New here need some advice :S

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:34 am

You should have done your research better

Man, you seem to be buying up everything lately...

DaNextSlash · Post by **DaNextSlash** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:41 am

Just stocking up to pay the uni rent...

AndyS · Post by **AndyS** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:43 pm

Hey Kirtiz, I sent you a PM so check it out. I started learning with a hardtail, then bought another hardtail, then bought a trem, now I'm back to a hardtail. I found when I got my trem guitar all I did was use it to make funny noises and not play properly. Since then I've put it away and only use it for Dave Gilmour stuff. My 2 cents - if you're learning (to fly, haha funny DG joke!!), a hardtail is better.

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:59 pm

bluesgeek wrote:I have a spare tremsetter but I'm loathe to fit it again to anything as for me it spoils the feel.... and its easily fixable by either not doing them, or not sounding them in unison...

or locking the 'tremol-no'

- or bending the string a bit more, and bending the 'unbent' note as well, just enough that it's in tune - that's always been my workaround.

And no, I haven't broken the Wilk

naphazoline · Post by **naphazoline** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:59 pm

[quote="slash-ed"]I think that's silly...

Having a whammy available doesn't mean you use that and only that... I play floyded guitars almost exclusively, but I hardly even touch the bar. The skillset you develop playing a whammy-equipped guitar is hardly any different from using a fixed bridge, imo. In terms of basic playing anyway.

some people i've seen tended to get carried away with the whammy when starting out, instead of learning the fundamentals. it was almost like they couldn't leave the bloody thing alone.

in proportion it's great

,but when starting out, i'm not so sure.

Vorbis · Post by **Vorbis** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:41 pm

Poor kirtiz ran screaming to the hills a long time ago, thankfully the 9 pages of opinions here have sorted out any confusion...

"I wanna get an Ibanez or something but I just dont know an actual good guitar from a crapper.
so can you guys give me a hand with finding a good one? thanks"

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:50 pm

Creed is for wankers

KurtiZ · Post by **KurtiZ** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:12 pm

lol nah im still here, this is good stuff i want all the info i can get

Truth is I uhh...hmm well I hope you guys dont put an automatic judgement on me when i say this but I used to be a hardcore gamer.

Halo 2 on xbox live. Yeah I was basically the best player in NZ for that game,I went to competitions won money and stuff, people from america and australia knew of me and people i never met knew who i was while playing. But now Halo 3 has came out and its not as fun, so I wanna swap my focus to guitaring.

Basically what Im saying is that i have the dedication to do well at guitaring like I did with halo. I am a total noobie at guitaring, never played one in my life heh...hmm i dont really know where im going with this, just sayin that i wanna learn as much as possible

and that Im not gonna give up or anything.

anyways thanks for all the help

KurtiZ · Post by **KurtiZ** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:47 pm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instrume ... 525501.htm

Ohh this looks nice, humbuckers and a hardtail just what i need right? and its Blue! my fav lol

Tsuken · Post by **Tsuken** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:11 pm

mmmmm... purrty

That looks pretty good to me. Helluva first guitar, I'd say

slash-ed · Post by **slash-ed** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:15 pm

I agree, that's about 5 steps up from what I started out with... Maybe 10.

Post by Bg » Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:28 pm

buy it

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:31 pm

KurtiZ wrote:...hmm i dont really know where im going with this, just sayin that i wanna learn as much as possible and that Im not gonna give up or anything.

unless "guitar 3" comes out right? heh

that jackson looks like a stunner! be a great first guitar.. be a great 2nd 3rd or 27th for that mater..

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:04 pm

Plus, its 'almost' a Fender

KurtiZ · Post by **KurtiZ** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:20 pm

rocklander wrote:unless "guitar 3" comes out right? heh

haha nah, basically gaming will be huge in the future but competitive-wise at the moment no game is really good enough for it to grow heaps, thats mainly why I quit. But with guitaring im pretty sure there is no problems like that.

Anyways damn im racking my brain right now tryna think of ways to get $820 asap...does anyone know of anyone that wants to buy a new xbox 360 and halo 3? lol