Jon Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~J...nky~ID~3330.asp ^ i'd like one in trans black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Dongbot Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 get a gibson les paul...& be done with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 lol good one craig dog ! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 just get a strat and some rory gallagher albums. none of this fancy shite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 just get a strat and some rory gallagher albums. none of this fancy shite<{POST_SNAPBACK}> You said "Get a strat" and then said "none of this fancy shite"... strats cost like 3000 quid mate... if that aint fancy then what is.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 http://www.zzounds.com/item--IBAGAX70 <- i found an ibanez with a toggle switch [i'm a ratm obsessive]. its a lot cheaper than the others i've been looking at- can anyone explain why. are the pickups shite or something? is it the lack of a whammy bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 its cheap wood lack of whammy the pickups aint the best but they aint bad... isnt a high demand for toggle swtiches (only RATM fans) so they reduce price to sell it lol but good for starting guitar my first guitar cost 150 quid and that was with an amplifer included so it really cost like 100 quid n 50 quid for the amp lol n my guitar i love it now altho it dont beat the new one i got which i showed u on myspace but thats life really but i say u shld get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I love my Ibanez SC. Also check out the Mike Kelly guitars. Real nice build and inexpensive. http://www.michaelkellyguitars.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I still whammy bars are a joke but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Caruso Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) Sirchickski, no offence mate but I hope you know more about turntables than guitars! fucking hell, I've cringed at every one of your posts! Firstly, regarding brands that other guitarists use: Rage Against the Machine - from that video you showed me Rusty its an Ibanez he uses a tele, a Gibson SG Doubleneck but the most famous is probably the grey "Arm The Homeless" guitar which is an ESP body, kramer neck, floyd-rose trem and I think EMG pickups Deftones - Steph Carpenter plays ESPTeam Sleep - is Steph in Team Sleep?Incubus = PRS and I think lately I've seen him witha Fender Jaguar or JazzmasterLimp BIZKIT = used to have an Ibanez 7-string sponsorship but I think switched to PRSNirvana - Fender Mustangs, Jaguars (with humbuckers) no make 70s guitars and later on his signature Jag-stang Papa Roach = he endorses Schecter guitars and has a signature model Two most common Ibanez body shapes..not the paint though.. bottom one is used by steve vai and top one no one famous that i know has one as they aint cheap. The top one is an Iceman as played by Daran Malakian from System of a Down. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> its cheap wood lack of whammy the pickups aint the best but they aint bad... isnt a high demand for toggle swtiches (only RATM fans) so they reduce price to sell it lol Are you on crack? It doesn't have a toggle switch especially for doing the Tom Morello stutter sound, it's just a (very conventional) pickup selector! The same as found on a Les Paul or a lot of other guitars with two pickups. I certainly don't think that the guitar is cheaper because of it! The lack of tremolo doesn't make it cheaper either - some people just don't need one - it's just an option. The way you're talking, Ibanez have accidentally fucked up designing the guitar and now have to sell them off dead cheap because no one wants all of the apparently rubbish features they've included. It's a cheap guitar because it's made cheaply! It's not the best wood, won't have the best pickups or hardware and it will have been assembled in the far east for very little money. More expensive guitars will have improved their product in one or more of these areas. It's like saying a Ford Focus is a shit car because it hasn't got the features of an Aston Martin. It's not shit, it's just built and targeted at a different budget and market. My advice Rusty is that if you want to play heavy stuff, you will need a humbucker in the bridge position. You can do mellower stuff with that type of pickup but a single coil will struggle with the heavy stuff. You may or may not want a tremolo (either locking or vintage style). It's all about longevity really, if you are just learning you will definitely not need a whammy bar it's hard enough trying to figure out where to put your fingers and pick without the distraction of divebombs and scoop and doops! When you are a proficient soloist you may want to get into tremolo action, you can either decide to equip yourself for that point now or get a different guitar with those features when the time comes. Bear in mind a Floyd-rose type trem is more difficult to change strings with, more fiddly to setup (ie. if you decide to change string guage [thickness] or string height etc) and is also difficult if you like to change tunings regularly. eg. Standard to drop D for different RATM songs. I say go to a guitar shop, and see what they've got at what price that you like the look and feel of. For £200, if not less you can get a very respectable guitar these days. I would just do the research and make sure the one you like is fairly priced, as long as you've paid the right price and you like it there is no rip-off really. If it's a reputable brand, it's not going to fall apart or anything it's just down to whether you like it or not. I have been playing for 8 years now and those are my thoughts, sorry if anyone got bored or offended by them. Edited July 21, 2006 by Paul_Caruso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Bear in mind a Floyd-rose type trem is more difficult to change strings with, more fiddly to setup (ie. if you decide to change string guage [thickness] or string height etc) and is also difficult if you like to change tunings regularly. eg. Standard to drop D for different RATM songs. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> FUCK A FLOYD ROSE! Worst pick up design ever. IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stalk Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Floyd Rose is tricky to tune but it's dead easy to change strings with it and when it's properly set up your guitar will hardly go out of tune anymore. My BC Rich with the Floyd Rose hasn't changed tune for about three months now (with regular packing/unpacking the guitar for rehearsals). You'll get used to the tuning with a Floyd Rose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasquatch Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Bear in mind a Floyd-rose type trem is more difficult to change strings with, more fiddly to setup (ie. if you decide to change string guage [thickness] or string height etc) and is also difficult if you like to change tunings regularly. eg. Standard to drop D for different RATM songs. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> FUCK A FLOYD ROSE! Worst pick up design ever. IMO<{POST_SNAPBACK}> err, a floyd rose isnt a pickup... i wouldn't ever want one though, far too fiddly for whatever (crap stuff) i want to play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Bear in mind a Floyd-rose type trem is more difficult to change strings with, more fiddly to setup (ie. if you decide to change string guage [thickness] or string height etc) and is also difficult if you like to change tunings regularly. eg. Standard to drop D for different RATM songs. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> FUCK A FLOYD ROSE! Worst pick up design ever. IMO<{POST_SNAPBACK}> err, a floyd rose isnt a pickup... i wouldn't ever want one though, far too fiddly for whatever (crap stuff) i want to play<{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOL! To many bowls of BUD! Of course I was reffering to the piece of crap Whammy bridge! The tension concictancy is impossible to deal with unless your someone who has ten guitars and ten guitar techs. If you pop one string mid play, everthing come out of tunes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Floyd Rose is tricky to tune but it's dead easy to change strings with it and when it's properly set up your guitar will hardly go out of tune anymore. My BC Rich with the Floyd Rose hasn't changed tune for about three months now (with regular packing/unpacking the guitar for rehearsals). You'll get used to the tuning with a Floyd Rose.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think the idea of the locking nut and tuning from the bridge is cool, but it is WAY overboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 LOL to some posts ive read. but i cant be assed to argue over this any more without having to write shit loads of sentences to make a point id rather use my energy on playing guitar. so shutup please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 LOL to some posts ive read. but i cant be assed to argue over this any more without having to write shit loads of sentences to make a point id rather use my energy on playing guitar. so shutup please <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Music is for nerds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sasquatch Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 LOL to some posts ive read. but i cant be assed to argue over this any more without having to write shit loads of sentences to make a point id rather use my energy on playing guitar. so shutup please <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't agree with you one bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirchickski Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Hmm according to my books i dont give a shit so why inform me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasquatch Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 yes you do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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