Hi

I have been playing for about 3 years and im wanting to upgrade my guitar (im still not very seasoned player yet) .

At first i was thinking about buying an acoustic with a plugin but now i am looking at a electric guitar.

Fender Squire Stratocaster. - RM550

Roland Micro cube.- RM400

so for about RM950 do you think i should buy it?

Also does anyone know where to buy a good and cheap hardcase bag for electric?

and does anyone have the phone number of Yamaha in IOI mall?

Thx alot guys!

Sound like a good deal.......
Or, if you want, you can instead get a SX strat and then use the remaining cash for a Wah pedal.....
But that's just me.
A Strat and Micro Cube is a good setup too.

cool!

can i ask wat is a SX ? lol im still not very good with guitars yet

Fender is Fender and Squier is Squier ...different brand

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Added on April 18, 2007, 8:59 amyou are Hammett!

j/k

This post has been edited by soulfly: Apr 18 2007, 08:59 AM

Squier is under Fender. They are licensed to create guitars for fender but under their name.

Quote from wikipedia

Squier is a second-line brand of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. It produces models mostly derived from the Fender line of products but at lower cost, and are marketed similarly in providing high quality instruments at affordable prices for novice players. Squier guitars are now also sold in stores that do not specialise in musical instruments.

This post has been edited by limjix: Apr 18 2007, 09:37 AM

Being under Fender doesn't mean that you can call it Fender Squier

or else people would call Jackson as Fender Jackson

and..the sad part is ..squier sucks

i prefer ibanez +microcube combo..

quoted for truth. at least ibanez is still ibanez(even gio). unlike epiphone and squire.

ibanez all the way, even though i'm no longer an ibanez guitar user(still use the amp though).

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Apr 18 2007, 10:59 AM

I dont have a big budget. My budget is onli RM 1000. And i trust that Squier has good quality control........

For the price you pay for a Squire, I'd go for SX instead.....
SX is a brand BTW.

Check the other threads like Cheap Guitars....... alot of info about SX there.

either that or oyu can just get the GAX Ibanez guitars. . . the guitars are around that price. . .

what guitar are you currently using? cause if its around the same region as the one you plan to buy then no point getting ther squier or ibz

an ibanez ergodyne and the microcube would fit his bill...

i tink u shud tel us wat guitar tone u look forward to
and which guitarist u favor?
wat style to ought for
den we noe wat u need

squier i heard the standard series were ok and there's a price drop
california series was a no no
squire strats...so u going for bright tone?

well , you're asking for opinions right..
my opinion is no no for squiers ..

anyway..
RM1000 can get you an Ibanez and Microcube

or a Yamaha Pacifica(please choose yamaha over squier) and a Microcube

but ..if i had RM1000 lol...

i would buy an ibanez SA ..made in indonesia , or korea if you can find any ..and buy a Behringer GD 121..and use hi fi speakers

btw..Behringer GD 121 is a really fvckin awesome pedal/pre amp/di box for RM160..

Unless you can get 2nd hand MIJ squires. Craftmanship leaves nothing much to complain about. Although I have seen some good MIC ones. But those are 1 in a million. But who knows, maybe you'll get lucky. The only way is to test it out and compare guitars individually. Comparing generally between brands doesn't really help much. A lousy squire and a good squire are still both squires

Im not a rock player so i dont really need that kind of metallic sound

Right now im using a Yamaha Acoustic guitar without plugin.

Hey! squiers aren't that bad..and they got good quality control. well i gotten the same thing with TS except my amp's a cube 15x and im pleased with my set up. but i shall be getting a Schecter..soon!

limjix,

maybe i misread and didn't see it in the previous posts, but here comes a few good advices (obviously, because they're mine ) (no actually, i'm just copy and pasting past advices in older threads...) :

an electric guitar might not be the electric guitar you want !!

what i'm saying is that 2 different electric guitars will have 2 very different sounds, and it's not even link to the build quality or the wood quality. It's mainly linked to which pickups it's using (very simplistic ? but very true...)

