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Originally posted by Yash View Postif I get into the best Medical college in India
BTW my parents didn't buy me gear one, just like Sausage. And you guys mentioned EVH, my family knew his fam growing up, I'll have to ask my Mom if Jan bought any of Eddie & Alex's gear (Alex was the drummer in my Mom's band back in the day). I remember their house in Pasadena, it was TINY! and in '79 one of the VH brothers was driving a Ford Pinto, the other an old Peugeot!"Quiet, numbskulls, I'm broadcasting!" -Moe Howard, "Micro-Phonies" (1945)
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Originally posted by neptoess View Posthard to try everything you can when you drop 8k on gear for your first trial. hence our suggestions lol"I have so much gayness at times. My wife walks in my music room, and there I am, in my undies, listening to "Sister Christian" while lighting fireworks..doin' blow." - Bill Z
"I leave off the back plate and pinch my forskin between the tension springs. That may not work for everyone. But I find that the people love it. Half the tone is in the pud." - Bill Z
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Originally posted by SausageofPower View PostIf your parents are funding $8,000+ in equipment, you're sure as hell not poor.
Originally posted by SausageofPower View PostIf...you're gonna be in med school and have time for "shredding"? Are your parents also gonna fund your budding cocaine/amphetamine addiction? ;p
Originally posted by SausageofPower View PostWould your parents be interested in adopting a 28 year old Jesus look-alike?
Originally posted by SausageofPower View PostPlay it stock for awhile, figure out what you don't like about it (if anything), then go shopping. I'd recommend a place with a nice return policy, so you can return/exchange if you don't like them.
And If I get a Mustaine V, I'll not sell it, so why worry ????
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Originally posted by neptoess View PostDon't change the pups! It's worth more stock. And as a jesus look-alike honors engineering student I can ASSURE you, you won't have sufficient practice time if you care at all about school. And $8000 for gear? Definitely loaded compared to me. My parents spent about $1000 total on my gear in my 7 years of playing. And I don't have some of that gear today. Just get through school with decent gear, like anything. You cant play loud in college. Save your parents some cash, as the value of a dollar must be pretty irrelevant to you. If you find $8000 in gear necessary once you graduate buy it yourself. And EVHs 'awesome' marshall was a stock 68, which werent exactly that expensive in the 70s. He still likely worked his ass off for the less than 2000 in gear he had by VH1.
I've just got through school. and the gear i have now is just bad, it sucks, a, $80 guitar with a very fat neck, and its most likely be a poplar body, and it doesnt seem heavy at all, $50 fx pedal, and a $40 amp, 15 watt
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Originally posted by SausageofPower View PostI say he can change them if he wants, but it would be smart to keep the stock electronics in case he ever wants to resell. I would advise practicing wiring on cheaper components though, if your choices in pickups require it.
Originally posted by SausageofPower View Post^Agreed on all of this. And my parents spent nothing on any of my gear. They actually sold my stuff when I left home at 18 (thankfully my stuff was crap at the time ;p).
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Originally posted by SausageofPower View PostI agree. A teenager with an idol and unquestioning financial backing is a very dangerous thing. ;p
I beg ya yash, get a reasonable setup. Play it, love it and focus on school if you're indeed working so hard to get in (it will kick your ass, guaranteed). Learn what you like in a guitar, not with a $5000 price tag, then move forward.
I mean, I may have missed it, but how long have you even been playing? What kinds of guitars have you played? Why this one, aside from the Mustaine influence?
Edit: Okay, you've said for a year and not very seriously. What kinds of guitars though?
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Originally posted by neptoess View PostHaha, after a year of playing I dropped $110 I made at my first job on a set of black/white zebra L-500s with chrome housings. I thought I had THE tone and THE guitar. I sold them when I bought the Ibanez though. The guy I sold them to beat the guitar to shit and actually cracked the housings and broke the windings. Bill doesn't make that color scheme anymore either :/. Really though, get a decent guitar. Learn to set it up. Get a decent amp. Learn how to get good tone, not just with the gear, but with your hands/technique. I used to play with so much gain to get a nice crunch until I learned to beat the hell out of the strings and really dig in to get that aggressive sound. This also taught me that 10-46 sets break really easy with aggressive playing
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Originally posted by veemagic View PostThis poor guys head is going to hurt from all these "suggestions" falling from such a high elevation.
OP- Get what you want, change it how you feel, if you don't like it, change it again, or get something else. Learn what you like. Thats how everyone finds "their" gear. No one can tell you whats going to be right for you. Just try everything you can. Good luck
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No worries dude. I think we're all just trying to be supportive, it's just...well, some of us are pricks with hearts of gold. I know I am. ;p
As for your comment about the Mustaine V and reselling, you mean the custom shop guitar? Of course you could do that, but honestly you won't get the same amount you put into it back. I think that's what we're trying to spare you here, it's what I'm doing at least. If you mean the KV1, then sure. Just look for a good deal. Lots of eBay listings are inflated horribly. Beware of anything "rare."
As for my gear being sold ages ago, no worries dude. My parents, out of want to right things with me many months later, gave me a pawn shop ticket for a guitar of theirs that they never played and I absolutely loved. They said if I paid to get it out, it was mine and signed it over to me. And that guitar was my Charvel Model 4, which started my love of the brand. True story. So, I've got no regrets.
As for the Line 6 comments...eh, I still think their effects are alright. I'm curious to hear the HD500 myself. Doesn't replace a good tube amp of course, but modelers can still be fun to play with.
In any case, welcome to the family. Whether you go with a custom shop order or a used KV1 or a cheaper X series...they're great guitars and it's an addiction that you won't shake any time soon.
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I think the best deal would be to go with KV1
If not, KVXT, mod on it, I'll try and make it my 'Frankenstrat' and then CS
By the way, on a side note, I LOVE SOLOISTS !!!
Once I know wat i like and wat not, I'll get a CS soloist with flames finish and flames inlays...
the CS will do it, right ???Last edited by Yash; 04-12-2012, 09:19 AM.
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