Most important - find one that will keep you playing. Whether that’s feel, sound, looks, brand, whatever. If you are just starting you will absolutely suck on all of em. So one that will bring you back is key.
I always recommend Epiphone Hummingbirds to people, but there are all kinds of really good guitars at those price points. Go play a few and see which one sounds best to your ear. I'd get an acoustic/electric just in case you ever get the itch to play somewhere. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EEHBFCNH--epiphone-hummingbird-pro-faded-cherry-sunburst
I focus on improvisational stuff, so I’ll turn on a backing track or any song I want to play with and improvise solos over it. I do that probably 6x a week for a few hours each time and it really helps with finding cool phrases and transitions between different patterns in scales that I can hold onto and use later. So it’s something that’s both fun to do and helps with my feel for whatever scales I’m using.
More rock-oriented, but I like listening to some jazz guitarists to get ideas to use in a rock context.
Anyone have experience recording with Garageband on iPad? Would a 32 GB model be enough to get in the game?
I have 100 songs written and nothing recorded. I come in this thread every few months for recording advice and never go anywhere with it Just dying to make some demos
My understanding is/was that if you're quasi serious about getting decent recordings then you won't be happy with garage band. Note: I have never used garage band and this was several years ago
I just want a simple way to actually get started and not get bogged down in acquiring this, that and the other. Simple completed recordings would be >>> grandiose shit I never do. Have a few friends with recording equipment but it's proven hard to coordinate with someone else like that. I think I need my own stuff if I really want to get rolling
Recording has gotten relatively inexpensive to do at home. Maybe just dive into garage band and see how you like it. I don't know anything about the system requirements of it though. I would think you could find that info though on the internet
I’ve been researching some, just was wondering about the 32GB memory in particular. I know recording files take up tons of space and iPad memory isn’t easily expandable
It feels like it shouldn’t be this complicated when old time artists used to rave about how much they did with their 4 track cassette machines back in the day
Iirc what they would do is record like three different guitar tracks and then dump those guitar tracks to one track for instance. They'd continue on doing it that way adding instruments along the way
I know nothing about garage band, but have been really happy with Reaper. It was $79. Had to get an interface for $150. Got easy drummer for ~$150. That’s everything you “need” for full demos.
maybe probably already asked / answered in this thread so like, apologies in advance, but has anyone ever put together one of those 'build your own guitar' kits? seems like it would be a neat fall / winter project
Didn’t really do mics. Used my live mics for vocals and have used amp modelers online. Honestly, I don’t have much interest in playing at the volume necessary to get my amp tone where I want it, and I don’t want to spend $1500 on an ox box. It’s not perfect, but the emulators do a good enough job that I think they sound good. You can also buy a bunch of amp programs and really dial them in, but I’m too lazy for that. I’d rather learn some new technique on guitar for 6 hours than learn how to tighten up my recordings.
I haven’t used a kit, but I did completely strip an old squire to try and put back together and I learned that I’m shit at soldering.
The kit would have been so much easier but less satisfying. Grizzly Industrial sells the best kits besides Stewart McDonald. Stew Mac charges too much for their shit
I do random woodworking and also play the guitar so I've looked into it... Long story short it's really difficult to build a guitar as a lot of things have to be precise so even with the kits they do a lot of the work for you. I guess if you just want something to put together or if you want to have a guitar with different or odd combinations of parts/accessories then I guess maybe it would be cool . If you're into it then great but it wasn't really appealing to me after researching it.
Yes I have built many guitars and basses from kits or parts. I’m slowly building my tool inventory and skill base in order to build from scratch. I have done finishes in spray on nitrocellulose, stain, and oils. This was a kit from pit bull guitars. They are out of Australia and are decent quality, inexpensive, and have a good selection kits are good if you don’t want to have to source all the parts yourself but most of them are made in China and not the best quality. Last few builds for me have been Warmoth body’s and necks. Warmoth is made in America so great quality. Here’s a guitar A bass and another bass that I’m currently working on Since I now have a bandsaw, router, and drill press I’m going to get a body blank and paddle neck to shape myself
Since I’m not in a band right now I kind of enjoy building things more than playing at the moment. You can get a kit for less than 200 bucks so if you’re interested I would definitely recommend doing it. If you want some recommendations I can help out
Acoustics from scratch are much more gnarly than electrics. The fretwork and layout is always the most difficult part. If you purchase a neck the rest isn’t so bad. Been wanting to to build a fan fret, fender/prs split scale
Yea I’m in no way ready to build a neck from scratch but I think a can make a body from a blank if the neck pocket and pickup is already routed
I only have one pic on my phone of any of them and that’s my last acoustic just before installing the truss rod. Black walnut back and sides, Sapelle neck, holly arrowhead inlay and abalone Rosette. I still haven’t finished the fretboard. Been busy and put it aside.
Was playing around with bubinga for the bridge And fretboard, but I think I’m gonna just go with rosewood bridge and fretboard because it looks so much like the walnut.
Well normally I have the fretboard glued to the neck before hand and finish the body separately and just mount the neck last. But this is a repair job where I removed the bubinga fretboard so I could swap for a better trussrod, do some more leveling and set it up for a thicker rosewood fretboard. I built this guitar about 13 years ago and I just never liked the way it played so I kept it unstrung and kind of sat it aside. The neck got a backbow in the process so now I’m fixing her back up to my liking.
finally got the studio room setup in our new house. gotta go back to austin and get the coffee table and old epiphone from storage this weekend. also would be a lot cooler if my GF hadn't accidentally broken my 60" QLED when we were moving but that'll be replaced around black friday this year.