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ObiwanHelloThere_wav wrote

Reply to comment by asterism in The History of GUITAR Tab! by asterism

For the music I made with my band, we never so much as wrote a tablature, which resulted in a few awkward conversations with actual musicians asking me if I often play in such-and-such a pentatonic scale like idk boss do you like it or not lol

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asterism OP wrote

Yeah, I think there is a lot of weird elitism in basically all hobbies. Which was why I was excited about this video.

Like while I see some value in standard notation at the end of the day all that really matters is if are you playing what you want to play the way you want to play it all the rest of the stuff is sort of just incidental you know?

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ObiwanHelloThere_wav wrote

Funny, I can only read music on guitar using a tab, and before this I always assumed it was a cheat (which in retrospect is kind of foolish of me, since any notation is a "cheat" for actually playing an instrument). Anyway, I feel validated as a guitar player!

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bettybee wrote

Or you can buy a ready-made steel set for less than €20 which will last a lifetime. Most import thing is to make sure you use the right gauge for your own fretboard radius (and yes, I've seen self-proclaimed "guitar tech" using the wrong gauge :facepalm:)

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asterism wrote

Reply to by !deleted34351

I bet I can hit the same note

lol

I promise I'll stick to the melody.

Yeah I'm dead.

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asterism OP wrote

Doing it the right way is more complicated because each and every string has its action set independently. I don't have a clever hack for you ... you have to have whats called a radius gauge

I don't know how I never though of this till now. Clever hack time. google radius gauge template. Print that bad boy out. cut it glue it to some cardstock or something and cut it out. boom instant radius gauge. Now you can set it up the correct way. Don't be like me kids, take better care of your guitar.

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asterism OP wrote (edited )

Just so you know the correct and proper way to do this.

You need a couple tools. A capo and a feeler guage (basically precision metal slabs for measuring). you put the capo at the first fret. Then you press down the very last fret on the low E string. Then you take your feeler guage and measure the distance between the sixth or seventh fret (the actual fret the metal thing) and the bottom of the low E string. It should measure around.015” – .030” for an acoustic and .010” – .012”. for an electirc. You might be able to get a specific number from the manufacturers website.

If your measurement is greater you need to tighten the truss rod. If it is smaller you need to loosen it.

And there you have it. Doing things the right way instead of eyeballing it like me.

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