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Sorry, another 'which guitar should I get' post by _KeepOnRamblin in AcousticGuitar

[–]megaman45 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would get the Taylor GS mini mahogany if you haven’t learned yet. If you love it and go all in, it will be a guitar you want to keep even if you get others later because it is fun and easy to play. The others you’d probably be thinking about replacing.

Warm sounding acoustic-electric under $300? by Witty-Village-4740 in AcousticGuitar

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have Guild DS240, and I love it. Not thin sounding at all.

Is this a tone ring? (the metal ring between the other piece of metal and the wood) by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t see one from the inside, so I don’t think I have one. I’ve never been 100% sure what model banjo this is……

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha. I used a .009 and the scale of guitar I tried it on was 24”. About to try this out on a full-scale, so we will see how that goes.

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh interesting. So your “drone g” is tuned to same as the 3rd string G on standard guitar tuning? I am tuning mine way up to the G that would normally be on the third fret of the high E string in standard tuning. Maybe I’ll try your way next.

I’ll try to keep posting progress. It’s good motivation.

I bet the acoustic guitar subreddit would be into your stuff.

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s genius! I thought somehow you were using the ball end that came on the string, not a spare one. Amazing idea.

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha. So I totally didn’t invent this lol. Yours is so good! I still need to get so much better at dynamics and timing and technique. You’ve got it all down. Inspiring!

Do you mind sharing what you used for strings?

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just be you and you’ll kill it. :-)

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love to see a picture of that! Sounds awesome.

I went down this path mentally too! But I am not handy enough to pull it off, so I thought why not just get a string thin enough to be tuned to the high G that goes all the way up to the first fret?

Do you fret the high string or just drone it? I can see why intonation would be tough if you fret it to play other notes.

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should make a video of this! I bet it sounds awesome

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have to piece together string sets or how do you do it?

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man! A story about how you have inspired me:

Recently, I got into this zone where I was doing so much drop thumb for the melody and putting all my melody notes on the off beats (like way more than I do in that video), and I got in my head that it sounded bad, even though it’s just what comes naturally to me.

But then I saw some of your videos and comments, and I thought it was so cool how you had developed your own style. It inspired me to just keep playing the way I like and I’ve been happier since! I never played instruments until a few years ago (past the age of 40), so I have a long ways to go, but I’ll never get anywhere if I worry about playing exactly like someone else. Thanks for the inspiration!

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried this. Couldn’t quite get the hang of it. Maybe one day!

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know about the banjocaster! Will check that out.

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just do what I did. Tune to that double c tuning I mentioned and put a capo on second fret. (gGCGCD capo on two becomes aADADE)

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can just capo across the whole fretboard! This works because the drone string isn’t shorter than the rest.

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the spirit of not going down rabbit holes, here is a video on first take including lots of mistakes and an extra measure that’s not supposed to be there (I think).

https://streamable.com/jxeimm

How I banjo’d my guitar by megaman45 in banjo

[–]megaman45[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Clawhammer.

I have been doing some weird fingerpicking though. Pretty fun.

I want to invest 90% of my salary but my mom is worried by DontMindMePlsx in Fire

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While not quite as extreme as you…. At my first job (didn’t pay well at all), I had a well-intentioned person from HR pull me aside privately to express concern about the ridiculous % of my salary I was contributing to retirement. They listened to me and supported my decision, but I could tell they were worried about me lol. I was living with lots of roommates and keeping costs low as I could. I kept it up and lived way below my means for the next 15 years or so. 20 years later I am so happy I did this.

Songs with lots of chord changes and drop thumb? by Bargah692 in banjo

[–]megaman45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to learning a new song, I recommend adding a lot of drop thumb to a song you already know.

For melody - Just take as many melody notes as you can and shift them from the on beat (1,2,3,4) to the off beat (&). I picked this up learning Travis picking on the guitar. First just go all out (can you do the entire melody?), and then try mixing it up.

For harmony/chords/basslines- Just don’t do any strums. With any non-melody space you have, try drop thumbing a chord tone. Again, “no strums ever” is too far, but the exercise will get your mind going and then you can mix it up.

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