You say that, yet your rather flamboyant with your words. Personally I have minimal knowledge of audio equipment, much less knowledge of pedals, and effects.

I just played what I was taught, and now and again when I get bored or find a song that I really want to learn... I learn it.

I re-learnt my piano pieces when my sister was in hospital and I was left at home manning the phone, I couldnt watch tv, and needed to get my head off of thinking about her, or what I would like to do to the kids that put her in there, so I sat down and re-learnt every song I used to be able to play over a few days.

btw... im crap at all of those things Used to be fairly alright at tuba and euphonium though... but then all you need for that sort of stuff (well.. tuba stuff anyhows) are big lungs to hold semi-breves.

yeah i know how hard brass is. specially the bigger stuff.

the flamboyancy comes with the flares im wearing.
do ignore the pomposity. i do sound a bit of a cock dont i lol.

if i ever get around to hooking up my mic to the internet youll be the first ill pester with my whailings.

QuoteJimi hendrix was overrated.  

Blasphemy!

Quote from: M3ta7h3adJimi hendrix was overrated.

Burn the Heretic! Burn the Heretic!  

Quote from: M3ta7h3adJimi hendrix was overrated.

I would agree with that.

He is still one of my favourite guitarists but I dont think he is quite the god that some people make him out to be. To be honest I prefer the Stevie Ray Vaughns (another of my favourites - probably rate him higher than Jimi) versions of little wing and voodoo chile.


As for the guitar - it looks ok (I particularly like the finish), not really sure about the make though, havent heard on indie - it looks like a bit of an imitation of a few Gibson models that I particularly like.

Ã,£500 doesnt seem a lot for a decent guitar to me, hell my cheap(ish) epiphone les paul was Ã,£300, coupled with the podxt+shortboard and the valvestate with a 1x12 greenback this lot has cost me something like Ã,£800  and I only have the one fairly basic setup.

the bodyshape is a copy of a dryskill. if you know them lol

DO NOT DISS HENDRIX! Indeed some of his licks have been over-ripped-off, but what makes Hendrix Hendrix, is the transcendant groove that he could create. This groove would totally empty your noggin and sometimes explode into solos where meter and tone exist in an insular logic. Mind blowing.

If you want traditional good soloing, the best guitarist, according to the local session musicians, which are world renowned, is David Rawlins. He plays with Gillian Welch. Ive seen him live half a dozen time, in an audience comprised mainly of Nashville pickers--folks bound to be critical, instead, their grins get caught up on their earlobes.

Its the picker, not the guitar, btw. Just get something basic thats solid and feels good. Look at Willie Nelson and Bruce Springsteen, still playing a battered classical and a classic Esquire Telecaster respectively.

Leave fancy guitars to the poofy shirted set.

ok, rob, your brother just bought you a new guitar for your birthday and yet you want to buy another one?? why?!?!?!

he got me an electro acoustic.

i need an electric as its more flexible in terms of what i can do with it.

An asian produced Les Paul, Strat, or Tele copy should be dirt cheap and sound damn good. Just have the store pull out all of the copies of the version you like, and compare them--sometimes you can find a real jewel among the coal.

Strat copies are great, as you can get all sorts of aftermarket nuts and bolts for them for peanuts.

The sound of stratocasters and especially the typical "twang" y sound of telecasters arent exactly what appeal to red iirc.

That and I know he dislikes single coil pickups.

oh how i abhour them.

i am looking at a les paul copy by tokai tho, still Ã,£259 notes because of my south pawness. yeah i was looking at a cheap tele (Ã,£99) but they really dont float my boat. i want something with humbuckers ideally because it would give me room to chop and change when i get sick of the sound of either pickups.

plus humbuckers > single coils for beefness. single coils are good for tone but i dont like the twang as it were lol.

double post

RGX121? Les Paul copies can be really nice too tho.



/I strung one of my strat copies left handed yesterday to have a go with as per Hendrix*, its hard but in a way it makes more sense, although it made me realise that I aint bad at all playing right-handed



*Jimi = legend, the most influential guitarist since Robert Johnson.

Quote from: redplus humbuckers > single coils for beefness. single coils are good for tone but i dont like the twang as it were lol.

What about geetars with 2 single coil and a humbucker at the bridge?  Do those appeal.

Plenty of good budget guitars like the Cort G250.