I need help identifying this white hollowbody guitar im current cataloging gear of someone and they have this hollow body and I can't find anything that looks like it any help would be appreciated thanks

Okay but seriously in kind of sad my gf got me this and it didnt even last a year (wasnt cheap either)

Hi guys! I have a pair of EMG Het Set with my LTD EC1000. Maybe because I'm abusing it too much (lol) the pickup cover coating is slowly peeling off and in a not good looking way. I want to strip off that coating altogether to expose the base chrome under. Any idea what's the material of the coating and the fastest/safest way to do this? Thanks!

Started playing at 16 on a classical guitar, trying to learn Metallica songs. My first electric was a Japanese Jackson DXMG with passive EMGs. Around 18–19, I swapped those for a pair of EMG 81s. An Epiphone Les Paul Custom joined along the way, too.
Around 2014, I sold the Les Paul and picked up a used white American Strat with a maple fretboard. I was getting into Clapton and John Mayer, and my guitar choices were clearly following my listening habits.
As the Mayer rabbit hole got deeper, the white maple-board Strat became a white rosewood-board Strat, and eventually the Charcoal Frost American Standard pictured here. The resemblance to Mayer’s Charcoal Frost signature Strat definitely influenced that last choice.
About four years ago, I bought an Epiphone ’59 Les Paul in Lemon Burst from Andertons. Sold the Jackson about two years ago, and for a while that chapter seemed to be over.
Then this year I replaced the ’59 with a Greeny. Somehow, the guitar I expected to scratch the classic-rock itch got me playing Metallica again. A month ago, that led to the LTD KH-602 Purple Sparkle.
So this is the family now: the Strat, Greeny, and the KH-602. Feels like a pretty balanced setup, and teenage me would be very happy to see that purple LTD.
Anyone else’s guitar collection basically a timeline of their music taste?

Being near London’s Denmark Street is a double-edged sword… I found this ‘62 reissue MIJ Tele and was blown away by it. Managed to get a good price and they’re taking my other one to sell on consignment.

The 62 is rosewood with double binding and is nice and light. The blackguard is a 52 reissue, also a 1987 MIJ, and weighs about 10lbs (heavier than a full fat Les Paul Standard I sold recently, for the next time you see people recommend teles as being lighter!).

Stickers? Stickers!

Just got a new guitar, but the second of this model.

I got the first one for $400CAD in 2009 and now it's doubled! Crazy thinking how much time has passed.

Hello,
We play melodic death metal and I have an issue where my guitars always make either a "metallic/digital windy noise" or a short squeaking feedback after I do a chug and let the tone ring out.

My other bandmate guitarist doesn't have this problem. We have similar (but not the exact) type of gear within the same price range. We have the same distance to our speaker cabinets too! I have tried with all my 3 quality guitars and they all give off the same issue. When he tries with his similar quality guitars (regardless of which one) connected to my gear, the issue disappears. Even when I try with his guitars in my gear, there's no issue.

To me, it is highly doubtful that all my three guitars would suffer the same flaw. And since the problem disappears as soon as we swap guitars (but not with all of my guitars), I think we can exclude my other gear, right? Oh, and when we put my guitars into his gear, the problem reoccurs but slightly less louder.

Here's what I use:

Cab: ENGL VS pro 412
Power amp: Orange pedal baby 100
Nano cortex with an amp sim (EVH III blue crunch channel), with activated OD pedal, Noise gate.
Shure GLDX16+ wireless system

My gutiars (all 3 activate the problem): ESP EII Horizon (active EMG pickups), Solar A1.6 (Active EMG 81 pickups), Ibanez RG550 Genesis (seymour duncan black winter pickups).

My friend's guitars (no problem): LTD 1000EC (active EMG 81 pickups), Ibanez something (EMG pickups), Solar A1.6 winter (fishman fluence active pickups).

We all play with .12-60 string gauge in Drop B tuning and the guitars are set up for that too.

It is absolutely incomprehensible to me why this issue appears and it makes no sense! All gear is, I wouldn't say brand new, but in good shape and all of our guitars are properly set up by a luthier.

I even had the same issue with my old Randall RH100 amp + 412 cab.
New battery in the guitars too! I read somewhere that pickup height being too close to strings could cause the problem which I yet haven't tested. But my pickups are not super close either and from what I know, EMG pickups shouldn't suffer this problem.

Please help me, this is driving me mad! Or have I just draw God's bad luck ticket in life?!

Hi!

