Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Slartibartfarst42 on April 25, 2011, 10:40:47 PM
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I've been looking for a guitar for a friend of mine who really likes Strats but would like the variety of an HSS layout and a Floyd. I came across this and it looks like fantastic value. Does anybody know just how good G&L guitars are in general and this one in particular?
http://www.glguitars.com/instruments/TributeSeries/guitars/Legacy_HB/index.asp
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Dunno about that one but I like it!
here is another option
http://www.musik-schmidt.de/Charvel-San-Dimas-Wild-Card-Style-1-HSS-DCA.html?refID=1
not really much choice on finishes though, but my charvel is now my go-to guitar. I play it more than my LPC.
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I'm sure you know this already, but you need to distinguish between the USA-made G&L guitars and the Tribute Series, which are made for G&L by Cort in Indonesia - hence the much lower price.
The US models are top quality instruments, mostly designed by Leo Fender as refined versions of his Strat and Tele designs. I've never tried any of the Tribute models, but they look like good copies of the US guitars and they get good reviews.
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I've played a handful of USA G&Ls - solid instruments, very well made. If they're providing something thats a spec you want to go for I dont think you should worry about the quality youre gonna get.
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It looks better value to me than the Fender version that has a Floyd Rose. If I'd known of the guitar before I'd have considered it instead of my Jackson as it always feels odd to me, playing an obviously 'shred' guitar when that's the last thing I am. I do still love my Jackson though with its thru-neck :D
Anyway, I'll let him know the feedback is good and suggest the San Dimas too. I should have thought of that one myself seeing as Adrian Smith is one of my favourite players!
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The Tributes are nice guitars for the price. But I would look at the Canadian-made Godin Session too. They come in HSS and nice colours like Lake Placid blue.
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i ever came across a tribute asat classic that was made in japan a long time ago. not sure if this extends to the rest of the models though. reckon it is the first few batches before production moved to korea and then indonesia.
haven't played any from indonesia but the koreans make pretty good stuff. those i've tried smokes majority of fender's mim offerings.
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this one looks nice too, a Tele with dual humbuckers and a floyd...
http://www.glguitars.com/instruments/TributeSeries/guitars/ASAT_HB/index.asp
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There's also ESP;
http://www.espguitars.com/guitars/ltd-distressed/st-203fr.html
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Yeah, I'm always tempted by that ESP (and I'm really not a relic guy), and it's about half the price of the G&L. As has been said, the G&L Tributes are Indonesian Corts, yet they cost the same as top of the line Korean Corts. I'd say that a Japanese Charvel is better value for money.
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There's also ESP;
http://www.espguitars.com/guitars/ltd-distressed/st-203fr.html
That IS nice, any idea how much?
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About £380-£400!
http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_st_203fr_distressed_blk.htm (http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_st_203fr_distressed_blk.htm)
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http://www.guitarandampshop.co.uk/acatalog/ESP_Ltd_ST-203FR_Floyd_Rose_Equipped_Electric_Guitar.html
£369 :P
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http://www.guitarandampshop.co.uk/acatalog/ESP_Ltd_ST-203FR_Floyd_Rose_Equipped_Electric_Guitar.html
£369 :P
I didn't see that. No really I didn't. *hides eyes and credit card*
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About £380-£400!
http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_st_203fr_distressed_blk.htm (http://www.thomann.de/gb/esp_ltd_st_203fr_distressed_blk.htm)
wow, thats great value.
The next guitar I'll buy will likely be a Music Man EVH - the necks are just SO nice on those. Would be of more use to me in a HSS format though - would need to have it set up with coil tapped humbuckers, PRS style.
The AX40's play nice, but the licensed floyd is horrible. Oh, and I prefer floating trems.
Is there such a model like I've described? :?
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The next guitar I'll buy will likely be a Music Man EVH - the necks are just SO nice on those. Would be of more use to me in a HSS format though - would need to have it set up with coil tapped humbuckers, PRS style.
The AX40's play nice, but the licensed floyd is horrible. Oh, and I prefer floating trems.
Is there such a model like I've described? :?
Why not an Axis Super Sport rather than the Axis (EVH as was)? Not HSS, but it has a five-way switch with the two humbuckers, and a non-locking trem (or hardtail option) rather than the Floyd.
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The next guitar I'll buy will likely be a Music Man EVH - the necks are just SO nice on those. Would be of more use to me in a HSS format though - would need to have it set up with coil tapped humbuckers, PRS style.
