Please Help Me!

[mus]

Hey,
anyone knows which is better?.. Buying new guitar or pickup?.. i dun like the body of my guitar.. I planning to buy Hamer Studio custom or the ibanez Ar-300?.. are those any gd?.. what are the prices?. any other guitars with the same body?.. thank you

 

[soft]

how long have you been playing guitar and do you rate yourself beginner, intermediate or advance?

 

[NewGuy]

I had a similar problem not too long ago... I was using a strat copy with low power single coils. It really was a cheapo guitar... the neck fits fine for chording but when doing riff it was a bit hard some how the neck can't be compared to an Ibanez. My option was to get another guitar or to mod the strat copy. Initially I wanted to change the pickups and neck... then I was having the problem of what pickups to choose. 1st I totally hate the humming of the cheapo strat... so I went to check up what could be the prob. It was either the internal wiring or pickups... then I open the guitar body cavity and to my horror the internal was not properly done, wood was chipping and it was half painted.

So it boils down to the cost, if I were to change pickups, assuming 1 for 100 bucks that would be 300 bucks for 3 and the neck would be about 100-200 (didn't bother to check) and worst still the body wood doesn't seem reliable... all in all that guitar was meant to get me interested in guitar thru the shape of a strat... btw the guitar is merely a 100 bucks...

So my advise is to see what kind of guitar u have and what u don't like of it... if it is sound I think pickups or amps or even effects can help u... but if it is the physical part like shape then u might as well buy a new guitar not worth getting a new body and refit everything (aka custom made).

 

[mus]

i rate myself as beginner

 

[PinkSpId3r]

i think it will be better for you to get a new guitar..since you dont like the body of your current one and i believe you wouldnt really enjoy playing it when you dislike it.

since your a beginner..maybe you should play around more..find out which pickups you really like before investing in it. but i would recommend you getting a good amp first before changing pickups. :wink:

 

[mus]

can sumone pls answer my ques?.. ;(.. are the hamer n ibanez guitar any gd?.. which is better n cheaper?..

 

[yi]

can sumone pls answer my ques?.. ;(.. are the hamer n ibanez guitar any gd?.. which is better n cheaper?..

both the hamer and the ibanez are very alike in terms of wood, shape of body and electronics. i would say between these two the higher quality one would be the hamer studio custom, its more pricey than the ibanez. the ibanez ar-300 would be a little lower in quality than the hamer but well it would definitely be the cheaper of the two.