Oh yeah to answer your question...I play it neither high or low..about middle...
I know what you mean by the balance, so I got a fabric and leather strap with lots of grip on the shoulder. I tried a nylon strap and the damn guitar just slid all over the place.
The SG neck was made for my hands IMO, and I love the sound. I still regret trading in my old Ibanez Blazer back then....That guitar had a light body (ash?) and it screamed...feedback and squeals with total tone control.
But I played some SG's and fell in love with the neck feel....Ibanez and Fenders are a bit wide for me, and I don't like having to "work" for every note.
Sad thing is...with my age/ bad shoulder, playing ends up with a sore shoulder for days...I need to play more despite the pain....If anything, I always play Little Wing so I don't forget at least ONE song...LOL>
I play through a Marshall Valvestate but usually play it clean and use my Zoom 505 effects pedal for all the cool trippy sounds.
One of my favorites is CD backing tracks...I have some 12 bar blues backing tracks that I just go insane playing over...production of the tracks are pretty good too.
Oh yeah to answer your question...I play it neither high or low..about middle...
Ah yes... that reminds me.
I stopped playing guitars with a 24 3/4" scale (I had that SG, a Les Paul, and an Explorer)... I have long fingers and the frets just seem jammed too close together.
Even Paul Reed Smith's are kinda tight (25" scale).
My Charvel (and most Strats) have a 25 1/2" scale... and my Baritone guitar has a 27" scale. That feels much more comfortable to me. [img]smile.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 15, 2004 08:34 AM: Message edited by: baimun ]</font>
Me with my Explorer (1984)...
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Cool Baimun....I remember a quote from Ritchie Blackmore...who fell in love with Strats because you "Have to work for every note".
BTW: Have you ever heard anything by Danny Gatton, AKA World's best unknown Guitar player?
Listen to Funhouse from Cruisin Dueces, and you'll be blown away.
Back when Guitar World used to put those flexible plastic singles in the center of the magazine... there was a single by Gatton. It was pretty amazing.
My favorite living guitar player is Eric Johnson. [img]smile.gif[/img]
this isn't mine, but it's the same model, and the 1st pic I found...
I couldn't find it on Ibanez's site... [img]confused.gif[/img]
light as hell, still sounds good, and has a fairly fast neck for a cheapie bass. and it didn't cost me a dime. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 15, 2004 12:26 AM: Message edited by: Peter Peeker ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">...and glue some wings on the side while you're at it dammit!Originally posted by baimun:
Hey JOR!!!!....
Why don't you take that white strat that you've beat the crap out of and turn it into one of those TECHNO DIORAMA THINGAMAJIGS!!!!!
You could paint the entire freakin thing black, dry brush silver and gold on it.... it could have all those cool gizmos and LEDs on it....
.. hell you could put a HUGE freakin cooling fan on it that would blow air up into your face and cool you off while you play!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Eric Johnson was the most listenable in G3. Satriani overshredded himself to embarrasment, and Vai is so hit and miss, but that's the result of Vai being an insane alien genius...Originally posted by baimun:
My favorite living guitar player is Eric Johnson. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Baimun...go to Kazaaa, or any of your download thingy's and pick up these songs by Danny Gatton:
Funhouse
The Simpsons Theme (he plays the theme but unbeleivebly)
Sky King
That's a helluva start.
OK First off,
The one in my avatar is a pic of one of mine.
Ibanez Destroyer II "Phil Collen" Model.
I've had this guitar for 20 years now and it is still among the best guitars I have ever played.
Ibanez made a hell of a neck /fretboard..This guitar plays like a dream. [img]smile.gif[/img]
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ March 15, 2004 05:14 PM: Message edited by: DARTH POOH ]</font>
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