Guitar Thread

[manysnakes]

I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.

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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.

Nice! parlor guitars are so cool. im afraid i dont have much for resources, but when i was starting these two ideas really helped me develop(at least with songwriting):
-when you are playing a chord, that in itself is the structure for a scale, or riff. Take a chord and try playing each string individually and turn it into your own. experiment moving your fingers around one at a time to find new sounds within that shape.
-create a melody one one string, start with 3 notes. lets say 2-4-5 on your d string. i like the way this sounds, but i want to make it more full. experiment, or find chords that have that note in it, and use that to build up a song. in this example i might use 022xxx, 324xxx, and 535xxx. makes songwriting much less daunting when you start on one string and expand from there.

im not really sure where you are in your playing so these might be a little further ahead but regardless, good luck!  best thing ive ever done was pick up the guitar and i hope you can see in it what myself and so many others do

[manysnakes]

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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.

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Nice! parlor guitars are so cool. im afraid i dont have much for resources, but when i was starting these two ideas really helped me develop(at least with songwriting):
-when you are playing a chord, that in itself is the structure for a scale, or riff. Take a chord and try playing each string individually and turn it into your own. experiment moving your fingers around one at a time to find new sounds within that shape.
-create a melody one one string, start with 3 notes. lets say 2-4-5 on your d string. i like the way this sounds, but i want to make it more full. experiment, or find chords that have that note in it, and use that to build up a song. in this example i might use 022xxx, 324xxx, and 535xxx. makes songwriting much less daunting when you start on one string and expand from there.

im not really sure where you are in your playing so these might be a little further ahead but regardless, good luck!  best thing ive ever done was pick up the guitar and i hope you can see in it what myself and so many others do

I think I get what you're saying, because I can say similar things about the drums (take away everything but your bass drum, snare, and a pair of hi-hats, focus on what you can create there). Thank you for the advice; I spent a few hours last night moving between the few chords I know, just repeating them in various patterns, and trying to move between frets, and I'm going through a step-by-step absolute beginner YouTube series. So far (two days), it has been a blast and I find myself pretty excited for this new challenge.

[fineslime]

Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.




I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:

@Willie - Excellent quiver. A strat, a tele, and a semi-hollow are all you need. You can achieve pretty much any sound or tone you want between those 3 guitars. Which one is your favorite to play? I've always been a semi-hollow guy. I'm playing an ES-335 clone currently. Believe it or not I've never been a fan of strats, but that's probably because I haven't played the right one yet. I owned a Mexican strat but I couldn't mesh with it.

The only strat I've played that I liked was a custom strat priced around $1000.

[JB]

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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.

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Nice! parlor guitars are so cool. im afraid i dont have much for resources, but when i was starting these two ideas really helped me develop(at least with songwriting):
-when you are playing a chord, that in itself is the structure for a scale, or riff. Take a chord and try playing each string individually and turn it into your own. experiment moving your fingers around one at a time to find new sounds within that shape.
-create a melody one one string, start with 3 notes. lets say 2-4-5 on your d string. i like the way this sounds, but i want to make it more full. experiment, or find chords that have that note in it, and use that to build up a song. in this example i might use 022xxx, 324xxx, and 535xxx. makes songwriting much less daunting when you start on one string and expand from there.

im not really sure where you are in your playing so these might be a little further ahead but regardless, good luck!  best thing ive ever done was pick up the guitar and i hope you can see in it what myself and so many others do

[close]

I think I get what you're saying, because I can say similar things about the drums (take away everything but your bass drum, snare, and a pair of hi-hats, focus on what you can create there). Thank you for the advice; I spent a few hours last night moving between the few chords I know, just repeating them in various patterns, and trying to move between frets, and I'm going through a step-by-step absolute beginner YouTube series. So far (two days), it has been a blast and I find myself pretty excited for this new challenge.

