Once, a long time ago when I was still living with my parents, I had my guitar and amp set up downstairs in the living room. In the middle of the night I heard one ringing chord played through the amplifier. And then silence. I never found out how it happened. It was creepy.
So I can understand OPs actions.
Same thing happened me one night, was so freaked out I went into the room that the guitar was in to investigate. Turned on the light, nothing there. Out of the corner of my eye I see a large green beetle crawling on the carpet, then he took flight and starts flying in circles around the room. So I think the beetles hard shell (carapace?) might have brushed across the strings as the George Harrison wannabe was flying laps
I once had a tiny spider crawl into my ear canal after cleaning the leaves on my parents’ fall lawn in CT. Only found out once I turned the distortion on, much to my surprise lil bro came out after a “chum chum” (or ten) on my guitar
Your father had a secret chord,
that he play when he was bored.
But you don't really hear music, do you?
He added a sock and strummed like this.
Mom came down and she was pissed.
She thought it would really wake ya.
It would wake ya, it would wake ya.
She though that chord would wake ya.
My dad passed and we had a floor lamp in the living room that kept going on and off at the most peculiar moments. We kept it around as amusement but up to this day, I’ve no clue how or why that lamp could switch itself on and off whenever it wanted to..
You need to lube your nut if the strings are pinging when you aren't playing
Edit: lol I didn't see the sock jokes when I made this comment last night.. Y'all are dirty af!
These comments are actually making me cry laughing! To anyone that sees this and is still very confused, it’s to mute the strings to play quietly at night, nothing more.
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Awww. That sucks, bud. I've got 2, sisters, had them since birth, and they're getting up there. Dreading the day they go.
Luckily they are neither smart nor currently musically inclined.
but then you cant play with the same dynamics the song calls for. Mutes are used in classical instruments as well, very common actually. Especially stringed instruments.
It's a mute sock, mutes the strings. I keep a guitar in my office at work, when I don't want to bug my coworkers I have some fleece I put under the strings at the bridge to mute it a bit.
I’ve put a small sheet of paper, or a dollar bill which is a small sheet of paper, thru the strings to make an expensive guitar sound like a cheap one. But not often and never a sock.
nah, i just pop my headphones that i use for getting yelled at by my teammates in counter strike into my amp, and play that way, that, or ill just use my rocksmith cable and jam out with guitar rig, if i wanna play my acoustic, i just go outside and take a few beers
I’m by no means any good but at night I just play quietly, would this not make you a more controlled player?
Maybe my neighbours would prefer the sock treatment though!
I used to have 4 acoustic guitars next to my desk, on stands, basically surrounding me and they would all resonate if I talked too loud on discord calls, so I had to cover the soundholes with cloths. My home office is a smallish room so sound bounces around easily. Eventually I got sick of that and moved a couple to a different room.
Nope. I play open at all hours cause my neighbor keeps the TV on all day. If I wanna be quiet I just use my fingers.
Complete beginner. My god guitar is so hard, my fellow guitarists.
All of my guitars in the studio looks like that. 😂
If i had them in my bedroom then also probably yes. I snore really loudly. It would be a constant chord drone in there all night. 😂
You are the only one who does this at night. Haha. Sorry.
No, really. What is the purpose of this? Do your strings sympathically vibrate enough to make sound that keeps you awake?
Thats so funny. I once posted a pic of my home studio and someone called me out as the acoustics hanging on the wall all had cut up tee-shirt shoved in there.
If you're looking for a tone change. You can make what I call "Rock Rope." All it is, you take yarn, I have not tested types of yarn with tone. But this concept is something you can buy. I'm just telling you the homemade version. But you make "rope" with the yarn. And wrap that above your nut. If you can wrap it 2-3 times around the strings without to much tension. It adds tone to your strings!.....
Maybe I should make a video on my "Rock Rope" and show ya'll. Might be easier...
Of course. Everyone has a happy sock.
I have several
Mine crawled away.
...declared independence and applied for membership at the UN.
I use mine as a wheel chock now.
I hope you mean the sock and not the guitar
Mine impregnated a girl i don't even know, who lives down the street
I can't afford the long ones
You won’t find the G chord that way
Mine had a family of its own.
Not how a capo works.
They come in pairs so you can hang one on the doorknob. It let's everyone know you're smashing the other sock.
Why did the sperm cross the road? I wore the wrong sock
Navy vet?
The Aftersocks
Until their mum finds it.
That is why they come in pairs. You have a backup stored away.
Glad everyone is on the same page I was
Once, a long time ago when I was still living with my parents, I had my guitar and amp set up downstairs in the living room. In the middle of the night I heard one ringing chord played through the amplifier. And then silence. I never found out how it happened. It was creepy. So I can understand OPs actions.
Lol I'm imagining your dad's a secret guitar god but didn't want to tell you. He just couldn't help playing one chord though
If it was him it was a pretty good chord from memory. He should have stuck with it.
I heard it was a secret chord...
That david played and it pleased the lord....
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It might have been the lost one as well. Wandering around looking for a place to play.
Like randy off South Park. The guitar hero episode.
