Guitarist: Seeking your opinion

ESP ex 1000. I personally play the ltd dj600. SUPER thin neck. Very light. Perfectly spaced frets. Got me to where I am. It will yeach you and improve you crazy amounts. I've opened for bands such as. As I lay dying. A day to remember. Chelsea grin. And it's still teaching me

 

what kind of music do you want to play? i won't lie i'm biased as shit when it comes to guitars lol

GET A STRAT!!!

while i like all guitars i find strats are easiest for early on for getting good tone. i find it much easier to get different tones without pedals and such with a start than a les paul.

although i would also recommend a 335.

but

what music do you want to play? i mean it's all just personal preference.

also i find maple fretboards produce a cleaner sound. most people don't find a difference and i could be just making my self believe theres a difference but i like maple fretboards better.

but what music do you want to play? (i'm high but i think i already asked this lol)

 

Strats are freaking OVERRATED. Everyone and there mom has a strat.

I'm gonna go with the ESP too.
Mine is pretty similar to the last one.

 

Buy a flying V \m/

 

I have an American Strat, a Les Paul and an old SG and out of all of these my favorite is the Les Paul for the Sustain and the grit in the Tone. It's definitely a guitar that's got balls and it just feels great in my hands; the action is clean and it almost plays itself on a run.

My Strat started out as a great guitar; it had awesome tone and the action was flawless. But over the last six years that I've owned it the pickups have totally deteriorated and the tuning machines have become permanently loosed even though I've had it restored on three different occasions. Not to mention the horrible hum I get through most amps.

My SG is a decent guitar but I rarely take it to gigs because I find the tone to be somewhat washed out and for some reason there's no sustain on bends.

 

I have a 1977 Mexican Strat and love it sooooo much. I fell in love with it at first touch. But saying that, I don't feel it is very versatile. I play a lot of classic rock and bluesy style stuff and love the strat. But when I am playing in a band setting we usually play 90's to present rock and more importantly metal. My fender is lacking in this department. Not enough balls.

I play an Ibanez when Im with the guys. That's because I didn't get an ESP. I like my Ibanez but the fret board on the ESP was wayyy better for my hands.

BUT, my favorite all-time guitar is the Les Paul. My neighbor had one when I was younger and he let me play it. Not much experience, but i loved its feel and it seemed to be VERY versatile.

Ultimately, I'd say you should go to a music shop and play them all through an amp set-up as close to what you have at home. Decide which one feels best to you.

 

It does really depend on what you want to play. if you want to be versatile and have no limit in your playing, I would vote ibanez. Now I will not say they are best electronic wise. But the RG series ibanez's are well if you want to become a faster player for metal. Very thin neck and is very durable. However, when it comes to blues it may not be your best choice. The JS series (Joe Satriani) are probably my favorite. There just seems to be no limit to what you can accomplish musically. Now when it comes to your tone. Please spend that extra couple of bux on good hardware. DiMarzio is the way to go. But whatever you do. Go to a store and try it out. You gotta feel a connection to the guitar, sounds weird i know, but it's true. I see a lot of people going with ESP but for me its like mac. Overrated and i hate them. But i may be biased. I have played several never liking one. I have ran the same Dimarzio PAF Pro's in my Jackson and the ESP playing through a Spyder 3 Amp and my Jackson had a very great tone, while the esp was very noisy and fattened up making it hard to hear notes.

Just for the record I have played enough to know guitars. If you want dependable, versatile guitar I would go Ibanez. The greats use them why shouldn't you?

 

this is my bad bitch right here.
get one.

ESP LTD H-1001

 

Get a sweet Ibanez, they're great guitars.

 

Awesome!!! I'm super jelous!

 

What the shit?! How high was I. I do know how to spell jealous. I just forgot.

 

the only one i have played is a les paul studio and i loved it also ESP is a great company that sells great insruments i would try them all out search around music stores and see if they have them on desplay and give them a try

those are all pretty pricey for only playing for a few monthes although if you think its something you want to pursue then go for it. i still have my squire from around 5 years ago and its priceless to me here she is:

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