Sinner 13 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Ummm, hello? Metal enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wineredrich Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Same answer whether you ask me jazz, country, bebop, blues, hard rock or metal--- Gibson Les Paul Standard or Custom. For easier reach to the upper frets for metal shredding: Flying V and SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Boomer Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 any Les paul, SG, X or V with EMG picks EMG are great, most of the people don't understand that this "neutral" sound they have is a freeway to get hundreds of sounds with the amps and effects i assume some other brands are great too, but i don't like them it's all about the sound you want to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I've heard great metal from LP's SG's V's and Explorer's. If I had to pick, I'd say SG, just because it's my favorite Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 To add a bit after Matt's Explorer <grin>, I'll add that not only playability, but a player's happiness with a given guitar may be more influential than one might imagine. But the same goes for any style of music, too. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 by the way, what does BFG stand for? I think it was originally intended as a Roald Dahl signature model. Nice to see Matt's collection by the way. Where is your new Maccaferri then? Milod is surely right, and Django sounded good whatever he was playing, but even though he was playing electric after the war, the sound of the old petite bouche is second to none for jazz... (Perhaps not quite right for metal though.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I think it was originally intended as a Roald Dahl signature model. Nice to see Matt's collection by the way. Where is your new Maccaferri then? Milod is surely right, and Django sounded good whatever he was playing, but even though he was playing electric after the war, the sound of the old petite bouche is second to none for jazz... (Perhaps not quite right for metal though.) Hi Mojo It wont be made until 'after the Spring' according to the maker. I of course want to pin him down to a date; because I am very excitable about having one of his guitars! but it will be done when it is done I suppose...LOL Yeah I agree Mojo, like you say, he pioneered a new style that is now synonymous with the Maccaferri style guitar. Of the majority of 'name' players that write their own music today, (and continue to utilise 'that sound'), they are producing new and exciting gypsy jazz, for the 21st century. They are certainly not quasi Django Tribute acts , stuck in the 30's and 40's; but rather modern artists continuing a style that Django and the Manouche guitar begun. Having said that I do agree sometimes people get hung up on having a guitar made to the identical specs of Django. The guitars made by Mario Maccaferri were being altered so much model to model there isn't a definitive model like so many companies flogging them to the public claim in their advertising. Me and Milo were chatting about this recently and Django played some Epiphone and Gibson guitars too. In face I have a great photo of him in my music room holding an old Gibson acoustic. I just love that charming manouche twang of the gypsy jazz guitar!! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG FAN Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Django can be connected with Heavy Metal, believe it or not. He was one of Tony Iommi's biggest influences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 My #1 choice is the Flying-V, but the SG, Explorer and Les Paul are great for metal as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Best Gibson for metal? Ask these guys: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Matt... I'm sorry but I have to do this... RE: "gypsy jazz..." Matt has some on his youtube page that's exceptional, but he's not so self-promoting as to write about it here. So I will. <grin> ..... As for "metal," again, I'm not a "fan," but I think that too often "we" all have a tendency once a substyle of music is named, to increasingly put that style into a performance style box that limits it, rather than encourages creativity within a genre. I wonder sometimes how an overdriven solidbody nylon string guitar might sound within some "loud" rock styles, for example... And that is with memories of my own late teen years playing Link Wray's "Rumble" on a classical guitar with semi-rock/semi-classical or Flamenco technique as my girlfriend of the day danced. Hey, I may be old, I ain't dead, nor have I lost my memory. <grin> But in my "age," I often wonder why I had to trade off the nylon strings and technical development for a long succession of electrics because "rock" and "country" bands "required" them so we could sound like other rock and country bands... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 whats your guys opinion on this? no,this isn't a which guitar question...I just wanted to see what you guys think any LP imo, with a set of ernie ball "not even slinky" tuned down to C and a good distortion pedal like the BOSS "metal core 2" or "metal zone"...job done. p.s don't forget the BOSS ns2 "noise supressor" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 None of the above. Ibanez PGM!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I like ripping up some Slayer on my hollowbodies, Same with Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Diamond Head, etc... Why be just like everybody else? I bet it would be great fun to do a jazz gig with a flashy, pointy metal guitar, Like a slime green clear BC Rich or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I say the Gibson Explorer, - exceptional balance, - perfect upper fret access, - picking hand rests naturally on the bridge, - and last but not least killer looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoRedFoot Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I say the Gibson Explorer, - exceptional balance, - perfect upper fret access, - picking hand rests naturally on the bridge, - and last but not least killer looks I would plus you 4x but 1 is the limit. Split the plus I gave you between the upper fret access and killer looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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