What’s one piece of guitar gear you’ve bought that you immediately had to show your friends when they came over? Not the most expensive thing you own — the one that made you say: “Yo, check this out.” Could be: - A pedal - A weird little gadget - A mod - A piece of décor - Something small but just cool Please be specific, and feel free to post a picture of it so we can all see it. I’m asking because I want this community to help shape the kind of gear we bring into Omni Guitars. Stuff that makes people curious, sparks conversations, and actually gets used. Drop one item (or a few if you can’t choose 😄) and tell me why you love it. Let’s build this together 🤘

is anybody getting and/or giving any instruments this xmas? if so, do tell!

I've been in this band for about 5 or 6 years now and we've been doing shows spuratically - a mix of covers from the 90's and our own original stuff. For the past 2 years we've been playing every three months or so for this little place near my house with a tiny stage that barely contains the group of 4 with our amps and insturments but the place is always busy and the people are always awesome. Last weekend we recieved a $100 tip, and ran out of things to play because the house kept asking for 'one more song' lol. As an introvert this whole thing is terrifying for me, my heart rate usually is in the 120's before we even get on stage, but I've never not had fun. So this is me saying get out of your comfort zone, make some mistakes, play in front of an audience, even if it's your 3 or 4 best mates. You may inspire, you may prespire, but you'll be better, and have fun!

Wanted to share a project I've been working on, more as a component of a larger one but largely a standalone. As an amateur musician, I've been looking for ways of displaying custom chord diagrams inline (for example, in TAB music charts). The `svguitar` library is pretty effective, but it requires a fair knowledge of js to implement it - not really a "plug and play option". So I built the thing. With this, I can `<chord-diagram instrument="Standard Mandolin" chord="Dm7"></chord-diagram>` in the HTML and all the js contained. It includes some logic (lazy logic) to generate chords dynamically, but it also includes a chord editor - and the way I've built it, it looks first for a user override, then a system override, and only if it doesn't find those does it use the dynamic utility. It's a Custom Web Component built with Lit.js, it can be standalone or used as part of a contextual system (so if a user is logged in, there can be a user context). If any of y'all are interested, https://github.com/parent-tobias/chord-component - feel free to beat on it and use it if you have an application for it. If you are (or know) a web developer, this could be useful. It is pretty niche, but it's darn useful within that niche lol

It's funny, but actually pretty good! https://www.facebook.com/reel/761185160325201