Piano ====> Guitar

[DoubleBlade]

Yes your dear DB is planning to relearn the guitar from scratch at the end of this month when I get my pay cheque. I'm not sure about the amount of interest in me to sustain my guitar playing and so as such , I don't wish to invest too much money in a guitar and amp. I intend to set aside $500 inclusive of amp and cables.

What I'll be looking at is the kinda tones you normally hear from rock ballads from the likes of X Japan , The Scorpions , GNR something like a very clean tone with a little bit of distortion to convey that sadness kinda feeling.

I've done some observation lately at gigs and listening to guitarists using LPs and found that the LP to be closest to my choice of tone. It somehow has that "agonising sadness" kinda tone , if you get what I mean which is I feel is ideal for ballads....

Do you think strats are ideal for this type of rock? I've seen guitarist doing ballad solos but I think it's all in the pedal configuration and not so much about the strat cause a strat is too twangy for ballad solos . Hmmm...should I be considered wrong to make such a statement? :roll:

Okay maybe $400 for guitar and $100 for a 2nd hand practice amp....

So yeah , I hope you guys can help me out here....

Cheers

 

[MrRhoads]

strat!!!! : )~~

 

[tany]

definitely a strat. u can do like those cool solos with the twang 8)

 

[MrRhoads]

haha tany 5^

 

[Raley]

I think for his kinda taste, he needs a les paul.
or something with humbuckers

 

[thor666]

Do you think strats are ideal for this type of rock? I've seen guitarist doing ballad solos but I think it's all in the pedal configuration and not so much about the strat cause a strat is too twangy for ballad solos . Hmmm...should I be considered wrong to make such a statement? :roll:

u probably missed out seeing the strats on ballads. richie sambora uses a strat. joe perry also used a strat variant for Angel. so do poison and motley crue. there's no way a strat guitar will close u out of the rock ballads stuff.

however, if the sound u want is like what u described, get a LP instead.

 

[wangdexian]

Well, a strat with humbuckers could do the job. :lol:
But yeah a LP fits the sound you're looking for.
Maybe you should consider the weight of one before makign any decision of a LP... :wink:

 

[DoubleBlade]

Don't call me a pop freak but I once saw Steve Chou's (Zhou Chuan Xiong) LIVE concert in Singapore DVD and the guitarist doing the solo for his song "Huang Hun" uses a strat....

Do the cheaper LP or Strat copies have that distinctive sound as the original gibsons or fender? I don't really mean fully distinctive LP/strat sound but maybe partial since I paying less than a quarter for a LP/strat other than gibson/fender or even epi/squire....

 

[thor666]

imo, the most part of sound of a particular guitar type (strat, LP, tele) is dependent on a few factors (which are surprising)

- headstock wood, weight, dead spots, shape
- fretboard wood
- body wood
- bridge type
- pickup placement
- electronic wiring configuration
- string distance from each other

Which is why a lot of people find it extremely difficult to convert, say an ibanez to a strat, even with S-S-S config.

if u get a copy.. do look at its specs. they do tend to deviate a bit from the actual Gibson/Fender usually...

however, most do retain that signature sound.

on the other hand, if ur sound is exclusively pedal/pickup based, it sometimes matters much less what guitar you are using.

 

[DoubleBlade]

I'm still keeping my options open nonetheless but at the current moment my preferences point to the LP....

 

[ChanMin]

keep in mind that strat styled guitars are wayyy more common then the lespaul design.

with $400 you will be able to get a better strat styled gutiar rather then if you bought a LP which will be priced a little more expensive due to its "signature" look.

strat styled guitars are common. meaning it costs manufacturers less to produce a strat. compared to LP. so for $400 . you get more guitar.

thats imho.

 

[DoubleBlade]

Hmmm...okay I have been advised to wait for year end sales. Hopefully can get a LP design guitar at say maybe 40% off?