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Locomotive breath
07-24-2002, 03:08 PM
I'm just starting out. I'm 15 and have been working doing odd jobs for the last 2 years to save up enough money to buy a guitar. This man new I was looking for one and he said he used to be the manager for Eric Clapton and he so happened to have a guitar left over from them days that Eric used and it was autographed by him. This guy is one of the coolest guys I have ever met. He said the guitar was worth $5,000, but since I only had $2,000 he would let me have it for that since he liked me. I was going to buy a Les Paul, but he said Squire is better. I guess I got lucky.
Incidents Happen
07-24-2002, 05:05 PM
Ha!

You are one misinformed guy.

Squires are worth no more than $300 at best, and an autograph of Eric Clapton on it doesnt make it play any better. I hardly believe Eric would play a Squire, anyways. Your getting ripped off, man.
Zeppelin
07-24-2002, 06:10 PM
noooo
dont do it
dont dont dont dont dont dont doooo itttt
kill that man
shot him down
first of all unless its a squire from 1970's it doesnt worth so much money
then again even if it is from 1970's for that ammount of money you can buy fender's clapton model OR fender texas special guitar which will give you the blues sound with versatility the squiers dont have
Incidents Happen
07-24-2002, 09:26 PM
Originally posted by Locomotive breath
I'm just starting out. I'm 15 and have been working doing odd jobs for the last 2 years to save up enough money to buy a guitar. This man new I was looking for one and he said he used to be the manager for Eric Clapton and he so happened to have a guitar left over from them days that Eric used and it was autographed by him. This guy is one of the coolest guys I have ever met. He said the guitar was worth $5,000, but since I only had $2,000 he would let me have it for that since he liked me. I was going to buy a Les Paul, but he said Squire is better. I guess I got lucky.

Word of advise. Dont trust businessmen! Don't trust people who are selling you something! God!

You'd have to be 3 years old to have that ignorance, man, c'mon!
PonyOne
07-25-2002, 12:55 AM
Yo, yo, yo, let's be nice... we all start somewhere. Personally, locomotive, I commend you for going out and asking some people in the know before you made one of the worst monetary decisions of your life.

If you've got $2g's to spend on a guitar, then get a high-end, set-neck Epiphone SG or an ESP or something (or an LP studio for that matter, if it's 2 g's), and then get a really nice amp, like a Fender Deville.

Squiers are the laughing stock of the guitar world. They are made mass-market in CHINA, not even Korea, and have pathetically low resonance and really sissy pickups. Not at all worth it. Certainly not 2 grand. Tell him to cram it. A good, top of the line squier is worth like $300 tops.
Psycho Amram
07-25-2002, 10:36 AM
he used to be the manager for Eric Clapton
and i taught Yngwie
squiers are made in indonesia
i started with one of those...
PonyOne
07-25-2002, 11:31 AM
You may have started with one, but did you pay 2,000 for it? And Eric Clapton's first guitar was "Blackie," a black strat w/a white pickguard that he still plays onstage, occasionally, for songs with lots of meaning to him (like tears in heaven)
Incidents Happen
07-25-2002, 02:05 PM
pony who told you Squier is made in China?
PonyOne
07-25-2002, 11:04 PM
Looking on the back of a Squier Bullet. It said MADE IN CHINA on it. From what I understand, although the majority come off the line in Indonesia (like that's soooo much better) a good deal of their subcheap models are Chinese.
Psycho Amram
07-26-2002, 04:40 AM
well mine says: "crafted in indonesia"
do you have something against indonesia??
yes they are sooooo much better!!


and i did pay 2000 for it
taylormarkow
07-26-2002, 12:13 PM
Dear Taylormarkow!
your post has been edited by me.
next time please lets be nice ok?


[Edited by Zeppelin on 07-26-2002 at 12:18 PM]
Zeppelin
07-26-2002, 12:20 PM
psycho amram:
err dude we pay in shekels here
not in dollars
no one of us will give 2000$ for ANY squire
Locomotive breath
07-26-2002, 12:47 PM
HELLOOOO...IT WAS A JOKE! OKAY?
Incidents Happen
07-26-2002, 06:19 PM
not a good way to get your first impression in on us, buddy.
Locomotive breath
07-27-2002, 07:33 PM
#@$%^& you if you can't take a joke.
Incidents Happen
07-27-2002, 08:51 PM
no i mean your caps, i dont think anybody likes a screamer, but hey since you said funk you, then funk you too.

:)
Locomotive breath
07-28-2002, 09:04 AM
Caps? What dif does it make? I didn't say funk.
Incidents Happen
07-28-2002, 06:39 PM
you cap'd your other message before, which is disrespectful to both the eye and to the reader- example;

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I TYPED LIKE THIS FOREVER?

; and so on.

you didnt say funk you, but you understand where i was getting at.
Locomotive breath
07-29-2002, 12:54 PM
sorry, didn't mean no disrespect. lets talk about positive things.
Incidents Happen
07-30-2002, 04:33 PM
:D

what guitar did you end up getting?
Locomotive breath
07-30-2002, 09:27 PM
I bought a Jackson RR Flying V. $380.00 What do you think?
Incidents Happen
07-31-2002, 10:58 AM
not my style, but cool choice anyways :D

I guess im a little traditional, im getting a new Fender American Strat in september to replace my other electric.

i dont think too many 14 year olds play American Strats...
PinkPanther
08-01-2002, 07:20 AM
Originally posted by Locomotive breath
sorry, didn't mean no disrespect. lets talk about positive things.
Ok, please if you are still in school, pay attention to your English teacher!
Locomotive breath
08-01-2002, 07:27 AM
I always pay attention to my English teacher. She has A 38-DD rack that commands attention.
PinkPanther
08-01-2002, 07:52 AM
Originally posted by Locomotive breath
I always pay attention to my English teacher. She has A 38-DD rack that commands attention.
Thatīs pathetic. Itīs gross. Why would you want to stare at tits so big and gross like that? Why canīt you just get a girlfriend?
Azrael
08-01-2002, 01:46 PM
Why do we just have to talk about .. well what are we all talking about???? *LOL*
Locomotive breath
08-01-2002, 02:06 PM
Thatīs pathetic. Itīs gross. Why would you want to stare at tits so big and gross like that? Why canīt you just get a girlfriend? [/B][/QUOTE]
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Pink Panther. What size are yours?
PinkPanther
08-01-2002, 02:59 PM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Pink Panther. What size are yours? [/B][/QUOTE]
Too small for your prefference!
Locomotive breath
08-01-2002, 03:15 PM
Originally posted by PinkPanther

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Pink Panther. What size are yours?
Too small for your prefference! [/B][/QUOTE]
Don't be so sure..
PinkPanther
08-01-2002, 03:47 PM
Don't be so sure.. [/B][/QUOTE]
About a handfull. Too big for me, too small for most guys.
Locomotive breath
08-01-2002, 03:51 PM
Why too big for you? Sounds nice.
Got a pic?
metalisbest
08-01-2002, 06:39 PM
I have a Squier and they are pretty good. They come with good pickups.
Locomotive breath
08-01-2002, 06:55 PM
Squires are excellent beginner guitars because they are cheap, and have a pretty good strat sound, and when you get bored with it, you don't have to worry about selling something you have a grand tied up in. Lets face it most people who pick up the axe are gonna play a few times then go on to something else. You can always upgrade if you decide you wanna be a guitar hero.