hi again everyone!! as the title says, looking for a decent electric guitar that can last me about 3 years or so.. but not too harsh that a beginner can't master it

ive been looking at the LTD M-50 recently, but they might be a bit too metal for my taste, could anyone suggest any other guitars?

I have a budget of 2000 for both my electric guitar + amplifier. Thanks for helping out

hi there,

from my experience, a lot of my friends bought ibanez GAX or RG series and Marshall amp...
for guitar u might consider to get GAX70 that cost around RM1000 ++


and Marshall MG15 amp that cost around RM350 ++


nego abit and u will not exceed RM1500 at all...

alright thanks mate ill give it a go, can i find them at bentley?maybe i could go give them a try.

Epiphone Les Paul Standard + Roland Microcube!





This post has been edited by fatboythin: Jan 1 2009, 10:51 PM

hmm.. any dealers in kl where we can try them out? i like to know the feel of them first hand as choosing a guitar is lotsa self-preference xD

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Added on January 1, 2009, 11:15 pmand, im just wondering, do the microcube and the marshall amplifiers have enough effects for a beginner? and what about kustom amps? ive been looking at the arrow series 16DFX, any thoughts on that small guy?

This post has been edited by Rikipu: Jan 1 2009, 11:15 PM

You can look at ibanez Rg series and Epiphones standard LP with a microcube or marshall amp. Try going around and nego until they give the best price. Compare and pick the cheapest

go for epiphone..u'll never regret

I would say to spend 2/3 of your budget on the guitar and the rest on the amp - which means about RM1500 on the guitar and RM500 or so on the amp.

I've just tested the latest Vox VT15 modelling amp (with 22 amp models and 12 effects) and I must say, I'm mighty impressed for an amp around RM600...

PM me if you need pricing and stuff. Good luck!

try get a guitar without a floyd rose bridge...get fixed bridge guitars instead (like a fixed bridge RG or a Les Paul or Squire....at least then you can restring them yourself, unless you plan to learn how to fix strings onto a floyd rose bridge which isn't too hard lar....

microcube is good!

hi everyone, just got my guitar LTD MH-50! (although it might be a bit more to the metal side...) its got a floating bridge o.o, but i can get my friends to teach me how to fix it anyway thanks for all your suggestions anyway! cheers!

Any pics??

Try searching Electric Guitar Set in ebay.com.my "All catogories" Cheap Guitar sets...........

no pics yet im afraid, hadn't had the time. when i do have pictures i shall post them up here

Guitars by Fender?

beginner & FR is not a good combo. you'd do better with an MH-NT. well, i guess it's too late. just try not too abuse it too much because a good licensed FR is hard to come by.

Agreed. There is an MH-50 guitar in my practice room at Guitar Collection and I fiddled with it for awhile. It feels ok, but like zeroglyph says, the trem goes out of tune quick. I was just playing a bit of For The Love Of God and have to re-tune the guitar after that

this is a good metal guitar dude....

alright, i guess so. tuning and changing the strings will be a bit of a problem eh? gonna have to unlock those locks on top and all..

well it's not a real problem if you know what you're doing. just make sure you use the same string gauge. changing the amount of tension will require you to rebalanced the trem block <-- this is the hard part.

okay now this sounds confusing... one question, if i wanna tune the guitar down a key or so, should i use the proper tuners on top or the small fine tuners on the trem?

always use the proper tuners.
the fine tuners are called fine tuners cos they fine tune once ur somewhat near the actual note.

ill keep that in mind, thanks. only problem is we have to unlock those locks on top everytime we wanna tune them, guess ill have to bear with it. thanks

That's why I don't want to put locks on any guitar that I use...

Once you learn how double locking FR trems work and how to properly setup and use them, you'll appreciate its tuning stability... On a properly set up trem, you might not have to retune your guitar until the next string change..

note that down tuning will cause the bridge to loose tension and start moving close to the body (not balanced). therefore you will also need to adjust the bridge. an FR guitar is really not the guitar to experiment different tunings with. to down tune, you need to:
1. unlock nuts
2. down tune
3. check bridge balance
4. adjust springs to compensate lost tension of strings (depending on how much down tune)
5. lock nuts
6. fine tune

it's not something anyone would like to bear for too long . there's a trick that'll allow u to use the fine tuners to down tune, but you'll need to setup your FR nicely.

This post has been edited by zeroglyph: Jan 11 2009, 10:51 PM

man this is getting more complex.. if i knew this much i probably would've gotten a normal trem guitar
but i guess ill just have to live with this now...

how long can it be in tune?