Re: OT cheap git-tars (was: LINE 6 VARIAX)

[Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com>]

I find that the biggest problem with entry-level
guitars isn't so much that they don't sound good (at
least initially), but that they're not very durable.
Out of the box, once given a proper setup, they
generally sound and play OK, but soon the shoddy
tuners are a-pingin' and a-slippin', the screw holes
around the bridge mounts start enlarging, the solder
connections start failing, the cheap switches start
breaking, the pots start crackling, etc. Since a lot
of the beginners' instruments are using pretty decent
pickups, they sound not-too-bad; they just don't seem
to improve with age the way a higher quality
instrument can.

Oh, I'm sorry. We've digressed on a guitar-related
tangent; we're supposed to be arguing about
marijuana...  8^P

-t-

--- Squid Loop <tentacle_joe@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ...his producer talks about his choice of guitars
>and having to make 'em sound good :) 
> --- Louie Angulo <laab2000us@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Wow,really? he has such a fat tone on those Cds i
> > swore it was something sofisticated like a
> Gretsch.
> > --- Squid Loop <tentacle_joe@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Mark Ribot likes to use cheap Sears guitars on
> his records because of the challenge of playing one
> of those things ...

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