Spudman
June 6th, 2009, 08:47 PM
I had to go out of town today so I stopped into the Guitar Center in Salt Lake City ON A SATURDAY! It was actually pretty mellow. I could play whatever I wanted with no hassles. In fact a salesman never talked to me until I talked to one first and then I just asked him about the Dimarzio pickups that he'd put in this Strat a guy was trying out. They sounded awesome. They were the Ceramic Dimarzio twin rail and alnico hot wound twin rail pickups. Sweet!
When that guy saddled up next to me at the Line 6 Spider amps to try the guitar I suggested to let me play some rhythm while he checked out the pickups. That was fun and I made a new buddy. Then I heard this delicious Strat sound coming from across the room so I had to check that out. It was that Fender light blue 60's Strat with the Custom Shop pickups and 2 post tremolo. What a great sound. I think Lev has the same guitar. It wasn't set up very well but it sure sounded great.
I took some money in - but you know I need another guitar like a hole in the head. I did find 2 that really got my interest. The first was a Dean Hardtail and the other was the Schecter Tempest. Both played and sounded superb with first place going to the Tempest but the Dean weighed a little less so for long gigs it would get first place. The Tempest had the better sounds though. Coming in with an Honorable Mention was the Epiphone Les Paul Ultra. It played super sweet but didn't have the coil tap features of the other two guitars. The top was divine though. Wouldn't you know the guitars I liked best were rather pricey.
I tried out a lot of stuff some of which I can't even remember the name of.
So which guitar did I come home with?
When that guy saddled up next to me at the Line 6 Spider amps to try the guitar I suggested to let me play some rhythm while he checked out the pickups. That was fun and I made a new buddy. Then I heard this delicious Strat sound coming from across the room so I had to check that out. It was that Fender light blue 60's Strat with the Custom Shop pickups and 2 post tremolo. What a great sound. I think Lev has the same guitar. It wasn't set up very well but it sure sounded great.
I took some money in - but you know I need another guitar like a hole in the head. I did find 2 that really got my interest. The first was a Dean Hardtail and the other was the Schecter Tempest. Both played and sounded superb with first place going to the Tempest but the Dean weighed a little less so for long gigs it would get first place. The Tempest had the better sounds though. Coming in with an Honorable Mention was the Epiphone Les Paul Ultra. It played super sweet but didn't have the coil tap features of the other two guitars. The top was divine though. Wouldn't you know the guitars I liked best were rather pricey.
I tried out a lot of stuff some of which I can't even remember the name of.
So which guitar did I come home with?