Recently bought a new electric guitar.

Started by Silence Dogood, March 12, 2023, 10:59:55 AM

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One of my good friends decided to give the guitar another shot (he's tried a few times over the years) and wanted me to tag along with him to Guitar Center to help him pick something out.  While he was wheeling and dealing on a new Jackson electric, I noticed a Sterling (Music Man import) John Petrucci model hanging on the wall.  I'd seen these over the years and really never thought much of the design, but for some reason I decided to take it off the wall.  I went and found the same kind of amp I have and plugged it in.  To quote AC/DC, it was love at first feel.  It really got hold of me like nothing had in many, many years.  But, being one to rarely make hasty decisions, I put it back on the wall and walked out with my money.  I literally lost sleep a couple nights thinking about this guitar that next week (I know some here can relate to that).  When the next Friday rolled around I decided I'd go back to GC and if the guitar was still in the shop, I'd buy it.  And that's what I did.  I've barely been able to put the thing down since.  I'm literally playing hours a day, like I did when I was a kid. 
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I will say that I think there was something in my subconscious going on with this purchase.  I've been taking guitar lessons online with Carl Brown (aka GuitarLessons365) and he plays this model quite a bit.  But the strange thing is, even when I see him playing it, I'd never thought much of the guitar or the design.  To me they are just very plain and unassuming.  His even has a flamed maple top that I don't particular care for.  But this surely had something to do with me being even willing to take the Sterling off the wall initially.  Maybe I just wanted to see what Carl Brown sees in this particular model.  Anyway, they sold another guitar either way.  Life!

Every time is see the body shape of a Gibson Les Paul, I fantasize about getting one. I'm a sucker for that body shape! Maybe one day I'll grab a used epiphone Les Paul...
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Quote from: StringPicker6 on April 24, 2023, 08:00:36 PMEvery time is see the body shape of a Gibson Les Paul, I fantasize about getting one. I'm a sucker for that body shape! Maybe one day I'll grab a used epiphone Les Paul...
I say go for it, especially with an Epiphone.  You could grab a nice used one for a few hundred bucks, and if you don't like it, sell it off in short order and recover all your money.  I went through about three LPs and did just that.  None of them ever felt right to me, but as you point out, there is something about the look of them for sure.

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