***The Official Guitar Thread***

One More Solo said:
I quite fancy a cheap nylon string guitar for mixing things up, any recommendations?
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Yamaha c40 is a great starting point for a cheap classical. Yamaha seem to make the best entry level guitars in all categories not particularly exciting but solid performers and good quality!
 
a1ex2001 said:
Yamaha c40 is a great starting point for a cheap classical. Yamaha seem to make the best entry level guitars in all categories not particularly exciting but solid performers and good quality!
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Slightly off topic but back in 1985 (and other years) I used to go to the Earls Court Music Show but 1985 was memorable.
I walked up to the Grand Piano room where I saw a sign saying '100 Years of Yamaha' and I had to confirm it with the Yamaha salesman :eek:
Even in the 80s I would think of these Japanese music companies starting in the 70s.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
Slightly off topic but back in 1985 (and other years) I used to go to the Earls Court Music Show but 1985 was memorable.
I walked up to the Grand Piano room where I saw a sign saying '100 Years of Yamaha' and I had to confirm it with the Yamaha salesman :eek:
Even in the 80s I would think of these Japanese music companies starting in the 70s.
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Nintendo is like 130 years old, and also amazing how diverse they all are.

Like Konami who makes metal gear solid? they have gyms and slot machines.
Kia in Korea has malls.
Hyundai also make boats
Canon makes medical equipment
Sony has an insurance division
 
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Yamaha have an amazing musical history and I still think don’t get the credit they deserve the Pacifica is a fantastic instrument and not just for the money and the apx 500 is again a brilliant tool.
 
Never really paid attention to guitar weights, but as I've mostly been using my Fender Jazz recently, I picked up my LP Studio today and was amazed at how light it feels. Just checked and its only just tipping the scales over 5lb, which seems incredibly light for a guitar? Now its one of the newer models, so I'm aware it has a chambered mahogany body to reduce weight, but even so compared to my 9.5lb Jazz bass it feels like its weightless. (Bear in mind I'm also using the *highly* scientific method of standing on a scale, checking the weight, then picking up the guitar and measuring the increase :rolleyes:)
 
Invertigo said:
Never really paid attention to guitar weights, but as I've mostly been using my Fender Jazz recently, I picked up my LP Studio today and was amazed at how light it feels. Just checked and its only just tipping the scales over 5lb, which seems incredibly light for a guitar? Now its one of the newer models, so I'm aware it has a chambered mahogany body to reduce weight, but even so compared to my 9.5lb Jazz bass it feels like its weightless. (Bear in mind I'm also using the *highly* scientific method of standing on a scale, checking the weight, then picking up the guitar and measuring the increase :rolleyes:)
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I used a regular kitchen scales.
 
True. It is a modern Studio model mind you, so has all the weight relief chambering they do now. Had an Epi LP Custom a few years back, now that you knew you were carrying! No weight relief, so just a big ol' slab of Mahogany round your neck.
 
Invertigo said:
True. It is a modern Studio model mind you, so has all the weight relief chambering they do now. Had an Epi LP Custom a few years back, now that you knew you were carrying! No weight relief, so just a big ol' slab of Mahogany round your neck.
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There is a series of R9 Les Paul that is call "Cloud 9" where it is all chambered and they go for quite a lot of money. I almost bought one a few years ago....kinda regretted i didn't because i thought a "proper" Les Paul should be all solid. I guess if you think all vintage, sure but since all guitars we buy are not actually from 1959, I don't think it matters if you can accept the weight and it sounds good.
 
I've been buying major guitars since 1970 and I've never even thought about the weight of guitars around my neck for two hours on stage until it was mentioned on here.
I could even carry a 1970s Yamaha SG2000 for 2 hours.
The only time I heard somebody mention it was one of my guitarists had a Les Paul and about a month later he'd gone back to a Steve Vai Ibanez because the Les Paul was too heavy, I just looked at him as though he was daft.
 
I think with having played bass far more than guitar, I find most guitars feel very light. Makes sense mind, a Strat is always going to feel weightless when you're used to having a Jazz bass round your neck; same construction, same woods typically, same thicknesses, but the bass being larger in both neck length and body dimensions.

Ultimately I guess it's just what you can handle. Weight has never really been a factor to me either, I've always tended towards heavier styles of guitar, bass wise I've always been a sucker for the Fender 34" shapes. Been considering trying a short scale P bass though, intrigued for sure and will probably have a look in local shops whever they're back open as usual.
 
When you switch from playing a bass to playing a guitar - within the same play session (I am primarily a guitar player but my wife plays bass so I often play hers) I always feel like the guitar is so small and everything about it the strings, the spacings all feel so incredibly delicate - like I'm a giant playing with a tiny toy guitar. But weirdly I don't find the opposite to be the case (when I've been playing guitar for a bit then pick up the bass) - the difference is noticeable for sure but it doesn't feel so bizarre. Anybody else get that?
 
Has anyone any suggestions for some low gain pickups for a Sheraton II? I was going to sell it after getting an ES-335, which is sweet.

However, I'm considering making it into a jazz orientated guitar as I kinda feel bad for it. As it stands, I dislike the stock alnico pups.
 
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