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I can play Green Day by Ear

But that is it :'( lol..

GreenDay and My Chemical Romance make good warm up songs though

I'm learning Betrayed by A7X - so far i only have the intro and clean solo down though :'(

Yeah, good warm up songs if you play horrible music.

I'm going to see Buckethead September 23rd.

2009-08-06 04:40:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Nice, dude. Pictures will likely be in order when you get it, I think...

I've discovered that I can't play be ear. I was trying to figure out how to play this song by Amon Amarth and it just didn't work out. I was sad.

You won't ever be able to play Amon Amarth by hear unless you detune your guitar 2 and 1/2 steps to BEADF#B, since they use a lot of open string pedals...

Nice to join, I have been playin' guitar for 17 years.
I have a Yamaha RGX customized and an Ibanez JEM 777 (Year 1988)
I use a Peavy Bandit 80W combo, and a Boss GT5 coupled with a Metal Zone.

I play everything Metal, I was quite good, but I kinda lost my touch since I began to work 7 years ago and couldn't play consistently anymore.

I played in a power-metal band and we had one record out, but I will never tell you the name of my band

since I don't like how that recording came out.

2009-08-06 08:56:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Yeah, good warm up songs if you play horrible music.

I'm going to see Buckethead September 23rd.

2009-08-06 11:21:00

Author:
Unknown User

A good warm up song is a good warm up song. Those songs get you ready to play, like any other song, and if you think you can pick up the guitar in the morning and just shred, then you are a fool. You need something with easy chord changes etc. to help you get going.

I just play this one speed exercise to warm up.

BUT STILL IM GOIN TO SEE BUCKETHEAD ZOMG!

My squeedlyspooch is bursting with excitement.

2009-08-06 12:55:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

I play chromatic scales warming up yeah, but i still play MCR/GreenDay jsut for the chord changes

2009-08-06 13:03:00

Author:
Unknown User

You won't ever be able to play Amon Amarth by hear unless you detune your guitar 2 and 1/2 steps to BEADF#B, since they use a lot of open string pedals...
Well, that explains... lots.

2009-08-06 16:42:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

Rejoice man!
Actually Amon Amarth songs are pretty simple yet really effective.

2009-08-06 17:42:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Oh, yeah, I think I've identified most of the basic riffs used in the song, it's all a matter of figuring out how to play them, you know?

2009-08-06 20:02:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

I play guitar and have helped Dan (trickster) with a few things. I don't own all the gubbins you lot have but I have a decent knowledge about guitar and music.

2009-08-06 20:12:00

Author:
Zac

Posts: 165

Oh, yeah, I think I've identified most of the basic riffs used in the song, it's all a matter of figuring out how to play them, you know?

I got 2 powertabs for 2 old songs, for Power Tabs, a program that has been banned from the net, since it relied on midi and actually plays the song while showing the tabs and the notation.
****** recording labels.

I got really little spare time even for playing but somehow I can send you the powertabs I have through rapidshare or megaupload.
I don't if I still have the program itseld, tho.

Obviously it's not only for Dan, but for whoever wants them.
Basically it's only metal stuff, with Children Of Bodom, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Maiden and other stuff like that.

2009-08-06 20:39:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I should really post in this thread more often. Favourite guitarists everyone!?!

I'll let you guess mine (sig *cough*)

2009-08-06 22:54:00

Author:
Leather-Monkey

Posts: 2266

Power Tab hasn't been banned... But i use guitar pro

I just learnt 'Hearts Burst...' and Tears Don't Fall by Bullet For My Valentine, including the solo in Tears. Pretty good for 2 hours if you ask me

And y favourite guitarist (at the moment) is Corey Beaulieu technically, but my all time favourite is Slash

2009-08-06 23:07:00

Author:
Unknown User

My fav guitar is Chris Broderick.
Check his youtube videos.

2009-08-07 06:47:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I've got a Fender Strat electric guitar and a few acoustic guitars, i've been playing for about 1,5 year without lessons, all selftaught. Lately i've been trying to play songs from an artist called Andy Mckee ( look him up on youtube! ). I bought the tabs for the song Ebon Coast and after 1 week of playing i got to 40 seconds of the video so far XD

2009-08-09 10:07:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut

Posts: 562

Slash is the most overrated guitarist ever. Buckethead is my favorite.

Seriously though, Slash kinda sucks. He's not nearly as good as Buckethead. Saying Slash is your favorite guitarist is only a step above saying Herman Li is your favorite.

I'm bracing for the flames.

2009-08-10 07:11:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Slash is not a tech beast, or a shredder, but he has his touch, so what's the problem if he likes it?
The question is not about the greatest shredder, it's about the favourite.
For example I know that Satriani and Vai are two monsters, but I prefer hearing some really inspired Slash's solo than hours of Vai fa*ping his guitar.

2009-08-10 07:22:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Slash is the most overrated guitarist ever. Buckethead is my favorite.

I suppose you'd say Eddie Van Halen is overrated, too, then...

2009-08-10 16:19:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

I suppose you'd say Eddie Van Halen is overrated, too, then...

Yes.

Oh, I'm just being a ****. Slash is good and his solo in Sweet Child o' Mine is awesome. I haven't really listened to any kind of solo work by Slash besides his Guitar Hero solo which I won't even count because I would never judge Buckethead off Jordan.. He's just not my taste.

2009-08-11 01:31:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Van Halen is really overrated if you think that his most famous song is "Jump" that is REALLY keyboard oriented.

2009-08-11 06:58:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

The thing about Van Halen is he can pull off crazy stuff like "Eruption" but the band really held him back, I think, from doing the kind of stuff he really could be doing. Add that to the fact that he really doesn't practice the guitar, he just kinda picks it up and shreds, and that's why I think he's a good guitarist.

By the way, Awesomemans, I'm a fan of your new avatar. Invader Zim for the win (well, mostly just Gir for the win...)

2009-08-11 15:55:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

I like Slash because of the passion you can see he puts into playing. He has a great tone thats unique to him and him only. He's not technically best at playing guitar but i'd say his sound was one of the best.

I can't get on with BucketHead or 'Brian'.

He just seems to be very akward and kinda fake.

2009-08-11 15:58:00

Author:
Leather-Monkey

Posts: 2266

So, who is this buckethead guy anyway? I don't usually keep up with the names of band members, so...

2009-08-11 16:27:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

Brian Patrick Carroll,[2] better known as Buckethead, is an American musician and songwriter.[2] He has released 27 solo albums and performed on over 50 more. He has also made guest appearances on more than 50 different albums by various artists. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, thrash metal, funk, electronica, jazz, bluegrass, and avant-garde music.

When performing in his theatrical persona, Buckethead used to wear a KFC bucket on his head, emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker that read "funeral" in capital black block letters, and an expressionless plain white costume mask. More recently, he has switched to a plain white bucket no longer bearing the KFC logo. He also incorporates nunchaku, robot dancing, and toy trading into his stage performances.[3][4] Buckethead's persona represents a character who was "raised by chickens" and has made it his "mission in life to alert the world to the ongoing chicken holocaust in fast-food joints around the globe."[2]

http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/pv/Buckethead-1.JPG

He's always switching what bands he's in...

Bands

Current

* Praxis (1992?present)
* Shine/Shin Terai (2001?present)
* Thanatopsis (2001?present)
* Buckethead & Friends (2005?present)
* Science Faxtion (2007?present)
* Frankenstein Brothers (2008?present)
* Guns N' Roses (2000-2004, 2008)

Former

* Deli Creeps (1991?2005)
* Zillatron (1993)
* Cornbugs (1995?2007)
* Giant Robot (1996)
* Pieces (1997)
* Cobra Strike (1999?2000)
* El Stew (1999?2003)
* Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (2002?04)
* Gorgone (2005)

[edit] With artists

Current

* with Viggo Mortensen (1999, 2003?05, 2008?present)
* with Travis Dickerson (2004?present)
* with Brain (2007?present)

Former

* with Jonas Hellborg and Michael Shrieve (1995)

2009-08-11 16:33:00

Author:
Leather-Monkey

Posts: 2266

He just seems to be very akward and kinda fake.

Only his mom can call him that.

YouTube - Buckethead - Nottingham Lace
YouTube - Buckethead - I love my parents
YouTube - Buckethead Soothsayer LIVE
YouTube - Buckethead - The Interworld And The New Innocence
YouTube - Buckethead - King James - Lincoln Theatre 10/5/06

2009-08-11 16:50:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Anyway, the best thing I heard from guitarists are from Cacophony

2009-08-12 16:53:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

2009-08-12 16:58:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

Well, if you want to hear some cool, consistant alternate rhythm picking, you should check out Fear Factory and Iced Earth, not to mention tech death metal bands.

2009-08-12 18:17:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I've heard Iced Earth before, and yeah they're pretty sweet.

2009-08-12 19:22:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

RIP Les Paul (1915 - 2009).

2009-08-15 03:14:00

Author:
guitarplayer16

Posts: 56

Anyone here ever listen to System of a Down? There's not really a lot of talent in their guitarist, he plays drop-D tuning and mostly just does barre chords and stuff, but he's got some speed in his playing, which I'm finding hard to copy. I mean, sure they're not really thrash or anything, (I think they're nu-metal, actually) but there's some stuff there.

*AHem* Drop C, actually. S.O.A.D is alright, too bad they broke up.

ALSO:

RIP Les Paul

He was an amazing man. Played gigs in Manhattan every Wednesday up until the day of his death.

2009-08-15 03:55:00

Author:
The Cheat

Posts: 25

2009-08-15 15:29:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

Ooh, SOAD. I can play BYOB...

BTW, my guitar's in the sig.

2009-08-16 22:04:00

Author:
resistance1

Posts: 812

No, no, I'm pretty sure it's Drop D. I have a book of tabs and it's all in drop d, so yeah. And they didn't actually break up, they're on hiatus. Plus, I heard from my cousin that at the end of Guitar Hero... the new one where they have all the instruments during the credits there is a new SOAD song so they might be back again.

"Sugar" would be in Drop C. Unless the tabs I use are wrong? o.O
I don't know, they might be back together again, but then again, Serj's solo project did do pretty well, and Daran (or whatever the hell his name is) has a kid to take care of.

2009-08-17 14:27:00

Author:
The Cheat

Posts: 25

Where are you getting your tabs, Cheat? I've got a tab book from Hal Leonard and I just checked Sugar and it said Drop D. So, one of us is wrong. I'm just not sure which one.

2009-08-17 16:31:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

These Tabs say drop C: http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/sugar-tab.shtml
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/system_of_a_down/sugar_tab.htm

I can't find drop D tabs for it anywhere though. It will probably still be right either way though, if it sounds right in drop D then it doesn't matter.

2009-08-20 14:17:00

Author:
S-A-S--G-U-N-R

Posts: 1606

Well... That's weird. Yeah, it all sounds fine in Drop D but now I'm wondering which it really is...

2009-08-20 15:19:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

@Awesomemans - Slash is amazing, in the same way David Gilmour is. THey aren't amazing shredders, but a few notes from them is way better than hundreds by Vai etc. in the same timeframe. The have their own style and sound, and both of them are epic.

That said, Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu along with Matt Tuck and Padge (Trivium and BFMV) are pretty **** good

2009-08-24 00:36:00

Author:
Unknown User

Just found this thread, and had to give out a shout. I shred. Or try to.

