I betrayed Bass and bought a Guitar!

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I love shell pink. Always wanted one in that color. Must resist gas

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I actually like that and am not usually a fan of the Fender VIs XD

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Yeah that’s gorgeous!

So what’s up with the bridge? Is that a tone-o-matic with a massive nine-bolt tailpiece? How odd.

I like the shape a lot. Looks much, much better in not-burst.

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I’ve been platying so far through my bass amp. If I get a guitar ami, what would be a good one, and how big? I’ll only play guitar at home.

Also, I’ve started JustinGuitar lessons, and I have a hard time listening to the end of each lesson. A lot of repetition and no music yet. Nothing like Josh, who is the gold standard.

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Justin has a bunch of songs mixed in, just not every lesson. He generally has smaller lessons focusing on a single thing - “This is the D chord”, “This is the A chord”, etc. Then he’ll introduce a song using just the A and D chords.

One thing I really like that he does is introduce very specific practice methodologies very early on - the Chord Perfect and the timed chord switching drill. These are super useful.

I’d recommend you try a few software amp sims and see what kind of sound you like. Guitar amps often have really distinct sounds. I happen to really like Orange amps, while my bandmate really likes Vox and Fender. I think most like Marshall. You can easily find good amp sims for all of these.

I recommend Kuassa:

Clarent, Matchlock, and Caliburn are great Orange, Fender, and Marshall sims, respectively.

There’s also lots and lots of Vox AC15 sims out there.

Kuassa’s bass amp Cerberus is actually my favorite bass amp sim too, though the official SVT sim is pretty awesome too.

Something like Softube’s collection Amp Room is a good idea too, tons of good amp sims and effects in it. And a free trial.

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Except a baritone guitar is shorter at 27in and typically tuned B, E, A, D, F#, B while a Bass VI is short scale bass tuned E, A, D, G, B, E an octave lower than a guitar.

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Ahh. yeah. Sorry about that, I meant baritone range, not an actual baritone guitar. Thanks for that, totally correct.

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I’ve almost always used a bass amp for my guitar noodling. Heck, a Fender Bassman is a bass amp that’s super popular with some guitarists :eyes: I’d just keep practicing on a bass amp, and buy a distortion or overdrive pedal or something, depending on what you’re after tone-wise.

I will say as @howard said, Kuassa is pretty great on amp sims.

Plugin Alliance is a place to check, too, they have several licensed amp sims that are pretty great, and you can often snag them for $20 or less if it pops on sale for sale say $40 and you still have your monthly $25 loyalty voucher. I have their Herbert, GK 800RB, , ENGL E646, and you can stack lots of codes/plugins into huge discounts…

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PA is indeed great, I have both the SVT and 800RB sims, both super good.

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Oh, and btw… I got a guitar, too (another one…)

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ESP Ltd SC-607. Apparently it’s Stephen Carpenter of Deftones’ signature, but just saw a pretty 27" baritone and it was perfect. I think that strap goes well with it, too :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Ooh, I love the pickup choice. And the color of course :slight_smile:

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I actually like it having a middle vs neck pickup. It’s a great blend between the bridge brightness and the depth of a neck pickup. I usually run them both at once and it’s just about perfect…

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Yeah I like running HH both at once, love the sound. It really depends on a good neck pickup to avoid mud though.

Pretty happy with my current pair, SD SH14 Custom 5 in the bridge and SH1 '59 in the neck.

Those Fishman’s have to sound great though.

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Damn nice one, this one goes well with your purple Schecter!

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Lol I was wondering the same. Never seen it like that. Might as well skip the TOM and use a hardtail bridge.

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I would strongly prefer that, actually

edit: ugh, it’s a trem! a trem-o-matic :rofl:

RIP tuning and intonation.

So it’s basically a giant guitar (or small 6-string bass) with a tune-o-matic looking bridge, trem, and one-off string size. It’s going to be tricky to finger some of the open chords - C is going to be a reach for sure.

Fender bills these as bass guitars it turns out, not as guitars. They describe the bridge as “6-saddle vintage style with non-locking floating vibrato.” So not an actual Tune-o-Matic, though it looks like one. It looks like it has barrels to deal with the trem, which would be less tragic than a TOM there.

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I’m trying very hard to not buy this Yamaha AEX502 right now :slight_smile:

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Don’t try so hard. It looks awesome! You can’t go wrong with F holes!

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Such a weird guitar/bass. I wondered what that awkward hole was at the bridge between the strings… Well, at least it’s unique :blush:

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Has a pretty interesting history with some heavy hitters (and guitar guys)…

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