Hi everyone. I've found the guitar I would like to buy on Reverb but it will need to be shipped to the UK from Netherlands. Having never owned an electric guitar I don't really know if they travel well or not. Does anyone have any experience that they could share please?
I'm also trying to work out tax, VAT etc. Nightmare.

And last but not least do guitars need to be 'set up' or are they ready to play? The one I want is new if that makes a difference.

Thank you all so much for any help you can give me.

Happy Friday Synner family,
I hope you’ve all had an excellent week! I’m unbelievably stoked to let you know that producer, mixer, songwriter, musician, engineer and all around legend, Fred Archambault will be the next guest on @Radu-Cristian Perde’s “Rad Synner Show”, exclusively on SynTV!

As many of you may know, Fred worked with Avenged Sevenfold on “Waking the Fallen”, “City of Evil” and “Avenged Sevenfold”, but he’s also worked with Deftones, Atreyu, Panic! At the Disco, and many more! He and Radu will be discussing a wide range of topics including where Fred’s love of music came from, how he first heard about A7x, how their first meeting went, what it was like working with artists such as Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran and TONS more!

This stream will be goin down on:
Saturday, July 30th at 1pm PST / 4pm EST

Tell your friends, tell your co-workers, tell your co-workers friends, tell whoever you know and let’s get this stream POPPIN for Fred and Rad!

Hi this is my first time here! I just buy my first guitar today at my 33 years.... and i want to learn just for fun... I've seen a couple of videos and threads and this comunity is amazing, and i drop a few tears watching the child learning in a video here...

Thanks for made this comunity and learning system the quality and the warm people are just amazing
And Sinister Gates and Papa Gates are just spacemans that come to earth and give you the portal to a dimension where everithing is beatiful and possible with practice and love for music!!!!

This is my blue thing....

Sup Synners!

So, as a few of you might know, when I'm not playing a guitar or working on art, I'm often found glued to my camera. Because of this, I figured that I would make a thread to share some of my own shots and encourage you all to do the same, if you feel so inclined! Sure, it's fun to be in front of the camera as many musicians and artists want to be, but behind behind the lens is, in my opinion, just as fun if not more!

To kick off, I thought I would share two shots from my most recent gig on May 24th, featuring Defects and Bullet For My Valentine. I'll tell you a little bit about what I did, where I was, all that fun stuff! I will add, this was the first time I'd shot a "big" band, and probably the third or forth time capturing a live gig like this, so I've definitely got a long way to go, but it's the journey that matters.



So first off, we have Defects! Technical details first - I use a Nikon D3200 with the most basic 18-55mm auto kit lens you can find, and this will most likely be the case for a while until I get an upgrade . For this shot, I had 1/125s shutter speed (fast enough to get mostly clear shots without removing too much light), ISO 800 (makes dark photos brighter but oh dear lord the grain, as you may have seen) and an aperture of F4.5 (I would've much preferred around 2.8 but gotta make do - Lower is better in dark situations, from my experience). Finally, I edited in Lightroom and ended up making a whole bunch of presets for this gig that I'll most likely never use again . I didn't have a photo pass, rather I waited all day to make sure I got barrier, and shot from the crowd. There wasn't too much shoving this early on into the set, so I was able to get plenty of shots and most came out nice and clear-ish. The red and blue lighting was a bit tricky to adjust to at first, as it tended to remove a lot of the detail on the faces and arms compared to the clearer, white lights. However in some circumstances like this one, it did lead to my favourite contrast ever (if you've seen my IG... you know what I mean). Overall, these guys were fantastic!



And finally, we have what is currently my favourite shot from BFMV! Technical stuff - Same camera, same lens, slightly faster shutter speed of 1/160s (their lighting was slightly better overall as they used the bright lights much more often, so I could increase the speed and still get clear shots), same ISO of 800 (this did vary between 400 and 800 throughout the night, depending on song/lighting), and same aperture of F4.5 (I didn't touch this during the gig.) Taking photos during Bullet's set was much more of a challenge. Between the moshers crushing the barrier, crowdsurfers coming in overhead and security standing in *just* the wrong place (no disrespect, they were all fantastic at their jobs, just unfortunate on my part) I had to try time everything the best I could. This shot was just after their first or second song, so before all the chaos took place, and the lights just happened to go up right at the perfect time for a clear shot of Matt Tuck. Later on, I'd end up being whisked out of the crowd due to a neck injury, but all is well and it was worth it!