Been playing guitar since I was ten, bought my first electric guitar on my 12th. birthday, and never looked back. Or at any books or tabs. Basically, I just learned a fair few chords on the acoustic, but once I got the electric I just started making stuff up and finding out what sounded best. Which means that I can just barely play a C major scale (because I took keyboard lessons and got some music theory through that and schooling), but I couldn't start jamming a blues scale if you put a gun to my head. I've got small hands with short fingers, so I guess that's part of the reason for my unorthodox playing style, but also I looked at all those so called guitar gods and went, "Pfft..!" Then sat down to listen to some Nirvana or Sonic Youth and tried to captured their sound.

At my small flat I've got only the one guitar, my trusty PRS CE 22. And, again because of limited space, my setup is simply Guitar Rig 3 with Rig Kontrol hooked to my MacBook. Simple and lightweight, but it gets me the results I want.

2009-08-24 13:07:00

Author:
slutzinc

Posts: 124

http://www.espguitars.com/images/guitars/EC-1000_VB.jpg

I now own this guitar.

2009-08-28 22:48:00

Author:
Unknown User

http://www.espguitars.com/images/guitars/EC-1000_VB.jpg

I now own this guitar.

Wow, very nice. How much did that baby set you back?

2009-08-29 00:21:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino

Posts: 5250

?792

lol, it's an awesome guitar though, love it

2009-08-29 01:27:00

Author:
Unknown User

?792

lol, it's an awesome guitar though, love it

That's 792 Euro right? My God... That means it would be 1,134 dollars here in the US...

But it's probably worth it, looks very good and it's an LTD.

2009-08-29 01:59:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino

Posts: 5250

That's 792 Euro right? My God... That means it would be 1,134 dollars here in the US...

But it's probably worth it, looks very good and it's an LTD.

I think he means pounds. That is one awesome guitar by the way!

EDIT: So $1,288.22 exactly.

2009-08-29 02:02:00

Author:
S-A-S--G-U-N-R

Posts: 1606

I think he means pounds. That is one awesome guitar by the way!

EDIT: So $1,288.22 exactly.

Oh great, even more.

2009-08-29 02:05:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino

Posts: 5250

Yep, that's in pounds...

It's a mix of my ?300, a reward for my GCSE results, and my birthday and christmas presents all mixed into one.... So worth it though

On another note, i learnt:

A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation
Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr
The End Of Everything/Rain
(all of the songs apart from the solo's, in those 3 i just learnt the rhythm parts for now

)

And all of Wherever i May Roam

I can finally play the Beast and the Harlot solo full speed aswell

Edit: That guitar play Metallica soooooo nicely, sounds awesome

2009-08-29 02:53:00

Author:
Unknown User

Man, that's a sick guitar, maid3n! I still dream of having an authentic Gibson Flying V one day... That's my absolute favorite guitar of all time. But at the mo', I think I'd be better off investing in some pedals, since I have none.

2009-08-29 15:56:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

I'm selling my Marshall MG100HDFX + MG4x12 Slant cab on Ebay for ?300 if anyones interested? Along with a Vox Valvetronix AD15vt (great for practicing) for about ?95. Both are in great condition, but the Marshall is just too big for me (it's a half stack)...

So i'm going to buy a tube combo instead.... Assuming i get the money... Any sugestions? I'm looking at The Peavy Vypyr 60w tube...

2009-09-01 00:04:00

Author:
Unknown User

Peavey combos are beast.
I've got the Bandit 60W and it rocks the socks.

2009-09-01 09:03:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Yeah, i was looking at the Vypyr combo's, especially because Trivium used them for the lead tones on Shogun

2009-09-01 09:26:00

Author:
Unknown User

2009-09-02 21:54:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

I'm being told Peavey Classic 30w all tube combo + an Ibanez Tubescreamer TS9 would be my best bet - 30w all tube is, apparently, ear splittingly loud, and easily enough for gigs

2009-09-03 00:03:00

Author:
Unknown User

My Marshall half stack is on Ebay for ?300 - search Marshall MG100HDFX if interested.

Gonna pick up and ENGL Thunder 50 combo for ?850 on the 1st October

2009-09-08 19:31:00

Author:
Unknown User

Alright, guys. Hypothetically situation here. Let's say, I have about $300, 'kay? Now, let's say I wanted to buy a decent set of pedals. What would you recommend? (Note: While I would like a decent set of pedals, I don't have $300. This is all in theory.)

2009-09-28 22:28:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

Any preferences to the pedal? Or do you want a multi-fx? In which case, most of the effects will be a bit worse than if you bought a specific pedal, but you'll have them all of course

Digitech Harmony Man is cool though, harmonised solo's with one guiatr ftw

2009-09-28 22:33:00

Author:
Unknown User

Psh... I don't really know. Just something I can use to shred with. Right now, all I have is the gain button on my little box amp, and that doesn't do much.

2009-09-28 22:46:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

If you want distortion, look at an Ibanez Tubescreamer TS9 maybe...

A Dunlop Crybaby for epic wah

2009-09-28 23:02:00

Author:
Unknown User

I PLAE TEH GITAR I LIEK IT VREH MUUCHE!

i TIHNK TAHT PLAYIN ITS VREH FUN N I LEIK IT!!!!

z0MG!

2009-09-30 03:42:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

I definitely want to get a new guitar for christmas (mostly because on my current guitar half of the frets past 15 either make the sound of the fret a few frets higher or make a generic broken noise) so I started looking around and decided that something like the Ibanez XP300FX would be good, but then I found out that it has a fixed bridge (like my current one). It seems a brilliant guitar other than that, ?230 on average, 24 frets, good sound (for metal) and good looks (imo).

http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/images/eg2009/XP300FX_BK_1P_01.gif

I've looked at some Ibanez Xiphos variations too but they all seem to be too expensive for my idea of a second guitar price range. Can anyone reccomend any other guitars that have the same sort of characteristics (good for metal, not fixed bridge, under ?300, and that look good)?

One thing though, I don't want to get a V guitar because my friend has one and it might seem like I'm copying them or something.

Any help will be appreciated.

EDIT: I'm looking round the ESP site now and there's some quite good (cheap) guitars on there judging by their reviews on youtube. Right now I'm looking at a MH-50 LTD and it seems awesome for its cost. The thing that worries me the most is if I buy a cheap guitar with a moveable bridge then it will probably be cheap its self and will go out of tune frequently.

Still though if anyone has suggestions then it could help.

This is what I'm now thinking of getting:
http://www.musiccentre.co.uk/acatalog/LTD-MH-50.jpg

EDIT 2: Now that I've seen more reviews on it on youtube I've changed my mind, the sound seems to be prety bad on most occasions and the clean tone seems dull.

I don't think that I really need a moveable bridge anymore really so I think I'll actually go with the Ibanez XP300FX... yeah this post has been pretty pointless...

I might get a pedal too though; a wah pedal sounds good but I don't know if I will use it that much. So I could either get a reverb/ harmony/ chorus pedal I suppose.

Although, I might need a new, better amp so the new guitar will sound better... I don't know.

EDIT 3: I think the amp is the main priority... anyone got any suggestions?

2009-10-24 22:56:00

Author:
S-A-S--G-U-N-R

Posts: 1606

Ahh this is the thread I was looking for, i've been playing guitar for about 2 years without lessons and last year I bought an electric guitar (Black/white Fender Statocaster), but lately i've been getting into fingerstyle guitar so me and my dad bought a Blueridge B-60 Electro-acoustic guitar. It rocks ^^

2009-10-31 14:11:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut

Posts: 562

@S-A-S: DO NOT get a floating bridge if you want to change between tunings - it requires taking the entire bridge out, unbolting things and changing the tensions on the strings. Until you get used to it, tuning from standard to drop-d can take maybe an hour or so. Once you get used to it, maybe 15 minutes? A normal guitar can do it in seconds.

Also, amp-wise - check out the Peavey Vypyr's, they are modeling amps similar to the Line 6 spiders, except they..don't suck. Infact, you like metal, and trivium recorded part of Shogun on a Vypyr

They seem pretty highly recommended. Or if you want a tube amp, but don't plan on any practice or gigging with it, maybe something like an Orange Tiny Terror (if they do a combo) or a Blackstar HT-5.

And i just got my Crybaby back, and learnt the solo to 'Wherever I May Roam' (Metallica) It sounds awesome

Oh, and my ENGL sounds ****ing insane

2009-11-01 02:42:00

Author:
Unknown User

Anyone here the new Megadeth album? The guitars are insane.

If you haven't heard it, search Endgame. It's reminiscent of their classic albums, though I liked United Abominations better.

2009-11-01 02:49:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Anyone here the new Megadeth album? The guitars are insane.

If you haven't heard it, search Endgame. It's reminiscent of their classic albums, though I liked United Abominations better.

It really is a great album

(and that's from a BIG Metallica fan

)

2009-11-01 02:50:00

Author:
Unknown User

They seem pretty highly recommended. Or if you want a tube amp, but don't plan on any practice or gigging with it, maybe something like an Orange Tiny Terror (if they do a combo) or a Blackstar HT-5.

And i just got my Crybaby back, and learnt the solo to 'Wherever I May Roam' (Metallica) It sounds awesome

Oh, and my ENGL sounds ****ing insane

Thanks for responding, I didn't know about tuning for the floating bridges, I'm definitely going for the XP300FX then.

I was thinking about a Marshall MG but there were a lot of mixed views on them (youtube quality doesn't help). I was just looking at an Orange Tiny Terror amp 5 minutes ago actually but I'll check out the amps you mentioned now. It will depend a lot on my price range.

EDIT: The peavey vypyr seems brilliant, and it's not too expensive. ?139 is cheapest on google shopping. I'm definitely thinking of getting this.
I looked at the price of a Blackstar HT-5 but they are too expensive for my price range (same with the Orange Tiny Terror).

Thanks for the help.

2009-11-01 03:41:00

Author:
S-A-S--G-U-N-R

Posts: 1606

2009-11-01 05:45:00

Author:
Unknown User

EDIT: Oh, I get it... you're a troll. I wonder how long it will be before you're banned.

2009-11-01 07:29:00

Author:
S-A-S--G-U-N-R

Posts: 1606

I have a Fender Stratocaster Standered with a small Marshall amp and a boss effects pedal with crazy stuff on it lol.I make my own music(I preffer heavy metal and ballads).

2009-11-01 08:30:00

Author:
AbstractFlesh

Posts: 837

I'm better at guitar hero, and that makes me a better musician then most people.
I really think it teaches you good rhythm and timing, so I'm better than almost all guitar players now that I started learning to play.

You know what, as much as I think your nothing but a troll, you've got a point. Guitar can teach people rhythm and timing, as well as exercise your fingers a bit. While it doesn't make you a good guitar player, it certainly can help.

2009-11-01 19:40:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

It can give you an idea of rhythm and timing. But also, it can't. Contradictory much?

It's rhythmic in the sense that you follow a pre-determined rhythm, but that is all that it is; You only have to react to the symbols, not keep the rhythm yourself. If you are playing live at a gig, you need to keep rhythm by listening and by thinking about it. ON GH all you do is watch for the could blobs and then press a button. It can give a very basic idea of it, but no more. Other than that, it's a great party game

2009-11-01 21:14:00

Author:
Unknown User

Guys Zatly9 was a troll, ignore his posts it wont matter much anymore.

