[quote="jtYou`ll end up with people asking for clips of a guitar make say Epiphone loaded with SD`s, Then Dimarzios, Linleys Etc the list is endless. just so they can compare them. And then you`ll get people saying can we have all of the above in an Ibanez so i can compare them. [/quote]
Some people want to be spoon fed, heading down that route you then get into requests for particular amplifier models to be used.
Even at this stage of the players section most 'normal' people should be able to get an reasonable idea a particular pickup & body combination can do.
It would be nice to get a few more musical styles online, rather pickup / body combinations, but that may be my own ecclectic tastes cutting in.
For a shop having a pimped LP (epi or real deal) and a pimped strat style, alongside a matching stock version, should be enough to judge the sound difference.
I'm possibly walking a dangerous tightrope saying this but;
Possibly I am crediting too much intellegence to the public, but the basic sound if an Ibanez is not really that far from other super st--t guitars and PRS Single cuts where not exactly a million miles from a certain other single cut product (which sounds much better).
Surely most people can translate the tonal differences between guitars of similar construction, materials and pickup types, even I can and I can't play for shite.
When I hear the Ibanez and PRS ranges (for example) mentioned it's usually to do with playability and build quality. Infact tone is seldom mentioned. In the guitar rags and on TV (anybody watch the experts on the musicians channel <evil grin>) every PRS and Music Man I hear sounds so processed it makes me want to puke.
anyway it's almost time for me to finish my shift so I will leave you all in peace.
Kilby...
