Oh sure. I once had the chance to play a beautiful genuine '56 LP Custom, the Black Beauty model. That was something very special, and yes, I'd have loved to own that guitar myself.ronnes wrote:who wouldnt want a 50´s telecaster or a very early black Les Paul custom!!
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This is a debate which goes on and on. Which is more important, guitar or amp? I'm obviously with you on the amp front!ronnes wrote:if i had the opportunity to choose either a cheap guitar and an good amp or expensive guitar and cheap amp i would have chosen cheap guitar cos´ i think it is easier to mod a guitar than a amp, and ive always modded my guitars to suit me
There are some fantastic inexpensive (I prefer that word to 'cheap') guitars out there, and above a certain price you are paying more for the 'furniture' aspects of things than basic sounds and playability. You can easily find inexpensive guitars with great resonance and upgrade components if you find you want or need to. But even that Black Beauty through a crappy amp would sound like a crappy electric guitar. Give the right basics in a guitar, I really do think that you are way better spending more money on your amp(s).
FWIW my most expensive traditional electric guitar was just above the GBP.600 mark, my most expensive bass under Eur.900. Having spent about 7 years living at a recording / rehearsal studio in Scotland I have played plenty much more expensive instruments, but I am perfectly happy with the ones I have.
I have no problem with people wanting to spend more on their instruments of course. My dearest guitar is a (very non traditional but very effective) solid body nylon string electric from a small German bass company called Marleaux. It cost me nearly GBP900 going on ten years back, and though its uses are somewhat limited it is my favourite guitar of all to play. I do want one of their basses too one day, which will cost a good bit more but will be worth it to an experienced bass player like me.
However 'want' and 'need' are different things. A decent $/£/€400 bass through a quality bass rig will sound vastly better (every time!!!) than any 2 grand plus instrument through a $/£/€400 bass amp.
Though it is maybe a bit less clear cut I do see exactly the same being true with guitars and guitar amps. Especially for players who are starting off on their playing careers spending more on the amp than the guitar will let you make better music and get it heard properly.
Which is after all the important bit!
Andy.
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