You could rotate it in GIMP or something. Anyway, here is my guitar:



For reference, here's the acoustic guitar I played on before I got my electric guitar (I hate it now):



EDIT: Because why not, this is the piano I played on before I stopped doing that:



EDIT2: Apparently I didn't say this, but nice, aeTIos

Many bassists only use their index, middle and pinky fingers when playing on the lower strings. One of the song I thought I'd be playing (turned out I was practising one song too much) didn't allow that though.

It went like this

I have played the bass for a gig once, but there are some things that are tougher than you'd expect. For one thing the frets on a bass are much bigger, making playing on the lower few frets really stretchy. Also, playing without a pick sounds so much better on a bass than with a pick. Another thing that's tough is keeping other strings from vibrating when playing one. This also happens on a guitar, but much less so.

I just realized that I never showed you what my guitar looked like, only on hangouts. I'm still really happy with the deal I got on it. €180 for a Jackson KE3, that thing retailed for €800 when it still was in the stores.

I guess I'll upload some pics tomorrow when it's light again.

Yay! Hope you'll like it. Make sure to throw some pictures our way when it arrives!

A bass kind of is the glue between the drums and the guitar, and it's an octave lower than a normal guitar, so yes, it is needed. Yes, you can pitch-shift a guitar down an octave, but that honestly sounds like crap.

I guess this is due to additional noises (pick sounds, the sound of your hand moving over the strings) being lowered an octave too, but also some dynamics of a bass being different (think of palm mutes, the act of putting the side of your picking hands to mute the strings a bit. Think of the chugging sound that you can hear in the rhythm guitar tracks of metal songs).

(I also wish the editing area of Tapatalk was bigger. I wonder what that little plus does. Hey, it makes it bigger, yay )

I have actually been thinking of getting a cheap bass guitar for some time now. But even the cheap ones cost, and I could also spend it on cool things like a GTX 970, a 7-string or a prime...

This wikipedia article explains it pretty well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_timings

RAM speed is relevant during pretty much everything, but it's just that it isn't a bottleneck anymore above a certain point. Also, 1600MHz RAM isn't necessarily faster than 1333MHz - timings matter too. This is especially the case with 1600MHz vs 1866MHz.

RAM speed barely matters, you might lose an FPS or 2 with 1333MHz.

My specs:

Desktop:
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VI Hero (Z87)
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.4GHz (with stock cooler, planning to upgrade cooler)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6950 (planning to upgrade the thing soon, probably a GTX 970)
RAM: 6GB of Kingston ValueRAM @ 1333MHz
Storage: 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SSD, 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (sucks!), 1TB WD Blue WD10EZEX
PSU: OCZ ModXStream 700W (planning to change to a more silent, lower capacity PSU)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (black, window)

Mouse: Logitech G502 "Proteus Core"
Keyboard: CoolerMaster Storm QuickFire TK (Cherry MX Blue)
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster T220 (1680x1050, might upgrade some day), some Dell 17" 1280x1024 secondary

OS: Windows 8.1

Laptop:
Acer Aspire 6930
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.0GHz
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS
RAM: 4GB
Storage: 2 x 320GB 5400RPM

OS: Arch Linux

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on February 04, 2015, 05:16:12 PM
As for the wrist thing is it because of risks of getting cut by the strings or something or more long term injuries caused by bad posture?

Injuries caused by bad posture.

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on February 04, 2015, 05:16:12 PM
Also stupidly crazy idea I had: Would using hair as strings work?

It might, if you interweave enough of them so they survive the fairly high tension. It won't work on electric guitars though, as the pick-ups use magnetic fields to pick up the vibrations, so the strings have to be made of some metal.

I don't have any lessons either, and my playing is coming along fairly nicely. Don't think it won't take time though!

Most important thing to keep in mind: try keeping your wrist straight at all times. Most important thing to avoid injuries.

That'd make them too high pitched, wouldn't it?

It could be that your bridge is worn out, causing the action to be too low.