Electric guitar advice..

DT · Post by DT » Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:56 pm

the only thing i thought at the beginning of this thread was-

there it is....... EXCALIBUR

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 2:17 pm

ok anyway, ive been looking a lot and reading a lot of reviews. and the epiphone les paul seems to be the best guitar i can get for the money. i can get one for about 400 dollars. the general statements against have been the tuners, the pickups, and the pickup selector switch. it seems i can replace the tuners and switch right off the bat and save up money for good pickups. so i guess that's what im going to get.

if anyone knows of any other electrics i can get for around 4-600 that is a lot better than the epiphone let me know. outtie

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:19 pm

Appsoldier wrote:ok anyway, ive been looking a lot and reading a lot of reviews. and the epiphone les paul seems to be the best guitar i can get for the money. i can get one for about 400 dollars. the general statements against have been the tuners, the pickups, and the pickup selector switch. it seems i can replace the tuners and switch right off the bat and save up money for good pickups. so i guess that's what im going to get.

if anyone knows of any other electrics i can get for around 4-600 that is a lot better than the epiphone let me know. outtie

ok.. seriously consider a mexican strat or tele... im not saying this just cause i love fenders... my friend has a epi lp and it is really low quality and is cheaply made

get what you want.. but just try out the mexicans.. theyre pretty nice

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:20 pm

i just think strats are ugly....but i will definetly look at them. thanks.

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:22 pm

Appsoldier wrote:i just think strats are ugly....but i will definetly look at them. thanks.

well.. theyre not exactly ugly.. but i think theyre awkawrd to play

go teles!!!

Kragh · Post by **Kragh** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:53 pm

I have me a Mexican strat, My dad kinda suprised me with it one day. He bought it off his friend who put custom pick ups and stuff, it sounds great for the price the guitar actually costed. Just before I was jamming with the Allman brothers , well not exactly jamming, i was just in background pretending I can actually play a lead like one of them. I can dream....

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:27 pm

Kragh wrote:I have me a Mexican strat, My dad kinda suprised me with it one day. He bought it off his friend who put custom pick ups and stuff, it sounds great for the price the guitar actually costed. Just before I was jamming with the Allman brothers , well not exactly jamming, i was just in background pretending I can actually play a lead like one of them. I can dream....

yeah i was really suprised at how high quality they are for a 350 dollar guitar

Dancing Ants · Post by **Dancing Ants** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:48 pm

Appsoldier, you can get an American Telecaster for $679 @ Guitar Center. Great guitars. I sent you a PM saying the same thing, btw.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 1:10 am

well, for me, a les paul is a les paul, and not a strat or tele

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(you all know what I implied there, so lay off the mocking posts on this one

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Cor · Post by **Cor** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 10:10 am

isaac wrote:all right, i need some advice on what electric guitars to take a look at. i've already asked fatjack and elliot and they've helped me a lot. i have some options i'm seriously considering, but i'm going to take a look at others just to have some perspective.

any suggestions on amps and pedals are also welcome.

basically going to purchase this guitar in about a year or two after i save up enough money, which'll include graduation present money, and will most likely be in the neighborhood of a minimum of 2-2.5k.

so with that in mind, i'm looking for an electric that i'll be pretty much set with for a good long time. probably going to play a lot of blues and jazz, if that helps out any.

with elliot's advice, i've started heavily considering doing a fender custom shop order and picking myself up a Closet Classic Olympic White 60's strat.

http://www.fender.com/gear/gear.php?partno=0150700

still thinking about possible cosmetic touches...but i have a year and a half to deliberate that.

anyway, any help is greatly appreciated. thanks ahead!

Wow, I feel like a jerk. I never made that example for you.

Well, I don't have school today, I can probably do it for you.

Cory

gcom007 · Post by **gcom007** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:05 pm

Appsoldier wrote:i just think strats are ugly....but i will definetly look at them. thanks.

do you look at a guitar or make music or noise w/ it?

and yesterday I found myself enjoying Tele's for some reason...not like I love Strats, but I think I'll pick one up at some point...maybe I'll get one for Christmas/Birthday (12/26...paypal gifts to NotMyself0283@hotmail.com

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thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 11:22 pm

[quote="gcom007] I found myself enjoying Tele's for some reason...[/quote]

the reason is they are awsome... awsomer than you...

Appfro · Post by **Appfro** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:45 am

gcom007 wrote:
Appsoldier wrote:i just think strats are ugly....but i will definetly look at them. thanks.
do you look at a guitar or make music or noise w/ it?

and yesterday I found myself enjoying Tele's for some reason...not like I love Strats, but I think I'll pick one up at some point...maybe I'll get one for Christmas/Birthday (12/26...paypal gifts to NotMyself0283@hotmail.com )...

true, but you can't tell me that if 2 guitars make similar noises that you wouldn't pick the one that looks better. i thought the tele was ugly too. i don't know, im just torn about the whole thing. maybe ill spend my money on a 12er and say screw electric guitar.

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:33 pm

Appsoldier wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
Appsoldier wrote:i just think strats are ugly....but i will definetly look at them. thanks.
do you look at a guitar or make music or noise w/ it?

and yesterday I found myself enjoying Tele's for some reason...not like I love Strats, but I think I'll pick one up at some point...maybe I'll get one for Christmas/Birthday (12/26...paypal gifts to NotMyself0283@hotmail.com )...
true, but you can't tell me that if 2 guitars make similar noises that you wouldn't pick the one that looks better. i thought the tele was ugly too. i don't know, im just torn about the whole thing. maybe ill spend my money on a 12er and say screw electric guitar.

thats what i was thinkin about doing... but5 i got the electric and now i play it probably more than my acoustic.. im really happy with it

but it just comes down to what kind of music you want to play

Beauford33 · Post by **Beauford33** » Sun Oct 26, 2003 5:30 pm

Hey, does any one here know about shecter Electric guitars. I sold my fender and im lookin to buy a cheap one so I still have money to buy a new acoustic

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