r/Guitar

So I added a barrel - bolt lock mechanism in my tremolo cavity. It ain't stupid if it works. Cost me 1.99

I have 11 years of guitar experience but I’ve never played an electric one.. now the time has finally come and Im in love with this!!!! 🤘🤘🎸

I’ve been playing with my boyfriend for few months. Recently he borrowed me his old guitar and I played a lot in my free time and got so interested and I decided to get my own. Now it’s time to leaaaarn for real, she’s so beautiful and I’m so motivated to play just by looking at her!

Hi everyone, beginner and self taught here. I took my ESP Ltd MH-17 to my luthier to swap the original pickups for a set of Stephen Carpenter signature Fishmans that I bought about a month ago. He has repaired another guitar for me in the past and did a good job, so I trusted him.

He originally told me that the starting price to convert it from passive to active would be 50 euros. After waiting 3 weeks because the guitar body had to be routed to make the pickups fit, I went to pick it up. I ended up paying 80 euros for the whole job, but he told me all he actually did was add the battery and change the jack.

When I looked at the guitar, he told me the marks left from routing the body were touched up, but it literally just looks like he used a standard black marker. I had also asked him to fix some cosmetic marks that were already on the pickups, but he ignored that completely.

To make matters worse, since getting it back, certain parts of the fretboard don't sound right at all (dead notes/buzzing). When I complained, he just told me that I need to loosen the truss rod myself.

Aesthetically, the sloppy routing job bothers me, and I'm frustrated with the playability. Is it normal to cause this kind of damage to the original finish for a pickup swap? Should I be expected to adjust the truss rod myself after paying him 80 euros for a setup and install?

I've been working on this project for quite a while and it's finally starting to feel like a real product.

The idea is simple: instead of tap dancing across multiple MIDI devices or reaching for a laptop, you step through your setlist and song sections with one footswitch while the controller sends the MIDI messages for your rig.

This clip is just a quick demo using Smells Like Teen Spirit sections (not my cleanest take 😅 but it shows the basic workflow)

I'd love to hear what you'd improve or what features you'd want if you used something like this.

This thing basically plays itself, it’s absolutely flawless. I’m not too sure on the colour though, what do you think?

Been chasing this one for a long time and it was sure worth the hunt to me.

My sweeps and economy are getting better and im saving up for a seven string, Lifes good !

Ps pls dont mind the hair

I found this old Jackson guitar from my neighbor and I’m kinda wondering what this one is

I finally bought a Squier Classic Vibe after wanting one for a long time, but something feels off when I play along with backing tracks.

I'm running my guitar through a Behringer UMC202HD into Carla with amp sims. Even after dialing in tones, my guitar never feels like it's part of the song. It sounds like it's sitting on top of the mix instead of blending in.

I know my playing isn't perfectly tight yet, and the backing track is louder than my guitar, so those are definitely factors. But I'm wondering if I'm missing something in my signal chain, EQ, compression, reverb, latency, gain staging, or amp sim setup.

Has anyone else experienced this? What helped your guitar sit "inside" the mix instead of feeling disconnected?

I’m currently waiting for my Quad Cortex Mini to arrive and it’s got me thinking about making a few changes to my setup. I’d also love to have my PC on the desk but it’s just too small at the moment.

So I‘m mainly looking for ideas on how you’ve organized your workspace and whether there are any improvements I haven’t thought of yet. Show me your setups please!

The guitar was given to me by my cousin a couple of years ago but hasnt been moved ever since.

Now, I am interested to learn the guitar but I want to get rid of the rust first before learning how to play.

Can someone give me advice on how to remove the rust?
Any advice would be helpful :)