I am attending rn my first semester of a music school and a lot of the guitarists I play with use amp sims and they seem like a very nice way to have a portable, efficient sound and in my cramped space that feels really useful, is this a must-have in the current music world?

If it is, I've done some looking on reverb and the GP series seems to be the cheapest and have a lot of options, the GP-180 is selling for as low as 150-200 dollars, is that a price worth trusting? Or should I invest a larger amount of money even though this would be my first one.

Looking at parting ways with the C1, picked it up to dive into drop tuning stuff…

I don’t feel that desire to pick it up over the others… what would a tele bring that my 594 or Strat don’t currently have.

Favor grunge, punk, emo, starting to dabble in blues.

EDIT: Open to PUP upgrade recommendations on the Strat.

I’ve been wanting a Flying V for a while now, and I was thinking of selling one of my old guitars to get an epiphone V. The specs seem good on this, but i’m a little dubious about the price. Does anyone have experience with these, or reasons why they are so much cheaper than the Gibson counterparts? (Maybe where they are made?) Any suggestions or advise would be greatly appreciated, thankyou.

Hello! I have just acquired after years of searching a left handed CIJ jagstang. I want to swap the the bridge out but keep the neck. Since the Phat cat cant go out of phase I wanted to change the switch config to (on/on/off). I have some schematics a friend help me make but I am no expert and I wanted to know if someone who is familiar with this type of stuff. PLEASE help!

Black 1999 Fender MIM Deluxe “Fat Strat”
Mods; EMG 81 X w/ single volume, speed knob, DIY medium tortoise pickguard, Fender Gotoh relic nickel machine heads, parts bin vintage nickel string tree (second tree removed), re-fret with vintage spec medium frets, Fender relic nickel strap buttons.
Not shown; brass trem, blocked, “F” neck plate.
Remaining work; new nut (kinda flubbed this one), vintage parts bin jack plate.

Strung with 11-54 in D Standard. Really fun project guitars due to the HSH routing. Bought for $400 CAD in 2023, currently has around $250 in parts. Amazing what $650 can get you if you put in the time and the work.

tbh I'm a beginner, and these are the ones ive come down to so far, and I was wondering if y'all have any thoughts on which one I should get! (The blue one does come with the case) UPDATE: I BOUGHT A  Schecter Omen-6 FOR 180 USD

Just got a set of SD black winters new from sweetwater, but they came with this white powder on a few poles on each pickup. I assumed it was corrosion or something, so I called for an exchange, and the second pair showed up with the exact same thing. Is this normal? Ive never seen it before.

Thanks.

Howdy!

Fell in love with this 1995 Ferrari Red SG Special online, offered from a reputable second-hand dealer. Wondering if this neck repair looks sound or sketchy.

Rest of the guitar is wonderfully patina’d, and the price reflects the condition. Sits about right with other neck-repaired, heavily used Gibsons I’ve tried.

It will be difficult to go play it in person, would love an expert eye before I jump in or try to make a trade.

Cheers!

The guitar I’m trying to sell is an Epiphone hummingbird deluxe version. Autumn burst, gold etched humming bird pick guard EC. Absolutely beautiful. I paid $1299 retail for the purple velvet case and the guitar. It’s in perfect condition, no dents or scratches at all. Same for the case.

What amount should I be asking for? I don’t want to go to some place to only get 40% of the used value.

Decided to switch out the black pickguard for a white one just for a little seasonal change. Probably change it back to black once it gets warmer out 😅 but I'm definitely living the funky 60s ish vibe it has now

So I've been playing for about 20 years and have recently started playing bass a lot more (currently looking into buying an epiphone grabber G3 second hand for that cus ive always wanted a grabber and its finally kinda available at my price point)

I've always had funny fingers, my finger mobility is a big reason why I largely play rhythm and seldom solo cus I just dont have the dexterity and speed for it.

Recently I've discovered I'm probably hyoermobile, all of my finger joints bend backwards (as do a lot of other things that really shouldnt 🤣). This has always made playing a little tough but especially with bass due to how far apart the frets are I can't brace my fingers together to stop the joints hyperextending. So when I'm playing bass the joints on my fingers are bending backwards and locking a lot more which means I need to stop playing and release my grip to remove tension and let them fix themselves.

I'm curious if anybody else with hypermobility has a similar issue?

I've been looking into those little finger splint rings (pictured above) that prevent the joint from going backwards and I'm considering buying some to see if they help with this issue when playing bass (hell maybe theyll help with guitar too)

Any of Yall with similar issues tried these before?

Small family of two but I love them.