Should I really get a new guitar?

[wasp]

Hi quite new here.. Currently I'm using a Slammer Hamer guitar with h-s-s pickups.Serves me well but its body is solidwood and its quite heavy. I can't stand and play too long or else my shoulder will hurt ( I'm just a bedroom guitarist but sometimes you need to stand and play in font of the mirror and impress yourself). So recently thinking of getting a new guitar which is lighter and has h-h or h-s-h pickups. Now the question is besides the heaviness, is a h-s-s pattern enough for me or h-h the way to go? Or changing to better pickups is enough? I play mostly rock/metal.

here's what my guitar look like.
http://www.slammerguitars.com/ct21.cfm

 

[Taylorboy87]

Come on, don't tell me your changing your guitar cos it feels heavy? Your a guy don't be a wuss. It'll make you stronger! IMO the h-s-s configuration is the most versatile and can play alot of styles and genres. Maybe you should just consider changing the pups

 

[wasp]

you made me feel like a woman. anyway part of it yes.. took me about 10mins before my shoulder hurts, after that its very uncomfortable to play.. the pickups is another, for my type of music I don't know if h-s-s is enough or more ooommmpphh with a h-h. They are stock pickups btw.[/img]

 

[thor666]

imo the pickup configuration doesn't matter.

 

[wasp]

Hmm I see..the heaviness doesn't bother me that much actually..coz I don't stand and play that much. Its the sound actually. So a change of pickups would be enough huh? I really want to get a heavy sound.

 

[thor666]

What amp are you using? You probably want an amp with a bigger speaker size/a better tighter bass response. Your sound is as good only as your final link.

 

[wasp]

HAve a crappy vantage amp but I rarely use it now...I'm using korg AX100G multi effect pedal and connect directly to my headphones, sometimes plug it to my pc which I think sounds better than the amp

 

[thor666]

You probably want a better amp then. Go jam, try out different amps at guitar shops, with the same distortion pedal. You can hear the difference in bass response.

 

[ShredCow]

The weight is a matter of getting used to it, unless you have a broken back, and believe me, I know.

 

[wasp]

Ok...I know there are alot of experts here.. for heavy metal what kind of pickups are recommended for my h-s-s pattern? I already have plans to get better amp and effect pedals but for now the guitar 1st.

 

[df]

Get a new one! Actually I want a new one, lol...

 

[wasp]

yah...if I get a new one I'll still keep my current one.

 

[ciel]

dude get a better amp. dun worry abt the guitar. u change ur pups tru ur vantage amp you wont hear a difference.

save and just change ur amp first for all you know the stock pups are decent just that your amp sucks.

 

[ciel]

The weight is a matter of getting used to it, unless you have a broken back, and believe me, I know.

tsk i wear my Lay Por for up to two hours now that painful for the shoulder i assure you.

 

[ShredCow]

The weight is a matter of getting used to it, unless you have a broken back, and believe me, I know.

tsk i wear my Lay Por for up to two hours now that painful for the shoulder i assure you.

I understand.

I jam for 4 hours with my Saber, also back ache/pain.


Anyway, I'm of the opinion that changing pups is fine actually. Really. While the cheapo amp will not let the nauces of the pickup thru, he's going for a metal tone... so METAL pups are in store for him... what nauces? Haven't you heard? You can plug a ds1 straight to computer and get heavenly tone, what more for a vantage amp? :wink:

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

I used to own a B.C. Rich Mockingbird Bronze series which pretty much weighed a tonne. What's worse (and in typical B.C. Rich style) the upper horn kept poking me in the ribs when sitting down, and the stock pickups weren't really happening for me.

So I traded it for my G-400 (plus top-up) and got myself a bass EQ pedal.. all tone and weight issues solved.

But only issue not resolved was neck-diving :?

 

[ciel]

install a bigbsy. retro coolness and weighs the back down more hurhurhru

bigbsy on a SG sexxxayyy....

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

I actually considered doing that, until I read about (and experienced) the tuning instability of a bigsby unit. It's good for mild and slow dumps but that's about it.

Plus... I'm not going to drill holes into the top of my beautiful guitar!!!

 

[neuro182]

lol.. ur Hamer guitar looks lighter than my Les Paul.. anywae, changing guitar might not give you the same feel as your current one.. if it is because of the weight factor, i suggest that u go gym to do some weight lifting to train up your strength.. else, get an Ibanez SA260FM? closest i can think of comparing the configurations.

 

[ciel]

Weight can be an issue. Playing in your room is alright. If your gigging and after an hour or 2 your gonna have some problems.