Guitar.

[Aaron]

I haven't ever really listened to U2. Ever... (Don't hurt me r00.) So I will have to take your word on that.


Also, Can I play the guitar (electric) with out an amp. I want to get one (amp), however, I'm a night person. and staying up till 2 am is pretty much the normal for me. (Granted I work noon to 8pm so 2am isn't really that late for me...) But if I play with it not plugged in will it still sound the same just not loud?

[Goose]

No, it'll sound like thwacking nickel-wound rubber bands against a wood board, which is essentially what you're doing if its not amplified.  You won't learn anything that way.

If you're worried about noise, get a small practice amp that has a headphone jack.

[Aaron]

Ok cool. Thanks. Will do.

[rokken like dokken]

I'm going to re-iterate what most people have said, even the lessons thing - I never took lessons but maybe if I had at the very beginning I wouldn't find it such a horrid struggle to use my pinky finger; at any rate, you kind of have to know the basics before you start fucking with them.  How else can you know why people having heart attacks at the thought of the Beach Boys using a V-ii progression, unless you learn that that just wasn't done? 

My piece of advice isn't actually mine but it comes from Steve Vai: learn as much musicality and technique for what you want to play, and don't sweat the other stuff so much. 

[Aaron]

Yar thanks for the tips. My good friend (I have known him since I was in the 4th grade.) said he has a guitar with the same body as the Pacifica. So he is gona come over tomorrow and let me check it out. Also he said he would give me lessons as well.


He came over today. He brought an acoustic and electric guitar. And while I can't say I did anything well, it was kinda fun. after a little practice I was doing cords. Also I found the acoustic neck to feel a lot better then the electric (the acoustic neck is bigger, and I have bigger hands, so it was easier to get the cords with it then the electric. 

I'm gona be getting this guitar http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Les-Paul-Special-II-Electric-Guitar-100001870-i1149986.gc   

As the neck is closer to his acoustic, and it feels better... All in all the guitar amp tuner and cord (and all the other stuff, stand, and picks) will be just under 300 bucks. (I'm getting free shipping on it so that is hella cool.)


I see the amount of time I spend with my rubik's cube going way way way down.

[rynne]

Nice!  I've got an Epiphone Les Paul; same cherry sunburst finish, too.  I'm really happy with it.  15 years and the only repair work I've needed was to replace the nut (though my frets are getting worn enough that I should replace them soon).

[rokken like dokken]

My prized guitar is an Ibanez JS100; the Edge III is tricky to make work but holy crap does that guitar sound awesome and play awesome.  It's definitely built for Satriani-style legato. 

[individualzero]

NICE, Aaron. I have an Epiphone Les Paul as well. Honestly, it sounds fucking awesome and I'm glad I bought it over the real-deal Gibson Les Paul that the shop was asking $600 for (USED, mind you).

[r00]

If I were to buy a guitar, it would be a Les Paul too.

[rokken like dokken]

My dream guitar is the black Flying V Jim Martin uses in the Epic music video.  Never been a huge Les Paul guy, myself. 

[r00]

A Gibson SG and ES330 would also be on my list.

[Goose]

I used to think my dream guitar would be a high-end Les Paul, but that was until I got my hands on a Hagstrom Swede.  I've got a 1975 model, and that thing is fucking killer.  The tone on that puppy has more meat on it than a fucking cow, and thanks to its somewhat complicated tone selector, its also flexible as hell.  The primary downside is that the body is solid mahogany, so it weighs about a quarter ton.  You get a workout just holding the damn thing up for an hour on your shoulder. 

If I was going to get a new one now, I'd totally be heading for a brand new Super Swede.  Or possibly an Ibanez S5470.  Its also got a similar tone switch, and might be a little better for playing something with a scooped, thrashy crunch instead of the Hagstrom's bluesy rock sauce.

[rokken like dokken]

I'd actually go for a 70s Ibanez Destroyer too.  Fun fact: some of EVH's famous "brown sound" were played with a standard-issue Destroyer on Van Halen's first album. 

I mean, don't get me wrong: never in my life would I turn down a Les Paul (my all-time hero Zappa played the shit out of an SG too, so the same applies) but I would just want something that could do everything I wanted, and I don't think a Les Paul fits that. 

[Aaron]

JUST GOT IT JUST GOT IT JUST GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOHOOOOO

[Aaron]

I have been playing since yesterday. Well not really, but you know what I mean. And My Smoke On the Water isn't terrible. However, I'm trying tool. Which I'm sure its a bad idea. Cuz its tool. However, I'm getting the start of Schism. Like the very very start. Not the main rift, but the start. And I'm not terrible (HAHAHAH ya I am. but I have been playing since yesterday...) WOOHOO!