Electric guitar?

[Usarka]

I also have a pocket pod for use when i'm not at home...very cool and can be run through your stereo or computer speakers with ease.... .only problem is you can spend more time fiddling around with all the different sounds than actually playing the guitar

You can plug into home stereo? What sort of connection does it use?

When your fingers are recovering it will time to debate the finer differences between choosing an SG over an LP...

Is the SG harder on the fingers? Well they are a bit sore this morning but nothing a case of HTFU isn't fixing. TBH I just liked the sound when the dude played it in the shop, didn't look at the $ first doh.

[Drunken Monkey]

Is the SG harder on the fingers? Well they are a bit sore this morning but nothing a case of HTFU isn't fixing. TBH I just liked the sound when the dude played it in the shop, didn't look at the $ first doh.

No, no, I just think the LP looks cooler
If I recall correctly, I think the SG has a "brighter" sound than the LP (sounds kinda "muddy"). My mate had an Epiphone SG years and years ago, the only thing I can really remember is it's a lot better balanced than the LP LP's are best played standing up, not sitting down. They're a bit bottom heavy.

[naphazoline]

Easiest way,(IMO),is to get an electric guitar,and start by playing rock,metal,and punk,cause they are fairly basic in general.

Also,use youtube if possible,or get someone to teach you how to play power chords.(They only involve 2 fingers.That will cover 90% of the suggested styles chords.) And learn heel resting,(dampening.) to get that grinding sound,and you'll be away.
Once you've picked up these 2 techniques,then you can move on to more advanced learnings.

If you start by filling your head up with all the chord names,and trying to learn the technical side of things,then you're much more likely to lose interest.

No one likes homework.So if you make it fun from the start,then start drip feed in the theory,you'll enjoy jamming a LOT more.

Good luck man.

[naphazoline]

No, no, I just think the LP looks cooler
If I recall correctly, I think the SG has a "brighter" sound than the LP (sounds kinda "muddy"). My mate had an Epiphone SG years and years ago, the only thing I can really remember is it's a lot better balanced than the LP LP's are best played standing up, not sitting down. They're a bit bottom heavy.

You shouldn't concern yourself with how good the quality is,if you're just starting out.Things are gonna sound more then "muddy" when you're learning.

If you decide you want to take it further,after you have learnt some of the basics,then you can buy a better quality axe,or what i did,was hotrod a cheapy,(Epiphone LP),by replacing all the hardware with quality bits.

I've had a few exspensive axes,but my Epi' LP is one of,if not the best one i've had.(I've had over 25 guitars,over the last 15 years.)

[Molly]

Sorry i didn't see the boring bit

+1 ????

Sad to say it was just an end of year performance at the school where I was teaching at the time. They asked if any of the staff would like to get involved so I stitched a few backing tracks together (taken from guitar magazines) and just did a solo over the top. There's rhythm guitar on the Metallica style one but besides that it's just my Les Paul Pro Deluxe, Marshall 800 Series MV50 combo, and (after the blues bit) an old Boss overdrive pedal.

I did play for a living for a few years but it didn't come to anything. That's guitar for you: easy to learn, difficult to master.

[bully]

iv got a few guitars and a marshall, how can i record some stuff on my pc.
is there a easy way/programe?

[Zoolander]

No, no, I just think the LP looks cooler
If I recall correctly, I think the SG has a "brighter" sound than the LP (sounds kinda "muddy"). My mate had an Epiphone SG years and years ago, the only thing I can really remember is it's a lot better balanced than the LP LP's are best played standing up, not sitting down. They're a bit bottom heavy.

I've found Les Pauls are way better balanced than SGs, SGs are too light in the body and nose dive as soon as you let go of the neck. LPs sustain better too, and with a mahogany body and a maple top they should have a brighter sound than an SG. Also depends on the pickups though, i've yet to encounter a muddy sounding Gibson Les Paul. Mine has 490R and 498T pickups, and no complaints about the brightness at all!

Generally speaking I think most epiphone pickups can sound a little muddy. But they're fine for starting out though.

[naphazoline]

iv got a few guitars and a marshall, how can i record some stuff on my pc.
is there a easy way/programe?

Best way,is to buy a cheap interface,(IE:Lexicon alpha,Tone port,Zoom digital effects pedal,or a jam lab is probably the cheapest.)most of which will come with budget recording software.

