guitar

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27711270

Got this from Kenny Baker. Not sure about the original source. Lyman Enloe has a pretty similar version.

What's a guitar that you came across that you regret not buying?

For me it was a used 12 fret martin dreadnought, with mahogany back and sides. A store owner brought it in to a bluegrass jam and it was just a total cannon. I have a 12 fret martin with rosewood and its great, but I have to admit that one just had more punch. I've played other 12 fret martins, but that one really stands out.

I recently bought a refurbished Squire Affinity Tele with a one year warranty, I have some questions about the pickups. I’ve also followed the following guide to setup (https://travelingguitarist.com/how-to-set-up-a-squier-telecaster-step-by-step/). The pickup towards the tuning pegs seems to be noticeably more quiet than the middle selection or the far pickup. Is this normal behavior?

Additionally, what are some beginner recommendations or tips? I have a crush mini amp and it works great for my needs so far. Should I look into getting some pedals?

I am a complete beginner and using Rocksmith a bit, but mostly using the Guitar for Dummies complete book. Starting with basic chord progression and strumming techniques and then start with blues music as I’ve heard it’s a good place to start.

Any advice is appreciated, thank you.

That spruce has got impressive sustain.

is there too many?

do you practice all the songs you know?

when are you done with a piece?

My buddy played a gig last night with a guy who brought this genius amp. Pretty slick for a small footprint amp for hauling to gigs. He said it sounded great through the owner's Tele and my friend's Strat.

I’ve been learning guitar for a while now. and currently my teacher is teaching me blues improvisation, i can play pentatonic scales in every mode, but I still don’t know what note is on what fret. I’ve brought that up a couple of times to my teacher, but it seems that it’s not really that important, should I try and learn where each note is or will I just naturally learn with time? I think if I knew where each note is, it would help me improvise better and not rely on just scale patterns.

Hey there! @[email protected] setup a Music-focused instance, and created [email protected] over there. Given the pinned post on the front page here requesting new users register on a different instance, I figured it would be good to cross-promote this new community here too.

I've been trying to get a lot better at comping and improvising, and one of the things I put together to help was this tool that lets you toggle on certain chords (I,IV,V, etc) in given keys and get color-coded fretboard maps for all the inversions. There's also the ability to add "shadow realm" chords (parallel key) for spicy non-diatonic flavors. I usually practice using this to just throw up a random progression and try to bang something out up and down the neck, as well as doing things like running through cycle of 4ths to hit a bunch of different keys and inversions.

Hopefully some folks here will find it helpful!