Guitars with different specs

[RandomToneGuy]

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I've looked into them never played one or tried one.a few people I used to know played them, but I've seen a decline in my perspective, which Is why I just decided not to try them. I was considering a few 6 string neck-thrus for a while, but if they end up going away then no, on the other hand I own a B.C. Which is a bra D that almost disappeared twice. It's just because they were able to ride g it back ounce and my classmate played one, and I liked it's more than my friends Ibanez.

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I also only know of the Vai, Thompson, Brian head Welch(I actually dont listen to Korn or slipknot, I'm only into hard rock, some prog and entry level heavy metal, and maybe entry level metal core. I've never listened to those bands to be fair though, I've heard bits and pieces only, and in passing), and satrianni, but Im not to familiar of any of the other models, I think a hair metal guy from kiss has one too, but other than that Neal nagaoka. I only recently found out about extended scales they made and I know of possibly two 7 strings, but I never really looked into regular production models.

To be honest only the artist series appealed to me, and I notice less popularity. If the bring it back I would love to look more I to them. When I was in high school Fernandes was still string, but started dying out the next year, I was a junior, not sure if they'll make a major come back either, would hope fir both.

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[Obsessive Compulsive]

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You can take one of those horrid sounding American Standard Strats with the swimming pool route and stick a set of custom '62s in it and in a blind test you won't be able to distinguish it from a Fender Custom Shop '62 reissue. Those things sound like **** not because of the construction but because of the pickups.

Excuse me Sir, but 'blind test' is a banned word around here. Asking for a blind test is like asking for a referendum whether Canada should be liberated from the US.

 

[Clint 55]

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Since I'm not a pro or semi pro musician, I'd never want to put money or time into guitars that don't feel good to me. I choose and mod guitars to develop my individual sound, but I can still get a diverse array of tones from them. Everything has to be right for me to like a guitar: pickups, hardware, and wood. Pickups are for sure most of the sound but hardware and wood can make or break the guitar as well. I have an LP that I use for jazz with good hardware, great electronics a 59/jazz hybrid, good laminated alder body, but the neck construction and wood is making it sound grainier than I would like... I need everything to be dialed.

 

[Willy25]

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i probably fix one issue of the picking hand. the problem was tension. i think the fixed bridge is to close to the body that made my palm use allot pressure that cause the palm muted notes go out of tune. and the tune o matic bridge was the opposite, my hand was more relax. idk if i explain my self right, but know ill be working on the left hand. thanks for the responses

 

[dave74]

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my preferred ranges are;

bridge; OFR/edge/pro,,,,or anything that feels about the same, like a hip-shot
scale; LP-Fender,,,,,,25" feels the best for me
neck-depth; at the first fret between 18mm and 20mm then add 2mm for higher up on the board
neck-width; I really like the 43mm nut width and I like the neck to widen a good amount on the way up like my prestiges (and all my others) do and my one RGT does not.
radius; between 14" and 17"
frets; with necks that are on the thinner side (18mm) of my range I prefer jumbo, and on the thicker side (20mm) medium-jumbo

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

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i probably fix one issue of the picking hand. the problem was tension. i think the fixed bridge is to close to the body that made my palm use allot pressure that cause the palm muted notes go out of tune. and the tune o matic bridge was the opposite, my hand was more relax. idk if i explain my self right, but know ill be working on the left hand. thanks for the responses

WRONG. Fixed bridge is fixed. It doesn't move no matter how much pressure you apply. Otherwise it would be called 'floating' not 'fixed'.

 

[Willy25]

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WRONG. Fixed bridge is fixed. It doesn't move no matter how much pressure you apply. Otherwise it would be called 'floating' not 'fixed'.

I never said it moved or anything. to make more sense my hand was naturally putting pressure on the strings instead of light touch. and im talking about palm muting technique

 

[2ndhandband]

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I never said it moved or anything. to make more sense my hand was naturally putting pressure on the strings instead of light touch. and im talking about palm muting technique

Hmmm... it would take one hell of a palm mute to actually push the strings out of tune. I suspect your problem lies elsewhere. When you dig in with your right hand are you also perhaps sympathetically applying additional pressure with your left? That's not uncommon. Without actually seeing you play I can only guess but I doubt like hell you're pulling the strings sharp with your PM on a fixed bridge axe.

