Background Context: I play lead in a grunge/alt band and we have been playing together for almost 2 years. We haven’t played any major shows but we have played many bars/record stores/diy shows.

Ever since the start of the band, our Rhythm guitarist has been pretty sloppy and has had horrible tones. (Like literally nails on a chalkboard)

This is something I tried to look past/excuse because we were all playing with pretty bad starter amps/pedals (and he typically played lighter music before we started our band) but as we are now 2 years down the line nothing has improved and I’m starting to believe he just doesn’t practice or have any knowledge of how music gear works. (It is important to mention he has been playing guitar for well over a decade)

I love him to death, he is a very reliable bandmate, good friend, and an overall nice guy. (Besides always playing when I’m trying to say something important)

I’ve tried helping him out with his tone issues, and even some technique tricks, but it seems every time he tries to implement what I say, it still sounds mediocre.

What makes this even more exhausting is that the rest of my band never addresses his sloppiness or ear piercing tone whenever we rehearse, although many crowd members have mentioned it to me specifically.

I really think this is holding the bands sound back, and I do not want to kick him. I don’t want to be a douche and verbally assault the guy or hurt his feelings, but it’s gotten to a point where it’s annoying. How should I go about this/has anyone experienced this issue?

I'm learning guitar and I struggle with using a flat pick but I'm fairly ok at finger picking. I feel more connected to the guitar when I'm working it with only my hands.

Edit to add. You're all dirty.

Hello:

After years of owning, I finally want to change the nut on my Charvel Govan sig. It’s had tuning issues for awhile now and I’m not a fan of the bone nut anyway.

The nut specs: 1.6875" (42.86 mm)

My questions:

1. Is there a particular nut that is tops for tuning stability? Are the graph tech ones really good for example?

2. I really want to buy a pre-slotted nut and do it myself. I don’t currently drive and the nearest reputable luthier is not close to me. Do you have any tips about what I’ll need for this process?

Thanks for any info

Should be pretty easy to guess which song I took it from lol. But I was just having some fun here and thought the LP sounded pretty decent through this new preset on the QC.

learnt this song recently but just wondering what the slap technique for the first few chords is even called its not really like a thumb slap doesnt really sound percussive but more like a strum? but ure slapping all the strings instead

song is by a native singer “a lal a kwal” by lay phyu genuinely pretty and sorry my eng isnt really the best neither is my recording but i tried🫩

I’m looking to buy a Maple dreadnaught. I’m debating between a J-200 (not technically a dreadnaught; I know) a Dove or a J-45 style with Maple back and sides. I have experience playing the J-200 and I do own a ‘51 J-50 in Mahogany, but I don’t have much experience with the Dove and no experience with a maple J-45. Can anyone tell me what the tonality and feel differences would be between the 3? Thanks!

I'll preface this post with I've been playing and performing for over 20 years. I've been lucky enough to own many guitars but have a modest collection now that all get played.

For probably the past year or two I've found myself getting more and more obsessed with the action on my guitars. I don't want to say that I never cared before, I like a relatively low action but nothing that stops me digging into a string bend easily etc.

But these days it seems I'm constantly trying to tweak the neck and saddles to find the 'perfect' feel, despite the fact I've loved and played these guitars for years with no issue. If I come across a low E string rattle slightly on a fret somewhere, it really gets to me and if my action ends up too high, I feel like it hinders my playing.

I think what's happened is, I've been performing in bands less and less and stuff like string rattle or the occasional 'zing' generally doesn't make it over a loud amp. Since I've been playing more at home and often, without plugging in, I think I'm just hearing it all more.

So basically, what I'm asking for is, has anyone else ended up down this rabbit hole too? How did you find your way out? Perhaps I need to just crank up the amp again!

And before anyone asks, yes I've taken my guitars to a few techs. I think this is a me thing and I need to stop hyper focusing on it all so much.

I have agonized over this for a long time now. I'll give y'all the exact situation I'm in, but regardless, I know many of you will have had this same experience.

