Those guitars are ok... how much for 2 of the ladies?

$130 is nothing if it gets you the tone you want, right?

EMG is a hit or miss, too. Some guitars and amp setups, they are great.. some.. just too hot of an output and brittle sounding. Really depends..

If you are into blues and texas rock type stuff, the current pickups in that guitar will do you just fine and dandy but if you need more hotness on your output, a simple boost pedal will be sufficient.

hint: Check out EHX Analogizer. Has up to 26db of boost and smoothens out the trailing sound for a nice and beautifully warm melodic clean/mild breakup sound

Yeah, old buddy of mine had a maple fretboard strat-copy that was uber bright. Unreal bright actually haha. But I must admit, in neck position.. she sounded beautiful.

well, hrmm, zzounds is now showing a blemished black cherry tribute lp marked down to 449 shipped. from what i've gathered, those blemished models aren't so blemished.

that's a heck of a value. even with a little blemish.

Yeah, go for it. It's usually just demo models that get zipper scratches, buckle scratches etc on the back. And since its been used a bit.. anything that could have gone wrong, would have already went wrong.

If its factory blemish... well.. It would have to be quite minor for it to leave the factory.. very very minor.

Myself.. Im all over the fucking place now.. I dont know what I want anymore.. so many options.. so many good and bad reviews for everything and the one with 5 star reviews across the whole board is the only one I cant put my hand on to try and see if I like it.

getting into gibsons, the pickup and neck differences between different model types is overly too complicated and also, there's a bad rep of poor craftmanship. It's 50/50. Either A+ or d- in this price range.

For the PRS, the construction is flawless and the pickups are all the same ones and has a shitty bridge pickup anyways, so no decision worry there.. cause it will need upgrading before any of them even go out the door anyways. So I can tailor to any pickup sound I want. Burst neck, 57 bridge.

Maybe what I will do is go to town Sat and see if they can order it in for me anyways and if I can bring it back towards a different model after holidays if I dont like it.

earlier this summer, I made the pilgrimage to Dave's Guitar in Lacrosse. Incredible selection of guitars. You are right, there are way to many to pick from.
Here's a pretty good shot of the PRS.

http://mintesfiles.com/gfy/prs_se_santana.JPG

i returned an epiphone sorrento after trying it out and had no probs at all, i betcha they would let you do that.

aren't the reviews hilarious? there's usually a ton that start with "i've never owned that guitar but i'm pretty sure it's not as good as any of mine...."

or "it's mik/mim/mij/mii/not made in milwaukee,memphis/kalamazoo/etc. so it has to be bad.

then most all the others have a paragraph+ with the reviewer's resume of years playing and guitars owned/played at the shop.


it always cracks me up, but i guess the good news is the return policy with the majors is super solid and shipping back is nominal really, plus being able to give a new guitar a whirl at home is so much more better than fighting to be able to hear yourself at the guitar center. lol.

re: gibsons, tbh, the only ones i really really want are ones that are stunningly beautiful- a figured-top es-335 and a aaaaa quilted top lemon les paul. both crazy expensive.

http://www.hotmusicollection.com/wp-...s-Finish-8.jpg

http://www.jetenginesound.com/LPElegant97Q1.jpg

excluding vintage. of course. :pimp

shebang!

http://musicstorelive.com/media/cata...itar_11396.jpg

much better! hah.

is that the stock bridge/tailpiece? that other se's i saw had a wrap-around.

That's how it came out of the box. Only thing I usually do to guitars is change strings and play them.

Picked this one up a few weeks ago locally. A 72 reissue. This really brings back memories because I owned a 72 exactly like this for a few years when they were original. It's one of those I wish I had never gotten rid off.

http://mintesfiles.com/misc/tele_72_reissue.JPG

looks good natural and the maple fiongerboard eh.

aren't those wide range humbuckers killer? had one ony my ps 72 neck w/ an enforcer bridge, both really cool, i've learned the wide range has a rich history too.

You are making me want to be a right handed guitarist. Im a lefty and my choices are so limited.

