Whats best for a guitar?
I've been wondering about getting a new guitar (at the moment I have an epiphone les paul goth), and I'd like to know whats best?. ebony fingerboard or rosewood? jumbo frets or not? seymourduncan pickups? floyd rose? I play heavy metal so i'm after something with a crunch and speed, I've also been looking at the Jackson Randy rhodes models. Any comments????
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Unless you have the money for the usa model randy v,then your NOT going to get genuine duncans or a genuine floyd rose.
If you really want the randy rhodes model without too much spent,get the mid range model(the pro).Then buy an original floyd,a pair of duncans/emg's/dimarzio e.c.t. and have it all installed and set up by a good guitar tech(at a music store most likeley).
If you really want a crushing metal sound,then the emg 81/85 pickup combo is good.The 81 being in the bridge and 85 being in the neck.
If you really want the randy rhodes model without too much spent,get the mid range model(the pro).Then buy an original floyd,a pair of duncans/emg's/dimarzio e.c.t. and have it all installed and set up by a good guitar tech(at a music store most likeley).
If you really want a crushing metal sound,then the emg 81/85 pickup combo is good.The 81 being in the bridge and 85 being in the neck.
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# 2
For speed and a metal tone, it has to be a Rhoades guitar. i actually have something similar to that. i have a Jackson JSKV ( somestimes known as a jsrr for some reason) which set me back £ 230. it has a real metal cruch, and i'm able to glide up the fret board as the neck is real slim and easy to play on. or another choice would be an ibanez of some sort
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# 3
Maple, Rosewood, ebony fretboards for metal.
The density of the wood effects tone.
Maple produces a warmer tone, and gets brighter in rosewood, then ebony being the brightest (which is a very dense wood). The denser fretbaord usually means more sustain. All of this can be effected by body wood though. Alder and basswood are brighter. It's hard to find ebony on low to mid-priced guitars. Ebony is harder to work with and more expensive for the manufacturer, therefore they opt for rosewood. For refret jobs, make sure you have a tech who knows his stuff otherwise ebony will "tear out" and you end up with a junk fretboard.
When you replace the stock "licensed" tremelo with a real Floyd, you will notice the real Floyd is much, much brighter. This is because the licensed versions are cheap "cast" parts and the Floyd is hardened steel.
(Caution - Changing the trem may mean plugging and redrilling the stud/post holes due to differences in stud/post width measurments). The Schaler licensed trems are very close in dimension to the real Floyd's. In most cases though, NONE of the parts from your licensed trem will match up to the Floyd's but it is well worth the money and effort to put the real thing in place.
The density of the wood effects tone.
Maple produces a warmer tone, and gets brighter in rosewood, then ebony being the brightest (which is a very dense wood). The denser fretbaord usually means more sustain. All of this can be effected by body wood though. Alder and basswood are brighter. It's hard to find ebony on low to mid-priced guitars. Ebony is harder to work with and more expensive for the manufacturer, therefore they opt for rosewood. For refret jobs, make sure you have a tech who knows his stuff otherwise ebony will "tear out" and you end up with a junk fretboard.
When you replace the stock "licensed" tremelo with a real Floyd, you will notice the real Floyd is much, much brighter. This is because the licensed versions are cheap "cast" parts and the Floyd is hardened steel.
(Caution - Changing the trem may mean plugging and redrilling the stud/post holes due to differences in stud/post width measurments). The Schaler licensed trems are very close in dimension to the real Floyd's. In most cases though, NONE of the parts from your licensed trem will match up to the Floyd's but it is well worth the money and effort to put the real thing in place.
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