Improving a really, really bad guitar?

heliker · Unread post by **heliker** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 2:22 pm

So I decided taking my nice guitar camping and to the beach is a bad idea. Bonfire smoke simply can't be good for the finish, among other things. So I went on eBay and bought a guitar, with gig bag, tuner, 2 sets of strings and a couple picks, for $1. Plus a little shipping, but the whole thing comes out to about $25. Wow. It'll probably sound like a $1 guitar when it gets here, but what the hell? For that price it'll be fun to paint or decorate or something if never play.

So it came, and yes, it sounds like a $1 guitar. I've messed around with it a little, lowered the action, altered tuning up an octave and back, but still just playing it seems to take it out of tune. So my question: is there anything I can do to it to make it sound a little, tiny bit better? At this point I don't care much about tone or volume, I just want it to stay in tune.

Or should I just make art out of it instead of with it?

Thanks

bh

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 2:45 pm

new tuning gears?

GSR · Unread post by **GSR** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 4:33 pm

i like the idea of having a 'crap' instrument for beach trips and stuff. thats what i'm gonna do with my 200 buck ibanez, once i buy a new bass. just keep it for thrashing around.

DJR · Unread post by **DJR** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:08 pm

heh heh nothing wrong with $200 ibanez guitars

guitargod · Unread post by **guitargod** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:10 pm

definitely nothing wrong with shitty 200 dollar ibanez guitars, hell, i have an ibanez iceman for gods sake! :wink:

DT · Unread post by DT » Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:42 pm

200 dollar ibanez 12 string here :wink:

guitargod · Unread post by **guitargod** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:29 pm

my ibanez is a piece of shizzle right now....im in the process of fixing it up right now.....puttin a lot better pickups and stripping all the paint, changing colors on it.....all new electronics....everything...and changing the body style....its gonna be tight after im done with it....i just hope i have enuff money for it!

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:31 pm

guitargod wrote:my ibanez is a piece of shizzle right now....im in the process of fixing it up right now.....puttin a lot better pickups and stripping all the paint, changing colors on it.....all new electronics....everything...and changing the body style....its gonna be tight after im done with it....i just hope i have enuff money for it!

why not just get a new guitar instead, that sounds like a shit load of trouble

guitargod · Unread post by **guitargod** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:03 pm

well really.....i just hate the body style....but it plays pretty fuckin sweet....and sounds awesome too with a good clean tone...really high output pickups.....so really i just wanna change up the body style....cuz you can never get the same feel of a certain guitar if you juts buy another one......if ya catch what im saying

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:10 pm

my friend took his squier (first guitar) and changed out:

wiring
tuning machines
neck
pickups (mmm EMG kirk hammett pickups)
bridge

and pretty much anything else but the body.

now its sweet

guitargod · Unread post by **guitargod** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:03 pm

wow thats amazing
a squire, that sounds good

thats a weird concept
haha

jballdmb123 · Unread post by **jballdmb123** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:27 pm

Has anyone ever used the D'addario strings that Dave uses... do they sound good?

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Improving a really, really bad guitar?

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