I have a confession to make. I have 13 guitars and I’ve never touched the truss rod on any of them. I’ve read about them a lot, but I don’t really know what they specifically do, and I’m terrified of fucking shit up. I do take my gigging guitars to a tech periodically for maintenance and just assume they take care of it.
They just counter the string tension to keep the neck from bowing. Only needs looking at if you change setups or string gauges a lot. Heavier strings need more countering and visa versa. Err body likes a straight neck
ah that makes sense depends. Some necks shift with seasonal and humidity changes. I have a couple of basses with necks that move quite often. I like super low action so I gotta give the truss rod a tweak every now and then. if you’re fine with paying for setups nothing wrong with that but learning how to do it yourself isn’t difficult. It can be time consuming. Some basses have the truss rod adjustment at the heel of the neck which requires loosening or completely removing the neck to make adjustments. It’s a real pain in the ass
That seems like a fun project and might be able to swap in better electronics instead of what they're providing
I think that's part of their business model. Here's some basic pickups and barely functional pots.... and here's our website where you can upgrade that stuff
One of my neighbors brothers is a small time rap producer. Neighbor also dabbles in it for fun. His kids are over here all the time playing with our dogs and they saw my setup and told him about it. So it looks like in my spare time in the near future I’ll be teaching guitar to a very excited 11 year old and making beats with the dad
could be the auto tune post malone singer for the chorus neighbor's brothers apparently are decent rappers I can't remember the names though we were pretty drunk sunday when discussing
Started getting into learning scales and their modes, building chords, etc. Turns out that the mandolin being tuned in 5ths leads to some pretty symmetrical patterns you can move around the fretboard. Also learned my first couple melodies without using tab, and just watching a video and figuring it out. I know about 20 or so fiddle/old time tunes pretty well now and can play through most of them in another octave. Working on embellishing some of the melodies to add flavor. I picked in my first socially distanced group setting last week and did not totally suck. I had only played with my teacher or along with internet videos until then. Should have dove into this much sooner.
Started live streaming some acoustic music with friends on Tuesday nights. Buddy has one of those resonator guitars and I'm playing it on some songs. Pretty cool how you can vary the volume and twanginess just by how close you pick to the bridge
Don't you find that to be true with a regular guitar though? But I guess what you're saying is it's far more pronounced.
Yep, that's basically what I'm saying. I had never played a resonator before and I tried it and I was like hmmmm, doesn't sound much different. My friend was like pick closer to the bridge, and I was like ah, there's that dobro sound
Just became aware of 21 year old blues guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. Plays like a man beyond his years. You guys know him? I saw him on the cover of Guitar World
Been playing guitar for about 10 months and love it. Started Fender Play's lessons when the pandemic started and have played virtually every day since. I say that to preface that now I really want to buy my first electric guitar. I've been playing strictly acoustic this whole time, but I'm really jonesing to add another sound. I have an amp and everything needed. Just need the guitar. As far as skills, I can strum and play most anything with open chords. Barre chords are a struggle still and I can't play arpeggios really at all, yet. Basically, my question is: Is it too soon to get an electric? Or does that matter? (Already decided what I want to get. Probably going to grab a Fender Tele Player Series. Not too expensive, but not dirt cheap either. I'm into John Prine, Stones, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Jerry Jeff Walker, Pink Floyd and anyone they've influenced like the Black Crowes, Todd Snider, Drive-by Truckers, Jason Isbell, etc.)
Now is the perfect time to go electric! Guess what...it makes barre chords way easier. I started with electric and didn't get acoustic til a couple years later. Acoustic is much harder to play. And yes, a Tele would be a perfect guitar for you based on the artists you list
So my hitch with arpeggios is the left hand, too. Haha. Transitioning from single note to single note is a struggle. I can actually finger pick. I Travis pick quite a bit and really enjoy it.
been learning Neon by Mayer. For some reason that intro riff is tough to play just like he does it. He plays it pretty quick.
