[Ovationman]

I love my acoustic guitar much more than i could ever love an electric
But sometimes i really just feel like making an extreme amount of noise and would like to rock out on an electric. (I think, never played an electric one before)
Just about all of us in here are acoustic folks
Im wondering if from an acoustic guitar players point of view what is the best electric out there. Im willing to spend $700 i think, are electric even priced like accoustics, i would think it would take more time to build an acoustic so maybe i can get a good one for cheaper. Looking for your opinions on the best bang for the buck!

Im not looking for an acoustic electric combination

[guitarfan19]

i like telecasters, strats, les pauls...........try looking at some Fender, Gibson, Peavey or Ibanez models. they all make good electrics.....

[trippenit]

Look at my sig, don't you just want one? Fender American Standard Telecaster all the way baby!

[Hossman12]

If you're looking for a good guitar, go to Sam Ash and try one that fits your style.

Since you're new to electrics - decide on the sound you want first. A bunch of noise? That's a little vague. A bunch of deep, bassy, crunchy noise? Or a bunch of high-pitched gainy noise? if you want deep and crunchy, look at guitars with dual humbucker pick ups - and if you want high pitched gain, look at guitars with multiple single coil (I think that's what they're called) pickups. I myself prefer dual humbuckers, but it's just a preference.

I know I'm a bassist, but i do play guitar and have played and own a bunch of guitars. Two of the guitars I've tried are the Les Pauls, both Gibson and the Epiphone versions. I like the Gibson one better (of course, I mean it's about $2000!) but I'm not gonna sit here and tell you Epiphone's aren't good guitars. Consider an Epiphone Les Paul, and I promise you won't be disappointed. They're easy to play, sound great, and pretty easy to maintain. Fenders are nice too. I wouldn't go with a squier - If I were you, I would spend about $400 and get an Ibanez AX series electric. They are very nice guitars, they play awesome, sound even better, and look beautiful.

http://www.ibanez.co...model=AXS32&z=y

That's the AXS32. It sells for $392.99 on Music123 (http://www.music123.com/Ibanez-AXS32-i90288.music?match=1). It's got dual humbucking pickups, a comfortable neck, and leaves you with enough money to buy a decent size combo amp (you could even have enough for something like 100 watts). You won't be making a lot of noise without an amp!


Hoss

[weebenjy]

Look at my sig, don't you just want one? Fender American Standard Telecaster all the way baby!

Telecasters are indeed the bees knees. Don't shell out the extra money for American though, Mexican or Japanese are just as good, and come from cooler countries. I got my Mexitele for £300... is that around $500?

[goldrush]

I'm a Tele fan also. I'd like to get a '72 Telecaster Custom--it has a single coil pickup at the bridge and a humbucker at the neck (the best of both worlds!). They make them in Japan or Mexico now I think, but I'd love to have an original. Nothing beats that true Fender sound for straight ahead rock and blues.

[trippenit]

Look at my sig, don't you just want one? Fender American Standard Telecaster all the way baby!

Telecasters are indeed the bees knees. Don't shell out the extra money for American though, Mexican or Japanese are just as good, and come from cooler countries. I got my Mexitele for £300... is that around $500?

Not when you buy two off http://www.gak.co.uk, sell one to the gimps in musicmaker dublin making a cool 300euro, and keeping the other for yourself.

[wannalearn01]

I would say the big debate is:

Strat or LP.

Depending on what kind of music you play/want to play, will highly change your vote.

The LP has more "crunch" with it's dual humbucking pick-ups. Sound really good with some distortion and a good amp. They come in various colors and wood finishes, some of which are breath takingly pretty. Slash, used a Gibson LP.(I think).

The strat has the 3 single coil pick-ups, and has been used by some of the greats including hendrix, clapton, and even goes back to the 50's(saw this program in black and white where this guy in a(prolly light blue) suit playing it. It is well know for it's wide range and excellent clarity.

There are some other brands that have started to get popular also including jackson...Jackson's can be a good guitar but like any new guitar you need to play it before you buy it, bring what ever peddles you are planning on using and then test out whatever options you want!

Hope this helps,

T^roy

[ibanez6]

I have a tele copy, but the big problem I have is the skinny neck. I can't go from making chord shapes on my Acoustic to Chords on my tele, my fingers don't fit on the fret board. It takes a few hours of playing to get the hang of it. I am looking for a fatter neck electric.

I went electric for the same reason you have suggested, occasionally you just want to make some serious noise. I found you need more than an electric guitar to do that. Good amp and some serious effects are a must, suddenly your in a whole new world of modelling amps, new pickups, cry baby wha wha's, flangers, phasers and compressors. This can be fun when a few mates come around, but generally it sits in the cupboard while you grab the acoustic and have a twang.

Things to think about.

[jshrel24]

Well i went through the same thing that you are about a year ago, and thats when i got my EPI LP. Thats prolly a good choice, since your just learning and messin around on it. Its a good guitar for making noise and rockin out. But if i had it to do over again, i would at least look at the MIM Strat.

[Tuning Spork]

enough money to buy a decent size combo amp (you could even have enough for something like 100 watts).

Tone>wattage. You don't need 100 watts for a good-sounding tube amp (it's a bit different for bass). Just buy something that sounds good for your amp, not some crap 100-watt amp.

And about the guitar, people have given good suggestions. If you're not adverse to ordering a guitar without playing it first, it would be a good idea to look in the "budget" section of edroman.com

[Ovationman]

I went to the local guitar shop instead of guitar center, what a difference.
The guys at gc sound like a bunch of dumb asses compared to these guys. plus there guitars a cheaper and they seem to care about what im looking at not just trying to show me all the expensive stuff. But anyway taking into account all of your suggestions i fooled around a bit. i like the strats and tele casters but i saw some very simmilar guitars that looked like knock offs. JR reynolds, chork, squire i think those were some of them. they were about on average $50 bucks
What do you guys think of these brands
they had the cooler looking colors
i probably should follow my own sayings
you get what you pay for!

[Tuning Spork]

I went to the local guitar shop instead of guitar center, what a difference.
The guys at gc sound like a bunch of dumb asses compared to these guys. plus there guitars a cheaper and they seem to care about what im looking at not just trying to show me all the expensive stuff. But anyway taking into account all of your suggestions i fooled around a bit. i like the strats and tele casters but i saw some very simmilar guitars that looked like knock offs. JR reynolds, chork, squire i think those were some of them. they were about on average $50 bucks
What do you guys think of these brands
they had the cooler looking colors
i probably should follow my own sayings
you get what you pay for!

Ed Roman likes J Reynolds, but I have never played one and thus am not going to tell you anything. 50 bucks is not going to get you anything that will stay in tune or sound very good; I bought my Epiphone Dot for 325 plus tax, and I enjoy it very much, so look in a price range like that.

[epearson]

If name brands aren't important to you, I recommend the Samick AV-7 if want a Les Paul like guitar. I apologize for being such a Samick whore, but for the quality and price, I don't think you can do much better. I read a review where a former luthier for Gibson said that he's buy the AV-7 over anything Gibson makes with the exception of their custom shop. It's by far better than an Epi Paul, and as good, if not better than some Gibsons.

If you're looking for a Tele, I recommend Fender and if you're looking for a strat, buy a mexican Fender and just Hot Rod it a bit or buy a G&L Legacy Strat, those are pretty sweet deals.