Hello all the sifu-sifu here..
A newbie is buying an electric guitar soon.... ,
however i faced some difficulty in choosing the right guitar for me...i need something that can fit my need until i decided to get another higher end guitar when i am good enough.

i read through some of the post her in lowyat.net and review on others website like ultimate guitar and harmony center. Then i narrow down my choice to Epiphone LP Special 2 and Ibanez Gax70 which fit my budget, and as for the amp i was thinking of getting an Vox vt15 or the Roland Cube 20x...

need advice on these gear here, cause after listen to both of the guitar i still unable to make my choice, to be honest i can't really tell much difference in the tone wise, maybe something wrong with my ears d...hahaha . that's the reason y i don dare to choose some other brand like sx that seems like some luck to stumble upon a guitar with nice tone...and can't ask friend for help, cause none of them play guitar .

as for the style of music i play......i have none ....
i just start to self learn..
but for the band/musician i like is scorpion, ac/dc, GnR (especially slash), santana, eric clapton, nickelback, aerosmith, B'z, evanesence and so on...so might be working toward that direction.

basically, need sifu here to help me to choose lar...

All the epiphone i found so far is MII, the cheapest price i was offered is from chambers music, - RM760.
then for the Ibanez GAX70- RM690, and roland cube 20x - RM830 both quote from Bentley(haven't negotiate price yet).
as for the vox vt15, the best price offer from ck is RM670.
my budget is roughly around RM1.5k, the cheaper with the better quality is better lar...

==''' get an Ibanez GIO and buy some cheap amp+Boss DS-1 should be around your budget...

This post has been edited by whatsupbro: Jun 13 2009, 12:23 AM

Well for beginner i don't recommend you to buy an electric guitar with floyd rose/tremolo because you'll have some trouble to tune/set them.Fixed bridge is recommended.Those SX and craftman guitar is a good value guitar with nice tone to be honest.Get a decent amp and also boss DS-1 or MT-2 and you're ready to rock.Once you got better and you can slowly change your gears.

Yeah, saw that in some advice given in lyn. Therefore both the guitar i choose have the same bridge lor or am i making a mistake...? is the both guitar i choose is within the un-recommend type for the beginner..?
Sx or craftman~~But the QC for these brand i a bit takut lar.....Any craftman guitar u suggest...?
by the way, looks is also one of my factor of consideration, i am more toward to the Les paul shape...

thanks..

This post has been edited by Ratel: Jun 13 2009, 12:50 AM

my 1st guitar was the sx strat copy..
quite ok no problem..nice clean sound..
worth buy i can say
but if u wanna go serious with it
mayb u should buy the intermediate guitar..
try the ibanez sa120ex..should be around rm900+..
squier telecaster is another choice..
cool design and the roland cube may suite u
as u dont really go into the exact effect like the original song
got tuner inside for bginner

hmm~~~nv really look at the guitar b4. but then 900++ leave me less for the amp, got to sacrifice my amp if i want to get this.
headache become worst d....

imo
juz go wif gax70 n Vt15...-ive always wanted gax70 juz like the dude in my sig-
i heard special II...kinda sux...
btw my 1st guitar is a craftsman strat copy....kinda okay-okay for beginners

umm...i tink u can get cheaper...for ur amp n guitar...
for the guitar pm "Deadeye"
n for VT15 rm600 -i tink- pm "Satchman" nvr dealed wif him b4

This post has been edited by Siege: Jun 13 2009, 01:22 AM

yea, with the choices u got...
go for the gax70 and vt15.

tho if u got the time, go to doremi in jalan ipoh and check out the samicks...i would say they're the best buy for guitars under rm1k.

thanks...
deadeye is it...? kept saw his name appear in this section, i'll pm him and see.
who is satchman...? nv came across his name here, is he a trustworthy seller...?

Theres one GAX for sale in jamtank for 250. Without pickups though.



best bang for the buck!

yep, same advice here. the gax70 and vt15. special II is one of the lower end epiphone, and when i comes to low end, ibanez > epiphone. plus, ibanez low end usually have better resell value should you want to upgrade.

the vt15 is a good choice for the songs you wanna play too.

I am using a SX LP copy. The quality is OK, but the action is too high.
The pickup are lousy, hehe, just changed to SD JB and Jazz Combo, sounds nice!
Many ppl recommend samick AV3, you may go to doremi to have a look. Cheers!