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MikeEnRegalia
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Joined: April 22 2005
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Posted: October 08 2005 at 06:19 |
maidenrulez wrote:
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
maidenrulez wrote:
Blah who the hell needs two octaves anyways? I could even settle on 21 wich is more than enough...
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People who play songs which need two octaves. If you want to play stuff by Vai, Satriani, Petrucci etc. you'll need 24 frets or you won't be able to play certain songs correctly.
I just can't understand why they skip the two frets ... the neck pickup isn't even using the space, so it's essentially just wasted.
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Yea well when i play satriani usually just bend at the 22'nd fret and i dont think that it is very important to play the solos note by note either....Besides who the hell can play vai and petrucci solos correctly that is like a million notes in there
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Try to play Eugene's Trickbag: He bends the E string 24th fret and additionally uses the vibrato bar to raise it even further (to a high A).
BTW: I agree that there are many people who can do fine with 21 or 22 frets ... but it's just ridiculous to offer a guitar with an insanely good vibrato system ideally suited for Vai and Satriani stuff ... and then leave out the last 2 frets. All the RG guitars have 24 frets, all ESPs (except some Gibson-clones) have 24 frets.
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Lindsay Lohan
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Joined: May 25 2005
Location: Norway
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Posted: October 08 2005 at 06:22 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
maidenrulez wrote:
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
maidenrulez wrote:
Blah who the hell needs two octaves anyways? I could even settle on 21 wich is more than enough...
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People who play songs which need two octaves. If you want to play stuff by Vai, Satriani, Petrucci etc. you'll need 24 frets or you won't be able to play certain songs correctly.
I just can't understand why they skip the two frets ... the neck pickup isn't even using the space, so it's essentially just wasted.
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Yea well when i play satriani usually just bend at the 22'nd fret and i dont think that it is very important to play the solos note by note either....Besides who the hell can play vai and petrucci solos correctly that is like a million notes in there
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Try to play Eugene's Trickbag: He bends the E string 24th fret and additionally uses the vibrato bar to raise it even further (to a high A).
BTW: I agree that there are many people who can do fine with 21 or 22 frets ... but it's just ridiculous to offer a guitar with an insanely good vibrato system ideally suited for Vai and Satriani stuff ... and then leave out the last 2 frets. All the RG guitars have 24 frets, all ESPs (except some Gibson-clones) have 24 frets.
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Ah well then you would have to downtune then
But ofcourse if you play metal stuff im sure it is nice to have 24 frets although i would prefer if 24 fret necks where a bit longer...besides have you tried the progarchives chat? im on there now and bored
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: October 08 2005 at 07:04 |
I'm not a chat guy ... maybe I'll check it out this weekend.
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Lindsay Lohan
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Posted: October 08 2005 at 08:09 |
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
I'm not a chat guy ... maybe I'll check it out this weekend. |
yep i would love to have a real chat with you because it sometimes a bit awkward discussing cases on a forum
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proger
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Joined: June 03 2005
Location: Israel
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Posted: October 08 2005 at 16:26 |
strat
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...live for tomorrow...
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Kris_man
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Joined: October 07 2005
Location: Australia
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Posted: October 09 2005 at 02:30 |
maidenrulez wrote:
MikeEnRegalia wrote:
I'm not a chat guy ... maybe I'll check it out this weekend. |
yep i would love to have a real chat with you because it sometimes a bit awkward discussing cases on a forum |
maybe, but it's cool for me to read!
Ps - one of the reasons I want a new guitar (to complement my strat, not to replace it) is for the extra frets.
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Nipsey88
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Joined: May 27 2005
Location: Kadath
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Posted: October 09 2005 at 02:58 |
I my PRS custom 24!!!!
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BePinkTheater
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Joined: September 01 2005
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Points: 1381
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Posted: October 09 2005 at 10:53 |
Schecter is the most underrated guitar company ever!
Thats's my guitar. It's unbelivable! A very full sturdy sound with a strong force because of the humbukers. But it has a 5 way pickup switch to give it an amazing versitility. it stays in great tune no matter how much bending i do, It was intelligently made everywhere form the wood choises, to the placemnet of the neck strap. an over all great sounding guitar. I'd recomend it to anyone with 800$ to spend
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I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
-Stone Beard
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Pr@gmatic
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Posted: October 09 2005 at 19:05 |
Gibson Les Paul Classic
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BePinkTheater
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Posted: October 09 2005 at 21:54 |
^ eww
That guitar is so terrible. It has one sound. a really fat heavy sound. And its great for classic rock/ early metal....but thats it!!
It's one sound isnt even that great
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I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
-Stone Beard
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Pr@gmatic
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Posted: October 09 2005 at 22:37 |
^ That coming from a DT fanboy.
I have no respect for you comment, sorry.
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yesman72
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Posted: October 09 2005 at 22:49 |
Progmatic has shown my exact guitar. I love the thing but I also love strats. Right now I have a Mexican strat which sounds great but I'm looking for a new one since mine is pretty beat. I also need a large headstock, they just look so cool.
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Pr@gmatic
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Posted: October 10 2005 at 00:01 |
yesman72 wrote:
Progmatic has shown my exact guitar. I love the thing but I also love strats. |
That's great. Strats are pretty cool too.
Edited by Pr@gmatic
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Gabrielpenteado
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Joined: May 22 2005
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Posted: October 10 2005 at 00:45 |
well, you can check my guitars in the Show Us Your Axe´s post, in tech talk.
But my favorite is the Ibanez SA at the time (it changes quite regularly i think), wich i mainly use (and no, i dont play "technicla Heavy Metal", i play Yes, Genesis and Rush a load in my bands ;) )
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The Owl
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Posted: October 12 2005 at 17:23 |
SG's hands down for this Owl:
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People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction!
www.myspace.com/theowlsmusic
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Damen
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Posted: October 12 2005 at 17:53 |
The Owl wrote:
SG's hands down for this Owl:
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I have a '68 Gibson SG, beautiful peice of equipment.
In the 12 string category, I would have to go with Rickenbacker, they still make decent ones
6 string, I vastly prefer vintage equipment, you can't get the same quality now adays. Old Les Paul, Gibson (the ES is especially nice for jazzier stuff), and so on. The quality has definately diminished in acoustic guitars too, even Martin.
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"It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days."
-Chris Squire
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 03:09 |
"Gibson Les Paul" guitars are cool!
I have a black GLP Studio myself, but I'm not very advanced guitarrist.
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Pr@gmatic
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 11:14 |
Eetu Pellonpää wrote:
"Gibson Les Paul" guitars are cool!
I have a black GLP Studio myself, but I'm not very advanced guitarrist. |
Right on! You're more of an artist, right? I've seen some of your work on this forum, and it's pretty good.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 12:20 |
^ sometimes I regret that I bought the Gibson Nighthawk ... but then again, it's a very special instrument. Ah, I love it!
(but my Nighthawk is black.)
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: October 14 2005 at 03:44 |
Pr@gmatic wrote:
Eetu Pellonpää wrote:
"Gibson Les Paul" guitars are cool!
I have a black GLP Studio myself, but I'm not very advanced guitarrist.
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Right on!
You're more of an artist, right? I've seen some of your work on this forum, and it's pretty good. |
Thanks!
I play bass guitar (and little keyboards...)
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