Electric Guitar Suggestions??

CWMCALL · Post by **CWMCALL** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:10 am

I'm thinking about picking up my first electric guitar, I don't need anything too high class, just something to screw around with. I will probably spend no more than $800 for the guitar and amp. I really like the sound of the semi-hollow bodies. Does anybody have any suggestions on guitars and/or amps?

does anybody have any experience with the "Epiphone Dot"?

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:14 am

I love the way they look but everyone I've played hasn't given me the sound I expect it to. Putting on some nice after market electronics would make those guitars much more BA IMO

b31182 · Post by **b31182** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:32 pm

What style of music do you plan on playing with it? That makes a big difference.

HumbleMonkey · Post by **HumbleMonkey** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:05 pm

b31182 wrote:What style of music do you plan on playing with it? That makes a big difference.

CWMCALL · Post by **CWMCALL** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:13 pm

HumbleMonkey wrote:
b31182 wrote:What style of music do you plan on playing with it? That makes a big difference.

you name it...rock, blues, country, etc. I really won't be playing anything very serious. I just want something that I can take to my basement with a beer and make a lot of noise

GuitarGuy305 · Post by **GuitarGuy305** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:34 pm

I had a mild distortion on one at Guitar Center and busted out the Jimi Thing riff. Sounded awesome. I've been thinking of picking one up for years.

Dutch · Post by **Dutch** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:04 pm

i have the ibanez artcore model that is basically a ripoff of the eip dot. love the style of guitar.

RunsWithBuffalo · Post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:19 pm

One of those paired with a Fender Blues Jr (399), and a decent overdrive pedal and you will have a good setup. Maybe down the road replace the PUPs with some Gibson '57s and you will have a great ax.

HumbleMonkey · Post by **HumbleMonkey** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:42 pm

i got the fender blues junior amp and an epiphone casino, love it. your talking more like $900-1000 though

b31182 · Post by **b31182** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:31 am

If you really want to get the most guitar for your dollar, take a look at a schecter (schecterguitars.com)... they sell them at guitar center for around the $500 range. They are very well made for the price. I have 2 high end prs guitars and i've been looking at a schecter c1 plus that plays and looks almost as perfect as my prs guitars that i paid over 2 grand for. They are also very good for a variety of styles. A few of them have a coil tap feature that can make the humbuckers sound like single coil (fender strat) pickups. Another good thing is that if your looking to spend around 800 total, a 500 guitar would leave you with enough to get a decent amp.

justanotherfan · Post by **justanotherfan** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:17 pm

I have an Epiphone Les Paul.......I like it but then again I really suck at playing. It seems to stay in tune and I think it has a great sound.

CWMCALL · Post by **CWMCALL** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:30 am

I ordered this today

I haven't ever bought a guitar online but I had a few gift cards...I hope it is OK when it gets here

SimsUK · Post by **SimsUK** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:39 am

Who'd you order from? Most of the big web retailers are pretty good with returns and have actual humans answering the phones.

CWMCALL · Post by **CWMCALL** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:00 pm

SimsUK wrote:Who'd you order from? Most of the big web retailers are pretty good with returns and have actual humans answering the phones.

my gift cards were for amazon.com so I ordered through amazon but it says that the guitar will ship from musiciansfriend.com. We'll see how it goes...

SimsUK · Post by **SimsUK** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:36 pm

Musician's Friend was good to me in the past. I haven't dealt with them since they became Guitar Center, fwiw.