alexi's esp anyone play one?
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holy shit, i've been looking at those Japanese ESP Edwards Alexi models...and FUCK!!!! i'm definetly gonna take my look on ebay...i saw one going for round 1k....god the colors are so much fucking better then the US models...
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Ok, maybe not, but still.
I definitely would own an Alexi ESP if I didn't already own a Mustaine V.
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Even if I'd have an Alexi ESP, I'd get bored of it so fast. I'm a stickler for tone and having one pickup just doesn't cut it, I need versatility.
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Was it by chance a Jackson Stars model? They come with Schaller Floyd Roses, which IMO are on level with OFR's, and they make it in black with yellow pinstripes, just like Alexi's wildchild. Ill find the link and post it later.
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ok...i need the real scoopage, and some serious help. i am probably going to sell my 2 current guitars, (amerian-made Kramer w/floy rose and white trim, w/ 2 charvel single coils and a seymour duncan humbucker, it has a little swtich thing that was linked to the duncan but was cut off, i'm gonna try and put it back on sometime), and an old dean firecrackle w/ a dropped in seymour duncan rails series, i'm not sure which one, but that pickup alone is round 100 bucks. it also has gotten all new electronics proff. put in couple years ago. i'm not sure how much i could sell these for, but it would get me started for money on a new guitar.
i REALLY want a kickass offset v guitar. first i was looking at the rr5 and the us alexi laihos....but as i said before rr5 only has 22 frets and no trem. also i've heard the disgust from u guys about the us alexis. so now i'm looking at the edwards in japan. they are totally kickass, and the same price, even less then the us alexi's and the rr5. it also has the colors i really want, (the black w/white pinstripe/chrome parts, and the black w/white pinstripe and gold parts). are these any good? they seem pretty kickass...but how is the pickup? and it only has 1 pickup, how has that effected u guys that have guitars w/ 1 pickup? how much would it cost to have another pickup slot put in, if possible? if you guys have other guitar suggestions that would help me out a lot. i really need a kickass main guitar, my guitar teacher said to have 1 awesome guitar then 2 alright ones. thx for the help!!!
i REALLY want a kickass offset v guitar. first i was looking at the rr5 and the us alexi laihos....but as i said before rr5 only has 22 frets and no trem. also i've heard the disgust from u guys about the us alexis. so now i'm looking at the edwards in japan. they are totally kickass, and the same price, even less then the us alexi's and the rr5. it also has the colors i really want, (the black w/white pinstripe/chrome parts, and the black w/white pinstripe and gold parts). are these any good? they seem pretty kickass...but how is the pickup? and it only has 1 pickup, how has that effected u guys that have guitars w/ 1 pickup? how much would it cost to have another pickup slot put in, if possible? if you guys have other guitar suggestions that would help me out a lot. i really need a kickass main guitar, my guitar teacher said to have 1 awesome guitar then 2 alright ones. thx for the help!!!
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I have that Jackson Stars. There are two models of it:
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One with gold pinstripes and one without bevels or pinstripes.
That model on Ikebe with yellow bevels must be somekind of special run or something that was made for Ikebe.
Here's mine:
shit you have 2 gimme one
and by the way really nice guitars
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If you wanna sell 2 guitars to get one, you might as well get something with more than one pickup (You will get bored of the linear tone very fast)
I know these aren't V-shaped but these are the sweetest guitars ever made imho. 27 frets FTW, also has the sweetest headstock I've ever seen.
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I know these aren't V-shaped but these are the sweetest guitars ever made imho. 27 frets FTW, also has the sweetest headstock I've ever seen.
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those are amazing!!! very innovative with the pickup selector built into the volume control. fuck 27 frets!!!
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I don't know about ESP but with Jackson you have to pay out the ass for some quality, but if you do then you get what you pay for. They have a low end and high end, no in between. From what I've played anyway.
I know you're not interested but I recently bought a Schecter C-7 Blackjack and it's a wonderful guitar. For a foreign-made mass-production guitar, the quality is really impressive. And going back to a 6 string feels like I'm playing a baby guitar, it's funny.
I just need the extra scale extension, personally. After having it I don't know how I ever got along without it. Makes for really creative ideas, having the low B.
Personally I'd be bored as shit with the Laiho model. 1 pickup (without even a tone pot, I think?) absolutely does not cut it for me. Aside from aesthetics I think it's a rather boring guitar. But whatever suits you. I guess I'd just look a little further into the future when your playing progresses, and the tone of the guitar might not please you anymore since you can't really change the tone, per se.
I know you're not interested but I recently bought a Schecter C-7 Blackjack and it's a wonderful guitar. For a foreign-made mass-production guitar, the quality is really impressive. And going back to a 6 string feels like I'm playing a baby guitar, it's funny.
I just need the extra scale extension, personally. After having it I don't know how I ever got along without it. Makes for really creative ideas, having the low B.
Personally I'd be bored as shit with the Laiho model. 1 pickup (without even a tone pot, I think?) absolutely does not cut it for me. Aside from aesthetics I think it's a rather boring guitar. But whatever suits you. I guess I'd just look a little further into the future when your playing progresses, and the tone of the guitar might not please you anymore since you can't really change the tone, per se.
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If you can get a SV where you live i'd definetly get that instead. Much better value. A SV is basically a RV with with a neck pickup (which is great for more variety in tone) and no fancy inlays just dots, but who cares about inlays. You also get a hard case with an SV (which I think you dont get with an Edwards). It's a standard series guitar so the quality will be better than an Edwards for a bit more money but it wont have that little extra that a custom shop has. Also it doesnt have Alexi's name written on it so you wont be classified as a fanboi! hehe.
Caparison's look like awesome guitars. But im totally over the 'super strat' look as I played an Ibanez RG for like my whole guitar career :\.
Caparison's look like awesome guitars. But im totally over the 'super strat' look as I played an Ibanez RG for like my whole guitar career :\.
