GUITAR MEGATHREAD: Sorry for the nipple, I'm depressed.

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Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Has any of you ever seen an a-frame guitarstand but for a hardcase? Like if you want to keep your acoustic in its case but also as accessible as possible. Is that a thing?

Oooh. first snipe in a new thread.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2022 17:52

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 14:38

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Dang. That's some right hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ338FMxvRI

# ¿ Jul 18, 2022 13:19

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Spanish Manlove posted:

lol answered my question for me.

It's so surprising to me just how many hobby and craft recipes/fixes use elmer's glue.

Also, PVA is stronger than the wood in most cases. So the wood breaks before the glue.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2022 21:22

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Low key master.

He also taught such luminaries as Music Is Win and John Mayer.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2022 08:32

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Huxley posted:

Abso-fuckin-lutely. We're write-off city around here.

If she taught guitar once or twice, couldn't you write those off as well?

# ¿ Aug 2, 2022 22:31

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

I've had this one for years and it's holding up still:

https://reverb.com/item/24915936-cruz-tools-groove-tech-guitar-player-tech-kit

# ¿ Aug 23, 2022 08:26

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

There's a Harley Benton LP doublecut JR that's supposed to be really good. And cheap too.

https://harleybenton.com/product/dc-junior-faded-cherry/

# ¿ Sep 16, 2022 18:25

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Captain Splendid posted:

Is there any good website or app out there to get you to think about chords (specifically triads) on your feet? Almost like a flashcard system.

Something like "play an Ab minor second inversion with the root on the third string. Go!"

I can personally figure out the shapes given enough time but I'm struggling to find exercises that force you to go through them and memorise them.

I've been trying to just brute-force them like this:

Random key/Skip anywhere you can't make a full triad.
-play root pos./1. inv./2. inv. rooted on E-string, then A-string, then D-string, etc.
-play root pos./1. inv./2. inv. starting on lowest fret where the root is and moving upward to 12 frets above that.
-play root pos./1. inv./2. inv. on each 3-string set: EAD, ADG, DGB, GBe.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2022 15:14

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Red_Fred posted:

I did not know this was a thing�

Every subforum was preparing for an exodus when Lowtax was outed as a wifebeater. I don't know how many of them are still around.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2022 12:37

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Just got back from a Jazz-guitar evening class. Finding new and unknown ways I stink at guitar.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2022 23:32

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

BizarroAzrael posted:

Whats the proper term for the tuners on my Jaguar and Gretsch bass where you feed the end of the string straight into the top before winding it around? Y-top or something? I've been looking and I've not found them for sale stand-alone, at least not clearly labeled as such (all Thomann's pictures seem to just be of the backs.

Does this style have any advantages over the more common type? How does it compare to a locking tuner?

I think for Fender at least they're called vintage style tuners.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2022 15:55

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

landgrabber posted:

also i swear i will go to a therapist when i can afford it but right now, i'm just getting by by the skin of my teeth, sometimes not even that, so i'm curious what i can do on my own

Like Helianthus says, childhood trauma takes a long-rear end time to overcome. Meditation and therapeutic journaling has done a lot for me in that area (apart from therapy). And it has made me practice guitar more, to keep this slightly on topic.

Also this guy on youtube gets it IMO: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWvYupGqq3aMJ6LsG4q-Yg/featured

# ¿ Nov 19, 2022 09:51

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Is there a stratocaster with a 12" fretboard and a rounded neck-joint? Ideally with the CBS headstock too.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2022 22:02

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

I'm mostly just spitballing, don't really have the budget (or need really) for a new guitar right now. But the next one is going to be a strat.

There's a Harley Benton that's 95% a Charvel pro mod that I've been making eyes at too. Fusion-III.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2022 23:09

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

800peepee51doodoo posted:

That looks pretty sweet, especially for the price. Has an actual Floyd on it too

They make them with/without FR. HH, HSS, SSS. 22 or 24 frets. It's nuts.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2022 13:57

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

I found an old handout with a blues that ends on an E7#9 which sounds like garbage to my ears.

A7/D7/A7/A7/
D7/D7/A7/A7/
E7/D7/A7/E7#9/

Is it some kind a jazzy thing I don't understand or what?

# ¿ Nov 29, 2022 23:28

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Idk, that #9 just sounds really harsh to me. Am I using the wrong voicing?

