Dazza@TeamFord

Hello there!
Iv always wanted to learn to play the ole gee-tar and I know someone selling this one:




Its a Fender Squire and comes with a Park/Marshall 40W amp. He's after £50 but it needs a new 6th string - What are your views on this guitar bearing in mind I know nothing about them so it doesnt have to be amazing, how much for a new string and also is it decent for the price?

AlexF

That'll do you fine

aLex

Cos4ie

Hi Mate. Squire Strats are great for learning on. I know lots of people who have started out with a Squire and went on to be quite famous and shit-hot guitar players. I bought a friend the same set up second-hand for £70 quid and i thought that was a bargain, so i would say go for it as that is a great price. A new string will be about a quid for a single string but bear in mind you could buy a complete new set of strings from about £4.50.

vx220

strings are pennies (well they used to be) and are something you will change fairly regularly anyway

just play every note on every string to make sure no frets buzz

and 40w will go suprisingly loud on full distortion/overdrive!!! providing you can manage an "E" powerchord, you'll have a smashing time!!!

TURN IT UP TO 11!guitar players joke

biglee

erine ball slinky 10-46 string are great and only £4.99

that will do you fine mate... in fact its better than some people buy to learn with..

good luck...

ive been playin since i was 8yrs old and still not board with it...lol

AlexF

nah he wants superslinkies...



WHY DONT YOU JUST MAKE 10 LOUDER?


Alex

Dazza@TeamFord

Do you remember the program 'Young persons guide to becoming a rockstar' - There Amps had a number 11 setting

Thanks for the comments people I shall buy it, worst case situation I sell it on but I doubt that would happen as its something Iv wanted to do for years.

vx220

no, worst case situation is that you make such a cock of yourself playing in front of your friends then your mate brings it up fifteen years later at your wedding in his best man speech!

not that it has happened to me...

surrounded by all the people you hold dear, and every single one of them is wetting themselves laughing at you...

just glad we didn't have a video camera at the wedding

Petrucci

I doubt you would say this to me if i was there with my Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier... above 5 is VERY hard to stand, even on the scene

Squier (not 'Squire' ) strats are great instruments to learn on, definitely. You can also choose an Ibanez RG or GIO, that will also do perfectly. Keep in mind that if you wish to play hard rock or metal, the Squier will not suit you very long, because of its single bobbins pickups. The overdriven sound will be VERY weak. You may better choose an Ibanez RG with humbuckers, you will as well lear on it, but keep it longer

Dazza@TeamFord

Thanks for the info, just bagged it for £40 (for guitar and amp). I hear what your saying Petrucci but I guess it'll do until I get more confident in myself and spend more money on a better setup.

AlexF

Just crank up the distortion

Petrucci

as i told, it's a very nice guitar for a beginning mate. you won't regret it, and the price is very right

enjoy it !!!

Thrush

iTrader: (1)

Yeah, go tell that to Adrian Smith, Janick Gerrs or Dave Murrey (aka "Iron Maiden") - rocking on Strats since the 70's!

We had a couple of Mesa's in the music shop I worked in - I was very attached to a Rectifier (don't know which tho [think it was a retro something or other - deffo a valver] but it was a combo, not a seperate head and cab, although we did have a head there) and that was an animal, and had that big, fat Hetfield sound to it

We also had a Laney twin cab with head, and that we couldn't get to over 3 without it feeding back. We couple 4 leads together one day, so the guitarist could stand OUTSIDE the shop ( ) and truned it up to 8 - it began to feedback, and when he played the obligatory E power chord, my nuts began to hurt

Petrucci

Here is my head and cab (the same i have)



150 watts of pure Mesa power, and 14 valves

I know the combo you tried, it's the Combo Rectifier, and it's a 50 watts. But mesa watts have always been a LOT louder.... so imagine my 150 ones

biglee

MY NOMAD

biglee

BOOGIE IS BEST!!!!!!!!!!

Thrush

iTrader: (1)

John, that head is the one we had in the shop - we had no cab for it tho (someone bought it) so it was hooked into a Peavy cab Never got used - I preferred the Combo Rectifier myself - 2x12 I think it was. Had a two step pedal thingy - for clean/channel and solo boost, and even with a pony Epiphone Les Paul it still thundered Sounded insane when the guitar guy brought is ESP Explorer (lawsuit model ) in and gave it some drop-D "Sad But True"

And yes, Mesa watts have awlays been louder

That said, I recently went to his (the guitarist guy) new shop where Jim Marshall (yes, THE Jim Marshall) was there and his guys were doing an unveiling of the new Marshall range, including the JCM and new JTM gear, along with the Monder Vintage amps - sound VERY good indeed!!!! Always been partial to a JCM900 myself