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Post by pcsmall on Dec 20, 2007 20:22:37 GMT -5
Okay so i just got back from this new geetar shop down the road from me, and i am certain this is the best guitar shop i've ever been it. I get there at 6 30 and they normally close at six, but the owner's wife stopped as i was leaving, got out of her car (in the rain no less) and told me it was alright to go in because her husband was still in there. So i'm in a music store after hours, and I see an ESP (okay, so it's LTD) M-100FM ( www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ESP-LTD-M100FM-Electric-Guitar?sku=516643 ) for $150 - he said it was just ordered by a guy but he saw a guitar he wanted more than it and traded it for it...i played it, and i proclaim it dos. He's holding it for me until after Christmas. Then we sit and talk music for an hour and half - turns out he's a sick bluegrass guitarist who's been playing forever, which would explain the lack of good normal stock electrics (except for the epiphones) - mostly budget brand things - yet the acoustics, mandolins, fiddles, and such are amazing (and expensive). He's never listen to rock (much less metal) in his life except for the old stuff like Chuck Berry and whatnot. then i had the most POWERDOS experience of my life. i sat there and watched him play a bluegrass/country version of Canon in D. The horns were upped. looks like i found a new hangout.
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Post by Torkin on Dec 21, 2007 7:25:20 GMT -5
150$ is a great deal for this kind of guitar. But it's still a 100 series (LTD quality goes up like this: 50 series, 100 series, 250, 400 ... 1000, you get the idea) so 100 is still pretty low, like a squier compared to a fender. But its amazing how those lowend guitars play well and attract attention. I would prolly consider a 400 series instead, since they have more expensive and quality body wood (this one has agathis body). I have a somewhere around 400 LTD guitar, it has basswood body and lh-100 pups that Im gonna swap for bareknuckles or 81/85 set when I can be pissed. Btw something I don't get, MilF says it has emg lh-100 pu set, but on the pic there are clearly seymours. Oh and I luv the finish.
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Post by pcsmall on Dec 21, 2007 9:30:41 GMT -5
well, the basic reason i'm going for this is it's a dirt cheap guitar and i'm just lookin for a second one to keep in standard so i can tune my jackson down to drop C (or maybe even C standard ) besides i'm planning on giving lessons soon so it'll be a good guitar to let the student in question use (i don't like the idea of a n00b fondling my jackson )
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Post by Torkin on Dec 21, 2007 9:49:25 GMT -5
you wont be disappointed with this fiddle then
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Post by pcsmall on Dec 21, 2007 14:37:25 GMT -5
well, sad to say i'm not getting it - crap with my bank account is acting funny so i couldn't get to my money to pay some down on it there was another guy in there who was wanting it, so i decided to be the better man and let him go ahead and get it (even though his son was trading his jackson randy rhodes for it - wtf?!?!). oh well, that means i can just wait until i can afford a higher priced one. besides, i need to get an amp to break me free from HAVING to use my pod all the time before i get another axe. i'm going to go for a randy rhoads, or maybe even ESP's kirk hammet signature (the les paul lookin one ). I WILL NOT BE STOPPED! I SHALL HAVE THY ALMIGHTY DOS!!! btw, it doesn't change the fact that the owner of that shop can play a powerdos bluegrass/country rendition of canon in D \m/
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Post by Torkin on Dec 21, 2007 16:08:58 GMT -5
i'm going to go for a randy rhoads +eternity hehe Those guitars are the uberdos. And I've tried a ESP Eclipse 2 in my local music shop. I have to say it feels better than both of my guitars put together. But I shalt invest in a decent amp next.
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Post by Stefvorcide on Dec 22, 2007 7:40:36 GMT -5
that sucks man, you could've get it and sold it for more after. (therefore makin' a lil profit to get a nicer axe)
If you want gear THAT BAD sell your car (or get a loan or something ) or If ye don't wanna get rid of yer ride (so you can move your stuff around to get more ladiez), go for thy best job ever; become a pimp ;p
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