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Golden Eyed Scout: http://www.rondomusic.com/electricguitar.html

Electrics starting at $69. There's a bunch in the $100 range as well. Remember, you're getting what you pay for, but as far as cheap guitars go, they're relatively good quality. But don't expect them to sound like a Jem or anything.

Edit: Out of all of them, this one is probably the best that's in your range. My friend bought one and it's actually a really nice guitar, especially for the price.
http://www.rondomusic.com/SR1STDBK.html

Samus_aran115 wrote:A hundred bucks? Check craigslist...I guess. OH.

If you just want to learn how to play, I guess you can get something from walmart.....I wouldn't, but for a hundred bucks, I think you can get something.

I had to go to WalMart last weekend. And I had been able to keep form going in there for almost two years.
Maybe Target has one. I'll check, but until I have a job, garage sales and pawn shps will prolly be my best friends for now.

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:

Samus_aran115 wrote:A hundred bucks? Check craigslist...I guess. OH.

If you just want to learn how to play, I guess you can get something from walmart.....I wouldn't, but for a hundred bucks, I think you can get something.

I had to go to WalMart last weekend. And I had been able to keep form going in there for almost two years.
Maybe Target has one. I'll check, but until I have a job, garage sales and pawn shps will prolly be my best friends for now.

Also, just to mention, if you want to play some of the songs you linked, you're going to need a guitar with Humbuckers. I'd reccomend a distortion pedal as well.

It wieghs a ton but looks cool. Now... if only I could play it better than really bad.



I have also been thinking about getting a guitar as of late.

Ibanez AEB10. Just picked it up as something to play with friend informally since I'm not playing gigs anymore, not that it hasn't made an appearance at a coffee house or two.

I'm the owner of a Fender, what kind I have no idea.

The game Brutal Legend got me to want to play the guitar, and I asked my parents for one for christmas, but they got me Accoustic

"Playing Accoustic is totally lame and not Metal!"

Metalocalypse obviously never met the D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjYwuL4FLO4&feature=related

Slarg232 wrote:I'm the owner of a Fender, what kind I have no idea.

The game Brutal Legend got me to want to play the guitar, and I asked my parents for one for christmas, but they got me Accoustic

"Playing Accoustic is totally lame and not Metal!"

Noo,so untrue...I spend quite a fair amount of time banging out various "metal tunes" on my acoustic,remember..if you can play it on an acoustic it will sound even better when your plugged in,distorted and have the volume up to 11.

Air.

It's so awesome, you guys can't even see it.

That joke.

It's so awesome, we didn't even laugh at it the first three times.

Albatross wrote:That joke.

It's so awesome, we didn't even laugh at it the first three times.

+1

Also, I want a gibson Melody Maker. Nice guitars.

I just bought a Warwick Rockbass 4 string! It sounds great and is a blast to play

I learnt to play on a cheap Fender acoustic then bought a Yamaha Pacifica. Cheap as chips but sturdy and nice to play. Mine is so old now it has a quality tone despite being economy and battered. I mostly play my SG standard however, because it is sexual.

um 1 fender squire (horrible guitar) 1 cheap ass ibanez (ok guitar) and a 1985 bc rich virgin (when BC rich was still made in japan and didnt suck) I do however have a niceish line 6 amp (100watts) that is prolly the best bit of music kit ive ever bought does everything from uber death metal to blues and funk

How did I miss this thread? I always take any given opportunity to talk about my somewhat odd selection of guitars.

My main guitar is this:



I put it together myself from parts. The neck is easily the best I've ever played, it's made entirely from Pau Ferro which is normally only used for fretboards and it completely raw (ie no finish).

The rest: Steinberger Spirit, Epiphone G400, Marlin Sidewinder and at the bottom modded lapsteel.



I only have one amp worth mentioning a WEM ER40 head running though a 1x12" H/H cab. The WEM dates to somewhere between the late 60s and mid 70s. Oddly for that era it's a transistor amplifier although for WEM being odd is par for the course. After all this is the company that produced effects pedals with an output cable and not the industry standard output socket. Still oddity aside it's a perfectly capable amp with a very handy treble boost feature.

My girlfriend has a hell old and rather valuable Gibson Les Paul Standard - that's her favourite. Mine is the 7-string Ibanez RG Prestige. I play keyboards though.

If its electric, Im a bass man for sure.


OTher wise I play acoustic. I honestly dont own my own oddly enough. I play on an old ass one my mother has had since before she gave birth to us Its showing wear finally, but it still can sound decent with some new strings

I play primarily jazz, so I chose this...



I also like to play me some Andy Mckee and Don Ross covers/style, so I have this,



It's a mitchell, but side by side next to a martin, you can't tell the difference in sound. I love this guitar.

I also have an old beater for taking around outside....its some nameless brand with nylons.

I have 11 of them. Sorry. I'm a bit obsessive.

My favorites are a JPB 'Artist' series electric accoustic bass named 'Devin' and a '67 Fender Jazz named 'Jazzabel' (long story behind how I got that). My Favorite 6 string guitars are just a plain old strat named 'Lulubelle' white with stripes of spraypaint, and a black Ibanez RGX named 'Wicked', and a Steinberger Synapse named 'Emily' that I got for 18 bucks (she never EVER goes out of tune). The rest of them are pawn shop cheapos though.

I currently own a Washburn acoustic, a Mitchell acoustic 12-string, a BC Rich Warlock, and a Fernandes Strat copy. I used to have an Epiphone Strat copy and a Squier Stratocaster.

(Yes, seriously) - replaced the pickup w/ DiMarzio Evo though.

Also

didnt you have a double neck?

I'm surprised at the level of humbleness on this thread. I expected someone to own an EVH wolfgang or something expensive

Guitardian wrote:didnt you have a double neck?

Nope, never.

Samus_aran115 wrote:I'm surprised at the level of humbleness on this thread. I expected someone to own an EVH wolfgang or something expensive

Okay, in an effort to be less humble, I'm willing to say that my guitar (the black semi-hollow body in the pic) has more switches than anyone elses

1968 Holly 6-string....and I still don't know how to play.....

LordWynne wrote:1968 Holly 6-string....and I still don't know how to play.....

What's that, exactly?

An old guitar that I am re-building found it at a garage sale

Redbeard wrote:

Guitardian wrote:didnt you have a double neck?

Nope, never.

Samus_aran115 wrote:I'm surprised at the level of humbleness on this thread. I expected someone to own an EVH wolfgang or something expensive

Okay, in an effort to be less humble, I'm willing to say that my guitar (the black semi-hollow body in the pic) has more switches than anyone elses

anybody that knows you would have just taken that fact for granted

Was up on Denmark street yesterday and picked up an all black Jaguar player HH to add to the collection as well now Neck is not as nice as the player jazzmaster, but it is a very nice sounding guitar that fills the roles of jaguar and strat at the same time.

In order of purchase:

Johnson Strat copy w/ Carvin pickups, (terrible guitar, still has the best clean sound out of all of my guitars.)

ESP M-II

ESP/LTD H-207 7 string

Schecter C-1 elite

Jackson DK2M Dinky

And hopefully soon a MM/EB John Petrucci signature 7 string.