Comments on: What’s a good guitar for Blues and Metal type music? http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music Resources for guitarists who want to learn to play the blues Thu, 13 May 2010 02:39:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The MC Guffin – Richmond Music Scene :: Uncategorized :: What do you think about the Weather Channel changing to playing rock music during local forecasts? http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music/comment-page-1#comment-1305 The MC Guffin – Richmond Music Scene :: Uncategorized :: What do you think about the Weather Channel changing to playing rock music during local forecasts? Sat, 01 May 2010 01:45:56 +0000 http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music#comment-1305 [...] What's a good guitar for Blues and Metal type music? | Learn Blues … [...] [...] What's a good guitar for Blues and Metal type music? | Learn Blues … [...]

]]> By: HTHAR1 http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music/comment-page-1#comment-1302 HTHAR1 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:46:59 +0000 http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music#comment-1302 Honestly that is a very good question, shows a versatile musician. I would suggest the Ibanez ART series. They have a Les Paul feel. (thicker neck, heavier body) but are a Ibanez which in 2009 they are leaning more towards the metal style, and in the catalog they state that the ART series was made for sustain and clean tones. So I would go with that. They also wont kill your bank account, also a good investment would be a blues dist pedal, or even the BOSS ML-2 good luck Hails&Horns<br><b>References : </b><br>Experience Honestly that is a very good question, shows a versatile musician.
I would suggest the Ibanez ART series. They have a Les Paul feel. (thicker neck, heavier body) but are a Ibanez which in 2009 they are leaning more towards the metal style, and in the catalog they state that the ART series was made for sustain and clean tones. So I would go with that. They also wont kill your bank account, also a good investment would be a blues dist pedal, or even the BOSS ML-2
good luck
Hails&Horns
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]]> By: Mark S http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music/comment-page-1#comment-1301 Mark S Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:00:59 +0000 http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music#comment-1301 Your best answer is to go to a guitar store and try out a bunch of guitars. Make a day of it. Seriously, that's the only way you'll get an accurate answer. The reason is simply that any guitar can play any style of music, and whether or not you like using it for a particular type of music depends on your OWN personal taste for how you think the blues "should" sound, and how you think "metal" should sound... and how you think the guitars should feel while making that sound. Just for the sake of giving you one perspective (and it's just that! only my opinion and my personal taste) ... There are 3 guitars I play most often: a Strat, a Les Paul, and a semi-hollow Hagstrom Viking deluxe. I play blues on all three, depending what sound and style of blues I'm going for. However, i only play metal on the LP (never the other two). So if I were in your shoes, i'd probably buy a les paul. Or more generally, a heavy mahogany guitar with two humbuckers. Though i'm strongly considering getting a parker fly or nitefly. I think i'd get joy in most musical styles on that guitar. I.e. A les paul isn't the only guitar in the world i'd play both blues and metal on... far from it probably. So in the end, it's all about your own tastes.<br><b>References : </b><br>over 20 years playing Your best answer is to go to a guitar store and try out a bunch of guitars. Make a day of it. Seriously, that’s the only way you’ll get an accurate answer.

The reason is simply that any guitar can play any style of music, and whether or not you like using it for a particular type of music depends on your OWN personal taste for how you think the blues "should" sound, and how you think "metal" should sound… and how you think the guitars should feel while making that sound.

Just for the sake of giving you one perspective (and it’s just that! only my opinion and my personal taste) … There are 3 guitars I play most often: a Strat, a Les Paul, and a semi-hollow Hagstrom Viking deluxe.
I play blues on all three, depending what sound and style of blues I’m going for.
However, i only play metal on the LP (never the other two).
So if I were in your shoes, i’d probably buy a les paul. Or more generally, a heavy mahogany guitar with two humbuckers.

Though i’m strongly considering getting a parker fly or nitefly. I think i’d get joy in most musical styles on that guitar. I.e. A les paul isn’t the only guitar in the world i’d play both blues and metal on… far from it probably.

So in the end, it’s all about your own tastes.
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]]> By: Eduardo C http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music/comment-page-1#comment-1300 Eduardo C Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:27:59 +0000 http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music#comment-1300 A Les Paul would be great for that, it's made of mahogany which gives it the beefy tone for metal and low end for blues.<br><b>References : </b><br> A Les Paul would be great for that, it’s made of mahogany which gives it the beefy tone for metal and low end for blues.
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]]> By: openparachute90 http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music/comment-page-1#comment-1299 openparachute90 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:55:59 +0000 http://www.learnbluesguitaronline.com/blues-guitar-music/whats-a-good-guitar-for-blues-and-metal-type-music#comment-1299 i don't play blues or metal, but i play funk and alternative stuff. and i can definitely recommend the fender fat strat with humbucker for the bridge pickup. since the funk is rooted in the blues, it would translate easily. i'm running it through a jcm 2000 tsl 60 in the clean channel. your amp should be able to complement your guitar, so i'd get a good amp also.<br><b>References : </b><br> i don’t play blues or metal, but i play funk and alternative stuff. and i can definitely recommend the fender fat strat with humbucker for the bridge pickup. since the funk is rooted in the blues, it would translate easily. i’m running it through a jcm 2000 tsl 60 in the clean channel. your amp should be able to complement your guitar, so i’d get a good amp also.
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