Guitarists: Let's see the weaponry

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 06-10-2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonio

Ibanez Jumpstart

and yeah, i've been playing for almost 5 years now

lulz.

Step your game up.

Do you play a lot? or just for fun by yourself?

Antonio · 06-10-2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe

lulz.

Step your game up.

Do you play a lot? or just for fun by yourself?

i've taken lessons for about 2-3 years, and yes i play ALOT, i guess you can say i'm intermediate, but right now i'm not playing guitar in a band. i play in a band right now, but i'm on bass, here's my bass, btw, i call her Big Red:

and i know my setup sucks, i just don't have the money for a new one. but seriously, i'm not one to go out and buy some flashy type of instrument when i can do just as good with what i have. i mean, i know there are excellent high end guitars that have good features and sh*t, but if i have a good cheap thing that works just as well, why bother. i mean, i have an acoustic right now that's missing a tuning key and i can still play better than a number of people i know

idk, i guess i focus more on what's being played than the instrument itself

*whew* sorry for the rant

mr dave · 06-11-2009, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Antonio

and i know my setup sucks, i just don't have the money for a new one. but seriously, i'm not one to go out and buy some flashy type of instrument when i can do just as good with what i have. i mean, i know there are excellent high end guitars that have good features and sh*t, but if i have a good cheap thing that works just as well, why bother. i mean, i have an acoustic right now that's missing a tuning key and i can still play better than a number of people i know

idk, i guess i focus more on what's being played than the instrument itself

*whew* sorry for the rant

relax

i WISH i still had the beater electric i learned on. i played it for almost 3 years straight while i saved up for that mexi-strat at $5/hour. the only way i justified buying the LTD was a surprise jumbo tax return in 2006.

you're right that there's no need to get 'flashy' gear if you don't know how to use it but please tell me a small collection is in the cards. you'd be surprised at what you can get between $600-$800 and how quickly $2 here and $5 there can accumulate.

Antonio · 06-11-2009, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mr dave

relax

i WISH i still had the beater electric i learned on. i played it for almost 3 years straight while i saved up for that mexi-strat at $5/hour. the only way i justified buying the LTD was a surprise jumbo tax return in 2006.

you're right that there's no need to get 'flashy' gear if you don't know how to use it but please tell me a small collection is in the cards. you'd be surprised at what you can get between $600-$800 and how quickly $2 here and $5 there can accumulate.

yeah, i see what you mean, right now i'm trying to save up for a new acoustic, mine's ok for what it is but it has soooo many setbacks. i'm ok with my electric at the moment, minus a few things here and there

yes yes oh yay · 06-29-2009, 10:43 PM

Ive play a new(ish) American Standard strat, black body, maple neck, maple fingerboard and white pickguard but im changing that to a black one soon. I also put a seymour duncan 'hot rails' in the bridge to make it more versatile.

It plays very smooth (it is a strat so thats a given really) and the hot rails gives it a sweet humbucker tone without the weight of a standard humbucker equipped guitar eg les paul. Ive got the tremolo set right forward for more stable tuning but i dont use it much anyway.

I run it through a fender deluxe which is 40w and sounds great turned up. great reverb on it aswell. I run that through an orange 4x12 quadbox which really boosts the bottom end and sounds massive. plus orange stuff looks great aswell!

Ive got a marshall delay pedal which is crap (like most marshall pedals) so im looking to get a boss giga delay because im a fan of big delays and the like. Also got a boss-ds1 distortion (classic pedal) russian built big muff, dunlop hendrix wah, mxr stereo chorus and a small stone.

Dont have any pics of the setup as im in a different city to it all at the moment (sad). But it sounds (and looks) great.

06-29-2009, 10:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
yes yes oh yay Groupie Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4	Ive play a new(ish) American Standard strat, black body, maple neck, maple fingerboard and white pickguard but im changing that to a black one soon. I also put a seymour duncan 'hot rails' in the bridge to make it more versatile. It plays very smooth (it is a strat so thats a given really) and the hot rails gives it a sweet humbucker tone without the weight of a standard humbucker equipped guitar eg les paul. Ive got the tremolo set right forward for more stable tuning but i dont use it much anyway. I run it through a fender deluxe which is 40w and sounds great turned up. great reverb on it aswell. I run that through an orange 4x12 quadbox which really boosts the bottom end and sounds massive. plus orange stuff looks great aswell! Ive got a marshall delay pedal which is crap (like most marshall pedals) so im looking to get a boss giga delay because im a fan of big delays and the like. Also got a boss-ds1 distortion (classic pedal) russian built big muff, dunlop hendrix wah, mxr stereo chorus and a small stone. Dont have any pics of the setup as im in a different city to it all at the moment (sad). But it sounds (and looks) great.