Guitar Discussion Thread V7 - More strings the better - General

[QUOTE=Shibbey;29516588]Sounds right, but... [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/rMyog.png[/img_thumb] aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh[/QUOTE] Those are just chords you know?

I've been wanting to start playing guitar. I've been taking piano lessons for 9 years so I got a good understanding of the musical scale. Do you think I would catch on quickly? Does it help or hurt that I am left handed? If I wanted to play any guitar it would be bass, can I start learning on it? Or should I just get a beginner cheap guitar and if I want to continue just buy a better one? Oh I dunno. :smith:

Yeah, lots of people in my guitar class played piano first, and are still better than piano. It is quite transferable, but you should get a decent guitar, like a $200 one and a $100 amp. Go for it, if you have a job then you won't lose much.

[QUOTE=Siminov;29519393]Yeah, lots of people in my guitar class played piano first, and are still better than piano. It is quite transferable, but you should get a decent guitar, like a $200 one and a $100 amp. Go for it, if you have a job then you won't lose much.[/QUOTE] And if you don't then you'll have more incentive to play because you just spent all that money on something. That's sort of what happened with me when I started.

I think I'm going to try and program a synth guitar patch. :science: Gonna be a cunt but I need something I can use while I'm composing and bunkered in with my keyboards and without the massive resource consumption of a big sample library. Anybody got any ideas for syncing a comb filter to pitch on a logarithmic scale or ways to do palm muting and hammer-on effects without having to change the oscillator itself but instead the filters?

[QUOTE=>VLN<;29519134]I've been wanting to start playing guitar. I've been taking piano lessons for 9 years so I got a good understanding of the musical scale. Do you think I would catch on quickly? Does it help or hurt that I am left handed? If I wanted to play any guitar it would be bass, can I start learning on it? Or should I just get a beginner cheap guitar and if I want to continue just buy a better one? Oh I dunno. :smith:[/QUOTE] I played piano too, you'll pick up the guitar easily! It'll probably help that you're left handed, but you'll need to work more on picking rather than fingering the notes. Guitar is different from a bass. I'd go with a guitar but it's up to you [editline]30th April 2011[/editline] Do you guys know where I could get a cheap white strat body (squier, fender, G&L, any make) that looks exactly like a strat?

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;29523584]I think I'm going to try and program a synth guitar patch. :science: Gonna be a cunt but I need something I can use while I'm composing and bunkered in with my keyboards and without the massive resource consumption of a big sample library. Anybody got any ideas for syncing a comb filter to pitch on a logarithmic scale or ways to do palm muting and hammer-on effects without having to change the oscillator itself but instead the filters?[/QUOTE] good luck with that man I've been trying to do this off and on for the better part of 4 years I have got some interesting sounds from the process, but nothing that sounds like a guitar :v:

What is a good universal guitar? Ie, can play extremely smooth clean chords to harsh as fuck metal

[QUOTE=MaiValentainu;29524169]What is a good universal guitar? Ie, can play extremely smooth clean chords to harsh as fuck metal[/QUOTE] A Les Paul I'd say

ibanez s

[QUOTE=absinthe;29524242]ibanez s[/QUOTE] I've never played an ibanez neck, apparently they're super thin

I guess so the only thing I have that doesn't have a wizard II neck is my epi acoustic so I wouldn't really know any difference :v:

I guess, I play a Jackson alot and love the neck, and whenever I play a fender or squier my hand cramps up, no joke

[QUOTE=MaiValentainu;29524169]What is a good universal guitar? Ie, can play extremely smooth clean chords to harsh as fuck metal[/QUOTE] Any regular PRS. SE-series or not. Just be careful, some come with EMG's now, and obviously those won't fare too well for smooth clean chords.

the neck on my shine is quite thick and handles well, the Dean's neck is quite thin which is good for faster songs, and my first one, holy shit that thing is fucking thick. no idea why I liked that thing

The more I look at 12 string guitars, the more I want one, electric or acoustic Anybody have one?

