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Det_Nosnip · 11-06-2009, 06:27 PM

Sooo I've got access to one electric guitar that my jazzcat friend loaned me that does really pretty sounding clean tones and whatnot...It's an Epiphone gibson with humbucker/single coil option pickups. It sounds ok distorted and through a POD, but I kinda get the feeling that it's not designed for hurting people. I'm thinking of getting a yin to it's yang (or would it be the other way around?), and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions in terms of:

Guitar body (does this matter? None of those cheesy flying V's, though)
pickups
etc.

I tend to focus more on composing and playing with VSTs than on tone so I'm sort of a newb when it comes to guitar gear, so if you guys can help me out, I'd appreciate it. I'm basically looking for the optimal setup for killing somebody using a guitar...something that's mean, heavy, and aggressive, and would produce solid modern metal rhythm tone. I don't even care if it's one dimensional...like I said, I've got the other guitar if I want something pretty. I'm looking to record some material that I've written and I trying to find the right guitar for the job.

11-06-2009, 06:27 PM	#1
Det_Nosnip Mortals Watch the Day Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 18,617	I'm looking to do some damage Sooo I've got access to one electric guitar that my jazzcat friend loaned me that does really pretty sounding clean tones and whatnot...It's an Epiphone gibson with humbucker/single coil option pickups. It sounds ok distorted and through a POD, but I kinda get the feeling that it's not designed for hurting people. I'm thinking of getting a yin to it's yang (or would it be the other way around?), and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions in terms of: Guitar body (does this matter? None of those cheesy flying V's, though) pickups etc. I tend to focus more on composing and playing with VSTs than on tone so I'm sort of a newb when it comes to guitar gear, so if you guys can help me out, I'd appreciate it. I'm basically looking for the optimal setup for killing somebody using a guitar...something that's mean, heavy, and aggressive, and would produce solid modern metal rhythm tone. I don't even care if it's one dimensional...like I said, I've got the other guitar if I want something pretty. I'm looking to record some material that I've written and I trying to find the right guitar for the job.