• Buying my first electric guitar
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[QUOTE=bravehat;29032039]I prefer C or V shaped necks :v: DBZ necks are awesome and same with schecter and ESP necks.[/QUOTE] I hate DBZ necks, but I love ESP necks.
[QUOTE=TheGuru;29013594] For the OP, a humbucker is a type of pickup, which is commonly used in punk, rock and metal. Typical strats have 3 singlecoils, which are great for rock and many other genres but don't do such a great job of producing typical punk and metal tones. If you get a Fat Strat you'll have a humbucker along with 2 singlecoils so you can play a very wide variety of tones and styles.[/QUOTE] punk with single-coils would be absolutely fine, the ramones used single coil guitars
[QUOTE=thisispain;29040389]punk with single-coils would be absolutely fine, the ramones used single coil guitars[/QUOTE] Even heavy metal is fine with single-coils. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCK7oHgmv7M[/media]
not every band of a genre needs to sound the same
imo pick up one of the schecter starter guitars, they're pretty much top quality
[QUOTE=thisispain;29040389]punk with single-coils would be absolutely fine, the ramones used single coil guitars[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Franke_R!?;29040422]Even heavy metal is fine with single-coils. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCK7oHgmv7M[/media][/QUOTE] I never said it was impossible, and it is fine to use whatever you want to play whatever, hell, I've heard black metal played on hollowbody guitars. It's just that generally speaking, humbuckers have a lot more bite, and of course they don't hum like singlecoils when heavily overdriven. And they just sound so so different from single coils that I think it's totally worth having a guitar with humbuckers and single coils instead of a guitar that just has one or the other. It's just all about versatility for a first instrument, because you never know [i]exactly[/i] what you want.
Don't get a certain 'style' of guitar at first. When you start to really learn to play you may find you like a completely different genre than you expected.
[QUOTE=Jo The Shmo;29045125]Don't get a certain 'style' of guitar at first. When you start to really learn to play you may find you like a completely different genre than you expected.[/QUOTE] this guy has a point, I listen to and play completely different genres. I play more funk than anything but I listen to mostly metal and electronic music
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