Shopping for an electric guitar

[bassman462]

I'm thinking about getting an electric guitar with some graduation money, I'm going to go to guitar center tomorrow after school and check out these guitars, but I wanted to know if anyone has any good experience with these guitars to tell me what they think personally after extended use.


Epiphone Dot Electric Guitar



Epiphone WildKat Ltd Electric Guitar



Michael Kelly Vibe Electric Guitar



I play mostly rhythm style guitar, I'm going with hollow body because I'm so use to acoustic that I decided a long time ago if I got electric it'd be something with a big body. I am just barely learning how to play lead a little better, but I'm not a shredder or anything like that, I also enjoy playing jazz style stuff.

[RunsWithBuffalo]

I would not just get a big bodied guitar because you are used to acoustic. They are distinct tonal differences that you need to consider. Hollow bodies in general have a mellower tone and are more prone to feed back (this can be a good thing depending on your preferences). Solid body guitars are much less prone to feed back and generally have a sharper more cutting tone. Now any of this can be adjusted depending on what pickups and amps you use but I'm assuming you are going stock.

I have only played the first guitar. I liked it but it feels a little cheap in my hands. I don't know why. They sound great though.

One guitar that you might consider which is similiar in style to the ones above is the Gretch Pro Jet. Such a great guitar:

[bassman462]

Yeah I know there's a tone difference, I like the uniqueness about hollow bodied guitar's sound. I didn't know about the feedback thing though, so thanks. I played some guitars at guitar center yesterday, the dot being by far my favorite, if I end up getting one I will probably get that one, though I will look at the gretsch as well.