Guitar Player's Thread

[The Emptier]

grant writing is in your future...

congrats though, that's badass.

yeah that steve guy or whoever the fuck with amazing gear is a total tool and horrible at playing, he posted on the esp forums and we raped the shit out of him

 

[Conti]

Lawl. Pickups simply account for different frequencies being emphasized/reduced/removed, all of which can be altered through EQ-ing anyway. You can take "bad" pickups and still sound good with them if you know what you're doing. However, the resonance and sustain that the wood of a guitar provides can not be faked through any kind of pickup or EQ you throw at it. You will never get true sustain even with a handwound $1,000,000.00 pickup crafted on ancient grounds provided that your guitar's wood is shitty.

Do you think that the electric guitar is a refined acoustic instrument? Types that try and get all fancy with wood and such are usually the ones who completely over analyze technique and playing. Just saying. Magnets pick up vibrations, vibrations come from strings and get picked up by the magnets. Wood matters but I dont think it matters that much.

 

[Slimefest]

Have to agree with Lowberg and Ensi. Of course good tone is awesome and everyone wants that, but you'll never be 100% satisfied with ANY tone, so in the end you're just gonna spend a lot of time and money in the search of some tone you'll never get anyway.

 

[jmbullet]

Have to agree with Lowberg and Ensi. Of course good tone is awesome and everyone wants that, but you'll never be 100% satisfied with ANY tone, so in the end you're just gonna spend a lot of time and money in the search of some tone you'll never get anyway.

I think it is possible to be 100% satisfied with a tone... I am completely in love with my own lead tone, and that's pretty much things should be, I mean, I spent hours making that fucking tone, so I'd better love it to death in the end. If you hate your tone, it probably just means you hate your gear... or yourself.

My gear speaking of which, I fucking adore.

 

[Slimefest]

I think it is possible to be 100% satisfied with a tone... I am completely in love with my own lead tone, and that's pretty much things should be, I mean, I spent hours making that fucking tone, so I'd better love it to death in the end. If you hate your tone, it probably just means you hate your gear... or yourself.

My gear speaking of which, I fucking adore.

I don't hate my tone, it's just not 100% the way I want it. And I neither hate my gear or myself

 

[jmbullet]

I just decided something. I'm gonna sell my crap Schecter Omen 6 and get a cheap LTD with a floyd rose instead... My budget allows 3 models : the MH-50 w/ floyd, the F-50 w/ floyd or the M-100fm w/floyd... Which one should I get ?

 

[the phenom]

You are not exactöy upgrading or getting any better with those choices. Why would you even want to get some of those with a floyd rose aswell?

 

[Muffin]

I just decided something. I'm gonna sell my crap Schecter Omen 6 and get a cheap LTD with a floyd rose instead... My budget allows 3 models : the MH-50 w/ floyd, the F-50 w/ floyd or the M-100fm w/floyd... Which one should I get ?

Don't go under triple digits on LTD's. LTD-50's are really bad, and with the F series you're basically just paying for the shape, build quality will be below poor.

out of those, 100fm, no question really. Though personally I'd honestly rather save up and climb the quality ladder.

 

[jmbullet]

^I thought so.. I've never tried a 50 series guitar so I didnt know what to expect, and my local dealer doesnt have them in stock so I'm gonna have to order it without playing it first. I'll go for the M-100 FM... ideally I'd prefer the M-300 fm which is very similar to my f-250 , or maybe even the f-300, but I dont know if I can afford them, it will depend on how much it costs.

You are not exactöy upgrading or getting any better with those choices. Why would you even want to get some of those with a floyd rose aswell?

I know that, I just prefer the thinner necks ESP's have and also I absolutely hate the tune o matic bridge, I only like floyd rose bridges, theyre much more playable imo. I know its gonna be cheap so probably not so stable and I am not expecting a perfect guitar, I know im gonna get a cheap, bolt on guitar which won't be as enjoyable as my 2 LTD's that I already have, but it's still gonna be better for me than this schecter I have. And I already have a buyer for the Schecter

 

[the phenom]

Muffin really says it all. I am not picky about what guitars I play but those guitars are really poor...
Most probably won't be better than the Schecter anyway. Sell the Schecter but save up for a better Ibanez or LTD really...

 

[jmbullet]

^I'm not looking for a guitar with better pick ups or better anything than the schecter, I'm just looking for a guitar that has a thinner neck and a floyd rose bridge.

EDIT: I just read a lot of reviews and the M-100fm actually seems to be a really good guitar for the price. So I'll probably go for it, if I can't afford the M-300fm. Problem solved !

