What kind of guitar do you use?

HughesJB4 wrote: ^Post some pics!

Sadly my LTD isn't in that photo, as it's at the band practice room. I've sold that white Schecter since then aswell.

Yeah, it's no amazing model. I just lucky though, as it plays so much better than all the other Schecter's I've played. I'm really wanting to sell the majority of my guitars to get a really nice 7 String.

Yeah, the neck sits very comfortably. I'll never get a floyd rose guitar though, and those lame gothic inlays don't help either. I'm only ever buying string-through guitars now. I'll end up with the Stephen Carpenter signature, most likely. The STEF B-7 if I can afford it or settling for the SC-207 if I have to. I'd prefer the SC-607B but it has his signature on the 12th fret, and I think he's a right nonse.

(http://www.espguitars.com/guitars_stef.html)


Edited by Lev - February 07 2009 at 09:02

my leftie american strat and reissue r/handed 70's strat restrung  (not altered the strap button yet) ...

Lev wrote: Yeah, the neck sits very comfortably. I'll never get a floyd rose guitar though, and those lame gothic inlays don't help either. I'm only ever buying string-through guitars now. I'll end up with the Stephen Carpenter signature, most likely. The STEF B-7 if I can afford it or settling for the SC-207 if I have to. I'd prefer the SC-607B but it has his signature on the 12th fret, and I think he's a right nonse. (http://www.espguitars.com/guitars_stef.html)

I'm guessing the Floyd on your (Charvel?) is blocked perhaps?
Yeah, I hate dealing with Floyds too personally, a pain in the ass.
When I get a custom made 7 string axe, it will have a Hipshot non locking trem with Graphtec nut and locking tuners, which is 85 per cent of the tuning stability of a Floyd, but yet set up/restringing time and maintenance is about 1/10th of the time. I'm more than willing to trade 15 per cent tuning stability for a easier to set up guitar by miles.
Absolutely perfect set up if you like to use a trem enough to justify onwning a trem equipped guitar, but you don't use a trem enough to justify the goddamn hassle of a locking tremolo.

Eh, screw the ESP 7 strings dude, seriously, you'd be surprised what saving up just a few hundred quid more would do and go to a custom shop maker.
A small to medium size custom shop ( i.e not Fender of Gibson type thing) can make you a pretty snazzy guitar that will be worth every cent.
To put it in perspective, you can buy an Ibanez RG 1527 for 2399 AUD here.
That's 2399 for a guitar with crap stock pickups that would need to be replaced to even get a good tone.
And then, on the other hand, I know a guy that got a KxK 7 string (KxK being an American custom maker) to his exact specifications for the same price.
All that had to happen, was that it was shipped to Australia, easy as poop, no distribution costs, no retailer to go through.
 So realistically, the Ibanez is actually only worth about 1500, but due to distribution costs, and then the retailer having to bump the price up further to make a profit, it comes to 2399
Do some research on British custom makers, you'd be pleasantly surprised how much guitar you can get for your dollar.

^ yes they are both stock - i have the tremelo set just so on the reissue strat as it has the 6 screw trem arrangement and have had fairly little trouble with tuning, i only had to remove the string trees from the headstock as the strings were buzzing slightly due to them being set the opposite way round  i guess (nut reversed also) but i don't use a trem on the grey one - it is 20 years young and fading nicely, the reissue with rosewood neck sounds very traditional but slightly more "wiry" than the grey one with the maple neck.

Edited by mystic fred - February 08 2009 at 06:52

HughesJB4 wrote: I'm guessing the Floyd on your (Charvel?) is blocked perhaps? Yeah, I hate dealing with Floyds too personally, a pain in the ass. When I get a custom made 7 string axe, it will have a Hipshot non locking trem with Graphtec nut and locking tuners, which is 85 per cent of the tuning stability of a Floyd, but yet set up/restringing time and maintenance is about 1/10th of the time. I'm more than willing to trade 15 per cent tuning stability for a easier to set up guitar by miles. Absolutely perfect set up if you like to use a trem enough to justify onwning a trem equipped guitar, but you don't use a trem enough to justify the goddamn hassle of a locking tremolo. Eh, screw the ESP 7 strings dude, seriously, you'd be surprised what saving up just a few hundred quid more would do and go to a custom shop maker. A small to medium size custom shop ( i.e not Fender of Gibson type thing) can make you a pretty snazzy guitar that will be worth every cent. To put it in perspective, you can buy an Ibanez RG 1527 for 2399 AUD here. That's 2399 for a guitar with crap stock pickups that would need to be replaced to even get a good tone. And then, on the other hand, I know a guy that got a KxK 7 string (KxK being an American custom maker) to his exact specifications for the same price. All that had to happen, was that it was shipped to Australia, easy as poop, no distribution costs, no retailer to go through.  So realistically, the Ibanez is actually only worth about 1500, but due to distribution costs, and then the retailer having to bump the price up further to make a profit, it comes to 2399 Do some research on British custom makers, you'd be pleasantly surprised how much guitar you can get for your dollar.

My Charvel doesn't have a floyd rose. My Dean does, but that's...a weird one. Doesn't pull up, only down, and the string actually thread through, rather than clamp in. And it's still bloody annoying.

Basically, I just wish they'd make my LTD MH-1000  in seven string form. I'd be daftly happy then.

The difference with getting a custom job is, when it's made, if I don't like how it plays, I'm stuck with it. I know for a fact I love ESP/LTD, so if I try it in a shop and it's spot on...happy camper.

Since p0mt3 has requested more pictures, I present more.



As you can see in this picture, the tremolo cover is flush mounted into the body unlike a Fender Strat, which makes for a neater and more aesthetically pleasing appearance.


Here's a pic of the neck through design. Once you play one of these, you can't ever go back to a Fender style block heel neck joint or a bulky Gibson style set neck joint, it really is sooo much more comfortable.


This picture shows the amazing body contouring, which makes it the most comfortable guitar to play that I've ever played in my life.



This pic looks like crap, because my photography skill are craptacular at best.
It's basically gives you an idea of........well I don't know what exactly, but regardless, the picture is there.



This shows off some of the highly detailed maple top figuring, but this picture doesn't do it justice, it really looks better than that, again a result of poor photography skills.



Another one showing off the highly figured maple top.



Again, the smooth neck joint and again you can see the flush mounted tremolo cavity cover design.



Here's the wiring cavity.
As you can see, it's very neat and tidy and is far better done than many cheaper guitars I have seen.

An Ibanez RG320FA  Cheap but the best guitar I've ever played!

a white Epiphone Flying V '67 (I think it's '67)...

But I'm saving money for a PRS SE custom, do any of you know that guitar? is it good. I just saw and thought I'm gonna save me money for that and then try it out