TalkGuitar.com ?

Vosk · #1 08-17-2006, 03:09 AM

Is there an equivilant site to Talkbass for guitar? With experienced members like there are here?

If so, link me.

If not, start one!

Bruce Lindfield · #2 08-17-2006, 03:27 AM

It's been asked many times before - at least a dozen - and the answer is always - No!

Pennydreadful · #3 08-17-2006, 03:44 AM

Meh...who cares...

Dave Muscato · #4 08-17-2006, 03:46 AM

There are lots of great guitar forums. My favorite is FenderForum.com (aka FDP, the Fender Discussion Page). It's mostly centered around Fender instruments, but the Misc forum there is open to any brand. They're a little bigger than Talkbass (55,000+ members) and use their own software, but it works well. My username over there is the same as here, Dave Muscato. I've been a member for about 8 years. Hope to see you there!

Dave

Link: http://www.fenderforum.com

GYang · #5 08-17-2006, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vosk

Is there an equivilant site to Talkbass for guitar? With experienced members like there are here?

If so, link me.

If not, start one!

Seems that guitarists are more egocentric than bassists as community.

I played guitar for many years, but like and appreciate bass more.
I found that bassists in general are better people. No flame here bros.
Talkbass is one of the best forums indeed (just loads sometimes slowly)

I'm member of 2 guitars related forums:

PRS and other brands

http://forums.birdsandmoons.com/forum/index.php?

Thorn

http://p092.ezboard.com/bthornnewsanddiscussionpage

PilbaraBass · #6 08-17-2006, 04:41 AM

the closest thing I could find to TalkGuitar.com is

http://www.ijusthadalobotamy.com/forum

tkozal · #7 08-17-2006, 05:51 AM

http://thegearpage.net/board/

seriously...

**WillPlay4Food** · #8 08-17-2006, 05:54 AM

You might have better luck getting your answer by searching the Misc. forums as this question comes up at least once a year. Anyway, here's a couple places I know off the top of my head:

http://www.guitarnoise.com/
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums

lpdeluxe · #9 08-17-2006, 07:16 AM

When I first got DSL, I started looking at g**tar forums. One thread started out as "Anyone here over 21?" and attracted a great many mature players who wanted to talk about more than whether a white tort pickguard on their Strat made the girls think they were seriously endowed*. Over the several years it was in existence, we managed to maintain civil and informative discourse...except for those jackasses who thought it highly clever to swamp the board with meaningless messages, or otherwise disrupt things with juvenile stunts. Eventually we all got tired of dealing with the turdhead g**tar players and wandered off to greener pastures, like Talkbass.com.

On the g**tar forums, there was so much of the "my Tele can beat up your Les Paul" and "if you don't play [insert appropriate term, such as 'death-metal-shred-chacha' as desired], you SUCK!" and other nonsense that the fun rather quickly went out of it.

The fact is, the boards were dominated by children with attitudes and their parent's PCs, and everyone else -- sooner or later -- bailed and left them to their food fights. =sigh=

However, there is always http://guitarnuts2.proboards45.com/index.cgi? but it focuses on tech issues, not so much the wide-ranging topics you find here.

Good luck in your search.

___
* I am not suggesting that any of these wankers would ever use such sophisticated terminology.

Phyrexian · #10 08-17-2006, 07:57 AM

Huge Racks Inc. is very great; there's a lot of very savvy gear-freaks up there... Mostly 'bout racks but there's other stuff too.

http://www.hugeracksinc.com/board/

Dave Muscato · #11 08-17-2006, 09:00 AM

What I like best about the Fender Forum is exactly what you guys are talking about. That forum is really more geared toward adults - in fact, I'd go so far as to the put the average age around 30. Plus, they've got a GREAT team of moderators, so "Les Pauls Suck!!!!1" (sic) threads don't really come up, people there know better.

jim777 · #12 08-17-2006, 09:58 AM

I'm a mod on a very large Ibanez guitar forum (maybe the largest), and you do indeed see a lot of very young people on those boards. I don't believe there is a guitar board equivalent to this site. I don't think there's a keyboard equivalent either. Most guitar boards are brand specific as well, so there's that angle. i don't see so much (honest) "my guitar is better than yours" stuff, but there is a lot of it. I guess some lines are doomed to played a billion times

DemoEtc · #13 08-17-2006, 10:08 AM

I second (or third?) guitarnoise.com. Lots of mature players there; lots of weekend warriors (lunchpail warriors), ex-pros, geezers (like me) and guys just having fun starting music in their 40s-50s.

Guitarlodge.com has really good participation too; more the "I jzt got a wawa peddel; wot do i do with it?" sorts of threads, but it's fun. Demographic is maybe more 14-35 or something. Guitarnoise feels more like 18-55 range.

FDP's fun, except for the guys who say "Well, if the pups aren't Fender, it ISN'T a Fender!" But that's pretty rare.

Bass. · #14 08-17-2006, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PilbaraBass

the closest thing I could find to TalkGuitar.com is

http://www.ijusthadalobotamy.com/forum

hahah

**T. B. Player** · #15 08-17-2006, 10:59 AM

www.jazzguitar.be

For all of you jazz guitarists - small forum, but no teens who want to know how to play the latest Green Day ball of distortion or Buckcherry "classic."

Remember - jazz guitarists make incredible bassists!! We know the theory, and we're not afraid to use it.

**MAJOR METAL** · #16 08-17-2006, 11:17 AM

This belongs in Misc. I am not aware of any guitar site that is like www.talkbass.com .

tplyons · #17 08-17-2006, 11:25 AM

+1 for fenderforum.com ... I'm also a bit of a guitard so I spend some time over there in the Strat and Tele forums, and stop by the basses every once in a while (though I feel like I'm cheating on TB)

chuckee · #18 08-17-2006, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vosk

Is there an equivilant site to Talkbass for guitar? With experienced members like there are here?

If so, link me.

If not, start one!

Check out the "new" <guitar.com>. I once frequented their site when tinkering around with my Fender Strat. The old site had a few olde heads who were interesting and shared their knowledge, insights, and experiences.

On the other hand, I thought there were a boatload of prima donnas whose main objective was to rip anyone who didn't love Fender or who didn't care for Gibson.

I haven't visited the site in many months. Hopefully, the new site's members are (overall) making it a better all around forum.

chuckee

Aaron Saunders · #19 08-17-2006, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T. B. Player

www.jazzguitar.be

For all of you jazz guitarists - small forum, but no teens who want to know how to play the latest Green Day ball of distortion or Buckcherry "classic."

Remember - jazz guitarists make incredible bassists!! We know the theory, and we're not afraid to use it.

I was in an ensemble at JazzWorks last August and there was a guitar player who played really well, IMO. Real nice guy, too -- he and I helped set up the mini-PAs. At one of the rehearsals, he asked if he could try out my bass...I said sure (there's no way he was going to hurt or anything.) Psh, thirty seconds later he gave it back to me rubbing his forearms with a new found respect for the real bass

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Bob Clayton · #20 08-17-2006, 05:17 PM

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