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Re: i want to start playing electric guitar!

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Posted by Flix (from: ) on June 24, 2000 at 09:42:35:

In Reply to: Re: i want to start playing electric guitar! posted by Stone on June 23, 2000 at 02:01:00:

: First off don't buy anything except a fender strat. If you can't afford a U.S.A. model get a mexican one. Don't buy a squire anything!!! You can get a used mex for about $200-300. DON'T CHEAP OUT!!! Your first amp can be just about anything but again you eventually want to move to a tube amp. Preferably Fender. A fender champ is a good starting amp. Finally buy one of those zoom effect boxes and take some lessons. Did you hear me? I said take some lessons. One more time...repeat after me...take some lessons. You'll never regret it. And finally finally...practice till your room mates want you out and your breathing through your eyes...rock on young soldier!

First off K is talking absolute bullshit,"don't get anything but a Fender what shit!!!
Fenders are great I've got 4 Fender guitars,--a P bass a Strat and a Jaguar a Tele as well as 2 Fender amps, a Vibrolux and a Twin.
As well as that I've got 2 Marshalls a Peavy a Gibson amp as well as a couple of other brands.
Also 2 Gibsons a Hamer a Guild an Ibanez acoustic a Cort steel acoustic. a Ricky a Danelectro an Aria strat '1962 and I love and use everyone of them.
Of course you don't need that much gear but to say that a Fender is the only guitar worth having is shit!!!!
It depends on what you want to play and what style you are into.
Shop around play a lot of axes and when you find the right one you will know! But please don't be influenced by what's written on the headstock.
He is right about valves though, if you can afford a valve amp go that way and don't be influenced by the number of watts.
A big 100 watt stack might be impressive but you are restricted to playing very loud,. They don't sound very good unless they are turned right up.
Go for a low wattage say 15 then you'll get nice tone at sane levels but still have enough grunt to play small gigs if you need.
A good valve amp which leaves the 15 watt fenders for dead is the Gibson GA15 they are cheaper and more versatile.

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: : First off don't buy anything except a fender strat. If you can't afford a U.S.A. model get a mexican one. Don't buy a squire anything!!! You can get a used mex for about $200-300. DON'T CHEAP OUT!!! Your first amp can be just about anything but again you eventually want to move to a tube amp. Preferably Fender. A fender champ is a good starting amp. Finally buy one of those zoom effect boxes and take some lessons. Did you hear me? I said take some lessons. One more time...repeat after me...take some lessons. You'll never regret it. And finally finally...practice till your room mates want you out and your breathing through your eyes...rock on young soldier! : First off K is talking absolute bullshit,"don't get anything but a Fender what shit!!! : Fenders are great I've got 4 Fender guitars,--a P bass a Strat and a Jaguar a Tele as well as 2 Fender amps, a Vibrolux and a Twin. : As well as that I've got 2 Marshalls a Peavy a Gibson amp as well as a couple of other brands. : Also 2 Gibsons a Hamer a Guild an Ibanez acoustic a Cort steel acoustic. a Ricky a Danelectro an Aria strat '1962 and I love and use everyone of them. : Of course you don't need that much gear but to say that a Fender is the only guitar worth having is shit!!!! : It depends on what you want to play and what style you are into. : Shop around play a lot of axes and when you find the right one you will know! But please don't be influenced by what's written on the headstock. : He is right about valves though, if you can afford a valve amp go that way and don't be influenced by the number of watts. : A big 100 watt stack might be impressive but you are restricted to playing very loud,. They don't sound very good unless they are turned right up. : Go for a low wattage say 15 then you'll get nice tone at sane levels but still have enough grunt to play small gigs if you need. : A good valve amp which leaves the 15 watt fenders for dead is the Gibson GA15 they are cheaper and more versatile.

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