Official buying advice thread

[genocide roach]

i havnt played it honestly. but its just similar, minus the tremolo. i wouldnt say its better, just another option

i'd stick with the xiphos. i know for a fact that thing shreds
~gR~

[ParsonsMatt]

Originally Posted by Feathers & Flames

Are there any guitars better than the Ibanez for the same (or lower price)?

Yeah... Definitely.

Agile guitars from rondomusic.net destroy anything else in their respective price range. A $400 Agile is at least a $800 Ibanez or LTD.

[genocide roach]

agile eh? ive never heard of em
~gR~

[Symbiant]

harmony Pedals?

[genocide roach]

sorry, dont use em
~gR~

[97reb]

Agile is a Korean made guitar. The Koreans are making very high quality products. I'd put most of theirs against most American made stuff any day. You get better value for the brand Agile compared to Epiphone. I'd put Agile up against Schecter and other major brands made in Asian countries. I've got one of the "Cheaper" Agile Al-2000 lp's with a natural maple flame-top that is totally sweet looking and jams like no past, present or tomorrow.

[Tyrael]

North Korean or South Korean? And I thought Korean made guitars were shit.

Originally Posted by Symbiant

harmony Pedals?

The whammy pedal has a harmonizer, but you can't use that much distortion with it because it will start sounding like shit.

[razoredge]

My late 80's Kramer was supposed to be made in Korea according to the Kramer site and its a damn good guitar but then theres something about ESP provided the necks, not sure on my guitar. It is a nice neck, quarter sawn, straight grained. Body appears to be two piece as it has swelled or dried unevenly, so the past 5 years or so you can now see the seam underneath the paint.

I recently bought a Korean made Tokai and thats pretty nice too but to early to tell.

Then I have a old early 80's Japanese Vantage VP795 thats excellent. Best action of the bunch, just didnt have the look for "metal" or a Floyd so I bought the Kramer.

I've been wondering about those Agiles, they fill full pages with them on Ebay. Their all 1 5/8 necks though and I want to get away from that, older fat fingers need more room. They make a 1 3/4 nut _ _ 3000 Paul copy, but the lefties are only in sunburst and I like the Rootbeer... lol

At one time they had a 24 fret Paul copy in black with a "lic by" Floyd and I was very tempted but it was 1 5/8 nut and I was also uncertain about the guitars.

[Tyrael]

Are there any picks made with soft material such as skin? If not I'm thinking of making one with snake skin. When I pluck with my thumb I get almost no clicking so I figured it would be better, because I suck at picking without clicking. I plan on getting a piece of Metal, then making the shape for the pick. Then poking holes and sewing the skin on.

[razoredge]

Originally Posted by Symbiant

harmony Pedals?

I have an old early 90's ART SGX 2000 multi EFX rack mount that has pitch shift, its programable in half steps but wont do major & minors in one key. If you choose a third its going to stay a three step third... if that makes any sense. Im not sure what the new ones are like. I really like this SGX but its elaborate and probably way outdated today. I picked it up on ebay with the pedal board for ??? think it was $275+-.... back in the day both pieces would have been pushing $1000.

I play clean through my amps now and everything comes from the SGX, it has one preamp tube and both tube & solid state distortion and so many other effects.... all fully programable... its just a nightmare sorting it out. Its "noisy" by todays standards or maybe just cause its older, they no longer make effects, Alesis's stuff sold better, Im not sure who else was the competition but alot of guys went for the Alesis quadraverb, which I dont think had pitch shift or gain

This has more gain than my old amps but most likely not more than what you guys play through

http://www.artproaudio.com/products....1&cat=14&id=33