Guitar Gas (or any content related to guitars)

Thinking about taking a break from making music with synths and drum machines as a hobby, but I still want to have something musical that is quick to plug, play, and practice. Used to play guitar as a youngster and am thinking of selling one of my synths to finance a guitar. Had a Mexican telecaster back in the day and want another tele. Did some research and watched a bunch of demos, and this one caught my eye, the Jason Isbell telecaster. Mexican made, but I read of some people reviewing it and playing it without an amp, saying that the whole body resonated very nicely when strumming. Has a nice worn in look that I like too. The Isbell guy is like a pop country kind of player, but I watched some demos of him playing it with a slide and it sounded awesome:

Have not seen any guitar threads on here, curious if anyone here plays or has any general advice for getting back into things with guitar. Pros and cons of playing guitar for fun and trying to improve technique and musicality? I am not planning on getting an amp to start with, because I have some good simulations on my computer. Definitely want to get a loop pedal, though.

Can’t go wrong with a Tele!

I play, have been trying to get good for 31 years, but at least it’s still fun.

A few years ago I was getting into metal again and decided to take lessons for a few months to work on technique and fundamentals — it helped a lot. No more wrist pain after tremolo picking for more than 5 minutes.

I have a decent solid state Orange amp and a pedal board that I’ve put together over the past 10 years, and I love it to death, but it doesn’t agree with my current apartment situation.  Fortunately, amp modelers are great now. I’ve got some Neural DSP stuff on my iMac and it sounds great and makes laying down tracks almost too easy. Now I just need to finish one for once. 

On my 40th birthday a few years ago I had a mid life crisis and bought myself a nice 7-string. 14 year old me would have approved, and it made me happy to make him happy. It’s stupid and I love it. 

This is my pal

Got him for £1 from a bootsale in 2002 or 03. The guy I bought him from said he hadn't been tuned in ten years, so that's now 30+yrs of not touching those pegs.

3/4 acoustic that somebody strung with steel strings, so the whole body is now banana shaped. Am missing both a string and a fret.

His tone is gorgeous, like dusty, woody, vibrating walnuts.

Use to try to play, never got particularly good, never mastered not being able to look at my hands while playing so wrecked my back from hunching over guitars, my brother in law owns a guitar shop, was considering trying to start playing again

I had a quadraverb rack that was apparently once owned by The Edge, I expect a Blue Peter Badge for that some day

Humble Bundle has a set of guitar books for a pittance.

been playing guitar on and off since '92. all the radio popular grunge/alternative music back then is what drew me in to want to learn how to play. I peaked in high school back in like '95 when I was in a prog metal band, it's been all downhill since then 

I don't consider myself a great player at all. I can keep up, but am no virtuoso. I've always been of the mindset that coming up with a good melody on the instrument is more important than technical ability. coming up with 3-4 note / chord melodies and figuring out where to go from there is more fun for me than being able to solo my ass off at 180bpm.

in high school I played an Ibanez with Marshall amps. later on I got a Fender Strat with a Roland Jazz chorus amp. sold it all many years ago. a few years back I wanted to get back into guitar but not spend a ton of money on it. bought an ESP EC-256 because I liked the look, and it plays fairly well for a low/mid priced guitar. have an Orange solid state practice amp that I run through a mixer. the line out on the Orange has 4x12 cabinet simulation that sounds pretty decent through monitors. got a pedal board with 9 pedals. my recommendation on pedals - since you'll eventually go there - is get a noise gate, loop, chorus, and reverb for the starters. then add on whatever else you can afford after those basic ones... I try and stay away from computers as much as possible when it comes to music making. I record stuff on a zoom multi track.

I've got a Tokai AST-'62 sunburst w/ 12/52s, and an Ibanez Universe UV-70P w/ 9/46s. Not a virtuoso either, but I know my way around the fretboard. Haven't played for a while because reasons, so I'm probably very rusty and would skin my fingertips immediately. Should get back to it, really, and not just fool around with synths. I'm a big fan of Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Tony Macalpine, Yngwie Malmsteen, Guthrie Gowan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Frank Zappa and the like - recently got into Polyphia and their extremely technical playing.