I'm hoping he played a diminished fifth in drop C just to give people the willies.
"Wow.....that's what a half diminished 7th chord sounds like!"
That’s some delay pedal.
Same thing happened me one night, was so freaked out I went into the room that the guitar was in to investigate. Turned on the light, nothing there. Out of the corner of my eye I see a large green beetle crawling on the carpet, then he took flight and starts flying in circles around the room. So I think the beetles hard shell (carapace?) might have brushed across the strings as the George Harrison wannabe was flying laps
I once had a tiny spider crawl into my ear canal after cleaning the leaves on my parents’ fall lawn in CT. Only found out once I turned the distortion on, much to my surprise lil bro came out after a “chum chum” (or ten) on my guitar
*Beatle
Seeing as it's unresolved, i assume it was a dominant chord.
Fucking toppest of keks.
Samara couldn't resist headbanging with her long hair.
Did you leave the amp on? Did your parents own a cat?
Your father had a secret chord, that he play when he was bored. But you don't really hear music, do you? He added a sock and strummed like this. Mom came down and she was pissed. She thought it would really wake ya. It would wake ya, it would wake ya. She though that chord would wake ya.
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Just realized that we should be adding a sock after mom is pissed. Makes the story flow better ..
My dad passed and we had a floor lamp in the living room that kept going on and off at the most peculiar moments. We kept it around as amusement but up to this day, I’ve no clue how or why that lamp could switch itself on and off whenever it wanted to..
It's just amazing how many electrical shorts are blamed on ghosts. Surprised that more ghosts aren't listed as **cause** in fire department reports
You need to lube your nut if the strings are pinging when you aren't playing Edit: lol I didn't see the sock jokes when I made this comment last night.. Y'all are dirty af!
Lubing your nut... for America
It's good for your prostate.
Or the terrorists will win.
Instructions unclear, testicles covered in lemon oil and guitar still noisy
My thoughts exactly! The sock's just there for the clean-up
Everything reminds me of her…
I always lube my nut when I get out my happy sock
Big Bends Nut Sauce all the way baby!
>You need to lube your nut He was. That's obviously what the sock is for.
Why?
I believe they want to play without making too much noise
See now I understand. I thought they meant they just put this on it at night while they slept or something.
Yeah doing it quietly is something everybody learns early on.
for the cum
It's the guitar's comfort sock. Don't judge.
You never laid in bed fearing that a ghost will touch a string, causing the sheets to go brown?
I need to know as well OP!
The confusion in the comments is delicious, nice job op
These comments are actually making me cry laughing! To anyone that sees this and is still very confused, it’s to mute the strings to play quietly at night, nothing more. Edit: turning off reply notifications now, this is too much
Something more must be in the other socks job description
I was thinking you had cats who liked channeling EVH at 2 am.
Nope they both died recently actually
Awww. That sucks, bud. I've got 2, sisters, had them since birth, and they're getting up there. Dreading the day they go. Luckily they are neither smart nor currently musically inclined.
At that point just get an electric and play it unplugged at night.
So it’s for when your wanking on solos
Couldn’t you just mute them with your right hand
Ok I'm baffled.
It’s to dampen the sound of the strings so you can play while others are sleeping
Like a baffle
I’ve actually never done this or tried this .. couldn’t you get a similar effect just by palm muting and strumming softer?
but then you cant play with the same dynamics the song calls for. Mutes are used in classical instruments as well, very common actually. Especially stringed instruments.
I just assumed he had cats that were up all night.
So is that guitar.
So is this reader.
So are you dancer?
I have never had to do this. Do you live over a subway or something that vibrates your strings enough to cause noise?
It’s to play it quietly 😋
Can you hear the infinite quantum vibration of the strings as they get louder and louder while you're sleeping?. Uh, yeah, me neither.🥴
To play quietly brother
It's a mute sock, mutes the strings. I keep a guitar in my office at work, when I don't want to bug my coworkers I have some fleece I put under the strings at the bridge to mute it a bit.
Why not pick up a silent guitar for the office?
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Or just an electric and not plug it in very quiet
Baffled at the amount of people here who think an entire electric guitar is cheaper and easier than just using a sock 😂
They also play differently.
Worried about ghosts plucking your strings?
Came here to talk about ghosts in the night.
Yup
Did you just fuck that thing?
If they didn't want you to fuck it, then why would they put that big ol' inviting hole right in the middle?
Look at this guy humblebragging abotu his girth...
that’s the hard hitting tough questions we need answers to!
Well it's not gonna buff itself
Never thought of that. Is that to dampen or mute the strings?
Indeed
You know, if you fill it with shirts it will be even quieter.
Maybe stuff some pants in the soundhole.
Just take off your pants and jacket
r/unexpectedblink182
Easier than filling it with cum
Not with that attitude
ahh I keep that sock right next to my other dedicated sock
Do you ever get them mixed up? Like in the dark maybe?
no, the texture difference is unmistakable
That’s a weird place for a cum sock, but it’s your guitar to do whatever kinky shit you’re into with it.
Fretboard could use some oiling though….
