r/guitars

Hello! I’ve been playing electric guitar for two years now, and I absolutely love it. I currently own a Squier Classic Vibe ’60s Mustang in Vintage White, and she’s honestly beautiful. However, I’ve been thinking about either trading or selling her because I’m really interested in getting a Schecter guitar.

Since I’m still 17, I’m not totally sure what I should be looking out for when selling, trading, or making sure I get a fair deal. I don’t mind buying a used Schecter, especially since I know they can be expensive. I was thinking about going to Guitar Center, but my friends told me they’d probably lowball me, so I’m a little unsure.

Does anyone have advice on the best way to sell or trade my Mustang, what I should expect price-wise, and how to avoid getting taken advantage of? I’d really appreciate any tips!

hello ! j’ai en ma possession ces deux guitares électriques neuves (utiliser 2-3 fois)
- Ibanez RG652AHM-NGB
- Fender Telecaster American Professional 2S USA MN Natural
avec facture accessoires et étui complet
je sais que la fender n’est plus disponible
savez vous à combien dois-je fixer le prix j’aimerais les vendre
merci :)

OK, I post this every couple so here goes again. I have a disability that severely affects my right (ie strumming) hand (I had a stroke when I was 17). Normal picks just don't work for me. At present, I make my own to hold the thumb and forefinger together to hold the pick in place. It's a solution but about 3 in 10 work out because they're finicky, they deteriorate etc. Anyway, I've just started using a Pykmax (photo) after years of owning one and they actually work pretty well after a couple of mods BUT I fear they've stopped making them. 😭 Amazon doesn't sell them anymore and their website doesn't answer me. Would anyone have any leads OR any other suggestions. Sorry in advance that I'll appear to poo poo most suggestions- I know they'll all come from a really good and helpful place but it's been 35 years and I believe I've tried EVERYTHING. My hand spasticity is super complex and I'm still getting OT for it. But if anyone's got some new suggestions, bring it. TIA!!

Current guitar; Ibanez GRG140-SB (bought for 300€) Bought it a year ago when I started playing.

They are offering the one in the pic (Tokai Love Rock LS 129) for 1300 if i sell them my guitar aswell.

I love playing guitar, and when I got to play it it felt and sounded nice.

The oldest is the Gibson Explorer I bought back in 2000. Then from 2004- 2023 I played acoustic almost exclusively... and things have ballooned since getting back into electric.

I've modified most of these guitars to one degree or another to get the "best" possible sound out of each model.

• Gibson Explorer 76 reissue- swapped out the pots to 500k to get more punch out of the pickups, and added a capacitor bleed at the output jack to drain just a hair of the nasty highs. Rounded the fretboard.
• Fender Am Pro 2 Strat - hated the Vmod2 pickups after a few years with it. Swapped to Ultra Vintage Noiseless 4 pickups that have way better string to string balance and no 60 cycle hum. Decked the bridge.
• Epiphone E335 Inspired - no mods
• Reverend Spy - fretboard rounding, cavity shielding
• Reverend Charger 290 - swapped to Seymour Duncan Noiseless pickups (Neck noiseless and JJN noiseless bridge), fretboard rounding
• Reverend Descent 10th Anniversary - fretboard rounding
• Reverend Mercalli 4 - swapped pots, fretboard rounding

So why is the Charger my favourite of the lineup? (Well, only after the mods). The stock p90s were great but high output and thus ultra noisy. The SD noiseless are identical in tone but zero noise (I've done a before/after test on my profile for the doubters). All reverends have somewhat shit fret ends for their price, but after rounding, the neck is more comfortable than the rest of my lineup. The bass contour is incredibly useful in high gain situations. All in all, it's sturdy as hell, punches like crazy, and is rock solid. It plays like a tele on steroids.

I’m in the midst of doing my first build from a Harley Benton kit. I’ve completed the rounds of painting on the body, but I have a question that I’m hoping some of you DIYers might help me with…

For my first build out of the gate I chose a Les Paul model. Probably not the best first guitar out of the gate due to the expertise needed to avoid getting paint (likely multiple coats) on the white trim around the body.

Do any of you have suggestions as to how to clean up these areas? Overall I’m pretty happy with the paint, but I know that every time I pick it up to play it, I’ll see nothing but the drips on the white trim.

Maybe an Exacto knife? Other sharp knife? Carefully administered nail polish remover?

Thanks in advance…

What position should my knobs be?

The only effects or pedal I have is a Playwell Tank G and I also have the app for that.

They said you could find an overdrive effect in the app itself but I can't seem to find it and I'm a bit confused.

Bought it off of Sweetwater’s used site, upgraded bridge and the HB’s were replaced with probucker 3

Can hold a basic tune now with E minor and A sus 2 thanks to Marty music. Fender cd-60 v3

This is a 1996 PRS CE 24 in gold Holoflake. There was a very limited run of these made because the flake process cost more money in labor than they got back in profit.

Mike Einzinger uses one of these in Incubus’s video for Pardon Me, and it recreates their early tones very well with the HFS/Vintage pickups (modern CEs use 85/15s).

Feels like a dream to play. Trem stays in tune despite abuse thrown my way