This channel appeared in my youtube feed shortly after I opened this thread.  Very guitar:

(Not me, for anyone wondering.  I play a Fender Jazzmaster, and not like that.)

Still gassing hard for a tele, been watching some demos today. This one melted my face off:

Finally sold my Groove Synthesis 3rd wave synth to fund the guitar, settled on an SG, looks and plays like a dream. Spent a long time in the shop examining and playing it, checking the intonation and just fooling around with picks and fingers. Mahogany neck and body, ebony fret board, and a lot of versatility in tone. Even though its a rocker, adjusting the tone knobs and setting the switch to the neck pickup can get really nice, dark, clean tones which shine with a little bit of breakup. Strangely feel like you could probably even use it to play jazz. Tried a few telecasters at the shop too, but the sound and feel on this was more to my liking. Can't wait to explore more and begin trying to record it!

  On 7/17/2024 at 10:59 PM, decibal cooper said:

 

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wrong forum

Curtis Mayfield, such a great guitarist:

all his songs have great beats too, drum set and bongos interlocking nicely, with his guitar strumming gluing together those grooves.

Also have been digging another underrated American guitarist, JJ Cale. Doesn't do any crazy soloing or anything like that, but finesses the fuck out of his short little lead guitar lines. This one from his 1971 debut album Naturally. Quality LP.

been playing guitar a bit lately (i have an epiphone casino) and i suck real bad. but it's fun to keep playing over and over and gradually finding things easier. 

one of my favorite guitarists is definitely ricky wilson. this shit rocks so hard, incredible riffage, amazing tone, and bizarre tunings on the first B-52's records:

I have a Japanese mustang knockoff with the go-fast stripes. It has an ICBYD sticker on the scratchplate that I stuck there 30 years ago which makes it look and sound very cool.

Have a cheap Fender acoustic too which I have been playing quite a bit lately. But all I ever seem to play is Fly Me to The Moon or Halfway to a Threeway. 

b-52s are so fucking good lol

  On 9/16/2024 at 2:23 PM, dr lopez said:

b-52s are so fucking good lol

hell yeah 

Yeah. Gimme back my man is my jam. 

Plus Cindy

don't need to derail thread but mesopotamia is so fucking good, even if it was a difficult period for the band.

  On 9/16/2024 at 4:49 PM, perunamuusi said:

Yeah. Gimme back my man is my jam. 

Plus Cindy

 

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Fantastic. I was watching that clip three times a day for a while last winter. 

  On 9/16/2024 at 5:58 PM, dr lopez said:

don't need to derail thread but mesopotamia is so fucking good, even if it was a difficult period for the bad.

the title track intro is basically analord imo

this song/video always puts me in a good mood:

Welcome to the B-52's Thread

I bought a cheap Fender Stratocaster + Marshall code 50 amp for my birthday this year (midlife crisis?).
Just messing around, with something which should sound like metal, psych rock, surf, shoegaze and gothic post punkish stuff, for my amusement.
Usually my wife runs a way when I start playing
Not very good at it obviously, took up playing again after 20+ years, rusty fingers and sloppy...but I'm getting better, at least that's what I keep telling myself.
I guess my minilogue needed a break from being abused.
 

  On 9/16/2024 at 6:15 PM, Alcofribas said:

the title track intro is basically analord imo

 

this song/video always puts me in a good mood:

 

 

Welcome to the B-52's Thread

 

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happy childhood memory was my mom blasting "cake" on the hifi every time we would bake some stupid shit for us kids

  On 9/15/2024 at 9:04 PM, perunamuusi said:

I have a Japanese mustang knockoff with the go-fast stripes. It has an ICBYD sticker on the scratchplate that I stuck there 30 years ago which makes it look and sound very cool.

Have a cheap Fender acoustic too which I have been playing quite a bit lately. But all I ever seem to play is Fly Me to The Moon or Halfway to a Threeway. 

Oh I forgot to mention Sligo River Blues 

That's basically all I ever play