Bought that Tele, you guys. Still trying to figure out how to work the amp and get the right tones and such.
Fender Champion 20. Got it brand new, since I only need something for a bedroom. Don't really know how to make the guitar "sing," if that makes sense.
Internet says that's a solid state. It's good to start off with but as you progress you're going to want to move to a tube (valve if your British) amp to get to where you want. Also prob will also want a drive pedal in front of it to push the amp. Guitars can be a bottomless pit of money so gear gets expensive. Anyway, there's tons of youtube videos from really good guitarists who can pretty much walk you through anything wrt guitar. Youtube is great for that
Weed isn't a drug but similarly, I buy and sell guitar and stereo stuff on Craigslist somewhat regularly. It's hilarious how often I'm offered weed in exchange for something, every other listing. Sorry man, at this stage of my life I just don't know what I'd do with $850 of weed anymore. I love weed and all, but I'd rather go to the store and buy it fresh than have a lifetime supply some random grew in his basement.
so I built my first kit guitar (a tele style) ama. few things: -it was a $75 ebay purchase and the routes weren't exactly correct (see pic - neck and bridge cavities aren't square) but it plays alright and intonated enough that it doesn't sound like total shit -finished the body and headstock with shellac and the neck with tung oil. Probably could have used another couple of coats of tung oil - lesson learned. I'm quite happy with how the shellac turned out. -upgraded the pups with fender texmex single coils but then the bridge pup was defective (thanks Fender), so I had to put the stock back in. It's not great but whatever. Upgraded the tuners as well, but I'm not certain that was necessary. -fret leveling is difficult. -the other thing that's fucked up is the nut. Cheap plastic, so the B string has a sitar like buzz when I play an open note. I temporarily fixed it with a small piece of paper and some pencil graphite -- will either replace the nut or superglue and refile it when I replace strings. -I didn't shield it correctly so it hums like a mug - so next time I put on new strings I'm going to rip it apart and make sure all the cavities are grounded -I'm going to build another guitar this summer because it was fun and I learned a bunch about guitars putting this one together Here's a shitty pic of my rather amateurish efforts:
As I’ve posted here, I started learning/playing guitar right when the world shutdown in March. And I love it. I’ve bought two guitars in that time span, one acoustic and one Fender Tele. Aaaaaaand now I want to buy a third guitar (Gretsch semi-hollow). Someone talk me out of this. Or not. I just have no idea if I should be buying a third guitar, even if I really want it.
You ever gonna play live? Gotta have at least two if so, need a backup ready to go if you break a string
I mean, I haven’t even considered playing live, but I love having the option to play new sounds whenever I feel like it. Just grab whichever one I’m feeling and start playing.
Don’t be the dude with multiple guitars if you’re not going to stick with it. If you’re going to stick with it, congrats to a life-long internal struggle of “will she divorce me if I buy this,” and it’s totally worth it.
Oh I have absolutely no intention of stopping. I love it. And I guess I should point out I’m not talking about $1,000+ guitars. More like ~ $600.
Also seems like this dude's channel would be right up your alley... https://youtube.com/c/RhettShull He's not exactly up my alley but there's still a lot of crossover with what I like and he likes. Really a sharp dude nonetheless
Do y’all leave multiple guitars sitting out or keep them in cases? I like having them easy at hand to play but don’t like them sitting in the sunlight all day
I have my main acoustic and secondary electric sitting out right now. Fender practice amp hooked up and fender tube amp stowed away
I keep my two out on stands. When I first started playing I read a suggestion to do that because it’ll make you want to pick up and play more frequently. And I gotta say...they were right.
My daughter, soon to be 6, told me today she wants to take guitar lessons. There are some music shops in my town I will hit up. Also have an old friend that use to teach. I will hit him up. Any tips on getting her started? She also has a small drum kit I have been trying to get her to use while watching YouTube.
Would prob advise an electric over an acoustic because they are easier to play. Maybe not as true on a 6 year old size instrument, idk. You are making an awesome decision dad