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GuitarFlame.com - Guitar stories from a semi-pro guitar player: Dreaming of a perfect guitar

  • Jon · 1 year ago
    I love Ibanez guitars too ever since I owned an RG550DX back in the 90's, I'm still tempted, I like the S series a lot! Mind you I really really want a Nick Huber, I've never played one but I absolutely love the look of the Redwood. Also anything that Hamer produce, I think Hamer's are just incredible looking instruments, the recent earthen maple guitar was amazing!

    I've always been interested in Carvin guitars too! They have some beautiful exotic wood guitars.
  • admin · 1 year ago
    Yes, Ibanez is a definitive rock icon for guitar players! I love S series too, but these 2 listed above make me shiver :-)

    I have seen you reviewed Nick Huber guitars on your blog, they are nice, Redwood looks interesting, even not quite for my taste. As you see, Gibson came somewhere on the 4th position for me, and for the look Redwood comes in the same category (kind of classic looking shaped guitar)

    Well, for Hamer, if you like them Carvin comes naturally, they walk hand in hand as look and feel. Carvin guitars started to interest me lately after playing 3 models "by accident" in a guitar shop. They sound brilliant, I was charmed!
  • Sammy · 1 year ago
    The ideal guitar is the one you want at the moment. That's why we end up with way too many and end up selling them on eBay...before buying some more!
  • Fiscal Musings · 1 year ago
    I bought a Schecter bass guitar and absolutely love it. It has one of the smoothest feels to it, and when I picked it up at a store I knew it would be my next guitar.

    Of course I waited to buy it on Ebay later...
  • admin · 1 year ago
    Sammy, indeed, the perfect guitar is the one you want at that moment :-) Just that for me, during my evolution, during changing styles, I came to like different guitars but as you see, I didn't manage to say that THIS is the one! I still can't make up my mind.

    Fiscal Musings - The secret is to be happy with the current guitar and never dream of new ones considering that the guitar you have is not good. If you are happy with the bass sounds, it is great, it means you have peace of mind and ready to create music, not stressed by the idea that your guitar does not sound good.

    But I do speak about look and feel here too, not just about the sound, cause IMO these too affect the way you think about your guitar and in order to be "perfect" you also need to see it as perfect from a visual and tactile point of view.
  • ZUrlocker · 1 year ago
    Great article. Always room for one more guitar!

    I've got some reviews coming out soon on http://www.guitarvibe.com on the new Taylor Electrics (beautiful, but not cheap) and also a Fender Squier Telecaster (beautiful and cheap!) The other guitar that intrigues me is a Line 6 Variax 700.

    --Zack
    http://www.guitarvibe.com