Advice on a new guitar.

[Intriguing]

Over the past while I've grown more and more sick of my current guitar (Squier strat with Seymour Duncan humbuckers). I was going to wait until my mum went over to America so she could pick me up a new guitar there. Reasons? Cheaper, and to my understanding, better quality (feel free to correct me on this). Then I found out that in March, my brother is going over. What I'm going to do is get him to buy me a new guitar over there (I'll give him the money obviously) and so I don't have to pay hundreds in shipping, get him to bring it back with him.

 

So, I'm coming to you guys asking if you could possibly give me some advice on a guitar to get. Here's what I'm looking for.

 

- Cost--Not too much more than $1700US. I'd prefer a bit less than that even.

 

- Reliability--If possible I'm looking for a guitar that will last me a life time. Not something that will break with one fall.

 

- Variety--I'm looking for something that can play a range of genres. Most of what I'll be doing will be metal and jazz. But as much variety as possible. You probably don't need to worry about it being able to play country.

 

- Looks--Not too fussed on the aesthetics. I don't plan on playing in front of many crowds.

 

 

 

Obviously TIF isn't the best place to go for advice on guitars, but I'm pretty sure there's a least a few knowledgable guitarists in OT and M&M, so, the more imput the better.

[Doom1200]

Get a Les Paul. They can be used for anything. You might want to go with the Epiphone version though. It's about a $1000 cheaper, but still a phenomenal guitar.

[Craiglowery]

I would suggest a Fender strat they have a good jazz tone and they last a long time.

[woopidoo2]

I asked for advice on buying a bass guitar at Tip.it too, and I got alot of results but its best to just go to a shop and let the seller inform you. They have a alot of guitars and he knows whats best for you.

 

 

 

Here's what I'm looking for.

 

- Cost--Not too much more than $1700US. I'd prefer a bit less than that even.

 

- Reliability--If possible I'm looking for a guitar that will last me a life time. Not something that will break with one fall.

 

- Variety--I'm looking for something that can play a range of genres. Most of what I'll be doing will be metal and jazz. But as much variety as possible. You probably don't need to worry about it being able to play country.

 

- Looks--Not too fussed on the aesthetics. I don't plan on playing in front of many crowds.

 

 

 

^Tell that to the seller and you're set :)

 

 

 

 

 

Your budget isnt modest, so Im sure you will find a great guitar.

[yaff2]

ibanez iceman 8-) 8-)

[Intriguing]

Thanks for the replies.

 

And at Woopidoo, I have been asking a few people who I really respect as guitarists, and there's a few more, including my old guitar teacher, who I'm going to be asking when I get a chance.

 

The problem with asking a seller, is that if I wanted to ask someone who'd give me a good answer, I'd have to travel for a few hours. The music shop in my city only really sells Ashtons and a few of the lower-range Ibanezes. And the people that work there know absolutely nothing about music in general, let alone specifics.

 

If I end up going to Sydney any time soon, I'll make time to go to a guitar shop there, but it's probably not really practical.