So yeah, that's what I have to share for now! I'd love to hear any feedback or comments, and even more so, I'd love to see you all share your own photos, whether they're taken on your phone or on a camera (OR, if you're absolutely mad, on a 3DS. I've seen you people out there and I respect you ). They don't have to be gig related either - Just any nice photos you'd like to share and talk about! I'd love to just share some appreciation of photography with everyone because it truly is a wonderful art and I feel sometimes it can get a little overlooked despite how often we consume this kind of media!

Finally, I plan to do a SynTV stream at some point in the near future where I edit a few photos with you all! I don't have a date set for this yet, but once I do, I will let you know!

Cheers everyone!

I recently bought a Syn Gates custom S and has been working fine up until a few days ago. The bridge pickup gets a really weak output, sometimes it can be shortly fixed by moving to the neck and back to the bridge but eventually it weakens out. I took it to GC and they told me it was the selector switch, although I’m not sure how much I trust the guy who told me that. Any possible fixes?

Hey guys!

This was a hard one, but Syn looked over the names, your designs, and the votes and chose this name as the winner!

SGS-Wattage

Congrats @Ed Seith your name won the contest and you'll be receiving a free amp!

BUT! There is also another winner:

Ampy McAmpface

Haha congrats @chris_is_cool! Although you aren't officially naming the amp, you will be receiving a free one!

Thanks to everyone who participated and to those of you who didn't win, there will be plenty of contest opportunities in the future! ....like maybe November 23rd *wink wink*

Happy Tuesday, friends!
I’m just dropping in with a quick reminder that Papa Gates will be having his 3rd livestream on Tuesday, July 26th at 9 am PST / 12 pm EST! Not only is this stream FREE for everyone, but I’ve also been informed that it will indeed be both funky AND fresh!

Papa Gates Stream #3

And don’t forget about the current contest where you can win a 1 - 1 lesson with Papa Gates himself! All you have to do is is gift a “Legend” or “Legend+” subscription to a friend, with each gifted sub acting as an additional chance to win! Nice and simple.

Stoked to see you all at the stream!

Hello there my name is Juan and I am new here. I am from Puerto Rico.. hope to see you all around..

Hey everyone. Completly random post... I've started a new job which means I'm on the bus for 4 hours a day (I'm trying to learn how to drive but I suck at it ) and I suddenly have so much time to listen to music. So I've realised that every single Avenged Sevenfold album holds so many memories for me. From drunken crazy nights out, the birth of my children, being hospitalised...
I particularly remember having unholy confessions as my ring tone all those years ago and being absolutely delighted everytime someone rang me. I didn't want to answer. Ahhh to be young
What memories do you you all have?

Hey everyone. I hope you are all good? I've tried searching the site but cannot find what I'm looking for. Is there a timetable for the upcoming events that you can take advantage of with an account upgrade? I'm sure I'm missing something and I'll end up very embarrassed. Ha ha.

So yesterday at work, I umm made a mistake. I now have stitches in my left middle finger. Needless to say I am still going to try and teach my friend who is still very new at playing. Its going to a little difficult trying to teach but not show. But more than likely I will find some songs that can be played without using that finger. Learning experience I suppose. Or I will drink beer and just let him jam out to what he knows so far to get the muscle memory going.

Had a few hours to kill over the weekend so I attempted to cover Hail to the King! I found a backing track for the drums and bass but played all guitars myself (rhythm, both harmonies, solo). Let me know what you think! I know I botched the solo a bit... some of those licks are pretty hard and I didn't feel like spending all day perfecting it.

I used a Fractal Axe FX-III with Syn's Cab Packs to make the tones here. I am pretty happy with the rhythm tone overall, but feel like it could use more teeth and bass. I am still struggling to get a great solo tone - this one has too much pick attack and is a bit squeaky at times. Can't figure out how to cut down on that - I've tried a lot of different settings. Welcome any suggestions in improving the tone!

