Hey everyone,
Yesterday I had a fairly intense practice session (around 30–45 minutes). Right after wrapping up, I noticed the pads of all four fretting fingers had turned distinctly blue.

The discoloration is only on the fleshy pads and not where I press the strings—the sides, nail beds, and skin around the nails look completely normal.
No numbness, tingling, or unusual pain beyond typical post-practice fatigue.
Has anyone run into this before? Wondering if this is just burst capillaries/bruising from pressing too hard, dirt/oxidation/dye coming off the strings or fretboard, or something circulation-related that I should get checked out.
I tried washing my hands, but the discoloration didn't budge. It ended up fading back to normal on its own after about an hour.
PS I’ve been played guitar for more than a decade, this hasn’t happened before.
Any insight is appreciated!

I keep looking at the Pearson website; love the look of the Omega. Have zero need for it, like most here I already have too many guitars to be sensible, but not enough to be satisfied.

I’m in the Uk, they’re made in New Zealand, so I cannot try before I buy and I don’t want just a wall-ornament. Has anybody here played one? Any thoughts welcome.

Here I am asking myself this question since I'm too broke for a bass and I really want one, but the next best thing I can do is put on huge strings and downtune.
I'm willing to file down the nut, file the tuning pegs even, only concern is if it could fit the saddles, else I'm totally going for it. I only play at bedroom volumes, so I imagine that the frequencies won't be a problem for my Boss Katana 50 Gen 3.
I want a straight yes or no, or a technical answer if it's short. I do not respect myself, so all risks don't matter as much.

I just bought a Yamaha F310 off Amazon. And I was wondering, are these lines from joining 3 pieces of wood together? Or is it natural? as I feel like it makes my guitar look weird and square, is this normal for it to be completely identical on each side. I haven’t really seen this on other guitars.

Thanks.

I really don’t want to join the “X percent of people give up on guitar within the first year” statistic, but I’m close to doing so. There is no more day by day progression, however minuscule, no matter what I try and what I try to do differently. I could slow down a song to turtle speed and be okay, but once I try to build back up, I fall apart again. And over and over. Same thing with scales. I start off slow but can’t ever quite get to regular speed without mistakes piling up. Just no coordination anymore, and I have to show up to each lesson every week looking like I’ve put zero time into the material I’m supposed to work on, despite putting in as much time as I can stand before frustration builds and I get defeated and put it down. It often seems like the only thing I’ll ever be good at it is strumming and doing chords. Like single note picking and solos are beyond me.

I basically have to convince myself to keep going every single day. To try and put in just a little more time hoping I’ll break through, only to not do so. I always fall short. And I’m just not having fun anymore, plain and simple. It’s just become work and grinding. For some people, that’s no biggie. But for me, it’s not, and I hate that.

I just don’t feel like playing anymore, yet I don’t want to just give up and quit my lessons and let it collect dust for the foreseeable future. Any advice?

Last time I was in a guitar shop, it was after a LONG break and I could not play anything so it was basically checking for fret buzzes.

But I've gotten much better since, and as someone with plenty of time, I like thinking how it will work out. What will I riff on once I get an actually good guitar in my hands? Because yes, I admit, I am vain, and I seek approval from others.

kind of bored with my epiphone and i am eyeing a fender model because i want more comfortablity, plus i know someone who makes some nice tele bodies and i may just buy one to make my own

It's hard to explain what I mean. I'm not saying they sound like single coils or anything but, lets say, when playing The Trooper by Iron Maiden, doing those fast trills on the G and B string, the sound isn't particularly full.

I was using nines to start with and switched to 13s and that greatly improved the fuel in playability for this particular guitar. Maybe I just need thicker strings again??

But it's like that no matter what or what amp settings I use. It's something with the guitar or the strings or the setup I'm positive.

I play a mahogany Explorer. Recently set up by a tech I trust. Place terrific. I've used different string gauges and this is there no matter what.

Just trying to figure out if this is a problem I need to sort out or if this is just how the pickups are because I've never played these before.

I am the guy that made a post recently about the temperature and humidity changes in my place which caused tuning problems, So could it be something with that where the nut is being affected and it's pinching the string a bit or something?

Maybe the bridge or saddles are at the wrong angles etc?

We just love some feedback if anybody knows what I'm talking about here.

Thanks you guys!

Since I started studying guitar, I’ve been making software to make things easier for myself—and publishing it online.

My teacher showed me this sheet music for guitar. Below each line, there’s a tablature. I found it extremely useful. We know reading sheet music isn't easy, but tabs make it accessible.

Someone made this transcription by hand, purely out of love for the art. But I think it’s such a great resource that I built a system to upload sheet music and embed the tablature right into it. No ads, no cost.

I ignore if there are programs like Guitar Pro that already solved this, but hey, I don't use complex apps.

If you try it out, let me know how it goes!

https://acordesdeguitarra.com.ar/en/partitura-y-tablatura

Be free to ask anything!!!

Hi, i ran into trouble with my Legator Ghost a while back, that my lower B string, couldn't be tuned properly. I set it aside for some time and decided to restring it today.

When trying to insert the string into the bridge i noticed the ball joint wasn't caught by the mechanism. Only when removing the springloaded sliding part, i noticed small pieces of metal inside.

Question is, what can i do to fix it? I couldn't find any replacement parts or should i contact Thomann, where i bought it a few years ago?

Thank you all in advance

Hi, I've been thinking about my old guitar's wear of frets and wood damage on fretboard as shown on the pictures for some time. All I do is change strings and put dunlop oil few times a year. Should I replace the frets? What about the "sinking" wood on the fretboard. Thank youf for your advice.

