Too bad you have to now contend with the paradox of choice. You will ultimately second guess any decision and be likely to be dissatisfied with any choice you make :)

The only decision likely to cause the least regret, is to own all of them.

Good luck :)

speaking of es-335, here's a sneak peek of my 2nd guitar project, this is an epiphone es-355 i'm hot rodding. :)

http://i.imgur.com/AhCPsim.jpg

That goes without saying. I am limiting myself to max 2 guitars or a certain dollar value per month.

I'm glad to see you are enjoying guitars so much. It really is a rewarding hobby.

it's fantastic! i'm prolly overly-enthusiatic. hope it's been ok posting my guitars in your guitar thread!

I am sure that the rest of the board appreciates keeping the guitar related stuff condensed in one.:thumbsup

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh kinda like the gf with guitar in general. things can get spread out!

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all of them look good..

The thought there was to at least make it kind of relevant to the non musicians of GFY.

Awwww poooor little rich kid..pops only left you enough money to buy 2 more? How much is that '63 Strat? Probably only a few k right?

You will look so cool with all the chipped paint missing, that will give you some nice street cred HEY you don't even have to know how to play it! Oh and the road worn look will make you feel so warm and vintagy inside - all your friends can come and see your 30 axes and just go woweee what a cool guy with the huge loft and the Lambos.

Hey here's a suggestion - just take one of those SG's or Les Pauls, doesnt have to even be one of your REALLY valuable ones... and auction it off on Ebay and donate the proceeds to the victims in the Philippines who are still pulling their rotting dead babies from the wreckage - then make a thread about the auction and then we can all actually have some REAL admiration for you.

This message is hidden because adendreams is on your ignore list.

At this point, you're making me want to take a guitar and auction it off to the person willing to punch you in the dick. You're getting ridiculous now.

What kind of guitar?

:1orglaugh

All I have is Les Pauls, but we can work something out. :1orglaugh

Aden look I get it but ur hating is out of control.

money begets money.
Alwayd was always will.

The % of people that really make it is tiny and the people that get it and keep it is even tinier.

Trying to really make some $ and get out of being a worker bee is nearly impossible and its set to be like that for millenia.

I personally can't stand dealing rich familes where kids of wealthy families act like they are donald trump when in reality they are overgrown frats boys that have not done anything on their own.

Most of the companies I've work @ have been like this actually.taking orders from someone that doesn't know their head from their ass is a really tough thing to do when I'm about a hundred times more intelligent and business savvy than they are.

I don't know minte from a hole in rhe wall so can't say he is or isnt one of the rich frat kids running dads business but just let it go man.

thread got weird.

I'd take 6th and 7th :)

NO BRAINER - 3 and 8

Nice guitars :P
Five!

You should do a site the Minte Collection and shoot nice pics of your collection. A big guitar gallery.

It doesn't always work out that way. A huge percentage of spoiled wealthy morons end up dead ass broke. And, I'm coming out of absolutely nothing and I'm going to own the fucking world. I did it once on a small scale and it's about to happen again.

Now let us /end threadjack
Back to guitars (which I know nothing about) so goodbye for now

Now Im thinking , you could sell ads on the site, do the player of month. OMG the ideas are flowing this morning.

I had to look and comment at this post. Rich kid... The last time anyone called me a kid, Richard Nixon was president. I served in the military during Vietnam. And I do play guitar. For decades actually. Jazz bands, rock bands, blue grass and then better than a decade of classical. I don't need to buy roadworn guitars to feel warm. I have several that I've road-worned myself.

You were in Vietnam? Respek :thumbsup

Dude, i admire you wanting help those in need. Always a good cause. But there is limits on how hard to push and where. Enough already. I don`t know you nor Minte, so could care less really. But sad to see a member of this board that have made some good posts in the past go totally of the deep end now.

Keep your passion about helping out, that is great. But do remember you also have a business and that should be a big part of coming here ( along with some fucking around for fun of course )

everyone get the email on the big closeout sale on gibbies at the big online retailer(s)???......i put the s in parenthesis because i'm convinced they are all the same outfit, zzzounds, sweetwater and the other one, i forgget.

this thread needs more guitar!!!!!!!!!

where are the guitars?

No I think,Sweetwater is not part of them. I think musicians friend runs either guitar centers or sam ash's online store. Sweetwater is impressive from being assigned a personal rep to sending candy with your order.

A GFY type guitar forum could do very well. I read most of the music forums and participate in a few, and they are (too)HEAVILY moderated. NO POLITICS, NO RELIGEON...And the mods are way to quick on the ban hammer.

