What kind of guitar do you have?

Just wondering what kind of guitar everybody here has. Myself, I have a seven string Ibanez w/ floyd rose tremolo and EMG pickups. I also have an older Aria ProII with a standard tremolo. Feel free to talk about what kind of amp and/or effects you use.

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Which Ibanez 7-string do you have? Why did you change the pickups to the EMG? I take it , it's not the UV777 w/ Evolutions? I am seriously considering a 7-string Are you satisfied w/ the Ibanez?

Thanks
by the way, currently playing, 1985 Fender, 1986 Jackson, Jem777, Jem7BLK, Jem555.

I have a Strat with an Evolution in the bridge, an Ibanez Destroyer, an Epiphone Flying V, an Ibanez classical, an Ovation, and a Les Paul copy.

I have an all original 1981 Rickenbacker 480 (solid body - looks exactly like the famed 4001 bass). I had a 1973 version which was ripped off from my apartment in .....1981! I also have a Yamaha 340-II acoustic. Next on my wish list is a 60's or 70's Gibson SG.

[Edited by John O'Carroll on 02-14-2001 at 08:27 AM]

I've got an ESP M-II deluxe.
It has got two humbuckers and an original floyd rose tremolo system.

72 Gibson L6S & an 80's Roland GR808 Guitar synth (not the dumb looking star trek one with the handle on top), a really crappy no-name acoustic and an Electric Atako by Quest.
I used to have an Ibanez Artist too but the neck turned into a boomerang & a Yamaha 12 string that got smashed into little bits.

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Originally posted by canasob:
Which Ibanez 7-string do you have? Why did you change the pickups to the EMG?

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I'm not quite sure what the model number is because it was a graduation gift. If you want to know what it looks like you'll have to go to Guitar Center, they're the only one's authorized to sell my particular model. As for the EMG pickups, why not? Unless all you want is a crisp clean tone EMG pickups are great especially for people like me (metal heads). And yes, I do reccomend getting an Ibanez, it's the nicest guitar I've ever played.


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I'm off like a herd of turtles in the moonlight!

I'm playing a BC Rich Warlock with a Widow headstock with a Floyd Rose II and 2 humbuckers. It's a violent looking piece of guitar. I don't like 7-strings, they seem kinda trendy to me... Most players I've heard who play 7-strings don't even use the higher end of the guitar, so I don't understand why they don't just tune down 2 1/2 steps and go with that, instead of working around the akward situation of having a fatter neck. It'd drive me fawking nuts... Although Steve Vai, and, I think, John Petrucci put good use to 7-strings.

I have an Ibanez 750, Ibanez RG570, all with Dimarzio pickups, a Jackson Rhandy Rhoads with Jackson pickups, and a Yamaha acoustic.
In my rack I have an ADA MP-1, and a Yamaha FX-500, I know it is old stuff but the tones are killer! I use an ART MIDI footswitch, and use various Peavey amplifiers.

I have a 70s Ibanez les paul copy. I used to have an ibanez strat copy. I have an american fender strat now.

I have a martin D28 acoustic, which I dearly love. I just got a fender acoustasonic amp for it and a fishman pickup. I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to amplify an acoustic, but now it sounds awesome.

Ive got a Tradition strat copy, Im getting an Ibanez 7 string in a year or so. Are the rg 7 strings any good. I was looking at the universe one too.

Gibson Les Paul Studio

i replaced the pickguard with a cool custom made diamond plate one, looks cool =)

I also have a peavey predator (i know it sucks but it was my first guitar, never got rid of it)

jason

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Originally posted by Uncle Istvan:
I don't like 7-strings, they seem kinda trendy to me...

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I know you weren't trying to be rude when you said that Istvan, and I'm not trying to flame you when I say this:
Let's think about this for a second. How many strings on a guitar do you have to choose from? Well, I've seen a six string, a seven string, and even a five string. With that in mind, either way you go, technically speaking, you will be trendy by choosing your guitar because of only having three options to go with. In most cases only 2 (only have seen one five string in a guitar store before). Also, my intention when buying this guitar was not to play Korn and Limp Bizkit on it. It was to take it to a totally different place that I couldn't go with a standard six string, just like Vai did. Just wanted to make sure everyone knew I'm not "trendy" as said before.


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Yeah, I didn't mean that you were trendy when saying 7-strings were, it just seems that anyone my age (17) who play 7-strings do it because of Korn and all that stuff... I respect you for doing it for that extra "territory" to play on. No hard feelings?

[This message has been edited by Uncle Istvan (edited 06-23-2000).]

I think those 7-strings are cool if you are gonna use it from the 1st fret on your low B-string till a 6 step bend on the 24th fret of you high E-strings. hehe
Thats what those things are for, not to playback Korn or Limp Bizkit.

I play a Ibanez RG270 , Jackson PS3T and a Admira nylon string.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by BadHorsie:
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Let's think about this for a second. How many strings on a guitar do you have to choose from? Well, I've seen a six string, a seven string, and even a five string.

What about twelve strings????

Jackson KE3, Floyd Rose, Seymore Duncan Pickups.
Takamine Acoustic.

Personally I think the 7th string is neat but unnecessary. After all most bands have a Bass player.

[This message has been edited by Buzz (edited 06-23-2000).]

Seems like there's a lot of different viewpoints on seven string guitars. My perspective on it was "Hey, my fingers are long enough that the extra width doesn't bother me, and if I feel like playing that low I can,". From what I hear though the seven string was actually first used by jazz guitarists to get a wider selection of chord tones out of their guitar. And zepo, I did forget about the twelve string. Oh well, we all make mistakes. And no, there is no hard feelings Istvan.

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When I first started playing my seven string Ibanez I did it for one main reason. To be different, that's it. Yes, I could've tuned down my low E, but I wanted to show everyone that the seven string guitar wasn't a waste of time or money and that it could be used melodically. Now that the seven string has finally caught on more with bands such as Korn and Limp Bizkit people are finally giving it chance. I don't neccessarily like to use the seven string like Korn, and Limp Bizkit do, but they are doing there own thing and that's what's important. So before judging anyone over what guitar they choose, remember, it's their choice in the first place. Take it easy!

a seven string is awesome...never limit yourself on what you can do...six or seven strings...will the real steve vai please stand up????