 

[eveningninja]

Do you have to have the flamed maple finish? If it were me I'd be on the lookout for a secondhand M-400 (these would be 2008-made and earlier). These will have superior tonewood, construction, tuners, and overall build quality. Grover Tuners FTW. Basically, LTD models being made these days are much less of guitars than they used to be, but they cost the same amount. LTD's manufacturing location for everything below the 600 series have pretty much been moved from Korea -> Indonesia and China. LTD-400's/300's made in 2007 or earlier are going to be of similar quality as LTD-1000's being manufactured today.

 

[jmbullet]

^Nice, but do you think I could find an M-400 for around 300 bucks ? sounds too good to be true... The best thing I found used is an Mh-250 going for 300 $, but I dont really like the quilted maple top.. I guess I could buy it, sand it down and spray-paint it, but the finish wouldn't look too professional.

 

[eveningninja]

As a general rule (and easy to remember), $300-400 is a common price for secondhand 300 and 400-series LTD's. (one I even saw go for $260 a month or so ago, I was so pissed my auction sniping program flubbed and I didn't get it haha), but sometimes you just gotta wait around for a few weeks to see what pops up on ebay/craigs. You can most likely snag one for 400 if you want to get it soon, and if you hold out for a bit you can maybe get one for low 300's if you're lucky. As a couple others have also said, I'm not too fond of anything below the LTD-300 series. That is the perfect point for getting value out of the money you pay IMO.

 

[children of COB]

I just decided something. I'm gonna sell my crap Schecter Omen 6 and get a cheap LTD with a floyd rose instead... My budget allows 3 models : the MH-50 w/ floyd, the F-50 w/ floyd or the M-100fm w/floyd... Which one should I get ?

Piece of advice: stay as far away as possible from the 50 series. I've played them and they suck donkey balls. The 100 series... well, they're ok for the price indeed, but you have an F-250 and now if I recall correctly an Alexi 600 right? Well, then the 100 it's going to feel like crap when you play it. You should either save up for a 300 series or so or do what eveningninja says and look for a second hand 400, that is asuming that you are selling the Omen because it's cheap and not too good quality and you want an upgrade. If you just want to have LTD's whole range from crap to awesome then stop reading and go buy the 50 or even the beginners pack 10 series.

 

[marfal66]

I just found out the guitar shop I've been a customer off for years has been closed and the owners of it are put into prison for fraud, scamming, and drug trafficking and something with pornbusiness. However they were expensive when it came to guitar and amp repair, they always did a great job. and they know their stuff through and through, I can tell that by the many conversations we had, so I didn't really mind. Looking at it afterwards it was too damn expensive but meh, I feel lucky I never bought anything there except for some straplocks and strings. I've heard stories about people being scammed for hundreds of euros there.

 

[Lowberg]

I just found out the guitar shop I've been a customer off for years has been closed and the owners of it are put into prison for fraud, scamming, and drug trafficking and something with pornbusiness. However they were expensive when it came to guitar and amp repair, they always did a great job. and they know their stuff through and through, I can tell that by the many conversations we had, so I didn't really mind. Looking at it afterwards it was too damn expensive but meh, I feel lucky I never bought anything there except for some straplocks and strings. I've heard stories about people being scammed for hundreds of euros there.

Hahaha that's a crazy story.
as far as marie's guitar situation, I reccomend to save up a little more and buy the better model. In my experience, if you buy cheap you buy twice. You are going to be happy with the cheapo for a while but then you are just going to want to upgrade.

I bought a cheap rondomusic.com guitar a while back and it was pretty cool but after a while it just sat in the corner because id always prefer to use my nicer guitars that didn't feel like a toy

 

[eveningninja]

Also, just to clarify: 300 models made in 2006 and earlier are the same as 400 models, just made in different years. Just try to avoid newly made LTD's. If you find a deal on a secondhand one and are unsure, feel free to PM me or something and I'll let you know if it's a good one to get. That being said, I love LTD and you're not likely to get a bad axe if you do your research, but I'm just a bit nitpicky/perfectionist when it comes to things like this =p

 

[jmbullet]

^Yeah thanks for the advice guys... but really for the budget and the need for a guitar that I can carry in a gigbag and not worry about dropping or scratching it, I decided to order the M-100fm. I'm not selling the Schecter because it's cheap, I'm selling it because I hate having a thick neck guitar and I don't like the tune o matic bridge. But I will definitly look for a used M-400 when my budget allows it. I love neck thru guitars, but seriously as a girl it's hard to carry heavy protective guitar cases, I think I'm not even gonna play my Alexi-600 live in other towns cuz it's case is big and heavy, it really is a pain in the ass to carry, and of course I could hire a strong dude to do it for me but still, it's not convenient. And I'm never gonna put a neck thru guitar like my F250 or my Alexi in a gigbag, that would be suicide.

And Marfal, that is a fucked up story !!!

 

[TheKid]

I'm ordering a semi-custom from Agile this month. I wonder what it might be eh?


inb4 ensi comes in and spoils it