I learned from those total beginner lessons on YouTube. Followed along with the Andy guitar and Justin guitar lesson plans until I had basic chord changes down. They're not the most rockin things to play, but they definitely helped. I had a few other channels I recommended a few pages back if you dig. Anyone can play guitar is a great one that covers beginner to intermediate level stuff.

If you like The Brian Jonestown Massacre, most of their songs are stupid simple. Loads can be played with basic open chords, or just the basic major barre chord shape moved around.

Barre chords took me way too long, but my guitar was really holding me back because it was cheap and the action was way too high that I couldn't get the high strings to ring out. I seriously thought they were impossible for me until I got a decent guitar with a proper set up from my local shop. Whatever you've got, it's probably worth it to get it properly set up so it's a easy as it can be for you to play.

[Willie]

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Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.




I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:

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@Willie - Excellent quiver. A strat, a tele, and a semi-hollow are all you need. You can achieve pretty much any sound or tone you want between those 3 guitars. Which one is your favorite to play? I've always been a semi-hollow guy. I'm playing an ES-335 clone currently. Believe it or not I've never been a fan of strats, but that's probably because I haven't played the right one yet. I owned a Mexican strat but I couldn't mesh with it.

The only strat I've played that I liked was a custom strat priced around $1000.

The Strat was my first real guitar. Never liked the color. I’ve since come to the conclusion that I don’t really love Strats. It’s amazing for chime-y cleans and the ergonomics are great but the stock bridge sound is weak, I kinda hate the trem, and the intermediate positions are straight blues lawyer tone. That said, this particular Strat is an MIJ Contemporary Squier (I swapped pickups to 57/62s) and it straight up smokes any Strat on the Guitar Center wall under $1000, playability wise. Quibbles aside, I’ll never get rid of it.

My wife bought me the Tele direct from Japan about 15 years ago. It’s so good. They were only around $600 back then and just as good as an American reissue. I could probably live with that as my only guitar although I don’t love the neck pickup. Maybe put a Strat neck pickup in there?

The ES-339 was my Craigslist score. $300 with hard case. That’s like $220 for just the guitar. Way better than it had any right to be. Neck is super smooth. With the coil split you can really get a huge variety of sounds.


I still want something with P90s. And I wouldn’t mind a Jazzmaster…

[manysnakes]

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I've been a drummer for most of my life, and I know a few chords, but I decided a few weeks ago that it was time to learn guitar. I bought a little 24" scale parlor guitar (my only other time seriously playing guitar was on a 24" scale guitar, so it feels normal to me), and I am going to learn. Please point me to some resources other than the obvious "learn guitar" videos on YouTube.

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Nice! parlor guitars are so cool. im afraid i dont have much for resources, but when i was starting these two ideas really helped me develop(at least with songwriting):
-when you are playing a chord, that in itself is the structure for a scale, or riff. Take a chord and try playing each string individually and turn it into your own. experiment moving your fingers around one at a time to find new sounds within that shape.
-create a melody one one string, start with 3 notes. lets say 2-4-5 on your d string. i like the way this sounds, but i want to make it more full. experiment, or find chords that have that note in it, and use that to build up a song. in this example i might use 022xxx, 324xxx, and 535xxx. makes songwriting much less daunting when you start on one string and expand from there.

im not really sure where you are in your playing so these might be a little further ahead but regardless, good luck!  best thing ive ever done was pick up the guitar and i hope you can see in it what myself and so many others do

[close]

I think I get what you're saying, because I can say similar things about the drums (take away everything but your bass drum, snare, and a pair of hi-hats, focus on what you can create there). Thank you for the advice; I spent a few hours last night moving between the few chords I know, just repeating them in various patterns, and trying to move between frets, and I'm going through a step-by-step absolute beginner YouTube series. So far (two days), it has been a blast and I find myself pretty excited for this new challenge.