 

[BloodRose]

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It's all pretty much been said before, but I'll throw my drivel in.. metal or nearly any style of music can be played on nearly any guitar.. so if you play a certain guitar better, stick with it.. I do go back and forth a but from my short scale Gibson types, to my super strat types.. mostly for the Floyd. Takes me a couple of min to adapt when I switch, but not long any more. But,
I could stick with one if I had to. Do what feels good

 

[Mincer]

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I don't think you need a specific guitar design to play a certain genre. If you're playing metal more effectively with your Epiphone LP-100, stick with it.

I agree with this. However, some guitarists feel that they need a certain guitar to play a particular style better. I am not one of those players, though.

 

[2ndhandband]

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I agree with this. However, some guitarists feel that they need a certain guitar to play a particular style better. I am not one of those players, though.

What always drives me nuts is guitar players who think they need super-hot pickups and tons of gain to get a heavy sound. All that over-the-top distortion just means you are harder to place in a mix and your soundman wants to strangle you. Tony Iommi recorded the first few Sabbath records on an SG Special with P90s. Blackmore recorded the 70s DP output and the first few Rainbow records on an unmodded single-coil Strat.

 

[Willy25]

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Hmmm... it would take one hell of a palm mute to actually push the strings out of tune. I suspect your problem lies elsewhere. When you dig in with your right hand are you also perhaps sympathetically applying additional pressure with your left? That's not uncommon. Without actually seeing you play I can only guess but I doubt like hell you're pulling the strings sharp with your PM on a fixed bridge axe.

your correct, i meant to say the strings go sharp when adding palm mutes not out of tune. Im pretty sure the les paul for some reason it made me more relax and the ibanez got more tense because of Its specs and i just had to work with it.

 

[thebingopete]

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I have my preferences and I like variety. My main preference is a flatter radius 12-14" just feels right for me. Other than that I like having different guitars for the various tones I want or need. Regardless of mods I want a Strat to sound like a Strat. A Tele to sound like a Tele, etc. I like the changes in neck shape because it inspires me to play differently. Learned to play on shredder guitars, usually HSS or HH, also a HHS. First time I really got to play a LP with mini HB, I dropped riffs I never felt before. I felt like a different person. Back to a super Strat I couldn't even bring myself to play those riffs. It just didn't feel right. It was such an amazing feeling that I had to have different spec guitars to bring out MORE of ME. Have a baseball bat neck Tele, two C shaped Strats, an LP style with a chunky neck, and a SG with slim taper. All 12" radius. Each is just as individual electronically. Ready for most styles. Still need to put something together with P90 pups and a semi hollow with filtertrons. And I want a Floyd equipped shredder again, it's been a while since I owned one. I never want to be pinned as a blues player, or a metal guitarist, or jazz virtuoso. I only want to play music. Different guitars inspire me to play different music and that's all I ever wanted. That's part of what brings me to Zen, musically.

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[2ndhandband]

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I have my preferences and I like variety. My main preference is a flatter radius 12-14" just feels right for me. Other than that I like having different guitars for the various tones I want or need. Regardless of mods I want a Strat to sound like a Strat. A Tele to sound like a Tele, etc. I like the changes in neck shape because it inspires me to play differently. Learned to play on shredder guitars, usually HSS or HH, also a HHS. First time I really got to play a LP with mini HB, I dropped riffs I never felt before. I felt like a different person. Back to a super Strat I couldn't even bring myself to play those riffs. It just didn't feel right. It was such an amazing feeling that I had to have different spec guitars to bring out MORE of ME. Have a baseball bat neck Tele, two C shaped Strats, an LP style with a chunky neck, and a SG with slim taper. All 12" radius. Each is just as individual electronically. Ready for most styles. Still need to put something together with P90 pups and a semi hollow with filtertrons. And I want a Floyd equipped shredder again, it's been a while since I owned one. I never want to be pinned as a blues player, or a metal guitarist, or jazz virtuoso. I only want to play music. Different guitars inspire me to play different music and that's all I ever wanted. That's part of what brings me to Zen, musically.

