You don't need a 6,000.00 guitar to sound good.
A crap low end Squire AFFINITY strat (I own the same damn one --color and all)
And it sounds SWEET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...;v=0MRLmiqTU-o
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You don't need a 6,000.00 guitar to sound good.
A crap low end Squire AFFINITY strat (I own the same damn one --color and all)
And it sounds SWEET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...;v=0MRLmiqTU-o
PLayability, beauty, sound and mojo are definitely important, but you can rock with anything that has pickups, 6 strings, and stays in tune.
Here's Terje Rypdal playing a Squier. I love this concert.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd2AvtdFCvQ
:dude
Randy Bachman playing an Epiphone live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybtl9qVFAjc
...speaking of which...
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b2...llygibbons.jpg
Yeah I love my Epi's ...
Any decent guitar can be a star.
The carved top mahogany guit for lefties is not so easy to get, and seeing those Epiphones makes me so sad--first, I can't help it, but I don't like veneer tops, and second, they just goop the poly on now. I'd go with a black one to avoid the veneer (only solid color for lefties), but I can't do a damn thing about the veneer.
I may start looking again at the Epiphone Elitist range.
Back to the OP. I've heard some incredible Squiers, and I'm dog impressed with the classic vibes I've heard..
I have a SLM Tele knockoff that really sounds great. I replaced the pickups with Texas Specials, and installed quality electronics. I took it to my friend Russell to set up for me, he's a great picker, he claims it plays as well as many "real" Teles that he's owned. (If only I could sound that good!)
What's SLM?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Moore
St. Louis Music Supply. Back in the day they owned Magnatone. Then Crate and Audio-Centron. Finally, they purchased Ampeg which AFAIK they still own.Quote:
Originally Posted by de Melo
It's all in the hands...
http://youtu.be/ler4KKEcHDY
I must admit I dont quite understand this argument.
Sounding good and having good tone are, to me anyway, separate questions.
All my favorite violinists played Guarneri del Gesus, not Stradivarius nor other Guarneri. Rather than say it was the instruments, I would hazard that players find the instrument that suites their voice best, and when that happens you get something a little greater than the sum of the parts. Im very envious of the guys who can sound great on anything, sadly I feel like if you put me on a solid state amp everything I know about playing guitar goes away and I cant make the instrument do anything I want.
Someone with the right licks, a palatable style, and some amount of skill--such a guitarist is going to get the best out of any instrument, and even if it's a string on a washtub, it's going to sound so good skill-wise that you hardly notice the tone, or at least the average listener will hardly notice it.
Then they're are guys like me who need a great guitar and amp to sound worth a (Winnie the) Pooh.
Proof, you say?
Well, I think the proof is in the pudding.
I like pudding.
If it's all the same, I'll stick with these......
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...psdqmu0ock.jpg
(I need all the help I can get)
:bonk
That vibrolux looks killer, Roger.
LAWDY!Quote:
Originally Posted by phantomman
Another legendary BF Fender amp I'd like to build sometime. Lovin' that Strat, too...your Fender-ness is mighty, sir. :appl:
The Force is strong in him
Oh, PM. I just noticed that one knob on the amplifier isn't period-correct....just kidding. ;)