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Nice electric guitar?

mobobuff

mobobuff

Lifer
Been practicing guitar for a couple months now, but I only have a cheapo acoustic with horribly high string-rise off the FB so I want something a little better and I've heard electrics are a little easier to practice on.

So I'm wondering if this guitar would be a good investment for me as a novice. I don't need anything high quality like some $900 Stratocaster, but just something to practice with and enjoy. It's an ESP EC50 and I really enjoy the design.

Any suggestions? Anybody have experience with Zzounds.com?

Also if anybody knows of any good distortion pedals to recommend that'd be appreciated too.

Thanks.
 
If you have any local places with guitars you should check them out. IMO, it's better to actually play and get a feel for a guitar before you buy it. What's your price limit and do you already have an amp?
 
Yeah there's actually a few good guitar shops on 28th street and I had planned on scoping them out sometime this week but I thought I'd do some internet browsin' before hand.

There's an old Zenith amp in my basement that my brother gave me a few years back so I'm all set there. Still functional and not too beat up, but if you have any favorites then I'd be glad to look into them, being in the basement so long the humidity may have severely shortened its lifespan.

Price limit is ~$300.
 
epiphone and squiers are pretty decent entry-level guitars... i started on a Squier Affinity Strat that i bought for around 100 bucks or so, got some decent sound out of it...

i'm always a fan of planning for the future, so if you think you're really going to get into playing guitar (esp. electric), maybe just keep practicing on what you have and save for that better guitar later... trust me, you'll want one later 😉
 
another thing: you could take your current guitar to a local guitar shop, have them do a setup on it, and when they do, ask them to lower the action for you... maybe that could help some??
 
I have a Godin SD. I love it. The action is quite good. Solid Maple, and sounds really nice. If I was only better at playing it, we might we might be going somewhere. 🙂

The worst thing are electric guitars that feel like a $300 accoustic.
 
Originally posted by: iotone
another thing: you could take your current guitar to a local guitar shop, have them do a setup on it, and when they do, ask them to lower the action for you... maybe that could help some??
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Yeah, I thought about just having the action lowered, but I'm getting kind of tired of the acoustic sound, want something a little more bossy 🙂 So I considered having it modified into an acoustic electric, but I said what the heck, might as well just get an electric.

Looking at some Epiphones right now.

A question... what's the difference between passive pickup and active pickup?
 
I don't know much about guitars so I can't give you any kind of an educated answer, but this seems like something along the lines of what you are looking for.
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: iotone
another thing: you could take your current guitar to a local guitar shop, have them do a setup on it, and when they do, ask them to lower the action for you... maybe that could help some??
Click to expand...

Yeah, I thought about just having the action lowered, but I'm getting kind of tired of the acoustic sound, want something a little more bossy 🙂 So I considered having it modified into an acoustic electric, but I said what the heck, might as well just get an electric.

Looking at some Epiphones right now.

A question... what's the difference between passive pickup and active pickup?
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Basically an active pickup is louder. It'll have heavier distortion. (good for metalheads 😉)
 
Get a strat then. 🙂

Personally I like the strat shape much more than the les paul shape (the link in your original post is shaped like a les paul). More comfortable when playing sitting down, and I personally like the way it looks a lot more.
 
Hmmmm... okay. I'm considering saving up for a standard Fender Strat. A friend of mine has a 1981 Pearl Fender Squier. Pretty snug in the ol' lap.
 
Ironically, I think the Clapton signature strat has active pickups.

if you're going down the Epiphone road (Korean setnecks) and willing to buy online, check out Agile guitars at rondomusic.com. Nice looking guitars and solid fretwork for less than Epiphone, plenty of models in the $200-$300 range. Lots of discussion about them at harmony central for the past year including a huge 1500+ post thread, to the point that some of the Agile fanboys are a running joke proclaiming their guitars can beat Gibsons. Not true, but still they're a good value, Korean guitars rock these days

strat has a different feel than a les paul styled guitar, in part because of the different scale length. I think you should go play several guitars at a shop and get a feel for what you like. If you go for a strat, the quality of recent mexican strats is good, you can score a used one in the ~$250 range. Used american will run ~$500
 
Hmmm, I'm definitely going to go play around in the shops in Grand Rapids to get a feel of what my body likes best. I haven't held a lot of guitars so I should probably test-drive a little before buying. Thanks for saving me from a potentially disheartening purchase.

New Mexican Strats are looking pretty promising... but there's still something about that Les Paul design that's catching my eye... guess I won't be playing with my eyeballs though.

Whatever I go with I'll probably stick with for a few years until I'm finished with college and then invest in something a little more substantial.
 
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