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
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
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
T. Roosevelt
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.
Randy Bachman playing an Epiphone live:
...speaking of which...
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..
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
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?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.
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
It's all in the hands...
"...pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field;
that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little,
shriveled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour."
-Edmund Burke
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.
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
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......
(I need all the help I can get)
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
That vibrolux looks killer, Roger.
LAWDY!If it's all the same, I'll stick with these......
(I need all the help I can get)
Another legendary BF Fender amp I'd like to build sometime. Lovin' that Strat, too...your Fender-ness is mighty, sir.
"...pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field;
that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little,
shriveled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour."
-Edmund Burke
The Force is strong in him
Oh, PM. I just noticed that one knob on the amplifier isn't period-correct....just kidding. ;)
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
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