Big Poppa
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GUys use your heads...This is for ebmm photos and videos this is a company sponsored forum...there are a thousand guitar sites out there that are public....its about a little respect
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kimonostereo
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Wow. For the last 15 years or so, I've not wanted any guitar that just did the
"one trick pony" thing. I've always strived for a guitar that was versatile and could do more than just one sound. Granted there are some that can only do one thing but those I just don't have room in my house for.
That said, I've always felt the EVH/Axis and Luke could do it all. I've seen both slung on guys in metal bands, jazz, country, Hawaiian music, you name it. My original "Luke I" that I sold to a friend is used at church as well as gigs ranging to weddings and any other type of gig in between.
Looking at the EBMM lineup, I think most of the guitars could do metal if you wanted to. Can't wait for the H-Al to come out!!!
"one trick pony" thing. I've always strived for a guitar that was versatile and could do more than just one sound. Granted there are some that can only do one thing but those I just don't have room in my house for.
That said, I've always felt the EVH/Axis and Luke could do it all. I've seen both slung on guys in metal bands, jazz, country, Hawaiian music, you name it. My original "Luke I" that I sold to a friend is used at church as well as gigs ranging to weddings and any other type of gig in between.
Looking at the EBMM lineup, I think most of the guitars could do metal if you wanted to. Can't wait for the H-Al to come out!!!
petruccirocks02
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I think my BFR JP7 is pretty metal even though its green. I don't think a guitar has to look a certain way to be classified as metal.
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Smellybum
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when I was first getting into guitar it was the end of the 80's - I think there was a Guitar World in 90/91 that had the headline - Shred is dead, so that for me was a metal era, where as if your 25 or under then it's a different world....
A metal guitar, It's different for everybody and it depends on how old you are, - 'nu-metal' player seem to favour stuff that you could cut yourself on where as in my day all you needed was a locking trem and a pointy headstock,
You can probably make anything a 'metal' guitar, even an Al with a floyd! (which would need to be burned of course as the ALOC wouldn't stand for it!)
when you look at a large majority of the rock world playing a guitar made famous by a jazz guy, you realise there are no rules, it's the amp for the 'metal tone' and the guy playing it.....
Stepping down from soapbox.........now.
A metal guitar, It's different for everybody and it depends on how old you are, - 'nu-metal' player seem to favour stuff that you could cut yourself on where as in my day all you needed was a locking trem and a pointy headstock,
You can probably make anything a 'metal' guitar, even an Al with a floyd! (which would need to be burned of course as the ALOC wouldn't stand for it!)
when you look at a large majority of the rock world playing a guitar made famous by a jazz guy, you realise there are no rules, it's the amp for the 'metal tone' and the guy playing it.....
Stepping down from soapbox.........now.
metalmarty
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Ideal metal guitar for me: some kind of superstrat shape, ash/alder body, maple neck, ebony board, no inlays, baritone, perfectly reachable 24 frets, floyd/kahler/JP bridge, H-X-S, confederate flag paint
Then again, if I am really honest and ask myself "what pops up in your head instantly when thinking about THE metal-axe?": the ML, preferably with an attached curly longhaired redneck with a long red goatee and cut-off army pants automatically wailing "5 minutes alone". Though that addition might get in the way eventually
Then again, if I am really honest and ask myself "what pops up in your head instantly when thinking about THE metal-axe?": the ML, preferably with an attached curly longhaired redneck with a long red goatee and cut-off army pants automatically wailing "5 minutes alone". Though that addition might get in the way eventually
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Jimmyb
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My definition of a metal guitar would be one made from metal.
Sorry, I just don't get the idea that a guitar has to be for a particular genre of music.
Then again, I am old!
Sorry, I just don't get the idea that a guitar has to be for a particular genre of music.
Then again, I am old!
Volt
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I am not a metal player but I think all three of my Music Man guitars' humbucker bridge pickups have an output frequency curve that seems to peak in the upper-mid-range, which I would imagine would be great for metal.
24 fret, strat-like body with deep cutaways; high output pickups (EMGs, SD Blackouts, Suhr Doug Aldrich etc...), Alder body. ebony fretboard, neck shape a tad wider than the Luke (but not as wide as the JP) and with a shallow D profile; Gotoh Floyd that raises and lowers the pitch and color/graphics up to the individual owner; ss jumbo frets and pearl inlayed fret markers.