[naphazoline]

I've found Les Pauls are way better balanced than SGs, SGs are too light in the body and nose dive as soon as you let go of the neck.
Generally speaking I think most epiphone pickups can sound a little muddy. But they're fine for starting out though.

I have a quick fix for a gat that's unbalanced.
Use one of the screws on the neck plate (if it hasn't got a set neck) to attach the strap.Try different screws till you find the right balance.Worked primo on my BC Rich.

As for the muddy epiphone PUP's,swap them out for a set of Kerry King sig' EMG's and check out the difference.

Mind you,....if you're into jazz,and blues,you might want to consider another type.

[Zoolander]

I have a quick fix for a gat that's unbalanced.
Use one of the screws on the neck plate (if it hasn't got a set neck) to attach the strap.Try different screws till you find the right balance.Worked primo on my BC Rich.

As for the muddy epiphone PUP's,swap them out for a set of Kerry King sig' EMG's and check out the difference.

Mind you,....if you're into jazz,and blues,you might want to consider another type.

Cool tips, I sold my SG a long time ago though and have a Gibson LP now so in no hurry to swap pickups! I still have an old Korean made Epiphone dot335 but have a set of burstbuckers to go into it and will probably upgrade the crappy pots as well - its my "when I get around to it project!"

Never really been an active pickup guy, prefer passives, but nothing against them, just not the sound i'm after.

[naphazoline]

Cool tips, I sold my SG a long time ago though and have a Gibson LP now so in no hurry to swap pickups! I still have an old Korean made Epiphone dot335 but have a set of burstbuckers to go into it and will probably upgrade the crappy pots as well - its my "when I get around to it project!"

Never really been an active pickup guy, prefer passives, but nothing against them, just not the sound i'm after.

WOW.A 335? They're VERY cool.

I got the EMG's,cause i like rock/metal/punk.They sure cover those styles well.The cool thing with the set i got,is that they come with a new toggle switch,volume and tone pots,and connection jack.So that was all the electrics renewed.My Epi'LP has the same wood composition as the Gibson LP,and sounds pretty damn good.With some aftermarket tuners,and saddles,it's a real joy to play.

I'd love a Gibson LP,but don't play much anymore,so can't really justify spending the $.

[eliot-ness]

iv got a few guitars and a marshall, how can i record some stuff on my pc.
is there a easy way/programe?

Google 'Audacity' A great multi channel recording programme and it's free. If your guitar has a pre amp all you need is an adapter to plug the guitar lead into the 'line in' socket. You can also voice record from a microphone at the same time or use the mic' to record from an accoustic guitar. Haven't tried it with the Telecaster yet but I know it can be done, might need a seperate pre amp
Recordings can be saved and exported as mp3
Many more things you can do, channel mixing, backing track downloading etc, too much to list but the whole thing is so simple that even I could figure it out in a few minutes.

[Drunken Monkey]

...Also depends on the pickups though, i've yet to encounter a muddy sounding Gibson Les Paul. Mine has 490R and 498T pickups, and no complaints about the brightness at all!

Generally speaking I think most epiphone pickups can sound a little muddy. But they're fine for starting out though.

Certainly "muddy" compared to my Strat. As far as compared to an SG, I've only read, seeing as I don't own an SG... I don't think muddy is a derogatory term either, it's just that sort of low down sound that's hard to describe I guess. No disagreement on sustain, that's probably their best feature, something to do with glued instead of bolted neck and the scale size IIRC.

Sounds like neither the SG or the LP are well balanced for playing over the knee

The Dot335's sound great too. Mine has a dodgy pickup switch and it doesn't look easy to service

[Drunken Monkey]

As above, audacity is free and easy.

The only tricky bit is getting your input levels right, so you can pickup the quiet bits without too much background noise and hit the loud parts without overloading the input and distorting.

I would highly recommend a firewire or USB sound card, onboard/plug-in cards have too much noise.

[Chisanga]

You can plug into home stereo? What sort of connection does it use?

It has a standard (Ipod sized) headphone output that i've used to connect to headphones and to computer speakers directly. It also has an audio in (same size) so you can play your ipod through it for Jam along stuff. Also has a guitar out and an amp out so you can play through an amp if so desired.

Ummm also has a USB out port so you can connect to computer and fiddle with the amp models, effects and stuff on the computer once you download some free software.

Then I think it has a power adapter socket too but runs on 4 AAA batteries (which last about 4 hours).

Quite good and a decent price..... mine was under $200 but not sure exactly how much.

Hope this helps