arkady wrote:Hi M.B.
With todays musical technology it possible get mostly any modern guitar with the appropriate FX to sound like anything you want sound wise.
Purist would disagree but in general this true of all electronic generated music.
Un-FX guitars are all total different in sound and looks and all guitarist have there favorites so I guess it will always matter whether Gretsch White Falcon or a Fender Stratocaster is being played.
arkSo the kind of sound you want is definitely influenced by the guitar and amps you use, and if a musician chooses he or she can either let the inherent sound of the instrument and equipment come out, or alter it through FX.
Exactly and very well said may I add. Tell us a little of what type of music you play the most of. You can start small and get bigger as you go. you can get clones of the big names, and they can be just as good for starters.
As has been noted, listen to you tube and see what the artist you like are playing. Amps and pick ups DEFINATLY have to do with your sound. Solid state amps are usually less expensive than Tube (Valve) amps.
There are also what is called Hybird amps, though there is some debate on them too, I bought a 15 watt Johnson amp for my son. It has a tube pre amp and a solid state power amp. The debate is if it should be the other way around??? I dunno, but teh johnson is a kicking little amp. up untill this last year all I had was solid state.
If your into heavy music, its almost always gonna be a humbucker. either traditional or stacked (used in strats when you want to keep the 3 single look), Hendrix and Clapton, single coil strat. Springsteen, Tele, Tom petty just about everything LOLOL but he favors Rickenbacker (semi solid) Strats, and Tele. He even uses an SG sometimes. However Single coils are used almost as much in heavy stuff.
Amp wise, its a gluttons choice. Marshall has a big hand in Heavy metal , but then there is the Mesa amps , HiWatt, Laney and recently lots of Butique amps. You have Peavy and Bugera, Line 6 and Berhinger to also choose from just for starters.
Yep its a CANDY store from he!! LOLOLOL.
So it is all up to YOUR ears. and whats right for you. If you have a regular music store where they know you,,, spen 3 or 4 weekends there just playing different amps and guitars.
NOw this is totally my opinion, Try to find a smaller independant store who cares about the customer. Guitar Center is good for deals and finding tons of differnt toys, but they want the sale first and foremost. Smaller places that you feel comfortable in will be interested in you first and finding you the best for you. They want your money, but I find that getting to know teh employees, makes it soooo much nicer.
OK off my soapbox.
P.S. Il ove my acoustics and my electrics! I also have a acustic pick up I put in my guitars and run into my effects. Its nice to get some reverb and chorus for it.
Peace!