This one:
e-3
b-0
g-1
d-0
a-2
e-0

e: No, I think it's growing on me. This one sounds better though:

e-4
b-3
g-0
d-2
a-2
e-0

Pondex fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Nov 30, 2022

# ¿ Nov 29, 2022 23:54

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

darkwasthenight posted:

X
8
7
6
7
0

Clang the low E hard then give it a bit of vibrato and attitude on the rest of the chord.

Oh yeah, that's the stuff.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2022 10:49

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Honestly, it's easier to list every electric that's not a dad-guitar than listing the ones that are.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2022 18:22

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Do you all know any good material about bluegrass flatpicking?

# ¿ Dec 20, 2022 17:59

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

I don't see what could be bad about it, if you have the money to spare and open eyes about what the project entails.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2023 10:16

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Lungboy posted:

Just that the quality of components might be bad and that spending a bit more on an off the shelf guitar might be a better idea.

That kind of depends of the quality of the kit, but some new tuners are generally a good idea from what I hear. Something like a used squier will probably have a much better resale-value. But Otoh it wont be a guitar you put together yourself.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2023 12:51

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Sunny Side Up posted:

Hello guitar thread,

I�ve been a perpetual novice with a guitar I�ve always hated the sound of so it was completely demotivating but my wife just bought me a nice acoustic and it�s so fun.

I went to go sell this old guitar I bought for $50 off a friend�s dad maybe 19 years ago and eBay and Facebook marketplace say it�s worth more than that but I can�t find a good analogue. It�s a white dean z signature that�s a little beat up but not too bad. There�s no other identifying info except a serial number which starts in 86 so I think that means that�s the year it was made.

How would you ballpark what it�s worth to sell?

Have you checked if you can find a similar one on reverb.com? That'll give you an idea of what they go for.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2023 22:45

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Dr. Faustus posted:

All of these notes are yours
Except this one
Attempt no vibrations here

I appreciate this joke.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2023 09:14

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Dang It Bhabhi! posted:

Are we starting an LG string fund or what?

Dang, are we all so broke we need to crowdfund a pack of strings?

# ¿ Feb 7, 2023 21:52

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

They def. look cool. Weird that Fender doesn't have anything out about how they sound though. It seems like a no-brainer so send a set to 60 cycle hum/That Pedal Show and similar youtubers.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2023 20:44

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

TotalLossBrain posted:

Help I've been practicing nothing but Ventures tunes for hours each day since getting the Jazzmaster

Walk don't run out and get a different guitar, lmbo.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2023 19:31

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Slothful Bong posted:

Ooh, any NAMM people check out the strandberg booth? Looks like Ola announced a travel guitar which tbh looks like the best pure travel guitar I�ve seen, and I�m curious about what today brings.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq_zC4Hge_8/

Man, as far as travel guitars go, that looks 1000% better that anything else out there.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2023 13:04

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

MrMojok posted:

Thread shredders, I am once again asking for your input.

When I was a little kid my grandparents had a piano in their house. When I was about six I started picking out Beatles tunes and some classical music on the piano, by ear. I�ve always had a really, really good ear for music. When I was eight or so, I could play a fairly decent albeit primitive version of the intro to I Am the Walrus.

In middle school I took a piano class, where we were made to learn to read music. I always hated that and refused to learn it, bombed every test designed to prove knowledge of reading music, and on the practical exams I would instead find out what was going to be on there, learn it by ear, and play it that way.

Later when I started playing guitar I did it the same way� listen, and find the notes on the neck.

I played like this for years and then quit. I�ve started playing again, and if you ask me to make a C chord or a G or a D or E minor or whatever, I can do that. Don�t ask me to slide the E-shape up two frets and tell you what chord it is now, I don�t know.

I can play some solo type stuff but it�s because I hunted and pecked and found the notes, then worked on speed until it sounded like I knew what I was doing.

But I don�t, and never have. I don�t know what an interval or a measure is, nor what is a third or a fifth. I know the rudiments of things like minor pentatonic scale, but I�m not able to use that to just noodle, I�m always just copying stuff that I�ve heard.

Can anyone recommend some YouTube channel or online lesson I can see to start learning these things? I understand now that I have to do this in order to really understand music, and understand how things work together, and get better.

I know what I should really do is just pay for some lessons from a good teacher, and there are hundreds of them in LA. Or shell out the money for some online guitar improvement course, but I�m afraid I�m a bit cash-poor at the moment.

