.:HSTuners::

*ChrisCantSkate* · 06-11-2006, 12:18 AM

picked up a new toy today... very very happy all around.

fender telecaster natural ash finish, maple fret board. plays and sounds like a dream. im thinking of switching to a black pick gaurd, but thats a $40 part i can hold off on. i dare say i like it more than the les paul ive been screwing around on over the past few weeks. next step is a nice half stack, but the one i want im looking at no less than $600... boo

dabouncerx24 · 06-11-2006, 01:51 AM

How long have you been playing? I have a Ibanez but i haven't touched it in a while. That guitar is nice!

Instruments tend to be very interesting when starting and most people will drop it within the first month....especially guitars because of the coolness factor that people see on TV, but once they're faced with the reality of having to work really really hard to be that "cool" with the guitar......goodbye

GT40FIED · 06-11-2006, 04:36 AM

I love Fenders but the Tele was never a favorite of mine. It just feels weird to me when I hold one. Same with the Gibson SG. My brother's fiancee's dad (did ya follow that?) has about $30K-$40K worth of guitars in his basement and we always play together when I go over there. He's got 2 of everything (literally) and I've fallen in love with his ivory white American made Strat and an old Gretsch he's got. Those American made Strats with the lace pickups sound so fucking incedible no matter you play on them. All I've got is a Squire Strat (like I could afford a real one) and a classical string acoustic. My friend's got a '67 American made Jaguar that I might just steal one day.

*ChrisCantSkate* · 06-11-2006, 09:51 AM

i want a jag real bad! i actually almost bought a mustang but i didnt like the action on it so i wasnt going to get it, since this tele played much better. i agree with you on the SG's, i was kinda thinking of getting one, cause its a gibson and then had a nice natural black finish one for $700 at the shop, but it just didnt feel right in my hands and thats what i care about. i had a strat knock off and i have been using a squire strat at the garage/studio im practicing at since my old guitar is even more a piece (peavey preditor, strat knock off). i love the tone this tele has. its very blues rock sounding. my only complaint which is very minor in my eyes is on the top of the body on strats theres a cut away for your stomach/lower chest for when your sitting or standing to kinda fit you better, and mines a solid piece of wood... not a big deal but a difference i noticed.

oh ive been playing for 7-8 years on and off, and semi serious again the past 2 years, and over the past 2 months attempting to be real serious about it. i still think i have leaps and bounds to get to the level i want to be at, but ive notice playing with someone(drummer) 4-5 days a week has made me better in the past month than the last 2 years when re-teaching myself everying

*ChrisCantSkate* · 06-11-2006, 10:18 AM

thats the black pick gaurd, i think im going to get one instead of the white

*KwikR6* · 06-11-2006, 04:33 PM

I like the black a little better. Gives it a different sleeker look.

I still play my Ibanez RG once and a while.

I like the guitar though man. Good choice.

*ChrisCantSkate* · 06-11-2006, 07:47 PM

thanks... i got to play for a few hours today.. plays like a dream.

IALuder · 06-11-2006, 08:28 PM

looks pimp. i got a friend that plays on and off. i got into the bass but was never good enough...

*ChrisCantSkate* · 06-11-2006, 10:04 PM

im not good... dont get me wrong. haha, its just playing and learning the fundementals, i practice scales and study chord charts, read music theory and i still think i suck. it just takes time and practice. playing with other people triples the effectivness of practice, remeber simple that sounds good is better than complex that sounds like crap.

*KwikR6* · 06-11-2006, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisCantSkate

im not good... dont get me wrong. haha, its just playing and learning the fundementals, i practice scales and study chord charts, read music theory and i still think i suck. it just takes time and practice. playing with other people triples the effectivness of practice, remeber simple that sounds good is better than complex that sounds like crap.

I would rather sound really good and clean at guitar. Then choppy and sloppy. A lot of people think because your fast...your amazing...but it's not about how fast you can play.

GT40FIED · 06-11-2006, 10:59 PM

I used to be a lot better than I am now. I haven't really played much at all in the past couple months. For a long time I was writing and playing everyday. Guess I just got sidetracked by school and moving and other bullshit. I actually used to be a lot better when I was fixing guitars at a place called The Music Stand for like $5 an hour and had access to all sorts of guitars/amos/pedals when we weren't busy. But that was when I was in high school.

