Fender vs. Gibson vs. Gretsch

[troutman]

Reggie: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Reggie: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Reggie: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Reggie: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Reggie: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Reggie: [pause] These go to eleven.

[Reggie is showing Marty DiBergi one of his favorite guitars]
Reggie: The sustain, listen to it.
Marty DiBergi: I don't hear anything.
Reggie: Well you would though, if it were playing.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Reggie: Don't touch that guitar. Don't even look at it. Stop! Stop looking at it!

[Hack&Lube]

WHAT? Looks like some kids guitar with bright colors, the chicken, and all the colorful chord letters in the neck.

BUT 8 PICKUPS??!!!

Oh and I just bought this off ebay. But it has a big ding in the bottom corner down to the wood.


Fernandes Revolver with Sustainer

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

WHAT? Looks like some kids guitar with bright colors, the chicken, and all the colorful chord letters in the neck.

BUT 8 PICKUPS??!!!

That, dude, is a genuine working guitar (made by Ernie Ball).

Here's the specs...

Nice Fernandes, BTW.

[kermitology]

Ewww.. floating bridge... Gimme a nice Gibson with no movement.. that's the stuff

[Otto-matic]

Whats a good Acoustic guitar. I know how to play but i like Tabs better just because I play once every blue moon now.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Otto-matic

Whats a good Acoustic guitar. I know how to play but i like Tabs better just because I play once every blue moon now.

Whatever is in your price range.. Takamine and Ovation are pretty decent though.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by kermitology

Ewww.. floating bridge... Gimme a nice Gibson with no movement.. that's the stuff

Why don't people like floating bridges? My other guitar has one also, but friends have suggested I block it off.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

That, dude, is a genuine working guitar (made by Ernie Ball).

Here's the specs...

Nice Fernandes, BTW.

That is the coolest thing ever. Look at those exhaust pipes!

What a classic movie but I don't remember if he played a guitar that looked like that. Anyone? This one was made for the 1992 tour.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

That is the coolest thing ever. Look at those exhaust pipes!

What a classic movie but I don't remember if he played a guitar that looked like that. Anyone? This one was made for the 1992 tour.

Yea, it's in the movie. It's a tight shot where Nigel is being interviewed and you only see him casually fingering the neck with its alphabetically marked frets.

[icarus]

Hey Reg, nice to see you paid heed to my Rickenbacker suggestion!

Lanny, for chord changes there's nothing you can do but practice. I know it's frustrating at first; I thought I would never be able to do it. What you might try doing is just strum half the chord formation (i.e. the fingerings on the G-B-E strings) and then gradually expand to the rest of the strings as you get more comfortable.

As for floating bridges, I have a Floyd Rose on my Ibanez EX370H which has never given me any problems whatsoever with tuning, buzzing, tone--any thing like that. When I can afford to buy a nicer guitar I might get one with a stationary bridge, but I wouldn't necessarily be averse to getting another Floyd Rose that I can make all sorts of crazy heavy metals sounds with.

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

A simple question to all you guitar gods out there, what is the easiest way to learn chord changes? I too have decided to learn to play guitar after many years of playing other instruments and am struggling to make some of the chord changes quickly. Suggestions for exercises or tips for progressions that make the task easier? Thanks in advance for any advice you give.

Lanny, the biggest thing about chord changes is making sure you keep the finger movement to a minimum. Instead of taking all your fingers off and starting all over again for the next chord, try to plan ahead by keeping fingers down that you will be using for the next chord. Sounds smoother and the sign of a great guitarist is their use of overtones.

"Overtones, Overtones, Overtones!" as my guitar teacher used to say.