question about buying guitars

[tiedye]

Colour affects the sound of a guitar no more than the colour of the guitarist does. Paint does not alter the vibration, otherwise they would never apply finish to a guitar. Even natural looking guitars are coated with sealants and laquers.

A friend of mine ritually paints his guitar once a year on an annual acid trip. I tend to glue cannabis leaves to mine whenever I can aquire some. I've also seen someone wallpaper their guitar before. None of it has affected the sound. Even Neil Young slaps stickers and the like onto a guitar from now and then.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Goodfellow

sorry to hijack a bit

is there any websites/forums for guitar buysells? I can't find much on the typical buysell shizz

I want a cheap'ish used bass.. like a fender or somethin

For electric basses there aren't that many options...

But the same advice applies. Play a few really expensive basses, then settle into your price range.

What I did was rent a few basses from L&M for about a week. Take them home to my set up, use them in a few jams, and decide from there.

For shops check out tom lee, and long and mcquade, they will have the same styles. But also check into a few of the smaller shops, like not another guitar shop, over on granville, they occasionally have really neat basses.

Personally I play a P-bass, very versitile, but then everyone plays a pbass so it dosen't stand out.

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by mux

For me it was a narrow, electric-style neck, a cutaway body, rich tone and good electronics, and the Fender nailed all those things - I wouldn't have realized those things were what was most important to me if I hadn't tried the $3000 accoustics first tho. :)

Wide neck, medium range action, less frets, and a fat body for me. I also require a reinforced stress bar and bridge/saddle as I use excessively heavy strings.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Cool-Water

well the best thing to do is buy a fender strat pack or epiphone special
comes with guitar, patch chord, amp, strings, even pics
then you can play electric and electric acoustic. but different sound
overwise find somebody selling an old french string g ta and change the strings i bet you can get 1 for cheap

No, don't buy those packs. I love fender, but those packs are pieces of shit. Have you ever played a squier guitar (the one that comes packaged in those). The quick start packs included the cheapest equipment possible. If you've ever played a guitar, then you'll notice the problems almost right away.

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

No, don't buy those packs. I love fender, but those packs are pieces of shit. Have you ever played a squier guitar (the one that comes packaged in those). The quick start packs included the cheapest equipment possible. If you've ever played a guitar, then you'll notice the problems almost right away.

Squier.. aka the Mexican Stratocaster


My next purchase: Fender Telecaster (vintage, hopefully ;))

edit: after a new bass. (only $2300 left to save)

[Digital Over]

^You can get some really cool sounding licks with the B bender on a Telecaster...good guitar, great buy...

If anyone is looking for a used guitar, my brother is home from Chicago and I'm pretty sure he hasn't sold his ESP, LTD guitar...I'm pretty sure it has EMG pick ups on there and a floyd rose bridge...brilliant sounding guitar...I'll ask him when he gets home from his nightly dabotcheries

[mux]

http://www.epiphone.com/default.asp?...ollectionID=11

^^ what my girlfriend just got me for Christmas! :D