In the market for a NEW GUITAR[views:25982][posts:140]_________________________________ [Jun 15,2009 7:58pm - Martins ""] So in the next few months (if all goes as planned) I will have enough money to buy myself a high quality guitar. I'm looking to spend about $3000 - 4000 TOPS. I've been looking at a few guitars but can't make up my mind. I also want to know if there are any others out there I don't know. I've been looking at: Parker Ernie Ball Carvin Steinberger and Black Machine (not really in my price range at all but I sure as hell have been looking at them) I want to buy a high quality guitar that I can use for metal but is also versatile enough to be able to pull a variety of tones out of it. I want a pretty thin neck too, though I don't know how thin I'd like it. I'm not sure if I want a trem (I've never owned a guitar that had one) and if I did, it would need to really stay in tune. I would also want an aesthetically pleasing body shape. Though I usually don't care, if I'm paying, I want it to look nice. Does anyone have any suggestions? Niccolai, Blue, I'm lookin' atchoo. |
| ________________________________________________ [Jun 15,2009 8:00pm - BILLY MAYS /w BOVAISM ""] Rich Bova Signature Series. |
| ______________________________ [Jun 15,2009 8:28pm - Blue ""] im guessing youre going for a 6er? carvin rules alone for you getting so many options, and theyve been cutting back on their prices lately. wish they did that when i ordered my 7 =( |
| _________________________________ [Jun 15,2009 8:32pm - Martins ""] Ya 6 for now. I plan on being that guy that owns 20 guitars when I'm older but I need something to last me till then. I've been looking at Carvin a lot but I've never played one besides yours for a few a minutes. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 15,2009 11:18pm - Martins ""] bump for bed time |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 15,2009 11:19pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] http://cgi.ebay.com/CHARVEL-SAN-DIMAS-2H-C...W0QQitemZ330284388920QQcmdZViewItem The new Charvels are awesome. If you can live without the fancy paint, you can snag a San Dimas for around $1000. Slim neck, versatile, original floyd that will stay in tune, and quite good looking imo. [img] However, I gotta say: You've been hounding for a Parker for a while now, and a Parker would nail every requirement you just listed. Seems like a dead match to me. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 15,2009 11:22pm - Martins ""] Ya I've been jonesing for a Parker pretty bad but I walked into Performance Music Center in Woburn the other day. Saw this weird guitar on the wall by a company called Flaxwood (really really interesting guitars). Got to talking to the owner about it and conversation drifted to Parker. He was a dealer up until Washburn bought them and says that they aren't worth the money. It just got me thinking that I should start looking at other guitars. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 9:07am - Martins ""] bump for a new day |
| ______________________________ [Jun 16,2009 9:16am - blue ""] I'm pretty interested in those Flaxwoods myself. |
| __________________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 9:22am - largefreakatzero ""] I'm sure I will be berated for this comment, but don't shell out $3000 to $4000 for 1 guitar. You can definitely get a quality ax for the $1000 range. Shit, buy a couple $1000-$1500 guitars, that should keep you busy for awhile. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 9:23am - Martins ""] Well, that's my cap. I'm WILLING to pay that much for an actual quality instrument. |
| ______________________________ [Jun 16,2009 9:45am - blue ""] I can't pay more than 1500 for any piece of musical equip. Can't justify the bling. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 9:50am - arilliusbm ""] I would HIGHLY recommend the Bova Signature Series, like Billy Mays said. Excellent ax for the price. It even has an extra string, if you need it. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 10:02am - sinistas ""] Can't go wrong with a DC-series Carvin. Want a variety of tones? Get the Fishman vintage-style trem with a piezo, and either get the 135 with H-S-S, or get a H-H and coil split it. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 16,2009 10:14am - blue ""] I'd definetly search used for carvins though, unless you have to have something uber custom. You can find them used all the time for 7-800. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 10:24am - brian_dc ""] copy me and buy this http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-L6-S-100-Origin...240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50 |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 10:24am - brian_dc ""] sorry, I love these guitars. Slightly obsessed. