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zedius 11.10.2006 03:10 PM

My guitar
 
How can I make it better?

My guitar is a cheap piece of shit vibra I picked up for $40. I know nothing about guitars, and I'd like to be able to tell if it's worth playing with.

I imagine someone here might know this sort of thing.

Like what is nice in a neck? What sort of things cause the tuning pegs to slip? Just shitty tuning pegs, or could it be the bridge? How could I tell? What sort of pickups would sound nice with what sort of strings?

I think, though I don't know, that the body is generally alright. So I think if I put the right combination of upgrades into it it could sound pretty sweet. It has 3 pickups right now, is there anything I should know about where to put what pickups in relation to the guitar?

I feel pretty cheesy posting this maybe, but it would be cool if anyone can even refer some websites. I know I should probably post this on a guitar forum but I don't think they'd really understand. I don't need it to sound fucking expensive, I need it to sound like it's fighting hard to stay out of the scrapper.

king_buzzo 11.10.2006 03:21 PM

dont bother with these guys, ask there theres much more people who know much more about guitars.

http://s15.invisionfree.com/The_Tave...ex.php?act=idx

guitarpro 11.10.2006 08:15 PM

Put a humbucker in the bridge and get a good stomp box and make some noise

Danny Himself 11.11.2006 08:34 AM

Could you provide a picture or something for us?

king_buzzo 11.11.2006 08:36 AM

yeah a picture would be better. post it now

Danny Himself 11.11.2006 08:39 AM

If it was that cheap I'd assume it was a stratocaster knock-off.

Or is it one of those old '70s ones?

king_buzzo 11.11.2006 09:43 AM

i recon you should learn more about guitars and learn how to mod guitars, play the guitar for about a year to learn whats actually wrong with it.

Danny Himself 11.11.2006 01:55 PM

Word up to Victoria, B.C, though. I got lost there once and ended up in New Westminster.

jon boy 11.11.2006 02:06 PM

to be honest i think you can have really shitty equipmet and still make an absolutley amazing sound. its how you use it that counts i believe.

Norma J 11.11.2006 06:09 PM

Some cheap guitars sound great. But guitars are like most things, you're paying for what you get. Wow, what a revelation right there.

ni'k 11.11.2006 09:52 PM

well as the first person to log in in the morning will see im progressively posting more random shit into threads still trying to fill up the whole of the page


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