What guitar would you 16 year old self want?
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Chad
Slender Hobbit
I swear on my children, I did not see your post before I postedWhen I was 16?
I actually ended up ordering a custom neck from them, and putting it on a warmoth body. It was a Hum/Single layout for years, but one of the later things I did was route a humbucker spot in the middle. again... why? I don't know.And my old toothpaste logo Charvel. That was my second Charvel... the first one was the one that I exploded the floyd rose out of the face of it.
Oddly, I'm going the other way. I can still be very subtle with a Floyd but I do like the wild stuff. Now, I don't like floating Floyds so I'm not pulling up, and I love tuning stability.
Dogsinplastic
avuncular to no one
Oddly, I'm going the other way. I can still be very subtle with a Floyd but I do like the wild stuff. Now, I don't like floating Floyds so I'm not pulling up, and I love tuning stability.
Yeah, I could always be subtle with the Floyd, but the last guitar equipped with one that I owned was an RG 770 with the HUGE route under the bridge. I used to have so much fun doing ridiculous things with that guitar, but my PRS Custom sounded so much better, as did the Strat that eventually replaced the Ibby.
Okay, now I'm missing the big loud amp, dirty channel, and a floyd...thanks.
I must have some secret touch, but I've got my '62 reissue set up so I can dive bomb (or what passes for one) on the Strat and it stays in tune.
Dogsinplastic
avuncular to no one
My Strat is a 91/92 American Standard and it only goes out when I go crazy. I use it to Jeff Beck type stuff and it rarely goes out. I lube the nut slots with graphite from what ever pencil is in reach and have only the slightest of issues. I think it's easier to set up a Strat bridge for regular use without it going out of tune than many people assume. However, for those that use the trem judiciously, it's just easier to go the locking route (or so they assume).
I agree.
I have two floyd guitars I'd use for bits I need to go nuts on. I'm not afraid to use my Strat floyd though.
speakerjones
my hat is all
16 year old me was playing a Kramer Pacer. Kinda wish I still had it. Great neck. At the time, I was kind of GASsing for a goldtop LP. Never did buy one.
38 year old me is pretty happy with his current horde. I'd like to add a Jazzmaster to the fold, but I'm not in a huge hurry. I might get something custom-made eventually.
38 year old me is pretty happy with his current horde. I'd like to add a Jazzmaster to the fold, but I'm not in a huge hurry. I might get something custom-made eventually.
You're welcome.
That's one reason why I don't like floating Floyds. You don't get nearly as much of a tone suck with the bridge actually sitting on wood. It kinda brings a Tele-ish type of thing to do the tone.
I have Gravity Storms in my RG570. Amazing sound.You're welcome.
That's one reason why I don't like floating Floyds. You don't get nearly as much of a tone suck with the bridge actually sitting on wood. It kinda brings a Tele-ish type of thing to do the tone.
That's what I'm hearing about those.
I'm kinda going for an EVH-type setup. Now, before you think I'm going for the Brown Sound specifically, remember what Ted Nugent said when he tried Eddie's gear out. It sounded like Ted. I feel that EVH's early setup really allowed him to be a chameleon depending on how he played, which is why he was able to go get so many different sounds of a guitar with just a bridge humbucker and a volume knob.
Wasn't his early s0und pretty basic: a cranked marshall with a Variak and a humbucker?
Yeah, really transparent. A lot of people think "The Brown Sound" is a one-trick pony, but listen to all the different sounds Eddie got out of basically the same setup from VH1 to Diver Down, mostly using either Franky or the Destroyer (his own that became The Shark or Chris Holmes' Destroyer that he borrowed after he made The Shark).
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
Slash is the reason I picked up a guitar, and I thought his LP was the most beautiful guitar I'd ever seen. I still love it, I just want to find out that's comfortable to play...
Stratguy
Coffee Junky
First, my 16 yr. old self wasn't into guitars . . . it was baseball. I actually started musically by wanting a drum (age 5). Then there was a clarinet (dictated by the band director at a new school) for 2 years before seriously turning to baseball (I had been playing since the 3rd grade).
