I must be a fool for Ibanez

"Nibbles" (nibbles) 02/13/2015 at 11:47 • Filed to: Guitarlopnik

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Because !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is beautiful. I think I found my next purchase. Dat purple doe

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Ibanez's site

Blake Noble > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 11:50

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Guitar Center's website is shitty (ask me how I know). According to your link, Ibanez makes their gift cards now.

EDIT: Never mind. It's working now. Also, that's better than a 2015 Gibson.

Mattbob > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 11:51

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broken link

Party-vi > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 11:52

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Dat link doe.

Mattbob > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 11:54

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post a picture for us to judge!

Nibbles > Mattbob 02/13/2015 at 11:56

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Pic Get.

Nibbles > Party-vi 02/13/2015 at 11:57

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Even Nibbles gets nibbled sometimes

Nibbles > Mattbob 02/13/2015 at 11:57

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Nibbles > Blake Noble 02/13/2015 at 11:59

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Gibsons are overrated

I'd love to have a Gibson

lone_liberal > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 11:59

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Yeah, I was always a fan of Raul too.

Mattbob > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 12:05

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I think Prince could pull this off or a japanese rock group. Anyone else, meh. I'm more of a fan of the hollow bodies and the more classic looking styles/color schemes.

Party-vi > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 12:06

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I c d geetar. Pretty.

Nibbles > Mattbob 02/13/2015 at 12:07

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I've had a supernova sunburst Ibanez SRX700 and a laser blue metallic Jackson PDR. I need this purple in my life :)

Blake Noble > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 12:09

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I'm actually going to buy a Gibson in the coming weeks, but not a new one.

Seriously, the models for 2015 are turds: Gibson bloated prices, installed an ugly new nut and their shitty G-Force tuning system on every guitar, and slapped an ugly hologram sticker on the back of every headstock. All that, and more, in the name of "innovation."

Yuck.

I want an early '90s LP Studio in Alpine White or Black with gold hardware, thanks. You can keep your innovation, Gibson.

Jcarr > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 12:11

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Purty. I'm saving up my pennies for one of these babies:

McMike > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 12:12

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Back in the early 90s I was gigging with two guitars. One had a single humbucker, and the other was a cheap Strat. I had to constantly switch between the two of them all night, since they were only good at one thing.

Then I saw this line of RGs... I thought it would be perfect. the coils split, and (I think) the neck pickup was a stacked humbucker. The only think wrong with it, is it was too damn expensive.

So I ended up with a used Washburn for $225, and it worked just fine*

*Except for the fact that it was designed for a little man, and looked a little small on me.

Nibbles > Blake Noble 02/13/2015 at 12:13

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I'd like to add a Gibson to my arsenal someday just to say I have one. Everyone has been all "Buy a Fender!" "Gotta get a Strat!" and yanno I've just never been a fan of how they played or felt. I've always loved Ibanez basses and I've had a smattering of electrics from other brands, I don't really understand why I've strayed.

But whatever Gibs I buy will be used for sure. I cannot afford the pricetag on these new things. And apparently I don't want to, either

Nibbles > Jcarr 02/13/2015 at 12:14

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Noice! As a lefty, I've never understood lefty guitars :\

Nibbles > McMike 02/13/2015 at 12:15

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My old Washburn was nearly identical to that

Also yes. Tiny. Even for me.

Jcarr > Blake Noble 02/13/2015 at 12:19

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I was in the local music shop the other day to grab some strings and took a few minutes to browse the selection of Gibsons. I was shocked at how cheap they felt. The knobs felt like they were toys, no weight to their movement at all.

My 2009 Epi Les Paul feels a million times better.

Jcarr > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 12:22

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Check out an Epiphone. I have an '09 Les Paul and I love it. No way in hell I'd ever be able to justify the money for a lefty Gibson.

Jcarr > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 12:23

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It's a curse. Hard to find, limited colors, higher price. I think if I would have picked up my first guitar the other way I would have ended up playing right handed. Sucks.

Blake Noble > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 12:28

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I'm not a big fan of Strats, either. What's really shitty about that, though, is that I had to own a handful of 'em first before I realized it. It's not that I think Strats play bad however. It's that they absolutely do not fit my playing style, regardless of whatever genre of music I'm playing.

Blake Noble > Jcarr 02/13/2015 at 12:34

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I can believe that.

Also, an alternative to an Epiphone Les Paul would be a newer Tokai Love Rock reissue . Same quality, even comes out of the same Chinese plant I believe. But most of them have the same open-book headstock as a Gibson Les Paul (which isn't exactly legal, but these guitars aren't exactly meant for US buyers either).

You know what? This conversation really makes me think Kinja needs a decent guitar blog. Maybe I'll get on that soon.

Jcarr > Blake Noble 02/13/2015 at 13:17

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Yes, count me in, I would be all over that.

JGrabowMSt > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 13:48

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Ibanez = Ibeenhad

It's okay though, an acquaintance of mine is a platinum award winning musician, and it's basically all he has. Ibanez guitars, Ibanez everywhere. Work well enough. I have a Silvertone, which I'm aware is nothing special, but it's a special edition, and I got it for super cheap and it was my first electric.

Goddamn it I wish I had time to start playing again....I'm so out of practice it's sad.

Nibbles > JGrabowMSt 02/13/2015 at 13:54

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Try one, you may be surprised. If they're good enough for Victor Wooten and Joe Satriani, they're good enough for me

JGrabowMSt > Nibbles 02/13/2015 at 13:56

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Yeah, Silvertone is nothing special, I'm not making a crack at Ibanez, just something a friend of mine told me several years ago that you never forget.

McLarry > Jcarr 02/13/2015 at 14:45

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Why not just restring it in reverse and flip it over? Legend says that's what Hendrix used to do (and if it's good enough for that guy...)

Jcarr > McLarry 02/13/2015 at 15:52

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Isn't quite the same, plus it looks goofy.