Whouse got 'Metal' guitars?

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TheBurbz wrote:I'd love one of those Ibanez RG350DX's, I'm just put off because it looks like a Vai guitar and I don't want people to think I'm a poser. The necks on those guitars are really stunning though, for someone like myself who has small hands and can barely manage a Tele, the super-slim Ibanez necks are a dream :)
They are pretty long scale wise, though. I understand Ibanezezeses are longer than teles or strats, so that might be an issue.
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TheBurbz wrote:I'd love one of those Ibanez RG350DX's, I'm just put off because it looks like a Vai guitar and I don't want people to think I'm a poser. The necks on those guitars are really stunning though, for someone like myself who has small hands and can barely manage a Tele, the super-slim Ibanez necks are a dream :)
I know, I have always liked the idea of the ibanez RG guitars. I just can never get over that they look so lame.
BacchusPaul wrote:They are pretty long scale wise, though. I understand Ibanezezeses are longer than teles or strats, so that might be an issue.
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mage wrote:
TheBurbz wrote:I'd love one of those Ibanez RG350DX's, I'm just put off because it looks like a Vai guitar and I don't want people to think I'm a poser. The necks on those guitars are really stunning though, for someone like myself who has small hands and can barely manage a Tele, the super-slim Ibanez necks are a dream :)
I know, I have always liked the idea of the ibanez RG guitars. I just can never get over that they look so lame.
BacchusPaul wrote:They are pretty long scale wise, though. I understand Ibanezezeses are longer than teles or strats, so that might be an issue.
really?
i don't think they're any longer. they do have more frets (24), though.
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oh, so the neck is physically longer (due to it's enhanced shred zone) but the scale is still 25.5
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TheBurbz wrote:I'd love one of those Ibanez RG350DX's, I'm just put off because it looks like a Vai guitar and I don't want people to think I'm a poser. The necks on those guitars are really stunning though, for someone like myself who has small hands and can barely manage a Tele, the super-slim Ibanez necks are a dream :)

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get it, i thought about getting that exact 350DX but decided to bump up a bit to the 5EX1
should have stuck with the 350 tho! would have probably turned it into a Vai guit-fiddle anyways tho...
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i almost talked myself into a 350DX once - then after spending about half an hour with one just couldn't get used to the neck: too anorexic. do still occasionally browse them, then go back to a classic strat neck and forget about it...
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Here's the 1980 Gibson Explorer E2 I owned for years and hardly ever played...

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Great guitar. Made of walnut and maple, with an ebony fingerboard. Dirty Fingers pickups, which sounded incredible for the Hardz Rawkz. Fender style contours on the body.

I had to sell it because I hated the fingerboard radius. I don't know the exact spec, but the fingerboard was almost completely flat. It made it hard for me to play, so it sat in the case for most of the time I owned it. I sold it on Craigslist last fall.
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I love the hockeystick headstock on Explorers. The rest is terrible.
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Is a natural finish explorer really a 'metal' guitar though? Thing just makes me think of the Husker Du 'makes no sense' live vid where Bob Mould plays one.

Actually, I think it might just be possible to play one publicly without irony and not be laughed at.
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Oh, I got a metal guitar. Weak lulz.

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Fran wrote:Suppose i could say my old Flying V falls into that category and the Squier Stagemaster certainly does.
I has a V for that Andy Powell sound. It doesn't have a Floyd Rose. It doesn't even have a Vibrola.
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timhulio wrote:Oh, I got a metal guitar. Weak lulz.
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Electrical Guitar Company Custom 500 wossit. Little bit like a Travis Bean 500.
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astro wrote:Here's the 1980 Gibson Explorer E2 I owned for years and hardly ever played...

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Great guitar. Made of walnut and maple, with an ebony fingerboard. Dirty Fingers pickups, which sounded incredible for the Hardz Rawkz. Fender style contours on the body.

I had to sell it because I hated the fingerboard radius. I don't know the exact spec, but the fingerboard was almost completely flat. It made it hard for me to play, so it sat in the case for most of the time I owned it. I sold it on Craigslist last fall.
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timhulio wrote:Is a natural finish explorer really a 'metal' guitar though? Thing just makes me think of the Husker Du 'makes no sense' live vid where Bob Mould plays one.

Actually, I think it might just be possible to play one publicly without irony and not be laughed at.
I had Mould (and the Edge) in mind when i had that Gordon Smith Explorer years ago, but i think maybe unfairly, like Flying V's they are associated with Metal.

Here's my V
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I've had that for about 11 years now but never use it. Its a Jap model presume that i refinished with danish oil and beeswax, it's total quality and the neck is the most comfortable i have ever played.
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I reckon single pick-up 80s rawk machines are the next big thing. I wanted this bad, but it ended early :(
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I'm surprised how many people are into these guitars. I'm not a big fan of metal but they are sometimes a nice change from the millions of Fenders and Fender-clones that we usually see on here.
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I was recently thinking about maybe selling some stuff and getting a Schecter C1 Hellraiser or whatever with them thar EMG pickups. For recording metal shit.
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