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i appologize for making this thread again but i swear a searched and couldn't find what i was looking for.
my friend got a really nice epiphone les paul, paid like 1300 bucks for it. it was his beginner guitar i know.
anyway, now that he's figured out that he bit off more than he could chew he wants to trade it in for an acoustic. my questions are:
1. should he trade in or is he going to lose so much money that it would be smarter to ebay it or at least sell by owner
2. what mid range acoustic should he get? i told him about alvarez which imo is the best mid range but what are some other brands that make good 3 - 6 hundred dollar guitars. also, what brands should he stay away from.
for acoustics- i'd get an alvarez or a seagull.
i'd stay away from gibson/epiphone. I've never been slightly impressed with them (acoustic wise of course)
high end gibson acoustics are amazing. Their jumbos are especially great. However, these are pretty pricey. The Epi master built series should be something to check our. The Takamine G series, and Larrivee's 03 series are also great.
1,300 for an Epi Les Paul??? is your friend retarded???
I love my alvarez, i've played some seagulls and they sound great, but I
A: hate the headstock
B: hate the almost processed feel of the wood
and
C: the fact that it's canadian
tell him to look into Tak's or alvarez's. play as many as he can and figure it out from there.
Machtimus wrote:for acoustics- i'd get an alvarez or a seagull. i'd stay away from gibson/epiphone. I've never been slightly impressed with them (acoustic wise of course)
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checkii wrote:1,300 for an Epi Les Paul??? is your friend retarded???
I love my alvarez, i've played some seagulls and they sound great, but I
A: hate the headstock
B: hate the almost processed feel of the wood
and
C: the fact that it's canadian
tell him to look into Tak's or alvarez's. play as many as he can and figure it out from there.
...yea. but in his defense it's a gibson except for the name on it. it really is tweeked out pretty nicely. but yea, he's absolutely retarded. he bought it cause he was going through a punk phase. died his hair, got the hawk, pink belts, the works. i tack it on to depression after getting back form overseas. since then he's realized his retardedness, decided to start playing country music and get an acoustic for his electric. so that's the whole story.
checkii wrote:1,300 for an Epi Les Paul??? is your friend retarded???
I love my alvarez, i've played some seagulls and they sound great, but I
A: hate the headstock
B: hate the almost processed feel of the wood
and
C: the fact that it's canadian
tell him to look into Tak's or alvarez's. play as many as he can and figure it out from there.
...yea. but in his defense it's a gibson except for the name on it. it really is tweeked out pretty nicely. but yea, he's absolutely retarded. he bought it cause he was going through a punk phase. died his hair, got the hawk, pink belts, the works. i tack it on to depression after getting back form overseas. since then he's realized his retardedness, decided to start playing country music and get an acoustic for his electric. so that's the whole story.
Check our Garrison guitars. Mine was close to 5 hundred & sounds great. ALL WOOD, unique bracing system that allows for unparalleled resonation of the strings for a guitar that price. Elixirs sound great on them.
checkii wrote:1,300 for an Epi Les Paul??? is your friend retarded???
I love my alvarez, i've played some seagulls and they sound great, but I
A: hate the headstock
B: hate the almost processed feel of the wood
and
C: the fact that it's canadian
tell him to look into Tak's or alvarez's. play as many as he can and figure it out from there.
...yea. but in his defense it's a gibson except for the name on it. it really is tweeked out pretty nicely. but yea, he's absolutely retarded. he bought it cause he was going through a punk phase. died his hair, got the hawk, pink belts, the works. i tack it on to depression after getting back form overseas. since then he's realized his retardedness, decided to start playing country music and get an acoustic for his electric. so that's the whole story.
ya, i'm just not following you here.
i guess i should have said he realized his retardedness and fell down into an even bigger steaming pile of retardedness
checkii wrote:1,300 for an Epi Les Paul??? is your friend retarded???
I love my alvarez, i've played some seagulls and they sound great, but I
A: hate the headstock
B: hate the almost processed feel of the wood
and
C: the fact that it's canadian
tell him to look into Tak's or alvarez's. play as many as he can and figure it out from there.
...yea. but in his defense it's a gibson except for the name on it. it really is tweeked out pretty nicely. but yea, he's absolutely retarded. he bought it cause he was going through a punk phase. died his hair, got the hawk, pink belts, the works. i tack it on to depression after getting back form overseas. since then he's realized his retardedness, decided to start playing country music and get an acoustic for his electric. so that's the whole story.
ya, i'm just not following you here.
i guess i should have said he realized his retardedness and fell down into an even bigger steaming pile of retardedness
why am i picturing Chris from family guy when I think of this guy
checkii wrote:1,300 for an Epi Les Paul??? is your friend retarded???
I love my alvarez, i've played some seagulls and they sound great, but I
A: hate the headstock
B: hate the almost processed feel of the wood
and
C: the fact that it's canadian
tell him to look into Tak's or alvarez's. play as many as he can and figure it out from there.
...yea. but in his defense it's a gibson except for the name on it. it really is tweeked out pretty nicely. but yea, he's absolutely retarded. he bought it cause he was going through a punk phase. died his hair, got the hawk, pink belts, the works. i tack it on to depression after getting back form overseas. since then he's realized his retardedness, decided to start playing country music and get an acoustic for his electric. so that's the whole story.
ya, i'm just not following you here.
i guess i should have said he realized his retardedness and fell down into an even bigger steaming pile of retardedness
why am i picturing Chris from family guy when I think of this guy
skinnier but perhaps. his on myspace. go to mine and get the guy that's name is jinxremoving. that's him
i know. 
