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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 2:29 am
(August 6, 2016 at 10:57 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Well, the Epiphone Les Paul Studio looks very much like the model you're drooling over and costs a little over a quarter of that.
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Looks can be deceiving. I like Epis, and one of the best guits I've ever owned was an Epi SG, but if you really want a Gibby, an Epiphone just won't do. Plus, the pickups are usually not nearly up to snuff on an Epi, even compared to the 490s on that LPS he posted. The guy's got seventeen large in the bank, he should buy what he really wants.
I think he wants a 61 SG reissue and a Mesa Subway Rocket ... and if he doesn't want those he can send them to me, I'll work with him.
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 4:46 am
It'll just clutter up the place and collect dust and haven't you already got like loads of guitars. (just channelling my wife there for a second)
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 4:56 am
But there is always room for more if her clothes and shoes.
Just channeling myself lol.
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 5:00 am
(August 7, 2016 at 2:29 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (August 6, 2016 at 10:57 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Well, the Epiphone Les Paul Studio looks very much like the model you're drooling over and costs a little over a quarter of that.
Looks can be deceiving. I like Epis, and one of the best guits I've ever owned was an Epi SG, but if you really want a Gibby, an Epiphone just won't do. Plus, the pickups are usually not nearly up to snuff on an Epi, even compared to the 490s on that LPS he posted. The guy's got seventeen large in the bank, he should buy what he really wants.
I think he wants a 61 SG reissue and a Mesa Subway Rocket ... and if he doesn't want those he can send them to me, I'll work with him.
This might shock you but I've just never liked the SG shape from the first moment I saw them.
Most of my favourite guitarists played with the classic Gibson shape. Slash and buckethead for example both have signature les Paul's.
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 5:01 am
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(August 6, 2016 at 9:52 pm)paulpablo Wrote: http://www.dawsons.co.uk/gibson-2016-les...uitar-juju
Anyone want to try and talk me out of buying this motherfucking bad boy?
What amp do you have? No point buying your dream guitar if you don't have a decent amp to put it through.
Also consider what time you spent working to earn that 1K.
I think I've finally cured myself of the guitar now I've discovered the mandolin. And there's the entire mandolin family, the mandola and the Mandocello. And also the violin is tuned the same as a mandolin. They're just far more fun to play and don't need an amp.
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 5:30 am
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(August 7, 2016 at 5:00 am)paulpablo Wrote: This might shock you but I've just never liked the SG shape from the first moment I saw them.
Most of my favourite guitarists played with the classic Gibson shape. Slash and buckethead for example both have signature les Paul's.
Shape doesn't concern me much so long as it's not outright uncomfortable. Sound is where it's at.
You can look at a CD all you want, you won't hear a thing until you put it in the stereo... same with a guitar, now that I think about it. An SG can deliver 90% of a Paul's tone, and do a lot that a 'Paul cannot do. I know there are a hell of a lot of signature Les Pauls ... but none of them deliver the versatility of an SG. Gets mighty close to not just a Les Paul, but also to a Tele.
If you haven't tried a few out, do so. You might be surprised.
Here's Phil X giving a vintage slab a workout:
Though I gotta say, I never have liked Vox amps much, except when I'm listening to Brian May. Go big, go big glass ... give me 6L6 tubes with a little grind and an SG pushing 'em, I'm a happy sonofabitch.
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 5:56 am
That man needs to enhance his calm (and stop chewing gum).
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 5:59 am
lol, he is a spazz. But one hell of a guitarist.
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 6:34 am
(August 6, 2016 at 11:12 pm)PETE_ROSE Wrote: £1099 invested in a quality mutual fund at an average interest rate of 8% would certainly not yield you as much enjoyment as this axe will in this lifetime. Rock on my man.
If it were possible to get 8% from a mutual fund I think I would retire on Monday.
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RE: Talk me out of buying this
August 7, 2016 at 7:46 am
(August 7, 2016 at 5:01 am)Mathilda Wrote: (August 6, 2016 at 9:52 pm)paulpablo Wrote: http://www.dawsons.co.uk/gibson-2016-les...uitar-juju
Anyone want to try and talk me out of buying this motherfucking bad boy?
What amp do you have? No point buying your dream guitar if you don't have a decent amp to put it through.
Also consider what time you spent working to earn that 1K.
I think I've finally cured myself of the guitar now I've discovered the mandolin. And there's the entire mandolin family, the mandola and the Mandocello. And also the violin is tuned the same as a mandolin. They're just far more fun to play and don't need an amp.
It's actually very wise of you to point this out, I don't have an amp, I've got a model amp pedal which I plug into a bass speaker, it's actually not bad but a lot of people are sceptical about model amps in digital pedals.
Before I could drive I bought a pocket pod because travelling with a huge guitar amp on public transport wasn't doable.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
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