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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Nolaws on October 11, 2006, 12:37:13 PM

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: Nolaws on October 11, 2006, 12:37:13 PM

Well. It look like tomorow I\'ll buy my 1st electric guitar. I\'ve been playing acoustic for a few years now, on and off. I am really a casual player. Sometime I\'ll play 25 hours in a week then I wont touch my guitar for a 2-3 weeks.

My buddy where I work told me that I\'d probably like more playing and specially learn faster if i\'d go with an electric guitar. It\'s something I always overlooked. Tomorow it\'s time. I\'ve been praticing Master of Puppets recently and cant wait to hear it through my electric guitar.

I\'ve made my choice. the guitar will be an Ibanez RG321MH-MOL
http://www.ibanez.co.jp/eg_page.php?AREA_ID=2&PAGE_ID=372&COLOR=CL01&MODEL_NO=RG321MH

from what I\'ve read on the internet, it\'s a pretty good "starting" guitar. The sound, the quality, the price.

Now, my problem is the amp. Keep in mind that I dont plan to gig or jam with a group. I\'ll just be playing for fun. Probably have some midi file playing in the background from my computer. The guy I work with said I should go with a Marshall.. in my price range there is this model:
http://www.marshallamps.com/product.asp?productCode=MG30DFX

The dude where I\'ll buy the guitar advise me with this model:
http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=447&ParentId=57

The same guy also told me that for that price range (30w~) the roland (299$) best the Marshall (249$ ) in every aspect. He suggest that the Vox (289$) would sound even better then the Marshall. The Roland had a very good sound . I liked the layout of the console on the top. I am really leaning toward that amp, but I dont really want to make a mistake. I\'ve read "customer reviews" from Harmony central and it\'s really strange. Either the person will rate it 9-10 or always bad like 4-5. Never something average.  The Marshall,  its always the same, around 7-8 with pointloss in sound quality.

Now, since there is about 24h left before the purchase.. is there any tips / comment you guys have to give ? would be really appreciated! :thumb:

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: CHIZZY on October 11, 2006, 12:51:46 PM

GO WITH THE MARSHALL.

And have fun. Don\'t ask me about guitars, \'cos I\'m a snob. ;)

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: Titan on October 11, 2006, 12:57:29 PM

Ibanez\'s suck and so do whoever play them. Which means you suck.









Its a nice guitar. Ibanez\'s are nice. I played a couple looking for guitars but settled on the Schecter. There are some sexy ass pictures of me playing mine last month. The amp is good to. Marshall\'s are nice. I have 2 15Watt amps, a Fender and a Crate. I got the Crate for free from Guitar Center by buying the guitar. Its not bad but not great. Met my expectations for a free amp. I do like it though. The Fender is what I have at my apartment and I like it. But the next amp I get is most likely gonna be a Marshall. I like them. Best thing to do to try out amps is go to Guitar Center and have fun. I like to go in and play for fun. If I get bored, I\'m at Guitar Center and play guitars. But there aren\'t any near my college so I can\'t do that unless I\'m home.

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: nO-One on October 11, 2006, 12:58:00 PM

guitar is good, and not going with a floating tremolo is a good idea, and you\'ll have fun with that thin neck.

With the amps thing, I\'ve tried the Marshall and it was very good, however I suggest you go with a 30w Vox Valvetronix amp, tube sound and a whole bunch of little nicknacks.

But between the Marshall and the Cube I\'d go with the Marshall

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: Luke on October 11, 2006, 03:27:55 PM

I say Marshall too.

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: GmanJoe on October 11, 2006, 04:02:00 PM

What\'s the best CD based tutorial for learning to play the guitar? acoustic preferrably. fanks!

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: Luke on October 11, 2006, 04:09:14 PM

The only way to learn the guitar is to play it, alot.

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: Nolaws on October 11, 2006, 04:20:58 PM

youtube is an excellent source heh. i\'m surprised by all the treasure I can find on that website.

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: Titan on October 12, 2006, 05:07:23 AM

Quote from: Nolaws

youtube is an excellent source heh. i\'m surprised by all the treasure I can find on that website.

Yeah....endless supplies of pornographic material ;)

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: Nolaws on October 12, 2006, 08:52:47 AM

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Yeah....endless supplies of pornographic material

nooooo! i like to watch live clips of bands I like.. :D or find cool riffs (Like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zESI0gKLBPg )

for porn, nothing come close to cheggit.net :D

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: Luke on October 12, 2006, 06:13:17 PM

Quote from: Nolaws

nooooo! i like to watch live clips of bands I like.. :D or find cool riffs (Like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zESI0gKLBPg )

for porn, nothing come close to cheggit.net :D

Dude, I spend every lunch break at work just looking up bands on youtube. It\'s like my favorite pastime.

Title: Guitar Purchase
Post by: CHIZZY on October 17, 2006, 08:47:44 AM

Quote from: Luke

Dude, I spend every lunch break at work just looking up bands on youtube. It\'s like my favorite pastime.

Dude, check out the video for "lazer beam" by super furry animals...they had an SNES-type game made for it...