Last one :thumbsup

prs se 245 on sale for 399

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/sear...PRSBlackFriday

Reviews are subjective. In one article, people BLAST a model and in next article, they all praise it. It's really about how it sounds and feels to the end user that is most important. I'm quite particular myself, so many guitars people love, I hate.

man that yellow one is ugly... heh

Sold out that quick! haha That's a killer deal.

shitcakes

http://www.long-mcquade.com/BlackFriday2013

LPJ on sale... at that price.. I may just go grab this tomorrow!

eh, naw, if you want to start talking ugly we need to begin here:

http://www.airportmusic.com/images/j...ChSun_Head.jpg

i can continue... :1orglaugh

I didnt like PRS headstock at first either, but now, I kinda do. Depends on color though.

i was actually just messon around, it's not *that* ugly. lol, but
imo, there is not much design room left for guitars. the be all end all of shapes is the stratocaster, can't get much more classic beauty than that.

head stocks are the same, gibson open book and fender's curved 6 inline pretty much covered it. the prs is just a abstract variation on gibbie's open book headstock.

seems like most designs these days are tweaked variations on the classics.

I dunno if you've ever heard of the Anderton's signature line. The headstock on those are aweful... and the Dean's too.

haven't seen their line but rob chapman youtube reviews cracks my shit up and dude can play too.

Although, Dean did make one sexy looking guitar here

DBZ Bolero

http://www.carlinoguitars.com/images/Marisa0806_884.jpg

Not fan of this headstock, though.

http://www.dbzguitars.com/2010-graph...-headstock.jpg

Yeah that guy is a monster on guitar. The captain.. not so much.

http://31.media.tumblr.com/9e0fa294c...llmoo1_500.gif
http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2011/01...glove_Edit.gif

is the captain the owner of anderton's? they do make a good video duo and play well off each other.

are those dean guitars nice or?

I think he is, but I am not sure. I;m not a big fan of the sound out of those DBZ. Too "modern" and aggressive sounding. Almost to a point of noise.

Got busy with the camera today. Got most of the electrics. Tomorrow, acoustics and classicals. This is the Gibson Family

http://mintesfiles.com/misc/guitar_020.JPG

What is up with that SG?

looks real sharp minte, that 335 in satin looks like it should be over here........ being played. ..... by me. hahahahahaha

That's a 67" that I've road-worn over a lot of years.

Picked it up, strummed a few chords, did a few riffs and ended up leaving with this:

2013 Les Paul Studio - Wine red

Mahogany body with Solid Carved Maple top
Mahogany neck with slim, fast ’60s-style profile
Coil-tapped 490R and 498T humbucking pickups in the neck and bridge (will upgrade these)
Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece
TonePros™ vintage style tuners with 14:1 tuning ratio

For it being a weight-relief design, it's sure some heavy. Sustains a loooong ass time, too.

http://filipinapussypatrol.com/gibso...o_wine_red.jpg
http://filipinapussypatrol.com/gibso...wine_red_2.jpg
http://filipinapussypatrol.com/gibso...wine_red_3.jpg
http://filipinapussypatrol.com/gibso...wine_red_4.jpg

dang, that's a looker, what is it? details?

that 2nd pic wasn'yt showing at first, i couldn't see the headstock. i guess i'm the only one around here wihtout a gibson now.

;-(

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Elec...ul-Studio.aspx

I'm really happy with it.

oh, right on, did you gety the mini etune?

what do those pickups sound like in single coil mode? do they twang? is it straty or p-90y?

They didnt have a mini-etune one setup there and this was last one of this color left. But I'm going to see if I can find an after-market one

The coil-tap is not quite straty.. more like a p90 actually, still sounds good though. Hard to tell difference in distortion mode though. It's a pretty hot pickup even in single mode.

I cant get over how good the neck and frets feel on this.

congrats man, i read that link on it you provided and i am some what familiar with the model, it sounds like a fantastic guitar.

i think it looks fucking far out with the pickguard too eh.