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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 1312232" data-attributes="member: 560358"><p>Lots of good guitars on the market, but they all have one thing in common..</p><p></p><p>people seem to replace stock pickups with better ones. EMG active pickups</p><p></p><p>seem popular and people are modding the guitars with them. Seems like</p><p></p><p>if you buy an already equipped guitar with EMG you pay a high price because</p><p></p><p>the guitar as a whole can be of better quality, but not always. Or buy a lower</p><p></p><p>grade guitar and do upgrades later as needed.</p><p></p><p>so.... take a reasonable good guitar and install the hardware upgrades as you</p><p></p><p>see fit ... Of those guitars I listed, the RG370DX seems to get really good reviews</p><p></p><p>because the new model {2005} has new pickups that are better than the older</p><p></p><p>models and people think it gives EMG a run for the money, but I believe these</p><p></p><p>are passive pickups and the EMG active may still be preferred if you are skilled</p><p></p><p>in playing.</p><p></p><p>So.. rather than buying a $450 - $550 guitar with good pickups that people</p><p></p><p>seem to upgrade later, or spending $1000 with real EMG actives, I might just</p><p></p><p>get the cheaper $360 RG370DX to get by for a while and if there is a need for</p><p></p><p>upgrading, then that is cool too and there is money saved.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure about the tremelo guitars over the fixed bridge... fixed seems</p><p></p><p>easier to tune on a per string basis where the floating bridge requires more drama</p><p></p><p>as each string needs to be dialed in. I'm not sure if the novice is better off getting</p><p></p><p>the fixed bridge over tremelo for ease of learning? .. or do you 'jump in the fire'</p><p></p><p>and deal with it....</p><p></p><p>Amps: Going to get the Line6 Spider II 112 combo mainly because it has</p><p></p><p>already built-in effects to reduce the clutter of having extra gear.... For a</p><p></p><p>noob it should be good .. For the advance player, they want more specific</p><p></p><p>gear..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 1312232, member: 560358"] Lots of good guitars on the market, but they all have one thing in common.. people seem to replace stock pickups with better ones. EMG active pickups seem popular and people are modding the guitars with them. Seems like if you buy an already equipped guitar with EMG you pay a high price because the guitar as a whole can be of better quality, but not always. Or buy a lower grade guitar and do upgrades later as needed. so.... take a reasonable good guitar and install the hardware upgrades as you see fit ... Of those guitars I listed, the RG370DX seems to get really good reviews because the new model {2005} has new pickups that are better than the older models and people think it gives EMG a run for the money, but I believe these are passive pickups and the EMG active may still be preferred if you are skilled in playing. So.. rather than buying a $450 - $550 guitar with good pickups that people seem to upgrade later, or spending $1000 with real EMG actives, I might just get the cheaper $360 RG370DX to get by for a while and if there is a need for upgrading, then that is cool too and there is money saved. I'm not sure about the tremelo guitars over the fixed bridge... fixed seems easier to tune on a per string basis where the floating bridge requires more drama as each string needs to be dialed in. I'm not sure if the novice is better off getting the fixed bridge over tremelo for ease of learning? .. or do you 'jump in the fire' and deal with it.... Amps: Going to get the Line6 Spider II 112 combo mainly because it has already built-in effects to reduce the clutter of having extra gear.... For a noob it should be good .. For the advance player, they want more specific gear.. [/QUOTE]
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