The gear thread - Page 3

The Amazer · July 12th, 2006, 01:54 AM

Yeah you can, but I think when you buy different guitars, they come with different default action (and I'm no good at things technically and don't know how to alter it :P).

I think also maybe, some guitars are better set for higher action and others lower?

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · July 12th, 2006, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Troy\m/

Shut up doug, you play an epiphone. LOL!

It doesn't mean I don't know anything. I don't like my guitar at all.

JausmetalJ · July 12th, 2006, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ceydn

Yeah you can, but I think when you buy different guitars, they come with different default action (and I'm no good at things technically and don't know how to alter it :P).

I think also maybe, some guitars are better set for higher action and others lower?

Alot of "shredders" guitars have a really low action and guitar like a slide guitar have a high action.

You just have to lower the saddle (Which isn't always easy, because you will generally get string buzz if you fuck it up)

Troy\m/ · July 12th, 2006, 04:36 AM

Some guitars dont take kindly to low action, others do. Its just in there nature I suppose. There is nothing wrong with a strat doug.

JausmetalJ · July 12th, 2006, 04:39 AM

Im not a fan of strats. Even though I have a strat shaped guitar, Id rather spend 2-3000 on a guitar that DIDN'T look like a strat.

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · July 12th, 2006, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Troy\m/

Some guitars dont take kindly to low action, others do. Its just in there nature I suppose. There is nothing wrong with a strat doug.

There is to me, Troy. I have that is ok with you, Troy. Bye, Troy.

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · July 12th, 2006, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JausmetalJ

Im not a fan of strats. Even though I have a strat shaped guitar, Id rather spend 2-3000 on a guitar that DIDN'T look like a strat.

Zackleys.

Troy\m/ · July 12th, 2006, 06:56 AM

The thing is YOU are not buying the guitar, ceydn is. I think its a bit rude to yawn at the guitar he wishes to buy is all.

Keeper of the Seven Cheese · July 12th, 2006, 09:43 AM

If I bought an ESP Kai Hansen you would do the same thing. And he said he want's a new guitar that will look cool which I am assuming with his whole musical kinda thing he has got going now he would want it to be a bit out there and entertaining. Something that screams Rock n Roll Sunshine. A strat does not, it is the most generic shaped guitar ever, hence, boring.

The Amazer · July 12th, 2006, 06:39 PM

Red & White are my favourite colours and I love the look of a Strat, so the look of that guitar excites me heaps

I just wanted to know if it's a good guitar for nice smooth fingerwork high up... tapping and the like? It looks like it has the nicest neck mmmm... but looks can be deceiving.

Nebulous · July 12th, 2006, 09:24 PM

Strat's feel like strats. If you go for an original one it shouldn't be too bad, seeing as the quallity of the neck joint shouldn't be too bad. As for playablility, they are no Jackson/ESP shredder, nor are they a "tree trunk" neck like a Les Paul, so it's all up to what your personal preferance is really. If you're a huge Maiden fan, go for it and you probably won't be dissapointed.

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Troy\m/ The Grynch $Troy\m/'s Avatar$ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 306	Some guitars dont take kindly to low action, others do. Its just in there nature I suppose. There is nothing wrong with a strat doug. __________________ Thrash, or be thrashed.
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JausmetalJ Call Me James Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Aust, VIC, Melbourne Posts: 2,359	Im not a fan of strats. Even though I have a strat shaped guitar, Id rather spend 2-3000 on a guitar that DIDN'T look like a strat. __________________ LONG LIVE DUNGEON!

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Keeper of the Seven Cheese Douglas The Dairy Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 5,227	If I bought an ESP Kai Hansen you would do the same thing. And he said he want's a new guitar that will look cool which I am assuming with his whole musical kinda thing he has got going now he would want it to be a bit out there and entertaining. Something that screams Rock n Roll Sunshine. A strat does not, it is the most generic shaped guitar ever, hence, boring. __________________ "Fight for Feta, Conquer Wisdom, Feel Freedom and Steal with Steel" - Dougie the High Keeper of Cheese "The serpent bitheth those who fall upon thy slain poet of thee land bewildered by the frostbitten tortured souls of the grimmmkvlt" - The Serpent Wielder of Azkareth

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Nebulous Daniel Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 4,546	Strat's feel like strats. If you go for an original one it shouldn't be too bad, seeing as the quallity of the neck joint shouldn't be too bad. As for playablility, they are no Jackson/ESP shredder, nor are they a "tree trunk" neck like a Les Paul, so it's all up to what your personal preferance is really. If you're a huge Maiden fan, go for it and you probably won't be dissapointed. __________________ Burton-Schuldiner \m/Your Legacy Lives On\m/ http://www.myspace.com/nebulousdaniel

July 12th, 2006, 01:54 AM	#51 (permalink)
The Amazer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,885	Yeah you can, but I think when you buy different guitars, they come with different default action (and I'm no good at things technically and don't know how to alter it :P). I think also maybe, some guitars are better set for higher action and others lower?

July 12th, 2006, 06:39 PM	#60 (permalink)
The Amazer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,885	Red & White are my favourite colours and I love the look of a Strat, so the look of that guitar excites me heaps I just wanted to know if it's a good guitar for nice smooth fingerwork high up... tapping and the like? It looks like it has the nicest neck mmmm... but looks can be deceiving.