I'm probably going to get flamed here....
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What's the deal with $1000.00 & Up guitars?
I've never paid 2K for a vehicle let alone a guitar. (I'm a licensed Mechanic. I buy very low, fix then drive)
Maybe it's the guys I took the most inspiration from when I was learning to play, Both play low dollar guitars.
Jeff Healey's Squire strat & Kim Mitchell's Blue Parts-caster.
I think that got it into my head a great guitar, isn't necessarily a big dollar, brand name guitar
Is it a "Designer Label" thing?
Do you really think it plays better?
From my 29 years of playing, a 9.5" radius feels the same on a Squier, and a Fender.
A 12" radius feels the same on an Ibanez/Gibson/Shecter/etc, etc, etc.
Pickups can be manipulated, and pots/switchs changed in and out so fast it make my head spin.
I guess I've always been function over flash kinda guy.
I've spent many many hours in guitar shops, trying MIK,MIM, Indonesian, & American Strats... and honestly there are times when I can't tell the difference. Unless the Indonesian or Korean guitars have fret issues, I can't feel a difference in playing
Same applies to Gibson's stuff, until you go to their BOlt on neck stuff by epiphone, really harsh guitars there.
My personal favorite brand right now is Squier
I can make them into anything I want.
For 250.00 I can get the standard series tele or strat, and mod it to the nines, set it up with feeler gauges and touch up the frets and nut, and it's a damn fine guitar.
[video=youtube;9IaHL8Siwp0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IaHL8Siwp0[/video]
Mods Feel free to lock this thread if it's been talked to death
What's the deal with $1000.00 & Up guitars?
I've never paid 2K for a vehicle let alone a guitar. (I'm a licensed Mechanic. I buy very low, fix then drive)
Maybe it's the guys I took the most inspiration from when I was learning to play, Both play low dollar guitars.
Jeff Healey's Squire strat & Kim Mitchell's Blue Parts-caster.
I think that got it into my head a great guitar, isn't necessarily a big dollar, brand name guitar
Is it a "Designer Label" thing?
Do you really think it plays better?
From my 29 years of playing, a 9.5" radius feels the same on a Squier, and a Fender.
A 12" radius feels the same on an Ibanez/Gibson/Shecter/etc, etc, etc.
Pickups can be manipulated, and pots/switchs changed in and out so fast it make my head spin.
I guess I've always been function over flash kinda guy.
I've spent many many hours in guitar shops, trying MIK,MIM, Indonesian, & American Strats... and honestly there are times when I can't tell the difference. Unless the Indonesian or Korean guitars have fret issues, I can't feel a difference in playing
Same applies to Gibson's stuff, until you go to their BOlt on neck stuff by epiphone, really harsh guitars there.
My personal favorite brand right now is Squier
I can make them into anything I want.
For 250.00 I can get the standard series tele or strat, and mod it to the nines, set it up with feeler gauges and touch up the frets and nut, and it's a damn fine guitar.
[video=youtube;9IaHL8Siwp0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IaHL8Siwp0[/video]