― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Thursday, 6 October 2005 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link
hey emily - we should finally meet one of these days!! do you know Reg!na / The Pilot Light?
― God Body, Friday, 7 October 2005 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Friday, 7 October 2005 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link
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...
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 12 January 2006 08:46 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 October 2009 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
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).
― FCK R VWLS (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 October 2009 16:17 (fourteen years ago) link
they are made in korea
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 October 2009 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― FCK R VWLS (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 October 2009 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
They certainly look cool. Didn't Jimmy Reed play something like that?
― Big King Buggle Sprayer (╓abies), Friday, 9 October 2009 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Er...I was lookin at the 44 and 49.
― Big King Buggle Sprayer (╓abies), Friday, 9 October 2009 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf is this ass-ugly thing?
http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Firebird/Gibson-USA/Firebird-X.aspx
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't even bother reading about the "revolutionary features" because it is so offensively ugly
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
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."
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:46 (twelve years ago) link
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'.
― PoMo with a shotgun (snoball), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
xp why don't they just stick an iPad running Garageband on the front of a string-less guitar?IMAGE BROKEN
― PoMo with a shotgun (snoball), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
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'
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
xp ah, crap - you'll all just have to imagine an iPad running te guitar instrument from GarageBand
― PoMo with a shotgun (snoball), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
Gibson have as much chance of making this store work as Nokia have of making a lump of wood into a musical instrument.
― PoMo with a shotgun (snoball), Thursday, 29 September 2011 12:57 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― guh (jjjusten), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
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
― guh (jjjusten), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
Fender's having troubles too? Fine by me.
― rustic italian flatbread, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
huh why is this thread not updating in site new answers?
― guh (jjjusten), Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
That's weird.
― rustic italian flatbread, Thursday, 29 September 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
Possibly something to do with the image I linked to upthread? Maybe a mod could remove it.
― PoMo with a shotgun (snoball), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Gibson is one weird ass company.
― earlnash, Friday, 30 September 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
this is a good place for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZa4iZ93QwQ&feature=player_embedded
― guh (jjjusten), Friday, 30 September 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
This has more dumb switches and knobs than a Jaguar! Maybe this thing will be uber collectible in the 2030s?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 30 September 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
But the controls on a jag make sense!
― PoMo with a shotgun (snoball), Friday, 30 September 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
bump to see if this thing is working with that image gone
― guh (jjjusten), Friday, 30 September 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
sigh. nope.
shrugmoticon
― guh (jjjusten), Friday, 30 September 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
wld ugly nu guitar play through bass amp test test
― stet, Saturday, 1 October 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 October 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
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).
― triple black belt in ILX-fu (snoball), Saturday, 8 October 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― triple black belt in ILX-fu (snoball), Saturday, 8 October 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― triple black belt in ILX-fu (snoball), Saturday, 8 October 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
i solve this problem by not having any extra money and also feeling extremely guilty about spending money on nonessential items for myself.
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 8 October 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
The mum strata have necks and bodies that are made in the us, but there is a key difference in that the us strats are 3 piece bodies and the mim ones are 5-7 pieces with a cap.
― American Horror Sorry (jjjusten), Saturday, 8 October 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
Also buy a g&l instead
― American Horror Sorry (jjjusten), Saturday, 8 October 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
Why will u never update in site new answers stupid threwd
― American Horror Sorry (jjjusten), Saturday, 8 October 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
I'll put a good G&L up against pretty much anything. like seriously anything. I own a '79 Les Paul KM and I play my ASAT more. just fucking fantastic guitars imo
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 8 October 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
I sort of wish Fender hadn't released so many variants on the same type models, it'd be a lot easier to distinguish them all. Made in Mexico, Made in Mexico but with better components/electronics, Made in USA, Made in USA but not as good as the "better" MIA, MIA and good but not as well made as the really good MIA. And so on ... I can imagine a Tele-styled G&L is pretty great. Teles are the perfect slab-of-wood design. The Strat ones, I've heard weirdly divergent opinions. Everyone thinks they're very well made guitars, with better quality control than Fender, but some insist they play better, some the same, some worse. That's the prob with being a novice: my hands and ears are not good enough to A/B a dozen guitars and come to a sound decision. Hell, I have a pro musician friend that once had the chance to get a custom made guitar from a top maker at a good price, but couldn't bite the bullet because he's not picky/specific about all the myriad types of wood, wiring, shapes, etc. .
