What do you use?

-Freebird-

I've gotten into a few...light-heartded debates recently regarding different guitars... Just wondering what is most popular out there now? What the kids prefer to use thses days Personally, about 6 months ago I would have said Fender all the way, but these days, it's gotta be a Paul for me!

So I'll put up the first few names that come to mind and then if yours isn't then, post it below

feylya

Personally:
For strats, I use Fujigen
For LP's, I use Edwards
For super strats, I use Ran
For PRS style goodness, Eggle all the way.

Ampage by Randall and effects by Boss.

-Freebird-

You had to be awkward!

feylya

I don't care for brand names. I like good instruments. I don't care what it says on my guitar as long as it's mine and it makes the noises I want when I want.

Beecher

Has to be Ibanez for me. My current main one is an 1820x, between the coil tapped dimarzio's and the piezo bridge there isnt a sound I cant get from it.

It wasn't me!

Using a Les Paul for the most part, purely because the seven-string just hasn't had the same application for me, and most of my writing gets done on it, gotta love that big hefty feckin' tone.

steveland?

Main guitar is a metal green Maverick F1, second is a Fender electro-acoustic and in the middle of completely rejiggering my old Spectrum Les Paul into something... playable...

Pyr0

Ibanez all the way

Gary ITR

Ibanez and Jackson electrics for me... Although my poor Jackson is sick at the moment:(

Bratach Bán

Fender Strat all the way, nothing else.

Dord

i've got a lovely candy apple red SX strat

i have a few nice mods planned for it... :rolleyes:
its just fine the way it is but its shouting out for mods!

TelePaul

Telecaster. I don't think I'd play anything but Fender.

Karl Hungus

I've a few guitars.

Ibanez and BC Rich for the most part, and a Tokai PRS Copy. Mainly Ibanez though, one of the BC Rich's is a bit of a cheap beater.

fish-head

Fender Telecaster and Epiphone Sheraton for me at the moment. Soon to be dramatically updated... watch this space..

Voodu Child

Ibanez. No surprise there.

Gary ITR

I'm suprised at the amount of votes Ibanez are getting. My first guitar was an Ibanez and I'll never look back

demanufactured

Why are you suprised , they make exeptionally good guitars

Karl Hungus

Onkle51 wrote:

My first guitar was an Ibanez and I'll never look back

Which model was that?

TelePaul

demanufactured wrote:

Why are you suprised , they make exeptionally good guitars

I thought Ibanez catered for a particular niche. I like the look of their artcore series, though I'm wary of buying anything with such a light finish. Look superb though.

Gary ITR

Karl Hungus wrote:

Which model was that?

It's my old EX 370FM. Quite rare now but It's an absolute peach. I've had it nearly ten years now (bought it s/hand) and it still plays and sounds fantastic

The Freeman

i have a love affair with my les paul from tokai at the moment, but next month i will be loving my fender strat, i need both for diversity lioke!:D

Karl Hungus

Onkle51 wrote:

It's my old EX 370FM. Quite rare now but It's an absolute peach. I've had it nearly ten years now (bought it s/hand) and it still plays and sounds fantastic

Nice one. They do indeed make some quality stuff. Mine are fairly recently purchased, over the last two years, but I'll say they'd definetly be with me in another 10 years.

The J Custom I picked up last year is one of the greatest instruments I've ever played in my life.

John

I'm currently using a much loved but slightly destroyed Epiphone Les Paul. However, soon I'll be in Gretsch country

Gaspode

Westbury standard (look it up) - SG style E-guitar
Cort and Suzuki Kiso acoustics
Cort Bass

Rustar

How could you have put Ibanez up there and not Schecter?

And why all company names with the glaring exception of Les Paul?

Poll disqualified. I like the thread though.

Schecter, Fender, Ibanez

Bratach Bán

I wouldn't have expected such a high number of Ibanez users. I wouldn't have expected so few Fender users either! :mad: Is Ireland a nation of metalheads instead of a counry of greasy blues-monkeys? I may have to move to Mississippi.

Karl Hungus

Bratach B&#225 wrote: »

I wouldn't have expected such a high number of Ibanez users. I wouldn't have expected so few Fender users either! :mad: Is Ireland a nation of metalheads instead of a counry of greasy blues-monkeys? I may have to move to Mississippi.

Ibanez > Fender

Clearly.

Gary ITR

Ibanez aren't pure metal guitars and thats what makes them so good. They are hugely versatile

Voodu Child

Onkle51 wrote:

Ibanez aren't pure metal guitars and thats what makes them so good. They are hugely versatile

Aye im anything but a metal head. Mostly i play bluegrass and light jazz on my Ibanez's

Bratach Bán

Karl Hungus wrote:

Ibanez > Fender

Clearly.

Ibanez bigger than Fender?

Oh, you mean better than, right? I play Fenders, but I wouldn't call them better than Ibanez guitars. They're more suited to what I play, but not better.

Creamy Goodness

i'm a strat man, and a les paul guy.

but after having a lend of a gretsch for 10 days i'm seriously thinking of selling my les paul to finance a gretsch.

TelePaul

voodoo_child wrote:

Aye im anything but a metal head. Mostly i play bluegrass and light jazz on my Ibanez's

Yeah I'm having trouble ditching the whole steve vai jem look; you know, super strats with licensced floyd roses, locking nuts, humbucker, single coil, humbucker, with very little in the way of low end. Really love the art core though.

Bratach Bán

TelePaul wrote:

super strats with licensced floyd roses, locking nuts, humbucker, single coil, humbucker, with very little in the way of low end.

