It has a pickup hidden under the pickguard, who knows what kind it is though.

fender precision series.. love it... the sound just like me

nice... how is the sound character like?

Very trebly with 60 cycle hum.

Ive been looking for a good electric guitar. Guitare bizarre was right ive finally gotten sick of playing upside down lefty :(. So I want to get a left handed guitar.
I wanna spend around 200-300 dollars CAD. I like 90s alternative music. 80s post punk. No wave music and angular music in general. What ive looked at has been :

Buy Epiphone Les Paul 100 Left-Handed Electric Guitar | Left Handed Electric Guitars | Musician's Friend

Guitars the Agile AL-2000 2TS Flame Wide Left Handed

Buy Squier by Fender Stratocaster Left-Handed Electric Guitar | Left Handed Electric Guitars | Musician's Friend

Any suggestions? Anyone heard anything good about agile? From what I have read on the web they are a very good cost effective company.

Personally I would not buy anything Squier except for maybe there Classic Vibe series. The rest are often made of **** wood and **** hardware/pickups. For about 300 bucks you could get a used Made In Mexico Strat/Tele that would be far better quality than the squier.

mim strat items - Get great deals on Musical Instruments, mim stratocaster items on eBay.com!

As to Agile, Iv seen a few good ones but they seem to be very hit or miss. And DO NOT get the Epi 100 Les Paul. Awful guitar, and for around 300 you could get an Epi SG/Les Paul Standard.

Although deciding between a Paul and Strat is a pretty big difference, you should probably figure out which will work best for your style of playing.

Also Iv seen some really nice Guitar Fetish Xaviere's. Lots of Youtbe reviews and such as well. Definitely check them out. There not gona play like a 2000 dollar Gibby but for less than 200 or 300dollars you really get your money worth.

Xaviere Electric Guitars

Hmmm I am not really comfortable with ebay (bad experiences).
I looked at the Xaviere Electric Guitars is there a search option for left handed guitars? Im having a hard time finding them. Btw I was thinking of getting this pedal aswell.
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I think some models do have lefties, other not. And yea Iv had a bad experience on Ebay as well. Although if its a reputable seller with good reviews its typically much safer.

And Rat Distorion pedals rule.

thinkin of this Agile AD-201 Vintage White Left Handed at RondoMusic.com

I sure would love a Les Paul Supreme. Beauty of a guitar but quite expensive. Right now I play a Les Paul Special II but I'm soon gonna be at a high enough talent level I'll need to upgrade but it'll be a couple years before I pursue the Supreme.

Thats probably a nice guitar but those melody maker type guitars often feel like toys. Although my friends PRS 1 is incredible, and its only got 1 bridge pickup.

http://www.rondomusic.com/ad2300bkp90left.html

Now thats baddass.

when it comes to Agile's i've always been curious about their fretless models. i find the layout to their site kind of meh but whatever. i also liked it better when it was black.

Agile AL-3000 Fretless HSB at RondoMusic.com

i also remember a guy who used to post here way back when i first joined who did end up getting one of their strat models. there's no way a $100 guitar can match a $1000 guitar but it was apparently way better than most entry level fare. somewhere between a squier and a mexican.

Currently own

Yamaha RBX series bass
Squier Tele
Framus Panthera Pro
Epiphone Birds Eye top Les Paul
Fender US standard Strat
Hohner acoustic

Have a Marshall Valvestate 100 but these days tend to record onto PC using Line 6 stuff.

Would love a Gretsch 6118 in Smoke Green if money was no option
Or a Gretsch Super Axe or an ES 295 or a nice Yamaha SG etc etc :rolleyes:

May I ask why a Yamaha SG?

Always liked the shape of them more than the Gibson SG, something very appealing about them, the depth of the body and symmetricality and the fact they were a bit unusual, you didnt see many about. My mate had a cherry red Gibson SG and i always thought it was f*cking awful, never told him though.
John McGough who played in Magazine and Siouxsie & The Banshees is one of my favourite players and he used one, and that's enough for me.
I looked into getting one a few years ago, there was a chap on ebay (based in China or something) who was selling a quite a few at very reasonable prices but what with all the shipping hassle i decided not to go for it.
Not a dream guitar you understand, not in the league of an ES 295, just one that id like to own...

I hate the SG shape. Its great for upper fret access but it neckdives like a BITCH and the tiny neck joint means sustain and tone are lacking.

Well I've never played a Yamaha one but as I say the Gibson was less than impressive. Had no character of its own, no resonance or volume at all unplugged and had to be overdriven to sh*t to get anything out of it.
I agree the SG shape isn't to everyone's taste and although beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course, it does lack the practicality of say a Tele or something.
Upper fret access not a concern for me as anything above fret 14 is a foreign country.

doesn't it bug you that if you let go of the neck the whole guitar instantly points straight downwards? It makes it so you're less playing the neck and more holding it up in lieu of the body being balanced. Even the offset shapes don't make a difference there because its so bad.