Music came back into my life during a major life change at 42. That's when someone gave me an Alvarez R-8 acoustic. I loved it, and eventually learned to play, but was pretty limited in my chord knowledge, because there were only certain songs I wanted to play, and all it required was the Cowboy Chords. In about the early 2000's I wanted to explore the electric guitar, so I bought a Dean Exo XM, because it fit my budget, and I loved the feel of the neck (hated the feel of the Strat neck). I went on to a Schecter guitar, again, because I really liked the feel of the width of their neck. I still have that guitar, even though I have moved on in my neck requirements. I played some PRS guitars at a music store, and found out how comfortable a wider neck can be to play. I recently found out that I love the feel of a flatter radius (12" - hey that's more like an acoustic, so I guess I'm coming full circle
). About a month ago, I bought a Taylor 710ce and it has a slightly wider neck than I usually play. I have found that when I go to the B7 chord, my fingers are dead on every time, so apparently my hand likes this width.
I'm still growing, because I haven't had all the years of experience that many here have had. In the meantime, I'm just enjoying the opportunity to play music with others.
Oh, and I finally scratched my 5 year old self's itch when I started seriously playing the drums in 2007. I'm fortunate to be playing the drums in one band (an all pastor basement band), and guitar in another band (the church praise band).
The other guitars I have may one day leave, but these will be with me to the end:
The Taylor: softer voice, amazingly resonant and full of nuance.
The Takamine Glenn Fry Signature: Excellent projection, and the minute it's played, you know it's the voice of the Eagles.
The Strat: absolutely the best feeling, best sounding Strat I've ever played.
The Grestch: What can I say? I love playing Beatles tunes on this guitar, it sounds great with the other guitar in the praise band, and it looks awesome.
Music came back into my life during a major life change at 42. That's when someone gave me an Alvarez R-8 acoustic. I loved it, and eventually learned to play, but was pretty limited in my chord knowledge, because there were only certain songs I wanted to play, and all it required was the Cowboy Chords. In about the early 2000's I wanted to explore the electric guitar, so I bought a Dean Exo XM, because it fit my budget, and I loved the feel of the neck (hated the feel of the Strat neck). I went on to a Schecter guitar, again, because I really liked the feel of the width of their neck. I still have that guitar, even though I have moved on in my neck requirements. I played some PRS guitars at a music store, and found out how comfortable a wider neck can be to play. I recently found out that I love the feel of a flatter radius (12" - hey that's more like an acoustic, so I guess I'm coming full circle
). About a month ago, I bought a Taylor 710ce and it has a slightly wider neck than I usually play. I have found that when I go to the B7 chord, my fingers are dead on every time, so apparently my hand likes this width.I'm still growing, because I haven't had all the years of experience that many here have had. In the meantime, I'm just enjoying the opportunity to play music with others.
Oh, and I finally scratched my 5 year old self's itch when I started seriously playing the drums in 2007. I'm fortunate to be playing the drums in one band (an all pastor basement band), and guitar in another band (the church praise band).
The other guitars I have may one day leave, but these will be with me to the end:
The Taylor: softer voice, amazingly resonant and full of nuance.
The Takamine Glenn Fry Signature: Excellent projection, and the minute it's played, you know it's the voice of the Eagles.
The Strat: absolutely the best feeling, best sounding Strat I've ever played.
The Grestch: What can I say? I love playing Beatles tunes on this guitar, it sounds great with the other guitar in the praise band, and it looks awesome.
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vintage clubber
You gunky!
The Bradley Les Paul copy that I had at age 16...8)
Virtual Pariah
Kick Henry Jackassowski
At 16.
Probably a Jackson v with bewbs airbrushed on it.
Nowadays,
I find that v's don't work for me. So maybe a soloist.
Still OK on the bewbs though.
Probably a Jackson v with bewbs airbrushed on it.
Nowadays,
I find that v's don't work for me. So maybe a soloist.
Still OK on the bewbs though.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
Oh, there was an electric guitar I wanted.
My friend played one and I loved it.
My friend played one and I loved it.