I’m looking for a new Guitar
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Topic: I’m looking for a new Guitar
Posted By: GPFR
Subject: I’m looking for a new Guitar
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 19:58
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I'm new to guitars, and I only have just one ibanez strat. I'm looking too buy a new one and I'm not sure what would be best for me, any reccomendations?
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Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: February 21 2006 at 20:46
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Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 07:28
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^I'm new to, only have been playing for about a year and a half, still taking lessons, but recently I've been playing some Classic Rock stuff, (I.E. Zeppelin, Rush, etc.) I play on average a couple of hours a day. It's very rare that I won't. ------------- www.myspace.com/hail_peter
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 07:35
My recommendation: Buy yourself a entry level Line 6 Variax. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 07:49
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My recommendations: Get your self a strat! FENDER Jimmie Vaughn Tex-Mex Strat at $579! Great affordable strat that does everything you want a decent strat should do! Really great even for distorted sounds with those meaty tex-mex single coils! You could also try a HSS strat (Humbucker, single coil, single coil) To see if you prefer the humbucker sound!
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 08:13
Definitely Fender stratocaster ------------- 
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 08:16
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Yay do you own a strat? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Majestic_Mayhem wrote:Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 08:28
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yup heres a pic: though the guiter was half cropped -------------
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 08:31
Yay cool! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 08:40
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unfortunately.. its single coils all the way.. i have used a humbucker guitar before, and i must say it has a better sound than a single coil. -------------
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 08:44
i love the noisy feedback though!!! -------------
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 08:47
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Ah i got Noiseless single coils but i actually prefer the single coil sound although i can get to sound really meaty like humbuckers as well ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 08:50
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***envy*** -------------
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Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 11:34
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I've always been a Les Paul sort of guy, although I own an SG. ------------- David - Never doubt in the dark that which you believe to be true in the light. http://www.myspace.com/aardvarktxusa - Instrumental rock http://www.soundclick.com/aardvarktxusa |
Posted By: darren
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 12:11
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My advice is the usual; go to many music shops and
try out as many as you can. Try out ones with single coils and humbuckers. Try some way out of your budget, just to hear what they feel and sound like. You really have to decide what sound you like, the features you want and what budget you want to spend. Keep in mind that identical year, make and model guitars can sound different. One man's Les Paul is another man's Strat. (or one woman's Les Paul...) I have a Telecaster that I put together from various parts. I also own an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. At jams, guitar snobs chuckle when I plug my ultra cheap Jr. through my pawn shop distortion pedal and then through the 'aux in' jack of a record player. All chuckling stops when they hear the loud, "Live Rust" sound that I get. I've had many offers to purchase my stuff. This goes to show you, it's not the money you spend on the guitar or type of guitar but finding the right guitar, effects and amp. ------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 15:57
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I wouldn't buy a new guitar if you've just been playing for 1 1/2 year.
(Sure, I got a second one after three months but that was because the
first one was second hand and stopped working. Then I fixed it :D)
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Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: February 22 2006 at 18:08
Musician's Friend (musiciansfriend.com) sells what are known as StratPaks.
Have a go at the website and see what you think. ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 20:20
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Who needs a strat when real men play bass:
Just kidding six-stringers...
A strat is a good place to start. Buy a quality instrument. Don't go the cheap route. Resale value on a cheap guitar is $0.00. With a quality guitar, you can sell it if things don;t work out.
A $300.00 dollar ain't a bad place to start. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 02:59
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The Line 6 Variax starts around $400, and it offers both a Les Paul and Fender (Strat and Tele) sound + many others. My only problem with it is that it only has 22 frets, and no vibrato system. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 04:16
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Who needs more than 22 frets anyway! Besides lets not forget that i find strat necks (especially V's) to be much more comfortable and the nice fender medium jumbo frets bring out a nice sustain as well... And a cheap line 6 variax is far from the meaty fender sound that a fender tex mex at $500 i can tell you that But ofcourse you should def try them guitars and see if you find a neck and frets that suits you, some like really tall and fat frets, some like fat necks and so on, but i still have found the LP 59 and Strat V neck to be the most comfortable in my opinion Also many tend to diss the fender synchronized vintage tremole, but i tell you this: as long as you tend to stretch out the strings abit and use the tremolo alittle and then retune them they usually stay in tune pretty much! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 05:19
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^ I can only say that I find the Fender Strat sound far too limiting. I once had a decent Strat and sold it, because there are some things you just can't do with it. Then on the other hand there are things you can't do with a LP either. The bottom line: Beginners should NOT buy an expensive specialized guitar. They should look for an affordable all-purpose guitar ... either an Ibanez RG, or a Yamaha ... or the Variax, which gives you the most versatility. And no matter what vintage/audiophile fetishists tell you - the Variax has a more than decent sound. There's only one way to find out of course - go to the store and play the guitars! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 05:29
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That fender guitar with special tex mex pickups is pretty versitaile i tell you that! It has that excellent clean fender tone but it can also get a great hard rock distortion because of the bridge pickup has been hotwired. Besides cheap Variax guitaris has a lot of sounds yes...but they are all pretty crap ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 05:32
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And cheap Yamaha and Ibanez guitars got the most horrendrous necks ever... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:14
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Im a sucker for Strat! i love Danbo's white guitar.. *drool* -------------
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:19
You say they're crap and I say they're ok ... let's keep it at that. The only way to find out is to listen for yourself ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:22
That is so not true. The first rule when buying guitars is: The price of a guitar is not necessarily related to its quality. There will always be some cheap guitars which are just perfect ... and some extremely expensive ones which sound like crap. BTW: This reminds me of Steve Vai ... one of his favorite guitars has the neck of a Jem 555 ... the entry level model. Go figure. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:23
Well i prefer a guitar that can offer a good clean and a good distorted sound, you dont need 20-30 different sounds that are merely OK...but still i use the POD XT and that is a great little thing although the distorted sounds lacks a bit of something...but im quite old fashioned when it gets to guitars...prefer to have good ol ALNICO coils and 250k pots and thats it ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:28
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You're not a beginner. Beginners don't know what their favorite guitar sound will be like ... you only know that after years of playing around with various sounds and technologies. The ULTIMATE solution for a beginner is a Variax combined with a Pod XT Live. Using the special cable, people can switch guitar configurations from the floorboard ... and you can connect the Pod to the computer and configure both your amp and your guitar in a trillion ways. Or you can keep it simple and use the presets of course. What I'm trying to say is: With this solution you can quickly switch from a decent Fender sound to a decent Les Paul sound and hear the difference. I find it amazing ... and thinking of my first years on the guitar - what I would have given to have that kind of freedom! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 07:30
Had he not already played for a couple of years? EDIT: Whoops no- my mistake... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