[close]

I learned from those total beginner lessons on YouTube. Followed along with the Andy guitar and Justin guitar lesson plans until I had basic chord changes down. They're not the most rockin things to play, but they definitely helped. I had a few other channels I recommended a few pages back if you dig. Anyone can play guitar is a great one that covers beginner to intermediate level stuff.

If you like The Brian Jonestown Massacre, most of their songs are stupid simple. Loads can be played with basic open chords, or just the basic major barre chord shape moved around.

Barre chords took me way too long, but my guitar was really holding me back because it was cheap and the action was way too high that I couldn't get the high strings to ring out. I seriously thought they were impossible for me until I got a decent guitar with a proper set up from my local shop. Whatever you've got, it's probably worth it to get it properly set up so it's a easy as it can be for you to play.

Yeah, Andy Guitar has been my go-to, and I've stuck with him so as not to overwhelm myself with guitar information. I've been following along, spending as much time as I need on each lesson, sort of exploring the chords as he explains them. It has felt very helpful, and I've progressed a decent amount in a few days, but I've been playing music most of my life (violin and cello for a few years, drums for ~25), so I'm not a neophyte. It's for this same reason that I have realistic expectations about what I will and will not be able to play, and yeah the songs are pretty basic but I expect in six months to a year, with regular practice, I'll be able to fumble through something I want to hear.

As for my guitar, I've got a family member who works for a major guitar maker, so they hooked me up with a blemished mid-range acoustic (light hazing in the finish) which they had professionally set up by our mutual friend, who runs the domestic end of their guitar shop. Still though, the action is set pretty high, but I'm going to ride it out until the guitar has been played, the humidity has arrived, and everything is a little more settled, then I figure I'll get it setup locally.

[JB]

Christmas shopping has pretty much cleaned me out this year. I've been selling off my pedal collection as an attempt to throw some money back into my account. I've got a few things for sale that are slightly below used Reverb prices if anyone here is interested. Everything is in good shape and comes with the box and manual. FB market links are posted as well, but if you're not on FB and theres something you want, message me and we'll work it out. I can take Paypal for friends/family or Venmo. Shipping is usually between $5-10 and usually takes about 2-3 days.

What I've got:
Hungry Robot HG Overdrive/distortion: $100
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/875779023593012/

Nobles ODR Mini Overdrive: $60
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1112050519505053/

EHX Big Muff w/Tone Wicker: $60
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1313070816158238/

Digitech SDRUM Drum Machine: $120
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/550934743065812/

TC Electronic HOF Mini Reverb: $65
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/935426397421554/

[Andmoreagain]

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Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.




I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:

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@Willie - Excellent quiver. A strat, a tele, and a semi-hollow are all you need. You can achieve pretty much any sound or tone you want between those 3 guitars. Which one is your favorite to play? I've always been a semi-hollow guy. I'm playing an ES-335 clone currently. Believe it or not I've never been a fan of strats, but that's probably because I haven't played the right one yet. I owned a Mexican strat but I couldn't mesh with it.

The only strat I've played that I liked was a custom strat priced around $1000.

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The Strat was my first real guitar. Never liked the color. I’ve since come to the conclusion that I don’t really love Strats. It’s amazing for chime-y cleans and the ergonomics are great but the stock bridge sound is weak, I kinda hate the trem, and the intermediate positions are straight blues lawyer tone. That said, this particular Strat is an MIJ Contemporary Squier (I swapped pickups to 57/62s) and it straight up smokes any Strat on the Guitar Center wall under $1000, playability wise. Quibbles aside, I’ll never get rid of it.

My wife bought me the Tele direct from Japan about 15 years ago. It’s so good. They were only around $600 back then and just as good as an American reissue. I could probably live with that as my only guitar although I don’t love the neck pickup. Maybe put a Strat neck pickup in there?

The ES-339 was my Craigslist score. $300 with hard case. That’s like $220 for just the guitar. Way better than it had any right to be. Neck is super smooth. With the coil split you can really get a huge variety of sounds.