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 October 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
linking because it's huge: http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2011/10/05/TOGPoster.jpg
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 10 October 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
jjusten - think the Reverend Sensei Jr would make a good 'first guitar'? I'm thinking about that or one of the current Gibson LP Jr reissues, but I wonder about cheap Gibson quality-control.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 22 October 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
Idk, I am not a huge fan of single p90 guitars as main instruments - and I say that as a dude with a deep love of simplicity in instrument design. Theres just something kind of magical about neck p90 tone, and it's also nice to have the option of hum canceling in at least one position.
― Threat Level: Panda (jjjusten), Monday, 24 October 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
(psst dood, remind me that the next time I am in MN to swing by yr store, I may want/need to purchase *things* from u)
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
purchase *things* or *purchase* things?
― An Outcast From Time's Feast (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
i will let you do that!
― ride the dronosaur (jjjusten), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
amateur recording, waht is it made
(more seriously, I am thinking I want to learn guitar and/or bass and would like guidance re: good starter instruments)
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
you are in a golden age of reasonably priced starter stuff, srsly - and trust me, it isnt going to last forever.
― ride the dronosaur (jjjusten), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
Good god that was supposed to say "falling"
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Thursday, 2 October 2014 13:15 (nine years ago) link
Also "mattering"
Never posting from a phone again
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Thursday, 2 October 2014 13:16 (nine years ago) link
That post... was AMAZING.
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 2 October 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
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.
― canoon fooder (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
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=59DADE56https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/19029283_10212831995179170_6805086558334342651_n.jpg?oh=3185d0f86a827eaa6fd717db926e4d8e&oe=59DE2FB3
― na (NA), Thursday, 8 June 2017 14:16 (six years ago) link
what the heck is that?!?
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
Whoa!
― how's life, Thursday, 8 June 2017 14:29 (six years ago) link
Yes, more info please.
― Austin, Thursday, 8 June 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
galanti grand prix, italian guitar from circa 1966/67. i love it. sounds great, feels great, seems good and solid.
― na (NA), Thursday, 8 June 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
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.
― na (NA), Thursday, 8 June 2017 19:57 (six years ago) link
Ash Bowie played a Galanti GP for most of the early classic Polvo records.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 June 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
don't think i've ever seen one of those before, it's super-cool
― alcohol aficionado zane lamprey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 8 June 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
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.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 8 June 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
^^^ this is the best and most accurate description I've ever heard and I will do my best not to steal it
― jjjusten, Friday, 9 June 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
is this thread doing weird shit for anyone else on SNA and in zing
― na (NA), Friday, 9 June 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
Not at the moment? What weird shit is it doing to you? Also your new guitar rules
― jjjusten, Friday, 9 June 2017 21:10 (six years ago) link
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.
― Zings Can Only Get Better (snoball), Friday, 9 June 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah, it's gone all weird again. What the hell?
― jjjusten, Friday, 9 June 2017 21:14 (six years ago) link
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.
― na (NA), Friday, 9 June 2017 21:15 (six years ago) link
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.
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Saturday, 10 June 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
(Well, the first would be cool looking without the artificial damage.)
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Saturday, 10 June 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
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.
― bleethal weapon (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 June 2017 13:00 (six years ago) link
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).
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 24 June 2017 19:45 (six years ago) link
Really want to buy an ibanez and just shred
― calstars, Saturday, 24 June 2017 20:28 (six years ago) link
that seems like one of the more achievable goals one can have
― space chipmunk (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 24 June 2017 20:34 (six years ago) link
: )
― calstars, Saturday, 24 June 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
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.
― space chipmunk (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 24 June 2017 21:27 (six years ago) link
Like Wyld Stallyns
― space chipmunk (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 24 June 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
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
― joygoat, Sunday, 25 June 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
Love that radius
― calstars, Sunday, 25 June 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
scallops or gtfo
― space chipmunk (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 27 June 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
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.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 11:49 (six years ago) link
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.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 11:53 (six years ago) link
Of course, having finished typing, i got a call that it had arrived.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 12:13 (six years ago) link
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.
― El Tuomasbot (milo z), Wednesday, 28 June 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
Love the RG series and this marketing copy: "Three decades of metal have forged this high-performance machine"
― calstars, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ibanez-rg-prestige-series-rg652kfx-electric-guitar
― calstars, Wednesday, 28 June 2017 16:09 (six years ago) link