guitars

Hey all!

It's been a fun journey learning guitar. I feel like I've progressed pretty fast to get a great baseline for playing. I practice too much..like 1-5 hours a day almost every day. I know it's an endless journey of learning and creating which I'm still overly enthusiastic about and can't wait to be able to share more with the world as I continue to get better.

I wanted to see how this sub thinks of my current playing. I don't have too many friends in my life that I can lean on for support or feedback (or that care) so I figured I'd put stuff on here. hopefully this is allowed.

please take a listen and let me know your feedback. good, bad, neutral. it's all good. all information/feedback is welcome and will be taken with smiles and a drive to better myself.

Me just having fun starting up the neck for the first time. - https://foldr.space/f/wfwwHhdwX8iLWMES/having-fun.mp3

Sound countryish twang playing I felt about 2 months ago and have been working on clarity - https://foldr.space/f/VImNiZ6MiZ8OM4nA/early-twang.mp3

more countryish stuff, playing with hammerons and single note changes to new chord - https://foldr.space/f/ygTNR8Tsl4GfcENx/that-twang.mp3

Thanks and I hope to be able to post something like this again in the future with longer clips, better timing (my current main focus) tone and picking accuracy.

links only last a week... I'll try to delete after to avoid 8day viewers from being confused asking for reuploads

edit: I should add that my guitar is the Martin Jr10e cutaway. absolutely love this guitar. recently started using picks too, all 3 clips above were with a pick. those cat tongue ones since all the other ones kept slipping and still do lol. previously 0-3 months was purely fingerstyle.

“Honoring Iron Maiden’s fifty years of pushing heavy metal forward, this collection brings together the signature instruments that helped define their unmistakable sound,” said Max Gutnik, FMIC’s Chief Product Officer. “From Dave Murray’s high-performance Stratocaster models and Janick Gers’ energetic, vintage-leaning Strat to Steve Harris’ unmistakable Precision Bass and Adrian Smith’s versatile Jackson SC1, each instrument carries the tone, feel, and power behind Maiden’s multi-guitar attack. These anniversary models are more than tributes; they are stage-ready tools built to inspire today’s players and the next generation.”

The Custom Shop/Master Built Dave Murray runs > $10k, the rest are < $2k.

Shop the collection (at least one fender.com exclusive model) here.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39701226

“I moved over to Fender for a couple of years, learning a lot of history there – but also how I didn’t want to make a guitar”

Very few names in our industry command as much respect as John Suhr’s. His creations are widely considered to be world-beating manifestations of design and craft colliding at the highest possible level, sitting at the ultra-boutique end of guitar manufacturing.

OK, I am obviously not talking about Hawksbill tortoiseshell - so illegal it almost hurts to LOOK at a pick. So we have created a thousand analogues, including things like synthetic plastics (delrin, ultex, etc.) and polymerized natural proteins (galalith et al).

But there are green turtles which are entirely unthreatened, and have comparable shells. There are horns from a dozen animals which are made of keratin. There are HORSE HOOVES that get routinely trimmed. Why are these not being used to replace actual tortoiseshell, despite being chemically closest to it?

Plays like shit but it's really pretty

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38481318

I just bought an older guitar with a maple neck and fretboard. It is some dark residue running along the edge of the fretboard on both sides. How to I get rid of this?

Amateur guitarist here, posting from Paris, France.

My initial intention was to reduce my pedalboard to very few essential effects pedals... Finally I'm adding some new ones... so I ended up with 11 pedals (starting with 8 ones).

Brands are Kokko, Ammoon, Behringer, TC Electronics, Dunlop, Mooer, Ibanez.

Chained like this: Comp > Wah > Overdrive > Distortion > Fuzz > Phaser > Tremolo > Mods (chorus/Vibrato/Rotary) > Delay > Reverb > Looper

Some updates:

I'm playing pop rock and hard rock songs in a four piece band, with some "space rock" bits here and there.

The looper is essentialy a training device when I'm alone at home. This model allows for a Reverse effet and I intend to use it live when I'm comfy with it.