I still want something with P90s. And I wouldn’t mind a Jazzmaster…

I'm also a big fan of Japanese guitars from the late 70s on. The quality to price is just outstanding, although they are getting much more expensive.

[manysnakes]

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Got my Strat out of storage so I thought I’d take a picture of the rare occasion all my electrics were in one place.




I mostly play with a Spark amp and headphones so as not to annoy family and neighbors but I do occasionally take the newspapers and shit off of this and wheel it out when I’m alone:

[close]

@Willie - Excellent quiver. A strat, a tele, and a semi-hollow are all you need. You can achieve pretty much any sound or tone you want between those 3 guitars. Which one is your favorite to play? I've always been a semi-hollow guy. I'm playing an ES-335 clone currently. Believe it or not I've never been a fan of strats, but that's probably because I haven't played the right one yet. I owned a Mexican strat but I couldn't mesh with it.

The only strat I've played that I liked was a custom strat priced around $1000.

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The Strat was my first real guitar. Never liked the color. I’ve since come to the conclusion that I don’t really love Strats. It’s amazing for chime-y cleans and the ergonomics are great but the stock bridge sound is weak, I kinda hate the trem, and the intermediate positions are straight blues lawyer tone. That said, this particular Strat is an MIJ Contemporary Squier (I swapped pickups to 57/62s) and it straight up smokes any Strat on the Guitar Center wall under $1000, playability wise. Quibbles aside, I’ll never get rid of it.

My wife bought me the Tele direct from Japan about 15 years ago. It’s so good. They were only around $600 back then and just as good as an American reissue. I could probably live with that as my only guitar although I don’t love the neck pickup. Maybe put a Strat neck pickup in there?

The ES-339 was my Craigslist score. $300 with hard case. That’s like $220 for just the guitar. Way better than it had any right to be. Neck is super smooth. With the coil split you can really get a huge variety of sounds.


I still want something with P90s. And I wouldn’t mind a Jazzmaster…

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I'm also a big fan of Japanese guitars from the late 70s on. The quality to price is just outstanding, although they are getting much more expensive.

I picked up a Matsumoku-made SG at a pawn shop for $125 in the era before eBay, and before anyone recognized the value of these guitars. I gave it to my brother, who has been playing it ever since. It has been professionally setup by the aforementioned guitar tech who insists it's among the best SGs that he has ever seen, certainly higher quality than anything Gibson put out during the same period ("Norlin-era").

[rukes]

I've got a Japanese ~1968 Yamaha SA50 that is an amazing guitar. Cost me $1500 Australian, but the quality and workmanship is superb.

I also have a late 70's MIJ  Westbury Deluxe, which sort of looks like a weird SG. It weighs an absolute tonne but the quality is also amazing for what I paid.

I also have a '93 MIJ Shoreline Gold Jazzmaster that was my favourite guitar for a long time. The only thing that sucked about it was the pickups. I put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity in there and it sounded so much better.

My current face guitar is non Japanese, my brand new J Mascis MIM Tele. The neck on it is just so easy to play, it just has that cool tele twang, and it's just a simple guitar that plays and sounds great.

[fineslime]

My brother ordered this very same guitar for me as a Christmas gift and it should be arriving in a few days. It's a Jackson Dinky JS32 DKA. The only experience I have with a Jackson has been playing my brother's JS22, which is a relatively solid guitar for the class/ price point.

I'm planning on putting SD pickups on it, but it seems like a solid guitar out of the box. I love the natural wood finish too. I play a lot of jazz/ blues fusion, but I think this guitar will push me in a heavier direction when it comes to writing riffs, and I'm okay with that.

Does anyone have experience with this guitar, or with similar Jackson guitars? I've also never owned a guitar with the Floyd Rose system.

Thanks Pals!

