The Guitar Pron Thread

[Celery Man 20931]

2001 McCarty. You can tell it’s a McCarty because of the tune-o-ma... nm

[AnotherUTFan 9730]

One simply can't have enough snarks meme here...

You know, all the batterie eventually died in all the Snarks I have floating around and I've never replaced them. I have a great pedal ahead of my amp I go by for my electrics, and the Guitar Tuna app on my phone I use for my acoustics.

[Grandioso 2592]

That G7 capo looks pretty badass and lets your fingers create the pressure through some kind of hydraulics. Pretty sure they' won a bunch of awards. $44.00

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$40.00 MXR Tap Temo - for delays or literally anything that uses modulation.

Pick Punch $15

Puts a gel wrap around the strap we here it meets the shoulder. I got one for a friend and he loves it. $11.45

Comfy looking strap. $39.99

Man I need these. $11

$12.99

For those gigging in your under wear: $9.96

Edit: These are rad and come in 3 colors. About $11

Edited April 19, 2018 by Grandioso

[DougO 5243]

45 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

 

Got snarks? Dunlop Hendrix strap?

For the prs haters

That's exactly the combo I always wanted. Or maybe an amber one.

[noharleyyet 2838]

43 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

1 hour ago, noharleyyet said:

One simply can't have enough snarks meme here...

You know, all the batterie eventually died in all the Snarks I have floating around and I've never replaced them. I have a great pedal ahead of my amp I go by for my electrics, and the Guitar Tuna app on my phone I use for my acoustics.

Should have added I use the inline when close enough isn’t good enough. 

[Chad Fuck 17659]

One simply can't have enough snarks meme here...

It is known.

[the idoit 165]

He is in Atlanta. Guitar has rarely been played. Also, I'm getting the info on exactly which amp that is.

Thanks, man. I’ll have a decision later. My son still wants an acoustic but those are tempting additions to my stockpile. Particularly the git. I’ll PM if interested.

[the idoit 165]

Bogey, I’m not a PRS hater. Just not the biggest fan. I prefer my guitars plain and functional. Not unlike some of the women I’ve been saddled with...

[noharleyyet 2838]

2 minutes ago, the idoit said:

Bogey, I’m not a PRS hater. Just not the biggest fan. I prefer my guitars plain and functional. Not unlike some of the women I’ve been saddled with...

...no 10 tops? 

[Celery Man 20931]

Coincidently, plain and functional is the halllmark of the “austerity” model Martins from the depression era (of which bogey’s is an example, and the M series of guitars descend from). Absolutely beautiful in a different way than my PRS/Les Paul/D-41/J45 exotic/whatever.

[Deej 76755]

2 hours ago, Celery Man said:

 

Got snarks? Dunlop Hendrix strap?

For the prs haters

 

Why do you have the nice guitars in the background and out of focus? 

(I kid...)

Edited April 19, 2018 by Deej

[Deej 76755]

1 hour ago, AnotherUTFan said:

2 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

One simply can't have enough snarks meme here...

You know, all the batterie eventually died in all the Snarks I have floating around and I've never replaced them. I have a great pedal ahead of my amp I go by for my electrics, and the Guitar Tuna app on my phone I use for my acoustics.

It's just about as cheap to replace the Snark as it is the batteries.  

[Chad Fuck 17659]

Why do you have the nice guitars in the background and out of focus? 
(I kid...)

He’s been at this guitpron thing for a long time. One might say he’s been at it the longest.

[Celery Man 20931]

Did I tell y’all how I forgot about a guitar and then gave it to my fiancée’s brother? I think that was an achievement for me. He was staying at our place while visiting (and is a sophomore in college at Haskell), and was talking about how he had been saving up to buy a strat. I was thinking maybe I’d let him borrow my thinline tele and then I remembered that I actually had a MIM strat under a bed somewhere that I hadn’t seen or thought about in a year. Told him if he found a black strat under the bed in the guest room he could have it. He came back out like I was a wizard. And then I bought that G&L Tribute to restore balance in the force.

[hullabelew 3723]

Those G7 capos are fantastic.

[jimmyjazz 45888]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

It's just about as cheap to replace the Snark as it is the batteries.  

Snark . . . the inkjet printer of guitar accessories.

[AnotherUTFan 9730]

I found a G7 in my Dad's music room when he passed and brought it home, but honestly I still prefer whatever the one on the left is called. It doesn't really matter since I normally can't find, or am too lazy to retrieve, either when I want them.

[CTC2 2791]

4 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

4 hours ago, noharleyyet said:

One simply can't have enough snarks meme here...