Anyways, I recently bought this;

http://www.sp-musique.com/photos/ibanez-rg350dx-wh.jpg

Told you guys about it as well, it was a while ago actually.

Well anyways, it seemed to have some sort of wiring problem inside the guitar, called up Guitar Center and they told us to call the actual manufacturers and see what they would say.

They said we can keep this guitar and I can get a refund and buy another one.

So my question to you guys, I'll be getting a 400$ refund and I wanted to get a guitar with a fixed bridge, the RG350DX will be fixed so I just wanted a guitar with good sound but easily tuned when I just want to jam out by myself.

I've looked at a couple of guitars, what are your thoughts on them?

The Ibanez RG350MDX
Price: 400$

http://cachepe.samedaymusic.com/media/quality,85/brand,sameday/p39100h-108fe189e7111f03b4fb41c04280a0b0.jpg

The Ibanez ART300 Arist
Price: 400$

http://www.americanmusic.com/images/XL/423060XL.jpg
http://www.gigsmusic.ca/images/features/guitars/ibanez%20art300.jpg

The Ibanez ART320 Artist
Price: 450$

http://www.harmony-central.com/ProductImages/Ibanez-Introduces-New-ART320-Models-With-Flamed-Maple-Tops-and-Active-Pickups/large-ART320BB.jpg
http://www.harmony-central.com/ProductImages/Ibanez-Introduces-New-ART320-Models-With-Flamed-Maple-Tops-and-Active-Pickups/large-ART320BLS.jpg

The Schecter C1 Classic
Price: 500$

http://www.beringmusic.com/store/images/Sch%20C1%20Classic_LRG.jpg
http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/2/6/6/475266.jpg

The Schecter C1 Plus
Price: 440$

http://cachepe.samedaymusic.com/media/quality,85/brand,sameday/C-1PlusVHB-44709033afc5d3dafabb98467b2c566b.jpg
http://www.grandmas.com/shop/images/Schecter%20C-1%20Plus%20Electric%20Guitar.jpg

I'm leaning to one of The Schecters because I want to try something new, and that Classic looks like one sexy beast. (I mean look at the inlay on that bad boy!)

So, what do you guys think? And if any of you have a Schecter, how's the sound?

Thanks for the replies!

2009-11-01 21:39:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino

Posts: 5250

I tried a few Schecters before buying my LTD, they are very good, easily one of the best you can get for under ?1000 - there guitars are of a very high quality, especially in comparison to many other brands around the price range. I never tried the ones you are looking at, but they seem pretty good, and from experience they won't be bad at all

Never played any Ibanez' though, but the top one you posted in spoiler tags has a floating bridge, someone has just taken the bar off it

Maybe look at the Schecter Hellraiser and solo 6 series, i tried them and they rule

It does depend on your taste in music, though from the Ibanez i would guess Metal/Hard rock?

edit: Out of interest, what amp do you use?

2009-11-01 22:14:00

Author:
Unknown User

Never played any Ibanez' though, but the top one you posted in spoiler tags has a floating bridge, someone has just taken the bar off it

Maybe look at the Schecter Hellraiser and solo 6 series, i tried them and they rule

It does depend on your taste in music, though from the Ibanez i would guess Metal/Hard rock?

edit: Out of interest, what amp do you use?

Yeah, Metal/Rock all that good stuff.

And I use the Line 6 Spider IV.

And thanks for the reply, I'll check those two out. And yeah I realized after I posted this that it had a floating bridge. I probably won't be getting it either way anyways.

2009-11-01 22:18:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino

Posts: 5250

Can we discuss bass guitar here? I'm looking for some starter tips.

2009-11-02 01:21:00

Author:
Astrosimi

Posts: 2046

I don't see why not

Though i won't be much help i'm afraid D: But i'm sure someone will be useful in here

2009-11-02 16:43:00

Author:
Unknown User

Kewl. I just need some tips on actually playing it

2009-11-03 01:09:00

Author:
Astrosimi

Posts: 2046

Wow i can't believe this thread is still alive! i remember posting in it about a year ago! And it is nice to see some familiar names still here ^.^

You know what, as much as I think your nothing but a troll, you've got a point. Guitar can teach people rhythm and timing, as well as exercise your fingers a bit. While it doesn't make you a good guitar player, it certainly can help.

ah i have found that guitar hero can somewhat help you with moving your fingers around (not much) and rhythm, but in fact playing actual guitar helps more playing guitar hero than it does for guitar (which is not saying much because some great guitar players have much trouble with the game)

Cheers!

2009-11-03 01:17:00

Author:
RAINFIRE

Posts: 1101

Whoah, you! You've been gone for a long, long time.....
I've ben studying the fingering styles of several classic rock artists; John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix.... I'm trying to find a comfortable one that works.... any tips gentlemen?

2009-11-03 03:03:00

Author:
Astrosimi

Posts: 2046

Wow i can't believe this thread is still alive! i remember posting in it about a year ago! And it is nice to see some familiar names still here ^.^

ah i have found that guitar hero can somewhat help you with moving your fingers around (not much) and rhythm, but in fact playing actual guitar helps more playing guitar hero than it does for guitar (which is not saying much because some great guitar players have much trouble with the game)

Cheers!

LAND OF HEROESSSSSSSS!

ftw.

2009-11-03 07:18:00

Author:
Unknown User

Why is it this thread dies ONLY when I start to post?

Why is it no one can give me any tips D:

WHY

2009-11-06 02:39:00

Author:
Astrosimi

Posts: 2046

I would help if i knew anything about bass... Tell me what you would like help with and i'll try my best... And for the record, i am now actually doing your avatar. I'll send it tomorrow

And i just got bored at 2am, so i started learning theory. Suddenly, my improv doesn't suck. Probably because i know know all the positions of the minor pentatonic, as oppose to one. lol.

2009-11-08 02:07:00

Author:
Unknown User

Astro, what do you need to know about bass? I don't play, but the basic concept is very similar to regular guitar and if I can help you out, I will.

2009-11-08 15:21:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

2009-11-09 02:50:00

Author:
Astrosimi

Posts: 2046

Does anyone play a BC Rich? I started going on a marathon playing all these guitars and I swear, the Draco is just epic ****ing win:

http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq157/redhotchilehobbit/Photo-0007.jpg

2009-11-09 21:01:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

Does anyone play a BC Rich? I started going on a marathon playing all these guitars and I swear, the Draco is just epic ****ing win:

I haven't been looking at any for quite some time, but I tend to shy away from guitars that could hurt me if I fall on them or impale other band members during my stage or rehearsal shenanigans.

2009-11-09 22:26:00

Author:
jwwphotos

Posts: 11383

I'm sorry, but that Draco is ****ing horrific.

The only good one is the Mockingbird that Slash plays.

2009-11-09 22:27:00

Author:
Unknown User

I'm sorry, but that Draco is ****ing horrific.

NO WAY! It's ****ing immense I've played it! I mean, the shape is a little awkward but it has one of the lowest-action fretboards I've ever played

I just pranced about it!

2009-11-10 17:19:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

Well, one of the main difficulties that I've been having is that I find fingering very tedious.... you know, the position of the left hand (If you're a righty.). Since my book is very vague about the subject I thought I'd ask you guys.
Well... There's really not much you can do if you're having trouble with fingering besides practice.

2009-11-10 21:59:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

Thanks dandy.

I guess I'll stick around here a bit to get used to the lingo and terms.... I only go so far as "overdrive"

2009-11-10 22:43:00

Author:
Astrosimi

Posts: 2046

Overdrive is also called gain, among other things.

Distortion is another popular term. But, really, it sounds like you just started playing, and if that's the case, I can't encourage you enough to keep at it. It'll seem confusing at first and you might not know much, but some of it comes with practice, some with time, and some with reading about it/taking lessons (or both).

2009-11-11 22:21:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

NO WAY! It's ****ing immense I've played it! I mean, the shape is a little awkward but it has one of the lowest-action fretboards I've ever played

I just pranced about it!

Low action is good. But my LTD Eclipse has a very low action, and it looks good/awesome. That thing is just disgusting. lol

2009-11-11 23:01:00

Author:
Unknown User

Low action is good. But my LTD Eclipse has a very low action, and it looks good/awesome. That thing is just disgusting. lol

I guess it's a matter of opinion

At the moment I have a Cruiser by Crafter RG600, plays almost as well but it has no place to attach a whammy bar

Btw isn't an LTD Eclipse like an Les Paul?

2009-11-12 20:36:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

Yeah, 'LTD' is the 'Epiphone' of 'Gibson'. Except mine was ?850. It looks like a Les Paul, but made for hard rock and metal. Same guitar Hetfield plays live, apart from the finish on it. It is awesome

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7568/espdf2.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/i/espdf2.jpg/) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/espdf2.jpg/1/w480.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img220/espdf2.jpg/1/)

That's mine

2009-11-15 20:58:00

Author:
Unknown User

Awesome! I used to own a Les Paul but well, someone trashed it at school.

2009-11-15 21:04:00

Author:
KoRnDawwg

Posts: 1424

I have a Gibson Voodoo SG... it's a bit beat up from excessive use but it still has a nasty crunch to it. Surprisingly good for clean tones as well.

2010-01-20 02:45:00

Author:
Malahk Angel

Posts: 59

2010-02-09 22:49:00

Author:
S-A-S--G-U-N-R

Posts: 1606

Can't listen now, but will do soon

Anyone else heard that Ellefson had joined Megadeth again? Pretty cool

2010-02-09 23:13:00

Author:
Unknown User

I found an awesome guitarist called Kiko Loureiro. I don't know if anyone else here has heard of him but here's two songs by him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFl-kyRO4sY- (Listen to the whole thing, it gets better as it gets into it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anW0QOMGudY

Kiko's originally from the band Angra... another phenomenal band. They're Brazilian if I'm not mistaken. Look up the album Rebirth if you get the chance. Some of the best written music I've heard and not easy stuff to play

Oh, snap will you look at that....
http://www.freewebsitetemplates.com/forum/attachments/f15/1405d1241768450-my-1000th-post-1000th.jpg

Figures this is the thread it would happen in, hah!

2010-03-13 22:13:00

Author:
Thegide

Posts: 1465

How about Transatlantic? They have a guitarist.

2010-03-14 16:11:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Have you guys heard of killrbuckeye?

He's probably one of the best YouTube guitarists that I've heard. His stuff is really clean and sound awesome.

He even has a few original songs that he's made.

Heres his youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/KillrBuckeye#p/a/u/0/mKRUagaWcpQ

2010-03-14 16:50:00

Author:
SupaSack34

Posts: 180

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL3X0c86y_U

Keith Merrow.

Amazing guitarist... like absolutely unbelievable. This is song is soooo **** good. Some of his stuff is on the short side but quality none-the-less.

2010-03-14 18:54:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

lol i got two GIBSONS outta 6 guitars,

an SG worth ?1,400
and a Les Paul worth ?1000

2010-03-14 19:13:00

Author:
Pattington_Bear

Posts: 777

lol i got two GIBSONS outta 6 guitars,

an SG worth ?1,400
and a Les Paul worth ?1000

It matters not how much you paid for them, but how well you can play them

My notable gear was posted early on... around page 3 or so, if you want to guess how much that stuff cost, go right ahead

2010-03-15 18:37:00

Author:
Thegide

Posts: 1465

Just got rid of my ENGL. It's broken over and over again, so i got my money back.

