Tim Plains Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I'm hacking away in my garage with my buddies and you guys are getting paid to play. Cheers' date=' Cory [/quote'] Paid to play? ****, I wish. I'm just a hobbiest man with a 9-5 job. I play guitar for the fun of it...well...and to occasionally piss off my fiance...neighbors too, sometimes.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 god you guys are fast... i was just editing my recent post and there is like 5 new posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 god you guys are fast... i was just editing my recent post and there is like 5 new posts HAHAHAHA No **** !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Sure... it's called a Slash Les Paul ... Right ? Wow...really??? I've got to buy one!! So, if I buy the new Slash guitar, I'll sound just like Slash right?? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 So, if I buy the new Slash guitar, I'll sound just like Slash right?? Well if you watch the advertising, all you have to do is to buy Guitar Hero. Real guitars are too hard to play for the video game kids! BTW, I'm like you, just play for fun and to occasionally PO the neighbors. Usually it's great stress relief, but playing guitar for stress relief is like golf, it only works some of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Well if you watch the advertising' date=' all you have to do is to buy Guitar Hero. Real guitars are too hard to play for the video game kids! BTW, I'm like you, just play for fun and to occasionally PO the neighbors. Usually it's great stress relief, but playing guitar for stress relief is like golf, it only works some of the time.[/quote']Don't even get me started on golf!! I love it but it drives me nuts. Speaking of Guitar Hero & Slash. I saw an interview with him, he said he loves the game but can only play it on medium (3 buttons). I have the game too, I can play on the hard (4 buttons) difficulty. It's just funny to hear that a guy like Slash, who's a super star guitar player, doesn't have the co-ordination to play a 4 button video game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGod319 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Well if you watch the advertising' date=' all you have to do is to buy Guitar Hero. Real guitars are too hard to play for the video game kids! [/quote'] whatever.i play guitar hero and guitar.but now i barely play guitar hero now.even though i can play on expert.im now REALLY addicted to guitar.in fact,i havent played guitar hero in MONTHS.which is really weird,considering how many times ive been to my friends houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 He had to pull out the golf thing. The big difference is you can suck for 17 holes, and birdie 18th which always gets you back. As for playing guitar I always suck, but working on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
led floyd9 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Don't even get me started on golf!! I love it but it drives me nuts. Speaking of Guitar Hero & Slash. I saw an interview with him' date=' he said he loves the game but can only play it on medium (3 buttons). I have the game too, I can play on the hard (4 buttons) difficulty. It's just funny to hear that a guy like Slash, who's a super star guitar player, doesn't have the co-ordination to play a 4 button video game. [/quote'] Sadly, I can play guitar, but I can play the hardest song in Guitar Hero on the hardest mode . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 whatever.i play guitar hero and guitar.but now i barely play guitar hero now.even though i can play on expert.im now REALLY addicted to guitar.in fact' date='i havent played guitar hero in MONTHS.which is really weird,considering how many times ive been to my friends houses.[/quote'] Your 13, it's your civic duty it play guitar hero... I have never touched one . Man has this thread taken a drift ... FORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
led floyd9 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Your 13' date=' it's your civic duty it play guitar hero... I have never touched one . Man has this thread taken a drift ... FORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote'] Ha, civic duty...... but it's true...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 I think we can all agree that tone comes from the hands...Not the guitar or amp settings. My favourite blues guitarist is Stevie Ray Vaughan. I have the Fender SRV model guitar. A great guitar....do I sound like Stevie?...nope. Do I have Stevie-type moments. Yes I do. Not as many as id like, but I can get into a zone for a tad. Im not an Yngwie Malsteen fan, I do appreciate his talent. he has a gift, and id give my fuzzy lefty to play like him even for song or two. Why do I have his signature Strat?...Because I like the scalloped frets, and the pups are great for my style. I own a Les Paul becasue its the standard of rock guitars. They do not get any better then this. I dont care how much you spend. If youre willing to spend the time looking and checking out various LP's (You must be patient) Youll come across the Holy Grail just for you....Then and only then can you play with total confidence in your sound. You must be prepared to try out as many as you can. Thats why I dont buy guitars online. But thats another story that we have already covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPRIDER Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Gibson WTG...!!!!! Brilliant marketing.....Lets face it Slash isn't the greatest guitar player ever, But he's a sellable product, especally to the younger crowd..Bravo....I saw the whole new lineup @ GC yesterday...an Epi Slash LP 999.00 $$$ Wow weeeeeeeeeee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 If youre willing to spend the time looking and checking out various LP's (You must be patient) Youll come across the Holy Grail just for you....Then and only then can you play with total confidence in your sound. We have another winner . I think this is what I was getting at this morning when I made the initial post , Now that I'm thinking alot clearer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 if you want to sound just like anyone buy a cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuaLeaD Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 The only signatures I have ever been interested in go as follows: 1) Randy Rhoads 25th Anniversary Jackon V Replica (Yes the sweet white one with gold hardware, blue stripe, with 25 ever made and one that got wrecked in transit) 2) Eddie Van Halen Red "Frankenstrat" Replica that came out last year 3) Neil Schon Signature Les Paul Maybe when I'm rich someday...but until then, I've already got my dream guitar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 i've said this before, but i'll say it again. for me, i am interested in the features on some of the signature models. For example, I would love to be able to buy JP Les Paul, but I cannot afford it. However, I would love to have the option to buy a LP without JP's name on it that has a coil-split/out-of-phase/series-parallel,etc option. Jimmy Page could pick up my LP Std with BBs and still sound like Jimmy Page. I could play JP's number 1 and still