[lazer69]

It’s ESP I bought last year after a 2 year break, very similar to the schecter c1 I had before this. Though, I think that one was better. I don’t play much anymore. I been really into American football lately, they use weird tunings, I don’t feel like re-tuning often, so I can only play one song at a time.

[manysnakes]

I've got a Japanese ~1968 Yamaha SA50 that is an amazing guitar. Cost me $1500 Australian, but the quality and workmanship is superb.

I also have a late 70's MIJ  Westbury Deluxe, which sort of looks like a weird SG. It weighs an absolute tonne but the quality is also amazing for what I paid.

I also have a '93 MIJ Shoreline Gold Jazzmaster that was my favourite guitar for a long time. The only thing that sucked about it was the pickups. I put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity in there and it sounded so much better.

My current face guitar is non Japanese, my brand new J Mascis MIM Tele. The neck on it is just so easy to play, it just has that cool tele twang, and it's just a simple guitar that plays and sounds great.

I’m trying (and succeeding) at simple learning and playing the *very nice* guitar which I already have, but this past week with Christmas, work was slow and I found myself going down the Reverb MIJ guitar rabbit hole.

But I haven’t bought any guitar shit except for some picks, a stand, and a set of strings to keep on hand.

[Frank]

My brother ordered this very same guitar for me as a Christmas gift and it should be arriving in a few days. It's a Jackson Dinky JS32 DKA. The only experience I have with a Jackson has been playing my brother's JS22, which is a relatively solid guitar for the class/ price point.

I'm planning on putting SD pickups on it, but it seems like a solid guitar out of the box. I love the natural wood finish too. I play a lot of jazz/ blues fusion, but I think this guitar will push me in a heavier direction when it comes to writing riffs, and I'm okay with that.

Does anyone have experience with this guitar, or with similar Jackson guitars? I've also never owned a guitar with the Floyd Rose system.

Thanks Pals!

i have no experience, but i'm jealous. i've been wanting a jackson for some reason. hope you have tons of fun with it!

[Frank]

sorry for double post, but i might need some input.

trying to figure out if i should sell my mim vintera jaguar and get a mustang 90 as a replacement. i kind of don't play the jaguar that much cause the old school radius makes it kind of janky and uncomfortable. i've been trying to play other instruments lately and while it's a beautiful guitar, i feel like it's not a good fit. i looked up what it's been selling for on reverb and saw i could get a brand new mustang p90 and even have a couple hundred left for other new gear. it has a modern radius like the guitars i played before. alternatively i'm interested in the new epiphone wilshire reissue. that one is even cheaper.

rn i just have the jaguar at my home and a pretty beat up epiphone sg at my parents for when i visit. so if i'd sell it i'd be without a guitar over here.

i definitely want a secondary guitar even if i keep the jaguar. preferrably something light and simple. i also thought about just getting a squire strat. the purpose for this guitar would be rehearsals and general heavy use. fuck, i want that jackson now, too. they are pretty cheap over here. just looking for a fun shredstick. maybe keep the jag because i will surely miss it once i sold it? i am that type of person.

[lazer69]

I don’t really play heavy stuff much these days so thinking about getting another guitar. Tellies and things of that nature have been looking good, however I have huge hands. With that said what would you recommend?

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I've got a Japanese ~1968 Yamaha SA50 that is an amazing guitar. Cost me $1500 Australian, but the quality and workmanship is superb.

I also have a late 70's MIJ  Westbury Deluxe, which sort of looks like a weird SG. It weighs an absolute tonne but the quality is also amazing for what I paid.

I also have a '93 MIJ Shoreline Gold Jazzmaster that was my favourite guitar for a long time. The only thing that sucked about it was the pickups. I put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity in there and it sounded so much better.

My current face guitar is non Japanese, my brand new J Mascis MIM Tele. The neck on it is just so easy to play, it just has that cool tele twang, and it's just a simple guitar that plays and sounds great.

