How much of a guitar snob are you?

[sonicsamurai]

i wasn't asnob, untill i spent 1500 on 2 guitars which i just can't put down, they just feel so much nicer...nicer necks, great tone, amazing playabilit, and great action, which i don't think u get on cheaper models in general

[T@rgetDrone]

If it sounds and feels right I don't care if it says cheez noodle on the headstock or rattle trap on the amp plate. I own some "respectable" equipment..... Jackson, Fender, Hamer, Ibanez, soon a Dean. I have a decent Mesa Boogie rack setup w/2 2x12 cabs. No, it sure isn't the highest dollar stuff, but decent. It all works well for me and I like the tones from each. But I have zero problems grabbing a $140.00 SX and plugging into a SS amp in front of people (small crowd or not). I'm a sucker for good looking stuff but it takes a back seat to functionality. It's all about how it feels in your hands and how it sounds to your ears. Everything else is secondary.

[kmanick]

I don't really care what I'm playing or playing thru as long as it works.

[StukaJU87]

Scott.. I've been looking for one of those older Samick LP's for ages.
Samick made them up until 94 or 95. They were damn good LP copies.
Fit and finish were a bit off, but way better than any production Epi today.

Then Gibson got pissed and threatened to pull the Epiphone production contract from Samick if they didn't stop.

RJ, I got it off ebay several years ago. You are right about fit and finish, especially the inlays, but it really has a nice slim neck for a LP. The pickups were garbage too. I have not seen another like it, but if I did, I'd probably grab it.

[StukaJU87]

And, I will not even respond here.

Oh go ahead. The power of Christ compells you. :ROTF:

[atilla]

Thats kind of a tough question. I tend to see people playing Gibsons and Fenders and immediately lable them as sheep. I see people using Ibanez, and I automatically expect them to be nu-metally. But the door's always open for them to change my opinion!

As for me, there are a lot of guitars and amps out there that I'd be willing to try and even own. I'm pretty non-negotiable on tubes, but that's about it.

[toejam]

I'll play just about anything. I usually prefer the USA or Japanese stuff, but I've owned a Korean LTD EC-300P which was a pretty cool 24-fret LP type thing with P90 pickups, and I own an Indonesian Kramer Imperial (Explorer) that is also pretty neat.

I just picked up a Korean Brian Moore i9f in trans black that I really dig (thanks to Robert Burns). It's supposed to be the top-of-the-line bolt-on import model, and it's got real Duncan pickups... a JB in the bridge, an Alnico II Pro single coil in the middle and Alnico II Pro neck humbucker. It sounds great, and I actually don't hate the JB in this guitar like I usually do in just about everything else. The licensed Floyd is on par with the JT-580LP, but I might swap that out eventually for a Schaller or Floyd II.

[Robert Burns]

I'll play just about anything. I usually prefer the USA or Japanese stuff, but I've owned a Korean LTD EC-300P which was a pretty cool 24-fret LP type thing with P90 pickups, and I own an Indonesian Kramer Imperial (Explorer) that is also pretty neat.

I just picked up a Korean Brian Moore i9f in trans black that I really dig (thanks to Robert Burns). It's supposed to be the top-of-the-line bolt-on import model, and it's got real Duncan pickups... a JB in the bridge, an Alnico II Pro single coil in the middle and Alnico II Pro neck humbucker. It sounds great, and I actually don't hate the JB in this guitar like I usually do in just about everything else. The licensed Floyd is on par with the JT-580LP, but I might swap that out eventually for a Schaller or Floyd II.

If only i had sold you a "Black" one! (for the eyesight
impared) ...here is "Toejams" ... Black Brian Moore! :ROTF:

[Robert Burns]

I have to admit i am a snob..(at least lately) This doesnt mean i only
like +$1500 guitars...because actually my best player that im most comfortable with, is my Ibenhad USA custom 94' model that i paid $400
for. 2nd would be my $1200 Swirl 20051. But..i must be honest, that
when im at a GC or SamAsh...i do smirk knowing i have upper end equipment. Makes me feel good, that i can finally afford my dream axes.
(im 53, so it took longer than expected!) LOL But yeah.. im a snob..
takes someone like Hippietim, or Trace to put me in my place!!
I appreciate a great player that doesnt cost much..(example ANY
Schecter!) But overall im of the opinion that usually, you have to fork
out over a "G' to get top quality. Most of the time this is true imo.
When i used to own only a Kramer Focus 3000 and a Crate combo
60 watt amp, i knew that i didnt have great equipment. Now i know that
i do...so in this i must be a bit snobbish? Let them eat cake !!

[toejam]

If only i had sold you a "Black" one! (for the eyesight
impared) ...here is "Toejams" ... Black Brian Moore! :ROTF:

Your photo makes it look more like trans chocolate than the black/charcoal it really is, though.

[Robert Burns]

Your photo makes it look more like trans chocolate than the black/charcoal it really is, though.

I am glad you like it !! So you changed one PUP? I thought it
had good tone overall... and imo it didnt really need anything?

[Strat God]

Yup - I'm a total gear snob.

Ya know, I waited all my life till I could afford nice shit- - now I'm able to and yes I'm gonna continue until I'm so old I'm shittin in a diaper at the retirement home and don't know it.

Then you can take my nice guitars cause I'll be too busy trying to remember my name.

[toejam]

I am glad you like it !! So you changed one PUP? I thought it
had good tone overall... and imo it didnt really need anything?

I didn't change any of the pups, it sounds great stock! According to BM's site, the pups I listed are stock in these.

[fett]

Oh go ahead. The power of Christ compells you. :ROTF:

OK:ROTF: It's not the price. It's the feel. I have my expensive stuff. You older guys know me. And I have cheap stuff. The list would make me a dealer. The bottom line is that no matter what a guitar costs it's worthless unless it just feels right. And the $649 I paid for my USA Strat Deluxe Plus is my absolute max. Until the next "I can't live without it guitar".

[boogie1]

Not as much as I used to be-

I used to be a gear snob, if it wasn't Gibson / Marshall it wasn't anything. Now, one of my favorites is a Made in China Hamer Standard Korina, which eats my Gibson '76 reissue Explorer for breakfast.

I have found a lot of copies that beat up the guitars they imitate, like Greco and Ibanez Les Pauls. I've used my $99 Crate Power Block at gigs and got searing tone from it. I once used that and some crappy generic 1x12 speaker at a gig and people kept coming up to my and saying your sound is great, but where's your amp?

Maybe it is all in the fingers.............