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gofofgreen79
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Joined: 12 Aug 2008
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Location: California
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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:45 am Post subject: Looking for good guitar besides the two biggies? |
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| Does anybody have any experience with a good guitar that's good for rock,metal,and blues besides the strat and the LP? Oh yeah, and it can't be over 600$-700$. |
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lee_UK
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Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| The SG special, or if you can afford it the SG standard, Gibson, Epiphone or Japanese Tokai. |
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gofofgreen79
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Location: California
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| what about guitars that aren't so popular? |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| Aria Pro, Washburn, Ibanez, Jackson? that kind of thing? |
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gofofgreen79
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Michael
Lead Virtuoso
Joined: 02 Feb 2005
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| What about something like a Charger from Reverend? Rock/blues yah but I don't know about metal. |
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gofofgreen79
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| I've never heard of it |
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Michael
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:10 am Post subject: |
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| Reverend might set you back a hundred or so more from 700, but I'm generally a fan, especially if your looking outside of Gibson. |
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bandarito
Groupie
Joined: 20 Aug 2008
Posts: 11
Location: Philippines
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Try Myaxe. Got mine and its quite good. You can go to their website and try ordering. |
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1bassleft
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Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3951
Location: "Hit The North"
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I had a look at zzsounds in your price range:
http://www.zzounds.com/prodsearch?form=search&q=&p=1&cat=2641&rh=700&rl=600&ob=pop
and I'd skip the ESP LTD guitars. Metallica got out of an endorsement with ESP because they hated them, and the LTD is Korean-made so that's a hefty price. Outside of the big names, I have heard very good things about Schecter and (although most are EMG-equipped; darn good pickups but a bit samey for some) they also come with Duncans. Note, these are not the cheapy "Duncan Designed" or "EMG Hz" pups but the real deals.
After all that, though, for my $700 I'd be sorely tempted by Fender and Gibson. If you want something different to the ubiquitous Strat and LP, the Fender Jazzmaster and Jaguar are Japanese made (better than Mex, IMO), look different and sound different (Jazzmaster probably better than Jag for your interests. I agree with Lee, though. A US Gibson SG Special for $629 in worn cherry?
http://www.zzounds.com/item--GIBSGF
Bit of a bargain, and much likelier to hold its value. I'd also look into the Hagstrom reissues:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/navigation/solid-body-electric-guitars?N=100001+306241+11&Ns=Brand%7c0%7c%7cP_Description%7c0&page=7&rpp=20
for a quirky difference. Chinese made but again, I hear good things about them. |
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