A few of guitar forums are huge. A few of them have thousands of people browsing them all the time.

AdenDreams, you are a $9 an hour programmer from India? :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Check this thread: https://gfy.com/showthread.php?t=938776

Love it.

a lot of folks think at leat zzounds and sweetwater are the same outfit.

and i did not get any candy with my sweetwater purchased guitar! i did however get the 2nd best set-up guitar i've ever purchased. and a lot of parts at 10% off, going through my sales *engineer*. oh, and a follow-up phone call to make sure i was happy with my purchase.

:)

hey, you strat guys, as mentioned, i just got that traditional mia strat, 3 single coils, but there's a prob-

the dang middle pup gets in the way of my picking and strumming, i found myself adjusting to play in front of or behind it. so i lowered it all the way so it's flush with the pickguard...thoughts?

also, the dang volume knob is right fucking there. i'm always brushing up against it, changing the volume! argh.

do you strat players deal with this?

I thought that zzounds is owned by guitarcenter. Another big online store that I have purchased from is samash.com

i could very well be mixing up sweetwater and one of the other big ones. i can't recall where i came across that, but i was lookign into sw prior to buying from them. they are the only big online center i've purchased from.

i've got an epi black cherry flamed lp on order for them for xmas. carved maple top + '57 gibson humbuckers!

http://www.factorydefect.net/CFM/eptp-7.jpg

Very nice! If it plays and sounds as nice as it looks it's a keeper. :thumbsup And I bet that it will. As much as I like Gibson & Fender I know that they have done a great *marketing* job on us over the years.

it's getting crazy good reviews, looking forward to giving it a good whirl.

maybe one day a gibbie, almost pulled the trigger on a midtown, a tres cool new creation, a flat-top semihollow, it's a 1peice sides and back with single top. you've prolly come across it, good looking guitar and reasonalbly priced for gibson.

So, how many are you up to now? I got one of these last week from Amazon Quik-loc GS-471
It's great! It works on any size guitar and takes less space that 4 did on single stands.

currently at 3. the 2002 mia strat, the 2001 epi mik casino and the epi es-355 project guitar.

i like that stand. been wondering about some interesting ways to store things, that might be the way to go.

what are you playing most these days, the signed lp with the '57s?

they have it in a 5 guitar size too, i like, hmmm, i wonder if i can mount that to the wall........might look kinda cool. take the casters off......................

i like it!

No favorite. Everynight when I practice I play a different one. When I add something new I will play it a couple times before getting it into the rotation. Doing that just works for me.
Keeps it fresh. I am at my worst when I get to comfortable with something.

right on, although keeping track of which guitar got fresh strings when has to be a nightmare! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

i hear ya about being comfortable, i usually feel the same but since i'm so fresh to learning how to play, i felt like i was learning a new guitar more than learning guitar, so i decided to cull the herd... and after this strat(which plays just amazingly well!), i figured i'd keep just it and sell the ps 72 and tc-90, i never hooked up with the tc-90 anyhoo but the '72 was hard to let go of!! dang.

but not having a lot of choices on which to learn on has me back focused more on learning, not sure if that makes sense.....

It makes perfectly good sense. And most guitar teachers would recommend that. Be able to play every note with the lights off.
I use a real thick pick and keep the strings lubed and do a good cleaning after I finish practicing. It helps with keeping the strings decent. But I can change them with the lights off..:winkwink:

I had to come home and pick up a strat before taking on this question. I suspect you are strumming with your elbow. Guitar is like golf. There are some standard positions that yield the best results for the greatest number of people. But most of the guys on the protour ignore those and just do what works.

Elbow strumming is on my don't list. You don't want to lock the elbow but plant your pinky close the the neck pup. And then use your wrist. If you are just strumming it will giving more tone if you play close to the neck. And if you are combining rhythm and some runs, keeping the pinky planted is the best way to develop and maintain accuracy.

I briefly considered the LPJ, glad I moved on to something better, a PRS SE Bernie Marsden. That non-standard electronics setup would have pissed me off to no end.

hah, when i play my elbow does not budge or move. i was kinda wondering about that because i watched some srv youtubes to see where he picks, and he plays in front of the middle pup. but more importantly, i noticed his elbow was off the guitar entirely.

i think i kinda mumbled "oh shit" to myself when i noticed that. since then i have been trying to anchor to a pup but even so, i've kept my elbow locked on 1 spot.

thanks for checking that out, i think i can correct this easy enough. i play a lot sitting down also, prolly be good to do more learning/practicing standing up.

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What model is this? Plus-top pro?