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I need help picking an electric guitar
Spinless:
The neck of a Les Paul gets fatter down towards the higher frets. If you have small hands, this is a problem. The neck of an SG is far narrower and much more consistent for the whole length of the neck. The narrow body is very comfortable too, I have found. In my experience, SGs also have a longer sustain than Les Pauls and Stratocasters. I haven't playing any other kind of electric guitar except this rather sleek Flying V, which was an absolute joy to play. Awkward if you're sitting down, but it had a thin, narrow neck, amazing sustain, sounded really beautiful. There wasn't a single fret I couldn't reach quickly and comfortably.
But like DK said, and like KimJong will have photographic evidence posted before long, SGs are rather fragile. If you're going to play on stage with other people who jump a lot, you might want to step forward some.
If you picked up your habits by playing banjo, you'd probably be the least comfortable with a Les Paul. Take what you learn from this thread, and try out different types of guitar. Try out different string gauges too, after you have bought the guitar.
casull:
I think it should be asked whether you are interested in distorted or clean tones more.
Also, I have played the fiddle for about 9 years and won a bunch of contests so if you have questions about the instrument or old-time or texas/contest style, I'm your guy.
ledhendrix:
Telecasters have really sweet necks and if you get the Telecaster Custom it has a humbucker at the neck and a single coil at the back so you get the best of both worlds and it looks damned sweet.
Jackie Blue:
You do realize that you can change the action on a guitar, right.
I'd like to take this opportunity to say that if anyone wants to buy me an Epiphone "Emily Strange" SG guitar I will write a song about them.
RisingPhoenix313:
I figure this is the best place to chime in about my current situation, as I could use some input.
I've been a sax player for nearly 14 years, and played in a classical style for about 80% of it. I was classically trained and didn't do much with the jazz and blues style that I came to love. In fact, lack of improvisational training is what killed my career in music, and I dont' want to go down the same road twice.
Fact is that I'm just now learning to play the guitar... I've got a Schecter Hellraiser C1 that I recently picked up, and things are progressing. However, it feels far too similar to when I started with the sax - I'm eating up methods books and slowly working my way down the strings. Learning open majors, minors, a little with barres, and power chords VERY slowly.
I'm not entirely sure what I'm trying to say here - I supopse I'm just looking for self-teaching advice. Am I going about this the right way? I eventually want to be playing rock and rock derivative styles... does anyone have any better ways to teach myself to suggest, or should I just keep pounding away at thse methods books. OH, and does anyone have any advice as to which books I should get my hands on?
Currently I'm working through the following, alternating back and forth between the books fairly regularly.
-ProLine's "Play Guitar Today"
-MelBay's "First Lessons" Songbook
-Alfred's "Learning to Play Guitar"
-Terry Burrows' "Total Electric Guitar Tutor"
Meh, I don't know how much more information I can/should give you... any feedback you guys can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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