Mr alpinestarshero.......

Yeah- just crank the distortion up and get those harmonics squealing!

Check out Ibanez guitars too, Matt- they are good on price and I hear that the necks are a little more robust these days (mine wasn't- fell of a stand, cracked, was repaired, fell of a stand again- the crack opened a little again, but it's still playable. Before you ask, I'm a klutz and my stands are 15 years old!)

The fretboards are wide and flat- lovely for fast, accurate playing, but need to be a little higher up your body, unless you're Steve Vai, who swings his Jem from the hips!

I really want a 7 string- the John Petrucci model looks nice too, but pricey again.

Originally Posted by thedonal

Do you know what- I love my Ibanez (despite the crack in the neck), but I have been eyeing up ESP guitars recently. The MH1000 with the floyd rose is just gorgeous in see through blue.

http://www.espguitars.com/guitars_deluxe-mh.html

Was thinking of one of those a couple of years back - it would have to have been non-trem for me.

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

I am looking to purchase an ESP LTD Alexi 200. Played one a while back, really liked it; nice wide, fast neck and easy to get pinch harmonics out of it.

again, another guitar that gave me the horn. There used to be one in the window of a shop down Denmark St. Guitar porn. Better than bike porn.

I sold all my guitars to finance my bike trip...well, all except my absolute favourite that I got imported from Japan:

http://www.espguitars.co.jp/edwards/ex/E-EX-125E.html

ASH - you should get one of these!

dont be silly you lot!

you want one of these

http://img.musiciansfriend.com/dbase...1/6/275916.jpg

i just had to buy it once i played her!

Gorgeous guitar, but I like 22 frets on a shredding machine!

Originally Posted by thedonal

Gorgeous guitar, but I like 22 frets on a shredding machine!

No, 24 surley!!!!!

(i've never used more than 22 though )

Dirk, that is a nice guitar, but no floyd rose trem i'd be lost without my floyd rose, no pinch harmonic whammy bar dives dives!!!!

Duh! yeah- meant to edit that, but at work and had to close the internet for a sec...

I'm a floating trem lover meself (Floyd or Edge or quality equivalent). Though I've played my Epiphone Black Beauty over so many gigs in the past (400 ish) that it fits and feels totally natural to play. I have to adjust when switching from that and my strats (chunkier neck) to my Ibanez (skinny as hell neck and mega wide flat fretboard).

I love all my guitars for their differences, but all need working on- perhaps I should get that done instead of dream of getting a new one!

Nothing feels beter to play than a freshly set up, repaired guitar. I spent ages a while back really sorting out my jackson, I even did the friggin intonation which I found difficult, but it plays so nice now.

The only prob I have with floyd rose is its not easy to detune / retune (i.e. metallica is in E to e tuning, children of bodom is in D to d, all strings down a full step), so when i wanna go play somethig that is in the differant tuning, I have to spend ages detuning. So another gutiar would be great for the detuned stuff, I can put on slightly heavier (.10) gauge strings on is aswell to retain some grunt in the tone.



Matt

The other thing you need to think about there is that the springs on the floyd are set to the tension of the strings in the standard eadgbe tuning. So if you change your tuning, the whammy bar will not return to the correct pitch when you use it- a good reason to have 2 guitars!

I think i'll invest in getting my hot rod strat fixed up in the new year (bonus time)- I haven't heard it through my current amp yet and it normally sounds gorgeous on the nasty old marshall valvestate I had...

Originally Posted by thedonal

The other thing you need to think about there is that the springs on the floyd are set to the tension of the strings in the standard eadgbe tuning. So if you change your tuning, the whammy bar will not return to the correct pitch when you use it- a good reason to have 2 guitars!

I think i'll invest in getting my hot rod strat fixed up in the new year (bonus time)- I haven't heard it through my current amp yet and it normally sounds gorgeous on the nasty old marshall valvestate I had...

Amps!!! I want a line 6, every time i've played through a Line 6 amp i've been impressed

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by cuffy

Good ol thick cut

WATCH THE U-RATING

Oh wait, you said cut......