Anyone play guitar?

[ANDROS]

Yes , its time to change strings on my electric guitar..

I was wondering if anyone plays and would like to share what they like/use?!

Thanks

[Leez]

Ive been playing for 4 years (I think), and I have an LTD H-251FM, with a Marshall mini stack Zakk Wylde edition ^^ They made a deep hole in my wallet! :S

My first guitar was an Ashton hollow body, crappy starter one What have you got ANDROS?

[ANDROS]

I started playing when i was 6 for about 2 years. Started self teaching myself about a year ago ..

I have:

- Fender / Squire Vintage modified stratocaster (cherry sunburst)

- Takamine Dragon Electric / Acoustic

- And some crappy 3/4 classical which i learnt on when i was 6! lol

- VOX VT15 Amplifier


... what sort of strings u using ?

[Leez]

Oooh nice nice, I love VOX amps there so much fun to muck around with The only effects my marshall has is overdrive, reverb and distortion But it does those three bloody good! Cool colour fender you have too, what have you modified on it?

Im just using el cheapo strings I got from my local guitar store The difference from good strings to cheap strings is only very minimal imo... Its all about how you play it and how the axe is tuned... Though, I think they need changing more often

[ANDROS]

Havent done anything to it... the vintage strats are pretty good standard.. they have duncan pickups.. which i find pretty good. have u done nething to urs?

marshall amps are cool, i would have got one if i didnt get the VOX...the amp is the bomb!! has 22 pretuned amps (eg. change from metallica to aerosmith to nirvana etc.) and 11 effects! pretty bloody loud too! lol good fun!

[jamez707]

i have been playing now for about 8 years
i have a electric that lives at my friends place next to his drum kit and i go over there once a week for a jam but these days i mainly play acoustic and sing i have a nice blue Martinez acoustic that set me back a few hundred a few years ago id like to get together about $700-$800 and get another one

[Leez]

Havent done anything to it... the vintage strats are pretty good standard.. they have duncan pickups.. which i find pretty good. have u done nething to urs?

marshall amps are cool, i would have got one if i didnt get the VOX...the amp is the bomb!! has 22 pretuned amps (eg. change from metallica to aerosmith to nirvana etc.) and 11 effects! pretty bloody loud too! lol good fun!

Yeah I was considering buying that VOX or the Marshall when I was in the market for one, looks like I bought the wrong one

I havent done anything to my guitar yet, since it cost me 1250 dollars its pretty good standard xD but hey, I got a free ukelele (sp?) thrown in with it thanks to my awesome bargaining skills LOL

[ANDROS]

Haha nice ! I got a mad deal on mine too got it for $450 from 900 haha the guy stuffed up and put it through as a different model!! ahwell its not wat u have its how u play it.. I have a couple of mates with no name guitars and they are a hundred times better than me haha..

[Graham]

Guitar = best instrument ever created

I've been playing for about 5 years completely self taught.
I'm not very good but I can play almost anything that I read.
I focus on guitar solos
Yesterday I learnt half of "Every rose has its thorn" by poison, haven't got around to finishing it off yet.

I play an Ibanez S series Guitar and a Line 6 Spider Valve 212.
Guitar cost me around $1400 and amp was $2200

I also have three other amps and 4 other guitars which I rarely use.
Including a BC Rich Mockingbird (Acrylic Ice) which is seethrough, but it weights a ton!

I want an Ibanez Jem (the one Steve Vai plays) and a ernie ball guiatar that John Petrucci uses

[ANDROS]

Awesome! Is that the ibanez with the lightning bolts on the frets? My next guitar will hopefully b a Gibson Les Paul Custom amazing guitar, but also very heavy!

[Graham]

Nope, it has the dots on there, but they're sort of rainbowy reflective, the pearl inlaid ones I think - I can't remember the exact model number it's a really random one

Oh, I also want Alexi Laiho's guitar which is an ESP LTD STD if I remember correctly..

And Dimebag Darrels Razorback

EDIT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwaFIT_HPRQ That's a Jem and a cool guitar solo, randomly found it on youtube I was searching for it for ages a while back but coudn't find it!

[Barry]

For strings i dont use anything but ernie ball's.
Depends what you play which size though.
When i play Metal, i use my Gibson Sg with Heavy bottom and slinky top. Gives really powerful power chords through the bottom end and screaching highs for any solo's
If im playing normal alternative genre's without too much distortion you cant go past Hybrid slinky's, i've got these on my Fender american custom ash.
Rememer to always wipe your strings down after every session, so dead skin doesnt build up and the oil from your fingers dont ruin the string, can make your string last up to three times longer.

[Leez]

Guitar = best instrument ever created

I've been playing for about 5 years completely self taught.
I'm not very good but I can play almost anything that I read.
I focus on guitar solos
Yesterday I learnt half of "Every rose has its thorn" by poison, haven't got around to finishing it off yet.

I play an Ibanez S series Guitar and a Line 6 Spider Valve 212.
Guitar cost me around $1400 and amp was $2200

I also have three other amps and 4 other guitars which I rarely use.
Including a BC Rich Mockingbird (Acrylic Ice) which is seethrough, but it weights a ton!

I want an Ibanez Jem (the one Steve Vai plays) and a ernie ball guiatar that John Petrucci uses

Oh. my. god. are you talking about that see through one where its all spiky and its from Kosmic sound? That one was coooool youve certainly spent a lot on your guitars havent you?

You know would be my dream guitar though? Gretch White Falcon oh and i also saw a $70,000 banjo the other day, thats just going over the top if you ask me

[Graham]

Thanks for the tip Barry, I usually wipe my strings before/during play and not after!

That's the one, Leez
Yeah I bought most of them back before I had my license lol, now most my spare dollar goes on the car

$70,000!! wow! I know Kosmic in osbourne park have a $25k SRV guitar, it'd be more of a collectable than a playing guitar though I reckon

[blade888]

.... I play Guitar... hero....

I so envy people who can play Guitar, it's hypnotising just watching the skill involved to make those sweet tunes from strings and finger work...