You know, all the batterie eventually died in all the Snarks I have floating around and I've never replaced them. I have a great pedal ahead of my amp I go by for my electrics, and the Guitar Tuna app on my phone I use for my acoustics.

I used to use Guitar Tuna but replaced it with the new Fender Tune app. It seems to work out better for me. 

[AnotherUTFan 9730]

I'll try that one. i like Tuna, but it wants me to buy the paid version to unlock other tunings. My nephew took up guitar last summer and he says he learns a lot from the training excerzises in Tuna, I hadn't even realized they were there.

[CTC2 2791]

36 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I'll try that one. i like Tuna, but it wants me to buy the paid version to unlock other tunings. My nephew took up guitar last summer and he says he learns a lot from the training excerzises in Tuna, I hadn't even realized they were there.

Yeah, the Fender app has a lot of alternative tunings. I use open G a lot so it comes in handy. 

[DougO 5243]

The only bad thing about beautiful PRS guitars is that they don't fake vintage out well, which is actually good thing.

[Bogeywon 2519]

I love PRS’s. I feel like they are fun to play versitile guitars. But I like the over the top look. Also how do I post a video? I have a clip of me playing my epiphone Union Jack through my Mesa single rec and a Marshall 1960a 4x12 cab. I want your feed back on some tone I have dialed in. 

[Bogeywon 2519]

Some PRS pron

PRS Vine McCarty

[tbone_ 14110]

Anyone know of a rechargeable clip on tuner they like?

[Mojo Hand 4580]

I hate capos with a passion.  Better to learn new chord voicings, IMO. 

[Celery Man 20931]

2 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Some PRS pron

PRS Vine McCarty

that neck is wild (expand quote for full size pictures)

if you upload a video to youtube, you can set the privacy to "unlisted", which is where it won't appear in search but will appear if you have the link.  And then I believe with this board you can just paste the link into a post and it will do the rest (unless you're posting from tapa, in which case you may still need the video tags).  fwiw, also in your quote i clicked on each thumbnail to open the link to the full size picture, then right clicked and selected "copy image address", and replaced the picture with that, which automatically (from a browser, not tapa) puts it in as an image.

 

 

and, disagree on capos.  I spend a lot of the time on acoustic with a capo on the second fret, cause I don't want to use a different voicing and that works better with my voice, and if it works for Townes it works for me.

Edited April 20, 2018 by Celery Man

[Mojo Hand 4580]

Yeah I don't really play acoustic, but capos make sense there.  I meant on electric. 

[DougO 5243]

I'm just too lazy to dig up a capo.

But I do like that jangley sound you get when you use them sometimes.

[jimmyjazz 45888]

2 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

I hate capos with a passion.  Better to learn new chord voicings, IMO. 

I can't hardly play with a capo, and I don't think it's a deficiency.  I can't get my ear to sync up with the idea of (for instance) the sound of an F# chord voiced as an open E.  When my hand is voicing an E, I want to hear an E.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

Yeah.  I don't have as good of an ear, but it also pisses me off when people online describe a song as in E on a tuned down guitar.  Bitch that song is in Eb, changing your tuning to play open voicings doesn't change that. 

[the idoit 165]

I’m too limited in both knowledge of complex/advanced chord forms and vocal range not to use a capo. It makes up for a lot of deficiencies and allows me to be significantly more expressive than I would otherwise.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

Fair enough.  Have you tried learning CAGED-style chord playing?  There's really only like three chord shapes you need to know, along with a couple ways to change them, to play anywhere on the fretboard. 

Edited April 20, 2018 by Mojo Hand

[the idoit 165]

Yeah, Mojo, it seems I learned CAGED by default when I taught myself how to play by ear many years ago. It was certainly helpful in getting to a reasonably advanced point but it was limiting after that. I’ve had several friends who are way more talented than myself, including a guy with an MA in music (guitar), tell me to abandon a lot of the thought processes i developed in order to advance further in theory. I appreciate the input, man.

[jimmyjazz 45888]

I wish I had learned fretboard theory at some point.  I am a completely remedial player.  I mean, I play what I play well but it's not exactly complicated stuff, and it's mostly a fairly complete toolkit of open chords that I can move around the neck to create interesting SUS chords and other variations.

I can't play lead to save my life, except for the rare occasion where I have time to figure out a fairly simple melodic part that I lock down and never deviate from.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

It's never too late.   And it really isn't difficult to start that trajectory — the hard part is knowing what to practice. In the last three years I've improved more than in the previous twenty, and by a wide margin, just by finally figuring out what I needed to learn.  And everyone here is happy to help with suggestions and advice.

