I own 5 guitars. A Fender Telecaster, a Charvel Telecaster (that sounds like a strat), a Fender Jazzmaster, a Schecter Omen-6, and a Cort MR780FX acoustic.
They all sound completely different, not even the 2 Tele's sound anything like each other.
After looking at some pics of peoples guitars, I've seen alot of people buying the same guitar over and over again. Some peope have 5 les pauls, some have 5 strats. In some cases all the pickups are replaced with the one style of pickup in each guitar.
Other than investment, why do people buy guitars like this? I can understand have 2 guitars the same to serve as a backup for gigs, but up to 10 les pauls?
Educate me please.
+1. If you love guitars, sometimes you buy them just to put different PU's and wirings in them. I think a number of us do it. It's normal, it's healthy.
Like having many different girlfriends with different sized...enhancements! Not that I would know anything about that anymore. :banghead:
My Love for the '57 tailfin is covered with the Explorer shape.
My '05 Dean Bass
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^^ Edge´s riff in question is the riff to Sunday Bloody Sunday. And yes, without delay the riff dies completely, and without the rest of the effects it just sounds too "bland" to be U2. Biut when combined with Edge´s talent for soundscaping, it becomes a classic riff that even non musicians the world over can identify.
But that´s Edge for ya, he´s never described himself as even remotely good, but openly says that most of his style comes from his effects and the riffs that suddenly develop with different tones. As such I feel he was a good counterpoint to the virtuosity of Page and attitude of White, because effects are a big facet of the electric guitar and very few people know their way around a powerful rack system as well as Edge does![]()
Compared to Edge and Jack White´s much more simplistic playing, I think it´s fair to describe Page as a virtuoso when viewed from a technical and theoretical standpoint. Especially when one considers that his musical background runs MUCH deeper than just Led Zeppelin, Page has played on records 99% of the world would never expect, especially during his teens.
But either way, I never meant to equate his chops to those of more technical guitarists like Holdsworth, Vai, or Friedman... especially since unlike Holdsworth and Vai, Page´s music doesn`t just bore me to death but actually grips me and makes me want to feel what he´s feeling when he plays.:beerchug:
Hey, that wasn't a bash on Page.
He used to be one of my big influences and I would definitely listen to early Led Zep any day over Holdsworth (for all his skill, I find Holdsworth too "cerebral" really, I just can't feel it most of the time).
It's just more of a point that I like terms to be used in a more correct manner, not in a "relative to this guy" kinda way.
But carry on I guess :laugh2:
I own 5 guitars. A Fender Telecaster, a Charvel Telecaster (that sounds like a strat), a Fender Jazzmaster, a Schecter Omen-6, and a Cort MR780FX acoustic.
They all sound completely different, not even the 2 Tele's sound anything like each other.
After looking at some pics of peoples guitars, I've seen alot of people buying the same guitar over and over again. Some peope have 5 les pauls, some have 5 strats. In some cases all the pickups are replaced with the one style of pickup in each guitar.
Other than investment, why do people buy guitars like this? I can understand have 2 guitars the same to serve as a backup for gigs, but up to 10 les pauls?
Educate me please.