***The Official Guitar Thread***

Bassmansam said:
Well i am about a month into learning guitar. I know the 9 common chords as my online teacher calls them and can switch between most of them fairly well now. I am getting much smoother at doing chromatic warm up exercises, at the beginning i was very clunky but its great to see progress with dexterity.
On the side i have learn't all the small things by Blink 182 which included learning how to palm mute (yes i have jumped well ahead of where i am on my course but i couldn't resist!)

I wanted to ask if its worth having a good guitar just to play with at home with a practice amp? I'm thinking around Xmas time it would be nice to get a better guitar around £6-700 but as I will mostly just be playing at home i wonder if its worth it.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/esp-ltd...ogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces

https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-...z-rg421hpfm-brg-guitar-in-blue-reef-gradation
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https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-guitars/prs-se-pauls-guitar-in-aqua
 
Bassmansam said:
Well i am about a month into learning guitar. I know the 9 common chords as my online teacher calls them and can switch between most of them fairly well now. I am getting much smoother at doing chromatic warm up exercises, at the beginning i was very clunky but its great to see progress with dexterity.
On the side i have learn't all the small things by Blink 182 which included learning how to palm mute (yes i have jumped well ahead of where i am on my course but i couldn't resist!)

I wanted to ask if its worth having a good guitar just to play with at home with a practice amp? I'm thinking around Xmas time it would be nice to get a better guitar around £6-700 but as I will mostly just be playing at home i wonder if its worth it.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/esp-ltd...ogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces

https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-...z-rg421hpfm-brg-guitar-in-blue-reef-gradation
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What guitar do you currently have and just as importantly if it's an electric what amp are you putting it through? I'd much rather have a really well setup affordable electric like a pacifica and a nice amp than a really expensive guitar and a cheapo 10W combo amp. I'm not a fan of either of those ESP's but I'm the boring type who's but a LP or a tele in a more traditional finish (Tobacco sunburst - LP or Butterscotch - tele)
 
a1ex2001 said:
What guitar do you currently have and just as importantly if it's an electric what amp are you putting it through? I'd much rather have a really well setup affordable electric like a pacifica and a nice amp than a really expensive guitar and a cheapo 10W combo amp. I'm not a fan of either of those ESP's but I'm the boring type who's but a LP or a tele in a more traditional finish (Tobacco sunburst - LP or Butterscotch - tele)
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Not sure of the exact model, i bought it about 9 years ago but only played it for a month , the model number doesn't seem to be listed on the actual guitar but it looks like this without the wammy bar.
https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/ibanez/gio-series-guitars/ibanez-grg170dx-guitar-in-black-night

The amp is a Boss Katana mini.
 
Bassmansam said:
Not sure of the exact model, i bought it about 9 years ago but only played it for a month , the model number doesn't seem to be listed on the actual guitar but it looks like this without the wammy bar.
https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/ibanez/gio-series-guitars/ibanez-grg170dx-guitar-in-black-night

The amp is a Boss Katana mini.
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You probably don't need to update your gear but that doesn't mean you shouldn't! If you have the money and want a nice shiny new guitar then go for it you should see a noticeable improvement in the sort of guitar you linked it should be nicer made with better quality components etc and might ,make you want to play more. that little Boss box is great for home practice and won't be the limiting factor for a long while! (all entirely theoretical I don't own an electric I can't commit!)
 
I don't know how I feel about PRS... this is going to seem ridiculous but when I was growing up and in bands where everyone seemed to have pretty budget gear - it was always notable that the rich kids seemed to have PRS's. I expect actually it's just that PRS are so recognisable and known to be on the expensive side, and actually if you dug deeper you'd realise some guys were playing more expensive Fender models or whatnot, but for some reason they just got this reputation in my circles as this elitist condescender's guitar...

That was decades ago now and I don't feel that way anymore (at least I certainly wouldn't judge anyone for owning one!) but yet I still can't ever see myself wanting to get one myself. Very weird
 
uncle_rufus said:
I don't know how I feel about PRS... this is going to seem ridiculous but when I was growing up and in bands where everyone seemed to have pretty budget gear - it was always notable that the rich kids seemed to have PRS's. I expect actually it's just that PRS are so recognisable and known to be on the expensive side, and actually if you dug deeper you'd realise some guys were playing more expensive Fender models or whatnot, but for some reason they just got this reputation in my circles as this elitist condescender's guitar...

