Trials Forum Guitarists

[Matthew62]

How can he go from buying such a beautiful guitar to such a horrible one? Tell him the strat is amazing, he doesn't need to bother with a Jem, Steve Vai is overrated. How much did he get the strat for tis very nice!?

[Billy]

How can he go from buying such a beautiful guitar to such a horrible one? Tell him the strat is amazing, he doesn't need to bother with a Jem, Steve Vai is overrated. How much did he get the strat for tis very nice!?

Exactly what I was thinking! You couldn't pay me to own a Jem.

[Muel]

I got my acoustic out today, I played along to Hells Bells by AC/DC all the way through! I must be a seasoned pro.

[liam-pantera]

Exactly what I was thinking! You couldn't pay me to own a Jem.

and why is that ? i think the jem is a brilliant guitar and yes i have played a ibanez handmade one and there incredible speedmetal guitars , the guitar should reflect your playing i mean you cant exactly play trivium on single coil start pickups you need big emg's or something similar .

[Matthew62]

you cant exactly play trivium on single coil start pickups

Thank f**k for that!

[Muel]

Can anyone recommend a guitar for me? Beginner sort of thing. £150 tops, second hand though.

[Dr. Nick Riviera]

Can anyone recommend a guitar for me? Beginner sort of thing. £150 tops, second hand though.

be more specific? electric, acoustic? bass? baritone?

if it's electric, based on your music tastes, you'll probably be wanting an ibanez or something. don't forget you need an amp too.

[Muel]

be more specific? electric, acoustic? bass? baritone?

if it's electric, based on your music tastes, you'll probably be wanting an ibanez or something. don't forget you need an amp too.

Yeh sounds about right, I borrowed a Yamaha Pacifica a few years ago, but it wasn't "metal" enough, if that's the right word.

I had some fun with the pedals though, even blew up the amp!

[Olly C]

How can he go from buying such a beautiful guitar to such a horrible one? Tell him the strat is amazing, he doesn't need to bother with a Jem, Steve Vai is overrated. How much did he get the strat for tis very nice!?

I think he paid.. £600-690 with the case and everything with it basically brand new.

I'm not a guitarist at all, but I don't really like the sound of the Strat much at all, maybe its his Amp (which he's looking to upgrade as his was only £100-ish) but it sounds too I dunno flutey? like nice sounding I guess, I'd prefer to hear a more metal sounding one but what do I know

He's looking to buy that new one probably for one reason..

His favourite guitarist is John Mayer though but he does like Steve Vai too

[Matthew62]

I don't really like the sound of the Strat much at all, maybe its his Amp (which he's looking to upgrade as his was only £100-ish)

Yeah that;ll be it, that srat is a brilliant guitar, it will only be either him or a shity arse amp that will be maing it sound bad.

He's looking to buy that new one probably for one reason..

Shit me, such awful guitar playing, as a guitar player that is the equivelent of TGS style trials - no style or substance, just endless boring repetition.

His favourite guitarist is John Mayer though but he does like Steve Vai too....... we're in trouble then, nothing but chesy sounds coming out of his bedroom

[Dr. Nick Riviera]

just because it's repetitive doesn't make it bad. some of the neoclassical stuff is very clever. i think it sounds shit, but that's a personal opinion.

[liam-pantera]

iam into alot of speedmetal spacifivly stevie via's and paul gilberts stuff and that is the best cannon rock ive ever heard and my new guitar is here jsut waiting for santa to drop it off along with my electro harmonix dimebag effects pedal .

[paolo]

pictures!!!

There you are, pardon the poor light condition...

[liam-pantera]

that 12 string is sick how do you tune one of those is it eeaaddggbbee ?

[paolo]

Yeah, the big strings are a bit smaller than regular guitar strings and tuned normally. The smaller strings are an octave higher except for the last two strings witch are identical (two b and two high e strings at the same octave). You can also opt for "shaped" tunning if playing a song that uses a specific shape throughout the song, say wonderwall by oasis, I like playing it with an e and a b string a step and a half higher (third fret equivalent) or just plain ass weird shit to mess around... The problem with them is that since they have 12-string, they put a lot of tension on the body so they aren't built the same way as other guitars (not really noticeable) and because of that, it's apparently better to keep them tuned a half-step lower (Eb) and also the strings have a tendency to break really easily.

Hahahaha I make it sound like if they're very cumbersome and bitches to work with, well they are to a certain point, but it's really nice when you need it.

[Muel]

Last night I played Hells Bells by AC/DC all the way through toi the original song, only missed like 2 notes!

Also learnt to play Sandstorm by Darude, but not fast enough yet.

Meh, I'm shite, but my guitar is horrid, it's a nylon stringed Encore equivilant from about 20 years ago. The tuning knobs bearly work, the neck flexes like mad, you can't play any chords or power chords without the strongs rattling on the frets.

I love my mates Vintage SG copy thing, it's so nice to play.

I miss my old pacifica, I'm want another one. But they aren't really "metal" enough for what I want to play. I think I'm going to attempt to get an Ibanez at some point in the future.

[Revolver]

Ibanez RG370DX

and Schecter blackhawk

and soon to have a Line6 spiderIII 30

c'mon

[Revolver]

a video of me playing the guitar

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i've written the rest of the music for that, but it doesn't have words as of yet

[Muel]

That's such a good track!

That's going to be pro, needs some A7X style lyrics. Or possibly 36CF, or SOAD, you get the idea.

EDIT: Wait, Slipknot style vocals would fit really well I think.

Edited December 14, 2007 by El Muelio

[liam-pantera]

that was a good video is it in standard drop d ?

and only 10 days till my new guitar

gave a fender squire away the other day aswell lol

[Hendrix]

I'll post some pics of mine in a bit

Fender Strat

Fender Teli

Parker Nitefly

Gibson Lespaul

and for all you Guns 'N' Roses haters...

Here you Go!

[Olly C]

So my brother got his new guitar on sunday, this be it:

Ibanez RG550 20th Anniversary Desert Yellow - one of 500 in the world in that color his is number 495

I way prefer the sound of this to the fender

Olly.

[liam-pantera]

that ibanez is a realy nice guitar , do you know anythign aobut the spec of it because i was wonderign what pickups its using because there normal dmazzario ( sp ) . still looks nice and with that s bridge i imagine he can get some squeals outa that

dear oh dear nearly christmas , got my second dean guitar and also some electro harmonix dimepedals .

[JonMack]

There are some shots of my mates Ibanez on here, it's for sale too

http://flickr.com/search/?w=10238858%40N00...anez&m=text

This is for sale. Buy it.

Also got a Framus head for sale too.

[Olly C]

Do you know anything about the spec of it because I was wondering what pickups its using because there normal dmazzario ( sp ) . still looks nice and with that s bridge i imagine he can get some squeals out of that

Yes, apparently the pink ones are Dimarzio Paf Pro Pickups, he's also got the stock ones with it too, and yes that bridge makes for some kick ass whammy hammering.