| 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 |
Hi folks !
Well, I got the package ! Being here for two more weeks, I may use the
time to get some advice from the great folks in this notesfile, how to
spend (at least some of) the money.
Even though I haven't met anyone (besides Nick Creasy in Reading),
you've been very helpfull and inspiring !!!!
Maybe this time too ?
What guitar could you recommend that has the following features:
- strat shape
- HSS or HSH pickups (Humbuckers splittable !)
- 24 frets (22 tolerated)
- Wilkinson trem (don't like Floyd Rose trem)
The Wilkinson trem is rather new, I remember only one guitar that has
one. It is a Hohner, which looks ugly.
Any input welcome !!!
best regards
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| 2577.1 | KERNEL::FLOWERS | To play fast, you have to play fast... | Thu Aug 27 1992 11:00 | 9 | |
I'm not sure what trem they come with but for a 'super strat'
how about checking out the Levinson Blades..*nice* guitars..
I believe they run at about 900 quid....
J (who doesn't even normally like strats.."
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| 2577.2 | IOSG::CREASY | What do you mean, RTFM? I WTFM! | Thu Aug 27 1992 11:28 | 18 | |
Richard,
Good luck in the world outside the company.... hopefully our paths will
cross sometime in the future.
Since you mentioned my name in the base note, I couldn't resist giving
an answer...
...I'd agree with Jason that you should look hard at a Levinson Blade.
I've got an RH3, which is strat shape, HSS (humbucker splittable). It's
an excellent guitar, which I would recommend to anyone. It has a
22-fret neck (I think :^), and a tremolo that stays in tune, but is
nothing like a Floyd Rose (which I can't stand...).
Prices in Germany will probably be fairly high - in the UK, the cost of
an RH3 is around �700, but I paid �550 for mine in a sale...
Nick
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| 2577.3 | HEDRON::DAVEB | Life is | Thu Aug 27 1992 11:33 | 8 | |
Check out a stienberger for a good guitar with a fine tremelo (trans-trem). I prefer the GM models with the wood bodies to the other thing with a graphite body (I think). Since I've gotten mine my other guitars are dust collectors. dbii ps: good luck outside | |||||
| 2577.4 | FROIS1::BAUER | Richard - ISE L10N Center Frankfurt | Wed Sep 02 1992 07:06 | 25 | |
Hi folks !
Thanks for good wishes....
When testing the SGX at the dealer, he gave me a Godin guitar, which
comes close to what I asked for in .0. It even has 3 humbuckers which
are all splittable.
Of course, I checked out the trem extensively. It's a real locking
trem. If not used, it's locked automatically. If you grab the bar, it's
unlocked. However, as soon as it is unlocked, there is some tension on
the trem and hence on the strings. The salesman said, it could be
adjusted to reduce the effect, but not avoid it completely.
Also, the bending up is only one half semitone.
I didn't like the setup of the strings, too high. It may be possible to
adjust it, but bending up will get the strings down, so there is natural
limit. Is it a limitation of trems in general or just this
implementation ?
Confused....
Richard
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