Attention Guitarists out there....

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Tough As Steel

a.k.a. Aussie Dave
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I need your advice.

I am only a beginner on guitar, and i have a Maton Acoustic which is a very nice guitar. But i am keen to now get me an electric.

If i have around $1000 to spend, what sort of guitar do you think i should be getting, given that i want to play hard rock/metal stuff?

Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
Buy a Jackson. You could get a good Jackson Performer or something for a reasonable price 2nd hand which would leave you enough to buy an amp too.

Jacksons rock :headbang:
 
I agree with Troops. Jackson's are excellent value for money, and are a good brand. I had a crappy cheap Gibson copy to learn on for a few months when I first started playing, but I hated it, so I saved for a Jackson Performer (I think I spent about $900 on a new one), and the difference is incredible. Awesome to play on (for a beginner anyway), and learning on a good guitar helps you learn alot better. Is more enjoyable to play too. :)
 
In all seriousness, I've got a Fender Heartfield, and everyone who has played it (which is not a lot of people, mind you) says it's the best guitar ever, and it's certainly the best I've played. When I was looking (about 9 years ago now) I played heaps, Gibsons, Jacksons, Ibanezes and Charvels are the ones I definately remember, but the Heartfield came out on top. The only problem with them is that they don't make them any more, and they never sold many, so you probably won't find them second hand. If memory serves, if I didn't get it, I would have got a Jackson.

But you can still give me your Maton.
 
A Jackson, ESP or an Ibanez will have you sorted :) (Presuming you want to play metalish stuff)
 
Originally posted by phlogiston
Step 1: Give me your Maton.

The rest will take care of itself :)
Click to expand...

:lol:

I don't think so.

Thanks for your advice everyone.

So it seems like Jackson's are the go. Are they versatile enough, if i wanna play around with non-metal tunes?
 
ESP's aren't really distributed in Australia, only very few stores carry them at all and they're expensive.

Jackson and Ibanez are the choices for metal but I'd certainly choose Jackson. They have great necks too... really really good to play.
 
ESPs rock, just drop into Venue Music and buy one. Simple :D ;)

*Plays powerchord*
 
Jackson rule ... but not the choice of everyone ...
go down to ALL you local guitars stors and Just try the damn things ... tell them you have $1000 to spend and see hoe fast you get a stool lol ...

i love jackson ., but i found out how i'm very comfertable with Strat shape guitars ... don't know why .....

i had once a Jackson Rhods ... Unreal .. but coudn't bloody play it right lol ... looked good though ....

and once you got the Guitar you like , everything else falls into place so easy ..... a matter of time thu ....

Juuuuuuust a thought


;)
 
Guys, can i just say how happy it makes me feel to see so many of you supporting Jacksons. I learnt on my brothers crappy Squire Strat-copy for about a year and a half before eventually getting my own guitar, a metallic-violet Jackson Performer-Seris 4. WOW! What a fucking difference it made to me!!!! The neck is so smooth and fast, the frets are amazing and the picks ups are great for someone of my standard (i'm okay, wouldn't ever say i was good though). I got it a year and a 3 months ago and i have to say that since getting that guitar my playing has progressed in leaps and bounds! i'm not held back by a poor guitar anymore, i'm held back by my own inabilty to play guitar. That Jackson changed my life, and i have to say i think it's such a shame that no guitar-shops in Glasgow will stock them first hand anymore, because of the whole punk-shite/nu-metal era of the 90s where all the guitarists would play either customised Strats, Ibanezs or BC Rich's. There is ONE shop in Glasgow that even has and Jackson's in stock, and they're both realatively old and battered versions (although 1 of them is a lovely dark blue with some kool pickups. didn't get a chance to try it out with much distortion, though. :( )

Anyways!!! Tough as Steel: As Dracula says, try out as many guitars as you can in your price range in ALL of you local guitar shops. If you can, also try to go into some of the smaller shops, say the "off-the-main-street" type places. These are more likely to be run by musicians who will try to help you find a GOOD quality guitar for the price and won't try to screw you. The Main Street shops have a tendancy to be run by business men who just want to sell you a guitar and make as much money as they can from screwing you because you're a beginner and so they don't think you're gonna have a paricularly good idea of guitars etc. Jacksons, Ibanez, BC Rich. They're all metal guitars (BC Rich normally suffer from great looks but crap playablity. I've tried a few and because of all the spikes, the balance of the body was all wrong so i had to concentrate on holding it in the right place). Also look out for the Squire Stagemaster, particularly the version with Humbuckering pick-ups at Bridge and Neck positions (you can tell Humbuckers 'cos they have twin coils if you don't know). The stagemaster has an RRP of about £250, so its probably a bit expensive but you might be able to find a second hand one. I very nearly bought one, but went for the Jackson instead 'cos it had 24 frets instead of 22. Both have floyd Rose tremolo arms, which are a bugger to tune and re-string, but provide AMAZING tuning stability. If i ever buy another guitar with a trem it's gonna HAVE to be a floyd rose.
 
Wow, thanks for all your input. Yeah, i guess i better just go down to the local music shop, (which is thankfully run by muso's) and have a play on a few. Sounds like the Jackson will be a good'un though.
 
This is true! A lot of people say they'll get a cheap guitar to learn on and then when they get better, they'll get a better guitar...

Truth is that the cheap crappy guitar could be hindering your learning because it's harder to play!

Go a good guitar first if you can! :)
 
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