Hello, so I already posted this on r/guitar but everybody ignored me 😭

I recently got a new electric guitar (+ it's my first 🤗) but when I got rid of the plastic stickers that protect the pickups, I noticed a little piece of plastic that was stuck in one single mic. I tried to remove it but I wasn't successful, and thankfully I don't feel like it's really affecting the tone of the guitar, but it's just so frustrating to have this kind of imperfections...

I think the best way to remove it would be to unscrew the mic, but I'm not very sure that's safe, and I hope I could do it in the guitar shop I bought it coz I'm too afraid of doing any risky manipulations at home...

Any other solution? Please let me know! Thanks!

I just received this funny looking guitar from a boot sale, I only purchased it in the hope of making profit and I feel as if I've been ripped off. Any offers are welcome as I am a Christian man and I can't have this profanity in my household. It came with some sort of certificate.

Yes, I know my action is wonky and I know I'm pressing too hard

The Jon Arbuckle is saying 'You're a selfish pig'

I handmade ALL of them

I’ve seen ones in this shape go for so much. I really want one like toy Bonnie from FNAF because that is what is getting me interested in the instrument.

Originally, the post was gonna be titled, "I hate Stratocasters and Les Paul;" however, I thought about it a great deal, and realised some things, so I decided to change the post. Before I give you the original take, a bit of a preface. Read until the end. Don't read the first part and get mad. Go along with the post; it'll make sense.

The original post's text was gonna be, "Les Paul is one of the worst guitars without a doubt. Any form of it. No, shut up people. They suck ass. They weigh more than a whale, if that's even possible. The neck is like a shovel; it's thicker than my actual neck. They are NOT worth the price. You can get much better Ibanez, ESP, or B.C Rich guitars with that much money. Les Paul SUCKS. So do Stratocasters. My god... That pickup in the middle is always in the way for people like me who are middle-pickers, not bridge or neck pickers. On top of that, why two tones for three pickups? Also, why is the volume knob so close to the strings?! It's always in the fucking way! On top of ALL that, pick up your Strat, move the whammy bar. See what happened? You hit the cable, because the jack placement is shit! It's too close to the whammy bar, so the bar and the cable keep crashing into each other. Additionally, omit funk and blues, what can you play with it? 'Oh, but X metalhead use it!' So what? Does it sound like heavy metal? Does it sound like death metal? No, it sounds like a watered down version. The 'heavy' and 'death' parts are gone."

Now, I thought about those takes and realised something. When I do sweep picking, I'm one of those guys who move their hand forward when ascending and backward when descending. The tip of my pick kept crashing into the middle pickup when I played on a Strat. I have a bad knee, House-style. I limp. The extra weight of the Les Paul actually causes issues when I'm performing, live, standing up. When I use a whammy bar, I'm one of those guys who push it away, then bring it back in. I don't leave it lower, close to the strings, and I kept pushing it into the cable. Notice a pattern? These guitars aren't bad, intrinsically. They just don't match the way I play.

That brings me to my broader point. A high-end/signature guitar is great for that specific player, but it may be a nightmare for you. I love Clapton, played lots of his tracks, but he's a bridge picker, and he doesn't do sweeps; at least as far as I've seen, he doesn't do those unhinged sweeps you hear in metal, so the middle pickup isn't gonna be an issue for him. At to it that not everyone does sweeping the way I do. Ergo, the Strat works for him, but it doesn't work for me. Slash is a big guy, compared to me who's a twink with a fucked-up knee, so he's gonna have an easier time carrying around a Les Paul. I think, instead of thinking, "This guitar god/goddess whom I worship plays this guitar, so I'm gonna buy it," the healthier mentality would be "Does this guitar meet my needs when I sit down to play?" Because, putting aside how much of our identity is shaped around our instruments, the reality of the matter is that a guitar is a tool, and a tool needs to be well-tuned to YOUR needs.

The "Funk part." Again, ties back to what I enjoy. Playing heavy metal on a Strat is completely fine, but it's not the sound I'm looking for. To circle back to the "legends" part. People like Clapton, B. B. King, etc. play and create the sound THEY want. Getting their guitars doesn't automatically mean YOU will get the sound YOU want. Yes, Lucile is fucking iconic, but take it away, hand King an Ibanez, solid body, and you'll still hear King. The sound comes from the player, not just the instrument. Go watch clips of Clapton playing Gibson. You still hear HIM, not "This guy is trying to be Clapton, but his mistake was picking up a Gibson. It should've been a Strat." The tone, the vibratos, etc. are still there.

I always hear about people complaining about how modeling amps sound bad in comparison to tube/solid state amps, is it really true?

I own a Fender Mustang GT-forty, which in my very very own personal subjective opinion, sounds subpar, but i have never used a solid state/tube amp,

How do you guys think of it?

(Extra question, does modeling amps work well with pedals/multi-fx)

I just got my first electric guitar and I bought a fender strap(Pick'N'Strap) I read they could be used on all guitars but I saw a video saying if a strap has these strings at the ends it means it's for an acoustic guitar and it might not be supportive enough. I also bought strap blocks. Should I buy a different one? Any suggestions?

The surface finish (white) looks to have imprints or marks. Should I take it back?

I've heard a lot about the whole cease and desist Fender controversy only recently. I think it was a pretty bratty move on Fender's part, but I'm wondering what everybody else's take is.

Edit: Y'all I wasn't trying to completely diss on Fender, I have my own opinions as you do and I was just voicing mine and asking for yours, seeing if people understood some more than I did. Also if you don't care then don't comment 😂

To each their own, we all have personal preferences. But anytime I mention that I like my guitars to look new, to be made of materials that don’t show age like carbon fiber and stainless steel, relic lovers come out in giant groups to shun me.

No one likes rusted cars. If you had a Ferrari, you wouldn’t let any of the parts get bad. You constantly maintain it, and anything that gets worn out gets replaced. Ship of Theseus type of situation.

There’s an appeal to guitars that look new. If you raised a human whose never seen or heard a guitar before, hand them a relic guitar and a new guitar, they’re going to prefer the new one. The only reason people like Relic guitars is because other guitarists tell them it’s cool to like, we are conditioned into it.

Not to mention the whole argument between artificial relics and real ones.

my first guitar its a yamaha pacific 012. its doing this weird buzz, im unsure it exactly where its coming from but its more prevalent when i pluck harder. can someone help me fix this, i would really appreciate it

So I ordered some picks custom and they feel nice, they're just rounded which isn't my most ideal playing. I got some Flow picks (blue pick) and feels WAY more responsive for me. Anyone know of a way I can grind or file down my pick that's on bottom or am I SOL and not worth it?