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My friend plays an ESP Horizon. Its probably the nicest guitar I've ever played. Of course, its also a $2200 custom model too.
Guru too lazy to log in said:OK ignore most of what mike said .... lol Sorry dude
Seriously go and play some guitars, feel them, hold them, caress ..... no forget that last one.
See what feels comfortable to play anf buy that, Believe me any decent guitarist can make anything sound good. Its possible.
Most important is PRACTICE and stick with it. Just cause you cant play a loomis solo after a year doesnt mean you suck!!!
Jeffs playing over 20 years, Start with the easy stuff, Classic Metallica, Guns & Roses, start there and work your way up.
As far as the gear get something YOU LIKE !!! Dont get a guitar without a floyd rose cause Mike said they were gay. Mike IS gay so he shouldnt talk ... ha ha ha
Hell i can think of 5 of the guitar greats right off the top of my head that used guitars with floyd roses, and i dare anyone here to play as good as them.
Vai, Satriani, Petrucci, Becker, Friedman, Van Halen.... there ya go 5 awsome shredders who all used Floyd's or Floyd tupe trems now or at some point.
Go with you gut not what your friends tell you is cool.
retarded penguin said:Mike>> fuck that attitude. fact is, if I want to be great at guitar, I will be. why drop a fair fraction of a grand, get good, then go over a grand? dumb moves, friend.
mpigott said:Floyds are awsome once you figure them out..All you need is for someone to teach you how to work with a floyd and then its just about as easy as stringing a fixed bridge guitar, with the perks of a whammy bar, and youre strings wont go out of tune with hard bending. Im not taking the piss out of fixed bridge guitars, im just all for equal opertunity axe purchase....and as for shredding.....comeon everyone secretly wants to
NeonBlack69 said:Agreed. Go for a wilkinson trem with sperzel locking tuners.
For a grand and change I would get a used carvin BOLT-T and a used Peavey 5150 combo. That's enough to set the world afire!
Loner said:Locking tunes + a fixed bridge = the fastest string changes you could imagine. I have this setup on my main guitar, I love it.
I'm not quite sure what the hell that means, but if you want to go and dump a lot of money on something you might not stick with, go ahead. Just save yourself the frustration of a Floyd rose tremolo- get a fixed bridge guitar. Schecter makes a lot of good stuff around the $500-$800 range, I like this one in particular: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Schecter-C1-Hellraiser-Electric-Guitar?sku=513105.retarded penguin said:sorry Loner, but my theories and machinations extend beyond your path
retarded penguin said:john cobbett and mike scalzi of Hammers of Misfortune use them *shrug*
and they play with a very natural, great sound
I honestly was hoping someone would know the difference between ibanez, strats, esps, jacksons, etc...
the focus, or whatever
by all means, though, narrot! endorse esp away! I would read it very well.
edit: also, Loner reccomended one for a beginner, and he seems knowledgable