Cheap guitar vs. Expensive guitar

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Okay... if one guy likes a Squier Strat, why does someone else have to come along trying to convince him that the Squier sucks?

If you like the guitar, play it. What really matters in the end are the songs you play. You can have the nicest sounding/looking guitar in the world that plays like a dream and also use thousands of dollars of recording equipment with pro engineers on the job, but if your songs suck, nothing else matters.
 
Guitar Identity?

Could someone help me ID an axe?

I've got an Ibanez that I can't quite identify here. Judging by appearance, it's roughly a 1989-1995.

It has a violin finish (brown with black edges), slim body (not thick like an EX, but not quite as thin as an S series), one humbucker (v6), and two single coils (s2 and s3).

It plays real nice, but could use some good tech work tho. I've not been to kind to it =)

The back of the headstock has a sticker: 442R

Theres also a sticker with serial number and "made in japan"
Serial: F219233

Somwhere on the net, I found that Ibanez made a series called "Radius"...just before signing the body design over to Joe Satriani (sp?)
Could this be a Radius... if they exist?

Ibanez don't do a very good job at supporting there previous products.
 
c7sus said:
If you were gonna get a set of tits for your girlfriend would you get the $200 lopsided set or the $1200 matched set?

I rest my case...........
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You're comparing apples to oranges... er... melons?
 
c7sus said:
If you were gonna get a set of tits for your girlfriend would you get the $200 lopsided set or the $1200 matched set?

I rest my case...........
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I'd get the power tools.
 
I'm the king of the cheap guitar, but I think you generally have to spend about $500 to get something of decent quality. The real cheap guitars use cheap tuners, cheap hardware, cheap pickups and electronics and unseasoned wood. Its just asking for trouble. Now the old Squers were sometimes decent. I don't trust the new ones at all.

I've seen some cheap Yamaha Pacifica style gits that actually looked and felt pretty good. Some of the Mexican Fenders are real good.

The thing is, if I build ten Teles with the same woods, electronics and all, every one will sound different than the next. Moral: play a bunch of the model you decide on. One will stand out from the others. Thats probably your guitar!
 
c7sus said:
If you were gonna get a set of tits for your girlfriend would you get the $200 lopsided set or the $1200 matched set?

I rest my case...........
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So, let me get this straight, counselor....

You're saying that beer tastes better in a $12.00 glass mug because it has Bon Marche' engraved on it, rather than the exact same mug that costs $5.00 without the engraving?

MISTRIAL!... ORDER IN THE COURT!!!!
 
Anyone ever used those build kits for teles that someone linked on the 1st page of this thread heh? the idea of a tele for 105 bucks makes me all warm and fuzzy. Ive never built a guitar but ive worked on em....and they SAY it has instructions...anyway i play on a les paul studio i got for about 600 in a pawn shop, and it plays better than any other les paul ive ever held......only guitar i ever liked more was my dads old ES335......that was one awesome axe...
 
Hi evhwanabe,
Yes the last 4 frest are scalloped and hence it's easy to bend strings at the high end.
I bought mine used for $1050 shipped.
If you are used to the Ibanez RG necks then this will be a great addition.
 
I got two cents

Here is were im coming from.
I work for a Boutique guitar store in minneapolis mn.
I get to campare good better best. Cheap to $20,000.00 warriors.
Expensive just is so much better.
Check out our brands and stuff: http://www.americanguitarboutique.com you can see why they are just so much better than $500.00 fenders and stuff.
Ill never go back to cheap stuff after working there for a month.
thats my vote. Oh! Please do mistake this as spam Im just telling my experiance.
-RECO
 
Here's my little tirade...

The most important aspect of a guitar is playability. That's typically what you pay for with a higher-end guitar.

I think the signal after the guitar is way more important than the guitar itself.

a formula:

Shitty guitar -> shitty amp = shitty tone
nice guitar -> shitty amp = shitty tone
shitty guitar -> nice amp = good tone
nice guitar -> nice amp = great tone

And finally, some nice cheap axage:
www.rondomusic.com
 
Buck62 said:
So, let me get this straight, counselor....

You're saying that beer tastes better in a $12.00 glass mug because it has Bon Marche' engraved on it, rather than the exact same mug that costs $5.00 without the engraving?

MISTRIAL!... ORDER IN THE COURT!!!!
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Your analogy is fundamentally flawed. 100 % of your sound doesn't come from your fingers. Stevie Ray Vaughan playing a shitty strat copy thru a turntable is going to sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan playing a shitty guitar thru a turntable. It's as simple as that. It would be more accurate to say that the guitar is the hops and your fingers, the barley. Your rack and amp would be the brewing then. If either of the three are sub-par, you'll get crappy beer, no matter how good the others are.

Personally, I would rather drink a Hacker-Pschorr than a Miller Lite.
 
A cheap axe is a great place to start for some upgrades, yes? I been thinkin' about a fret job on my Epiphone SG Special, to improve sustain and intonation. The pickups have been replaced by classic '57 humbuckers, and the tuners with Schallers. For $600 bucks or so, every piece of the guitar except the body, neck, and truss rod, can be upgraded to the level of upper end models. So admit it- it *is* an investment. Your guitar hands will just seek the best axe, if you can free yoursef from the psychosocial drama and hype of it all. What if I, a sort of old psychedelic folky, was to find that the sweetest sounding and playing axe I ever held was a $200 BC Warlock in paisely?!?! Would I have the balls, would you, to pick it up and play it on a regular basis? If you don't, you're a fool. I play the best guitars I can lay my grubby little hands on, always, screw "image". If that *best* guitar is an expensive one, you choke it down and buy it anyway. Some cheap guitars (solid bodies) can definitely rock. Now show me the great cheap acoustic-where?-Richie
 
The low-end solid top fenders are great cheap acoustics. Also check out the low-end martins.
 
I have checked out these guitars, and I'm unimpressed. The closest thing I've seen to it is a $200 Washburn that isn't too bad.-Richie
 
I was talking more in the $400-500 range, I guess just b/c I assume a low-end acoustic guitar is about $500, whereas a low-end electric is around $300. In the sub $300 acoustic world, I think the Ibanez solid-tops are a great value.
 
Actually, the wife is due in mid-July, so those things'll be spurtin' milk for a year. :D

BTW, I just found out from the ultrasound it's another boy. :)
 
Buck62 said:
Actually, the wife is due in mid-July, so those things'll be spurtin' milk for a year. :D

BTW, I just found out from the ultrasound it's another boy. :)
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Congrats!
 
Congrats Buck62, my kids and I will meet your family in the charts ;-).
 
it's really hard to find any good acoustic guitars under $500. i did have a washburn (!!) that played and sounded pretty good for its price. i have to check the model on that one.
 
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