r/Guitar 2h ago

GEAR So.. I cut a hole in my guitar šŸ˜‚

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201 Upvotes

What should I call this bad boy? Guitarolin? bowtar? I need ideas šŸ˜‚

It sounds really cool, but the bow I made sucks azz. I made it out of a piece of steel with sewing thread wrapped around it. V2 is in the works!


r/Guitar 7h ago

GEAR My 30$ crappy 15 years old guitar that I love more than anything (i've done the modes)

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339 Upvotes

I love her.


r/Guitar 4h ago

DISCUSSION What’s the easiest sounding song with the most deceptively difficult riff?

117 Upvotes

What riffs are harder than they sound? The typical ones you’ll hear are Snow and Every Breath You Take, those ones are notorious, almost too well known. and imo Snow sounds just as hard as it is. People also throw out Sweet Home Alabama and Smells Like Teen Spirit (played correctly) which makes sense.

I think the question you must ask yourself is what riff requires the most effort for the lowest amount of impressiveness to the general public. My vote would go to a legendary divorced dad rock riff, the harmonics intro to Blurry by Puddle of Mudd, and I’d throw in Can’t Stop, Under The Bridge, Interstate Love Song, and Drive in there.


r/Guitar 8h ago

PLAY I’d rather go blind solo

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107 Upvotes

Shreddin the LP with some great friends at Roots Rock Revival (my favorite place on earth)


r/Guitar 18h ago

QUESTION What the fuck do I do now?

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514 Upvotes

So I brought my guitar then I found the head cover deeply cracked it was so deep I just pulled it apart, I also added a photo of the headstock before I pulled it apart


r/Guitar 1d ago

GEAR No! That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works. A rare sighting :D

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1.6k Upvotes

r/Guitar 7h ago

PLAY The sound of my 30$ 15 years old crappy guitar that I love more than anything.

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50 Upvotes

Guitar in thr10 with only chorus and hall reverb.


r/Guitar 3h ago

GEAR Mic'd up my new '67 Deluxe Reverb

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19 Upvotes

Recently acquired an almost mint condition '67 Deluxe Reverb AB763. I recently got it back from servicing including a new cap job. Put a Celestion Heritage g12-65, as I wasn't a fan of the Oxford. Here's my cover of a Phish tune. I'm also using an analogman ts9 and compressor.


r/Guitar 1h ago

PURCHASE My new guitar, a Fender Lead III reissue from a few years ago

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This has been my most-wanted guitar for a while now after playing its sibling, the Lead II, in a guitar store. I finally got one with my birthday money, and it both feels and sounds amazing. It came with 9-gauge strings, which I don't care for, but they should be easy enough to replace. Overall I'm super happy with this guitar and I plan to have it be my main one for the foreseeable future!


r/Guitar 4h ago

QUESTION Fender Mustang authenticity

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hey, everyone! first time posting here. i need some help identifying if this is an authentic Fender Mustang. i’d really appreciate it, thank you so much in advance!

EDIT: the seller mentioned these in the description

Fender Mustang
Graffiti Yellow
Upgraded Bridge Hot Rail Pickup


r/Guitar 5h ago

QUESTION What is the cheapest way to fix this?

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22 Upvotes

I got it a couple years ago and I went to get a pickup replacement and they said they couldn’t do it because the body was damaged. How do I fix this?


r/Guitar 13h ago

DISCUSSION Not looking for advice, just want to vent. Learning guitar feels embarrassing.

79 Upvotes

I fully admit this is a me problem. I suffer from anxiety and for some reason learning guitar feels embarrassing. I'm almost 40, and pretty new to playing. I love it. I suck at it and that's mostly OK.

The embarrassing part comes from worrying about my wife hearing me suck. To be clear, she is unbelievably supportive and kind and has never (nor would ever) say anything negative to me about it. But fucking up notes and just being not good at it is hard when I know she can hear. I'm plugged into a headphone amp, but I know she can still hear it (we have thin walls).

Not looking for advice or anything. Just wanted to vent.


r/Guitar 8h ago

GEAR My two babies and my cozy corner

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35 Upvotes

Gibson Les Paul Standard on the left, Taylor 314CE Studio on the right.


r/Guitar 10h ago

GEAR NGD Strandberg Boden Standard N2.7

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43 Upvotes

My first new guitar in about 8 years, and my most expensive one to date at €1999! :)

I’ve played 7 string guitars before, but my hands are on the smaller side and I’m not huge myself, so bigger guitars have always felt clunky and uncomfortable to me. With this guitar though, the extra string feels natural, and even the longer scale and the fanned frets are barely noticeable at all when playing. I’ve spent the past 3-ish hours playing, and I got used to the neck, the fanned frets and the extra string pretty much instantly.

