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I've seen packages on Amazon where you get an electric gituar, usually an Explorer, an amp and other bits and bobs for about £100. Would that be a good start for a beginner with like myself?

 

Must be better value than the £3,500 Les Paul I saw on Amazon. Can't believe how much they can be.

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I've seen packages on Amazon where you get an electric gituar, usually an Explorer, an amp and other bits and bobs for about £100. Would that be a good start for a beginner with like myself?

Must be better value than the £3,500 Les Paul I saw on Amazon. Can't believe how much they can be.

 

No IMO

 

if you start out that cheap the crapiness of the gear will only discourage you, spending £100 more than that would get you some cracking beginner stuff (I dunno whether thats feasible or not)

 

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/74854

 

thats pretty similar to what I started out with, look at sites that specialise in instruments rather than amazon and such

 

if you feel confident enough get to a shop, rimmers in blackburn is alright its where I got my first and the one in leyland is twice the size of that if you've any mates who play ask them to go with you, guitar shop staff can be intimidating when they're peering over your shoulder

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Poop. I guess it was too good to be true. So the quality is really that bad then? I'd like to go to a local shop in Coventry, but I'm slightly hesitant for the reason you say Andrew. What would people say are reliable, versatile brands for the beginner on a budget to look out for? This is all for the future, as I don't think anyone would except a hand written IOU note or monopoly money.

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Registered with e-bay, so I'll have a look there every so often. There was a generic guitar plus amp for £20-30 with 5 minutes to go, it was in Warwickshire (i.e. local), but I had no money to bid for it.

 

Anyone bought any equipment recently, or played with an old one in their collection for the first time in years?

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Registered with e-bay, so I'll have a look there every so often. There was a generic guitar plus amp for £20-30 with 5 minutes to go, it was in Warwickshire (i.e. local), but I had no money to bid for it.

 

Anyone bought any equipment recently, or played with an old one in their collection for the first time in years?

 

 

bought a Peavey JSX head recently. Awesome bit of kit but i'm not quite sure its for me plus wor lass reckons i've got too many amps atm :unsure: .

 

I'll probably be trying to move it on in the forthcoming months.

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gutted my carvin today and replaced all the old electronics with shiny new components, need to widen the holes in the body slightly to fit the new stems on the pots, looking forward to finally having 2 fully functioning guitars, I replaced the pups in it when I got it but not the other components with them so it was a bit of a botch job and its never worked right, finally got round to sorting it

 

pic of it from a while ago with new pickups

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pic of the old ones

 

Myguitar004.jpg

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got back into playing a lot lately, not been a serious player for a few years, decided to do things right this time, learn scales, technique to make me a better player

 

http://markweinguitarlessons.com/forums/index.php

 

started using Mark Weins site based on seeing mark post around harmony central and quite enjoying them so far, they arent long lessons just a youtube video and exercises marked out in tab below but they give you what you need with licence to play around on your own with the ideas hes giving you

 

post up gear sites and stuff you fancy being after, nothing better to talk about than gear :angry:

 

really fancy a proper gibson LP of some variety (prob a studio) at the moment, getting along with my amp better lately taking a few tone suggestions from online for getting it setup how I want and its worked a treat

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If you have the capacity to save for a Studio you have the capacity to save for a proper one. Don't waste your money, get a proper Les Paul that will last you for life for a few hundred quid more. Don't break your back to buy a LP Studio you will sell in two years.

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If you have the capacity to save for a Studio you have the capacity to save for a proper one. Don't waste your money, get a proper Les Paul that will last you for life for a few hundred quid more. Don't break your back to buy a LP Studio you will sell in two years.

 

ive always had a soft spot for the studios though, I like the stripped down look of them

 

you have an LP dont you?

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pic of the old ones

Myguitar004.jpg

 

 

Is that a kahler trem? also, what pups have you put in as they are different to the 1st pic?

 

Carvins are fantastic guitars btw.

 

yeh it is, you might notice theres not locking nut though, things older than I am and its got the scars to prove it, someone converted it to an upside down righty (for some reason) and you can see the filled in hole on the lower horn

 

the pups when I got it were verging on meltdown, standard carvin ones which did sound alright when they were working, liked the coil taps but it was a bit of a gimmick

 

Ive put in some Kent Armstrongs, neck is quite a soft warm PAF style pup, nice clean or with just a bit of gain on it

 

neck is a harder with a much higher ouput, loves gain of any type, better for harder rock and metal

 

guitar itself is an absolute beauty when its fully functional, neck through with a tiny neck, not wide and flat like my KH more like a shallow C all the way up

 

fretboard is ebony with the odd orangey imperfection which I hated at first but love now

 

edit: the reason Ive not named the KA pickups is because I dont remember which they were it was quite a while ago that I switched them

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If you have the capacity to save for a Studio you have the capacity to save for a proper one. Don't waste your money, get a proper Les Paul that will last you for life for a few hundred quid more. Don't break your back to buy a LP Studio you will sell in two years.

 

ive always had a soft spot for the studios though, I like the stripped down look of them

 

you have an LP dont you?

 

Yeh I've got a classic which is basically a more 'rock ready' standard. I imagine it's going for the Jimmy Page/Slash kind of look. It used to have a sratchplate which I foolishly removed, lost and now a new one it about £35.

 

Here's mine.

 

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The studios are decent enough like. but it all depends what you really want out of it. Mark Knopfler says the plain tops sound better anyway. :angry:

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My cousin covering Joe Bonamassa.

 

Very impressive and although there were a few things wrong with it technique wise it's not something a young lad should really worry about unless someone's spent a lot of money on lessons but IIRC you said he was self taught?

 

The most important thing with a song like Django is the style anyway so If I were to give him any advice it would be to play the style and not the composition, i.e it doesn't have to be note perfect.

 

Very expensive guitar for a young lad too! ;)

 

(I was 18 when I got my Les Paul but the same still applies as I was pretty much the only lad who had one at the time amongst friends and peers)

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I'm having myself one of these bad boys on Payday!

 

Good lord! ;) Check it out with both overdrive and distortion on together! I love fuzz pedals and this seems like a right beast!

 

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Yes, yes it is!

 

That pedal retails at £70 odd which is expensive but if I sell it two years later I will pick up £60 odd so it's not so bad on recoup, same with most stuff.

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