11-22-2007, 10:31 PM
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#1 | I Want To Be A Ninja
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 84
| Question This is just a question i'm throwin out there but.....
What would be a good guitar for like throwing around and stuff like that??
I would think an SG but maybe not |
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11-22-2007, 10:46 PM
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#2 | retired from CGR. :)
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11-23-2007, 12:00 AM
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#3 | ...
Joined: Apr 2001 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 30,143
| the correct answer is...
any guitar you don't care about damaging if/when the strap screws strip out of their holes.
of course if you use long (2") eye screws the odds of this happening are slim. |
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11-23-2007, 08:25 AM
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#4 | I Want To Be A Ninja
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 84
| i guess that makes sense |
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11-23-2007, 11:44 AM
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#5 | Registered User
Joined: Jun 2001 Location: Helena, AL Posts: 3,303
| SG's are pretty fragile at the heel and at the headstock. Don't know if I'd want to throw one of those around. I agree with finding a beater guitar. |
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11-23-2007, 11:47 AM
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#6 | ...
Joined: Apr 2001 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 30,143
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Originally Posted by LWatford SG's are pretty fragile at the heel and at the headstock. Don't know if I'd want to throw one of those around. I agree with finding a beater guitar. | I actually think because they're so neck heavy that can be excellent guitars for throwing...but if it slips off of the strap somehow, kiss it goodbye. |
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11-23-2007, 02:35 PM
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#7 | Moderator
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Originally Posted by thesteve I actually think because they're so neck heavy that can be excellent guitars for throwing...but if it slips off of the strap somehow, kiss it goodbye. | That happened to me when I was playing my friend's Faded Special. Just a little ding on the headstock was all.
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For years I used a typical off-the-shelf bar-type soap and I had no idea that, even though I rinsed properly and thoroughly after every cleansing, there was still a soap scum residue on my hands and fingers.
This negatively affected my tone in ways that I just can't describe.
Then, on a whim, a few years ago I wandered into a Bath and Body Works store at a local mall and picked up some of their gentle foaming anti-bacterial hand cleansers.
The difference in my guitar's sound is so wickedly improved that I no longer feel the need to buy a new amp or pedals or even strings...EVER!
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11-24-2007, 07:41 AM
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#8 | major 4th to a minor 4th
Joined: Jul 2005 Location: England Posts: 873
| I'd say one of those cheapo tele or strat kits where you can replace the neck easily. I guess a bolted neck SG would be fine. I've heard that there are some bands that have a cheap tele with decent pickups for the last song so that the guitarist can trash the guitar, and actually the only thing that needs to be replaced is the neck or body, and all the hardware is fine.
Thought about it, but probably not a good idea to trash a guitar in a church setting! |
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11-24-2007, 10:21 AM
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#9 | Moderator
Joined: Apr 2006 Location: The Star Destroyer Chimeara Posts: 4,957
| If we're talking about pulling The Who and trashing a guitar, a good choice would be a Squier Bullet or an Epiphone Junior.
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Originally Posted by gtrdave The key to great tone is really found in the kind of hand soap that you use.
For years I used a typical off-the-shelf bar-type soap and I had no idea that, even though I rinsed properly and thoroughly after every cleansing, there was still a soap scum residue on my hands and fingers.
This negatively affected my tone in ways that I just can't describe.
Then, on a whim, a few years ago I wandered into a Bath and Body Works store at a local mall and picked up some of their gentle foaming anti-bacterial hand cleansers.
The difference in my guitar's sound is so wickedly improved that I no longer feel the need to buy a new amp or pedals or even strings...EVER!
So, it's my belief that tone is in the soap.
Thank you and goodnight. | |
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11-27-2007, 09:03 PM
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#10 | I Want To Be A Ninja
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 84
| if it was and epi... would that make any better/worse for throwing around? |
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11-27-2007, 09:11 PM
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#11 | I'm on a horse.
Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Seattle, WA. Posts: 29,118
| It'd be cheaper....
Well, bottom line is, use something you don't care about.
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11-28-2007, 07:33 AM
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#12 | is called by God
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Originally Posted by Rainer. It'd be cheaper....
Well, bottom line is, use something you don't care about. | |
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11-28-2007, 11:26 AM
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#13 | major 4th to a minor 4th
Joined: Jul 2005 Location: England Posts: 873
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It'd be cheaper....
Well, bottom line is, use something you don't care about.
| Hence a kit strat or tele where the whole thing costs about $100 and you can easily replace the neck or body because you put it together so you know how to put it back together. |
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11-28-2007, 02:45 PM
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#14 | Registered User
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 16
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Originally Posted by EKCender429 This is just a question i'm throwin out there but.....
What would be a good guitar for like throwing around and stuff like that??
I would think an SG but maybe not | Uhhhhh....why? I have never understood trashing an instrument purposely. |
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11-28-2007, 07:28 PM
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#15 | major 4th to a minor 4th
Joined: Jul 2005 Location: England Posts: 873
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Uhhhhh....why? I have never understood trashing an instrument purposely.
| 'Cause it looks cool, duh!
I'm still unsure of it all, but as far as my thinking goes, i've made suggestions so that while you do trash the guitar, it doesn't stay trashed. |
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