I need a new guitar

Huh why did this not bump on sna?

Yeah there's something weird going on with this thread.

mod testing beep beep beep

blorp

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how about this one?

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i swear i didnt do anything

I love the pickups on the silvertone

This is a stupid question but if a store carries a line of guitars (like Eastwood/Airline) but not the specific guitar you're interested in, can you ask them to order the guitar to carry in stock so you can try it out? And if so, do they get mad if you don't end up buying it?

I'm guessing the answers are yes and kind of but they can't do much about it.

I'm having severe new guitar desire these days. Trying to decide if I want to go with a non-semihollowbody guitar after playing semihollowbodies almost exclusively for the past 12 years. I almost never plug into the amp when I'm playing around at home so it's nice to have that little bit of extra unplugged volume.

Also I realized that what I liked about my shitty old Vantage semihollowbody over the Epiphone Dot was that the body was a little smaller and the neck a little thinner, just feels more nicely compact (I have both but the electronics on the Vantage are messed up and I can never decide whether to have it fixed, esp because there's a crack in the neck too).

Thinking of trading in my Fender Hot Rod to have $$$ for a new guitar bc I don't really need it anymore but part of me thinks I should hang on to the bigger amp in case I ever go back to playing with other people seriously again. The only other amp I have is a crappy Vox practice amp.

Anyways thanks for reading my blog post.

We order anything and don't care if people don't buy it, but we are definitely the exception according to customers i talk to. which is stupid of other stores, but what do i know

This thread still isn't acting right on Site New Answers.

oh yeah that is super odd

SHOULD i buy a silver sparkle Gretsch Synchromatic from the 90s

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)

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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!
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$5500!
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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.)