Guitar-fi anyone? - Page 34

My main guitar is an ESP Japan custom shop. The quality of these are undisputedly the best around. I've modded the floyd rose trem with a "Floyd Upgrades" big brass block (for more sustain and resonance), and an ESP arming adjuster (for increased stability, and a slight increase in sustain and resonance throughout the body). I've upgraded the bridge pickup with a Duncan Custom which works well for the tuning I play in (drop-B), and the general style I play with it. I'm using Ernie Ball Cobalt strings, and I've become a believer in what this strings can deliver.

Adding to the axe collection:

I wanted something with a vibrato bar. Love the playability and tone, but this thing is a royal pain to tune.

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Originally Posted by beerguy0 

Adding to the axe collection:

 

 

 but this thing is a royal pain to tune.

 

Wait until you change your strings' gauge !

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Originally Posted by customcoco 

 

Wait until you change your strings' gauge !

 

I have absolutely no intention of changing string gauge. It's going to be bad enough just changing strings.

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Originally Posted by EnOYiN 


It's a floyd rose bridge I guess?

It's the Ibanez Edge III bridge, which is basically a copy of the Floyd Rose bridge. (The patents on the original FR bridge expired.)

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Originally Posted by daigo 

I've been looking at getting a starter electrical guitar set up to learn with and this thread is not helping me with my budget.  Some beautiful pictures in here. 

There are some good cheap used guitars out there.  Almost everything I have was bought used.  I bought four used Taylor acoustics and ended up keeping the one that sounded best to me which was a used $300.00 110E.  I thought it sounded better than the higher end Taylor 414 I had.  The playability is fantastic, it stays in tune due to the great tuners on it and the 110e I have sounds great.  

I bought a used Blackstar HT-5 tube head recently for $150.00.  I seen a guy on You Tube playing a Ratt song thought one of these and he sounded fantastic.  This amp does sound really good.  I am impressed by it.

A cheap Fender or Squire electric guitar can be found easily enough.  A used Mex Strat can be bought for $300.00 and sold for $300.00 if you want to get rid of it later on.  Those Mex Strats are very good for the money.      

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Originally Posted by Rydock 

My main guitar is an ESP Japan custom shop. The quality of these are undisputedly the best around. I've modded the floyd rose trem with a "Floyd Upgrades" big brass block (for more sustain and resonance), and an ESP arming adjuster (for increased stability, and a slight increase in sustain and resonance throughout the body). I've upgraded the bridge pickup with a Duncan Custom which works well for the tuning I play in (drop-B), and the general style I play with it. I'm using Ernie Ball Cobalt strings, and I've become a believer in what this strings can deliver.

I have a set of the Ernie Ball Cobalt strings (9-42s) that I'm planning to put on my Epiphone Nighthawk when I change strings. I've read some good things about these strings, and I'm looking forward to trying them out. (I'm actually about due for a string change, so maybe I'll try them out tonight.)

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Originally Posted by Moab 

 

There are some good cheap used guitars out there.  Almost everything I have was bought used.  I bought four used Taylor acoustics and ended up keeping the one that sounded best to me which was a used $300.00 110E.  I thought it sounded better than the higher end Taylor 414 I had.  The playability is fantastic, it stays in tune due to the great tuners on it and the 110e I have sounds great.  

 

I bought a used Blackstar HT-5 tube head recently for $150.00.  I seen a guy on You Tube playing a Ratt song thought one of these and he sounded fantastic.  This amp does sound really good.  I am impressed by it.

 

A cheap Fender or Squire electric guitar can be found easily enough.  A used Mex Strat can be bought for $300.00 and sold for $300.00 if you want to get rid of it later on.  Those Mex Strats are very good for the money.      

I considered a Mex Strat for a while but could never find one on craigslist for a decent price.  The guitar I really wanted was a low end Gibson/Epiphone Les Paul body since a lot of the bands I listen to use that type of guitar.  However, ended up with a Schecter Damien Elite that was on close out for a discontinued color (dark metallic blue) at $230 shipped from Amazon because it reviewed as a quality build that holds tune well.  It's an attractive guitar with a nice fretboard, though the tone probably leans more toward metal with how much sustain the thing gets with through body strings.  I've been doing a little practice when I can in the evening, trying to build muscle memory for basic chords and also to pick a little faster.  Learning to play a guitar is as hard as I had imagined it being.  

if on a budget, ALWAYS buy used. you just get so much more for your money

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Originally Posted by kyle90 

if on a budget, ALWAYS buy used. you just get so much more for your money

I picked up this beauty for $200 off of Craigslist the other day:

Yamaha APX500FM (Flame Maple top)

I also bought an Ibanez acoustic amp for $60 off Craigslist.