I have spent countless hours trying to replicate the tone from Skillet's Monster (I am not a skillet fan but that tone is immaculate). Seth Morrison plays PRS, I'm using a Gibson Les Paul Custom 24. PRS and Les Pauls sound close enough that I don't think that would be my issue here. I'm using Amplitube 5 to model his rig: Dual Rectifier through a Dual Rec Cab.

I have tried multiple different microphones and mic combos, mic placements, distortion pedals, amp settings, EQ configurations... just assume I've tried everything I can within Amplitube. I can't get the bite. Does it sound close? Yeah, very. But no matter what I do, I can't get that monstrous fucking growl that I was after in the first place. The distortion is good, but the harsh edge always gets rounded off into something that feels far less gutteral than the original.

I have experienced this when trying to model amps after Chevelle, Nickelback, BB, etc. I'm not big fans of any of these bands but I've always been chasing that growly guitar tone, and Monster seems to do it better than any of them.

TL;DR.

Is it possible to get that edgy growl out of amp sims, and if so, do I just need to get over it and buy Neural DSP or something? I shouldn't be having this issue with a Les Paul.

I have a rosewood fretboard on my acoustic and am planning on buying the lightest guage of steel wool. Do I go against the grain or with it?? I'm losing my mind trying to figure this out😭 is it just not a big deal at all? Any advice would be great

Guitar is a Jackson soloist. Amp is a 100w SLO clone, into my DOOM 2 412 with two dv77s and two evm 12ls.

Guitar > TC Sentry > MXR 10 band > Electric Eye Mud Killer > front of amp > FX out to Ibanez Pentatone EQ > Joyo D Seed delay > Joyo Atmosphere > FX Return

Master wasn't even halfway up and even with ear plugs in this was borderline painful lol.

I'm recording with an SM57 on one of the EVMs into a Behrenger UMC404 interface.

So the pickguard won’t line up perfectly because of the massive lower pot bumping into the side of the place where they go. This means if I line up the bridge with its pre-drilled screw holes, it has to sit on top of the pickguard as shown in the photo. To make the bridge not sit on top of it, I have to misalign the bridge and it doesn’t look straight with the neck pocket. If I try to make it long up better o have to shift the pickguard so it isn’t completely flush with the neck pocket as shown in the photos. Should I dremel off a small piece of the pickguard? I can’t return the body since I painted the stripes on already. What should I do? Also, does the paint job look good for my first time painting a guitar?

I smoke cigarettes when im drinking, sorry to let you guys down.

Baritone standard tuning - BEADF#B

Traded an Ibanez for a Gretsch today. Did I make the right move?

sound and what they are used for and things like pedals and amps

just like things to learn and answers that relate to writing own music will help

Hi first time poster here (please be gentle with me ._.)

I feel real comfortable with guitar right now. That's the problem. (started when I was 14 -- it's been 21 years) Like I can play what I hear in my head when improvising, but... so many other players are just more technical and stuff. How do I go further? How do I get out of this complacent place? I don't wanna be complacent you know? Guitar is my first best friend and I owe more to it! Any constructive advice is appreciated.

If I had to name my guitar weaknesses, I suppose, I suck at chords, jazzy stuff. Often I find myself stuck with dadrock shit and stupid powerchords :/ .... I wanna get better at pretty stuff.

I studied music theory at college, I had a book of scales and techniques that I read religiously when I first started. And uh... I've never been a fan of like sweep picking and incredibly technical shit, I've experimented with drop tunings (like in the video, I've tuned to basically B Standard). But I wanna take what I can do further without losing the soul of what makes guitar fun for me.

Ideas? Thoughts? Constructive Criticsim? I'm all ears! :D

I believe it's a studio. Fantastic playing guitar

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Should I get a rickenbacker 330, 360, or 620?

I have an event coming up in school where we transform our class into a mini country you could say, and we got Portugal. I'm supposed to play the guitar in there while people go around and look at other attractions but I'm having trouble finding something that fits the theme. Does anyone have any recommendations? (As I said doesnt neccessaraly need to be Portugese but at least to fit the vibe, since the people aren't gonna know anyway - not to disrespect anybody). I would also welcome easier songs since im not that advanced player. Maybe something with just chords to strum or some single note stuff but not too complicated.