Looking For A Guitar With A Trem...any Suggestions? |
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Looking For A Guitar With A Trem...any Suggestions? |
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Feb 21 2009, 03:32 AM |
Ibanez S470 with the ZR trem. Best trem on the market IMO. Easy to set up and VERY stable as far as tuning. It uses ball bearings as opposed to knife edges so they don't wear like knife edges do. Only drawback to the guitar IMO is it only has 22 frets although the new S-prestige models have 24 but they are over $1000. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product...itar?sku=512503 is just like that guitar, both amazing guitars. Don't go for any other trem but this ZR man! -------------------- i tripped and broke my guitar's neck. :( |
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Feb 21 2009, 09:18 AM |
A Fender Highway One maybe fits the budget in the states?
I wouldn't recommend a cheap double locking Floy Roser type. Only high quality ones will cut it. Trust me on that. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Feb 21 2009, 04:16 PM |
Here are mine two suggestions:
Ibanez S320 S ~500$ * 3-piece maple neck * Mahogany body w/Open-pore finish * Ibanez INF pickups And if you could stretch out a bit this is a much better choice: Ibanez S520EX ~600$ * Wizard II neck * 3-piece maple neck * Mahogany body * 22 jumbo frets * Bound rosewood fingerboard * ZR bridge * IBZ INF1 humbucking neck pickup * IBZ INF2 humbucking bridge pickup * S Special 12th-fret inlay * Black hardware -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Feb 21 2009, 08:04 PM |
Anything with a ZR trem. is amazing from my experience.
-------------------- i tripped and broke my guitar's neck. :( |
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Feb 21 2009, 10:16 PM |
Those look really awesome dude. I was hoping for something in a lighter color because I've already got two black guitars, but of course overall quality is a more important factor. I'm gonna head over to the guitar store in a few minutes, and when I get back I'll be sure to post any axes that I found interesting (just to make sure they aren't garbage!) Cool man, I'm glad you like it. You can check for other finishes as well, I'm not sure if they are sold only in black. Let us know what find in the store. Cheers! -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Feb 22 2009, 02:11 AM
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Guys, what do you think of SAT Pro II bridges? Any experience with them?
edit: I was playing this model at Sam Ash: http://ibanez.com/ElectricGuitars/model-RG350DX It sounded good, although it was a tad out of tune (I just tuned it by ear to standard, although I usually tune my guitars down a half step). I love the look and the price is right too. But can anyone comment on the quality of the bridge? Will I be retuning the thing every five minutes? Thanks. This post has been edited by kebsis: Feb 22 2009, 02:24 AM |
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Feb 22 2009, 02:34 AM
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Guys, what do you think of SAT Pro II bridges? Any experience with them? edit: I was playing this model at Sam Ash: http://ibanez.com/ElectricGuitars/model-RG350DX It sounded good, although it was a tad out of tune (I just tuned it by ear to standard, although I usually tune my guitars down a half step). I love the look and the price is right too. But can anyone comment on the quality of the bridge? Will I be retuning the thing every five minutes? Thanks. I believe the SAT Pro II bridge is non-locking which equals nightmare if you are doing any Vai type tremolo stuff. The bridge on the guitar with the link you provided I have heard good things about but it is still not as good as the ZR. Get the ZR, you won't regret it!! |
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Feb 22 2009, 11:27 AM
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Hey guys, thanks for all the replies, all this information has made everything alot easier here! However I've decided against getting another guitar at the moment; I probably still will in the next few months or so, but in the meantime I've decided to fix up an older guitar I currently have. This thread is definetley going in my favorites folder though, so I can refer to it when I do get around to buying. That said, since I don't like starting alot of threads, I'd like to ask a couple of questions here about fixing up the other guitar...
The guitar in question is a Schecter Omen 6, Diamond Series, pictured here (same color as shown): http://www.pulseonline.com/Schecter/bigOMEN6WSN.jpg It was my first guitar which I bought, I'd say two or three years ago. It still looks like new, unfortunately the hardware has completely crapped out on it. So I'm replacing the pots and pickups, but that's not a problem. At the same time, I'm going to replace the hardware (knobs, bridge, pickup covers and tuning machines) with chrome colored hardware to make it a little flashier. I want to replace the tuning machines with locking tuners but I don't know if they will fit into the holes left by the existing ones. Does anyone know if that could be a problem? Thanks again everyone for your help so far! |
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Feb 22 2009, 05:06 PM |
What new tuners you wanna put on it?
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Feb 22 2009, 05:58 PM |
Ibanez makes a lot of models that fit your description. They have an almost limitless variety of models.
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