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 11:20am - arilliusbm ""] [img] steampunk guitar - figured you'd like it due to FF |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 11:34am - Martins ""] lol "due to FF" Steampunk would be the coolest movement if it weren't so gay. I mean, if I can find a awesome guitar that can hold me over for quite a few years for half of what I'm willing, I will sure as hell buy it. I'm looking at Carvins more and more. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 11:35am - arilliusbm ""] Go acoustic - buy Martin or Taylor. /thread |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 11:40am - Martins ""] Acoustics are so metal. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 11:47am - arilliusbm ""] acoustic guitars > electric guitar Figured you'd buy a Martin, Martins. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 11:50am - Martins ""] I would need to buy at least two Martins so I could introduce people to my Martins and then also whip out my penis. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 12:32pm - niccolai ""] 3000 will get you a decent custom to your specs. MCS makes probably the best quality custom guitar you can buy in the US, but there's a pretty decent waiting list. Don't forget about RAN guitars. and ESPs custom shop is fucking EPIC. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 12:39pm - Martins ""] I forgot about Ran. MCS is Moser right? I wouldn't know where to start with a custom. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 12:56pm - niccolai ""] And if I were you, I'd buy new. used is obviously cost effective and you can get a GREAT guitar. but in my experience, there's just nothing like dropping a couple grand on a brand new axe and opening that box up and everything is exactly how you want it, everything is immaculate, there's just nothing like it. For my money, I'd have an ESP custom, a Carvin CT6 carve top with maybe some bare knuckles or dimarzios, or a ran. [img] [img] [img] I'd avoid a trem. You said you're not used to them, so I wouldn't get one on a guitar that you're dropping alot of money on, as they can be frustrating. You don't want something you drop over a grand on to frustrate you. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 12:58pm - niccolai ""] Martins said:I forgot about Ran. MCS is Moser right? I wouldn't know where to start with a custom. Yea. Moser custom shop. Thier imports play better then half of the 'custom' guitars alot of companies are puking out these days. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 12:59pm - niccolai ""] Since you just put the thought in my head, I think I'm about to order one of those carvin CT6s. |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:41pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Nicc, what's that Ran guitar in that picture? Looks great! For my two cents, Carvins have always been a great guitar. However, nowadays you get what you pay for, unlike before when you got way more than your moneys worth. They're not bad by ANY measure, just not as much of a bargain. Also check out Carparison guitars. For another two cents, I gotta throw in my opinion on buying big expensive guitars. Around your age I got me that one big fancy electric guitar. It's great, I still have it. However, I often found myself uninspired or limited in one way or another. As you well know, I now have a RIDICULOUS collection of cheap <$500 guitars, and I've never been happier or more musically prolific. I'm not saying that you should buy a billion $200 guitars like me, I just take what I can get for lefties. But you could always pick up two REALLY nice guitars for not even close to $4000. Grab one now, and then in 8 months when you're starting to wish-you-hadda you can pick up another. Maybe one stop-tail beefmonster and one lightweight tremolo shredder. Y'know? As for the Parker thing, what you say might explain why the guys in Pain of Salvation have suddenly switched from Parkers after many many years. |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:43pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Oh, hey NICC, call me sometime! I'm working in Whitman again, I'm down the street from you like every day. