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[Emmoh]

Was the band name inspired by the Fugazi song?  It's one of my favorites by any band.

Yes sir. It is a great song by one of the few bands we had in common. One of my all time favorite album-closers.

[Emmoh]

yeah, the guitar+amp option won't work-- the deal is "hey, we'll buy you a guitar", so cheaper guitar = only cheaper guitar.
I mean, I'm considering just getting one used on ebay... much cheaper. but, still, that would only result in a guitar. I'll just get a summer job and get a better amp (alternatively: buy drums. everyone plays guitar... and I don't know any drummers.)

Some of the best drummers I know started out as guitarists. Always work for drummers.

For an amp, musical instruments in general, but especially amps, I highly recommend (depending on where you live) using Craigslist. There's bargains a plenty on quality amps that people want to get rid of quick because they're moving or something...

[robot_god]

Inevitable:

I bought a new guitar off eBay once and although I was very happy with it, it had this small crack in the back of the headstock.  So be weary with eBay.  I had no choice, because it was one that I could find no where else.

Buy whatever you think you will be happy with, but I would certainly have to agree to avoid the Jag.

Gotta consider what your goal is;  if your goal is to play in a live band, you're probably going to be playing chord progressions with distortion.  I wouldn't reccomend a guitar with single coil pickups, single coils are ideal for bluesy lead or for intentionally muddy distorted tones.  I wouldn't really reccomend single coils for much else.  If you are going to play punk/alternative, it might be a good idea to get a guitar with humbuckers.

The Jag is really for seriously raw tones.  Lot of midrange, not alot of note clarity, unless you're playing clean.  Not very versatile.  If you want to play rock like Green Day or Blink182 or NOFX or something, I would reccomend a strat with humbuckers.  Fender usually calls them Fat Strats.  The humbuckers will produce a distorted sound that is alot more controlled than any single coil.

Personally, I would reccomend a Schecter.  I own a Schecter seven string, but I don't play electrics much anymore.  But as far as guitar for your dollar goes, I would say Schecters are the best electric guitars you can buy.  But I think that the guitar you are really looking for is a Strat with humbuckers.

[AlohaDawg]

So noone else here plays Banjo?

[pmcd9]

I played tuba from grade school thru College.  I play a little bit of guitar.  I had a nice Alvaraz accoustic, but i'm mostly a bassman.  I've always been in love with the bass.   My first bass was a piece fo shit Hohner, but I really loved that guitar.  I used my graduation money to buy a Rickenbacker,  but God doesn't want me to play the guitar.  After that I got a Jackson and another Rick, and a Strat, and a cheap lefty bass, but everything was stolen from my house along with a Marshall amp, a 12 channel mixing board, a 4 track mini studio (along with my demo master), 2 power amps, equalizer, the Alvaraz accouistic, a VCR, shotgun, linemans boots, and my Porn.  They stole my porn can you believe that?  I also once had a nice 12 string Ibanaz accoustic that I gave away as a present.  Now i've got a Lefty Ibanez.  I like it a lot, but I rarely play it.  Sigh...

~Paul

Krista likes to Play too...

[theinevitable]

WHY WOULD GOD DO THAT TO A RICKENBACKER?
WHYY!


_{I want to play in a band where even the drums are rickenbackers.}

[wombat]

So noone else here plays Banjo?

Um, should we?

[Drygioni]

So noone else here plays Banjo?

I'd be impressed if you did. Looks hella hard to play,though I have never tried. It's a shame that the banjo is banned in Britain.

What with living in Hawaii and all, i'm surprised you don't play the ukelele. Everyone in Hawaii plays the ukelele.

[theinevitable]

over the summer, I introduced a girl who is not american to the banjo. she enjoyed it roundly. in the country that she is from, they do not have this instrument.

I escaped the south for the summer, got all the way to Ithaca, NY, and then went to a bluegrass concert where they played "dixie".


But I really want a jaguar! come on!

