Guitar Thread - Page 17

On March 19 2012 23:14 Elegance wrote:
No Carvin love in this thread?

On March 19 2012 23:14 Elegance wrote:
No Carvin love in this thread?

On March 19 2012 23:58 Sekijitsu wrote:


My final guitar is an Ibanez model of some variety with the bridge pickup replaced by an EMG 85 if I'm not mistaken. EMG active pickups are so fucking boss I can't even begin explain how much more I love their sound than say nearly every other pickup in existence.

On April 20 2012 23:09 Dizmaul wrote:


Just added this to my collection. Martin GPCPA1, pure beauty to the eyes and ears.

On April 21 2012 07:59 Black and Proud wrote:


Bullshit, I can't stand the GPCPA series - they sound like absolute shit unplugged. You'd think if you were spending that many thousands on a guitar they'd put some effort into the unplugged sound, especially if rosewood is being used.

On April 21 2012 09:01 Dizmaul wrote:


Well Ive talked to about 30 guitar players that would disagree.

haters gunna hate tho....esp on the interwebz

On April 21 2012 10:04 bjornkavist wrote:
Me and my new Schecter Ultra III, Absolutely love it, came with a Bigsby Vibrato, the whole thing only cost me $650
+ Show Spoiler +

On April 20 2012 21:42 PietjeP89 wrote:
Hi everyone

I picked up my old acoustic guitar again and after a few days of "playing" on it I decided to contact a nearby teacher to help me progress (last times i started playing i lost intrest because i didn't find any songs to play etc etc)

Now I decided to pick up an elektric guitar , a little "easier" to play and because i mostly listen to rock/metal a more suitable instrument at the moment However..

I have no idea what to go for

I looked around a bit and found the following model : The Ibanez GRG170DX
(http://www.musicstore.de/en_EN/GBP/Guitars/ST-models/Ibanez-GRG170DX-Black-Night-/art-GIT0005533-001)

Looked up some reviews and now i'm even more confused, some people say it's a great guitar to start off with and that the sound it produces is great for such a cheap guitar, others say it doesn't sound good/get out of tune easily..

So i guess what i'm asking is , what should i be looking for in a guitar to start of with ?

On April 21 2012 11:00 lolmlg wrote:

I realize you're not a seasoned guitar pro and probably feel like you won't be able to make a good decision, but the most important thing right now is to find something that stays in tune and feels good in your hands. Go to an instrument store and play some guitars. You need to mess around with various makes and models to find one you actually like. Then if you want more information you can go on the internet and look for it. There are "top of the line" brand name guitars that sound and play like garbage so hands-on noodling can help a lot.

One other piece of advice, though. Don't buy some "metal" guitar just to feel really metal. You're not going to become a shredding genius before you move on to a higher quality instrument and instruments like that typically have pretty low resale value. Besides, you're not going to always want to play the same kind of music.

If you want a reference point for cheap, well-made guitars, a lot of people have said a lot of nice things about the Squier Classic Vibe series. Squier has been pretty hit-and-miss historically but this particular line has gotten some very positive reviews. So if I were you I'd try out some of those before making a decision.

On April 21 2012 11:17 JerseyDevil wrote:

I disagree. If you want a metal guitar, buy a fucking metal guitar. You will play it more if its what you really want. I would also suggest buying a higher than entry level/upper entry level guitar if you can afford it, because having a nice guitar to play can make it easier to motivate yourself play, especially in those difficult times when nothing is going right for you. Some "metal" guitars though, do have really thin necks, which is nice and all, but can cause hand cramping on beginners when chording. Something just a little bit thicker than the Ibanez necks (19mm) is more comfortable for the riffier stuff I find. Schecter necks can be hit or miss with thickness, but my 2 are quite nice. I never buy instruments thinking of their resale value, because I don't really plan on selling any, and no beginner guitar really has any resale value anyway The GRG 121DX is good, my friend bought one, pretty good starter guitar, so I can see the one you picked being good.

Edit: YEES 7 & 8 String here :3

On April 21 2012 11:25 lolmlg wrote:

What you "want" as a completely inexperienced guitarist more or less counts for nothing. High gain pickups aren't going to make you sound really metal when you don't know how to play. Lots of beginners buy a terrible distortion pedal like a Boss DS-1 and a Behringer amp and crank them both up to stupid levels just to disguise their mistakes, but that doesn't help you learn the instrument. And it's ultimately discouraging because you're still not getting the tone you expected to get with the equipment you bought and can't figure out why.

This has little to do with what he "really wants" because as he's already mentioned he doesn't know what he wants and has little experience. So I told him to go to the store and find something he really wants. You can't know until you've actually tried some of them out. The look of the guitar doesn't mean anything and when you've looked at a few more guitars in person you'll change your mind anyway.

Edit: By the way, I mentioned resale value because people ALWAYS try to resell these things. Nine times out of ten, if I see a pedal on a used buy/sell site, it's a Metal Zone. If I see a guitar under $200, it's some variety of Ibanez metal-styled guitar. They're everywhere.

On April 21 2012 11:33 Elegance wrote:

Bolded part shows how biased you are and how much you know about those guitars

On April 21 2012 11:33 HeroCommanD wrote:
I've currently got 4 guitars: fender stratocaster standard, schecter damien v-1, Tokai SG (cheapo gibson replica ) and an epiphone explorer that I got back earlier in the day after having some new dimarzio pickups put in her :D. Hopefully now that I've got all the shapes of guitar that I've been influenced by now I'll practise more hehe!