Edited April 20, 2018 by Mojo Hand

[the idoit 165]

Get out of my mind, jj. Hah.

Agreed, Mojo. Playing with others who are more advanced certainly helps as well. The greatest leap I’ve ever taken was with a dude that could’ve played for anyone but is likely still in his living room getting stoned, smoking cigarettes, drinking Pepsi and playing Dimeola/Return to Forever note for note.

[noharleyyet 2838]

Quote

You can observe a lot by just watching.

Yogi Berra
 

[DougO 5243]

I can't make myself care about theory and actual scales and stuff. I just wish I could make my fingers move the way I need them to, on both hands. I'm actually starting to try a couple of exercises for the first time in my life.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

I think I misunderstood the purpose of practicing scales for a long time.   I thought they were the rule book for playing over certain keys and chords.   But what they really are is a way for our brain to package together sounds.  The mixolydian scale, for example, is just what a particular arrangement of seven notes sound like.  There's theory behind all of it, but for a player, this is all that matters.

If you practice the scales over and over again, you end up internalizing them to the point where you no longer think "Now I shall play the mixolydian scale."   You think of the mixolydian sound in your head, and it just comes out of your fingers, and you don't even think of the word mixolydian or the visual pattern you once memorized.    And while it's hard to get to that point, once you're there it's easy to switch between scales because you don't have to think about it.   You just think of the different sound and it comes out too.   Naturally gifted musicians sometimes have this ability from the start, but anyone can learn it over time.   I know this for a fact because I didn't have this ability for more than 20 years of playing, and now I'm starting to play this way.

Scales are so easy to practice because you can do them in front of the TV.   They're like lifting weights -- you just do them over and over again to get stronger, but you don't have to think hard about them.

I will say this -- when practicing modes, always play the tonic note in the background.  On youtube, you can get solid 30 minutes of just a C note or whatever note.   If you practice modes without the tonic, you aren't practicing the mode, because your brain just thinks of it as natural major or minor unless you contrast it with the note that throws the mode into being.

Edited April 20, 2018 by Mojo Hand

[Deej 76755]

From a bit ago, but good stuff. Love Jimmy.

 

[Buzzrock 14902]

I threw your mom’s mode into being.

[Grandioso 2592]

Hints of cherry, chocolate, and earth tones. Finishes smooth with notes of Chet Atkins.


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[dcbc 14465]

On 4/19/2018 at 7:23 PM, Mojo Hand said:

I hate capos with a passion.  Better to learn new chord voicings, IMO. 

But sometimes you want to play Let it Loose or Monkey Man. 

[Chad Fuck 17659]

But sometimes you want to play Let it Loose or Monkey Man. 

Or Here Comes the Sun per the original.

[DougO 5243]

Ernie Ball Slinky 3-packs on sale for $10, free ship to store.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Ernie-Ball/2223-Nickel-Super-Slinky-Pink-Electric-Guitar-Strings-3-Pack.gc

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Does anyone have an opinion on how the G&L Tribute series compares to the MIM Fender stuff?

 

I’ve had a MIM Fender before (60th anny ash Strat, see pic below), and it was great. I am looking mostly at Teles/ASATs specifically at the moment. I’d love a Doheny or JM, but as I’m just wanting to get back into the hobby, I don’t wanna drop a lot of cash at the moment. G&L has some pretty solid new prices right now (10-20% off), which makes them pretty enticing. I also don’t mind buying used. I did see Hulla’s post about his buddy’s HH Tele (did he sell that yet?), but I would like a traditional pickup config at this time. Thanks!

 

Here’s an example of the MIM Strat I had. It was a beautiful piece.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jimmyjazz 45888]

I feel like the G&L guitars are better than Fender counterparts at a given price point.  For one thing, the G&L necks are sublime.

[hullabelew 3723]

Hey Consigliereg8r. You here yet?

[Celery Man 20931]

I bought that G&L Tribute Bluesboy recently.  Here's what I think about it in regards to quality - I don't think that the tuners are very good, I don't think it was set up/intonated very well from the get go, and the tone knob was loose when I got it.  It tightened back up and seems fine, but that makes me nervous about it.  But a he reason I'm nervous about it is because a lot of MIM Fenders (in my experience) lose volume/tone knobs, and specifically the post for the knobs on my old p-bass was made of such soft metal that eventually the screw holding the knob in place dug a rut into it and wouldn't stay secure (and they were both eventually lost during shows).

I think I'll eventually switch out the tuners on my G&L, but I really like it.  As jimmy said, the neck is great.

[jimmyjazz 45888]

Tuners on mine are fine.  Could be just the vagaries of cheap Asian guitars -- sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't.