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:48pm - niccolai ""] caparisons are nice, but those headstock shapes are just appocalyptically ugly and easy to break. That ran in the picture is a copy of the Rico Vixxen shape. Bernardo Rico (bc rich)'s son sold BCR to classaxe, and then to HHI. he started his own company and that's one of the shapes. When I was in 8th grade, I designed the exact same shape and built one with pictorials and stuff on the MCS forum. the design may or may not have been stolen from my original design haha and neal developed a similar shape: [img] |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:49pm - brian_dc ""] Framus guitars are pretty neato, as well. for example: I love this guitar [img] |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:50pm - niccolai ""] ArrowHeadNLI said:Oh, hey NICC, call me sometime! I'm working in Whitman again, I'm down the street from you like every day. nice. where abouts? I'm in the same house and work at the garage accross the street so im always around |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:50pm - niccolai ""] the vixen: [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:51pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] I'm still with Papa's. That moser is nasty, but I'd pass on the Kahler. I'm a floyd nut, it seems. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:53pm - niccolai ""] Yea, they also have floyded and fixed styles. Neals a big kahler fan. Do you work with Jeff Sweeny? kids the man. he can shred too. |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:54pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Speaking of RAN guitars, gotta post this: bennyhillifier |
| ______________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 3:55pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] Jeff Sweeny? He works for me, but in 6 months I've only met the kid ONCE. He works when I'm not there. That's wicked funny. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 10:50pm - Martins ""] Looking at some of the guitars the ESP custom shop made...some of that shit is sick. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 11:30pm - ArrowHeadNLI ""] ESP guitars are nice, if you're right handed. Assholes seem to hate us lefties. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 16,2009 11:49pm - Martins ""] Fuck you, lefties! |
| __________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 12:05am - Martins ""] [img] Gorgeous, expect for the EMGs. Some APCs in there would be godly. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 12:33am - goatcatalyst ""] As hard as my prick gets for the late 60s / early 70s Gibsons attainable with such a budget, I'd be more into upgrading / expanding my amplification if I had such financial resources. I'd definitely look into some Bareknuckle pickups (great call, Nicc) and I'd pick up another Tube Screamer-like boost and an AB pedal, buy my friend's 5150 II head, have the A channel of my Simul 2:95 power amp fixed and order 2 phresh Earcandy 2x12's (I'm thinkin alligator cabs). If I had money left over, I'd try out some of those NOS tubes that so moisten the loins of middle aged Fender nazis. |
| __________________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 8:50am - largefreakatzero ""] Martins said:[img] Gorgeous, expect for the EMGs. Some APCs in there would be godly. I have an M-302 with that finish (procured from Hoser). Sure is purty. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 9:57am - brian_dc ""] goat, Last I talked to Tim from Earcandy he said that he was going to start pre-making buzzbombs, because the flooding workshop taught him a lesson. Prices are going to be up but turnaround MUCH quicker. I love my Earcandy. I cuddle with it when the lady isn't around. My opinion about NOS tubes. If you don't have an old amp, you're wasting the talent of the tubes. The difference is huge if you have an amp with some age to it, but it's pretty subtle in modern amps. Waste of a couple hundred bucks, IMO. I love those 10 years or so of Gibsons. And you can get them from $600-1000 usually, which is amazing. The fact that we haven't gear nerded out in real life is a travesty, man. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 10:40am - Martins ""] brian_dc said:Framus guitars are pretty neato, as well. All their guitars are run through a Plek machine too which is nicies but probably adds a lot to the cost. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 10:51am - arilliusbm ""] man, I wish I knew a lot about gear like most of you guys. I'm in the dark ages here. |
| _______________________________ [Jun 17,2009 10:58am - blue ""] Its best to know your craft well. Tone is life, tone is love. Don't know if I'd ever go as far as buying a new set of BKs, its very hard to believe that I can really hear the difference in a 200 dollar pickup. I'd go for one if I found liek a Holy Diver or Miracle Man used. I'd def like to try an APC Persuader Custom in whatever high end axe I get next. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 11:00am - arilliusbm ""] I grew up writing music in DOS and/or keyboards and only picked up guitar in 2000 so I still don't consider it my "craft" although I certainly want it to be now. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 17,2009 11:03am - Martins ""] Does anyone have opinions on Suhr? Also, so far I've only used guitars with set necks. Are there advantages to bolt ons or neck throughs? |