Guitar-Selection SOS!

[Jlee]

I'm planning to get my last electric guitar in the years to come and I've already thought of the type of guitar i want. The problem is, i can't find any on the net that suits what i want, and so i decided to ask you guys. So, here it is:

My ideal guitar is preferably...

>Smaller in size - *If possible* (I'm 15, and 1.65m tall. so i guess a smaller guitar would fit my image better.)

>Light, comfortable, thin. (I love it like this!)

>Floyd Rose. (And a GOOD one.)

... well yeah, just these 3 "criteria". Any brand would do, and i dun mind splurging any amount of money on the guitar as long as it's near these "criteria". I play instrumental rock like Canon Rock (Just finished the piece a few weeks ago, phew!), so please dun suggest a Gibson or somewhere near that.

So, i guess that should be all. Thanks, in advance, to everyone who help me. And it'd be even better if there's also a link to the guitar's webpage or something. Thanks!

Rock on!

 

[ShredCow]

A Suhr should fit you alright. Get a Suhr Pro with the Gotoh Floyd Rose.

 

[Godspeed64]

he said no Gibson's or anywhere near that.. Suhr is like boutique man!
hmm.. I think an Ibanez RG suits you.. How about an RG350EX or something..

 

[ShredCow]

...Any brand would do, and i dun mind splurging any amount of money on the guitar as long as it's near these "criteria". I play instrumental rock like Canon Rock (Just finished the piece a few weeks ago, phew!), so please dun suggest a Gibson or somewhere near that...

RG350 is too cheeep lar.

 

[HarrisonYeo]

wad's u're budget?lol i'am liek the same age and same height as u are .

 

[ShredCow]

wad's u're budget?lol i'am liek the same age and same height as u are .

Eh? Height relates to budget meh?

Hehehe... sorry, I had to pick this out...

 

[optisailor2002]

yes. the taller you are the more budget you have xD too bad im only 170 cm =/

 

[HarrisonYeo]

Eh? Height relates to budget meh?

Hehehe... sorry, I had to pick this out...

lol no la , just pointing out that maybe we feel the same way abt some guitars ah lol . but nearly all the guitars i tried is alright wad lol , none too big . but a 50's neck LP is huge .

but like the threadstarter said , good trem ( OFR , Edge , Gotoh , Schaller (Common good ones)
thin neck ( Ibanez Wizard , Jackson ) .

 

[ShredCow]

Hehehe.

Anyway, size... i mean, you got to be really really tiny to have serious issues with a stadnard sized guitar. There are players who have small hands, short fingers, 3 usable 2 burnt off fingers, and they have no issues playing the guitar well... or becoming legends.

Maybe the size thing is an un-necessary notion?

And why can't a Gibson do Canon Rock? Or instrumental rock? Or metal?

 

[HarrisonYeo]

sure it can

 

[ShredCow]

Oops, last line of previous post was addressed to Threadstarter...

 

[ChanMin]

You can save abit and get a good Ibanez S-series or RG.

If you really have the dough...
Then ofcourse a Suhr will be very nice to have.

 

[taytehni]

i think u shud get a s/rg priestege or any ibanez signature models. schecters are not bad too.maybe u can get a bc rich nj series guitar. but the best now according to ur description i think is the s series. they haf zr trem n priestege n also their body are really thin

 

[stranger12]

I think if no budget..

just custom make everything

Heh heh..

Then the guitar will surely have what you want in it..

 

[Lancefury]

An Ibanez S series will suit you nicely.

A small and light body, cut thin around the edges of body, but still thick at the core of the body, using mahogany. H-S-H configurations with contoured heel for easy access to upper frets. Zero Resistance Tremolo, which is a floyd rose that uses ballbearings and is bolted to the body for more sustain. I had the same requirements for a guitar as you, and i got a S470QMBLMB in the end. Definately the guitar i wanted.

Should be for you too....

 

[HarrisonYeo]

get a 2008 model , new trem , new tuners and there's a 24 fret S .

 

[Lancefury]

get a 2008 model , new trem , new tuners and there's a 24 fret S .

Hmmm... http://www.ibanez.com/forum/yaf_postst69528_2008-Prestiges-and-new-EdgeZero-on-RGs.aspx

here is the photos of the new guitars... Not really my cuppa tea though.. but it might be for some people! especially the new S series with locking tuners.

 

[HarrisonYeo]

it aint really locking tuners , it is like planet waves string cutter tuners .

 

[edder]

planet waves cutter tuners are LOCKING tuners.

 

[RazrAsh]

i concur with the suggestions in here. but if you have the money to spend, go for the old MIJ rg's. newer ones just donch have the MOJO :lol:

besides, instead of suhr, why not a vigier, or a caparison?
and if height= budget, gilbert's one must be lovelovelovelovelovelovelove huge.
and if dio played guitar, his budget would be like pocket money.
:lol: