New Guitar

[Zahl 1st MRB]

ok so im thinking of buying a new guitar http://www.gretschguitars.com/gear/index.p...amp;q=&st=1

i already got a replica (made in china yes) of a fender and i got a classical guitar from Hofner ( a real brand!!)

anyone here play any instruments or perhaps guitar? maybe someone got gretsch and can give me a review:D!!

[Collazo 1st MRB]

I don't play any instruments, but the guitar looks nice!

[Gooderham 1st MRB]

Nice guitar there (noting the homage to the Beatles).

I have a beautiful Seagull S6+CW Folk, and it sounds great.

[Connary]

Im learnin on a simple 300 dollar acoustic and boy does it hurt when your finger tips are not used to it. Any tricks or ways to toughen up your fingers faster? I have to push extra hard to make the string hit the fret so it feels like im garroting my fingers off haha.

[S. Smith]

Don't know the first thing about guitars, but that's sure a beauty.

[Parker 1st MRB]

I have a Norman ST40 but I always wanted to get a Gibson or a Fender.

[Goodwin 1st MRB]

I've been playing guitar for over 15 years now (damn, I'm getting old fast). I've played bass for almost just as long.

I play a Dean custom shop Corina Cadillac that was made in '96 in Plant City Florida.

I've also got an old strat knock off (peavey falcon - 1st guitar) that i've refretted and strung with nasty heavy strings (a la Stevie Ray Vaughn) - I totally understand the guillotining of fingers!

I'm down to just 1 bass - a Dean Q5 that plays like a dream. I used to have a handfull of other stuff and was up to 4 or 5 guitars and around 3 basses at one point. But that was just overkill.

I've played a couple Gretsch guitars here and there, and they've ALWAYS played really well for me. I like them, and from what I've experienced and what others have always told me, they're really well made and quality instruments.

I imagine if you pick it up - you won't be dissapointed. The other nice part about nicer guitars is that you can ALWAYS customize to make them play/sound EXACTLY how you want, without worry that you'll have to change a lot of things because of cheap parts.

Looks like a nice axe, I'd go for it!

[McKenzie 1st MRB]

I'm throwing in a lil love for the Bassist!

This is my bass, sadly its back home:

Washburn Taurus T14 4 string bass and a big freaking Nemesis amp :-D.

[Lehman 1st MRB]

I have an Ernie Ball OLP bass. I used to hang around with local bands and i'm pretty sure their preference was the les paul.

[Ray 1st MRB]

my brother has a gretsch

it is fucking beautiful and it sounds fucking amazing

something like this

he plays metal with it but i have heard him play classical shit and that sounds amazing too

the first time i saw it i thought it looked too fucking big, but he picked it up and played it and it fucking works

it makes you look like a fucking rockstar

my friend has one of these

an old telecaster

it might not look like much but it has possibly the crispest nicest sound i have ever heard in a guitar

if you play what i think you play which is old shit than you should look into a telecaster

they are fucking boss

Edited March 28, 2010 by Ray 1st MRB

[McKenzie 1st MRB]

I won't lie, Les Pauls are nice. But I love my Washburn :-D.

Also

Fun Fact: Les Paul has a road named after him in Wisconsin!

[Goodwin 1st MRB]

True, as someone else posted, what you play is an IMPORTANT factor into what kinda guitar you want to get...

I love them semi-hollows - those things are fucking AWESOME!

[Ford 1st MRB]

My buddy is the lead guitarist for that band, Souls Harbor. For what it's worth, he owns about 27 guitars ranging from, Fender, Les Paul, Gretsch, and Gibsons. He prefers his Fenders for on stage, but his Gibsons for just jammin with friends.

[Belding 1st MRB]

It's |_|metal|_|I have a matching Ibanez ICEMAN IC 400 guitar and bass. I also have a Damien 6 schecter guitar with bat inlays. I'm fucking sweet.

Also metal

Edited March 29, 2010 by Belding 1st MRB

[Zahl 1st MRB]

Nice guitars guys! Basicly what i need to guitar for is to play the BEST AND ORIGINAL music!!1 Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Beatles etc.

Most likely firing of my credit card tonight:D

[Gooderham 1st MRB]

Don't know the first thing about guitars, but that's sure a beauty.

That's one of the coolest things about guitars, as long as they sound good and are aesthetically pleasing then you have yourself a nice guitar.

And my two dream guitars:

Gibson ES-335

Gibson Les Paul Standard (Heritage Cherry Sunburst or Light Burst)

[Tragedy]

My brothers band Garden of Bedlam My brother Erik is the singer the guitarist is Josh Belleau he uses http://www.jacksonguitars.com/ sorry for the quality its a live performance filmed on a shitty cam lol

www.gardenofbedlam.com can check out the good quality songs here just no video. thats a original song off there first ep the video up there and their in the studio recording their first full length CD they also get to open for KISS when they come to our stadium this summer.. yah i know kiss isnt a huge band anymore but thats still pretty epic for a small town band from butfuck no where canada lol i think there pretty good but i have to say that hes my brother lol

Edited April 2, 2010 by Lawrence 1st MRB

[J. Clark]

im teaching myself on my dads old guitar the things older than me, but i did learn a song =D

[Vogt]

Fender's are nice, but I don't like how they have a buzz on the low E. That's just how they're made, if you bought a Fender and it has no buzz... Maybe luck? Or it's just something really abundant with the Squires, which is also made by Fender. I have a Fender Squire Strat. (Picture below.) What I want to get is a Dean Performer E Acoustic-Electric Guitar. (2nd picture below.) I think it's awesome, what makes it great is it has an on-board tuner, and I got to hear what it sounds like because of a buddy of mine who had one, and I like it.

What I have:

What I want:

[Goodwin 1st MRB]

Fender's are nice, but I don't like how they have a buzz on the low E. That's just how they're made, if you bought a Fender and it has no buzz... Maybe luck? Or it's just something really abundant with the Squires, which is also made by Fender. I have a Fender Squire Strat. (Picture below.) What I want to get is a Dean Performer E Acoustic-Electric Guitar. (2nd picture below.) I think it's awesome, what makes it great is it has an on-board tuner, and I got to hear what it sounds like because of a buddy of mine who had one, and I like it.

Squier's are like the 'economy' version of a Fender Strat. Their hardware is downgraded, electronics downgraded, etc. A guy I was in a band with years and years ago had a squier, and that thing was CONSTANTLY falling out of tune and had lots of little weird quirks that I just couldn't find a liking for. For just casual play it was fine, but if you started hammering on it for solo's and/or live performance it just seemed lacking. It was just stock however, and I'm sure with some mod's it would've made it much more acceptable versatile.

Since we were constantly switching roles (some songs I'd play guitar, he'd play bass, others it was vice-versa) it eventually got phased out and we just used my guitars for everything.

The 'buzz' you speak of can easily go away! You might need a new nut, or just might need the truss rod adjusted a bit. Any experienced tuner can do either of those very easily - especially the truss rod adjustment! The truss rod adjusts the 'bend' in the neck, the nut adjusts string height and works with your intonation to ensure good sounding notes that are clear up and down the fretboard. A new nut can take a while because it has to be cut (usually from bone, although some people prefer graphite), and glued, and then everything has to be measured very carefully, and adjusted, and re-adjusted.

A truss rod might take a few days to 'settle' after being adjusted, but it usually can help small buzzes right away.