plugged in, though, its a shot in the amp.
*short
whats the difference between
Squier Sonic Precision California BL
and
Squier Affinity P Bass MN PJ BK
?
is it just that the first one has a slimmer neck? i have long fingers and prefer 7 strings on normal guitars because its more comfortable, i guess i should go for the thicker neck one?
(obviously ignoring the extra pickup, duh)
They are the same picture
all guitars and different cables same issue
sounds fine clean, gain cranked if i lay into it crackles and stuff a bit, and with effects it just completely gives up and crackles and gets muddy quite a bit
speaker is immobile when switched on w/ no signal
i initially thought it may be the effects loop as the only reason boogie went from mark iib (what i got except mine has the iic+ gain mod) to iic is to tweak the effects loop, but it also does it moderately but not as much when no effects are engaged and the gain is cranked
its also new i think as i dont remember it doing this before
Does it do the same with the effects in front of the amp instead of in the loop? Try each pedal in front of the amp separately so there's no chance of signal weirdness.
Also, you only have modulation and delay/reverb in the loop, right?
Why do my up-strums always sound so violent and messy compared to my down-strums?
You should start posting videos of you playing
Technique issue, practice raking up and down, almost sweeping, until your upstroke and downstroke are even.
or something like that, i dunno what the fuck the previous owner had done to this thing but it has way too much gain to be stock
maybe i should ask him because now im confused as to whether its even a iib or iic+ i remember him talking about getting it sent to mesa in the 80s but ive slept since then and the guy who just fixed the footswitch jack didnt say anything
signal path is
guitar—>tuner—->drive—->amp——>fx send—->delay—-reverb——>fx return
If you're intentionally stacking the drive pedal and the amp distortion, cool. But if you're using the pedal and then the clean channel on the amp, you don't need to use the FX loop at all.
That's not the issue here though. Is it the same if you DI into the amp with nothing else in the chain?
thisAlso make sure your hand is moving over each string with equal distance. In other words, you might be strumming 'into' the high side or the bass side rather than evenly over all the strings.
literally just a skill issue
yeah once i picked up the bass vi i pretty much knew i found what i needed in order to learn guitar. couldnt even play a D chord on the fender but i was able to on the VI. going into guitar with a bit of bass experience kinda helps so im glad i started with the easier instrument first.
is it intonated?
I believe it is. using my tuner now and im either kinda flat or kinda sharp on the 12th even when im green when doing open string. im afraid of using a screwdriver and messing it up. ill play it safe and ask the shop to look at it tomorrow
Got to try one of these at a guitar store; unfortunately I want one. They feel fucking awesome. Anyone else played one of these little mutants yet?
You know what, I was going to suggest that to you but forgot to.
Haven't touched one. They don't seem like they could be that loud on their own, but better for plugging in.
Im just glad I found one in my area. All the ones on reverb and online were going to be extra for shipping. The guy knocked off 75 dollars and threw in a bag w strings. Pretty good deal overall. If the innotation wasn't going on I'd be playing it. But I dont trust myself to not mess it up so I'll have them do it tomorrow.
I'd only consider the American ones the overseas are limited.
Luckily no one wants them and they are cheap on reverb
They definitely don't produce as much sound as a traditional acoustic sound hole, but they're louder than you think they'd be.
I played the cheapy standard series, and I thought it was punching way above its price. I'm curious how the American series feels.
You're undeveloped. Play more ska.
Phil “the phantom of fallujah “ mcknight said it best on his poddy
the only people ive ever heard of saying they like the acoustisonics got them for free
currently out and about, will continue troubleshooting later
i appreciate the help anon
I believe it is.
Very nice, I fought with mine a lot (it was flat at the limit of adjustment)
Now you guys got me GASing for a bass vi
“the phantom of fallujah “
Was he the resident butt rapist?
i appreciate the help anon
No problem
is this a common issue with guitars? i saw online its common with the bass VI but for guitars in general, do you guys normally worry about this kinda thing often? does it happen because of use over time or is it just being unlucky?
The American ones are like 500 used on reverb so prices kinda negligible if you don't mind used.
