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Yes...hopefully you have a tuner... Start with standard tuning of EADGBE (654321) and tune 6 to D, 5 to B, and 1 to D... DGDGBD that makes a great fingerstyle and slide tuning...
Caution though...once you do this then it will interfere with other aspects of your life...you'll be too busy discovering tons of new sounds and songs... Have fun!
Is there a cheapo fender strat that is actually good? I have an electric, but i got it for 10$ and fixed it up myself, and it's constantly going out of tune. Any insight as to some cheap strats, or some better ways to keep my junk guitar tuned?
Sorta depends on definition of cheapo...how much are you willing to spend? Some of the Fender Squire Strats are good but the quality can vary quite a bit. Sometimes one can find a Mexican made Strat at a good price and they are generally excellent guitars. If you're not stuck on an actual Fender then might look at the various import copies and also some older guitars. Peavey has lots of good quality, USA made, Strat type guitars that are often bargains on ebay and pawnshops...
Lots of good suggestions for you here and very little if any sympathy. I agree with them. My five mile walk to school was uphill both ways!
I know it's hard for a 12 year old to raise money but it can be done...doing odd jobs for family and friends like yard work and such. I've hired a friend's nephew several times to help out with yard work. Maybe you could do something like start a little EBAY business.
Russell made a very strong point about doing your best with what you have and not simply relying on more and more stuff. It's amazing what a real player can do with the most basic guitar and amp...
Just keep trying and don't give up...
If you have one of the originals from the Sixties then it's a collectable. Stores couldn't hardly give those guitars away until Jimmy Page appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone holding one...then suddenly they were hot. They are cheaply built from aluminum and masonite with lipstick tube pickups but have a very distinctive sound...I really like mine for slide playing. The current models are being built in Korea and are probably a better guitar than the original but obviously don't have the collectability value. I remember Sears marketing some under the Silvertone name with an amplifier built into the hard case...
I don't know...I looked up the website on that Action Tuner and it seems to be more of a gimmick to me. I think someone is better off with a quality tuner that you can plug into or use the built in mic for acoustics and simply tune the instrument. I have a Korg that I can tune everything that I have with. Also have a little Seiko that clips on to the headstock and senses vibrations...I use it on mandolins and it works well in a noisy environment...it also has a built in mic. I just can't get into the concept of a machine turning my tuning pegs until it thinks everything is right...maybe I'm just an old codger or something.
If you are a new newbie, not an oldnewbie
, what is your opinion about this concept?
LIKE- Ibanez IJX121 Metal Guitar Jump start Package: electric guitar with hardtail bridge, 15W amplifier, headphones, electronic tuner, gig bag, guitar strap, picks, and an accessories pouch + instructional DVD, instruction book, and chord chart = $299.99
- Squier by Fender Stop Dreaming Start Playing SE Special Strat Pack With Squier SP-10 Amp 199$
- Squier by Fender Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity Strat HSS with Bullet 150 DSP Amp 299$Are this "packages" worth their money? Is the purpose, by including an amp, that you will NOT wait to long before you buy a stronger amp?
Basicly: is this a sales-trick? Or are they really good?
If you buy the squier itself, and a Line 6 Spider III 75 75W 1x12 Guitar Combo Amp you pay 500$
What is your opinion guys
I think some of these packages are good as an immediate "starter" kit...as a Christmas or Birthday gift. If the person becomes a player then he/she will usually outgrow the starter pretty quick. I do think that those kits can be vastly improved if the dealer would take time to do a proper set-up on the guitar...some of those Squire and Epiphone guitars are pretty bad until set-up.
I just found a website for Heritage guitars...they really look good!
Like we used to say, from Abba to Zappa.. we covered it all.
As far as amps go, it's usually been my old Peavey Special 160 watter. It's old, it's solid-state, has a 12 inch speaker but it can *just* keep up with a quadbox and decent head (I went up against a Soldano head once and I just about matched it and the quad-box it was paired with) - plus it just sounds great.
So that's been my amp mainstay, until now.. I recently bought a little 15watt Roland Cube.. the portable one. It's fantastic for the price and it's fun to try the amp simulations. I've even done a couple smallish gigs and jams with it and get stunned comments.
So I think more than having a big array of instruments, or the instruments themselves being versatile (altho that is certainly an option) it's important to keep yourself versatile.
Why hedge yourself into one little niche when there is so much out there to experience?
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I agree with you all this...I've also got a couple of Peavey amps...A classic 30 (tube) and a Bandit. Probably my most used amp is the little Roland Cube...those things are absolute great and easy to carry around everywhere since it also runs on batteries. Been using it for some Church stuff and we just set it up and mic it into the PA.
We like the versatility of being able to play anything from Country to Hard Rock! It's nice to have a Telecaster for that real "twang" but also nice to have other guitars that covers most!
Before I would spent, say a thousand bucks, for a Fender or Gibson on Ebay or other auctions...I would obtain the serial number and check with the Fender or Gibson customer service for accurate information. It's pretty easy to "dress" up some of those guitars and represent them as a higher end or American made model... Ebay has some good information on how to spot counterfeits and forgeries...
