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I have a few left that I pieced together throughout the years. Not really cheap...but they're built to my specs!

My strat

all maple 3 piece body, american trem w/ brass block, lace sensor hotgold pickups, clapton soft v neck, graphtech nut, american strat tuners, and all cloth wires, orange drop caps, cts 250k pots, wired by me. Action is very low and guitar is very hot and bright on the sound side! I use this mostly for blues.

My main axe now is a custom tele deluxe.

Mahogany neck, 60's les paul back, rosewood fretboard with custom radius, 6150 frets, MOP inlays, Gotoh staggered and locking vintage tuners, graphtech nut, 1 piece mahogany body routed for humbuckers, No contour cuts, 3 bolt micro tilt neck, white pearloid pickguard, gibson 57 classic picups, all cts 500k pots, switchcraft jacks, cloth wires, orange drop caps, shaller flat mount bridge. All wired like a Les Paul by me... Body and neck was all made by Warmoth.com and painted a Poly gloss black. Warmoth is EXCELLENT in quality...but you'll wait the 3 months for your ---- to be made. Best guitar I've put together ever! I love everything about it!

I play through my....soon to be sold Sovtek Mig-60 head. It uses 2 EL34's with 3 12ax7. Has a shared circuitry with a high and low channel. I run this through a traynor 1x12 w/ a celestion V30. Very good and light cab.

I also have my 2 fav. acoustics.... a 90's Takamine G-series Jumbo in a flame maple, mop inlays around the sound hole, and white bindings, and my Martin DC16GTE Premium with the fishman prefix plus system. Its solid mahogany back and sides w/ a spruce top. They sound great LIVE....but the martin shines a bit more on sound quality. It has a more balanced tone. I use the Takamine mainly for finger picking....and the Martin for strumming. I use them all for gigs all the time...and they have never failed me!

Not the best gear....but I love what I got.

heres a few cheap shots. Not the best.

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i have always wanted to learn how to play guitar.. i was just browsing around ebay and came across this..
http://cgi.ebay.com/Acoustic-Electri...QQcmdZViewItem

or mayby this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=013

what do you think about this for a starter guitar.. not lookin to spend alot at all, i know the older and name brand guitars will turn out a better sound and all. but for a starter kit you think it will do ok?

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Seriously...get a decent guitar. Cheap guitars are made with cheap wood, have crappy setups, and will HURT your fingers. Most crappyp guitars also have super high action. Look on craigslist for a used guitar from a decent company. You really get what you pay for......to a certain point. But paying for quality with guitars is very worth the $. Yamaha sells very nice quality guitars for about 100 bucks. Squires are ok...but not something I would recommend....except for price. They still play like ----. Ibanez, Epiphone, they have decent guitars. Find a friend that knows anything about guitars to go with you and play everything at guitar center...then look on ebay or craigslist for it. Don't buy 100 dollar no name pos crappers! BUT...I do have a very nice no name brand guitar that plays like a dream.....but...thats one in a blue moon! Things will only get more expensive as you get into it! GL

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yeah my buddy said the same thing. especially about the action with the strings.. i guess for a begginer the lower the better. he's very good at playing so i'll have him come with me to guitar center and help me out..

thanks for the thelp.

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I shall post a video of me playing strings tonight 8)

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I'd say the higher the better. Builds your finger strength.

Like I said before cheap-o-coustic for rigorous practice and a decent electric when you can play some things that don't sound like noise. Electrics are more expressionistic so it's better to learn the rudiments on something you're not tempted to impromptu solo on. :y

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I started playing on a electric when I did my lessons and now I'm completely acoustic. You can hear your errors right away moreso then with a electric I think. I just play in the living room and my choice of music has change so rocking out on an electric with the family right doesn't always fly.

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alvarez dreadnought, peavey predator, fender cyclone, some random classical guitar. amp is randall vmax head and b52 cab
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i should post my drum pics, they're pathetic. circa 1962 drums. anyone hear of stuart brand? they became tama, later on.
oh and i have a 1 owner Fender twin-reverb amp

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I love the gibsun the best.