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I was wondering if Synner shipped items to the uk cos Im thinking about buying the dark night guitar but idk if it would ship

One of my favorite Jimmy Page quotes is:

“I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.”

Not only is it one of my favorite Jimmy Page quotes, but it’s one of my favorite points of musical discussion. I asked this on Twitter but I’m dying to ask it here. What makes your playing uniquely YOU? And how do you want to expand upon it? I’m not just talking about guitar either. What makes the way you play your instrument, or draw your drawings, or write your writings, or whatever your form of artistic expression may be, what makes it special and unique to you?

Hello. I'm Cleo and I am new to this community, new to guitar and am really pleased to be here.

I've always wanted to learn guitar but life has this way of making me do other stuff. But here I am, ready to learn. Finally.

I grew up listening to Guns N Roses mainly (Thanks Dad) but I don't think that I ever loved music as much as when I discovered Avenged Sevenfold when Waking the Fallen came out.

Maybe one day I'll be able to play one of their songs... in about 25 years ha ha.

I am currently at that stage of choosing my first electric guitar which is tricky when I've no idea what I need... I am having fun looking though.

Thanks for having me.

My friend recently purchased a guitar. He is a absolute beginner like we all were at one point. What are some simple songs that I can teach him so he doesn't get discouraged?
I taught him E by Emmure yesterday. Plus its more fun playing and being able to watch your friends develop their skills and style of playing.

I got this, did it with head math.



Frets E string : 0-1-3-5-7-8-10-12
Note Name : E-F-G-A-B-C-D-E
Steps : H-W-W-W-H-W-W

A string : 0-2-3-5-7-8-10-12
A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A
W-H-W-W-H-W-W

D string : 0-2-3-5-7-9-10-12
D-E-F-G-A-B-C-D
W-H-W-W-W-H-W

G string : 0-2-4-5-7-9-10-12
G-A-B-C-D-E-F-G
W-W-H-W-W-H-W

B string : 0-1-3-5-6-8-10-12
B-C-D-E-F-G-A-B
H-W-W-H-W-W-W

Are the steps scales or could they be?

Not sure how but maybe this could be expanded upon.

My new computer only came in Rose Gold. Had to make it better.

How far should the strap be up while standing for best playability

Hi, sometimes I practice vocals/singing and it can go decent. Often for like 2-3 days after a good day my voice is messed up, it's like dry or hoarse and I notice my tone when at the store or something. For a while I kept getting worried I damaged my voice or something but I think it's from the practice ( among other things ).
Is this normal and are there ways to prevent this? I'm not very experienced and have been kind of going about it my own way.
I heard drinking tea and having ice cream is good.

I need to go for now

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYN! Thank you for being such a great influence and person to look up to. I think I speak for all of us including myself when I say that you and Avenged have pulled us out of some very difficult times in our lives and instead gave us inspiration and a peace of mind. Thank you for all the great music but more importantly this great place for all of us Synners to hang out and learn from each other. Have a great rest of your day and I hope You and everyone else are doing well ( :

Cordially

-Ian

This is a pixel art that I made for celebrating Syn's birthday

Happy birthday Syn !

Hello,

Did any of you guys get your hands on any of the goldburst guitars that were numbered and signed for guitar center? I've got #99 of #100 and was curious to how many of yall were able to snag them

Today is the birthday of one of the greatest guitarist who brought such amazing music with Avenged Sevenfold and made this amazing Synner School

Happy birthday Synyster Gates !
Thank you so much for what you did

Hello everyone!

As the title suggest, Papa Gates's livestream will be free from now on so everyone is welcome to join on July 26th at 9h00 (PST)/ 12h00 (EDT)/ 18h00 (CET)!

But that's not all... Wanna to have a 1 on 1 lesson with Papa Gates?

Well, here is your chance! All you have to do is gift a legend or legend+ subscription to a friend and each gift will act as a ticket to increase your chances of winning the lesson with Papa!

Good luck everyone and see you soon!

- Rad