TL;DR — Overall it took 3 months, 43 emails, 1 phone call to receive a pre-built boutique guitar from a showroom on my continent from Emerald Guitars. The guitar is nice but the service was terrible. Would definitely not choose again.

Hi all, I had come to this subreddit to do research in the past and before making this purchase, so I'm hoping to share a pretty terrible customer service experience with Emerald Guitars out of Ireland in hopes of saving others from a similar situation.

Emerald Guitars is a boutique carbon fiber guitar shop out of Ireland. I purchased one of their flagship line, Virtuo on June 19 from the available stock in the US store as a birthday gift to myself and selected 3 to 5 day shipping. After hearing nothing beyond an order confirmation for 5 days, I reached out.

I was told the US shop was on vacation and would ship upon their return. No big deal, I have other guitars to play in the meantime. It eventually shipped June 29, 10 days after my order and twice as long as the expected delivery window.

Once I received the guitar, the fit and finish are great, the guitar plays wonderfully. I spend most of my time unplugged but when I go to plug it in after a month, the 9V is dead after being unplugged all but maybe an hour over the first week I had it. I contact Emerald, they tell me to try a new battery, my first may have been a dud. I do that and after 3 days another 9V is dead. I email and let them know the issue repeated.

I'm told that the output jack is faulty, their US shop is closed for the week and they'll get back to me the week after. I wait until Tuesday to ask for an update and hear back Wednesday they're just reaching out to the workshop team. They ask if I'd be comfortable repairing it myself with some soldering on a video call. I tell them I'd rather have my guitar working from the manufacturer.

I wait another 5 days to hear back. By this time I'm out of town for a week, they say to let them know when I'm back in town. When I do, they say they will get in touch with their US shop in FL. I wait 2 days to ask for an update and they say they've initiated a return and the US shop should generate a return label shortly.

I wait another 5 days to ask for an update, it takes 2 days for them to get back and ask if the guitar is shipped. I let them know I've yet to receive the promised return label. I ship the guitar the next day.

I wait 12 days and email for an update — my guitar has been delivered for over a week without any word. I'm told the sales rep (Kevin) I've been working with will reach out to their tech at the US shop.

I wait another 2 weeks and email for another update having heard nothing. I'm told I was given an update that it was due to be fixed this week. When I point out the last email I received, I get a couple of messages in series that he's checking the outbox and it looks like there may have been a glitch with the messages sending.

The next day I get a call during business hours from the tech in Florida. He leaves a message and when I return it, I catch him after hours. He was calling to find out what the problem was because nobody had told him, and his prelim testing was normal. When I tell him it was supposed to be an output swap, he says ok no prob. He has to wait for a part from Ireland, it gets swapped out and is shipped back to me, arriving 6 days after my convo with the tech. Phew.

It works so far (arrived with a functioning 9v inside lol) and plays nice, but this experience stunk.

It's an absolute stunner, but I can't figure out the tuning to begin with. WARNING if you're listening with headphones (advised as it sounds great), there is a loud piece of dialogue at the end and tyre screeching to boot. Thanks in advance for any help x

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve owned both, played both.

But I don’t know many guitar players in person, so it’s be interesting to see any hot takes on the toooc you don’t find in sponsored YouTube reviews.

Hey y'all,

I just recently broke a second low C string in like a month. I really don't play very often either... couple times a week for an hour or two if I am lucky. This last one just broke at the tuner, the previous one broke near the bridge.

Guitar is LTD EC1000 that (I thought) was set up for full step down / drop C tuning. Strings were both on the heavier side - this last one was 0.60 gauge D'Addario NYXL (12-60), and the previous one I broke was an Ernie Ball; would've been similar gauge, maybe a little lighter... 0.56 or so? No other issues with any other strings.

Anything to look out for? I am a filthy casual guys please be gentle 😅.

Thanks!

Hi new to this sub and have been playing guitar for a few monthes but this video is the first video I took of myself fingerpicking but I find it sounds really bad even though I am playing the correct notes? Is it to do with my tempo or technique or what is the issue with it( Apologies for the basic song just the song I knew well enough to have enough of a sample to show my issue) Thanks for any advice or help!

I have always thought those "fix your problem in 30 days" things were a scam, so if you've actually bought it, how is it?

The upper humbuckers on my js32 warrior have a slight buzz if I pick on a lower string. The guitar is almost brand new, and the buzzing happens physically to the pickups, without an amp. What would be an easy fix without having to send it in for warranty repair and wait a month for it? Would putting a thin foam piece in the gaps work?

I am a self-learning beginner to guitar, so dont really know. Is my action too high for an acoustic guitar?

Her names bella, i did a lot to her over the years, first ever electric, gonna get a warmoth neck next, so her playability can keep up with my nicer guitars. What else should i do cosmetically?

I just got by new guitar back from my tech. It used to be in Ibanez RG but now it's biblically accurate.

Ok so I have pretty interesting fingers, I can do this with all of my fingers except one thumb. My pinky does this thing whenever I press it down on the fretboard, making it even SHORTER THAN IT ALREADY IS, and less mobile and it also tenses up my other fingers a bit. I already have small hands so this is a pain and keeps me from effectively using all of my fingers correctly on the fretboard.

Does someone else deal with this issue? I haven't found anything on this online and I am really desperate.

The songs are raining blood by slayer, johny b goode by chuck berry and dig up her bones by the misfits

Just seeing what comes through and trying not to get caught up in the imperfections, enjoy!