The standard has limited sounds if memory serves and probably lower quality build and component
I got some gas for ya
gg hates Mexicans but has gas 24*7
Huh
No, but apparently it's common with squier bass sixes (vintera has a wider bridge)
sounds like shit acoustic
sounds like shit amplified
erm yeah no
Jack white likes the real fender ones, I played a cheapo 600$ one and I was surprised at the acoustic quality but it's still poop.
It's mainly made to be played plugged and using on the onboard acoustic modeling. There is a neck pickup but everyone says the pickups on either model sucks.
would rather
have wanted a jaguar for a while
want to check one out in person first
always has been zero within a 3 hour drive for the last like 5 years
suddenly today a nash jg63 came up for sale locally for $1500
nash is basically just a builder of partscasters
but it uses a stupid roller bridge instead of a regular jag bridge or a common fix like a mustang bridge or mastery bridge
reeee
maple fingerboard on a light-colored p-bass
jej
work of art anon
im buying a used guitar as my first guitar and i have the sense of rhytm of a drowned dog
what do i need other than a guitar, a p10 cable and a pc guitar link
when i trade my fender back in tomorrow im thinking of using part of the money for a BOSS GX-100 or maybe getting 2 pedals to start my board. do any of you guys use multi effect pedals? i dont think i ever see them posted here. but i also see that people say BOSS has the best pedals.
ive had the fender tonemaster one and the neural one
regular stomp boxes and a real amp clears them both easily, even in a hybrid setup where the multi is just doing FX in a real amp they just sound like DAW plugins
rocksmith 2014 + cdlc
Finally a good roo, always a pleasure.
does it realy help?
i thought it was a meme made guitar hero fans
Its like if Neil Young and Depeche Mode put into a blender and mixed on high.
boil in bag
luv me leeched plastics
ate' livin past 80
simple as
I would never.
He is an ok teacher if you are already familiar with guitar, if you are brand new he is not. He is so talented he cannot relate to people who are just starting. A better beginner tutorial man guy dude is justinguitar or martyguitar, these guys fucking suck and are perfect beginner teachers.
Man I have actually made some pretty serious gains over the last 6mo since I got my Les Paul. A renewed interest in practicing and devouring everything I can find on youtube has paid off.
in yet no roo.
if you gonna lie why not go bigger?
I didn't think I'd like this but It's really solid
Oh no I'm so heartbroken someone on the Internet doesn't believe me.
What will I do?
Not post a roo, because fuck you. (Actually I just haven't set up my Interface in a few years but also, fuck you.)
fuck me? fuck you bastard bloody bitch
Wow you really have improved! Impressive.
Hey I'm Hard Rock Joe and I just wanna say some positive vibes in here tonight I love it. Rock on dudes!
There's really nothing going for this general, is there? It's a swirling shitfest of dunning-kruger ignorance and outright jealousy. Anybody with any talent takes one look in here, realizes this community is unsupportive, and leaves.
All that's left are schizo's using Anon Babble anonymity to pretend they have skill.
Guitar is not a real instrument and if you disagree you're a troon
haha yeah you should leave now. oh wait you don't have talent.
I'm kidding you doof, who the hell is pretending they have skill? real recognize real and you lookin unfamiliar as fuck homie
keyboard
ftfy
I see you feel personally called out. Can't imagine why that would be.
because we're the only two here? you kinda dense.
do you wanna hear me play
NTA but yes thats why i come to these threads
Are you that guy who used to sit around posting nonsense vocaroos so that the whole general stopped clicking on them for awhile?
Why is everyone a dick on here
Have you been on the other guitar forums?
Go to reddit and check out r/guitar or r/guitarcirclejerk -- it's just dudes asking what do you think I play based on this picture, what guitar should I buy, what guitar should I buy next, reposts of some dweebs Instagram junk, beato posts, and other similar crap.
This place sucks but Jesus if the alternatives don't make me want to unplug my router and toss it out the window
There are actual forums on the internet devoted to guitar. I used to frequent one where they would do daily backing track challenges and r8 each other and give constructive criticism. Of course there were dicks, but by and large, it was an actual community.
This was only 5 years ago, I'm sure they're still out there. Probably loads of them.
liar
There's really nothing going for this general, is there?
No because guitar is not a real instrument
what do you mean nonsense vocaroo thats a perfectly cromulent vocaroo for /gg/ at least its not an AI generated podcast.
I bet Glenn Fricker could make this sound good.
o...k..?