The Kokko Space is a really nice reverb for the cheap price, cranked up to max it produces a very cool and subtle dreamy/spacy effect.

The Behringer Vintage Phaser is the best phaser I could test (and I tested a lot of cheap phasers...). It's very smooth and creamy, and doesn't boost the signal when switched on (more expansive pedals tend to do it...).

Any comment?

With its hunt for the long-lost Back to the Future electric guitar still ongoing, Gibson has celebrated its connection to the Hollywood hit and made good on earlier teases by releasing not one, but two, replicas of the ES-345 that starred in the film.

2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Back to the Future film, which, thanks to its iconic ‘Enchantment Under the Sea’ school dance scene, is firmly cemented in guitar lore.

After all, when Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly picked up an (historically inaccurate yet incredibly classy) ES-345 to rip through Johnny B. Goode during the film’s third act, it became a source of inspiration for generations of guitarists – Gibson’s Mark Agnesi included.

"Wild Mountain Thyme" arranged by Scott Tennant

Anyone here tried them, have a strong opinion about them maybe? Did you keep yours or sell it off?

I'm mostly curious about other people's experience with the long term quality.

I already have a ibanez mikro bass I've been learning on for a few months, and I plan to put flatwounds on it in. I'm looking at getting a second cheap af bass just to have one for different style songs. I'm considering picking up one (bass version) off fb marketplace.

Cardinal Black hit a hurdle when they needed to acquire visas for their maiden North American tour. Luckily, Buck knew who to call on.

Good to have friends, I guess.

Just bought a classical guitar and decided to just hammer two nails in the wall and hang it up with the nails sliding into the top of the headstock as you can see in the picture.

Just wondering if this may cause any warping over time or if this is just a dumb idea in general. It seems pretty secure for what it’s worth.

Hi, I am hobbyist musician. I play keyboards and I know bit of music theory. I am thinking about playing bass guitar.

My question is do I have to learn to play regular guitar (6 strings) or can I jump straight into the bass guitar (4 strings)

TIA

assuming acoustic guitar rooms are a thing everywhere. it's just a well sound isolated room in the guitar store.

I feel like I was chastised for playing while someone else was playing? I just want to make sure it's some rule like 'no stairway, to heaven ' or something that I broke.

some guy was strumming away testing guitars. I walked in and started playing quietly in the corner facing the wall, no pick. he approached me after a few guitars and asked me to play his choices of guitar and asked for my opinion on them 'since I was better'. I'm not even a month in yet.

did I break a rule or something and he was chastising me, or was this genuine type interaction that does happen? I don't pick up on social queues at all so.. yeah. I'm just not sure.

Hi all, I'm in the beginning steps of learning guitar. hands are very broken in, chords sound good, I know a few from 1st to 5th but I wanted a better understand of the progressions.

if it better to follow c, d , e, e# etc.. or c, g, a? or would it depend on the music? I'm focusing heavy on bluegrass. Doc Watson is a big focus for my end style, or Billy strings.

i currently practice/play about 4 hours a day 7 days a week. (a lot I know) my focus is flat picking and finger style mostly rather then traditional strumming.

does any.one have and good guides or books I should read up on for how to do good proper cord progressions? even a simple info graphic that is easily understandable for a beginner?

I'm focusing mostly right now on chord runs. C is memorized and working on getting some others that can meld with the c run.

Not sure if this belongs here or not but I thought it was relevant.

He died in a motorcycle accident that apparently wasn't his fault. An SUV failed to yield and hit him.

He was a hell of a player. Crack the Skye remains one of my top 5 albums.

Got to keep them on their toes! 😂

Random question:

I play ukulele, and I've picked up a tenor guitar; is there a stringing or tuning I can use to make it playable as a ukulele?

I'm specifically looking for solutions that don't require using a capo.

Obviously they won't be identical, and year, etc. will make a difference too. I'm just curious if they're fairly close or very different.

Anyone with experience?