I'm replacing it with an Orange Dual Terror head, switchable between 30w and 15w, and the possibility to turn two power tubes off for 7w. Gonna put it with a 1x12 Orange cab for now, which will be upgraded soon to a 2x12. I'm also getting an MXR boost pedal to help with some of the metal. Hopefully be here soon

Next weekend i'm gonna start recording some full covers for youtube, once my exams are over.

2010-05-25 12:00:00

Author:
Unknown User

Finally I can write here back, since I started again to play.
I lost a lot of easiness and wrist motion in my right hand, but I'm really working on it.
Still I'm studying more cleverly and I now manage to do stuff I hadn't the patience to study.

2010-05-25 20:04:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Awesome!

Also, i have indeed heard of Killrbuckeye, dunno why i didn't say that months ago. He is pretty good, i got some nice settings for my pod off his site.

Really want to sort this amp out, i tried one (without the boost) in a shop through a 2x12 cab, it sounds sexy. Different to what i normally play, it's not made for metal by any means, but i want my own sound. It has enough gain to do most of the metal i play, and just sounds so **** nice for rock... It's gonna be fun watching people be shocked at the volume, what with it being so small as well. The head is like half the size of a normal head lol, but at 30w all tube, it's loud. That's measured in british RMS clean as well, so it's probably on a par with a 45w tube or so i hear. Can be switched to 15w or 7w if needed to.

As for my playing, the days off i have been taking due to revision seem to be helping me. Might just be muscle memory, but i can nail some fast runs in songs every time now... Just elarnt 'Shattering the Skies Above' (Trivium) all the way through, the second solo is awesome to play

2010-05-25 22:55:00

Author:
Unknown User

Hey guys, I haven't posted in this thread for a while. ) I've now got a Schecter Syn Custom in white & gold.

It's smexeh. And @ maid3nfan, why the change in name?

2010-05-28 16:39:00

Author:
resistance1

Posts: 812

Hey guys, I haven't posted in this thread for a while. ) I've now got a Schecter Syn Custom in white & gold.

It's smexeh. ...

That is a very smexeh guitar.

Now I don't know much about guitars as I'm a bass player, but I can show you guys the guitars my two guitarists use (in my band).

http://www.drumcityguitarland.com/drumcitygl/stores/1/images/Schecter/Schecter%202008%20DIAMOND%20SERIES%20BLACKJACK-ATX%20C-7%20Aged%20White%20Gloss%207-String%20Electric%20Guitar.jpg

http://www.rondomusic.com/photos/electric/interceptorpro27trd1.jpg

2010-05-29 13:41:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

I decided to buy a Schecter to bring at my shop and practice during the afternoon.
I think a Demian or an Omen will do it, since it must be a guitar that will be abused.

2010-05-29 16:17:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I decided to buy a Schecter to bring at my shop and practice during the afternoon.
I think a Demian or an Omen will do it, since it must be a guitar that will be abused.

As long as you try them before you buy... No point getting it if you haven't tried it too see if you like it...

2010-05-30 21:15:00

Author:
Unknown User

As long as it doesn't have a Jackson-like thin neck I have no problem.
Adapting to play different necks is not a big problem, I think that it will help you building your technique.
My Yamaha custom has a fat round neck (not as fat as an Ibanez JS or a Stratocaster) and my other guitar is a JEM 777, with a "thack" flat neck and I have no problem switching between the 2.
I sent a friend of mine to test it and he told me that the guitar is good with a good clear round sound and a lot of sustain, so I think it should be good for me.

2010-05-30 21:40:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Thing is people have different opinions. I personally would never buy anything without trying it, and i would recommend you try it if possible, so you don't regret buying it....

But it's up to you. I love Schecters, i desperatley want a Hellraiser C-1, but yeah...

2010-05-31 01:25:00

Author:
Unknown User

Yeah, you're right, but I own a shop, so basically I can't go to the guitar shop and test the guitar. Plain simple.
So I must trust friends and that's the reason I'm asking here and there and everywhere.
The Hellraiser C-1 7 strings is plain sick, even if I don't like the "ornament" that borders the body, Jeff Loomis' signature is way better looking even with a matte paint, but then it has the maple fingerboard that I really don't find confortable.
I don't even like Shecter's palette (I only like Ibanez palettes actually), but I think that Schecter is a really good manufacturer with a lot of care for the choice of the woods, gears and hardware.

2010-05-31 06:37:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Finally I played a Schecter, an Omen 6 string.
I find it very confortable, even if I'm not used to a maple glossy neck, that I found a bit awkward in the hand but doesn't hinder the speed.
It's a very solid guitar, essential but very cool.
The wood has a wonderful resonance.

So I ordered my Schecter Demon 7 SBK today and I'm very happy.

PS- What I called palette in the previous post is the headstock :blush:
Now I know the name, but still I don't like the Schecter headstock, I only love Ibanez ones, better if reversed

2010-06-07 10:16:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Sup dudes! Popping in to say hi

I tried a Schecter Hellraiser C6 a bit ago. Did not like it. The gloss coat on the neck was horrible, it might have been made out of flypaper and glue for all I could stand.

So instead I bought this bad boy:

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn184/dangerdog777/006/911/DSC_0292.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn184/dangerdog777/006/911/DSC_0286.jpg
http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/images/eg2010/RG8420ZE_BX_00_01.png

Meet my 2009 Ibanez J-custom limited edition RG8420ZE:

Hooooo boy, this thing is insane. Mahogany body, with flamed maple top. The color is "black onyx" but it has a very distinct dark purple color. It's loaded with EMG81 & 85s, something you won't find on any other Ibanez.

Bridge is Ibanez's Edge-zero, free floating trem system complete with bridge locking, in case you want to switch to hard tail. You can also adjust the spring tension by a knob, so you don't need to open the backplate.

The vine neck inlay is different than that on the Vai signature Jem's, and is pure abalone inlay. The word "Ibanez" on the headstock is also abalone. The headstock is glossed on the back, but the neck is a matte glaze. There's even a holder for allen keys on the back of the headstock.

J-custom Ibanez's are not sold outside of Japan, so this one was bought brand new from Ebay. List price is ?320,000, and worth every penny. This is the most amazing guitar I have ever known.

2010-06-08 19:43:00

Author:
Thegide

Posts: 1465

Smexy!
Cool that you find my same gripes about the Schecter's neck, still I can't afford now a better 7 string guitar to bring at my shop and abuse it just to do some exercises.
Anyway, your new guitar is really awesome, I was quite astonished when I saw the pics.
Good choice, really good choice, but what a price!
Almost 3000 ?, ffs! That's really pro stuff, congrats, that lady makes my '89 JEM 77 looks like a Squier LOL!

2010-06-08 19:57:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

And would you believe I paid just over $2000 for it?

I took a leap of faith when I bought it having never played it. But it had a lot of the advantages of my ESP (EMGs, mahogany body, fancy maple top) and yet I knew it would give the same comfort that playing my '02 JEM 7DBK does.

I did not expect that it would be as big an improvement over my JEM as it was. The extra weight in the body makes a huge difference, and my ears prefer the EMGs over the DiMarzio Breeds I run in my JEM. Don't get me wrong, the JEM is a pro guitar hands down, but it's not the perfect guitar in my opinion.

I considered buying an ESP Horizon, as well. The Horizon is essentially the USA-built, ESP-branded version of my LTD MH-400. The problem is that the Horizon is essentially the same guitar, albeit an upgrade, and I don't want a closet full of guitar clones.

I will be doing an overhaul on my JEM to knock it down to standard D tuning. I've already set up my LTD to standard C, and I'm going to leave this beauty in E for now.

2010-06-08 21:02:00

Author:
Thegide

Posts: 1465

2010-06-08 21:26:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Yeah Mahogany is the real deal!
That is very, very true! My acoustic is a full size mahogany guitar!

2010-06-08 21:37:00

Author:
Phosphorus15

Posts: 463

Yeah Mahogany is the real deal!
I have a Yamaha RGX custom built in '93, that is a really piece of art, mahogany solid body, a strange custom version of the Floyd, 24 frets, last 4 frets scalloped, pearl inlays, gloss black finish, humbacker splitter in the volume controls, DiMarzio pickups, a central single coil that is perect for clean stuff.
It has a very warm round sound, too much maybe for my likings, but yeah, it's awesome.

It's a bit worn up since I didn't play it for years, and I want to change the frets and the bridge with a new one, since the old fine tuners have been really abused.
Once I will have it repaired I'll take some pics.
Yamaha is not one of the great names in building guitars, but I can assure you that my guitar is rather a beast, and is quite a unique piece since I've never saw anything like it.

True, Yamaha isn't reknowned for high end electrics, but that's not to say they can't do it in the custom shop.

I'll be looking forward to these pics. I'm intrigued!

My JEM could stand an overhaul. The frets are pretty worn now and could stand to be reshaped. I'm going to pick up some good quality oil and clean the hell out of the fingerboard. It's layered with grime from years of playing. Still in great shape though. The nice thing about the DBK model is that it hides any nicks I might have done to it, due to the nature of the textured body. Unless you dinged it though the paint and exposed the underlying wood, you can't really tell a ding from the natural contour.

2010-06-08 22:34:00

Author:
Thegide

Posts: 1465

@Thegide

I would make love to that fretboard.

2010-06-09 00:30:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

It looks kinda like Padge's signature Jackson (The inlays

) Awesome guitar you go there though... I'll take it if you ever get bored...

In other news, almost finished learning Polaris by The Human Abstract, that's a fun song to play

For anyone who hasn't see or heard it, i'll return to killrbuckeye, who was brought up earlier...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRMRL-1BZ6E

Just a few transitions and things to nail now

2010-06-09 10:00:00

Author:
Unknown User

@fancypants - as long as you're good with sloppy seconds

@alex - the inlays you really need to see in person. pictures don't do their beauty justice

I got derailed from my practice for a few weeks - I was in the hospital. But I was putting this together:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypCdGNe3Bvs

And I've nailed this solo @ 209:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ucyCT9Q-tM

2010-06-09 16:47:00

Author:
Thegide

Posts: 1465

I ordered it yesterday...can't wait for it today or tomorrow
http://www.stringsite.com/images/SCHECTER_Demon7_SatinBlack.jpg

Searching through the web I finally find the pics of the Yamaha RGX Custom
Mine is black, though I must say that if I would have bought the purple version, hands down.

http://www.guitar-museum.com/uploads/guitar/9/180186769691-1.jpg

http://www.guitar-museum.com/uploads/guitar/9/180186769691-2.jpg

http://www.guitar-museum.com/uploads/guitar/9/180186769691-3.jpg

Anyway I'll post my pics soon, yesterday I found some pics with that guitar when I was 16, will scan them in the few days, than I'll add some closer pics.

2010-06-10 08:11:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

That's a nice looking guitar! Is it just me or is the body oddly large? Could be the angles at which the pictures were taken. Set-thru or neck-thru construction? Great color and love the arch top!

2010-06-10 14:45:00

Author:
Thegide

Posts: 1465

well, I forgot this thread existed

Anyone enter the King of the blues competition last month? I did and didn't go very far

2010-06-10 14:52:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

Blues/ Is this some alternative sub genre of metal?

