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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:	GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:	Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:	KDX200::COOPER

Created:	Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3280
Total number of notes:	61432

1743.0. "Bashing Anyone?" by VAXWRK::SAKELARIS () Fri Mar 23 1990 11:38

    Maybe this has been done before, with 17 hundred and change notes in
    this conference I know I haven't seen 'em all, so if this isn't
    appropriate Mr. Moderator - feel free to move it.
    
    I was wondering if any of you out there have had some bad experiences
    with equipment or instruments. Something that you would warn others
    against. Or maybe it just didn't suit you as you had hoped it would.
    
    I have written in 1732.4 (I think it was) that I owned a PV Foundation
    that didn't cut it for me. I didn't, and of course couldn't, have
    known it when I bought it, it sounded fine in the store. They say you
    never know what you got till its gone. Well this bass was for me like a
    woman, you never know what you got till she moves in with you.
    
    Other stuff I've owned but would never again:
    
    Mosrite guitar, Ventures Model - I say BS about this being a collectors
    item now. Mine was a total disappointment. Not necessarily the guitars
    fault, it held its tune and all. I was just a young rocker trying to
    find out how to get the English Blues sound and the Mosrite certainly
    wasn't it. And if I were interested in collectors item guitars, I still
    wouldn't want the Mosrite sound. And I especially hated the action,
    which was supposedly what they were noted for. I ended up trading it
    and like a week later, the music store burned down destroying
    everything in it. A fitting end I thought.
    
    Then there was my Kustom amp. Tough amp, just poor transistor sound.
    Try to get some sustain out of that? No way, it'd squeal and howl like a
    stuck pig.  I liked the looks though. They always looked new, no matter
    how many times they were just flung into the back of the van.
    
    One other disappointment for me was a Les Paul Custom I had about 15
    yrs ago. It was the "Fretless Wonder" I think they called it, even
    though it was fretted. It sounded really good, no problem there. The
    frets were too fine though and not suited for me. I just didn't like
    the feel. 
    
    How about you all?
    
    Dave

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1743.1	Les Paul are too heavy for me!	MPGS::MIKRUT	Avoid the Noid!	`Fri Mar 23 1990 12:09`	7
	I wouldn't by another Les Paul because, although they sound great and are really superior axe 'workmanshipwise', it was just too damned heavy for me to carry on a three hour gig. I suppose I may have gotten used to it, but instead ended up selling it after only a month. Mike
1743.2	dey calls me the Bulldawg...\|)	RAVEN1::DANDREA	Frog lickers unite!	`Fri Mar 23 1990 13:13`	5
	Gee Mike, I find Les Pauls rather comfortable....\|) Steve (getting ready for insulting remarks about my "stout" frame)
1743.3		TCC::COOPER	MIDI-Kitty-ADA-Metaltronix rack puke	`Fri Mar 23 1990 13:42`	8
	I try not to bash stuff (especially in writing), because I'm the type of idiot who will end up owning something I bashed a week before. I've owned two strats, and two gibsons... I'll probably own more someday, even though I got rid of all four cuz I couldn't stand something about each one. Am I wierd or what ??? ;)
1743.4		DNEAST::BOTTOM_DAVID	Nice computers don't go down	`Fri Mar 23 1990 13:45`	5
	re: .3 wierd?? naw you sound like a musician to me dbii
1743.5		TCC::COOPER	MIDI-Kitty-ADA-Metaltronix rack puke	`Fri Mar 23 1990 13:47`	5
	Thanks dbii. I was hoping someone would say something to that effect. Now Cindi thinks I'm a little of both... ;) jc
1743.6	the root of GTS (guitar toy syndrome)	COOKIE::G_HOUSE	Fearless	`Fri Mar 23 1990 14:00`	4
	Is there some sort of aberrant indecisiveness associated with being a musician, or what? Greg
1743.7		TCC::COOPER	MIDI-Kitty-ADA-Metaltronix rack puke	`Fri Mar 23 1990 14:12`	3
	I was gonna reply, but I'm leaving instead... ;)
1743.8	decisions, decisions....	RAVEN1::DANDREA	Frog lickers unite!	`Fri Mar 23 1990 14:24`	8
	It just takes longer for musicians to figure out what they want...at MY age, I don't have the energy to worry about deciding which toy or axe to convince myself that I "need", so I'll just play my Les Paul..... Anyone know where I can pick up a strat.....cheap? ACK! I thought I was cured!!!! Bulldawg \|)
1743.9	Toy syndrome	ACESMK::KUHN	The dance is an act against time.	`Fri Mar 23 1990 15:53`	9
	I had a late 70's Tele. I loved the neck, but that damned front pickup was microphonic. tinny!. I went to a SG ...liked it, then to a right handed strat (I'm left handed) , i liked it but it was too thin sounding for me, got a bargain Ibanez Roadstar to play out cause i didnt want to worry about the guitar, it got the job done. Now i just own an ovation (no pickupts). Very happy with it. That was 10+ years ago. i like the sound of Tele's and strats now. j
1743.10	sicko	SMURF::BENNETT	Pull Claim Blend? Say What?	`Fri Mar 23 1990 15:54`	12
	It's all junk. I get home twitching to play. I get childish and emotional when my wife complains and asks me to put it down. I'm still on my first guitar - it's been 9 months now so the itch for the next one is just starting. God help us wretched souls. Nothing I've owned recently costing over $100 was bashable. I think we're in a golden age here. The competition for the musician's dollar is going feirce on 3 continents and there are a vast number of choices in the marketplace. Where did I learn to talk like this I feel like a newsreel narration.....
1743.11	Shri-fry-rye. $14.99 whatatbaagin!	CSC32::H_SO		`Sat Mar 24 1990 10:31`	8
	My first electric was(7 years ago) was Sears Special; $99.95! Whatabaaagin! Wrong! I ended up trading it in on my Roadstar 440; best move I ever made except I wish I had the junker so I can trash it on stage. "Wow, dude! You should have seen this guy trash his guitar on stage last night. Narley, man! Totally spherical!" J.
1743.12		IOENG::JWILLIAMS	Welcome to the Bush League	`Mon Mar 26 1990 12:05`	6
	I think the rockman stuff is great for home and studio. I have the rockman "Sustainor" and it sound great at home. WHen I put it through my AMP, however, it kills the sound something wicked. Got to watch out for overprocessing. John.
1743.13	Bargain?	CSC32::H_SO		`Thu Mar 29 1990 00:29`	13
	One BIG complaint I have is that nowadays is that these "Quality" instruments are costing an arm and a leg! Is there such demand for guitars these days that shoots the prices so high? I remember twitching just looking at "quality" guitars marked at $400! Now, you're lucky if you get some sappy Korean made (shut up Greg), 2nd rate guitars for that price! I've seen some Ibanez EX line that are just atrocious in quality and running $350-$450! For that price, you can build one better! Hmm, my home made is still Korean made! How do you figure? 8[ J.