The AX40's play nice, but the licensed floyd is horrible. Oh, and I prefer floating trems.
Is there such a model like I've described? :?
Why not an Axis Super Sport rather than the Axis (EVH as was)? Not HSS, but it has a five-way switch with the two humbuckers, and a non-locking trem (or hardtail option) rather than the Floyd.
for this specific guitar's use, it needs to have a floyd as it would be my only trem guitar.
oh, plus £1200+ is way more than I'd want to spend, maybe £800 tops in a few months.
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this looks nice... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ERNIE-BALL-MUSIC-MAN-AXIS-EVH-RARE-NATURAL-QUILT-TOP-/290558199443?pt=Guitar&hash=item43a69e4693#ht_2199wt_1139
wonder how easy you'd fit another pot in the cavity for coil splits :)
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this looks nice... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ERNIE-BALL-MUSIC-MAN-AXIS-EVH-RARE-NATURAL-QUILT-TOP-/290558199443?pt=Guitar&hash=item43a69e4693#ht_2199wt_1139
wonder how easy you'd fit another pot in the cavity for coil splits :)
Looks like there's probably room, but it might spoil the look a bit.
You could maybe get one of those special (John Petrucci style) 3-way switches to split both humbuckers in the middle position? Still only gives you 3 options, but I think the middle position would be more useful than the standard both-humbuckers-in-parallel.
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this looks nice... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ERNIE-BALL-MUSIC-MAN-AXIS-EVH-RARE-NATURAL-QUILT-TOP-/290558199443?pt=Guitar&hash=item43a69e4693#ht_2199wt_1139
wonder how easy you'd fit another pot in the cavity for coil splits :)
Looks like there's probably room, but it might spoil the look a bit.
You could maybe get one of those special (John Petrucci style) 3-way switches to split both humbuckers in the middle position? Still only gives you 3 options, but I think the middle position would be more useful than the standard both-humbuckers-in-parallel.
aye, options for sure and something to think on.
I always love the necks on Music Man guitars, SO easy and comfortable to play.
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I always love the necks on Music Man guitars, SO easy and comfortable to play.
I had an Axis Sport for a while, the original type with an ash body and a scratchplate.
The workmanship was just flawless, better than any other guitar I've owned I think. The way they do the maple-fretboard necks is amazing - basically slicing off the whole top of the neck, inserting the trussrod then gluing the board back on so the join is almost invisible.
The neck shaping and feel is great, I just wish they were a tiny bit chunkier - if I could get an Albert Lee with a "fat neck" option I'd be all over it.
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I always love the necks on Music Man guitars, SO easy and comfortable to play.
I had an Axis Sport for a while, the original type with an ash body and a scratchplate.
The workmanship was just flawless, better than any other guitar I've owned I think. The way they do the maple-fretboard necks is amazing - basically slicing off the whole top of the neck, inserting the trussrod then gluing the board back on so the join is almost invisible.
The neck shaping and feel is great, I just wish they were a tiny bit chunkier - if I could get an Albert Lee with a "fat neck" option I'd be all over it.
that is exactly what I liked about the AX40 I played - quite a fat neck, but thin across the strings like a '67 SG (actually, come to think of it, the AX40's neck does remind me of the feel my old '67 SG jr had).
with my arthritis playing up (again), its probably a good idea to have a guitar that plays easy - my Les Paul and Tele are both guitars that I fight with to get them to sound the way they do, and I tend to like that in a guitar (suits my playing style and attack).
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that is exactly what I liked about the AX40 I played - quite a fat neck, but thin across the strings like a '67 SG (actually, come to think of it, the AX40's neck does remind me of the feel my old '67 SG jr had).
Yeah, I know what you mean - "narrow but deep", pretty much the exact opposite of "wide and thin" which so many modern guitars have.
Music Man necks aren't very wide, I think they use 1-5/8" at the nut like a vintage Fender, which I quite like, I'd still prefer just a little more depth though.
Sorry to hear your arthritis is playing up again.
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that is exactly what I liked about the AX40 I played - quite a fat neck, but thin across the strings like a '67 SG (actually, come to think of it, the AX40's neck does remind me of the feel my old '67 SG jr had).
Yeah, I know what you mean - "narrow but deep", pretty much the exact opposite of "wide and thin" which so many modern guitars have.
Music Man necks aren't very wide, I think they use 1-5/8" at the nut like a vintage Fender, which I quite like, I'd still prefer just a little more depth though.
Sorry to hear your arthritis is playing up again.
thanks man, appreciate that (and the input too).