What To Get For My Next Guitar?, Looking for advice on what to buy for my next guitar. |
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What To Get For My Next Guitar?, Looking for advice on what to buy for my next guitar. |
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Jul 21 2007, 02:30 PM |
With $1000 you are into a decent league of guitar buying - you can afford models from any of the classic makes, so you need to look at the possibilities on offer.
Gibson - you can get a Les Paul Studio for $1000 - beautiful tone awesome sustain. The Studo is in fact a Les Paul without embellishments and half the price, but by all accounts the one thing that isnlt sacrificed is the tone, so this is a great way to get a LP with a smaller price tag. Play like Zakk Wylde, Jimmy Page or Slash Fender - You can get a US strat, the strat is a classic guitar, play like Eric Johnson, or Eric Clapton Fender - Telecaster - I hate the way they look but a lot of people play them (can't think of anyone of the top of my head) - a worthy weapon for certain styles. Ibanez - You are well into RG prestige territory (make sure you get a prestige from ibanez, no less), for instance the RG2550E - get one of these if you want to play hard and fast, but also, they do have incredible tonal variety as Schpudd said, they are no one trick pony. The RGs have about the best locking tremelo out there if that interests you - none of the models above have a decent tremelo at all (the LP doesn't even have one). The RGA you mention is a prestige so would be a good choice, but with only 2 humbuckers lacks the tonal versatility of somethin like the 2550E - it also has no whammy which may be a limitation for you, depends on your exact style. In addition, for that money you can get high end Schecter or Jackson guitars if shred interests you. For that budget you have a chance to pick up an absolutely awesome guitar, so think about it a lot and make the right choice based on your interests and inspirations - the guitar world is your oyster! This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Jul 21 2007, 02:36 PM -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jul 21 2007, 08:00 PM |
Paging MickeM, MickeM - Amplifier question on line 1 ...
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Jul 21 2007, 11:45 PM |
The advise I would give to you is (if your budget lets you) to buy an amp that plays purely a clean sound, and distort it using effects/stompboxes. That's interesting, I have been wondering about that. I will be getting an amp eventually, and a killer clean sound is a must, but I was unsure whether to rely on the amp for all my overdrive needs or to go with stomp boxes - since I've never owned a decent amp, apart from one I built myself from a kit. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jul 22 2007, 12:18 AM |
Well, I was wondering about that at first as well, but the way I see it its actually quite logic. I see that amp as the foundation on which you build your musical structure. When it comes to sound amplification I see the clean sound of your amp as the foundation of your musical tone. A truly clean sound is very hard to achieve, and many amps lack on that front. A distortion effect on the other hand is quite easy to obtain, just go to the shop and buy a random stompbox and you have the basic distorted sound featured on almost all combo's. For a good clean sound however, I know no effect pedal/stompboxes. I know that you can always buyt a POD for that matter, but that thing still only simulates that tube-sound. That's the main reason for me to go shopping for a purely clean amp (I believe the ACC series only feature TopGain which is distortion'ish). Yeah, makes a lot of sense - I ressurected an older thread here to see what some others thought since I have no experience in this area at all -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Jul 22 2007, 01:00 AM |
Thanks for the advice guys, sorry for hijacking the thread
Id like to here more about the amp you made from a kit/ Heh, I built it from a kit marketed by an electronics company in the UK called Maplin. It was solid state, had 2 channels, a clean one and a sort of nasty one, and a built in flanger. I built the innards (I was about 15) and my dad did a nice job of building me a case. It was ok for a highschool band, and I used it for monitoring in other gigs, but it never sounded very good ... -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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Jul 22 2007, 02:11 AM |
Just had to ask because i have heard of many bulid your own guitar kits but never amp kits.Do you think it was worth the money and how much spent? Was it difficult to put together It was cheap, and it was basically soldering all the components onto a circuit board, wiring up the pots etc. It was easy for me as I had been building electronic gadgets for years. I had no woodworking skills which is why my dad built the cabinet I Still have it somewhere .. It was so long ago I don't remember how much it cost, probably $200 or so, it was worth it to me at the time, I don't think there was an alternative at that price back then. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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