The Official Guitar Thread

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Duppin_sl said:

Gonna go try a few things at GC, including the Blues Jr and a Vox AC4TV I've been reading a lot of good things about.

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nice

ugh

So I picked up one of these.




Shitload better than the old Sterling stuff - $600 and the thing plays almost as well as my actual EBMM JP7. Trem stability is fantastic, locking tuners work great and the only thing it's really missing is a compensated nut. The stock pickups aren't too bad, but I yanked 'em anyway and slapped in a set of Blazes.

Pretty solid fiddle for anyone looking to get a decent inexpensive seven without breaking the bank.

Longshot here but does anyone own or played a guitar with a b-bender on it? Slim chance since it doesn't fit the music style of most here. I'm really wanting one but I don't know anyone who has one. Fender sells a factory tele with one but I've never seen one in the store.

Borzak_sl said:

Longshot here but does anyone own or played a guitar with a b-bender on it? Slim chance since it doesn't fit the music style of most here. I'm really wanting one but I don't know anyone who has one. Fender sells a factory tele with one but I've never seen one in the store.

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I've used it before and I like it. I only toyed around with it in a guitar shop though so my experience is very limited. I have a friend who owns one and it's his main guitar now if that's any consolation.

I think instead of ordering one I'm going to keep my eye open and see if one shows up at a music store when I am traveling or something. Not sure I want to drop $1600 on a guitar without having picked up one like it.

BTW saw this posted over at reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guitar/comme...ments_closing/

Tenks_sl said:

BTW saw this posted over at reddit

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guitar/comme...ments_closing/

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Learned something new, didn't know Best Buy sold guitars. The only thing I've seen in them is cheap keyboards and stuff like Line 6 Pods.

Apparently they carry some decent pedals and things according to that thread. May go over there and see if they have any stuff like that on sale. Not in the market for a new guitar.

I looked on the BB website and they do have some decent guitars. Too bad I can't walk into one here and buy a new Fender Telecaster American Standard for 60% off. I did buy my pod there but that was about all they had on the musical shelf a few years ago.

Tenks_sl said:

Apparently they carry some decent pedals and things according to that thread. May go over there and see if they have any stuff like that on sale. Not in the market for a new guitar.

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Me either, but I carry a pick in my wallet "just in case" lol.

Borzak_sl said:

Me either, but I carry a pick in my wallet "just in case" lol.

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Is that like when I carried a condom in my wallet in college "just in case"

Every guitarist should carry a pick in their wallet. I thought that was common practice.

Seventh_sl said:

So I picked up one of these.

Shitload better than the old Sterling stuff - $600 and the thing plays almost as well as my actual EBMM JP7. Trem stability is fantastic, locking tuners work great and the only thing it's really missing is a compensated nut. The stock pickups aren't too bad, but I yanked 'em anyway and slapped in a set of Blazes.

Pretty solid fiddle for anyone looking to get a decent inexpensive seven without breaking the bank.

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Where did you pick it up? Can't seem to find these anywhere still, just a few of the expensive EBMMs at guitar center and the local shop doesn't carry. Amazon has a ton of the 6 strings but few 7s (and not prime!)

Palum_sl said:

Where did you pick it up? Can't seem to find these anywhere still, just a few of the expensive EBMMs at guitar center and the local shop doesn't carry. Amazon has a ton of the 6 strings but few 7s (and not prime!)

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My buddy Eric (who lives locally) is a dealer. He actually had a customer back out on their order and I'd wanted to check one out for a while, so I just ended up buying it.

http://www.metalguitarist.org/forum/...en-string.html

Seventh_sl said:

My buddy Eric (who lives locally) is a dealer. He actually had a customer back out on their order and I'd wanted to check one out for a while, so I just ended up buying it.

http://www.metalguitarist.org/forum/...en-string.html

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Hmmmm, may consider it. Not sure how I'd feel about ordering without ever having tried it though. I haven't taken too well to most 7 string necks I've tried so far.

Dying for a 7 with passive pickups and that green is a killer finish. Those are passives right?