Well if I were to ever get a radical metal guitar it would be the Dean Razorback V, just a classy looking axe, they arent made left handed and even so if I had to spend that much money on an axe id rather get a 10th ani JP..... Anything with a silverburst is metal \m/ the best metal sound IMHO is coming from guys playing mainly First Act guitars(Mastodon!!!), yes they are custom shop but even custom First Acts are almost never used for metal, you can look at their endorsees and its all country/pop.... That said Ive read interviews with these guys and they usually dont know what the hell their playing they cant even tell you their pickups in the guitar most of the time,all Id really have to do is get a custom Mastortion pedal for $200+ and I would be getting balls to the wall metal through a friggin Danelectro
jamminjim
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+1 I like it
I don't see why a Sub 1 outfitted like Dean has mentioned wouldn't be a great metal player? Poplar is pretty darn resonant, and the guard could be made in any configuration you want concerning pots/switches, or none.
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7 strings, floating bridge, locking tuners, thin neck, 27 frets, 5 way pickup selector, deep cutways, a killswitch, color-shifting, a piezo, and a scalloped neck.
Buckethead, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen's preferences and an Ibanez 27 fret all mixed into one epic guitar.
Buckethead, John Petrucci, Yngwie Malmsteen's preferences and an Ibanez 27 fret all mixed into one epic guitar.
I am primarily a metal player. However, I do studio work as well, so I like things a little different than most.
22 frets- Most of my guitars have 24 - I never really use those extra frets. Why not make my neck pickup tone better?
Mahogany- Sounds big. Generally, a metal guy wants their tone to sound huge - mahogany helps a lot. It's chunky enough for rhythms and doesn't get too harsh for leads, which is the downfall of a lot of metal lead players, IMO.
Maple top - Just to keep the mahogany from getting *too* chunky. Helps note definition.
TOM/Floyd- No preference one way or another. I like both equally. What I don't like for metal is a vintage style trem. I don't think they suit it tonally.
Ebony/Maple fretboard - It's a little bit snappier which can help to make rhythm tones a bit tighter. Basically, the same reason as having a maple top. And they *look* really metal, usually.
Medium output pickups- **** EMG's.
Lookswise, I tend to stay away from pointy guitars. I do own an ESP Ninja, but I use it as it were intended - C standard, metal machine. I like fairly simple designs. Strat derivatives and LP derivatives are good in my book. Black is boring as hell. I don't want more black guitars.
22 frets- Most of my guitars have 24 - I never really use those extra frets. Why not make my neck pickup tone better?
Mahogany- Sounds big. Generally, a metal guy wants their tone to sound huge - mahogany helps a lot. It's chunky enough for rhythms and doesn't get too harsh for leads, which is the downfall of a lot of metal lead players, IMO.
Maple top - Just to keep the mahogany from getting *too* chunky. Helps note definition.
TOM/Floyd- No preference one way or another. I like both equally. What I don't like for metal is a vintage style trem. I don't think they suit it tonally.
Ebony/Maple fretboard - It's a little bit snappier which can help to make rhythm tones a bit tighter. Basically, the same reason as having a maple top. And they *look* really metal, usually.
Medium output pickups- **** EMG's.
Lookswise, I tend to stay away from pointy guitars. I do own an ESP Ninja, but I use it as it were intended - C standard, metal machine. I like fairly simple designs. Strat derivatives and LP derivatives are good in my book. Black is boring as hell. I don't want more black guitars.
dwells
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If my LUKE bfr came with HH emgs it would be the perfect guitar!!!
Roubster
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It would be cool to see an all mahogany silo special with maple cap...probably would sound HUGE! WITH a pickguard, to achieve different kinds of looks and easier to throw some different pups in there (huge fan of the Air Zone, and some hum like single coil in neck...sounds more clear for solos than humbuckers...but i LOVE those too ).
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e.mate
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fbecir
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+1
I agree !!! The SUB is really cool for playing metal. I am not fond of active pickups. The SUB pickups are good enough, no need to buy something more
I don't want to sound cliché so I prefer to keep some originality and not to be like all the metal players (EMG and so on).