That was decades ago now and I don't feel that way anymore (at least I certainly wouldn't judge anyone for owning one!) but yet I still can't ever see myself wanting to get one myself. Very weird
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That impression was justified at the time when PRS first arrived at the scene they were charging higher prices for their Custom 24 than a Fender Strat/Tele or Gibson Les Paul. However one can argue that PRS was putting out guitars at a quality level above both Gibson and Fender (this was before both Gibson and Fender really establishes their Custom Shop division).

These days I’d say the Custom Shop level from Gibson and Fender is where PRS is at, with the S2 and SE like they have their fingers and toes in all segment of the market except the Squire level.

this is a good little video


I guess you can still see it that way, an American Standard Stratocaster is about £1300, a Gibson Les Paul Standard is £2000, a Custom 24 is £3000.

the only difference now is the introduction of the S2 line which sits just at the Fender American Standard but still made in the USA, just not to the same spec as the Core (it cuts a few corners to hit that price point like simplistic carve, 2 piece neck vs 1 in the core if you discount the wing tips. Etc). Did you know it takes a month to make a neck on the Custom 24? They carve it then let it sit for the wood to release the stress from the cut before doing more work on it and then let it sit some more. All in the pursuit of stable instrument.

Anyway, their expensive price tag, “only dentist and lawyers buys them” were deserved I guess but in reality now, all the brands make guitars in the £3k, £4K or £10k range, or for £500.
 
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I don’t own a PRS...never felt the urge....they don’t have the mojo of a Telecaster....the guitar to rule them all....But they are nice guitars...

They remind me of 80’s yuppie guitars and suits...a guitar a hipster would buy to have in his lounge but not know how to play it....

The Tele is simply perfect IMO....it’s a tank...it’s a rock n roll, it blues..it’s rock...it’s the DNA of Electric guitar music....it’s a jazz guitar a country guitar it’s just perfect...

PRS is a Filofax :p

We’ll organised with a nice leather bound trim...

It’s a spell check on a word processor....

This guitar in the video screams for mercy at 3.45

 
Oh I don't disagree with any of the above - PRS are nice guitars I can see that now, but I absolutely resonate with what easy says above - they were a bit of a poser's guitar when I was younger and I can't totally shake that now
 
uncle_rufus said:
Oh I don't disagree with any of the above - PRS are nice guitars I can see that now, but I absolutely resonate with what easy says above - they were a bit of a poser's guitar when I was younger and I can't totally shake that now
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A good friend had one. He wasn't a dentist, but an accountant. Very good guitar player as well.

Anyway, they are nice, very nice, but there is something lacking. They seem too... clinical?

Much prefer his Music Man. Just love the unfinished neck on it.

In fact, my 'final' guitar will be a Music Man. Possibly. Sort of.
 
uncle_rufus said:
Oh I don't disagree with any of the above - PRS are nice guitars I can see that now, but I absolutely resonate with what easy says above - they were a bit of a poser's guitar when I was younger and I can't totally shake that now
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Hence the meme of them being Dentists and Lawyers guitars. :p
 
I know you guys seem to show a lot of love for them, but strats and tele's just look so bland to me :p
Though, the first guitar I bought myself was a B.C Rich, so maybe my opinion's not valid either haha
 
GiraffePencils said:
I know you guys seem to show a lot of love for them, but strats and tele's just look so bland to me :p
Though, the first guitar I bought myself was a B.C Rich, so maybe my opinion's not valid either haha
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It must be an age thing, or just how long you have been into guitars. Almost everyone starts with something more bling and eventually they go round to the beginning and want a tele, Strat or LP.

I started with a T5 then bought 4 PRS before I went to LP, Tele and Strat.

I play the telecaster the most, it’s just no nonsense guitar, I like the no bling and simplicity of everything about it. I’m not distracted by the flame (there aren’t any), I’m not distracted by the tremolo or all the switches, there’s only a 3 way switch and that’s it.
 
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for me I don't want a trem, can't be bothered with most tone switches
hell, could go without a volume really.
I like basically minimal if not blank fretboard, and some really nice finish on the body, some good grain with a tint.
 
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