So first things first : if you intend to play clean sounds, in a pop/folk/blues style, you should aim at single coil pick-ups.

Then, go to Bentley, Yamaha, SX (?) etc... and try few single-coils guitars. You should quickly know which guitar you prefer the most. It can be the look, the feel, the sound... it doesn't matter what is the little thing that will give a certain guitar an advantage to your eyes.. Getting a guitar you "love" is the best way to become a good (or at least better) guitarist

aihhh..okla..since you don't need that kind of metallic sound

you should get
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http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2007-04D...E_BEAUTIFUL.htm


JAWS FULL ELECTRIC GUITAR SET ! WOOHOO

that set looks so ah beng.

NO!!!! haha

why does it?

and thx for the advice Pix

hahahha..yeah..since i treat behringer, santa cruz , craftsman , SX , squier >insert low end china made here < all the same ..might as well go for the one with graphic finish ...

made sence huh ?

anyone remember this malaysian guitar company called 'Rhythm' from a few yrs ago?
they made real bad looking LP and SG copies.

worse than santa cruz.

graphic...erm...personal taste huh...
if u get an SX or squier its easier to sell 2nd hand for the name...
than a no name...

SX has earn quite a reputation nway...
stil recomend an SX


graphic wise...
a solid colour, simple approach...my taste la
no need to show off wit too much graphic
keke jz my 2 cent



and tat amp...it kinda freak me out...lolz

This post has been edited by crazychris: Apr 19 2007, 12:12 PM

Wat is the model of the SX guitar that is similar to Stratocaster?

the SX Stratocaster Copy.
lol
ST-60 i think

Do you guys think the sound of the SX is as good as a fender?

well, you don't really have to think about it. it's pretty obvious. even squire does not sound like fender, how can a cheaper version sounds better? u get what u paid for. unless of course u mod the SX with better electronics. even then it can only get close to real fender. SX has good construction, but they use cheap electronics just like other cheap guitar.

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Apr 20 2007, 10:15 AM

so ur saying that SX is abit better than Squier but it cant be the same as fender unless i mod it?

This post has been edited by limjix: Apr 20 2007, 02:25 PM

for the price, yeah. squier and epiphone construction quality are steadily declining these past few years, but the price remains the same.

SX is cheap. cheap stuff are made from cheap materials, that's a fact. you can't expect cheap guitar to compete with high end stuff. but if you choose an SX carefully you'll get a gem for your money in terms of build quality. just some changes to a better parts(tuner, pickups..etc) and you'll get guitar that will hold its own. not as good as fender,gibson or high-end ibanez, but it will be just as playable.

It's also not like a PC where you can just "mod" a guitar to make it sound like it's bigger Fender distant cousin.....

We just "mod" our guitars to the tones that we like.....

well.......i wouldnt want to mod my guitar cause i cant afford it.......so wouldnt it be better if i just bought a squier which is a subsidery of Fender??

Up to you.... SX and Squier to me are around the same standards...... but Squier has the backing of Fender, while SX are much cheaper.

Guaranteed to be loved by all!!

hmm ok thx alot for the tips........im going down to woh fatt today to check out SX and Squier.

anyway.......anyone know wat is the price of a good and cheap hardcasing for the guitar? any recommendations or brands......budget is about RM 200

This post has been edited by limjix: Apr 21 2007, 08:12 AM

woh fatt also sells cheap hardcases, should definitely be one under RM200 there.

if its cheap.........does it still protect the guitar as well?

yup, it will protect your guitar...coz i dropped my casing a few times when i was carrying it...no broken neck or what-so-ever...

i just came back from buying the guitar

I chose the Squier because i like the tone more compared to the SX and i bought a casing with alot of padding.

just have one more question to ask

can i use a regular capo on my electric guitar or do i have to buy a new capo?

yse if it fits the neck than by all means use it =)