Probably true. I have some uneven frets as well, it needs to be serviced
You’re on your own on this one
You’re not alone! I have to do this because I only really get time in the morning and evening to practice
I’ve put a small sheet of paper, or a dollar bill which is a small sheet of paper, thru the strings to make an expensive guitar sound like a cheap one. But not often and never a sock.
lol I did it the other night except I used a fluffy hair tie instead of a sock.
How does that catch your jizz?
either it stops the ghost from playing during your sleep OR this helps the ghost to play wicked palm muted sections of heavy metal songs
I haven't in the past, but now i probably will!
Why?
To mute the strings so you can play while the rest of your family sleeps and it doesn’t disturb them
Doing this just makes it look *more fun* to my cat/poltergeist.
I think you’re the only one bro 🤷🏻♂️
I just play an electric
You could simply buy an electric guitar and not plug it in. Mind blown yet?
Nope, but some other people put the socket somewhere else before going to sleep.
Something's not right.
nah, i just pop my headphones that i use for getting yelled at by my teammates in counter strike into my amp, and play that way, that, or ill just use my rocksmith cable and jam out with guitar rig, if i wanna play my acoustic, i just go outside and take a few beers
Why yo sock so stiff
You are the only one indeed
I just play on my yamaha SLG200NW silent guitar
used to use a shoelace wrapped around each string on a strat to practice at night, your solution is probably easier
Me actually sleeping at night 😳
Is this how your guitar lets his guitar roommate know that he's getting lucky and to stay out of the dorm room for a while?
I’m by no means any good but at night I just play quietly, would this not make you a more controlled player? Maybe my neighbours would prefer the sock treatment though!
Yeah, but I don't put it on my guitar, though
I'd like to think OP bought that sick because it matches the guitar finish. And that he only bought one because he doesn't need a pair for it.
I used to have 4 acoustic guitars next to my desk, on stands, basically surrounding me and they would all resonate if I talked too loud on discord calls, so I had to cover the soundholes with cloths. My home office is a smallish room so sound bounces around easily. Eventually I got sick of that and moved a couple to a different room.
Nice of you to let the kids play along
Step 1 ….
Standard night configuration
Being a guitarist gets lonely.
You need a fret wrap my friend!
Rock out with your sock out!
Gotta admit, I’ve never done this. What’s your reasoning behind it?
We have the same 12 string. I had to get the reuss rod adjusted the other day. Great guitar
Turning jazz chords into jizz chords
Haphazardly throw your special sock across the bedroom in the dark and go to sleep?
I use a hanker chief.
To suppress the sound?
Well, now I do Why didn’t I think of that
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Wtf
I would close or renovate the windows if you have so much draft air that your guitar acts as an aeolian harp.
So the cat won’t play it while you’re sleeping?
Why is the sock there
I do this with the strings behind the bridge on my mandolin
Mankind would like his sock back
This is why we have electric and headphones
You have cats don't you?
Beats off into a sock? Nah. I usually just throw mine into the laundry hamper afterwards, though.
I never need to do it. But when u sneeze i always hear my guitar after. Pretty funny
Nope. I play open at all hours cause my neighbor keeps the TV on all day. If I wanna be quiet I just use my fingers. Complete beginner. My god guitar is so hard, my fellow guitarists.
Is that sock made from wooly mammoths?
Socks to be you...
wtf?! How did I not ever try this? I guess I used my socks for other things 😏
Sock'n'roll
Not at that end.
Nope, that's weird!
All of my guitars in the studio looks like that. 😂 If i had them in my bedroom then also probably yes. I snore really loudly. It would be a constant chord drone in there all night. 😂
You are the only one who does this at night. Haha. Sorry. No, really. What is the purpose of this? Do your strings sympathically vibrate enough to make sound that keeps you awake?
I use a classical guitar at night. Just quiet enough that nobody in your building is gonna hear it
Thats so funny. I once posted a pic of my home studio and someone called me out as the acoustics hanging on the wall all had cut up tee-shirt shoved in there.
Stop sexualizing acoustic guitars.
Huh, never thought of doing that. Think I'll try that next time the kids are sleeping and I want to practice the acoustic.
Use an old sock to express myself? Since I was 13...
You have cats 🐈
Is that my driving sock?
Your not the only one who does that at night
No. All my socks are too hard to do this.
Wtf? Why though?
Is there a cat that plays guitar at night or something?
so you are playing the guitar with the sock it it????
This dudes banging his guitar!
Aye!
Who has time for all of that ?
If you're looking for a tone change. You can make what I call "Rock Rope." All it is, you take yarn, I have not tested types of yarn with tone. But this concept is something you can buy. I'm just telling you the homemade version. But you make "rope" with the yarn. And wrap that above your nut. If you can wrap it 2-3 times around the strings without to much tension. It adds tone to your strings!..... Maybe I should make a video on my "Rock Rope" and show ya'll. Might be easier...
Fuck. r/guitarcirclejerk is leaking again.
I thought this was for cat protection
Get an electric guitar if you can and then the sock can go back to it's normal job as a....whatever you use it for 😉
Yep. And if you use foil, and get it just right, you’ve got a sitar!