sound like ***. I am not so much interested in Jimmy Page's name or approval, in so much the utility that his signature models seem to have. Hopefully that made sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I didn't read this entire thread but I'm throwing in my two cents anyway. For me, I'm a guitar player and I buy guitars to play them including my Custom Shop Les Paul Custom and my SG Junior. I didn't buy a Custom Shop guitar just to have a Custom Shop guitar; it just happened to be the best Les Paul I could find while working in a music store at the time. I didn't even want a black guitar let alone one with gold hardware, but that's what it was. Others collect guitars and I think that's fine if that's what you're into. Hell, Gibson builds guitars that are marketed squarely to these people as does Fender; they're businesses and they're entitled to make a profit so why not? Let's face it, not many players are going to drop $5k on a Les Paul just to have it get beat up at gigs so those are for collectors, IMO. For the working musician, an LP for less than $2k or $1.5k or even a nice Studio for less is a great guitar to gig with and one you're not going to get all broken up about if it gets scratched up a bit. All that said, if you buy a Gibson, you're buying it for more than just a good playing functional guitar - you're buying it for the brand name, sexiness and possibly because it will hold it's value should you decide to sell it later. Gibson even promotes it's "Lifestyle" right on their web site so they are definitely marketing more than just quality instruments - it's like Starbucks who sells more than just coffee, it's also image. And there's nothing wrong with that but, if all you wanted was a good playing guitar, there are less expensive alternatives. I have no illusions about why I bought a Gibson Les Paul: I wanted 1) a great guitar, 2) a guitar like my guitar heroes play, 3) a GIBSON guitar (and not necessarily in that order). It was an expensive purchase, but it's a great guitar that feels good every time I pick it up and, after 16 years of ownership, it's still my favorite guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Okay, so I started reading the thread... Be careful what you wish for. There was a Kiefer Sutherland special version of the CS-336 just last year. And it got renamed the KS-336 just for him. ToneQuest reviewed that guitar about a year ago and they thought it was a really great guitar. If TQ gives it a thumb's up, I mostly take their word for it as they tend to be pretty critical and write about gear only if they think it's really good (if they don't like it, you don't hear about it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod B Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 All my guitars are tools. They all serve a specific function - that is, to occupy some portion of the sound palette. I don't have the money or room to have as complete a set as I would like, but I can cover a lot of ground nevertheless. Signature guitars don't contain any more mojo than any other guitar but they do carry a price tag commensurate with whatever endorsing deal the artist has with the manufacturer. The Slash phenomenon is a non-issue for me. I respect his talent and success but have no desire to be him, musically speaking. But if his popularity draws more young people towards playing music then it's a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 ToneQuest reviewed that guitar [the Kiefer Sutherland KS-336] about a year ago and they thought it was a really great guitar. If TQ gives it a thumb's up' date=' I mostly take their word for it as they tend to be pretty critical and write about gear only if they think it's really good (if they don't like it, you don't hear about it).[/quote'] Hey Rich-- I'm not doubting it's a great guitar. In fact, from what I've seen of the specs, I suspect it is a very great guitar. I was just responding that you never know when Gibson is going to give a signature model to a movie actor. The comment was a response to someone saying that he would play a Les Paul even if they renamed it the Gibson Matt Damon. And while I don't think anyone should reject a guitar just because it is a signature model, I think it would be hard for me to take myself seriously if my guitar were named after an actor. YMMV. By the way, speaking of signature models, I noticed in a discussion of Who gear that over the last ten years or so, Pete Townshend has been using an Eric Clapton Strat as his main performance axe. Who would have thought that a guy who epitomized the Les Paul in the '70s now is a Strat guy? And man, I would never have guessed he would use a Clapton model, given their different approaches to the instrument (even though they are friends). I guess it just proves that tone ain't in the instrument if Pete can get his sound from Clapton's specs. Ignatius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I hear you, Ignatius, and I feel the same way about signature guitars in that I don't want to be associated with another player nor appear to be trying to be like another player. Plus, I really don't want somebody else's name on the thing. But, hey - a good guitar is a good guitar and good enough for Townshend is better than good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I hear you' date=' Ignatius, and I feel the same way about signature guitars in that I don't want to be associated with another player nor appear to be trying to be like another player. Plus, I really don't want somebody else's name on the thing. But, hey - a good guitar is a good guitar and good enough for Townshend is better than good enough for me.[/quote']I feel like Pete doesn't get a lot of credit these days after all his trouble with the kiddie porn accusations a few years back and the laughable refusal to end the Who. ("Who's Last," the so-so live album that was to have ended the story came out in 1984 if I recall correctly.) I mean, come on, this is the same guy who was trashing the Stones in the late '70s for reducing themselves to aimless concerts whose sole goal was to sell merchandise. Even if that were true (which it wasn't as the Stones still had a lot of spark for at least a decade or two after that), what does he see himself as now? Of course, it's easy to take potshots at a guy who wrote "Hope I die before I get old." Thank God my youthful thoughts weren't preserved on vinyl or in print, or I'd have even more stupid things to be reminded of every day of my life. Pete is a force on the guitar, and he is probably one of the main reasons that I ever wanted to play. If I could capture a tenth of his energy and his musical insight, I would feel like I was accomplishing something on the guitar. How many people use chords forms in guitar solos as well as he does? His guitar is just fat, fat, fat and can hit like a brick wall and then turn and be almost achingly gentle. I don't know how he does it, but I hope some day to capture it. Ignatius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I'm thinking this would be an appropriate thread to post my new ride, considering this thing was just crying to be taken home. Enjoy (I know I will). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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