I got my Deryck guitar!!!! But I have some questions

Sum41Ant27 · Post by **Sum41Ant27** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:32 pm

Ok so this is my first guitar, besides Guitar Hero ones, and I was just messin' around with the guitar last night. I noticed that there's two knobs with numbers on it. What are those for? Also how do I know what to put my amp on to make the guitar sound like more of Sum 41's songs? I'm gettin' one of my firends to teach me guitar. It's gonna be hard cause I have to learn righty and I'm a lefty, but we'll see how it goes. I'll put pics up later if you guys are interested.

Asho_DirtyPoo · Post by **Asho_DirtyPoo** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:52 pm

...why didn't you get a guitar you could play lefty?

ChapStick · Post by **ChapStick** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:09 pm

Yeah i'd change your guitar if i was you, you can't just learn to play with the oposite hand to what feels natural to you.

budgie · Post by **budgie** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:38 pm

or... you could buy a packet of strings and string your guitar upside-down so you can play left handed

Mr-David-Blues · Post by **Mr-David-Blues** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:51 pm

2 knobs with numbers on them?...
you are joking arent you?...

Gibsum 41 · Post by **Gibsum 41** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:55 pm

One of the knobs is to adjust the guitar's volume, the other is for the tone.

Post by **Boni** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:21 pm

Asho_DirtyPoo wrote:...why didn't you get a guitar you could play lefty?

I'm a lefty and I play right hand,
I found it quite easy to be honest

playker · Post by **playker** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:18 pm

there is a lot of people who is lefty and plays guitar with the right hand and some people can play with both hands for example brad delson (linkin park)

Kano · Post by **Kano** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:59 am

no offense please please please PLEASE get a starter guitar u obviously no nothing about guitars if u don't know what those two knobs with numbers on em are and by the way they are volume and tone

budgie · Post by **budgie** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:11 am

Kano wrote:no offense please please please PLEASE get a starter guitar u obviously no nothing about guitars if u don't know what those two knobs with numbers on em are and by the way they are volume and tone

that is his starter guitar.
its deryck's tele - deryck said himself that it is suitable for beginners
everybodys gotta learn sometime

AVA182b · Post by **AVA182b** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:22 am

yeah a telecaster is a pretty good starter guitar. and if he hasn't played guitar b4 how is he supposed to know what the tone and volume knobs are for?

Rick · Post by **Rick** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:48 am

its really not hard to switch it to left..all you gotta do is sand down these little things holding the strings at the end of the neck. but uh...wow, just wow.

i can guarantee you that you will not get the same sound as sum 41, because most likely you are playing through a shitty amp and not thousands of dollars worth of equipment, the best you could do is turn distortion on.

Post by **Jeremy Kill** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:39 am

Yeah, one knob for volume and one for tone. You know, you could've figured out the volume one easily by just dinking around with the guitar.

I don't know why you'd by a right-handed guitar if you knew you were left-handed...

Claudia · Post by **Claudia** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:01 pm

When I learnt to play guitar, I bought one of those books that explain the besics n stuff... maybe you should get oen too ;)

d4rkst4r · Post by **d4rkst4r** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:29 pm

Deryck's Guitar is a starter guitar, and I hate it, I wish he'd make the one he ACTUALLY plays instead of downright lying about it.

Phili · Post by **Phili** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:40 pm

d4rkst4r wrote:...instead of downright lying about it.

?

Post by **Jeremy Kill** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:13 am

Phili wrote:
d4rkst4r wrote:...instead of downright lying about it.
?

I think he means the Signature sucks despite everything Deryck said about it sounding good and like the guitar he plays live.

I've only seen Deryck play Underclass Hero songs with it but it still sounds pretty crappy. The tone just seems flat and weak. It's good for beginners because beginners won't give a shit about what sound the guitar has, only that it's Deryck's sig and it must sound good.

Deryck should've at least thrown in a better pickup than the HB-102. I don't know my woods very well, but apparently Agathis is pretty low quality. So, low quality wood + low quality pickup equals low quality sound... I know Deryck wanted to make it affordable but he sacrificed a lot of quality just so fans could buy his axe.

budgie · Post by **budgie** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:31 am

the type of wood does not affect the sound very much

goonday41 · Post by **goonday41** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:17 am

budgie wrote:the type of wood does not affect the sound very much

not to be a dick, but you couldnt be any more wrong

ChapStick · Post by **ChapStick** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:27 pm

Gunner wrote:
Phili wrote:
d4rkst4r wrote:...instead of downright lying about it.
?

I've only seen Deryck play Underclass Hero songs with it but it still sounds pretty crappy. The tone just seems flat and weak. It's good for beginners because beginners won't give a shit about what sound the guitar has, only that it's Deryck's sig and it must sound good.

Deryck doesn't use the signature though, he'll be using a proper fender not a squier.