It's a nice beginners guitar i would say. Aldough I was told that at these prices Yamaha supposedly has the best offerings/value.
FedEx just stopped by:
Johnny Marr Jaguar in Olympic White. It's beautiful.
I agree with you. I have the same guitar and have always played it in "D Standard", and over the last few months have been playing in Drop C. I love it. Here's my setup:
A little question for you gentleman - I've not played guitar for eight or so years now and I sold my old basic Squire. I've now got a bit more time on my hands than usual and I'd like to get back into playing so it's guitar purchasing time, but I'm having a little trouble finding something I like.
I'm stuck between going used or new as well. For example, I've found a Vintage Metal Axxe that I like the look and feel of for £90 used, or I could pick up a new guitar from Dawsons thanks to £70 of vouchers I have here. Does anyone have any recommendations for me to go try for the £250 or under range - as much as I'd like to spend more I'm running on limited finances?
Hey I met this guy in Florida a few years ago. Great player! And hell of a nice guy. I bought one of his CDs and he ended up giving me one his DVDs for free.
So you are his twin then, and ex-models? *Mind-blown*
I wish your brother the best success....he seems to be doing really well for himself, esp having friends like Batio and Tremonti to jam with 8-0
Thanks Botox... Ya, the JS has a much softer, easier neck than a Jem or RG; I owned a couple Jems in the '90s and played the snot outta them, but when my arthritus started to take hold, I found the flat radius combined with the flat back of the Wizard profile just aggrivated things too much... Now I've adopted a sort of hooked-hand, thumb over style that lets me play a lot more comfortably, and smallish, round necks like the JS or the PRS Standard carve work reallly well for me... The bridge pickup is really interesting on this guitar - very mid-focused and poppy, without being strong at all... almost like a cross between a humbucker and a single coil... And ya, the single coil tones are quite nice for tapped 'buckers...
, gold hardware but has a ebony fretboard and rosewood neck. And some fancier inlays.So I got a musicshop to scout a guitar for me (picture to the right), wich they did. I paid some money upfront and a month later (a couple of days ago) i gave them the rest and said that they can ship the guitar to me. Turned out the Guitar was somehow "lost" by PRS UK etc...
End of the Story, they found the guitar and are ready so send it from the UK to me. Now since the whole deal kind of sucked, the Musicshop offered me another guitar for the same price that usualy retails for about 1000 more (artist package) to make up for the bad transaction.
It's a slightly different color, burst
The one i ordered comes with the 57/08 PU's and the "new" one with 59/09 PU's which i know nothing about jet.
So what would you do?
And no, i can't go there and test the guitars myself, yes i bought a 3,5K guitar unseen over the internet...
I kind of already have made up my mind, but would like some unbiased opinions from you guys.
At least you'll end up with a great guitar in either situation, but I understand the problem. I'd look into the differences in the pickups and the wood itself, and let that guide your decision. There are reasons why the other is more expensive, you just have to decide if those reasons interest you.