....and necks so skinny you can bend them by grabbing a chord too vigorously. Y'know, that unintentional vibrato.

Karl Hungus

TelePaul wrote:

Yeah I'm having trouble ditching the whole steve vai jem look; you know, super strats with licensced floyd roses, locking nuts, humbucker, single coil, humbucker, with very little in the way of low end. Really love the art core though.

Nah man, Edge trems. Better than any Floyd out there in my humble opinion.

Bratach B&#225 wrote: »

....and necks so skinny you can bend them by grabbing a chord too vigorously. Y'know, that unintentional vibrato.

As Voodoo Child had pointed out in the other thread, a lot of Ibanezes have quite fat necks. For example, the neck on my J Custom is considerably fatter than on other guitars.

Besides, slim necks are comfortable. You're not anti-comfort are you?

Bratach Bán

Karl Hungus wrote:

As Voodoo Child had pointed out in the other thread, a lot of Ibanezes have quite fat necks.

Agreed and understood - I was talking about the Jem models that TelePaul was describing - they tend to have thinner necks, I think.

Karl Hungus wrote:

Besides, slim necks are comfortable. You're not anti-comfort are you?

Anti-comfort? Not at all, but just give me the palm-filling, well rounded, full 'C' shape of a slightly played-in, maple Telecaster neck any day.

I'm pretty into my Fenders, but those Artcore guitars could easily cause me to spend a few hundred euros on an Ibanez pretty shortly. There's a hardcase included, and the reviews have been excellent. Come on, convince me, you know you want me to buy an Ibanez...

Keeping this thread on topic, as well as my Strat I use a Telecaster and a La Patrie classical.

Karl Hungus

Bratach B&#225 wrote: »

Agreed and understood - I was talking about the Jem models that TelePaul was describing - they tend to have thinner necks, I think.

Ah yeah, the Jem necks are fairly thin altogether. I've nothing bad to say about them, but if you like a thick neck and twangy music, then something that's more for shredding probably isn't your thing.

Bratach B&#225 wrote: »

I'm pretty into my Fenders, but those Artcore guitars could easily cause me to spend a few hundred euros on an Ibanez pretty shortly. There's a hardcase included, and the reviews have been excellent. Come on, convince me, you know you want me to buy an Ibanez...

Never played an Artcore, so I've no real opinion on them. I'd say you should try one of them yourself and decide whether or not to get one, I won't convince you one way or another.

I've 2 sevenstring Ibanezes myself, so it's a whole different playing field to what you're on.

Speaking of neck thickness though, I do fine the width of a 7 string more comfortable.

TelePaul

Has anyone played the floyd rose guitar??

Voodu Child

Bratach B&#225 wrote: »

Agreed and understood - I was talking about the Jem models that TelePaul was describing - they tend to have thinner necks, I think.

If you can find one guy who doesnt like thin necks, you'll be able to find another who doesnt like thick necks.

You can wax lyrical about how one is better than the other til the cows come home, personally im happy theres a market that caters for all tastes.

John

Variety is the spice of life after all.

Johnny Storm

TelePaul wrote:

Has anyone played the floyd rose guitar??

No, but if you mean the Redmond Speedloader I think they're way cool.


PS re this poll: How come Arjas are so unpopular?

Karl Hungus

Johnny Storm wrote:

PS re this poll: How come Arjas are so unpopular?

What's an Arja?

fish-head

John wrote:

I'm currently using a much loved but slightly destroyed Epiphone Les Paul. However, soon I'll be in Gretsch country

YEEHAW!

-Freebird-

You've never heard of an Arja guitar?! Hmm...

They're so unpopular because they're a cheap poor quality guitar... I wouldn't recommend them, but they'd be fine for a beginner..

Voodu Child

-Freebird- wrote:

You've never heard of an Arja guitar?! Hmm...

They're so unpopular because they're a cheap poor quality guitar... I wouldn't recommend them, but they'd be fine for a beginner..

I dont detect an sarcasm, but I presume he means Aria

John

fish-head wrote:

YEEHAW!

First thing I'm going to do is play something like Ennio Morricone on it!

-Freebird-

voodoo_child wrote:

I dont detect an sarcasm, but I presume he means Aria

You may be right, in fact I think you are... What put the letter J in my head?!

Doctor J

-Freebird- wrote:

You've never heard of an Arja guitar?! Hmm...

They're so unpopular because they're a cheap poor quality guitar... I wouldn't recommend them, but they'd be fine for a beginner..

Actually, Aria make some serious high end stuff, mainly for the Japanese market though. Sadly just the budget **** makes its way over here.

punchdrunk

i've got a martin,three gibsons,three u.s fenders,two jap fenders,one jap squier,two other squier/fender bitsers and a warmoth tele thats been a long time coming together!

DeadSkin

-Freebird- wrote:

They're so unpopular because they're a cheap poor quality guitar... I wouldn't recommend them, but they'd be fine for a beginner..

That's what I started out with just over a year ago, have an Ibanez now .
Have to agree though, fine for a beginner

-Freebird-

punchdrunk wrote:

i've got a martin,three gibsons,three u.s fenders,two jap fenders,one jap squier,two other squier/fender bitsers and a warmoth tele thats been a long time coming together!

Now that's what I call a proper set of guitars!

david

punchdrunk wrote:

i've got a martin,three gibsons,three u.s fenders,two jap fenders,one jap squier,two other squier/fender bitsers and a warmoth tele thats been a long time coming together!

Pics TBH. Wanna see that pedalboard you got too!