I need a new guitar

seriously. very rich sound - lots of nice overtones. it's like agood indian curry. many subtleties in the flavor, and the taste lingers with you for hours :)

I've had good luck with a Paul Reed Smith Santana SE. They are made in Korea and quite well made and they use good tuning keys and it stays in tune way better than my Gibson. The stock humbuckers didn't really blow me away, so I put in a set of Seymour Duncans and this thing is about my favorite guitar.

For that kind of cash, you could get a Mexican made Fender Telecaster or Strat and put whatever kind of pickups you want in it. The coolest Tele I think is out there is that 72 Fender Japan reissue with the two humbuckers. I tried one out and would like to have one of those.

For hollowbodys, the new Hagstrom reissues look pretty nice. A store around here has some and they look quite nice, especially the one that looks like a 335. I haven't played one, so I can't say how they sound.

whaddya think of these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItem&item=7354241391&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItem&item=7335606096&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

No guesses on what Flower Travellin Band used on "Satori," huh? Man. Single best guitar tone EVER!!

i agree with earl - dont worry about the amplified sound as much as all those other factors. generally, if it sounds nice unplugged, it'll sound good plugged in, even with "crappy" pickups. and that's something thats true of guitars of all types and price ranges.

I don't know about hagstrom, but Guild is a more than reputable company on its own, so I trusted that name on the 335 copy.

i bought mine on ebay to boot. have had quite good success getting them on ebay, though i could hardly recommend other people doing so :)

Before the Guild copies became squiers, they were Dearmonds (also a Fender product) and had much better pickups than the squiers or artcores. Since it's a total pain in the ass to replace pickups in semi-hollowbodies, I'd check for one of those...

hey emily - we should finally meet one of these days!! do you know Reg!na / The Pilot Light?

I wish SGs were a little less neck-heavy, but that's just me. I have this fantasy that you got in on the $699 Elitists...

anyone know anything about all these Harmony reissues? they've got a few of them at the store up the street, they look really pretty

http://elderly.com/brand/HARMONY.html

haven't seen one in person yet, wondering if they are sourcing them from the same builder that eastwood uses for their korean stuff (particularly since eastwood has/had a h44 reissue already).

they are made in korea

oh yeah no i saw that on the website, im just curious if they are coming from the same korean manufacturer. if so, thats a good thing, because the korean eastwoods are pretty immaculate buildwise.

They certainly look cool. Didn't Jimmy Reed play something like that?

Er...I was lookin at the 44 and 49.

wtf is this ass-ugly thing?

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Firebird/Gibson-USA/Firebird-X.aspx

i didn't even bother reading about the "revolutionary features" because it is so offensively ugly

but at least it has "3rd Party Apps"

"Thanks to advances in low-power circuitry, greater Robo-Tuner efficiency, and powersaving techniques derived from laptop computers, the internal battery lasts for well over two hours of heavy, continuous use — and should the power run out, the battery can be swapped out in under 10 seconds with commonly available, inexpensive camcorder batteries."

Was announced at NAMM 2011 in January. Apparently has taken Gibson this long to get in production. Unfortunately they haven't removed any of the ugliness or stupidity from it. For those still in any doubt as to how stupid this is, the two colours are 'Redolution' and 'Bluvolution'.

xp why don't they just stick an iPad running Garageband on the front of a string-less guitar?
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Gibson will set up an authorized store – very much like the Apple iPhone/iPad environment – where all vendors can sell their applications, which we will verify are compliant with our system. Like Apple, this involves a sophisticated e-commerce site that removes the hassle and overhead for a development company and just generates a pure revenue stream for the developer.

It is our intention to roll this out to hundreds of thousands of guitars in different price points, giving all fans and consumers the ability to take advantage of this new technology. This eco-system, with a well-specified and published Gibson environment, will open up thousands of enhancements for our customers.

lol u have not at all built this 'store'

xp ah, crap - you'll all just have to imagine an iPad running te guitar instrument from GarageBand

Gibson have as much chance of making this store work as Nokia have of making a lump of wood into a musical instrument.

yeah this has been my go to ugliest guitar of the year ever since the press release. between this and the multiple govt raids gibson is looking pretty hopeless imo.

which frankly is ok with me at this point, financial troubles for both them and fender might be the best thing to happen to the industry in a long time imo

Fender's having troubles too? Fine by me.

huh why is this thread not updating in site new answers?

That's weird.

Possibly something to do with the image I linked to upthread? Maybe a mod could remove it.

Gibson is one weird ass company.

this is a good place for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZa4iZ93QwQ&feature=player_embedded

This has more dumb switches and knobs than a Jaguar! Maybe this thing will be uber collectible in the 2030s?

