Weapon of choice
Yours truly, rocking an E Minor on my first acoustic in the Y2k.
This thing was an Epiphone; I don't remember the model. It was the lowest one of the lowest series (E). E-100, maybe. It should've been called the POS-100 because it wasn't fit for human use. For the non-inspectors, I'm connected to a Dean Markley pickup that makes an already toyish-sounding guitar plink like a metal ukulele piped through copper plumbing. The few recordings I made with that setup (didn't have an instrument mic) are unlistenable.
I had four el cheapo acoustics before coming across my Larrivee; take it from me - if you want to play guitar, buy a guitar. Don't buy a toy.
After you've spent a grand total of $800 on four cheap guitars and you keep selling them because they all suck, you'll realize you should've just bought something decent in the first place. Anything under $200 is a toy. Anything under about $500 is still going to be (with some exceptions) questionable, unless you're getting an incredibly unusual deal on a used axe. The playability and tone of high end guitars cannot and will not be replicated by bargain-basement players.
PS: here's some inner-band gossip for you: I think Jake's guitar sounds like a banjo.
PPS: if you haven't read his essay on censorship, go do it. It's quite good.
This thing was an Epiphone; I don't remember the model. It was the lowest one of the lowest series (E). E-100, maybe. It should've been called the POS-100 because it wasn't fit for human use. For the non-inspectors, I'm connected to a Dean Markley pickup that makes an already toyish-sounding guitar plink like a metal ukulele piped through copper plumbing. The few recordings I made with that setup (didn't have an instrument mic) are unlistenable.I had four el cheapo acoustics before coming across my Larrivee; take it from me - if you want to play guitar, buy a guitar. Don't buy a toy.
After you've spent a grand total of $800 on four cheap guitars and you keep selling them because they all suck, you'll realize you should've just bought something decent in the first place. Anything under $200 is a toy. Anything under about $500 is still going to be (with some exceptions) questionable, unless you're getting an incredibly unusual deal on a used axe. The playability and tone of high end guitars cannot and will not be replicated by bargain-basement players.
PS: here's some inner-band gossip for you: I think Jake's guitar sounds like a banjo.
PPS: if you haven't read his essay on censorship, go do it. It's quite good.
posted by b at
1:45 PM
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YOU HAVE NOT HEARD ME PLAY A BANJO YET...MUAHAHAHAAAA.
It's not a top of the line guitar, by any means, sure, a direct line sounds like garbage (although it is still miles above the DM pickup), but i think we can both agree we have played and recorded much worse. It does the job it needs to until I have the expendable income to blow on a great instrument.
Which reminds me...didn't you use my guitar at your wedding??? What a great way to remember that day...the guitar sounded like a banjo...heh.
(if you can't smell the sarcasm, take a decongestant)
The BanjOvation was not present at my wedding, sir. I played a borrowed Yamaha. You must be thinking of your other bandmate.
Somebody from Shaft, perhaps?
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