06-11-2006, 12:18 AM	#1
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 41 Posts: 9,662	got a new toy picked up a new toy today... very very happy all around. fender telecaster natural ash finish, maple fret board. plays and sounds like a dream. im thinking of switching to a black pick gaurd, but thats a $40 part i can hold off on. i dare say i like it more than the les paul ive been screwing around on over the past few weeks. next step is a nice half stack, but the one i want im looking at no less than $600... boo __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

06-11-2006, 04:36 AM	#3
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 44 Posts: 7,451	I love Fenders but the Tele was never a favorite of mine. It just feels weird to me when I hold one. Same with the Gibson SG. My brother's fiancee's dad (did ya follow that?) has about $30K-$40K worth of guitars in his basement and we always play together when I go over there. He's got 2 of everything (literally) and I've fallen in love with his ivory white American made Strat and an old Gretsch he's got. Those American made Strats with the lace pickups sound so fucking incedible no matter you play on them. All I've got is a Squire Strat (like I could afford a real one) and a classical string acoustic. My friend's got a '67 American made Jaguar that I might just steal one day. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

06-11-2006, 09:51 AM	#4
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 41 Posts: 9,662	i want a jag real bad! i actually almost bought a mustang but i didnt like the action on it so i wasnt going to get it, since this tele played much better. i agree with you on the SG's, i was kinda thinking of getting one, cause its a gibson and then had a nice natural black finish one for $700 at the shop, but it just didnt feel right in my hands and thats what i care about. i had a strat knock off and i have been using a squire strat at the garage/studio im practicing at since my old guitar is even more a piece (peavey preditor, strat knock off). i love the tone this tele has. its very blues rock sounding. my only complaint which is very minor in my eyes is on the top of the body on strats theres a cut away for your stomach/lower chest for when your sitting or standing to kinda fit you better, and mines a solid piece of wood... not a big deal but a difference i noticed. oh ive been playing for 7-8 years on and off, and semi serious again the past 2 years, and over the past 2 months attempting to be real serious about it. i still think i have leaps and bounds to get to the level i want to be at, but ive notice playing with someone(drummer) 4-5 days a week has made me better in the past month than the last 2 years when re-teaching myself everying __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

06-11-2006, 10:18 AM	#5
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 41 Posts: 9,662	thats the black pick gaurd, i think im going to get one instead of the white __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

06-11-2006, 04:33 PM	#6
KwikR6 Mind Blowing Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cloud 69 Age: 45 Posts: 8,871	I like the black a little better. Gives it a different sleeker look. I still play my Ibanez RG once and a while. I like the guitar though man. Good choice. __________________ I JDM. I My Honda The epitome of stupidity is expressed so fluidly with the shity lyric theory you try to spit at me. I CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER!!!

06-11-2006, 01:51 AM	#2
dabouncerx24 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 548	How long have you been playing? I have a Ibanez but i haven't touched it in a while. That guitar is nice! Instruments tend to be very interesting when starting and most people will drop it within the first month....especially guitars because of the coolness factor that people see on TV, but once they're faced with the reality of having to work really really hard to be that "cool" with the guitar......goodbye

06-11-2006, 07:47 PM	#7
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 41 Posts: 9,662	thanks... i got to play for a few hours today.. plays like a dream. __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

06-11-2006, 08:28 PM	#8
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 39 Posts: 7,908	looks pimp. i got a friend that plays on and off. i got into the bass but was never good enough... __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

06-11-2006, 10:04 PM	#9
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 41 Posts: 9,662	im not good... dont get me wrong. haha, its just playing and learning the fundementals, i practice scales and study chord charts, read music theory and i still think i suck. it just takes time and practice. playing with other people triples the effectivness of practice, remeber simple that sounds good is better than complex that sounds like crap. __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

06-11-2006, 10:59 PM	#11
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 44 Posts: 7,451	I used to be a lot better than I am now. I haven't really played much at all in the past couple months. For a long time I was writing and playing everyday. Guess I just got sidetracked by school and moving and other bullshit. I actually used to be a lot better when I was fixing guitars at a place called The Music Stand for like $5 an hour and had access to all sorts of guitars/amos/pedals when we weren't busy. But that was when I was in high school. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

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