Damn. I know what you mean, though. I mean... egh. The problem is, I play wayy too diverse of styles. Actually, basically rock. But some is soft, pretty, jangle-ey rock, and some is distorted, crazy, punk rock. I have never played a single-coil guitar, is also a problem.

I really just need to try it. I'm considering being a horrible dick, and try it at the store (I'll have to ask them to order it), and then buy it online used.

Why are there so many kinds of stratocaster? Which would you suggest (I want a mexican-made one, price wise, but I'm not sure what that means for my options. Are all of the ones that don't say "American" in the title mexican?)

I feel like I'm buying a damn car. The strat is a minivan, and the jag is a sports car. On the one hand: the sports car is awesome! it goes fast! I'm a teenager, and when else will I have the chance to own a sports car! But also: it might break a lot. it is specialized.

I mean... I love strats. But I've had my heart set on a jag since... even before I got my first guitar.

[Drygioni]

Why are there so many kinds of stratocaster? Which would you suggest (I want a mexican-made one, price wise, but I'm not sure what that means for my options. Are all of the ones that don't say "American" in the title mexican?)

I feel like I'm buying a damn car. The strat is a minivan, and the jag is a sports car. On the one hand: the sports car is awesome! it goes fast! I'm a teenager, and when else will I have the chance to own a sports car! But also: it might break a lot. it is specialized.

I mean... I love strats. But I've had my heart set on a jag since... even before I got my first guitar.

I think you'll really need to try out before you play. It's an old cliche, but once you start playing a guitar, you'll know whether it's right for you. I only got my beautiful Fender Jazz after hours in London searching, and I just picked that up, and it felt right. It wasn't what I started looking for, but hell I don't regret getting it all. I'm very lucky I found it.

If that is not an option, I can't really tell you to buy either a Strat or Jag as I am not a lead guitarist and don't know shit about either. As for the Mexican/American thing, I believe Fender makes Korean ones also... you could check those, they are normally cheaper but correspondingly not so great, etc.

Eh, I'd go for the Mexican for value, if you have money to burn American because you get slightly higher quality electronics.

[Emmoh]

Get the guitar, you're not marrying it. If another, down the road, better suits your needs, then you can get that one too. (Mexican fenders are hella cheap, and the best instrument you can get for that price. I had a P-bass I bought from a pawn shop for 100 bucks, it served me very well). You're still real young, and the most important thing is that you get something that you really enjoy playing and will motivate you to work on your chops. If that's the purpose the Jaguar will serve, then it's well worth the money spent...

[Carlos del Vaca]

I like to play the Liquid Banjo.

[pmcd9]

WHY WOULD GOD DO THAT TO A RICKENBACKER?
WHYY!

To be fair, I had a hand it that as well.

~Paul

[AlohaDawg]

over the summer, I introduced a girl who is not american to the banjo. she enjoyed it roundly. in the country that she is from, they do not have this instrument.

Was she Irish? The banjo is a lot like whatever you call the irish folk instrument that has a drone string. Which makes sense, actually - listen to bluegrass and then listen to traditional Irish fol;k music. They are so similar that it's impossible not to arrive at the correct conclusion that the majority of people settling in Appalachia were Irish (Ever see people clogging? Notice how they don't use their arms? No coincidence there either).

As for the Uke, there are a bunch of types with different strings and tunings and near as I can tell, there is one that is exactly like a little banjo with no 5th string so I guess I could try to play that.

Banjo isn't hard per se - you learn the chords and you learn picking patterns, plucking, and bending.  I'm not that good at it but it'd kind of fun, I kind of go into this zone because I have to concentrate on my fingers so much.

[Emmoh]

The banjo seems like a lot of fun. To watch someone play it, it's almost like you just roll the music off, I tried one on once, figured it would be a pretty logical extension, but I just wound up confusing myself...I only fooled around with it for all of five minutes though...the only banjoist (banjoer? banjobe?) that I'm at all familiar with is Bela Fleck...is there anybody else out there worth listening to?