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I’m trying (and succeeding) at simple learning and playing the *very nice* guitar which I already have, but this past week with Christmas, work was slow and I found myself going down the Reverb MIJ guitar rabbit hole.

But I haven’t bought any guitar shit except for some picks, a stand, and a set of strings to keep on hand.

when it comes to 60s japanese guitars, do not buy off reverb. prices are inflated, and you want to try these in person before you buy. search terms “old guitar” “japanese guitar” and “vintage guitar” are your best bet on facebook marketplace and craigslist. can get a real good deal if you are willing to be patient. if you are ever in seattle emerald city and mike and mikes has a phenomenal selection, although all double or triple the price you should be paying for a shitty japanese guitar (at least the cool 60s ones, if you want a 70s copy of an american guitar then i wouldn’t pay more than $450 for one)

[manysnakes]

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I've got a Japanese ~1968 Yamaha SA50 that is an amazing guitar. Cost me $1500 Australian, but the quality and workmanship is superb.

I also have a late 70's MIJ  Westbury Deluxe, which sort of looks like a weird SG. It weighs an absolute tonne but the quality is also amazing for what I paid.

I also have a '93 MIJ Shoreline Gold Jazzmaster that was my favourite guitar for a long time. The only thing that sucked about it was the pickups. I put a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquity in there and it sounded so much better.

My current face guitar is non Japanese, my brand new J Mascis MIM Tele. The neck on it is just so easy to play, it just has that cool tele twang, and it's just a simple guitar that plays and sounds great.

[close]

I’m trying (and succeeding) at simple learning and playing the *very nice* guitar which I already have, but this past week with Christmas, work was slow and I found myself going down the Reverb MIJ guitar rabbit hole.

But I haven’t bought any guitar shit except for some picks, a stand, and a set of strings to keep on hand.

[close]

when it comes to 60s japanese guitars, do not buy off reverb. prices are inflated, and you want to try these in person before you buy. search terms “old guitar” “japanese guitar” and “vintage guitar” are your best bet on facebook marketplace and craigslist. can get a real good deal if you are willing to be patient. if you are ever in seattle emerald city and mike and mikes has a phenomenal selection, although all double or triple the price you should be paying for a shitty japanese guitar (at least the cool 60s ones, if you want a 70s copy of an american guitar then i wouldn’t pay more than $450 for one)

Don’t worry, I have no intention of buying some freakish old Teisco which is inexplicably worth $750 - that was my first guitar as a kid. I’m actually speaking more about vintage Japanese acoustic Yamahas or Alvarez, something along those lines. I’m nowhere near close to even considering buying anything, just looking through Reverb because there’s so goddamn much to see.

[#alexander#]

I don’t really play heavy stuff much these days so thinking about getting another guitar. Tellies and things of that nature have been looking good, however I have huge hands. With that said what would you recommend?

I dunno your budget but some teles and strats have 43mm nuts, typically American models though. The slightly wider nut is noticeable. If you did a parts guitar you could get a wider neck pretty easy.

[fineslime]

https://imgur.com/gallery/VRb0q70

came in the mail yesterday. it's been playing great right out of the box. this was the first guitar I've owned that I didn't play before hand, and I've always been skeptical about ordering before actually feeling the guitar, but I was impressed with the setup on it. I figured I'd have to take it to get setup right away, but I can definitely get used to the medium set action.

The neck is slender and slides great against the jumbo frets. The natural wood finish looks classy on this style of guitar and there's a bit of a red hue in the bevels on the face or the guitar.

I'm definitely going to swap the pickups eventually, but essentially this guitar was good to go out of the box. The locking nut needed to be adjusted and I'm still learning the trem system, but I'm loving this guitar!

[Frank]

https://imgur.com/gallery/VRb0q70

came in the mail yesterday. it's been playing great right out of the box. this was the first guitar I've owned that I didn't play before hand, and I've always been skeptical about ordering before actually feeling the guitar, but I was impressed with the setup on it. I figured I'd have to take it to get setup right away, but I can definitely get used to the medium set action.

