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March 3rd, 2008
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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electro?
I wanna buy an electric guitar but I don't have enough cash to buy a branded one, what should I look for, for a good solid body electric guitar?
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March 3rd, 2008
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I suppose that depends on what you have already as far as gear and what you want to spend. I paid $250 for my Yamaha Gigmaker EG (PAC012 guitar w/ DRIVE amp, tuner, bag, extra strings, strap, and DVD). The others I looked at in that range was Squire(there's a few different ones at different prices).
Check out GuitarCenter.com or one of the other online stores and do a search in your price range, then read their reviews and the reviews at HarmonyCentral.com to see what some ppl who have them think.
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March 4th, 2008
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That's such a general question that it's hard to give meaningful advice. What's your budget, what kind of music do you plan on playing, and does your budget have to include an amp?
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March 29th, 2008
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I've been playing for 3 months now. And Ive seen a lot of improvement in my technique.. all thanks to metal methods...
Problem is though, I can't keep up with some songs because my fretboards too far from the strings.
My budget's not that big..
I was just wondering what kind of setup would be best if I wanna play shred metal...
I know the strings have to be really close to the fretboard for air hammering, or whatever that technique is called...
I was thinking something along the lines of dragonforce...
Oh btw what setup do I buy pickup wise... I was thinking a cheap unbranded guitar with a good pickup setup for my playstyle would be good...
I like playing ac/dc songs and most final fantasy stuff... So it's usually more along the lines of a lead guitar... so what setup do you guys suggest the humback's and whatevers. ^_^
Thanks loads for the help... 
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March 29th, 2008
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I've been hammering out some pretty nice ac/dc stuff on my Yamaha mate... after it was set up right I dont think you could get a better guitar in the $250 range. It has 2 single coils and a humbucker, but so far I've generally only played the lead postion on teh selector when I'm doing ac/dc, which I believe only runs the front/top single coil pickup
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/fo...6&d=1205203151
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March 29th, 2008
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What is your price range?
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March 29th, 2008
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somewhere below ...120$
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March 30th, 2008
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oh btw.. that's the budget without an amp... cause i'll plug it into my pc while i dun have an amp.. or just buy one of those cheap clip on ones
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April 12th, 2008
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Ah dragonforce, they use Ibanez's. But that's a name brand. Might be abit too pricey for you? I'm sure you could always check ebay. They've got alot of brand name ones cheap.
Bands Ive seen: All that Remains, Dragonforce(2x), Chimaira (2x), Killswitch Engage, Terror, Divine+Heresy, Katakylsm, Three, Between the Burried and me, Opeth, Dream Theater, High on fire, Job for a cowboy, Children of Bodom, In Flames, Megadeth
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April 12th, 2008
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Air hammering, you mean that thing that herman Li does? That's called 2 handed tapping, if you like stuff like that like I do, you might want to have your guitar's action setup lower. Mine's just setup sooooo low that its so hard to play jazz now!
Bands Ive seen: All that Remains, Dragonforce(2x), Chimaira (2x), Killswitch Engage, Terror, Divine+Heresy, Katakylsm, Three, Between the Burried and me, Opeth, Dream Theater, High on fire, Job for a cowboy, Children of Bodom, In Flames, Megadeth
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April 12th, 2008
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Hi Kaneashiru 1, That's a pretty tight budget, have you had a set up done on the the guitar you have that could be an alternative to buying a new one, I found one promising one in your price range a Dean EVO, my local store sells Deans they're pretty good for the price, this one might do the job. Heres the guitar, it also comes in black which I've posted a picture of, there are also a couple of reviews which are fairly good. it's a basic guitar though
Buy Dean Evo XM Electric Guitar online at Musician's Friend
http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbas...7/8/424078.jpg
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April 12th, 2008
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Lot of the dean's are a pretty good "bang for the buck". Although I've heard mixed reviews. But I'm mainly an "ibanezshredder" at the moment.
Bands Ive seen: All that Remains, Dragonforce(2x), Chimaira (2x), Killswitch Engage, Terror, Divine+Heresy, Katakylsm, Three, Between the Burried and me, Opeth, Dream Theater, High on fire, Job for a cowboy, Children of Bodom, In Flames, Megadeth
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April 13th, 2008
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120 is pretty low. That price range will have you aching to upgrade before to long.
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April 13th, 2008
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Yep, you're going to get bitten by the "Gas-bug". We all get it.
Bands Ive seen: All that Remains, Dragonforce(2x), Chimaira (2x), Killswitch Engage, Terror, Divine+Heresy, Katakylsm, Three, Between the Burried and me, Opeth, Dream Theater, High on fire, Job for a cowboy, Children of Bodom, In Flames, Megadeth
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April 13th, 2008
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For $120 I'd keep playing what you have now and then save up. rondomusic.net has some awesome deals on non-namebrand guitars, though the SX's all need setups and quality can vary quite a bit--I play an Agile AL 3000 I picked up from there and couldn't be happier, last time I took it to guitar center a guy told me he was going to order one when he got home 
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