But the controls on a jag make sense!

bump to see if this thing is working with that image gone

sigh. nope.

shrugmoticon

wld ugly nu guitar play through bass amp test test

So I'm sure there's a dedicated thread for this, but is there such a thing as too many guitars? I'm strictly an amateur, but like any guitarist the accumulation instinct is pretty great, especially when you could get a find electric - a MIM Strat, say - for just a couple of hundred bucks. Yet of course, I can only play one at a time, so at a certain point it feels like collecting for the sake of collecting, even though every guitar plays/feels/sounds distinct. But it's so tempting to add to the (small) stack...

Related question that may also be answerable on another thread: is it better to spend less on a MIM Fender and spend the balance on upgrading pick-ups/electronics to something even better than American stock, or spend more from the start on a MIA Fender? My instincts have always pointed me to the former, considering short of fancy pants custom shop stuff I imagine most Fenders are made the same way, but some people may have a real preference for the MIM vs. MIA.

too many guitars?

I got rid of a couple recently, but it's hard to fight that need to buy gear. Not just guitars but pedals, amps, etc.. I try and keep it in check by making sure that a) everything I have I actually use, and b) selling stuff that's redundant (dual humbucker guitar when I already have one, single coil guitar when the main guitar I use already does the same things but better).

I can't answer the second question directly, because I've never bought a new Fender. But as someone who has spent a lot of time messing around with different pickups and wiring harnesses, I will say this - you can end up spending more time tinkering with the electronics than you spend actually playing the guitar! It's a rabbit hole that you can fall into, and it goes down a long long way. If that's your thing then great (it is mine, although not to the extent it was a few years ago), but putting down more money upfront for a guitar that already has what you want out of the box might be a better use of time/money compared to upgrading a less than stellar guitar.

Non-guitar example of a time/money trade-off: a couple of years ago I built a modular synth. It cost £200 in parts, but it took 200 hours of my time. Charging myself £5/hr (less than UK minimum wage), that's £1000, plus the parts cost = £1200. I'm happy with the result, but £1200 can buy a lot of synth gear.

i solve this problem by not having any extra money and also feeling extremely guilty about spending money on nonessential items for myself.

you had me at silver sparkle gretsch

i seriously just sighed and rolled my eyes up thinking about it, i am in love

Looks nice, go for it.

I went nuts and got a VHT Special Ultra 6 and the cheapo Gibson SG (even tho I felt guilty for supporting Gibson, it was under $400 for a made in the USA guitar that seems pretty nice). The amp is awesome - built in attenuator that turns down to .1 watts, etc. - but I'm still just embarrassing with a musical instrument. But it's fun making noise.

you went sane

speaking of which, who's got a sweet sparkly gretsch?

btw before I die I will play a sparkle jet in blue pearl BANK ON IT

Weird question, but hear me out. How well would a tele-style guitar sit inside of a hardshell p bass-style case?

I've recently encountered a real space crunch in my house. When we were done reorganizing, the one thing that didn't have a home were my guitars - a tele and a p bass. I tend to go through phases of a month or so where I'll be screwing around with one instrument more than the other, so it makes sense to me to store one guitar in a less-accessible place, but I don't just want to shove it directly in a closet or whatever. And yeah, the current storage situation has just been "leaned up against whatever".

Any thoughts?

Oh, forgot that this is the thread that causes the site new answers weirdness.

Noticing now that there are a number of different layouts of hardshell case, some of which are body-type specific and some of which have a more open layout.

If you are just using it for storage, no problem (if it fits, which it might or might not). Remember that it's oversized when moving it though, you can do plenty of damage to an instrument banging it off of the sides of a case that's too big.

Yeah, this would be destined for a sedentary life behind a piece of furniture or in storage space or something, not to haul around town. Maybe with some rags padding out the inside of the case for stability. Thanks for this input.

Yeah if it's sitting still with no chance of fag mingle or being messed with, then I can't see it nattering as long as it fits

Good god that was supposed to say "falling"

Also "mattering"

Never posting from a phone again

That post... was AMAZING.

I like playing guitars. I know next to nothing about buying a guitar. I've had three electric guitars in my life:
- Fender Squier Strat which I got when I was 15 and learnt to play on. Not a bad thing really. Good mid-tone. It did the trick.
- Ibanez, don't know what sort of model, but it wasn't very expensive. A bit light and thin-sounding for me. I got the impression it was more for metal soloists. Just not warm-sounding enough for me. Also the strings kept breaking all the time for some reason.
- Fender Telecaster - Not mine, my bandmate's which he bought for about £800 after we got fed up with my Ibanez. Nice tone, really no problem with it at all. Actually a nice thing. Shame there's no tremolo arm but that's it.