The neck is slender and slides great against the jumbo frets. The natural wood finish looks classy on this style of guitar and there's a bit of a red hue in the bevels on the face or the guitar.

I'm definitely going to swap the pickups eventually, but essentially this guitar was good to go out of the box. The locking nut needed to be adjusted and I'm still learning the trem system, but I'm loving this guitar!

fucking sick, you really made me want the js42 hardtail version of the dinky. i'm kind of in love with this guitar. i don't even play music that's typically played with jacksons(no metal at all), but definitely looking to get one down the line. just more interesting than your typical (super) strat and everyone says they are fun and easy to play.

[Frank]

slight rant incoming

so i got this plan for getting a bass guitar and also a secondary. for a bass i might look for a used yamaha bb, for the guitar i'm not sure. i don't like buying cheapo instruments because i'd like them to at least hold their value if i should sell them. so i've been mainly looking at the used market and at deals or close outs just to get an idea how prices are moving.

definitely want some sort of superstrat. but doesn't need to be a fender model. i've been enarmored with some more metal like shredding guitars for a while, like jackson, charvel, shecter(the sun valley super shredder z with ziricote top is just fucking beautiful to look at). i've been also looking at ibanez blazers at used market sites for a while, that guitar rules. another long time fav of mine for a humbucker model is the yamaha revstar. maybe someone on here has had some experience with any of those brands or guitars?

still not sure if i might sell my jaguar, but i'm pretty sure i'd regret selling it down the line. so i think the best gameplan would be to save up a couple hundred for a bass first. keep the jag as my main. save up again, find a blazer or revstar for around 5-600 hopefully. my main thought of buying a guitar whose price will probably stay stable is to possibly trade up at one point if i want an instrument that's maybe more expensive but serves the same purpose. i really don't need several guitars of the same type. i got the jag now, but i'd like to have a humbucker guitar that's less gnaddly and can sound more thick and meaty, but still sounds good when played cleanish and also a has hardtail. just a minimalist beast basically.

i have to post a pic of the beautiful shecter model, which is way too expensive for me to realistically afford if i don't sell most of my shit lol. but there's some ibanez blazers out from the early 80s that look very similar to this and can be had for around 500 if you're lucky. i remember they used to be way cheaper before covid, wish i bought the one i saw for 250 on reverb back then.

this is the shecter sun valley shredder z



here's a similar ibanez blazer on the right



lovely guitars imo.

[manysnakes]

If you want a Strat and don't care if it's Fender, look into the Peavey Predator. You can find them for $100-150 where I am, and they are made in the USA with two or three-piece bodies, great C-shaped maple necks, rosewood fretboards, etc., all made by CNC so the fittings are exact. A friend of mine has one completely modded out and it's a beautiful and great sounding guitar.

[Frank]

If you want a Strat and don't care if it's Fender, look into the Peavey Predator. You can find them for $100-150 where I am, and they are made in the USA with two or three-piece bodies, great C-shaped maple necks, rosewood fretboards, etc., all made by CNC so the fittings are exact. A friend of mine has one completely modded out and it's a beautiful and great sounding guitar.

yeah those look cool and like a good affordable model to mess around with and mod it to your liking.

my main problem is that guitars are a thing where my rational thinking completely tunes out, because i can't really compromise once i really want certain instruments. so even if i got a predator, or even a real fender strat, i probably still would be curious about what other guitar i'm obsessed with. so it's better if i just don't buy any at all. and if i buy one it must be one i like and want 100%. sometimes that guitar is 200 and sometimes that guitar is 2000(which means i'll never buy it, probably). i just end up not buying instruments most of the time anyway and just fawn over them for extended periods of time.

