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Re: The Guitar Topic - B
imapiratearg:
--- Quote from: A Wet Helmet on 09 Aug 2009, 12:39 ---I have an '04 artcore and the stock pickups are crap. As is the nut. By crap I mean total crap. Replace both and you very seriously have a guitar that 99% of people will be unable to distinguish from an ES-335 for 1/3 of the price. It's an excellent guitar for what you're paying, if you're willing to spend just a few dollars more after purchase.
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Yeah, I definitely would not buy one without replacing the pickups immediately afterward. They were so weak. I've come to expect that from Ibanez guitars.
All_Ľour_Bass:
http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l170/All_Your_Bass/
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/extended-range-guitars/64562-so-i-just-restrung-the-kittythulhu-again.html
Chad K.:
--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 09 Aug 2009, 10:13 ---So, I played an Ibanez Artcore AS73 yesterday and was pretty impressed. It was white and really pretty and sounded pretty good. It played better than it sounded, though. The pickups sounded a little thin, even when I backed off the treble.
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I have an AF75 hollowbody that I love. I need to get a bone nut put on it, but the thing osunds great and plays even better. At $300 bones out the door it was a steal.
Regarding GC- they are annoying because they don't know what they're talking about, and can be pushy because they are on commission. However, they always have everything other than good used gear. Also, if you want to buy new, they are easy. Since every snot-nosed, jerk-off 13 year old with no manners or good sense is allowed to pick up their guitars, they all inevitably have a good scratch in them somewhere. And, since they work off commission, and aren't the brightest candles on the menora (generally) you can normally talk them down termendously. That AF75 had a finish scratch on the back of the neck, which resulted in $100 + tax off the price. All you have to do is ask for something outlandish, and when they say no, be prepared to walk out of the store. Try something like, "well, I'll just see if anyone else has one. Thanks." I have done this with that guitar, a mexi tele that I also got for $300 due to a knick on the bottom and no top hat knob, and some other cases and amp stands, which will get scratched anyway. Additional fun fact- TKL makes all of the epiphone and ibanez cases (and I think schechter) that GC stocks, and GC stocks those cases in the generic and the ones with the brand name on them. The TKL they will generally sell with a guitar for $50 and without for $80ish; the name brand ones are normally $100+.
Additional fun fact- I am buying an epiphone sheraton this Friday and am ridiculously excited. Possibly my favorite guitar model ever.
MadassAlex:
So last week I took my Gibson SG into the local guitar shop for full setup.
The guy who owns the place and sees to the guitars is a GOD. My SG just went from unashamedly rockin' to righteously infernal.
Melodic:
Vancouver does not have a single Danelectro '67 for sale, anywhere. Fuuuuu
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