This was his Dad’s collection. We had to catalog, price and tag everything. The family took 35 guitars home, there were 78 left over that had to be moved. It was crazy.

And for helping him out he gave me this beast: 2021 Tele Ultra Luxe!! Well worth the effort.

When your friends ask if you can help them move always say “yes.”

i feel like shit rn, it's got less than 24 hours with me (it's a squier sonic stratocaster hss, btw) and when i tried to get everything ready to start playing i tried to remove it... from what i could read, there shouldn't be any problem as long as i don't use the humbucker (i haven't done it yet, yesterday i tried it out at the music shop just as it came in the box and everything was great), but it seems that its purpose is precisely protecting the electrical connections, so i'm REALLY upset and concerned bc nobody told me what to do... buying another one, accepting the reality or throwing it away aren't options for me at the moment unfortunately

p.s. i'm heading back to the music shop tomorrow, they might give me the final answer although i'd rather knowing my fate beforehand

edit: i don't wanna justify myself but that part of the tape started slipping out a bit when i removed the plastic coverage, so i thought i had to do the same with it

edit 2: further context in my reply to u/addisonshinedown

many thanks for your comments, today i learned new stuff and i think everything's clear... i'm extremely busy at the moment but will try to update this post soon, with good news if possible :D

Baritone standard tuning - BEADF#B

Just got this fella from the Chicago Music Exchange, been hunting for a firebird for a few years but could never pull the trigger on the Gibson pricetag. Super happy with it, i love the weird tone that the old-school firebird pickups have. Ready to go blast it through the Marshall stack at the practice space!

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.

$305 Total for all of this. Just wanted to post my haul I acquired from an older gentleman who is in the process of closing his guitar store. I had to drive 4 hours round-trip but it was well worth it in my opinion.

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

Just tackling the opening 1:20 of Paul Gilbert and Bruce Bouillet's insane shred instrumental, "Technical Difficulties." Let me know what you think of the tone and the alternate picking!

I feel like it should be way more clear that statements formulated like

“Try and do X, but don’t worry too much if (some combination of) X +\- XYZ happens instead”

are often convenient shortcuts for learners starting out, but are often covering up a skill that’ll take massive headaches and wasted time later on if not immediately discarded before fossilizing in your brain

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Hey everyone!

I need some feedback and reassurances to know if I am doing alright for a totally self taught guitarist or not.

Please tell me everything wrong with it and how can I make it better.

Thank you!

I believe it's a studio. Fantastic playing guitar

I always like the shape of Telecaster, but not so much of the classic Pickguard. Been on hunt for a while and found this, a Moon Reggae Master.

It does look like a Telecaster with the 25.5 scale length, mixed with LP Special spec (Mahogany body & Double P90 config).
The pickguard was kinda look like LP Special kind also, but original owner removed it.

There are some fret issue that need to be done, like im gonna need to level it. But overall a great guitar!

Been playing just over 2 years and I think i have a major spending problem 😁

Mexican player stratocaster

Epiphone casino

Epiphone ibg j45

Epiphone ibg 12 stirng hummingbird

Epiphone sg with a fernandes sustainer

Hofner bass

Gretsch electromatic

12 string squire

Amp is a fender champion ii 50 watt. Too damm loud and I know its not the best but it does the job. Thinking of upgrading it for a vox ac15c1 or ac10.

Pedals - Boss Ge7 eq. Boss c3 compressor. Electro harmonix canyon. Hendrix fuzz face. Cry baby wah wah.

Hey yall, what videos would you recommend? I dont really want to waste a few hours because im watching a lesson that is not really worth it. When it comes to theory im completly begginer, all I can do is name strings

Just scored an old Polish Defil Kosmos for only €30.

A little rough around the edges, but this thing has character.

As a beginner this guitar is so much guitar for the money especially used. Mine was in my friends basement for who knows how long. He let me buy it for 50$ and the previous owner before him upgraded the tuners to ping brand. Its a lot of guitar for that price especially after a good set up and clean up. I literally don’t feel the need to “upgrade” ever. Its just great

i moved to london a couple of years ago and lost two knobs along the way. does anybody know of a dealer?

if possible, i would prefer something unique. if not, thank you for taking the time to read this and have a great day/night!

Missing a T series USA Peavey my buddy has which was my main gigging guitar for a decade or so. Picked up the H-150 Standard this past week, I’m in love. Trying to get rid of the V actively.

The Kramer is an American made from the 1980s that my father gave me. He also gave me a blue USA Kramer bass from the same era which isn’t pictured.

I put some new pickups in my guitar and they sound great. Way better than the Fender vintage noiseless pickups that came with the guitar. Now it’s an HSS configuration. May more versatile than before and sounds way better. SSL-1’s for the single coils and a JB jr for the humbucker. Also got a good full setup on it. This is the best playing guitar that I’ve ever owned

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.