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Unread post by gcom007 » Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:51 am

Strats. How many great guitarists played Strats? Yeah, that's right...what has Clapton settled on after all his years of playing? A Strat...Les Paul's suck my balls. You can't get a clean sound out of them to save your life. You can do anything with a Strat. I just picked up another one a couple days ago that I think I'm set on. It's a '60's series Custom Shop Relic. That thing will smoke any Les Paul you throw at it. I also can't say enough about my SRV. That guitar just rips. I'm a minimalist when it comes to effects though...here's my rig:

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all this goes into a Fender Super Reverb amp. All this Gibson/Marshall crap is just that. Overly grunged out crap tones. You can do that with Fender stuff, but you can also do everything else. And for the record, I'm more into electric than acoustic. Both are great and there are times where I certainly enjoy acoustic more, but I'm much more of an electric player now and I love it that way.
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Unread post by DreaminBassMunky » Thu Aug 28, 2003 3:30 pm

You can get some amazing distortion with a Marshall/Gibson combo. But if you want a priceless example of a Gibson/Marshall combo hard at work listen to early Allman Brothers. Dicky plays on a G/M combo and it sounds real nice. I am still a strat man none the less. They just feel right to me. But I guess it's what you grow up on.
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Unread post by gcom007 » Fri Aug 29, 2003 6:15 pm

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Unread post by Pickles » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:10 pm

heh elliot, your strat comments are funny. you can get a better clean sound out of a les paul then distortion from a strat! it sounds awful!! single coils are not meant for distortion!

dont get me wrong - strats have the best clean sound PERIOD - i just think that les pauls sound as a whole blows them away.

id take an SRV or an eric clapton strat though :)
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Unread post by Cor » Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:17 pm

let's see, electric vs. acoustic.

I like em' both. I have been playing a lot more acoustic lately, but thats because I have only had it for 7 or 8 months. I have been playing Electric for 3 and 1/2 years.

so what am I saying, you ask? uhhh...I like em' both!

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Unread post by Ando » Fri Aug 29, 2003 11:31 pm

I like em both.. But I don't have an electric yet..

I'll probably get a new acoustic before I get an electric though..
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Unread post by thejoe » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:41 pm

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shane wrote:..why is fender such a big name in guitars... people only really know the name. the pickups are horrible. they sound like crap. id rather hear nails on a chalkboard..
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Unread post by Pickles » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:45 pm

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gcom007 wrote:
shane wrote:..why is fender such a big name in guitars... people only really know the name. the pickups are horrible. they sound like crap. id rather hear nails on a chalkboard..
kill yourself
heh... fender kicks ass


my uncle has an original (not reissue) 1967 Tele

its sooooo awsome
1967 was when fender was good :) - and that was said a long time ago lol... wow...
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Unread post by isaac » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:48 pm

heh. time messes with my head sometimes. it still doesn't feel that 2000 was only 3 years ago.

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Unread post by Pickles » Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:51 pm

In the year 2000....

(who watches conan! ;))
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Unread post by isaac » Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:35 am

i watch conan every now and then...but uh, not enough to get that reference. :(
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Unread post by Pickles » Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:40 am

too bad... thats the only part i remember from that skit lol.... they did it this year.. hence the irony of the year 2000 thing...
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Unread post by isaac » Mon Sep 01, 2003 12:40 am

ahhh. lol. wonders never cease. ;)
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Unread post by Ando » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:42 am

shane wrote:In the year 2000....

(who watches conan! ;))
Aww Yeah. That's hilarious!!
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