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  1. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    Really? The store I go to has a bunch, and a bunch of musicians I know have them And strat copys ARE very popular, good thing I have an american fender


    Well over here of the three large music stores I've been too, none of them stock Explorers - apparently cos no one asks for them, it's mainly strat type guitars or les pauls. I'm sure the more boutique guitar shops will have them though.

    But again of all the people I know - either friends, acquaintances or other guitar players you meet at parties/uni etc. and none of the have explorers.
  2. I'm with Lyndon, the Explorer is not that common. Most young and non-proffessional players have copy Strats, Les Pauls or SGs... Having a Gretsch or an Explorer is much less usual
  3. Originally posted by LikeASong:I'm with Lyndon, the Explorer is not that common. Most young and non-proffessional players have copy Strats, Les Pauls or SGs... Having a Gretsch or an Explorer is much less usual


    I side with this view as well; I've only ever seen one person I know play an Explorer.

    And that's why I felt special "graduating" from my Strat-copy to a PRS Special Edition last year...it's cut a bit like a Les Paul, but it's definitely MY guitar; nobody else around here plays one anyway, and I've worked my own blood sweat and tears into it

    Switching gears just a bit, I once looked into buying a hollow-body guitar from a local independent store, and the brand name was Reverend. Anybody know anything about these guitars? It was expensive (for me, anyway, a teenager currently without a job), but the sound on some of the YouTube and Reverend demo videos was to die for. Here's the link to the specific guitar I considered saving up for:

    http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/guitars/set_neck_series/manta_ray_290.html

    The retailer around me had it in a...I guess you would call it a "deep-sea-blue" sunburst. Somewhere between a turquoise and a royal blue; it was truly a gorgeous guitar. I used to just sit and look at it
  4. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]

    I side with this view as well; I've only ever seen one person I know play an Explorer.

    And that's why I felt special "graduating" from my Strat-copy to a PRS Special Edition last year...it's cut a bit like a Les Paul, but it's definitely MY guitar; nobody else around here plays one anyway, and I've worked my own blood sweat and tears into it

    Switching gears just a bit, I once looked into buying a hollow-body guitar from a local independent store, and the brand name was Reverend. Anybody know anything about these guitars? It was expensive (for me, anyway, a teenager currently without a job), but the sound on some of the YouTube and Reverend demo videos was to die for. Here's the link to the specific guitar I considered saving up for:

    http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/guitars/set_neck_series/manta_ray_290.html

    The retailer around me had it in a...I guess you would call it a "deep-sea-blue" sunburst. Somewhere between a turquoise and a royal blue; it was truly a gorgeous guitar. I used to just sit and look at it


    Wow...PRSs are something else!!
    Great buy!
  5. I'm not fond on that sharp shape of the cutaways (that's why I'm not a fan of SGs), it looks so flashy to me. But the guitar seems to be awesome, and the sound on that video promises big things... How much was it? mmmmm I love blue guitars

    PS. PRS are a dream, I didn't know you've got one!! That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!
  6. Originally posted by LikeASong:I'm with Lyndon, the Explorer is not that common. Most young and non-proffessional players have copy Strats, Les Pauls or SGs... Having a Gretsch or an Explorer is much less usual

    Same here. I only know one other guy (someone I lived with in halls last year) who has an Explorer, and I've never seen it lol, I just remember him telling me on the day I got mine. Most people I know, including me, have had a Les Paul or some form of Strat. lying around before they started widening their guitarry horizons. One of my friends has a PRS plus two Strat. copies; another has a Gibson BFG and an Epi. Les Paul (his grandfather has a beautiful Gretsch - at least, I think it is, can't remember for certain - and a Mexican Fender Tele.); one of my housemates has an Epiphone G-400 + Strat. copy, whilst another housemate has an Epi. Casino and a Fender Mustang (he DID have an Epi. Les Paul but sold it to get the Casino)...I could go on but I'd just be filling space lol. I do know a fair few people with ESP/LTD shiz, but none of that does it for me. I guess I'm like Sergio, SG cuts and that sort of thing don't really do it for me, and that extends to like-minded guitars. Don't get me starting on Flying Vs...

    I think lots of people sometimes try to define themselves by looking for a guitar that no one else has. I don't feel I really buy into that - the main motivation for me getting my Les Paul and then my Explorer was mainly because I wanted to get a bit of Edginess into my life . Having said that, I don't think there's anything wrong with the former statement (about definition) I would love to get something semi-hollow in time, perhaps an original Fender Starcaster like Dave Keuning, but that won't be for a while thanks to money being virtually unheard of for me right now


  7. Apparnetly this is the cool thing to do....I have a strat because I love the sound it gives, it's not my problem if Hendrix, Gilmour, Edge, SRV, Clapton, and a shitload of other guitarists love the sound a strat gives as well. I'm not going to get a "different" guitar so I can stand out, i'm going to get what sounds good.
  8. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    Apparnetly this is the cool thing to do....I have a strat because I love the sound it gives, it's not my problem if Hendrix, Gilmour, Edge, SRV, Clapton, and a shitload of other guitarists love the sound a strat gives as well. I'm not going to get a "different" guitar so I can stand out, i'm going to get what sounds good.


    Agreed...if it doesn't sound good then there's no reason to get it. Sound is everything...in music at least.
  9. My guitar:



    Me playing it onstage last week- I did a one-off sort of gig with my school's choir; they were playing "Don't Stop Believin" by Journey and wanted me to play the axe; I obliged

  10. Good man
  11. A Starcaster is also on my sight, Harry... It's a "different" guitar, and moreover it looks and sounds awesome


  12. It also has an abominable price tag
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