EDIT: guitars are like skateboards to me. i could probably ride any deck, but there's some irrational stuff that might bother or stoke you out about the graphic or so, which has little effect on your skating actually, but can just be offputting. it's not really rational. it's definitely about aesthetics, nostalgia, and all this weird stuff. which is all unimportant if the instrument doesn't play well. but for a lack of a better way to describe it, i'm definitely a victim of guitar esoterics in this way. that's why i can't explain why i love some copies of famous guitars, while others are kind of unsettling to me.

i know this makes little sense. i'm the type of person that obsesses over a screw in the wrong place just because i feel it isn' right. but some guitars are just like wow, everything on this is perfect in it's own way. that's something that actually makes me want to play more, even if it sounds stupid.

[Willie]

Honestly, the skate setup analogy is a good one. I don’t want a guitar that I don’t like the style of. There are plenty of good playing guitars that I wouldn’t want to play. I hate 90% of most Fender copies because of dumb headstocks.

[Frank]

Honestly, the skate setup analogy is a good one. I don’t want a guitar that I don’t like the style of. There are plenty of good playing guitars that I wouldn’t want to play. I hate 90% of most Fender copies because of dumb headstocks.

haha, exactly.

[fineslime]

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came in the mail yesterday. it's been playing great right out of the box. this was the first guitar I've owned that I didn't play before hand, and I've always been skeptical about ordering before actually feeling the guitar, but I was impressed with the setup on it. I figured I'd have to take it to get setup right away, but I can definitely get used to the medium set action.

The neck is slender and slides great against the jumbo frets. The natural wood finish looks classy on this style of guitar and there's a bit of a red hue in the bevels on the face or the guitar.

I'm definitely going to swap the pickups eventually, but essentially this guitar was good to go out of the box. The locking nut needed to be adjusted and I'm still learning the trem system, but I'm loving this guitar!

[close]

fucking sick, you really made me want the js42 hardtail version of the dinky. i'm kind of in love with this guitar. i don't even play music that's typically played with jacksons(no metal at all), but definitely looking to get one down the line. just more interesting than your typical (super) strat and everyone says they are fun and easy to play.

Found out something pretty sweet, and extremely convenient, when it comes to the Floyd Rose... Lowering the action was so fucking easy I couldn't believe it at first. All it took was loosening the two bolts in the bridge. I was having a bit of difficulty and uncomfortability playing the stock-action on it. Admittedly it was way too high for my liking, but I tried to get used to it at first.

Lowered it super super easy and now I'm REALLY loving how the guitar plays. Because of the high end pickups and trem system I'm hitting notes so much clearer than I ever have, and the whammy is adding another dimension to my playing I've never had before. I've been playing vintage style semi-hollows and jazz guitars.

My favorite guitar I've owned was an Ibanez Artcore AM93 Expressionist. I really wish I never sold that guitar, but at the time I didn't have the skill to play the guitar how it should have been played... Shit, I'm not even sure if I have the skill now, ha!

[manysnakes]

Honestly, the skate setup analogy is a good one. I don’t want a guitar that I don’t like the style of. There are plenty of good playing guitars that I wouldn’t want to play. I hate 90% of most Fender copies because of dumb headstocks.

With the possible exception of Musicman, anything Fender shaped without the signature headstock looks like a shitty knockoff you’d buy for your nephew for $50 in a pawn shop.

[Coastal Fever]

I’m beginner-intermediate at best, I’ve got a Yamaha F310 acoustic, and I honestly love it.  The big dreadnought body gives it a really nice, full, warm and rich sound.  But more importantly, it’s the easiest/nicest playing guitar I’ve tried to date, thanks to its narrower, shorter fretboard and low action. 

I have no desire (or money) to replace it anytime soon.. but let’s say I hypothetically could buy ANY other acoustic I want.. but I want it to play as close to the F310 as possible.  What would I be looking at if easy playability and good sound are my top priorities?

A quick google would make one think that the Martin D28 is the “best” acoustic.. but would that have higher action and be geared towards advanced players?