I've also heard of artists removing the bolt on neck (Fenders) so they could put the guitar into regular luggage when flying...then reassemble upon arrival.
Yes, one has to really watch EBAY auctions and the Guitar shows for fakes and forgeries...people can find a comparable FONT on their word processing program and make transparencies to put on the headstock of a much cheaper guitar. Gibsons and Fenders the ones most often counterfieted...I would suspect a lot of Ibanez and other top of the line imports too!
G and L are outstanding guitars...Leo Fender and George Fullerton founded the company and brought back their versions of the original Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars with some improvements... I have a G & L ASAT Classic Telecaster and it is second to none!
I remember years ago going into a music store looking at Gibsons and the saleman handed me a Heritage...excellent guitar...well crafted and great sound. Then he starts the sales pressure... He then told my that the Guitar was endorsed by the music group The Bangles... I handed him the guitar and left
I'm convinced that most of that is simply marketing hype...lots of us have GAS (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome) and are always looking for an excuse to buy another one! It's ridiculas about how many models and choices we have these days...
I've got a MIM Strat that I bought pretty cheap at a Guitar Show...it has a quality neck, hardware and wood so I've used it as a "Hotrod" and "experimental" guitar to avoiding damaging the value of my other guitars. I've changed the pickups several times to get different sounds and now thinking about some custom paintwork.
What kind of music do you like? Are you a singer wanting to acompany yourself with a guitar? Or are you playing guitar for another singer? Chordie has some really great resources and songbooks...
I have a Martin ele/acoustic cutaway and absolutely love it. But like most cutaways it is a thinner body and has much less acoustic volume than full bodied Dreadnoughts and standards! The cut away is not that much of an advantage for me since I don't play much on those higher frets...cept some slide work at times.
Of the choices listed I'd have to go with the Fender American Stratocaster... course there are probably over 70-80 variations and models available with different pickup configerations, etc. But the American 3 single coil pickup Strat would be my choice.
I can't help but wonder how much image problem some of the greatest guitar players in History have had with their Stratocasters, Telecasters, Les Pauls, and SGs? I think Purlnekless needs to check his ego in at the forum door ...
I've been searching around and can't really find any info from the Gibson Site. It seems that Gibson produced an SG-Menace around 2002 and advertised the Smoky Coil pickups with a brass bobbins. These were sold thru Musicians Friend at a much lower price ($800.00) and seemed to be marketed for Heavy Metal artists! The Regular Gibson 490R and 498T pickups are hotter pickups used in some of the Les Pauls and SGs... If I can find any good info then I'll forward it here...
Sigma was an import line of Martin Guitars...I had one in a 12 string. Might check the Martin customer service on their website...
I haven't verified it but have heard that Samick is a huge instrument making business in Korea. They make many other brands for Fender, Ibanez, Takamine, Dean, and others to their specifications. Samick then started making instruments with the Samick name.
Might check the Ovation Guitar website and run the Serial number thru support or customer service... Might also be a Celebrity which is an import by Ovation...
If you like basic rock, blues, gospel, and country then try doing the 3 chord one four and five progression in each key. these groups of chords...
A D E
B E F
C F G
D G A
E A B
F B C
G C D
jaygordon75 wrote:I've even seen photos of Chet Atkins and Willie Nelson with Telecasters...
Chet Atkins preferred hollowbodies to strats and telecasters, right?
Yes, Chet Atkins became an endorsee of Gretsch Hollowbody guitars in the 60's...then later the Gibson Hollowbody guitars...Gretsch currently markets one of their 6120 model hollowbodies as a Chet Atkins model. But he had a huge collection and played whatever gave him the sound that he needed. He is famous for a very lively, but mellow, fingerstyle with the big hollowbody electrics...
In the late 50's and early 60's I started playing guitar...an old Martin that a friend had. My father brought me a Goya from Japan that was a Martin copy...I really wanted an electric guitar just like the one Don Rich had. Don played a Telecaster and was lead player for Buck Owens. Then along comes the Beatles, Stones, etc.. and I admired the guitar, a Telecaster, that yielded mighty riffs in the hands of Keith Richards... I couldn't afford so pretty much did without...played a friends Fender Stratocaster (probably a 62 or 63) and some really cheap and bad imports. Finally when I was able to buy a quality electric I bought a Peavey Falcon...an American made guitar that closely resembled a Strat. Later I was finally able to really go out and buy the guitar of my choice! I picked out an American made Fender Telecaster in yellow finish. That's the guitar that I had always wanted and still have it... Currently I am much more financially able an have started collecting player guitars...about 16 of them....Strats, Tellys, G&L, Les Paul Gibson, and others... Each is diffent and has it's own sound and playability...none are really better than the others, just unique. I love em all but I can easily how one develops a preference for a particular sound. If I could have only one then it would be that first Telecaster. What's next? Probably a PRS, an Ibanez Satriani model, a hard tail Wolfgang...and on and on.....
Musicians have never had it so good...so many choices of instruments and accessories...both American made and import...
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