A special edition Minotaur, fit for a Rat Queen! We are beyond excited to announce this limited (to only 4 guitars) edition Minotaur, designed by Riley Pinkerton, singer/guitarist for one of our favorite bands, Castle Rat.

Riley is the mastermind behind the band's amazing songs, and had a very specific vision for a guitar that would suit their music. The guitar's 24.75" scale makes for very fast playability, and includes only the most essential specs needed for heavy riffing in a live setting - a single Direwolf pickup and kill switch!

Zakk Wylde introduces the first-ever Wylde Audio acoustics! Forged with a distinctive blend of craftsmanship and unmistakably Wylde attitude, the brand new Wylde Audio Grand Auditorium Acoustics deliver powerful tone, bold projection, and looks built for the stage.

Striking tops paired with mahogany back and sides create a balanced, resonant voice, featuring pearloid Rune inlays on a Rosewood fingerboard. The comfortable thin "C" mahogany neck features a 25.5" scale, 16" radius, and 20 narrow jumbo frets for smooth playability. Cream and black body binding adds a refined contrast to the guitar's aggressive aesthetic, complemented by satin black hardware and reliable Grover tuners.

When it's time to plug in, the Wylde Audio Pro EQ system with built-in tuner and piezo pickup provides versatile amplified tone and easy stage control. A rosewood bridge with compensated bone saddle and 44.45mm bone nut complete an instrument designed to deliver both commanding presence and dependable acoustic performance.

Y'all seemed to like it so here is how it sounds sometimes...

I saw a few other headless guitars posted here and felt inspired to share mine too. Been really enjoying this Legator Revenant 7 String.

This thing is pretty fun.

• Ibanez Portamento SRF700 • ESP B-205 (with modified Bartolinin pre-amp)

• Agular Tone Hammer 500 • Agular SL 4x10 cab (one of two)

I've been playing this beauty almost every day for a few months now, probably about 30 minute sessions on average. I started to play some today but my fretting hand was giving me some not-so-good feelings when I was playing some bar chord heavy stuff so I decided to wait... This has been happening infrequently, and I had a pretty good session yesterday, so I figure I'm probably still recovering from that.

I'm just over a year of playing, and I swear I've seen my fingers grow calluses and peel/flake off my fingertips at least a dozen times now.

is this normal? no pain, never bled, it doesn't bother me really. more curious is calluses should be growing and essentially being ripped off from the strings is normal or if I'm just pressing too hard still

I shrinked my pedalboard from 11 or 12 pedals to only 6 pedals!

What I learned after a few gigs with my band:

• Only use pedals you really need for your songs, don't add pedals because you think you could have a use for it in the future.
• Behringer Vintage Phaser is such a great pedal, great vintage tones!
• I'm impressed by the T.Rex Chorus/Flanger pedal, very precise settings and beautifull sounds
• The Joyo Uzi is really great with all the settings available to shape the sounds and the "bites" of the distorsion
• I tried several Tremolo effects, I always come back to the Behringer Ultra Tremolo, even if it's a very cheap pedal, it does the job!

Fender CEO Bud Cole acknowledged in a Bloomberg interview that the company's legal crackdown against 60 guitar builders over Stratocaster body shape copied "got ahead of us." Of roughly 60 companies targeted, 32 are negotiating with Fender and 18 have signed agreements. The company now claims focus on large manufacturers only, though boutique builders like LSL Instruments report no clear relief from legal threats.

It’s not much, but it’s mine!

I managed to get it clean, restrung and learned how to tune it. I’ve spent the last couple weeks just practicing the chromatic scale and just started learning some basic chords yesterday.

I started with the trumpet in high school and then went on to do digital music production as a hobby for ten years and even managed to produce my own album.

I realized a lot of the tracks on my album had guitar elements and it dawned on me that I could eventually work to make those my own actual recordings rather than synthesized.

So I’m already familiar with the slow burn process of learning a new instrument and I’m already seeing massive progress from the first time I picked it up. Here’s to the next decade of learning a new instrument!

I finally bought my first headless guitar, a Hils HNT1.

Since Strandbergs came out in 2012, the whole point of headless guitars is to be as ergonomic as it gets. But Strandbergs also look like alien axes from Halo, which may appeal to many people, but I'm more into a classic look.
So here's where Hils steps into the spotlight: all their guitars try to ease your eye as well as your posture, especially with the latest HNS1 and HNT1 models. Even my most hardcore traditional friends had to cave in and admit that they nailed the look.

The guitar makes you want to play all the time. It always sits perfectly, whether you're standing, sitting or laying on your sofa and watching TV while practicing scales. And even if I didn't buy this guitar for it's sound, the pickups do their honest work.

For the money (400€), Hils gave a great amount of attention to their product: the guitar came out of the box properly set up and intonated and I was positively surprised when I opened the back panel and found out that the cavity was covered in shielding paint and the volume pot had a treble bleed. You don't see things like these from the lawsuit brand.

In light of recent events, lets make a list of trustworthy manufacturers of guitar strings. Bonus points if they are from a full democracy according to the Economists democracy index. I'll start with:
-Ibanez (Japan)
-Rotosound (UK)

Sorry for the paywalled article, I couldn't find anything else. Here's a quote:
[First paragraph is just context of the prior allegations]

In a lengthy update to its post from July 29th (embedded at the bottom), it said:

We got this wrong. We’ve completed a full review and confirmed that Suno Studio was used to regenerate the original track. We shared inaccurate information, and we’re truly sorry … We do not support AI-generated music, and our process will reflect that going forward. We’ll require our employees and creative partners to disclose any use of generative AI, and we’ll more closely review everything we put into the world.

The post also apologizes for heavy-handed comment moderation, which saw posts from critics deleted and those users blocked. Rather than issue a new statement, it appears the company simply edited its original post five days ago, 10 days after it was originally posted.

The original video was a demo for a new set of strings designed for extended-range guitars and low tunings. People immediately flagged the recording as suspicious. Things only got worse when D’Addario posted a clip of what it said were the Logic recording sessions of the demo track in question.

Hi! There's not much for active Bass communities on Lemmy yet so I figured I'd ask here. I'm considering a Tokai Jazz bass, and I see they don't make them. A lot of the info I see says they're mid 80s, but there's one new one for sale near me that is "2021-2023".

I've played it, and it does indeed seem brand new. I however can't find info on when Tokai made these damn things. Anyone help a confused drummer out while he tries to navigate the world of not-drums?

Did you see this video? I did and found it interesting.

https://youtu.be/85SnZueP6eM

My immediate thought is that I would like this same test to be done on Tele style guitars from HB and Squire, to see if there is a difference.

Secondly I think Les Paul style guitars are a bit more complex to build compared to Tele or strat style, so I think it should not be such a problem on those guitars.

Still, it is worrying a bit, because you can tell the quality of the body wood is abysmal, and this guitar honestly seems like garbage material wise... so if I had ideas about getting an HB, i would likely not get it after seeing this video, which is a refreshing take after having seen so many videos praising HB.

Thoughts?

As the title says, I currently own a Fender Mustang 90 which I absolutely love. Sometimes I like to fantasize about getting a second guitar, to go with it in order to cover more tonal ground and try different things. I'm bouncing between jazzmasters, teles, starts style guitars and can't make up my mind. So my question, what would you pick? My favourite genre is fuzz rock - so the mustang is perfect for that - but who knows I might expand my horizons

Ciao!

Here's the killer quote from the press release imo: "Remember, we are a company whose products can only be used by people. If AI replaces musicians making music, then we're out of business."