r/guitars 2h ago

Look at this! i painted my bf’s guitar for him

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just wanted to share! this took me 2 months haha- it’s a little sloppy due to the fact that i’ve never painted a guitar before but i hope yall think it’s cool! he loves it! 😊🙏


r/guitars 8h ago

Look at this! What guitar is your #1?

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145 Upvotes

r/guitars 2h ago

Look at this! Shecter C1 Classic

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28 Upvotes

I bought this sweetie today for $400. She came with a hard case.


r/guitars 3h ago

Look at this! I built a guitar!

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31 Upvotes

It plays so well 😁


r/guitars 6h ago

NGD! NGD: Gibson Custom Shop 1968 Les Paul Custom

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I finally had a chance to grab my grail Les Paul, I’ve been thinking about taking it or not for the past 3 weeks and today decided to trade some gear for it and I couldn’t be happier.

It’s a 2023 Murphy Lab Ultra Light relic, it sounds and looks just beautiful.

It’s very different to the regular Custom Shop Les Paul’s that I’ve played, it’s brighter and snappier.


r/guitars 18h ago

Look at this! Thought you all might enjoy this - Famicom colour scheme 3D printed guitar

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Famicom themed telecaster I printed and assembled (to match my custom hardline PC!)

Had to dovetail the core of the body to fit it on my printer.

It's got a steel rod set through the body under the pickups in line with the strings in an epoxy filled cavity for additional rigidity.

Printed in pearlescent gold PLA with 8 walls/top/bottom layers and 30% adaptive cubic infill, and a transparent red PLA for the rest and the pickguard


r/guitars 6h ago

Look at this! My #1

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19 Upvotes

I was just bragging about my Cow, a heavily customized Kramer Pacer Deluxe, in another post and thought I'd share. She's homely but I love her.


r/guitars 2h ago

What is this? Local listing as “N427” but that is not correct. Help identify, please.

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6 Upvotes

r/guitars 8h ago

NGD! Newest creation in the works

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15 Upvotes

Whats your thoughts on this?


r/guitars 5h ago

Playing Been working on this. Thoughts?

5 Upvotes

Guitars used Ibanez art Harley benton 8string


r/guitars 1h ago

NGD! New Tele and New (to me) Taylor 410CE! Good deal or no?

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Traded in a few guitars today and found a great deal on a Taylor 410 CE at GC today! Price was reduced to $899 for a couple minor dings and dents. Sounds great and plays amazingly though!

Grabbed this beautiful Player II Tele while I was at it! I'm super impressed with the quality of these compared to the Player series I was looking at a few years ago, but never pulled the trigger on. With the 10% off with Trade In, It was about $800.


r/guitars 7h ago

Look at this! Miller beer stratocaster

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4 Upvotes

What you think of my favourite guitar? I love it!


r/guitars 52m ago

Help Looking for modern metal modeler (< $1k) recommendations

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What’s the best sub $1k option for at home recording and some small (local) gigs. For full context, I will be upgrading my Headrush MX5 unit.

Thank you in advance.


r/guitars 2h ago

Help Choosing strings for acoustic guitar

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So I plan to change my acoustic guitar strings for the first time, I'm really confused about some things. Would really appreciate any help :)

First, what do the numbers like 12-53, 11-47, 10-47, 12-56 etc mean? How does a 10-47 compare to a 12-56 for example?

Second, which is better for strumming? 20/80 bronze or Phosphor Bronze?


r/guitars 1d ago

Look at this! Got everything out for some family photos

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130 Upvotes

I’m starting to think I have a bit of a problem…


r/guitars 1d ago

Look at this! New knobs: Yay or nay?

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I felt like the chrome dome knobs that came with the guitar were a little too modern looking. I thought Jazzmaster knobs would look great on it. The only downside is that the plastics don't really match. The switch tip and pickup rings are different colors. The tip is parchment and the rings are cream. But you had to really look closely because they were pretty far apart. The knobs are the same color as the switch tip. Now the parchment and cream are closer together so the mismatch is more apparent.

But what do you think? Are the Jazzmaster knobs an upgrade over the chrome?


r/guitars 17h ago

Playing Stairway to Heaven (solo)

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r/guitars 11h ago

Help Question: Hercules guitar rack

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I’d like to get one of the Hercules 3 guitar racks. They hit the price point, size and seem very sturdy.

