This guitar is not straight.
What?
I thought it was yours and I was going to have to hate you.
Damn I want on Oni. Never played fan fret though, not sure if I would like it or not.
no it is not my guitar 
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smelly jealousy. Pam Grier said you aināt shit :mad:
donāt worry. imma have SRK peeps beta test my guitars when i get some skrilla. 1st prototype will be a fanned 7 tele.
i shoot for the starz.
Pam Grier follows my band. This brings me one step closer to my life goal of seducing her.
Iām sure youāre one step closer to your life goal of swinging to the other sideā¦ of guitar straightness.
Playing bass at a benefit for North Korean refugees tomorrow in Seoul.
Get to debut my slapping.
Shaft, mein nigga, make a fanned bass and Iāll beta test that to death!
ģ ė ė” ė²ź±“ė ģ ėź¹?
Have any of you bassists had any experience with the Zoom B3? Iām looking for something versatile I can gig/record with, but its back ordered in all the shops around me locally. I was hoping to check one out state side before heading back to Beijing. My bandās guitarist is using a G3, but isnāt satisfied with the distortion models for gigging. He ends up using a separate stomp box for distortion. Iām sort of hoping to get something all in one for simplicityās sake.
Damn missing person, I didnāt know you played too. We could have talked bass shop last time.
No kidding man?
For a one stop, I used DigiTech. Mine was BP80, itās discontinued, they have a better model for it now, and Iām fairly satisfied with it, plus it has a full range of amp modeling too. I can I didnāt bring it to china with me, but have been tempted to have it sent to me in Seoul.
Itās no SansAmp, but it works very well. It at least gives me my old Fender Frontman sound when Iām not on it. (which now is never, I sold it when I left the States)
Iām playing on a Hartke amp here in Seoul now though, and am growing to like the tone I get from it. May have to put that in the running with Marshall for when I shop for my own amp.
ģ ė ė” ė²ź±“ė ģ ėź¹?
For the guitarists here, you should ālegallyā acquire a copy of Guthrie Govanās Creative Guitar books. Theyāre extremely helpful, and Iāve been reading them constantly. First book tackles more theory stuff, second one discusses more technique-based stuff like extending pentatonic scales in 3 notes-per-string runs and such.
Guthrieās a beast. Iāve been in denial for a while, but iāve come to the realisation that heās possibly the best electric guitarist around today.
do american guitars like gibson get marked up significantly over their american prices in european stores?
theyāre only teenagers and theyāre pretty damn good.
anyone in the market for black friday? when i was a kid my dad bought a standard strat (mexican) and a yamaha acoustic guitar, neither of which i learned to play. i did try teaching myself with a book for a while but gave up. ended up selling both when i needed money in my teens. ten years later, i feel like this is something iām supposed to know how to do and i want to start over.
thing is, i kind of turned out like my shitty dad in that i only want to buy things that are reputable/good even if iām a noob. would it be a mistake to buy a gibson LPJ (their least expensive les paul) for $499 (normally $685) new? people on guitar forums imply that itās a good value for a gibson even at its regular price. i figure a beginner should go with a common brand (i donāt necessarily mean expensive or high-end though) then branch out later if needed. i hate rushing to decide but i donāt want to miss a sale since i hope to start pretty soon.
thanks.
man this album just came out and fools are already 100%ing it like Cobain wrote it.
what am i doing with my life? :sad:
dude used Legos for the bridge!
man, what am i doing with my luthier life? :sad:
I didnāt realize this thread existed.
Some of my favorite guitarists are, in no particular order:
Tony Rice
Doc Watson
Trey Anastasio
Clarence White
Bryan Sutton
Norman Blake
Mr. Jerry Garcia
Django Reinhardt
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Billy Corgan (earlier Pumpkins stuff, now not so much)
Gilmour
Cobain
I have to throw Townes Van Zandt in there too. He might not be the most technical, but his songwriting and creativity is outstanding.
I play a lot of bluegrass guitar, and also play electric- a lot of jam band and improve jazz and rock and roll. I also have a banjo!
Guthrie Govan and Paul Gilbert on the same stageā¦
One of my favourite guitarist died in February this year and I only just found out last night.
Thread needed a bump.
I picked up this beauty back in March of 2013 lol. If you follow the thread there I jumped on it immediately
Iāll have to grab some more pics to show you guys, but itās my dream bass.
*Iāll do a NGD and take some pics soon of the guitar I bought earlier this year.
Something Iāve been curious about is the compositional and playing styles of my fellow SRKerās. What are some of the styles you guys play in, and do you have any recordings you wish to share?
In particular @Kaz how do you approach rhythm and groove? Bassists usually have great rhythm and I feel like thatās something Iāve been lacking during practice and playing recently. *
Juse because I feel like showing off, hereās a video of when I just learned how to to the Victor Wooten thing:
On a more serious note, hereās me playing with a band I used to play with from a long time ago. The vocals sound sketchy through an amateur camera, but I think you can here the bass and the guitar solo kills. Skip to about 5:20 or so.
These days Iām playing more R&B covers and contemporary Christian. When Iām doing gigs, itās primarily stuff thatās more popular in the R&B, dance, old school, top 40 area. Think Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Timberlake, Earth Wind & Fire, Frankie Beverly etc. Itās more groove than flashy playing to be honest.
My approach usually first is to try and make sure that I understand whatās happening melodically with the song and then I try to make sure I lock with the drummerās kick. Usually when I get the latter going, Iām good. I donāt try to do much more outside of that unless thereās a space in the music for me to throw in something fancy. Rhythm isnāt always more notes, sometimes itās less - thatās something itās taken me years as a bass player to find out. Itās also easier to work on rhythm in a live setting as opposed to by yourself. These days, my practice routine isnāt like it used to be. I know the majority of scales etc pertaining to jazz/improvisation, at this stage I spend as much time as possible playing with other musicians to apply what Iāve worked on at home for so long.
I think the bass player Adam Nitti once said find an instrument in a band that inspires you to really want to play. For me itās the drums. Once Iām playing with a good drummer who understands locking and supporting the band, the sky is the limit. I find it easier to do whatever I feel rhythmically and not have the drummer get thrown off or vice versa. Itās more of a listening thing than a technical thing.
Sometimes for me having good rhythm and feel is about making sure youāre solid on the downbeats (and in between). Itās important for me to have solid time. I do work with a metronome, but not in the classic sense, I like Victor Wootenās way of working with one and use it often: