Caught Between A Rock And A $1200 Budget, the search for versatility continues! |
|
|
|
|
Oct 11 2007, 11:16 PM
|
|
QUOTE (Spiderusalem @ Oct 11 2007, 09:09 PM)  *snip* blues, funk, flamenco and early rock n roll a whole lot (with an interest in jazz growing exponentially by the day *snip* The guy at music store 1 says I should get a Les paul The lady at music store 2 swears by 335's The internet says Strats A different forum says Teles? Just commenting on the music store sales persons. The lady at store 2 has a well thought through point, the 335 is probably the best to cover all those styles all together and perform them the best. Sounds like she knows what she's talking about, I'd have a chat with her if I were you. And that's a cool looking guitar too! 
-------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
 |
 
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 12 2007, 12:24 AM
|
|
A 335 will cover all the bases you mention - with the exception of flamenco. I'd assume she however is talking about a 2nd hand/used one or a copy as I'd be surprised if you got one for 1200USD new. The list price is about 3500USD and even with mark down it would be the best part of 2500USD for a new one. So make sure you know what she is actually offering here.
Also as with any purchase try other guitars out and chose the one that you like. Cheers, Tony ps rather then giving up food maybe give up cigarettes instead  ?
-------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
Be friends on facebook with us here. We use professional, mastering grade hardware in our mastering studo. Our hardware includes: Cranesong Avocet II Monitor Controller, Dangerous Music Liasion Insert Hardware Router, ATC SCM Pro Monitors, Lavry Black DA11, Prism Orpheus ADC/DAC, Gyratec Gyraf XIV Parallel Passive Mastering EQ, Great River MAQ 2NV Mastering EQ, Kush Clariphonic Parallel EQ Shelf, Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor, API 2500 Mastering Compressor, Eventide Eclipse Reverb/Echo. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 12 2007, 02:17 AM
|
|
QUOTE (tonymiro @ Oct 12 2007, 01:24 AM) The list price is about 3500USD  whoa... Maybe Epiphone has a copy?QUOTE (tonymiro @ Oct 12 2007, 01:24 AM) ps rather then giving up food maybe give up cigarettes instead ?Sounds like a plan 
-------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 12 2007, 05:04 PM
|
|
QUOTE (fkalich @ Oct 12 2007, 05:25 AM) MickeM has both a les paul and an Ibanez, I think he can give you a good opinion. Generally he makes sense. You out there MickeM? I'm here, I've already been here pushing for the 335  Forget all about Jackson, Schecter and Ibanez for the blues, jazz, fusion tones you're looking for. Sure you can play blues on an Ibanez, but that's not what it's made for. Show up with a Jackson soloist or an Ibanez JEM on a traditional jazz club and you revield that you don't have a clue even before striking the first note It's all about tone my friend. The 335 delivers what you want. A LP will deliver with the same warmth but with a strike for the more modern, you can if you wish ga crazy and shoot off some Zakk Wylde riffing. Tonewise the general Jackson and Ibanez will come off wrong, especially if you're looking for vintage tones. Modern fusion on an Ibanez is fine, an adler Jackson ihmo lacks the warmth for this music. Schecter, I don't eben know what wood they are generaly made from. I've visited their site before and was met by at hard heavy rocking wall of sound so I suspect jazz and blues isn't their main genre. So let's sum it up like this. Want mainly a blues and jazz guitar - 335 is the way to go. After seeing the prices tonymiro posted maybe an Epiphone can do it for you? Les Paul - Does what a 335 does just not with the same kind of bluesy and jazzy tone. The 335 is semi hollow body, meaning there's cavities inside, LP is not. Here you can afford a real Gibson on the expense of lost 335 tone. Still very good for your thing. Ibanez - Modern Jazz and Fusion, sure but forget about a true vintage blues and jazz tone. Nothing BB King would use. Jackson - n/a -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 12 2007, 09:51 PM
|
|
QUOTE (fkalich @ Oct 11 2007, 10:32 PM) I will stop here, to provide room for the Ibanez cult card carrying members to express themselves. Sorry, much as I love arguing with you fkalich, you are unfortunately talking great good sense Fkalich and MickeM pretty much covered all the main points - Ibanez are awesome guitars, I adore my Jem, but wouln't use it for hard core blues or Jazz - I have my Variax for that at the moment, and will later almost certainly get an LP and some sort of hollow body to complete my collection. BTW, Line6 Variax is worth a look if you really want extreme versatility - its a modeling guitar and it does a reasonable job of capturing many different guitar tones from acoustic, through hollow body to Les Paul and Strat - might be worth a look. -------------------- 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct 12 2007, 09:58 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
