Spud
Joined: Jul 23, 2007
Posts: 666
Oz
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 07:10 AM
Anyone discussed this guitar here before?
On the surface it looks like a damn good argument for acquiring another guitar
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 09:49 AM
Thank god, I was just about to buy a Line 6 modeling guitar.
Honestly though, you can't make sustain out of no sustain, and you can't take sustain away. I can just picture how the 12-string is going to sound and it makes me shudder. Isn't the point of the 12-string just an excuse to buy a Rickenbacker?
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Spud
Joined: Jul 23, 2007
Posts: 666
Oz
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 04:47 PM
I've been thinking lately about a 360/12 Rickenbacker...
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 08:28 PM
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JoshHeartless
Joined: Jun 17, 2006
Posts: 1010
Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 08:37 PM
JakeDobner
Thank god, I was just about to buy a Line 6 modeling guitar.
Honestly though, you can't make sustain out of no sustain, and you can't take sustain away. I can just picture how the 12-string is going to sound and it makes me shudder. Isn't the point of the 12-string just an excuse to buy a Rickenbacker?
you can change sustain. maybe not onboard that guitar, but i have played around with a compression/sustain pedal, from which brand i have no idea, but you can increase sustain on that. as long as you hold your finger on the note, it still rings.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Oct 09 2007 09:03 PM
A sustain pedal isn't quite what I had in mind. And a compressor would help the amps ability to sustain, not the guitar's natural sustaining properties.
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Spud
Joined: Jul 23, 2007
Posts: 666
Oz
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Posted on Oct 10 2007 12:16 AM
Well considering that a Line 6 guitar has no actual pickups and the VG Strat does there's a world of difference, some good and some bad I'm led to believe.
The Fender is still an American Series Strat regardless of the on board modelling whereas the Line 6 cannont be played as a normal guitar.
The Line 6 allows upgrading of its modelling patterns whereas the Fender allows no sucha thing.
Apples & oranges.
However the idea of being able to change the sound of the guitar by flicking a switch/dial appeals to me as the amount of cover songs we do is quite varied and the tonal differences many. So being able to get a new sound more appropriate for the song by just flicking a switch on the guitar is very tempting.
The Rickenbacker Jake, would be mainly because I like the look of those guitars and not much else. I acquire these things now simply because I like them, I brought this VG Strat topic up because people on this forum are a pretty knowledgable bunch regarding gear and I thought maybe somebody had some further info on them.
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Alex_oddity
Joined: Jun 19, 2007
Posts: 87
California
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Posted on Oct 10 2007 11:45 PM
I find that new VG strat way out of my legue. I saw the review on Guitar World, and its really technical
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