I just started using the app Solo for all that foundational stuff. Notes on the fretboard, scales, chord-tones, changes etc. It's pretty good and not too expensive.

https://www.youtube.com/@SoloApp

# ¿ Apr 17, 2023 12:57

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Oooh, that new guitar on its way-feeling.

I've been eyeing a Charvel pro-mod dk22 on craigslist that's a little outside my budget.
Then last night a guy posted the same exact model, without scratches and $150 less than the other one. Don't mind if I do.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2023 10:57

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Why are old floyds always so grody lmbo?

# ¿ Apr 27, 2023 18:27

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

istewart posted:

I decided I was going to rewire my Harley Benton LP clone entirely, instead of just replacing the faulty switch, and picked up a pair of Duncan humbuckers towards that end. Unfortunately, I've run up against stripped screw heads on the bridge mounting ring. It seems they had already begun to strip during the manufacturing process, probably overtightened at the factory, but I only made it worse. Any tips for extracting these without risking the finish or dipping into full-on woodworking?

Try putting a rubber band in between the screw and screwdriver. That usually gives it enough friction to get the screw out.

# ¿ May 8, 2023 07:30

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Stalizard posted:

I'm going through a tiny crisis right now because I met this dude the other day and we played together and just when I thought I was getting to be ok at this whole guitar thing he was good enough to make me feel like an absolute clown.

I've been back at this for maybe two years now and I've gotten a lot better at things like fretting dexterity and understanding movable chord shapes up and down the fretboard but this dude had an absolute musical fluency that I'm scared I'm never going to be able to achieve, whether it's picking interestingly through chord progressions or articulating individual notes and patterns fluidly up and down the fingerboard.

Like, I can sit down and learn a song well enough, and dutifully repeat that song as necessary, and coming from a strictly classical cello background that was all I thought I needed but then this kid could just play and boy do I feel like a great big dummy who doesn't deserve to have anything nice

e: lol gently caress of course this had to be at the top of the page

It's just one of those things.

When you eventually get as good as that guy, there's a different guy. Even that guy has a guy that makes him feel like a chump.

# ¿ May 24, 2023 09:25

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

landgrabber posted:

they can't conceive of the jaws theme, because the major 7th/minor 2nd isnt in the pentatonic scale

They just use 1. pos. minor pentatonic instead:

e----------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------
g----------------------------------------------------------
d----------------------------------------------------------
a----------------------------------------------------------
e--5---8---5---8---5-8-5-8-5-5858585858

# ¿ Jun 23, 2023 11:15

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

I usually use a pair of teaspoons as mini-crowbars. Stick the heads of the spoons under the knob from opposite sides and push down on both handles gently.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2023 21:32

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Lester Shy posted:

Anybody ever significantly reshaped a neck? I've got a $50 Glarry Strat that I eventually want to turn into a Tom Delonge ripoff, but the neck is insanely thick. I know I could spend 1000 years with sandpaper, but there's gotta be a smarter way to do it.

Alternatively, do any of the ultra-budget brands make a hardtail Strat with a normal-sized neck?

I would use a router but they are pretty scary if you're not used to powertools. Or there's a brand of rasp called "Shinto" that's really good for shaping wood.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2023 16:39

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

The 2014 version is still good. The new one, Rocksmith+, is a subscription-service with weird track-selection.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2023 22:17

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

How do you clean those dark fingerspots off of a maple fretboard?

# ¿ Oct 25, 2023 15:39

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

Thanks guys.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2023 16:50

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 14:38

Pondex: Jul 8, 2014

FreelanceSocialist posted:

So my roommate has gotten in to guitar this year having been a drummer since forever and he went from zero guitars to three electrics and an acoustic (all given to him for free by coworkers who thought they'd learn to play and then didn't). He spends a lot of time tinkering with the electrics - swapping out components, trying new strings, etc. And he does it at the kitchen table with the guitar on some rolled up towels using a knock-off leatherman multitool while swearing a lot.

I want to get him some kind of compact guitar tinkering setup that he can pack up easily but that gives him a proper work area when needed. Casual googling turned up stuff like this and this but I am wondering if anyone here has any suggestions?

That might be a bit overkill imo. A block neck rest is what I would get, and maybe a toolkit.
I've had this kit for about a decade, I think, and I doubt I'll ever need to upgrade unless I lose something. : https://www.jimdunlop.com/groovetech-guitar-player-tech-kit/

# ¿ Nov 16, 2023 18:24

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