Is my guitar good for Lead?

[9ball]

lol- i'm just sayin since she hasn't shown up again to post anything -
lol

[shoot2thrill]

i own a strat, play it all the time..and i think its great. a humbucker with the lace sensors would sound better but its not necessary.

Blackhell, there is this small band in the 80s you may have heard of, my memory escapes me but i belive they were called Iron Maiden? Weren't most of their songs based on harmonizing leads with, in fact, strats? Which they still use to this very day.

Skylark is the man, hes helped me with a lot of recommendations in fixing up my charvel..and guess what, hes right, and is one of the coolest guys on here when you dont talk crap to him. He still keeps his cool when you do because he can just use all of his knowledge to make you feel very stupid.

Matt, here is a little quote from the movie "Crossroads":

"How are you going to ever learn everything if you think you already know everything?"

[blackhell1]

i own a strat, play it all the time..and i think its great. a humbucker with the lace sensors would sound better but its not necessary.

Blackhell, there is this small band in the 80s you may have heard of, my memory escapes me but i belive they were called Iron Maiden? Weren't most of their songs based on harmonizing leads with, in fact, strats? Which they still use to this very day.

Skylark is the man, hes helped me with a lot of recommendations in fixing up my charvel..and guess what, hes right, and is one of the coolest guys on here when you dont talk crap to him. He still keeps his cool when you do because he can just use all of his knowledge to make you feel very stupid.

Matt, here is a little quote from the movie "Crossroads":

"How are you going to ever learn everything if you think you already know everything?"

Iron Maiden uses strats that either A) have a humbucker installed, or B) Have single coil sized humbucker in the bridge. What does a Les Paul come with stock? Humbuckers. A Les Paul is a very versatile instrument. As versatile if not more versatile then a strat. A Les Paul doesn't have to be used for just hard rock. Only a complete retard would think that. I never liked Iron Maiden anyways. I got sick of the whole E-C-D progression long ago.

[shoot2thrill]

i own a strat, play it all the time..and i think its great. a humbucker with the lace sensors would sound better but its not necessary.

Blackhell, there is this small band in the 80s you may have heard of, my memory escapes me but i belive they were called Iron Maiden? Weren't most of their songs based on harmonizing leads with, in fact, strats? Which they still use to this very day.

Skylark is the man, hes helped me with a lot of recommendations in fixing up my charvel..and guess what, hes right, and is one of the coolest guys on here when you dont talk crap to him. He still keeps his cool when you do because he can just use all of his knowledge to make you feel very stupid.

Matt, here is a little quote from the movie "Crossroads":

"How are you going to ever learn everything if you think you already know everything?"

Iron Maiden uses strats that either A) have a humbucker installed, or B) Have single coil sized humbucker in the bridge. What does a Les Paul come with stock? Humbuckers. A Les Paul is a very versatile instrument. As versatile if not more versatile then a strat. A Les Paul doesn't have to be used for just hard rock. Only a complete retard would think that. I never liked Iron Maiden anyways. I got sick of the whole E-C-D progression long ago.

Negative sir, watched a live dvd where they did use a single coil strat on one or 2 of their songs. And thats for metal, she is doing 80s music, i dont know if shell need gobs of gain in her pups for depeche mode.

I think the lack of fret access makes the les paul not that great for soloing. Personal preference..but i also think that the strat is far more versatile for the type of music she is doing.

[blackhell1]

I have no problems with upper fret acess on my LP. With 3 guitarists in Iron Maiden, they probably had 1 strat with true singles and the others were humbuckers. Look at the Adrian Smith Jackson. It has a humbucker. Look at the Dave Murray strat. It has TWO humbuckers. They pulled a Skynyrd and used different guitars each having a different sound so you know who's playing what.

[monwobobbo]

I have no problems with upper fret acess on my LP. With 3 guitarists in Iron Maiden, they probably had 1 strat with true singles and the others were humbuckers. Look at the Adrian Smith Jackson. It has a humbucker. Look at the Dave Murray strat. It has TWO humbuckers. They pulled a Skynyrd and used different guitars each having a different sound so you know who's playing what.

Janick Gers uses a regular strat on pretty much all of the stuff he's done with Maiden, thats what he's played for his whole career from White Spirit on. not going to get to involved with the which giutar is more versitile except to say the strat has more sound combinations available which might be a good arguement for greater versitility.

[blackhell1]

I have no problems with upper fret acess on my LP. With 3 guitarists in Iron Maiden, they probably had 1 strat with true singles and the others were humbuckers. Look at the Adrian Smith Jackson. It has a humbucker. Look at the Dave Murray strat. It has TWO humbuckers. They pulled a Skynyrd and used different guitars each having a different sound so you know who's playing what.

Janick Gers uses a regular strat on pretty much all of the stuff he's done with Maiden, thats what he's played for his whole career from White Spirit on. not going to get to involved with the which giutar is more versitile except to say the strat has more sound combinations available which might be a good arguement for greater versitility.

A Les Paul can be coil tapped, and it has 2 volumes and 2 tones.

[shoot2thrill]

coil tapping doesnt give you that true single coil tone though..you can mess with your eq and get a good thick sound with single cols, i did that for 5 years with mine and im in a metalcore band. i just recently got the charvel in decent condition to work to play for my metal stuff.

coil tapping can be effective but it depends on the humbucker being used

[shoot2thrill]

and murray and smith went through like 10 guitars the entire show...they dont use their sigs the whole time....

[guitarfreak5253]

Blackhell, you should not be allowed to use the word 'versatile'. You over use it and to be honest, 'versatile' in the context of music or instruments doesn't mean anything.

[monwobobbo]

I have no problems with upper fret acess on my LP. With 3 guitarists in Iron Maiden, they probably had 1 strat with true singles and the others were humbuckers. Look at the Adrian Smith Jackson. It has a humbucker. Look at the Dave Murray strat. It has TWO humbuckers. They pulled a Skynyrd and used different guitars each having a different sound so you know who's playing what.

Janick Gers uses a regular strat on pretty much all of the stuff he's done with Maiden, thats what he's played for his whole career from White Spirit on. not going to get to involved with the which giutar is more versitile except to say the strat has more sound combinations available which might be a good arguement for greater versitility.

A Les Paul can be coil tapped, and it has 2 volumes and 2 tones.

strats can be modified as well. not really what we are talking about though. if you want to go that route then strats win hands down.super strat for the win. this is kind of a pointless debate though.

[shoot2thrill]

i mean, the point is that she has a strat and thats versatile enough, no need to buy a whole new guitar.

[9ball]

'versatile' in the context of music or instruments doesn't mean anything.

i take it to mean an instrument or amp is capable of sounding good for at least a few different kinds of tones.

[guitarfreak5253]

'versatile' in the context of music or instruments doesn't mean anything.

i take it to mean an instrument or amp is capable of sounding good for at least a few different kinds of tones.

Does it mean that you will be able to achieve 'your sound' though. In my opinion, it is just as useless as 'warm' in the recording world. Everyone says they want their recordings to sound 'warm' and of course every ad you will ever read about recording equipment will include the word 'warm'. Does every device produce a warm sound? No. And for good reason, create an entire track where all instruments sound 'warm' and the result will be dull and stuffy with little to no part separation or feeling of space or harmony. It doesn't mean anything and it's just used to advertise. I feel like BH advertises too much when he should concentrate more on educating.

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[blackhell1]

Want me to prove versatility to ya? If something can go from blues to death metal, that's versatility. In the very sense of the word. Les Pauls go from the slowest, softest blues (think Gary Moore), to bone crushing metal (think Mastadon.).