My favourite thing about this guitar aside from the smaller size is its weight and balance. It pretty much stays upright in a classical position by itself, which makes it very comfortable to play. Personally I’ve always preferred a more upright position, and this guitar really lends itself to that.

The only negative so far was that the tone knob wasn’t screwed on properly, so I had to tighten the screw on the knob myself. The guitar comes with a few tools, but the smallest wrench didn’t fit, so l got lucky that I had a fitting one at home. Not a big deal at all, but I do have to wonder how this happens with a €2000 guitar. Aside from that though, the quality is flawless. I personally haven’t had any issues with the E string slipping off when playing so far (which seems to be a very common issue with Strandbergs), and it doesn’t feel cheap or poorly made at all. The intonation is perfect out of the box, even though it has been sitting in a warehouse for 5 months. The action is super low without any buzzing, and the guitar stayed perfectly in tune for the entire time I was playing.

So far, I’m very satisfied. I already get what people mean when they say that that can’t go back to ā€œregularā€ guitars after they played a headless one, but we’ll see.


r/Guitar 17h ago

GEAR ID what is even going on here

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120 Upvotes

r/Guitar 13h ago

GEAR NGD 2003 Gibson ES-137

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49 Upvotes

Was looking for a 135, found this instead!


r/Guitar 5h ago

PLAY Working on getting some string skipping in my noodling and solos.

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11 Upvotes

No string dampeners here bois, burning harrrd, loooooose, and cleannnnn.


r/Guitar 7h ago

QUESTION Would you blind purchase a guitar $4300 Canadian after tx? 30 day return window

13 Upvotes

My Fender Player II strat is having issues and I believe it is the selector switch circuitry due to abuse. While I get day fixed I was thinking of having the shop do another set up and put in E standard this time.

Why? Because I want a Yngwie Malmsteen signature strat. They are $4300 after tax. I have never played a scalloped neck by 3 of the 5 guitar players I listen to play them. I figure if I don't like it I can return it. How are stores like Long McQuade (Canadas equivalent to Guitar Center) with the handling of returning ordered guitars? Big hassle or do people pull this multiple times a day?


r/Guitar 6h ago

DISCUSSION How to relieve pressure on the headstock?

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I thought about putting a towel under the neck below the headstock but then there would be a kit of pressure on the neck since the bottom of the corpus still doesn't make contact with the bag...


r/Guitar 1d ago

PLAY a riff i made recently

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246 Upvotes

i might only be able to make riffs


r/Guitar 1d ago

PLAY Yvette Young - Ares

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782 Upvotes

r/Guitar 2h ago

QUESTION Nickel allergy; best/longest lasting strings?

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Hi all; as the title says, I have a nickel allergy and I am looking for the general consensus on what strings people use. I’ve used Elixir Optiwebs for a few years now. While I really don’t have a big problem with them, I think I’m just looking for ā€œgreener pasturesā€. I know some jazz cats like using chromes, but I’ve never gotten the chance to test them out; of course, I’m a little wary because of the price tag.
So I guess I have 2 tl;dr questions

1). What do people with nickel allergies use, besides coated strings?

2). How do chromes feel for other genres besides traditional jazz playing?

Thanks!


r/Guitar 4h ago

QUESTION Fingerstyle Song Recommendations

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Hi, this is my first post here!

I've been playing guitar for a few years now (although I'm not nearly as good as I should be given how long I've been playing!), and I'd call myself intermediate. I learned Hozier's "Cherry Wine" a few months ago, and it's by far my favorite song to play on guitar, and I love the fact that it's easy to sing along to, since I'm not exactly a singer. I'm interested in finding other fingerstyle songs, preferably where singing and playing at the same time isn't a super huge hurdle.

Some artists/bands I like if that helps at all:

Mitski, Queen, Cavetown, Hozier, Stromae, Death Cab for Cutie, Omnipotent Youth Society (deep cut but if you know you know)

Thanks for the help!!


r/Guitar 14h ago

OC Latest build (still in progress)

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16 Upvotes

B grade body build, still waiting on a few parts to show up but filled some gaps with parts bin parts to check function and fitment


r/Guitar 21h ago

DISCUSSION slow dancing in a burning room by John Mayer

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58 Upvotes

timing is little off but .... it's ok :/