Oh thats what neckdiving means :o:
Well yeah thats definitely an issue. Bear in mind its nearly 20 years since i played one :o: From what i understand the Yamaha ones are a lot heavier and are much more LP-like in construction so i dont think it would be so much of a problem. Tbh theres a few guitars with inherent design problems but you just live with them if you like other things about them (generally the way they look in my case).

Speak for yourself. I personally want about a million custom guitars. I have *high* demands.

Speaking for myself, I dont have high demands.
I am a fan of 'the song' more than anything and whilst appreciative of good guitar playing I see guitar playing as an enjoyable means to an end rather than the sole end in itself.
I'm not a tone obsessive and my technical ability doesnt and will never justify an expensive custom guitar. Punk is the reason I picked up a guitar in the first place and it still resonates with me 20 years later. What someone like Billy Childish or Tom Waits or whoever can achieve with limited and basic instrumentation has always moved me more than the awful widdlers like Via, Satriani, Petrucci, or dinosaur bores like Clapton.
Different strokes for different folks isnt it?

I feel that! We do have one thing working for us though. If you buy a used guitar for a decent price your almost guaranteed to make that money back or more when you sell it. Thanks to that iv gotten to own a hell of a lot of different gear :)

You sir are lucky. But to call some of the most talented musicians of our time widdlers is a bit harsh.

Petrucci in particular is a monster, both compositionally and technically.

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[QUOTE=GuitarBizarre;961445]Petrucci in particular is a monster, both compositionally and technically.

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Agree. I just cant take Dream theater. They opened for Maiden this summer and no one even went in to watch them.

Agree. I just cant take Dream theater. They opened for Maiden this summer and no one even went in to watch them.

http://www.furiacontralamaquina.com/...ucciGod350.jpg

I prefer his solo stuff to the DT stuff tbh.

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Wheres a good place to start? I have not heard any of it.

Liquid Tension experiment and John petrucci solo stuff combined is only 3 albums, grab it all.

Damage control is a particularly awesome song.

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I really want a Gibson Thunderbird IV Electric Bass Guitar, it just looks so nice and all the bands that I know that use this kind of bass it just sounds so great.

i want all Peavey,a blend of old and new.I used an active millenium 5string in a band i used to be in and i loved it.It played great,sounded great,i was even pleased with how it sounded after 2months of weekend shows without changing strings,i turned the knobs just right and it still rocked,and this is thru one of those 400watt behringer amps.I dig those peaveys,cheap but cool.and i want a mark4 bass amp.2of em,powering cabs with black widows in em,2x10s and a 15 in each cab.I think i could cover alot of ground with that,but i'd hate to ****in haul it!

Anyone have any of those old cheap teisco guitars? Or those johnny ramone mosrite guitars?? They have sparked a lot of interest especially when I noticed how many artists I listen to use these old entry level japanese guitars.

your best bet is to try scoring a modern knock off like an Eastwood. an original Mosrite normally runs around $3000. though there are plenty of knock offs trying to sell for real prices, there's a good reason why you get more warnings about ripoffs than sales when you google 'ebay mosrite'.

they might have been the cheap entry level 'junk' 50 years ago but at this point their antique collectibles.

I just looked a Eastwoods at the shop down the street from me. Very nice instrument for there price. Just have to cross fingers since the Chinese make them now.

Also Mr Dave, I got the treat of playing a friend of a friends 1972 Fender Mustang Sunburst. He told me that his parents old friend never used it so they sold it too him for like 700 bucks. I was in heaven playing that through his Fender 65RI Twin Reverb's set to stereo. Hah not to brag since none of it was mine but hot damn it was fun!

I have a Yamaha RBX375 5-string fretted and a Shergold Marathon 1976 vintage fretless. In an ideal world I'd love a Fender jazz bass (72 reissue if I could get it).

Or a Geddy Bass.

Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass | Sweetwater.com

*drool*

holy crap that sounds awesome hehehe. reminds me of the one and only time i played a real deal Les Paul (a midnight blue '74). a friend of a friend got it by helping his uncle move. when it came time to moving the bed he noticed a case hiding under there, asked about it, uncle said he could have it for helping him move. THEN he opened it... and damn near peed his pants.

as for Eastwood their stuff is made in both China and Korea, don't quite remember what the price line dividing the manufacturing location is though. i also really hate that their site always lists 2 prices for every instrument.

one of their GPs would be extra sweet for some damn near authentic Kyuss action though hehehe. Eastwood GP

Wow. Wonder whats thats worth today? Or in 10 years, if its in decent condition.

Well after some guitar searching I came across a greg bennett malibu left handed guitar on kijiji. I can get it for 100 bucks. Worth it? How does it compare to a stratocaster?

Those Greg Bennett guitars are a great deal. I have the Royale 1 that i got for 285 new. Plays super well. I have heard nothing but good things about that series. Especially if you spent a little more and put new pickups and maybe a new nut it would really be a gigworthy guitar.

Although If your going the strat route you may as well get the real thing. A mim fender for 200-300 or a G&L for about that same.