I want my own guitar. I've been playing long enough to get something half-decent, but no idea what style of guitar I want. I'm into sort of funky post-punky scratchy stuff but also warmer rhythm strumming. I don't know a lot about different styles of guitars, let alone what to look out for. I'm not supremely rich either, but keen to save and get a good all-rounder.

What should I consider when looking at different guitars and what people like about them.

check out my new guitar (and my kitten)

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18920449_10212831995059167_3757752350764797236_n.jpg?oh=c473cdf29619ec909350d9d632337be9&oe=59DADE56
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19029283_10212831995179170_6805086558334342651_n.jpg?oh=3185d0f86a827eaa6fd717db926e4d8e&oe=59DE2FB3

what the heck is that?!?

Whoa!

Yes, more info please.

galanti grand prix, italian guitar from circa 1966/67. i love it. sounds great, feels great, seems good and solid.

there are a few on reverb but the red finish seems to be rarer, i ended up tracking down the one i had played at a guitar store in asheville after they had returned it to the guy who had been trying to sell it on consignment.

Ash Bowie played a Galanti GP for most of the early classic Polvo records.

don't think i've ever seen one of those before, it's super-cool

The weird old Italian guitars are generally well-made instruments -- accordion manufacturers didn't quite know exactly what to do, but they did it well.

^^^ this is the best and most accurate description I've ever heard and I will do my best not to steal it

is this thread doing weird shit for anyone else on SNA and in zing

Not at the moment? What weird shit is it doing to you? Also your new guitar rules

xp for me it appears in the correct place in SNA, but has the heading 'Last on Thursday, 8 June 2017 15:16' about it.

Oh yeah, it's gone all weird again. What the hell?

looks like this

this was after you posted, so in addition to the date issue, it's not showing the most recent post. yesterday in zing it just wasn't appearing for a while, though now it's back.

I'm amazed at the number of $4000+ guitars that don't seem designed just for aging Boomers who want to relive arena rock's heyday.

$4900!
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7229/26230168544_e0cef67ddc_b.jpg

$5500!
https://scontent-sjc2-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s640x640/sh0.08/e35/18878860_1849291595332160_7926944254570528768_n.jpg

They're cool looking and no shade at the builders who can get that much, but I can't figure out who's buying them.

(Well, the first would be cool looking without the artificial damage.)

Yeah if the damage is artificial, no thanks. And is the "wrong" side pickguard meant to look like it was modified from / to being lefty? I don't mind guitars that look weird and a bit wrong but intentional wrongness is not endearing.

The second one is rather pretty.

Given what dudes will pay for a nice vintage Gibson or Fender, some of these boutique instruments are good value for money. I've played Kauer and Ronin basses before --they are pretty terrific (although that distressed Ronin looks like some customer's bad ideas). Pros and collectors buy this stuff -- and more and more pros as big firm guitar marketing begins to fall apart. If your choice is $8,000 for a vintage Gibson or a custom made instrument for $5,000, your choice isn't all that hard. It's the boutique instruments that go north of $7,000 or so that I wonder about (and that you almost never see on stages).

Really want to buy an ibanez and just shred

that seems like one of the more achievable goals one can have

: )

I just want to inherit a vintage hollow D'Aquisto and create inventive, yet mellow, yet incisive fingerstyle ballads that will herald (and also come to define) the coming age of peace and justice.

Like Wyld Stallyns

Really want to buy an ibanez and just shred

There was an Ibanez or Jackson something or other with a pointy headstock and a Floyd Rose and a 15" fingerboard radius for like $150 on Craigslist that I thought pretty hard about. If I wasn't moving soon I might have gone for it

Love that radius

scallops or gtfo

I still love the Ibanez RGs.

I ordered an offset Duo-Sonic at the back end of last month and the dealer thought it might take three or four days to come in. Over the course of the last five weeks, they haven't received a single Fender guitar or accessory. There's a new EU restriction in place on the import of rosewood - it was announced mid-2016 and brought into effect in February this year. From the sound of it, Fender haven't got their act together to confirm their CITES license so can't import anything with a rosewood board to Europe. They have kept shipping them though - so everything is getting seized by Customs - including non-rosewood guitars / accessories in the same packages.

Other companies seem to be in the same situation - so there are tens of thousands of guitars held at the UK border with no suggestion of when they might ever be released.

I've just seen that Fender will now manufacture most of their guitars with pau ferro rather than rosewood - so goodness knows when they might be ready.

Of course, having finished typing, i got a call that it had arrived.

Yeah, the CITES thing is global. The stores that were sending used Japanese Fender and Gibson copies to the American market got stuck for quite a while unable to ship.

Love the RG series and this marketing copy: "Three decades of metal have forged this high-performance machine"

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ibanez-rg-prestige-series-rg652kfx-electric-guitar