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06-23-2011, 04:30 AM | #62 (permalink) |
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Okay thanks! So I should save and buy everything seperately? More general question, what should I start with, Fender, Gibson, Dean? There's a sexy Dave Mustaine Dean V guitar for around 230 bucks.
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06-23-2011, 11:47 AM | #64 (permalink) |
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You dont even have to buy separately. Just look for a package deal on Craigslist or even ebay.
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08-01-2011, 08:38 PM | #65 (permalink) |
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I'm back here after a brief respite 'cuz I need a bit of advice.
I'm in the market for a new guitar to compliment my amp (a Vox AC-30CC2) and I'm pretty much lost in the direction I want to go. I want to have a full sound with a warm, well-balanced tone so I've been looking almost exclusively at hollowbody and semi-hollowbody electrics. The issue is that almost all of them worth looking at are priced well beyond my reach (ex. Gibson ES-335, Gretsch Falcon, Rickenbacker 360). Which leaves me in a bit of a dilemma... I can either: a) settle for a lower quality Gretsch, Epiphone Sheridan, Ibanez or 2) feck it all and end up getting something quirky (read: easily induced feedback) on the solid body side like a Jaguar/Jazzmaster, Danelectro or the like. Neither decision really appeals to me at this point, so I was hoping for some direction from the wise members here on possible compromises I could make. I'm not averse to looking at unusual makes or models; I've even been strongly considering a Vox hollowbody. Budget of $1500. The general guitar sound I'm looking for lies somewhere between the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Spacemen 3, if that makes any sense. |
08-01-2011, 09:28 PM | #67 (permalink) |
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My roommate owned an Epiphone Sheraton that I played for a few months, it really wasn't anything special (heavy as a sack of bricks), so I can't imagine the Dot to be any better. Of course, I never played it through anything better than a Fender Deluxe with a broken gain channel, so I may not have a full appreciation for Epiphone's uses...
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The Classic Player Jazzmaster Special seems like a decent guitar, what I like about this is that it has a tune-o-matic bridge, if you get a regular Jazzmaster with the oringal bridge it rattles apart. One way of getting around that is using nail polish on the hex screws to set them in place but that seem like a lot of time spent tweeking just to set up your guitar. Another choice if you think you might like a Jazzmaster is Thurston Moore's it has the soap bar pick-ups (by Seymore Duncan) and it also has a tune-o-matic bridge but the guitar doesn't have a tone knob, you can get around that and warm up the sound of your guitar lowering the volume. You might also want check out some some stomp boxes too like Death by Audio (Fuzz War) or Home Brew Electronics (HBE Germania).
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08-01-2011, 11:05 PM | #69 (permalink) | |
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I'm very familiar with Jazzmasters and I'm aware of most of the idiosyncracies they possess. For instance, the Tune-O-Matic bridge which you made reference to is an early noughties creation, but people have been retrofitting Mustang bridges on Jazzmasters for decades to avoid the "string pop" issue they are prone to. Additionally the Custom-In-Japan (CIJ) models don't have quite the same soapbar pickups and are generally lower in quality than American models, resulting in an atypical 'buzz' rather than the typical 'hum' that is the traditional Jazzmaster sound, but the Made-In-Japan (MIJ) models are actually superior to many American Jazzmasters, as they weren't manufactured for export. The AVRI Jazzmaster is an attempt to reconcile those initial issues while retaining the classic sound that graced the originals, which is what I'd be aiming for if I actually decided to buy one. I plan on getting a fuzz box (most likely a Big Muff) and a compression pedal in due time, but for now I just want an electric guitar. But thanks very much for the input.
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