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That's an experience I've always heard about, always wanted, and never had. Music has to be in my head first... it never comes out of my fingers. I generally write with my guitar hanging on the wall.

 

[Willy25]

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I have my preferences and I like variety. My main preference is a flatter radius 12-14" just feels right for me. Other than that I like having different guitars for the various tones I want or need. Regardless of mods I want a Strat to sound like a Strat. A Tele to sound like a Tele, etc. I like the changes in neck shape because it inspires me to play differently. Learned to play on shredder guitars, usually HSS or HH, also a HHS. First time I really got to play a LP with mini HB, I dropped riffs I never felt before. I felt like a different person. Back to a super Strat I couldn't even bring myself to play those riffs. It just didn't feel right. It was such an amazing feeling that I had to have different spec guitars to bring out MORE of ME. Have a baseball bat neck Tele, two C shaped Strats, an LP style with a chunky neck, and a SG with slim taper. All 12" radius. Each is just as individual electronically. Ready for most styles. Still need to put something together with P90 pups and a semi hollow with filtertrons. And I want a Floyd equipped shredder again, it's been a while since I owned one. I never want to be pinned as a blues player, or a metal guitarist, or jazz virtuoso. I only want to play music. Different guitars inspire me to play different music and that's all I ever wanted. That's part of what brings me to Zen, musically.

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thats how i am right now with my LP, great technique but with my ibanez im bad. im still working on it and its seems to improve. like i mention above, it was my right hand that was getting all tense without noticing. as right now it feels good to keep practicing my Ibanez and finding errors. so im not going to sell it anymore maybe ill buy a strat and see how that one feels.

 

[Silence Kid]

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What always drives me nuts is guitar players who think they need super-hot pickups and tons of gain to get a heavy sound. All that over-the-top distortion just means you are harder to place in a mix and your soundman wants to strangle you. Tony Iommi recorded the first few Sabbath records on an SG Special with P90s. Blackmore recorded the 70s DP output and the first few Rainbow records on an unmodded single-coil Strat.

It's pretty amazing to me how playing around with something like Garage Band you can dial back the gain/distortion... And all of a sudden sound twice as loud and articulate in a mix. On paper there aren't many reasons for high output pickups, even though in practice they can still sound good.

 

[thebingopete]

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I don't feel I play better so much as different. I'm not the second coming of Jimi but I don't suck. I just mean that different feeling guitars make me feel and play differently. Like trying to play something with a Warren Haynes feel comes out of me on the LP but not a Strat. I can play it exactly the same way but it won't feel right on both axes and sounds best on a Gibby setup guitar. Playing the intro for "Soul Man" has to be done on my Tele as it doesn't feel or sound right on anything else. 9 out of 10 Rolling Stones tunes require a Tele to get that Keefy feeling and sound (want to build a Micawber too just to get closer to the tone). It's all part of what Phil Lesh called "Searching for the Sound". I put my own guitars together, so there's a lot of me in them. I try to keep a very personal connection with my instruments as well as the music. It's not just a bunch of notes. It's about the song and how it makes me feel. Not just the lyrics, melody, bass line or beat. The song as a whole. I love playing with other musicians who can listen to the song and know how to interact with the other musicians to explore the song and see where we can take it before coming back to form and finish the song. Playing different guitars makes me play the same songs differently everytime I play it keeping me interested in telling the story over again. After playing some songs for over 20 years you need something to keep it fresh for you.

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[Jackson Distortion]

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I'll avoid Fender scale instruments, alnico pickups, floating bridges, maple neck-thrus and compound radius when I can. I'm really sensitive to specs like the OP. Sure I can play those but, I don't play my best using those which decreases my enjoyment.

 

[Adieu]

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If im watching TV i switch guitars every episode