It's called Gain...... some of of shred heads WANT noisy

But too much and your arps will sound like strums...

...in the words of Marty Friedman... "More gain equals less chicks"

More Gain = Covering up your sucky playing better.....
More Gain + Rocking Wah = No one will notice you play sucky
Ridiculous amount of Gain + Rocking Wah * Extremely sucky playing = BlackTriX

marty friedman is very short and wears those al lian huge clompers.
thats why he moved to japan cos everyone in US picked on him

kirk hammett got away with it

Ooooooooh. I'm in the same League as Kirk! Wooo hooo!!!

you could be the next metallica lead guitarist

Yeah! I just buy an ESP, down tune my guitar 3 steps down, just play power chords and no solos! EASY!

Whatever it is, for beginners, any Ibanez GRG/GRX will do. If you're an experienced player, avoid the G in front, cause the G stands for GIO Ibanez, which is a lower end range, all GIO series guitars are made in China, but these guitars are good for beginners, as for me, I didn't know about the GIO, I bought a GRG270 and it kinda sux. As for you bro, just grab a Yamaha Pacifica 012 and a Microcube, that would be fine for a beginner.

fixed bridge Ibanez GIO is good ...like the GRG121

correction, correction...

You have to buy an ESP (not LTD mind you!), detune 3 steps, just play power chords, record a whole bunch of solos... and get all of them axed during production...

...then you can be Kirk Hammett...

Agreed on the fixed bridge GIO.....
Also agree that a Pacifica is an excellent guitar. Alot of pacifica guitar owners and happy ones at that. If you can find one around 300-400, then go for a pacifica. If not, an SX would suffice.

...Rusty Cooley shreds cleanly with a ridiculous amount of gain... ultra-fast 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 string sweeps (take your pick!), 16th note triplet runs at #&*$^ bpm...

...but then again, he's Rusty Cooley...

Like I said earlier, for beginners, Ibanez Gio's with fix bridges or a Yamaha Pacifica 012 is the best for beginners.