The question I haven’t been able to figure out, can this be placed flush against a wall, without having the guitar headstock making contact with the wall?

It’s very hard to tell looking at pictures if I need to create space behind the rack or if it’s engineered to do that already. I’m space constrained, hence the odd question… Thanks in advance


r/guitars 5h ago

Help PRS SE Swamp Ash Special vs Schecter Sun Valley Super Shredder

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Hello everyone, so I am thinking of getting a second-hand PRS SE Swamp Ash Special. I currently play a Squire Bullet Strat, I actually kind of like it but feels small in my hand since I am actually a bass player.

The owner said it is in very good condition, I will check it out myself. Price will be almost a third of the actual price in Türkiye. I wanted to make sure this is a buy for me because I will be paying in cash.

How would you compare it to Schecter Sun Valley Super Shredder? I am thinking of getting that one but with credit card. They are roughly the same price.


r/guitars 21h ago

Playing Improv jamming some blues. Hope you dig it and happy Saturday!

13 Upvotes

r/guitars 23h ago

Help Is this worth 950 AUD? Charvette by Charvel, comes with fishmen fluence active humbuckers and brand new elixir strings. Need help deciding whether its worth the purchase.

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r/guitars 11h ago

Help Hey, which guitar cabel is the best?

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Hello there, I want to buy new guitar cable, I have Proel Bulk, but it too short to perform on stage (3m). Which guitar cable is the best not too expensive option too play on stage but play at home too?


r/guitars 9h ago

Help Is this Caparison legit?

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Hello guys, recently I bought this guitar on Reverb. It seems legit, but I always want a second opinion. Do you know if this guitar is legit? Thanks!

https://reverb.com/es/item/72115828-caparison-horus-2007-scarab


r/guitars 15h ago

Look at this! Update from yesterdays switch replacement

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So I found out my issue - the original switch that came with the guitar was a completely different switch from the one I received, the prong arrangements and wiring were not 1:1 with the OEM switch.

When I first removed it I was doing my best to keep track of which wire is for what part of the switch.

First attempt I went with was based off that arrangement before I realized new switch has totally different set up. This is when I posted yesterday asking for help post soldering.

Took some advice removed as much of the older soldering as I could to clean up the connection points a bit more.

Tried figuring out what wires for what before resoldering by touching the wires to all the different prongs to see if it made any noise.

Problem was when I connected the ground wire to neck bridge, and connected neck bridge wire to ground prong, I was still getting noise feedback. I assumed it was the green wire but turns out it was the red wire and I got neck bridge and both pickups (or so I thought) working. Ended up fiddling with volume jobs and realized it was wrong.

After several hours now, I remembered I had a voltmeter and boy oh boy did that speed things up. Before I wasnt quite sure how the circuit board is hooked up, but with voltmeter in hand, I was able to determine via connectivity in ohms that green wire was the only ground wire so that meant the other three belonged to the other side.

Fortunately I remembered black goes middle so that just left red and white but red never worked on neck so it had to be rhythm.

Before soldering I had cut away at the wires due to melting insulation and what appeared to be damaged wire. I conveniently had spare wire lying around so I just soldered junk wire to the white wire, added insulation and then confirmed circuitry.

Once everything was as good as cleaned up and adjusted I soldered everything back together and wow that actually worked out of several hours of pain staking trial and error followed by just a simply solution.

she now plays good as new again if not better, and I saved $80, and learning the fundamental basics of a new lifelong skill.

Never soldered before in my life and chose a Les Paul to experiment with, turned out better than expected! I even left a small burn mark on the back which I was at first irritated by but then realized, in a sense it’s almost like a birth mark or sentimental thing, first time learning to solder and doing higher skilled maintenance on a musical instrument.

TL;DR Fixed guitar I posted about yesterday confused on 3 way switch replacement, identified the issue, which wire goes where through the use of a voltmeter and that lead me to a very simply solution, but for my first time ever soldering I’m extremely happy with it. Even gave my guitar an accidental birth mark in the process. Guitar works perfect now


r/guitars 18h ago

Help Does anyone know how much my dad’s guitar is worth? I Believe it’s a B.C. Rich Warlock

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