guitar questoin

bassman462 · Post by **bassman462** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:54 pm

ok my freind is looking for a guitar and she found this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 33585&rd=1
i think its cool and the string are off and i guess this guy got it with them off how does this affect the guitar? i know this has been brought up before, but that was with acoustac is there a difference since this is electric? any help is aprectiated.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:08 pm

any warping that has occured from lack of string tension can be fixed via truss rod. although i will say that the emg pickups are low quality imo

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:13 pm

id pay 350 for that. i say tell your friend to go for it!

guitardmb · Post by **guitardmb** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:46 pm

I say go for something else. You can get a better quality les Paul for not much more than that. Plus it will come with strings and you wont have to pay for repairs if it is broken.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:54 pm

yeah go for somethin better

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:59 pm

i would never play anything i couldn't play first. every guitar is unique in some way.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:03 pm

Appfro wrote:i would never play anything i couldn't play first. every guitar is unique in some way.

i find mass produced electrics to be fairly uniform... but your way is safer

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:04 pm

just personal preference

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:42 pm

Don't buy that. Save up more money to get a Gibson Les Paul Special Faded. They play and sound great, and are better than that.

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:44 pm

gibson's are so overpriced.

guitardmb · Post by **guitardmb** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:13 am

Appfro wrote:gibson's are so overpriced.

But they sound so freakin good.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:24 pm

guitardmb wrote:
Appfro wrote:gibson's are so overpriced.
But they sound so freakin good.

amen

jeffro · Post by **jeffro** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:16 pm

I wouldn't pay that much for a used Epi. I'm not saying Epi's suck, but for a used one thats a little pricey. Of course I probably don't know what I'm talking about. I would say buy a strat, but that may start a big argument, so I'll just say tell him to play a bunch of different guitars and buy the exact guitar that he likes the most.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:22 pm

jeffro wrote:I wouldn't pay that much for a used Epi. I'm not saying Epi's suck, but for a used one thats a little pricey. Of course I probably don't know what I'm talking about. I would say buy a strat, but that may start a big argument, so I'll just say tell him to play a bunch of different guitars and buy the exact guitar that he likes the most.

no reason to argue, its all opinion