Nah but i didn't. lol

2010-06-10 16:46:00

Author:
Unknown User

Oh...the pic of the Schecter Demon vanished

http://www.d-musicstore.com/store/images/articoli/DEMON-7.jpg
It will arrive tomorrow, that's my own birthday present. Yeah, that's a GAR guitar! LOL

@thegide
the body is a little larger than the one of Ibanez guitar, but it's not THAT large, is just an odd camera angle.
The guitar is a neck-thru, and was built between 89 and 91.
A cool feature is a little 2 way switch that sweeps directly into the bridge humbacker from any position and set of the pickups, as I said it has a splitter in the volume control swell.
I must mention that it has a relevant sustain and it's very hard to lost the tuning.
I repeat the only downside is that the bridge pick up is not too powerful and it is not very "chirurgical", but the one on the neck is very warm and very useful for neoclassic stuff.
I entered the shop willing to buy an Ibanez Voyager (the old Reb Beach), but this lady got my heart.

2010-06-10 18:55:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Cool stuff, man. I bet you'll have good fun with it. But isn't that a Damien? I'm not aware of there being a Schecter "Demon". Can't say that I'm a fan of fixed bridges. Even though I don't use a trem bar often, it's a feature I want if I'm spending $1000+ on a guitar. Nothing sucks more than not having a feature when you need it. I know lots of people complain about keeping floating bridges in tune, but it's never bothered me.

And now for a brief rant:

Hooray, another black guitar. Whatever happened to making guitars look good, or at least colorful? Ibanez' entire RGA series ships in black, as do all of their 7- and 8-string guitars, with the exception of the ugly teal colored 1527 which matches my windows desktop back from '95. And it's not just Ibanez. I mentioned the ESP Horizon guitars... well they make a 7 string version, but whereas the 6-stringers come with colorful quilted tops, the 7 string horizon is just gloss black. Schecter seems to be marginally better, though I think they go overboard with gaudy binding that disgraces their necks and headstocks.

Perhaps these companies are confused and think that everyone playing metal wants to be blacker than the blackest black, times infinity. Well some do, no doubt, but give the rest of us options, FFS. The beauty of the sound of the instrument deserves to be equally matched aesthetically. I want nice inlays, sunbursts, flamed and quilted tops, and arched tops.

Maybe it's just my dream, who knows. But I can tell you that as soon as I can afford to do so, I'm getting all of my guitars custom built.

2010-06-11 16:54:00

Author:
Thegide

Posts: 1465

I could have had a few colors, but i wanted matte black with a cold binding on my Eclipse... I love flamed/quilted maple tops though, i almost got mine with a purple maple top

i want a PRS in a pretty colour lol.

2010-06-11 17:44:00

Author:
Unknown User

WOW!
It has arrived and I can't say how happy I am.
The DEMON model is a model built ONLY for European market, that's the reason you haven't in your book thegide, you must go in the Schecter site and check International stuff.
You must take in account that we can't have the Loomis.
As I said I wanted a guitar that was pretty different from what I already own, and I will keep it in my shop (yeah, that's good to be the boss) to practice and get back to my former skills (almost 8 years are a lot) and possily getting better.
So I took a guitar that I can tune within seconds (even if not perfectly intonated) and that has to be solid.
I paid it only 369 €, and I must say that I didn't expect it to be that good.
Basically I bought a guitar thinking that it would be a fair guitar and I received a guitar that is ******* good.
Just to say, it's matte, and that's very cool, and the inlays are mother pearl, which I absolutely didn't expect at all in a guitar that's under 500 quids.
I expected a glossy neck, and it was a gripe when I bought it, but when it arrived I realized that the neck was not gloss and I was happy.
Then the guitar seems to be huge, but it's not, and the strings are really well spaced, and you have a bit of space beyond the Low B and the high E, that are very useful and confortable for tappings; I tried some 8 fingers basic stuff on the Jem and you've got very little space on the edge of the fretboard.
The sustain is another thing that left me speechless, natural harmonics sound LOUD and forever, and, yes, I haven't still jacked the guitar to the amp. (Basically I didn't jacked anything since I restarted to play, since I want to get near the point I was before switching the amp on, since I must rebuilt my self confidence before and I want to have goosebumps and get my hair stiff when I fire the house down again)
The joint of the neck on the back is really confortable since the back of the body is not straight, and it changes the angle below the joint.

I really must say that Schecter has impressed me for the little aspects and great care put in a guitar that is, basically, a low end class.

I really want a full custom build guitar, from the shape to the most insignificant piece of hardware, but that would cost like a car

, and unless I win a lottery, I think it will remain a dream, so for now I'm looking forward to buy a pink and blue Ibanez PGM100, that is something that I always loved to have, and a bad@$s shaped guitar like the Xiphos/XPT700, just to diferentiate my gear.
Oh, and an acoustic Ovation, and a pocket full of money LOL

And I second every little idea about the colours, I wouldn't absolutely have problems to play a yellow Ibanez Frank Gambale (awesome guitar that my former band member had back in the days), but I must say that it happened that after a gig a guy told me that it was awkward to play "Blind Guardian" cover with a yellow guitar and a guitar with flowers.
So, yeah, blackest than the blackest black, times infinity, since 1998 LOL

2010-06-11 18:56:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Wow this thread should be called Elecric guitarists!

Are there any other acoustic players here?

2010-06-11 19:00:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut

Posts: 562

I can be called as an all-around guitarist. I play an even amount of electric and acoustic.

2010-06-11 19:17:00

Author:
Phosphorus15

Posts: 463

Here's 2 pics of the Yamaha RGX custom.
Don't mind me since I was only 16 at the time

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18386

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18385

2010-06-22 08:17:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8792/dscf1541copy.png

I've been playing for getting on for 8 years now, and these are my babies, particularly the Jackson Kelly on the left. Unfortunately my dads super camera has highlighted the lovely finger print marks on the body, but still, gourgeous design.

I think the Kelly is about as spiky a guitar as I would want, with my dream guitar being a Gibson Xplorer. I very much dislike guitars like BC Rich warlocks, and i'm not a fan of Dean V's either, though I do love Pantera.

I played a gig at the Lincoln drill hall last night, so when the pictures come through i'll whack 'em up here.

The only recordings of me actually playing are about 3 years out of date, lol, and it was before I started seriously started engineering and so the composition isn't so inspired as it is me just noodling for 3 and a half minutes

At some point i'll go through my little back catalogue and nick some cool bits and splice them into a cheeky little mix for you guys.

Currently rocking a Line 6 Spider III 150 watt but I really want a meaty Marshall half stack, but I need some more gold for that yet.

Also, kinda' obtuse but red Jazz III picks are the best on the planet. http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq317/WilOrc/4700_NYLON_JAZZ_3_PICK-ed8f25d140ac.jpg

2010-06-25 02:34:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

Cool stuff Asbestos!
I really loved the design of the Kelly though I can't play it since the neck is too thin and I don't found it confortable.

2010-06-25 07:05:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Cool stuff Asbestos!
I really loved the design of the Kelly though I can't play it since the neck is too thin and I don't found it confortable.

I love super thin and wide necks, with super light gauge strings. I'm one of those sorts of people I guess..

2010-06-25 13:13:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

Red jazz 3's <3

2010-06-26 00:12:00

Author:
Unknown User

Red jazz 3's <3

The only problem with the Jazz 3's is it's incapable plucking due to the natural deflexibility of the obtuseness. It's just illogical and undynamical abilities are what make it great, but also make it a half five short of an actual jazz plucking device.

2010-06-27 09:43:00

Author:
qrtda235566

Posts: 3664

Yeah you can't really play jazz with them, but they are good for the shreddings!

2010-06-27 12:56:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

So this is an amazing guitarist that can play almost all of the GnR songs. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyfDLAmh16Q

2010-07-01 07:07:00

Author:
phil_003

Posts: 609

With all the respect towards Slash, that can be considered someway an "innovator", he's now an average guitarist in the scene, like my much beloved Yngwie too...so, I'm not that impressed, sorry

Gus Drake, that playes Chris Broderick Betcha Can't Play This, impresses me a lot instead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQGMW0aRdAI
Must take an attempt at this in the next days...

2010-07-01 08:16:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

That is a bit silly tbh ^^

My favourite guitarists are vinnie moore, joe satriani and marty friedman anyways. I don't care for yngwie, vai or petrucci at all.

2010-07-02 20:47:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

Vinnie Moore neoclassic era...check
Joe Satriani...is a god but no...
Friedman and Jason Becker were the awesomeness made guitarism
Yngwie...I'm too much afictionated to him, he's like my guitar daddy
Vai...a monster but no
Petrucci made a lot of cool stuf in the first 2 records, then he flied into my oblivion

Romeo and Loureiro are my top fav with Gilbert on a second line.

2010-07-02 21:08:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Paul Waggoner from BTBAM is up there for my favourite guitarist. Then, maybe Mikael ?kerfeldt of Opeth. Both guitarists are extremely innovative but I believe Paul is more (technically) skilled.

2010-07-02 21:11:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Yes, Mikael is not that monster.
BTBAM is a band that on continental Europe is not very much known, but I always heard a lot of consensus about them.

2010-07-02 22:28:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Yes, Mikael is not that monster.
BTBAM is a band that on continental Europe is not very much known, but I always heard a lot of consensus about them.

They deserve to be known, they ****ing rule...

2010-07-03 02:39:00

Author:
Unknown User

I'd have to say my favorite guitarist is a tie between John Petrucci from Dream Theater, and Paul Masvidal from Cynic. Both of them are ridiculous at their respective styles. John being progressive metal, Paul being Death Metal/Jazz Fusion.

I play as well, I have a Gibson Voodoo SG (http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/4/9/1/269491.jpg). I got it off eBay, so it's a little uneven in places, but nothing that really breaks the guitar.

2010-07-03 03:49:00

Author:
Malahk Angel

Posts: 59

Brent Hinds from Mastodon! He is a God!

2010-07-07 23:42:00

Author:
AbstractFlesh

Posts: 837

I'd have to say my favorite guitarist is a tie between John Petrucci from Dream Theater, and Paul Masvidal from Cynic. Both of them are ridiculous at their respective styles. John being progressive metal, Paul being Death Metal/Jazz Fusion.

Petrucci can be pretty riff-tastic when he feels like it, but I don't care for his solo's, they are pretty samey after a while. He has zero restraint.

Less is more, damit!

2010-07-08 16:54:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

Petrucci can be pretty riff-tastic when he feels like it, but I don't care for his solo's, they are pretty samey after a while. He has zero restraint.

Less is more, damit!

I would be inclined to agree about his soloing up until Black Clouds and Silver Linings. He really lets loose on that one. Most of his solos seem to just be like "I can play the pentatonic scale faster than anyone else evar!" but check this song out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbuCNSm3Tb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Og1j7EKElE

Skip to about 2:21 on the first one, then 7:15 on the second one. There's definitely a hell of a lot more soul in those solos than I'm used to hearing from him.

2010-07-09 00:11:00

Author:
Malahk Angel

Posts: 59

Best Petrucci bit is the solo of "Under A Glass Moon" and the little descending diminished scale he pulls out of the hat in "A Change Of Season" between part 4 and 5.
Simple stuff but tasty.
He abuses too aften the same patterns and the same style, but it could just be me that I'm too fond of minor and neoclassical stuff.

