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  • #1

    Terrible GAS

    The other day, I was in the guitar shop trying out some of the guitars I had seen there for a long time, but that I had never played before. I found myself playing a semi-hollow Ibanez such as the one in the attachment below and DAMN, I just want one of these.

    Thing is, I have no idea what to play on such a guitar ! I play almost exclusively metal music, and I know perfectly what kind of guitars I want for this, but I just don't know what I could play on a semi-hollow if I ever bought one...

    Either give me ideas or talk me out of this GAS !
    There's so much gear I want that the whole list would make a highway to hell if it was ever written down.
    Don't ask.
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    Re: Terrible GAS

    You can play:
    Blues
    Blues Rock
    Jazz
    Country
    Rockabilly
    Punk Rock
    Ska
    Funk
    Surf

    Or really just about anything depending on pickups and amp...

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    • #3
      Re: Terrible GAS

      LOL

      It's about time I start to play music, isn't it ?
      There's so much gear I want that the whole list would make a highway to hell if it was ever written down.
      Don't ask.

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      • #4
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        That's a beauty.

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        • #5
          Re: Terrible GAS

          Originally posted by UberMetalDood View Post
          That's a beauty.
          yes sir

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          • #6
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            I friggin WAAAAAANT this ^^
            There's so much gear I want that the whole list would make a highway to hell if it was ever written down.
            Don't ask.

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            • #7
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              Seems like it'll push you into new musical territory. Or, shucks, a Custom Custom will get it to do hard rock and maybe some 80's metal or something. Man I remember having a CC in a semi-hollow guitar. That thing sounded THICK. It was loud and proud baby. Too bad the guitar itself played like crap.

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              • #8
                Re: Terrible GAS

                Originally posted by Nagash View Post
                The other day, I was in the guitar shop trying out some of the guitars I had seen there for a long time, but that I had never played before. I found myself playing a semi-hollow Ibanez such as the one in the attachment below and DAMN, I just want one of these.

                Thing is, I have no idea what to play on such a guitar ! I play almost exclusively metal music, and I know perfectly what kind of guitars I want for this, but I just don't know what I could play on a semi-hollow if I ever bought one...

                Either give me ideas or talk me out of this GAS !
                Well, maybe your musical horizons are expanding. I won't say "growing up" cuz that is just flat out condescending. As we play and learn and study, we grow. Growing inward perhaps. Welcome to your new self.


                www.CelticAmplifiers.com

                "You can't save everybody, everybody don't wanna be saved."

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                • #9
                  Re: Terrible GAS

                  Originally posted by FuseG4 View Post
                  Seems like it'll push you into new musical territory. Or, shucks, a Custom Custom will get it to do hard rock and maybe some 80's metal or something. Man I remember having a CC in a semi-hollow guitar. That thing sounded THICK. It was loud and proud baby. Too bad the guitar itself played like crap.
                  I played one of these Ibanez's one time, Artcore or something like that. It had just had a pro set up and played pretty nicely. Seemed like good bang for the buck.

                  I put a CC in the bridge of this new PRS SE semi hollow body and I can get some good old Eddie Van Halen tone out of it.


                  www.CelticAmplifiers.com

                  "You can't save everybody, everybody don't wanna be saved."

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                  • #10
                    Re: Terrible GAS

                    I've played the occasional metal tune (Crazy Train, Round and Round, some Danzig) on my Epi Dot . . . just be very careful about muting strings and where you're standing and the feedback is still controllable. The only thing that I didn't like is it was way too hard to reach the higher notes. Semi-hollows really do sound fantastic for blues/jazz and classic rock too . . .
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                    • #11
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                      Yeah I really might take a try on jazz... I'm really 99% metal at the moment, primarily because it's the only genre I listen to that has interesting stuff to play on a guitar, but I'd be quite excited to try out something new


                      Any jazz aficionados here to tell me where to start ? Just name a few artists
                      There's so much gear I want that the whole list would make a highway to hell if it was ever written down.
                      Don't ask.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Terrible GAS

                        Jazz begins and ends with Kenny G.








                        Kidding. Absolutely kidding.

                        I listen to a good bit of jazz, but I actually find I don't really gravitate toward any jazz guitar players. But since we're in a guitar forum, I'd imagine that's where we're looking. Wes Montgomery is pretty much the Elvis of his genre. Django is pretty fun, too. There are a number of guys who are always in the conversation, like Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Robben Ford, Joe Pass, Al di Meola (sp?). I think the best way to go about it is just listen to a few and find a song that has a hook you like, then try it out. Getting into a completely new genre can be intimidating, so I strongly recommend just going a song or two at a time.

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                        • #13
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                          And just to add on, when it comes to jazz, I'm a lot more into the piano players. They have the added benefit of that little extra challenge when trying to figure it out on guitar, being a different instrument. The hook from Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk" is something I find myself working into jams all the time.

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                          • #14
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                            Originally posted by Scott_F View Post
                            Well, maybe your musical horizons are expanding. I won't say "growing up" cuz that is just flat out condescending. As we play and learn and study, we grow. Growing inward perhaps. Welcome to your new self.
                            Here's an example of a mature person with very wide horizons who happens to love hollow bodies:

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                            • #15
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                              Cool
                              There's so much gear I want that the whole list would make a highway to hell if it was ever written down.
                              Don't ask.

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