[QUOTE=Unreliable;29523775]I played piano too, you'll pick up the guitar easily! It'll probably help that you're left handed, but you'll need to work more on picking rather than fingering the notes. Guitar is different from a bass. I'd go with a guitar but it's up to you [editline]30th April 2011[/editline] Do you guys know where I could get a cheap white strat body (squier, fender, G&L, any make) that looks exactly like a strat?[/QUOTE] If he's going with bass, he should get a left handed bass as your picking hand is more important than your fingering hand, Bass is more reliant on rhythms and how you play for it's tone.

[QUOTE=SolidSnake52;29524522]Any regular PRS. SE-series or not. Just be careful, some come with EMG's now, and obviously those won't fare too well for smooth clean chords.[/QUOTE] I know about the Active EMG rule. Also, PRS's here are like $5000 minimum

[QUOTE=MaiValentainu;29524169]What is a good universal guitar? Ie, can play extremely smooth clean chords to harsh as fuck metal[/QUOTE] I'd honestly say a PRS.

[QUOTE=ResetPanda;29525985]I know about the Active EMG rule. Also, PRS's here are like $5000 minimum[/QUOTE] SE series are around $700 or something

Might be joining my mates band, but they need to kick their current bassist out first. Kinda feels bad as he is our mate but he doesn't contribute to anything and all he does is sit there and make bass tapping riffs that doesn't even suit the song or anything.

[QUOTE=Camp er Joe;29527053]Might be joining my mates band, but they need to kick their current bassist out first. Kinda feels bad as he is our mate but he doesn't contribute to anything and all he does is sit there and make bass tapping riffs that doesn't even suit the song or anything.[/QUOTE] Make him the lead bassist and you can be the rhythm bassist.

[QUOTE=Kingy_why;29527087]Make him the lead bassist and you can be the rhythm bassist.[/QUOTE] Other things I forgot to mention, he is shy and can't perform and like what I just said he doesn't contribute to anything or learn any songs. They even gave him a song with a bass solo in it and he just went "what am i supposed to do with this?"

[QUOTE=Camp er Joe;29527121]Other things I forgot to mention, he is shy and can't perform and like what I just said he doesn't contribute to anything or learn any songs. They even gave him a song with a bass solo in it and he just went "what am i supposed to do with this?"[/QUOTE] That was a bit of a joke, but at one stage I was in a band with that lineup, we didn't do anything though.

if he's an idiot he shouldn't be in the band

Fair enough, wasn't sure if you were being serious or not. Also Dave Ellefson once said you only need 1 bassist on stage.

[QUOTE=Camp er Joe;29527194]Fair enough, wasn't sure if you were being serious or not. Also Dave Ellefson once said you only need 1 bassist on stage.[/QUOTE] Yeah but Ellefson doesn't believe bassists should have fun.

[QUOTE=Unreliable;29523775]Do you guys know where I could get a cheap white strat body (squier, fender, G&L, any make) that looks exactly like a strat?[/QUOTE] Ebay is where I bought mine.

[QUOTE=ResetPanda;29525985]I know about the Active EMG rule. Also, PRS's here are like $5000 minimum[/QUOTE] The Student Edition models could not POSSIBLY cost that much. No way in hell. And those still play beautifully.

[QUOTE=absinthe;29523993]good luck with that man I've been trying to do this off and on for the better part of 4 years I have got some interesting sounds from the process, but nothing that sounds like a guitar :v:[/QUOTE] Yeah, it looks like it should be a bitch to try. I only started playing guitar to begin with because I'd never gotten a synth or sample library to come close to sounding right without also being the most resource-heavy and unwieldy thing on the planet. But I'm also more competent with synthesis now and I'm only trying to get something better than shit like Slayer or RealStrat. Though now that I think about it I'm gonna try IL's Sakura quick and maybe a Lyrical Distortion library. [editline]30th April 2011[/editline] Oh god ew ew ew all I can get out of it is an electric harpsichord. Inharmonic distortion as far as the eye can see.