2010-07-09 09:53:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I would be inclined to agree about his soloing up until Black Clouds and Silver Linings. He really lets loose on that one. Most of his solos seem to just be like "I can play the pentatonic scale faster than anyone else evar!" but check this song out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbuCNSm3Tb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Og1j7EKElE

I think I preferred the second one, it had less of what I was talking about

2010-07-11 12:08:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

Red jazz 3's <3

I could never get a hang of those, I gave them honest tries time and time again, but they're too small ******!

I pretty much exclusively use Tortex in 1.14 mm, they're hard enough and big enough for me to get a comfortable grip on. But the material tends to wear out fast so I have to buy them often.

I haven't really poked into this thread that much, I'm not sure why. But I guess I'll chime in that my 2 favorite guitarists (from a technical standpoint) are Chet Atkins and Paul Gilbert... they just have such extreme control over their instruments, though they play extremely different styles.

I don't think I heard any guitarist that can surpass Gilbert's clarity and articulation at the high speeds. No matter how fast or slow he's going, there's always a melodic and distinct rhythmic direction. He's the man.

Yes I'm sure you could pull up a list of shredders that go even faster than him and cleanly, but none that I heard with the same tonal command.

2010-07-12 19:06:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

I don't think I heard any guitarist that can surpass Gilbert's clarity and articulation at the high speeds. No matter how fast or slow he's going, there's always a melodic and distinct rhythmic direction. He's the man.

Yes I'm sure you could pull up a list of shredders that go even faster than him and cleanly, but none that I heard with the same tonal command.

I agree, however, there are plenty of melodic, clear and definitely fast/difficult-to-copy guitarists. I have no idea how many times I've said this, but Paul Waggoner certainly fits the description. You might not like his band since they are on the 'heavy' side, but there's no denying that he has immense clarity, skill and melodic riffs/solos that blow me mind.

For proof, check out his solos in songs like Selkies: The Endless Obsession, White Walls and check out the last minute of Ants of The Sky, which includes a hoedown and moving section.

2010-07-12 21:07:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Great stuff

I think I'm also partial to Gilbert since he reminds me so much of my own guitar teacher with his extreme emphasis on rhythm and accents. And they kinda look alike...

2010-07-12 21:33:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

Paulo Gilberto is the man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIzmmSSqZzQ

2010-07-12 22:24:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Paulo Gilberto is the man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIzmmSSqZzQ

Green screen FTW!

2010-07-12 23:23:00

Author:
resistance1

Posts: 812

My new amp finally arrived, having gone two months without one.

In the end i decided to spend the money on a decent cab, somthing i won't have to replace, hopefully ever. I then bought a head which is meant to be good, but cheaper than the cab.

So i ended up with an Orange 2x12 cab (in black... i asked for it in Orange but they sent black and i'm not complaining because black is ?50 extra and i got it free...) and a Bugera 6260 head. I don't care what people say, the Bugera can match a 5150 any day, especially for the price. Not paying large amounts for a brand name FTW.

2010-07-13 00:35:00

Author:
Unknown User

That sounds like a good combination Alex.

I've been using a Mesa Boogie Rectoverb combo for years now, still holding strong.

2010-07-13 00:40:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

I want a Jet City head as well, they're made my Soldano... but they are quite cheap...

2010-07-13 00:49:00

Author:
Unknown User

Photographic bump.

http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r449/ir0nmaid3nfan/17072010202.jpg

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http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r449/ir0nmaid3nfan/17072010208.jpg

w00t.

2010-07-19 17:46:00

Author:
Unknown User

What are those pedals in the pic before the Pod? It's really hard to make out in the pic. Lately I've been playing a lot more on my classical, it's a Carlo Robelli I got free from Sam Ash once when I bought a fender blues JR.

lol

2010-07-20 14:25:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

lol

Dunlop Crybaby, the clean/lead/reverb/fx loop pedal for the Bugera, and a cheap metal and overdrive pedal i got free from Total Guitar lol

2010-07-20 16:28:00

Author:
Unknown User

Hey there electric people, every checked out Michael Hedes, Don Ross, Andy Mckee or Antoine Dufour?

2010-07-20 17:48:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut

Posts: 562

Hey there electric people, every checked out Michael Hedes, Don Ross, Andy Mckee or Antoine Dufour?

I know of Andy McKee, that dude is insane. I've never seen someone with that much control over an acoustic before.

2010-07-21 13:10:00

Author:
Malahk Angel

Posts: 59

There was a massive andy mckee phase about half a year ago, mainly because of that drifting youtube video. I remember one of my friends that plays keyboard trying to claim that he'd learnt it all, and then failing to play it through even once

2010-07-21 14:58:00

Author:
Asbestos101

Posts: 1114

Talking about playing Drifting

I can play it a bit, too bad my recording sucks big time

2010-07-21 15:02:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut

Posts: 562

drifting is a pretty crazy song. I am in a cover / original band and another original side project now it's a lot of fun; have been playing for about 2 years and 8 months. Just thought i'd introduce myself again.

2010-09-12 17:37:00

Author:
Hamsalad

Posts: 2551

O:

TEH AWESOMENESS has arrived!

2010-09-13 16:22:00

Author:
Yarbone

Posts: 3036

YAR! More <3 to pass around...

2010-09-13 23:30:00

Author:
Unknown User

<--- Bassist

:kz:

2010-09-13 23:38:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

<----- Cooler bassist

:kz:

2010-09-13 23:50:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

^ Liar :kz:

2010-09-14 22:09:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

Post a pic of your bass :kz:

2010-09-14 22:13:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Im poor, i only have an Ibanez Geo..
But I can play. :kz:

2010-09-15 00:06:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

Name a song you can play :kz:

2010-09-15 00:10:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

I make my own songs.
You name a song you can play.:kz:

2010-09-15 00:21:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

I also make my own songs, and I asked you first :kz:

2010-09-15 00:26:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

I asked you most recently. :kz:

2010-09-15 00:43:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

I know how to play Obfuscation, and the Viridian bass solo by Between the Buried and Me. I can also play Yankee Doodle. You now. :kz:

2010-09-15 00:56:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

I figured out some Jimi Hendrix guitar parts and play that on bass. I also learned a Mettallica song, Wild thing, and Sweet Home Alabama. Plus some latin stuff i came up with..

...:kz:

2010-09-15 01:21:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

Jimi Hendrix? Metallica? Wild Thing? It's safe to say... I'm cooler... :kz:...

...I also make pirate riffs :kz:

2010-09-15 01:22:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

No,no,no. You OBVIOUSLY don't understand what it takes to play Jimi Hendrix stuff on a bass. :kz:

2010-09-15 01:29:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

You OBVIOUSLY haven't heard the songs I mentioned :kz:

2010-09-15 01:32:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Its JIMI HENDRIX. You can't beat his guitar. :kz:

2010-09-15 01:35:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

Its JIMI HENDRIX. You can't beat his guitar. :kz:

You are foolish if you think so. :kz: I like Jimi, but there's no way he can't be beaten. That makes less sense than people buying X-box 360s just for the myChristmas downloadable game.

Compare...

Jimi Hendrix :B (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYmcFAlW2U)

Paul Waggoner :B (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXIVOZO1heE&feature=related)

Listen all the way through. :kz:

2010-09-15 01:40:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Okay maties! Stop arguing over who's better than who! As long as we can play beautiful music in any way, it doesn't matter who's had more experience! True musicians will not argue to each other about what they play or how sucky other people are. Now, we can now calmly be friends and talk about awesome music, or tips and techniques to improving you're playing skills!

And I am a guitarist.

2010-09-15 01:48:00

Author:
illuminationx

Posts: 860

No. We can't. :kz:

2010-09-15 01:51:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

No. We can't. :kz:

Why ever not Brem?

2010-09-15 01:52:00

Author:
illuminationx

Posts: 860

Cuz'	2010-09-15 02:18:00 Author: Bremnen Posts: 1800

Cuz'

There is no "cuz" my dear boy. It's either a yes or a yes! We must be friends!! Musicians do not fight! It's against our code!

2010-09-15 03:38:00

Author:
illuminationx

Posts: 860

^You've obviously not been in music for very long...

2010-09-15 04:08:00

Author:
dandygandy2704

Posts: 1002

^You've obviously not been in music for very long...

You do realize that I was joking... Right? I really hope you do.

2010-09-15 04:57:00

Author:
illuminationx

Posts: 860

Lmao, I don't have distortion built into my amp, and I don't have any pedals, but I jusst messed with the knobs on my bass and turned up the level a bit, it made this massive distortion/backnoise/feedback type of thing by overloading the amp. Sounds smexy xD

2010-09-15 23:49:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

Haha same here. I just turn the volume all the way up, and the gain maxed.

Hopefully soon I'll be getting a Line 6 amp and a Overdrive Foot Pedal. -drools-

2010-09-16 00:02:00

Author:
illuminationx

Posts: 860

I want a Crybaby, i like the funk sound..
Although any kind of distortion would be nice

I just tried recording the sound and found out that its not distorting the notes, its just making feedback, >.<

2010-09-16 00:56:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

I want a Crybaby, i like the funk sound..
Although any kind of distortion would be nice

I just tried recording the sound and found out that its not distorting the notes, its just making feedback, >.<

Crybaby... Funk?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-AZEaHW0vw

Get that. It's called Jen Cry Baby Wah Pedal.

2010-09-16 03:12:00

Author:
illuminationx

Posts: 860

Wah-Wah is the most awful thing you can do to a guitar sound...

2010-09-16 06:53:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Wah-Wah is the most awful thing you can do to a guitar sound...

That's just a matter of opinion my friend. If it's horrible, why do guitars all over the world still buy it? That explains why it hasn't been discontinued.

2010-09-16 06:55:00

Author:
illuminationx

Posts: 860

That's just a matter of opinion my friend. If it's horrible, why do guitars all over the world still buy it? That explains why it hasn't been discontinued.

That argument is invalid.
Thats like saying pop is good because many people listen to it

also the video doesn't work.

2010-09-16 21:52:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

Acoustic for the win

2010-09-16 22:02:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut

Posts: 562

I actually like the Wah-Wah. It adds a nice effect to the song. But if its used incorrectly, its sounds horrible!

But overall, my favorite effects on the guitar have to be pitch glide with a medium distortion, chorus, and the phaser, and obviously, the full drive.

2010-09-16 23:04:00

Author:
Phosphorus15

Posts: 463

For me, I like when artists use Wah at certain climaxes of solos, or climaxes of songs entirely, rather than a solo that literally sounds like:

WAH WAHHHHH WAHHAHHHH WAHHHHHH WOOOAHHHH WOAHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHWAHHWHAHHHHHHHHHHHHWAHHHHHH

2010-09-16 23:07:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Ok, I actually have a guitar too, its junky but i think it still works.
Should I learn how to play it? :x

2010-09-17 04:21:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

Haha same here. I just turn the volume all the way up, and the gain maxed.

Hopefully soon I'll be getting a Line 6 amp and a Overdrive Foot Pedal. -drools-

Stay away from Line 6 Spiders, please....

2010-09-17 07:02:00

Author:
Unknown User

Stay away from Line 6 Spiders, please....

What's wrong with Line 6? My friend has a Line 6 Spider and it hasn't failed. But I'll take your advice on this. Probably something Peavey, Marshall, or Vox.

