I Can Never Find The Right Guitar

[Poontang_clan]

i like so many guitars but then there are little things that just turn me off of the guitar like the s series ibanez guitars i liked them until i realized thy only have 22 frets i dont really know if it wil make a difference because i use up to the 24th fret but not much

These are the things i am looking for in a guitar:

-24 Frets
-H/S/H pickup setup
-Quilted or flamed maple
-I can never decide if i want to get a guitar with or without a floydrose but im more for floyd i like the S series bridge with the bearings cuz it should stay in tune better right?

If anyone has any suggestions or anything they want to say post it

[gogogo]

What is your price range?

[Poontang_clan]

My max pricerange would probably be around 1000 canadian $

[PonyOne]

They're awesome guitars.

I hate Floyds.

Get one without a Floyd.

[tehplatypus]

maybe i'm looking at the obvious here, but what about the ibanez RG series? it seems to fit your criteria.

and they do have models with flamed tops.

edit: i just noticed the models that are flamed don't have the middle single coil pickup...but if i'm not mistaken, i believe the models that have two pickups still have a 5 way switch and a certain coil-tapped setup for the three middle positions?

[irg7620]

Warmoth Guitars can do some custom work. ESP does custom. come to think of it, a lot of companies offer custom work now. i would also check ebay. if you go with a floyd rose trem, i suggest putting in a tremsetter to help keep it stable. you don't have to, it's just that i have used a guitar with one and it rocks. really keeps it stable when doing bends and whammy work. another thing to consider is scale length. the longer the scale, the farther apart the frets are. this might be something that might hurt your playing. i like the 25" scale that alot of people are making now. gives you the best of 2 worlds (24 3/4 shortness with 25 1/2's deeper tone - sort of ). that's about all i can tell you at this point.

[PonyOne]

maybe i'm looking at the obvious here, but what about the ibanez RG series? it seems to fit your criteria.

and they do have models with flamed tops.
well the other problem is that they lack the ergonomically pleasing shape of the S series (you really have to play one to understand fully). Also, the S series use a mahogany body that gives it a phatter, more LP-like tone than the basswood they use in the RG.

[Andrew Sa]

Why not a Schecter C1? or an Esp H series?(dunno if they have 24 frets tho...I hate 24fret guitars)...or maybe even a Peavey V series (I think tis the V series)?

[Poontang_clan]

I was thinking because i really like this ibanez s series guitar(S470DXQMTL) even if it does only have 22 frets i could just bend the 22nd fret and it could reach the sound of a 24th fret which i would use buit not very often so do you guys think this is a loss that is worth all of the good ??

By the way the reasons i like this guitar is because of
-the body shape, it feels great to play.
-the Humbucker/single coil/ Humbucker pickup setup
-The ZR(zero resistance) tremelo, because it has bearings so it is smother and it will return to perfect pitch
-Wizard necks
-It looks BEAUTIFUL

[PonyOne]

I was thinking because i really like this ibanez s series guitar(S470DXQMTL) even if it does only have 22 frets i could just bend the 22nd fret and it could reach the sound of a 24th fret which i would use buit not very often so do you guys think this is a loss that is worth all of the good ??

By the way the reasons i like this guitar is because of
-the body shape, it feels great to play.
-the Humbucker/single coil/ Humbucker pickup setup
-The ZR(zero resistance) tremelo, because it has bearings so it is smother and it will return to perfect pitch
-Wizard necks
-It looks BEAUTIFUL
Seriously, if they made one left handed (I can get one custom but that's $$$) I'd have one...

You could do the bend, you'd just have to practice, an keep in mind that if you play that far up you're gonig to have a slur getting there.

I have a 24 fret guitar, I don't feel all that inhibited when I play my Fenders (21 fret) most of the time. Though admittedly, if I do it's really annoying.

[Akira]

The S series is quite good, just stay away from the new ones.