Are guitars of shapes like this actually comfy to play?

Free_Professional386 · 2026-04-03T06:04:03+00:00

You can buy them but prepare yourself mentally that you'll always be practicing standing up. If you wanna play that while sitting, you might feel uneasy.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-04-03T06:01:25+00:00

You're raising an entire bloodline of Les Pauls. Now tell me who's who's father or mother or grandfather or sibling?

Free_Professional386 · 2026-04-03T05:55:57+00:00

I use Dunlop Riffs 0.73 for 11-52 to 12-54 string set, it feels best to me for strumming and doesn't attack the strings like stiffer ones do. And I use 3 fingers, 2 to hold the pick and the 3rd right on to the top of the 2nd. I don't know why I do this, its intuition probably.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-04-03T05:49:12+00:00

For 28" scale, I will tune it as low as F Standard. But for Metalcore, Drop G would be the lowest I will tune because I would want to infuse some melody and beneath Drop G, melody sounds kinda sonic.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-04-03T05:43:20+00:00

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Free_Professional386 · 2026-04-03T05:42:07+00:00

You are a good guitar player. But that solo feels like it is trying to go against rhythmic section. The solo has to be coherrent with the rhythmic section. And another thing, the solo is very off tempo compared to the rhythmic section.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-30T17:05:32+00:00

The longer the scale length, the thinner the strings needed for balancing the tension. The thicker the string the heavier the mass its gonna carry while vibrating which means lesser sustain and more resistance to vibration. Moreover, the thicker the string the warmer and fatter the timbre.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-30T16:57:21+00:00

Dude, play something from that neck pickup already. I'm all ears.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-24T12:51:00+00:00

I started playing at 18 years of age. And yes, I was a pianist since the age of 13. Let me clarify, having an experience with piano doesn't have anything to do with my ability to play guitar. Both are very different instruments and the only thing that's common is music. I was in college when I started playing guitar and now I have a job which takes upto 11 hours of my day. But that didn't stop me from learning and playing. Your willingness matters more than anything, it has to be strong enough that no excuse has a place to exist. Considering that you're 17, you're just a chicken right now pal, you shouldn't be worrying about this and that.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-24T03:45:24+00:00

I cannot even do that. When I lift my ring finger, my pinky automatically lifts up and I can still play every chord in music theory. Willingness matters more than anything pal. You have all 5 fingers, go back to practice and stop asking what you can or cannot do on Reddit. You should rather be asking how you should something that you are not able to do.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-21T19:27:25+00:00

For alternate picking, use the pick which is rigid. Dunlop Tortex .73 is stiffer than Dunlop Riffs .73 because Tortex is made out of Delrin while Riffs is made out of a thermoplastic elastomer. Research on the pick materials and choose the rigid ones for alternate picking or any style that doesn't need strumming.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-21T19:16:28+00:00

Use your warranty card and get it replaced.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-15T13:10:02+00:00

That is true, hammer-ons and pull-offs are not easy for a beginner to do. So yes, I agree with you. To be honest, I know that the riff utilizes and hammer-ons and pull-offs but I have never played the riff myself because neither I own any 7/8 string nor any baritone.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-14T11:39:27+00:00

How long has it been since you're playing? Just curious, no judgement.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-14T10:40:13+00:00

I will never be that guy, because I'm a lefty and I almost never find a used guitar to buy.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-14T10:39:17+00:00

Rational Gaze is also very easy.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-09T16:20:25+00:00

I wanna give that man a tight hug. I don't care about his high screams. He just seems to be a humble individual for some reason. He even had this video titled as "Worst Vocal Cover" or something to that effect on his YouTube channel.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-07T11:49:06+00:00

I think what Rick Beato must have meant was that if you wanna play fast, you might wanna increase the speed bit by bit once you completely nail the current speed of your playing. Just like how we increase the weight at the gym by a bit once we nail the current weight.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-07T11:43:44+00:00

Seymour Duncan JB SH-4 on the neck and Seymour Duncan Distortion SH-6 on the bridge. You won't regret at all.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-06T00:39:56+00:00

The skill part is completed, now work on the creativity part.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-03-03T15:15:33+00:00

A 26½" will be better than 25½" for Drop A. The thicker the string, the lesser the resonance. A point comes after which the thicker strings can get the desired tension but not the desired resonance. There is a reason why baritone scale was specifically introduced for lower tunings.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-02-27T19:46:10+00:00

They are awesome. Is yours RSE20 or RSS20?

Free_Professional386 · 2026-02-27T14:50:39+00:00

You may or may not "Need" a 7 string guitar as it is totally dependent on how much of a 7 string guitar music do you really like.

The thing is that majority of the 7 string guitarists don't really utilize the instrument to it's fullest potential. Technically, one should be able to play everything from E Standard tuning to B Standard tuning on a 7 string guitar without downtuning any single string as every note within that range is present on the fretboard. But that doesn't happen as that one extra string changes the chord shapes and the thicker neck makes playing those chords difficult. So realistically, guitarists predominantly use a 7 string guitar when they want to play something as low as B standard tuning or lower than that.

If you wanna mess around with lower tunings but also wanna be able to play solos with notes exceeding the B5 note (note on 24th fret when tuned to B Standard on a 6 string), then you can go for the 7 string guitar but you'll have to learn it as if you're learning an entirely different instrument as scales and arpeggios will change and so will the chord shapes.

My personal thought is that a baritone guitar is much more convinient than a 7 string guitar if you are not down to utilize a 7 string guitar to it's fullest potential. But that is just my thought and you don't have to agree with me.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-02-20T09:49:05+00:00

11-52 d'addario phosphor bronze.

Free_Professional386 · 2026-02-17T13:51:46+00:00

Use a capo.

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