2010-09-17 07:19:00

Author:
illuminationx

Posts: 860

That's just a matter of opinion my friend. If it's horrible, why do guitars all over the world still buy it? That explains why it hasn't been discontinued.

Obviously it's my opinion, but if any guy on any forum, every time would have to say "imho", internet would be the most boring place ever.

2010-09-17 11:23:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Ok, I actually have a guitar too, its junky but i think it still works.
Should I learn how to play it? :x

Ye for sure!

2010-09-17 16:58:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut

Posts: 562

Stay away from Line 6 Spiders, please....

I remember when those were insanely popular.

But Vox do make good SS amps if you're looking for that, I guess it really depends on what kind of sound you're looking for.

2010-09-17 17:02:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

I have a Spider II Line 6 that I use because my Peavey 2x12 tube amp is out of commission. I def prefer my Peavey but the Line 6 isn't that bad. the other guitarist in my band has a Spider III , it's a little better but not much.

2010-09-17 17:15:00

Author:
Hamsalad

Posts: 2551

Line 6 is fine for a practice amp, but it won't hold up to much soundwise... If you need a modeling/practice amp, get a Peavey Vypyr.

Vox Valvetronix are good too...

2010-09-17 23:06:00

Author:
Unknown User

I'm messing around with learning some Children of Bodom at the moment.... Is some pretty quick **** in there, Mr Laiho...

2010-09-18 14:42:00

Author:
Unknown User

Quick!
I need a band name..

Everything I think of is taken. >:o
Ambrosia, Nectar, Morphine, Samsara. All taken, and apparently popular in other countries >.<

2010-09-19 17:59:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

A few days ago you posted a question wheter or not to play guitar, and now you already need a band name? Your quick

2010-09-19 18:01:00

Author:
Kn0cked-0ut

Posts: 562

A few days ago you posted a question wheter or not to play guitar, and now you already need a band name? Your quick

I play bass already lol

2010-09-19 18:18:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

Yesterday I made the big decision to bring two of my guitars to the lutist to put them back in perfect shape.
For the Ibanez Jem 777 '89 I changed the screws behind the string lock, since they were rusted (30 ?

) plus, tweak again the intonation on EADGBE (was on DGCFAD) other 70 ?, and general check, strings (10 ?) other 20 ?...and will have my baby back on Wednesday.

Then the Yamaha RGX Custom...geez...that hurted.
I had this guitar since 1992, my first pro guitar, that my Grandad bought me, and did most of my gigs and the recordings of my albums with that, so it was quite worn out, not in bad conditions at all, body is perfect, but the mechanics showed the sign of aging LOL.
For that I had to buy a real custom version of the Floyd Rose, that the lutist has found today and ordered from Germany and it will cost alone 370 ? plus another 50 ? of work and 70 ? for intonation and action again, was in Eb.
Quite some madness, since I saw this model on ebay for less than I'm going to pay, but that instrument means really much to me and f! money, that won't matter.

I decided to have this 2 babies in perfect shape and not use them anymore since they're awesome vintage stuff, and I don't want to risk to ruin them, and have ordered an Ibanez XPT 700, and I have to wait since I want it white, while in Italy Mogar Music, the Ibanez distributor, only sells the XPT700 Red/Chamaleon

2010-11-19 11:29:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Nice nice nice, and yeah, can't neglect sentimental value. I haven't made any guitar purchases in like 6 years, my own Jem is holding up.

2010-11-19 16:40:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

Woah, totally forgot about this thread. How's the guitar life going for everyone?

I have my first pretty big concert in December, by big I mean we have hired a sound engineer and will have in ear monitors. Seems pretty cool and can't wait to see how it goes.

2010-11-19 21:59:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino

Posts: 5250

Nice nice nice good luck and have fun!

I'll be playing guitar for a band named Altayon http://www.reverbnation.com/altayon ... We're gonna start playing shows around January.

2010-11-19 22:35:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

Listened to a few of their songs, not my taste but definitely sounds like something unique, and the guitar sounds awesome so good luck.

2010-11-21 00:01:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino

Posts: 5250

I'm thinking of finally putting some guitar vids of myself on youtube too, might do some basic lessons too!

2010-11-21 00:38:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

I will plug my guitar again on the amp next week after 7 years

After I started to play again I only made exercises on the 7 strings Schecter and I played the Jem only last week and OMG, shifting back from to a 6 strings is like handling a toy.

Switching from this kind of setup
(LOL Schecter doesn't put their setups on their websites)
Anyway
Scale/Length 26.5"
Everything else is bass-like LOL
And 0.10-0.59 strings

To this one
Scale/Length 648mm/25.5"
a: Width at Nut 43mm
b: Width Last Fret 56mm
c: Thickness 1st Fret 19mm
d: Thickness 12th Fret 21mm
Radius 430
with 0.09-0.42 strings is LOL to say the least

Not to mention an action that is insanely low on a JEM and almost like a classical guitar on a 7 string with fixed bridge.

I must say that it really helped me a lot, even 1 inch of difference (and quite double the width of the neck) in the neck is really a lot, even when you have clean arpeggios with very stretched positions like a D#minor 11 that I have in one of my songs.
Once you learn something like Colorado Bulldog's intro on a 7 strings, you can do it on a 6 strings like your playing a common scale.
You must really work hard to sound clean and not have strings resonate after you lift your fingers due to the action, especially on tappings and sweeps.
What you surely gain switching between playing a 6 and a 7 is fluidity, relax and "easiness", that is what I really needed after years away from playing.
So I suggest everyone to buy a 7 string if you want to push up your skills a little further.
And lol, after this experience I'm really considering to buy an RGA8
Scale 685.8mm/27"
a : Width at Nut 55mm
b : Width at Last Fret 80mm
c: Thickness at 1st 20mm
d : Thickness at 12th 21.5mm
Radius 400mmR
LOL

I didn't ever considered seriously to put some vids on youtube...first of all because I wouldn't know how to teach something through a cam (even if I gave and give lessons, for free, just to spread the shredding verb), first because I never took a lesson in my life, second because there are things that you must correct in a scholar, like a good position of the thumb behind the neck, the right arm position and other things that a teacher should see.
And then I don't like to show off that much

, and I think that I should upload a vid only if I something incredible to show, but I think I still have soooo much to learn and improve (especially on legatos and 8 fingers tapping)
With guys out there like Chris Broderick, Rusty Cooley, Michael Romeo, Kiko Loureiro, Paul(o) Gilbert(o) I don't think there's much need of my vid on youtube, not even on a bathtube

.

I'm currently workin' on Cacophony's Concerto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jamc3NYRFMI
Learnt it until 3:16, but it's really a pain to remember all those notes

The problem is the amount of stuff, not the song in itself, since I learn it, then I get back to it the day after and I already don't remember it...

How many of you guys have problems in remembering solos?

2010-11-21 07:24:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I didn't ever considered seriously to put some vids on youtube...first of all because I wouldn't know how to teach something through a cam (even if I gave and give lessons, for free, just to spread the shredding verb), first because I never took a lesson in my life, second because there are things that you must correct in a scholar, like a good position of the thumb behind the neck, the right arm position and other things that a teacher should see.
And then I don't like to show off that much

.

...

How many of you guys have problems in remembering solos?

Yeah, that was why I've been kind of hesitant to put things on youtube. I always felt it was most important for a teacher to see what the student is doing wrong that he couldn't evaluate on himself. That and there's like a million videos covering every song out there too.

I do have problems remembering solos if I'm not constantly playing them all the time, there's too much BSing

Songs too, that's why I honestly think simple and catchy songs are my favorite since I'll never forget them and I can jam on them with anyone.

2010-11-21 13:42:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

LOL
I don't like to play simple stuff, I get bored too soon

I really can't stay on a chord for more than 2 seconds, and people say that I'm a speed freak.
Got a friend that plays cello on a really big Italian Orchestra, the Nicola Piovani's one (the man that got the Oscar Award for the OST of "Life Is Beautiful"); well, he's 21 and REALLY talented, he has started to play guitar and he plays Bob Dylan's like stuff, and I'm continuosly repeating him: "OMG! How can you do it, you must shred and do sick stuff!"
And he told me that I'm crazy.

I love to play fast picked scales on the 4 lower strings with palm muting, because they have the attack of a train

Anyway the solos I'm more addicted to play are
Megadeth - Tornado Of Souls
Dream Theater - Under A Glass Moon
Testament - The Electric Crown

And to warm up I always play Paul Gilbert's Down To Mexico

2010-11-21 16:44:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

lol good taste

I'm kind of at the point where I like speed if it's coupled with good clarity and musical direction. That's really what gets me most and what I stress most to my friends, articulation. They think I just mean knowing lots theory and going fast but I really just mean controlling your instrument, sexily.

Lol While I do know some shreddy stuff like from Malmsteen or Gilbert, I still prefer playing Black Sabbath or AC/DC stuff

But my tastes are pretty varied, so I know a lot of metal too.

Actually I'm kind of a hypocrite since I can't stand playing reaaaalllyyy slow parts to songs, but I guess that's moreso alone, with nice drums and other people around it's more fun.

2010-11-21 17:18:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

LOL, we share some taste.
You're right about articulation, as I said I had almost to start playing from scratch, and noticed a lot of little faults in my old way of playing, particularly on picking control and I decided to put some efforts in getting my style right and more clear.

Well, Gilbert and Malmsteen have a real different conception of controlling the instrument.
Malmsteen is really more rough but someway visceral and I like that style much more than the one of a let's say...Alexi Laiho, that is more clean and precise but way less emotional.
Point is that you must play your instrument both with guts and skills.
And a man I love is Zakk Wylde, he really has his own way of using that guitar.

2010-11-21 17:28:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Yeah, Zakk's always one I loved and one of the people that I have least chance of getting bored of.

He's really aggressive.

I used to be really obsessive about sounding super clean ( I still am conscious about it ,at least to the point I want to have a smooth flow to the notes) but then I had a revelation when I saw Joe Satriani play live - he bumbled some notes while playing fast runs and I was all :O :O :O and it totally doesn't even matter, so the important thing is to just have smooth control rhythmically and dynamically. The worst is having messy rhythm.

2010-11-21 17:39:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

Bass is still amazing.

2010-11-21 18:00:00

Author:
Bremnen

Posts: 1800

@Alex a page ago

Alexi Lahio is not that fast and furious and uses simply patterns.
If you practice with minor and minor diminished scales in every position you won't have problems, so just work the hell out of those stuff and find confortable fingering on the highest frets avoiding to use your pinky for the 1-3-4 positions.
It's not simple because fingering is such an habit that you really have to think to what you're doing when you pick the highest notes.
My problem is playing his sweeps on the highest frets, since he has a toy guitar and me not.
I had the chance to speak with him (he's a nice guy and really shy despite his aggressive attitude) in 1999-2000 during the Hatebreed tour with Dark Tranquillity.
Guys, the man is a dwarf, he's between 4'8" and 5'1" and his axe is really a tiny toy.
(I'm a guy that finds Jacksons' necks too thin, and his signature ESP is even smaller)

Oh Zakk, I sometime go to study Miracle Man's solo, that it's not hard, but I will never be able to obtain that aggressive and savage picking where he does that
E-19-14---------17-14---------19-14---------17-14---------------------
B---------19-14---------17-14--------19-14---------17-14--------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------17-14-16AH

LOL did you ever saw Petrucci's old vid where he plays chromatic quartets (classic 1-2-3-4) and he raises up the tempo 10 beats at a time and starts to mess the hell out at 220?
I've come to realize that I have to be able to do things properly, then I can mess them how I see fit.

