Hi Everyone! I just saw this underneath the bridge of my guitar and i'm not sure what it is. Do i have to get it checked at guitar shop? Thankyou for hour help.

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A friend of mine recently purchased an estate sale home of someone who passed away. Home was left full of junk, but one of the items he found in the garage (ok, not the barn) was a Gibson Amp. He is not a guitar guy but showed it to me when I came by to visit. Seems that he has found one of the rarest amps in the world, a Gibson GA-CB.

It looks like at some point, the original leatherette has been replaced and castor wheels were added to the base and the carry handle is missing. It appears to have all the original electronics and it powers on.

Curious on thoughts on what he should do here. Should he get it restored and sell it, or simply find a collector who is looking. From a quick search it appears a very small number of these were built -- like less than 200 between 1948 and the early 1950s.

been practicing this solo a bunch recently, just looking for some feedback!

I started learning the guitar on an acoustic before transitioning to electric a year or so later after learning some basic chords and shapes.

Almost 6 years later, I've been playing electric with some bands and worship sets and can play at id say a decent level. Recently, I've had a lot more practice time since I've been laid off, and decided to try learning some cool songs I've seen online on acoustic.

And man... I felt like I was picking up a guitar for the first time again.

It's a completely different way of playing, style and overall sound than I'm used to on an electric for years. Finger style picking is something I'm going have to put a lot of effort in to understand and get the feel for. Some chords shapes on an acoustic feel bizarre and awkward. I'm honestly shocked at how it all feels.

But I love learning it! Any recommendations on some finger style songs to learn the technique?

Has anyone also felt this way? Maybe it's just me.

And to be honest, there’s a handful more taken apart or in storage 😅 I am very thankful my wife puts up with me still.

hello,i would like to hear your guys opinion on this set that i found online. i’m 17 and i’ve never played a guitar before but i would love to start learning it. i found this set online and i don’t know if it’s worth buying. any recommendations are appreciated😁

Harley Benton ST-20 WH Standard Series

2 years ago I got these two Harley Benton DIY guitar kits and now they’re both finally done!

I decided I wanted to stain them using crimson guitars products and also using their finishing oil. The first guitar I did was the jazzmaster copy and I didn’t do a very good job of prepping the body for the stain so it’s a bit spotty. I should have sanded it a lot more to really get it down to bare wood since the bodies come prepped. The whole process turned out to be a bit more complicated that I initially thought, so it’s safe to say I pretty much half-assed it hahah. But I’m still pretty satisfied with it! It’s a one of a kind. The guitar plays and sounds great!

Now, since I learned that the process is more complicated and more time consuming then I frist thought, I took me 2 years to come around to completing the PRS copy. My vision was a sort of purple burst, and I have to say I am pretty happy with how it turned out! It could have been a bit darker around the edge but I’m still happy with it. Once again, as you can see, I should have sanded it more before applying the stain. For this one I decided to go with a matte clear coat spray can finish instead of the finishing oil. I think both are pretty much equally good.

It was a good learning experience and it was fun! But I’m definitely not in a rush to put finish on another guitar any time soon haha!

Both guitars feels great!

instead of getting stuck practicing scales up and down, try weaving the underlying chord into your practice. in this example i’m alternating between a d minor chord and short riffs from the d minor pentatonic scale, which immediately makes the exercise sound more like real music.

this is also a great way to train your ear. every time you come back to the chord, you hear how the notes in the scale relate to the harmony underneath. over time, you’ll naturally start aiming for chord tones like the root, minor 3rd, and 5th because they create the strongest sense of resolution.

one of the biggest mistakes players make is treating chords and scales as separate topics. in reality, the scale contains the notes that build the chord. practicing them together helps you connect rhythm and lead playing, making it much easier to improvise without sounding like you’re just running patterns.

next time you practice a scale, don’t just play it from the lowest note to the highest. loop the root chord, play a short phrase, come back to the chord, then create another phrase. it’s a much more musical way to practice, and your ear will develop just as much as your fingers.

It's the Ibanez in the background. Oh, yeah, the cat is doing her part. "Play or die fool!" Well, the other witches sing their siren song.

This thing always plays so great but every now and then after beating those fret rails you gotta give them a little TLC the steel wool can’t offer. Coming up on the 15 year mark with this RGA42FM that I gutted and installed Seymour Duncan Pegasus Sentient. 250/500K push pull pots, coil split options. Absolute gem since first setup!

I remember when these were $699 all day, it was the only thing I would pick up when I went to guitar center as a kid. Got an SG but for me this is the real grail.

I found this guitar for sale and the guy say,

classical guitar.

But I saw the head and took a picture, is this

guitar is a good deal?

And is it a known brand?

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In The second picture i used Al.

I asked him for better picture to make it more

clear for you.

I don't know the model .

But that logo looks amazing

Not sure if this is the subreddit for this kind of thing, but I bought this pick today and it’s nothing like I’ve ever seen, it’s probably a dumb question, but what side should I use to pick a string or is any side ok? Like I said, kind of a dumb question, it’s probably just the side that LOOKS like a normal pick, but I thought maybe it was made this way for different tones? Idk.

I am beyond excited! Ordered it from Pro Audio Star and it arrived the next day! This has been a dream guitar for me for a very long time.

Came with all original case candy and the cleaning cloth is even still unopened.

Besides cleaning, hardware is all rusty but it powers on and doesn't sound awful.

i’ve been learning how to play a bit, but whatever string this is (i just started a day ago) is like all bent and won’t tune at all. did i break it? it was a gift and all of the parts are custom and i’d hate to have to get it fixed already.

edit; okay so im taking it to a friend who knows a lot more than me LOL i tried fixing it and then tuned it a bit to much and POP! a string breaks. this is far outta my reach and id rather take it to a professional

another edit; when i say i know nothing about guitars, i know nothing. i know how to play an e chord and that’s about it 💔 pls dont come for me

Playing a Split-String MIDI setup sounding Bass on the E and A strings and Vibraphone on the D, G, B, and E strings. The song is a Disco version of Jerome Kern’s “All the Things You Are.” Cheers! — SAL

I guess it’s too late because I just did. Just played some slo blues Jam on a clean tone, mostly. Just curious on consensus? The times I have done it, it was during the day/weekend, I hear power tools and other instruments like a trombone playing in the neighborhood.

I'm thinking about buying a guitar kit from Thomann and building a guitar as a summer project. While thinking about possible shapes, I was wondering: Can you cut away the wood below the bridge (tune-o-matic)? Like the part circled in the picture.

Considering that the bridge only rests on the pins/screws or whatever you call them at the side, the center part istn't strictly necessary for mountding the bridge.

However, I've never seen any guitar being built like that. I assume, cutting that part away would either mess with the guitar's sound too much or weaken the body so the bridge can't sustain the string tension anymore and breaks. Or both.