The podcast was pretty good though. Serious deep dive.
what guitar should I buy, what guitar should I buy next, reposts of some dweebs Instagram junk, beato posts, and other similar crap.
Sounds like us but swap beato with trogly
Funny you say that I recorded it on a Harley Benton lol
tfw trogly is yapping in the background
hey! stop that
I don't like metal but Glenn is just too funny! A good deal of what he says can apply to any genre too.
go to reddit
You might as well tell me to bathe in dog shit and brush my teeth with cigarette ashes.
I'll get out my interface and get my sound system config'd for Reaper tomorrow and record some stuff. I wasn't trying to say I was better than anyone, I'm just excited that I'm improving again for the first time in 20 years.
This isnt me
im having a hard time posting here because iPhone is very janky when posting on Anon Babble so i have to use a separate device to post here
give me a moment i will try and cook something up i cant sleep anyway
I like when he reads dumb viewer comments and just straight up dunks on em.
you seeing this?
im seein this.
u cant not be seeing this
Last time I share anything with you Philistines.
Schiz melty incoming. Hang onto your butts.
Fellas how do I git gud at fingerstyle?
oh gah good luck with it dude
've been playing for 2 years and a half but still cant play fingerstyle
practice with a routine that breaks each motion down into basic movements that can easily be chained together.
my personal routine was start with the thumb until the bass line movement is like breathing, you should be able to keep the bass and rhythm while having a conversation, while taking a drink, while watching a show etc before trying to add any other fingers
Paul Davids has a travis picking video that takes a single basic line and keeps adding complexity as you get more and more comfortable. In a day you'll be fingerpicking, albeit maybe a little slowly, but with a good idea of how to apply it elsewhere.
I fucking hare the guy but that video was great.
no he doesn't
Are you here just to fuck with people? kill yourself, a new players questions outweigh your need to shitpost
kinda shit but the bones of the melody and basic riff are nice
also figured out what's up with the boogie, its rf interference
voca.ro
Cool riff, hope you figure out your recording situation soon.
thanks anon
gotta get a power conditioner doodad and a mic
Best Guitar channels:
Mike Cole
That Pedal Show
Psionic Audio
Simple as
Micheal Banfield
That Pedal Show
Psionic Audio
not guitar channels
when strat players discover gay porn
Based. I brought home a new cab today, and will probably order some speakers to play around with tomorrow.
Can't you hear them talking in the background? Hee hee hee...
implying that even if that was true that it would be bad or something to be ashamed of
Going to apologize?
next week
when strat players discover HOT SINGLES
Psionic Audio is a scammer.
nnoooodle vocaroo.com
turn yourself up man its called a backing track for a reason haha
sorry I have acid reflux
qrd?
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Nothing spells a beautiful Wednesday morning like a cup of coffee, a smoke and practicing scales on my Epiphone, before setting out to kill and eat people because I'm a monster made of shit
is this ennio moricone or something
A few cases of him keeping amps for a long ass time and not returning calls. Either he's a scammer or a major flake.
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you like that shit?
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I bet Glenn Fricker could play that
Teenager poetry lyrics hour.
disgusting ai slop
Bitter days and colder nights
You broke my heart in two
emotional plays and all our fights
But I still love you
He paints a pretty picture
but it has a twist
his paintbrush is a razor
and his canvas is his wrist
I still smell you
in my bed
I still hear you
in my head
But you're gone now
so far away
So far away now
So far away
I LOVE THE WAY YOU SMACK MY ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
4 on the floor and hit it
BAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
How do you tell if a guitar player is jewish?
They play a headless guitar.
whats a christians favorite chord?
gsus
a black guy walks into a music store and says, "hey i wanna be a rapper, can you help?" the guy at the store is like, "sure thing. you're gonna need a microphone, a drum machine, maybe some turntables." he starts making a list and explaining all the shit to the black guy.
suddenly, out of no where, a king cobra slithers into the room and strikes the clerk right on the penis. the man screamed in agony and collapsed, the serpent still chewing up his flesh and injecting venom into the shredded up remains of his penis
the lesson of the story?
don't trust the system
I want a serious answer from each of you about this kind of stand. Does it fuck up the back of a guitar?
Will it put "buckle rash" on my kittybox?