@Bremnen
Bass is amazing if you play it like Steve DiGiorgio, Alex Webster, John Myung, Tony Choy or Jan Erik Tiwaz

Otherwise is just rhythmic strung strungy

2010-11-21 18:13:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Lol Yes I did see that vid. It was a pretty good vid all around though, rock discipline. The parodies of it were nice too

I also hate Jacksons, for me it's Ibanez and Fenders all the way.

2010-11-21 18:17:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

O_O
Never saw the parodies!
Yeah, good vid, at least he tried to teach something

Malmsteen's vids are the better ones XD
This I call Arpeggio From Hell! LOL

Oh let me show you this crazy Italian guy (I personally know him, a guy that had a lot of illness problems, drugs, car accidents in which he got burned...etc...)
Not a parody, he's just himself, too bad you can't understand the impressive amount of funny bulls he says

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i99BF6-9kuo

Lol he says:
"Try the dive bombs at home for the pleasure of your parents and neighours at max volume or you won't pull them out!"

And this one is epic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2peQCmZjWM0&NR=1

2010-11-21 18:32:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

lol awesome. All this guitar talk is making me want to pull mine out and ... do something with it!

2010-11-21 19:21:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

I had mine on my legs all the time

2010-11-21 19:31:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

lol I usually do when I'm playing LBP, speaking of that I really need to sell a lot of guitars... I have an Ibanez Artcore, Schecter C-1, Dean Hardtail, Ibanez SZ, Epiphone Casino, and some Taiwanese number I somehow got into possession of lol it's brandless but it's like an Ibanez RG imitation with cool Abalone/MOP spinder inlays. Pickups have some bite but I don't like the way the neck feels, plus everything feels like a toy next to my Jem. I have used the hardtail a bit though.

If anyone's interested in any of those let me know, they're all in great condition

2010-11-21 19:42:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

Strange guitars you got there.
Not really fond of things that are not superstrats.
Even regarding strange shapes I only like the Ibanez XPT and the V models that have pointy "wings" of the same length, like the King V for example.
Really like the ESP Hex, (perhaps I will buy it someday

)

2010-11-22 07:29:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Yeah I also prefer superstrats, I can't play Vs for anything lol. These were all collected when I was experimenting with different styles, and I got the artcore and the casino because I wanted to try to get that mellow jazz tone but my Jem handles everything lol.

2010-11-22 13:00:00

Author:
Foofles

Posts: 2278

Wow, you guys seem pretty pro at this stuff xD

I've only been playing for about a year and a half. No where near your levels of skill haha!

I was thinking of buying either an Ibanez GRGA32T or a Schecter Damien Elite, but I'm leaning towards the Ibanez because it's cheaper and seems like a better deal.
Which do you guys think would be better for a beginner metal guitarist?

I currently only own a crappy fender strat that cost around 100$. It sounds awful haha xD

2010-11-22 17:26:00

Author:
iKyle94

Posts: 60

Epiphone Casino

My dad really wants that guitar, but i am uneasy about it. Is it a reliable guitar? And how exactly is the neck shaped?

I really wanted a semi-hollow body guitar as I have been playing only acoustic for awhile. Right now I am looking into either the Epiphone Dot Deluxe or the Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster. I have owned many acoustics, currently a martin (best guitar ever) and a fender, but I have also owned a Standard Strat (hot rod red) and a gibson sg (2nd best guitar ever). I was stupid for giving up that Strat, so I am wanting to go with the roadhouse. I will have to make up my mind by friday...I wonder if guitar center gets really busy on black friday? *pictures mayhem and destruction* O_O Oh...

2010-11-22 17:29:00

Author:
Unknown User

I currently only own a crappy fender strat that cost around 100$. It sounds awful haha xD

One of my students sold a GRG for the Damien, not the elite, the one with the fixed bridge.
In my opinion he did a stupid thing because he could have waited, put some more money aside and still have the Ibanez, but he said that he was annoyed by the floating bridge, and had to take the guitar to the lutist every time he changed strings.
He says that he finds the Schecter really conortable, but wanted to change his pick ups with the DiMarzio D-Activators, usually put on the Ibanez XPT series.
My take is that he is a really confused guy, anyway, that's what he thinks.

So, first of all take this into account, floating bridges are a pain, and you won't ever use them as much as you think, and when you have to change the strings they are a pain, but the pro is that more or less you have to tune the guitar only once.

I personally love the Ibanez, but I must say that Schecter really impressed me, the Demon 7 FR is a really reliable guitar, with a wonderful resonance for an instrument that is in the mid tier.
It's a hard guitar to play, but as I said is a baritone guitar, so it will take the hell out of you.

I personally suggest you to buy a Damien with a fixed bridge, you'll spare some money and have a very reliable guitar that is really fine for metal.

And LOL me and Foofles may be blufing and be lame, who knows! XD
Remember that's the internet men

Anyway, get rid of that Fender, Squire I suppose, and take another guitar if you want to step up, that one is not a good guitar to improve yourself since it is prone to kill your skills.

2010-11-22 18:40:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Ok, I am looking for some peoples opinion here. I am debating between a Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster and a Fender Deluxe Players Stratocaster. They are for the most part the same, but at the same time not at all. The Roadhouse has mostly "Texas Special" parts, and the Players has "Vintage" parts. What interests me most about these two sets of parts are the pickups. The Texas Special has a very distinct sound to it and seems best used for Metal and Funky Jazz while the Vintage Noiseless pups seem best for a clean sound and classic rock (I prefer these two). I have heard a lot about how the noiseless pups make the guitar sound weak as they lessen the tone thats o' so associated with a strat; but is it worth it to be rid of the hum? And what exactly is this hum people are talking about? Another thing that has me nervous is the fretboard radius. I have large hands so you would think I would be able to handle a larger radius, but (and this is a problem I have every time I look for guitars) I have a very odd wrist arch. This makes it so that some of that space I had with my fingers already gets cutdown when I go to do bar chords. The Roadhouse has a smaller radius than the Players. The only other difference is the wood. The Players is made out of Swamp Ash and the Roadhouse is made out of Alder. Which one of these woods ages better, and what are the major differences between the two?

I am nervous about picking between these two guitars because I will be ordering it before playing it (though I have played strats before and owned them, I haven't played THESE strats). So you can probably see why I have so many questions regarding things that could be answered by just sitting down and playing each guitar. I need to know by Friday, so any answers/opinions will be extremely helpful!

Deluxe Roadhouse Stratocaster:

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26807

Deluxe Players Stratocaster:

http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26806

2010-11-24 06:46:00

Author:
Unknown User

As I said I'm not into Fenders at all.
Between those 2 I would surely pick the Players, just because of the woods they're made of, since I prefer them, but that's just personal.
Remember that you can change your pick ups eventually (I won't ever do it, since I like the high tier guitars to be just like they get out of the factory), but you can't change the woods.
Sorry that I can't help you more than that.

2010-11-24 07:52:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

So, yesterday I got back my Jem from the lutist...
He had put Ernie Ball instead of D'Addario

It's 18 years that I play D'Addario strings exclusively, and I don't feel at ease and confortable at all with these strings viscid and without grip.
And they feel bad at the picking.
I has a sad

2010-11-25 08:44:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I prefer Ernie Ball. Eh, preference i guess.

2010-12-01 00:29:00

Author:
Unknown User

I love D'Addario strings on my bass

2010-12-02 00:07:00

Author:
iGotFancyPants

Posts: 1355

Well, after a week I got used to Ernie Ball, but still, when I use the Schecter with the D'Addario strings is totally another feeling especially on the GBE strings, where the Ernie Ball are "slippery"
On a side note...awaiting this bad girl for Wednesday...Can't freaking wait...
http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2957/xpt01.jpg
Ibanez XPT-700 LTD Edition, Green/Blue Chamaleon Finish. Drool!!!
That's too cool, that's IGNORANT looking, with a reverse headstock, a solidy body, Di Marzio D-Avtivator humbackers that simulate the attack of the active pick-ups, and those lovely lovely sharktooth inlays.
I'm so happy that I could find exactly the model and the colour I wanted!

Once I got all the guitars back, I will make a video review to showcase them.

2010-12-02 07:52:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Cool, a guitar related page. I have quite a few guitars. 1987 black les paul custom, Candy apple fender strat, swamp-ash fender tele, white ibanez SA series, Peavey EXP signature series, blue PRS custom 24, ovation acoustic with leaf sound holes, Art&Lutherie dreadhought style acoustic and a classical guitar. My main amp is my Fender G-Dec with hundreds of built in fx, and lately ive been playing swing and gypsy-jazz, but i play all sorts, shred to country lol

2010-12-04 12:50:00

Author:
Blanchrocker

Posts: 142

Cool stuff, love the Ovation, I might buy one, but just after I'll buy an 8 strings

2010-12-04 18:40:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

Soorry for the doule post, bump or whatever, but it's important, for me at least

So, I got quite annoyed that the tuners of my Schecter are lame-ish and strings get easily out of tune, so I want to put some Locking Tuners.
I would like to use Sperzel'e ones but it seems that are sold in 6 pieces packs, while I need 7 obviouly.
Can someone see if there's some shop in their Country that sells 7 pieces packs ore single ones?
Thanks a lot in advance.

2010-12-04 22:15:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I went to my local music shop the other week to buy some bass strings and came away with this...

http://www.guitaremporium.com.au/newimages/05usastrat.JPG

Im what you might call an 'impulse' buyer! XD

2010-12-04 23:51:00

Author:
Mr_T-Shirt

Posts: 1477

http://www.guitaremporium.com.au/newimages/05usastrat.JPG
Awww, so cute, the Looney Toones guitar

I can't really appreciate Fenders, I don't like Gibson either, but between a Stratocaster and a Les Paul I think I would pick up a Les Paul.
(I had a Squire

and played real Stratos lots of times so yeah I know what I'm talking about, I never played Gibsons though)
Stratos have weird necks, an unconfortable bridge and, just like Gibsons, at my hear they sound like entry phones

Worse of all, they really seems instruments that are put together without much care, that's incredible that both Fender and Gibson don't make a new guitar from ages, just sitting on their thrones giggling at themselves.
Tech improvements would be a cool thing, even because lutery has taken really big steps, and I find pointless to buy a guitar that is styled as vintage but has not the wood of a vintage.
And they're very expensive while don't offer top notch pick-ups or bridges or whatever.
My 2 cents.
Sorry for bashing your purchase Mr_T-Shirt.

2010-12-05 07:03:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer

Posts: 5112

I hated Fenders too, until my hand grew into them. I thought the affordable guitars were cheap and...well...bland. I was always a fan of Gibson guitars, but it seemed like most were cramped when I played them, very uncomfortable. The Strat is just so open, I can move around the neck with ease. Of course, I have an oddly shaped wrist that gets in my way, so the only three guitars that actually fit me well are the Fender Stratocaster, the Gibson SG, and my Martin. It's all personal taste...and personally I love the sound of both the Strat and the SG.

2010-12-05 19:41:00

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Unknown User

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