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  1. 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


  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

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


  7. It also has an abominable price tag


  8. Really? Never found one in any of the physical stores I've been in. And haven't seeked for it on the internet...


  9. Better have long arms; you'll need to pick your jaw up off the floor He's right, the price is high, especially for students like I know we both are..


  10. That's because they're not made anymore lol. You can only get them vintage, and they're super pricey, because they're hard to come by.


  11. What the man said.
    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.

    Amen to that. There's a reason why Strats are as successful as they are - they're good. Need there be more reason to get a guitar? My Explorer is my #1 because I feel it's the best guitar, but also it has a balance to the sound - I feel it comes somewhere between the thickness and grit of a Les Paul crossed with the definition of a Strat. Speaking of Strats, I've been playing my Ridgewood copy quite a lot recently, loving clean tones on the middle/bridge pickup. My Les Paul, on the other hand...if there was one guitar I was going to consider selling, it would be that. Saying that, I'm far too attached to it lol =/
  12. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
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    What the man said.
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    Amen to that. There's a reason why Strats are as successful as they are - they're good. Need there be more reason to get a guitar? My Explorer is my #1 because I feel it's the best guitar, but also it has a balance to the sound - I feel it comes somewhere between the thickness and grit of a Les Paul crossed with the definition of a Strat. Speaking of Strats, I've been playing my Ridgewood copy quite a lot recently, loving clean tones on the middle/bridge pickup. My Les Paul, on the other hand...if there was one guitar I was going to consider selling, it would be that. Saying that, I'm far too attached to it lol =/


    Yeah man. And I know what you mean about being attatched to a guitar. I've gone through about 10 guitars, but I've always kept a strat. I've only had 2, a ,mexi one, and later I upgraded to an american one, which is what I use now, and I'll never sell it, it plays and sounds exactly how I want a guitar to sound and play. Perfect.
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