(Log in to disable ads.)

  • Gear

  • METALHEADS!!!!!!............time to chime in.

Been really getting down into the good stuff with my new practice regime and was thinking what the best guits are for this genre?

I have an Explorer which is pretty much perfect for the role, but also does a lot more than do the speed. My warlock is a metal only guitar and to top it off, it weighs a tonne, so playing it for long periods of time is a chore. I've tried my ibanez artist, but there's something wrong about using this for metal.......lol.

My old Jackson PS4 and my Ibanez RG 470 and RGA 32 had this instant metal feel to them that I loved, but besides these obvious choices for metal only, is there anything else that I should be looking at that maybe I'm missing out on?

    ?

    Was just having this chat with a mate of mine..

    +1 on rg's.. The oooze metal and shred.. Maybe its because every pimply faced teen and his garage band have an rg, be it entry level or gio..

    Even the prestige rgs, while on a different plain scream, pound some brootz on me lol

    Except for zarks pretty pink ones (haha, yah I know, purple..)

    I see someone jamming a rg and almost expect to hear some semblance of metal being played.. :?
      guidothepimmp wrote: +1 on rg's.. The oooze metal and shred.. Maybe its because every pimply faced teen and his garage band have an rg, be it entry level or gio..
      I thought that gio's were entry level?..lmao.

      I hear you though, I've never had anything bad to say about my old RG's, they knew what they were for and they did it. My Jackson was also a bit of a surprise in that department, but with an inverted headstock it screamed beat on me........
        ESP... (Probably my first choice for metal -especially for rhythm)
        Ibanez RG's (A close second... My first choice for lead -even Purple ones >☹) ?
        Jackson/Charvel (More for old-school metal)
        PRS (with the right specs and pups... More modern metal tones)

        There are more good brands such as Dean (high-end models) etc. etc. but the above brands offer all I could ever need in a Metal Axe! ?
          I personally don't see RGs as metal guitars but whatever...
            Noted on the ESP........totally didn't think of them.....I guess I was hung up on not wanting an LTD.
              IMHO it's less about the guitar (other than looks course) than effects and amp :-\

              But I reckon one of these will do ya:



                Pass.........I have a warlock and that is plenty pointy for me as it is, plus my explorer is pretty close shape wise to a razorback.



                I'm leaning towards superstrat shaped guits........


                  Chad Adam Browne wrote: I personally don't see RGs as metal guitars but whatever...
                  more info?...........interested in peoples opinions.
                    I wouldn't be too bothered about the guitar, as long as it has humbuckers in you're fine.

                    It's more about the amp you use in my opinion.

                    Besides, those metal guitars are ugly ?
                      Schecter - Jeff Loomis model
                      Strictly 7 - Keith Merrow and Ola Englund models
                      Caparison
                        flatfourfan wrote:
                        Chad Adam Browne wrote: I personally don't see RGs as metal guitars but whatever...
                        more info?...........interested in peoples opinions.
                        Well RGs are generally really versatile and easy to play, and though the look more serious and precise than a strat they don't have quite as angular and pointy a look as something like a Jackson or ESP. To me they're more like the go to guitar for the musical chameleon, someone who wants to push the boundaries of their playing regardless of genre, lots of metal players have picked up on them sure but that's just cause they're really well made serious playing instruments and to be honest on average most metal requires a level of precision in playing that sure an RG does lend itself to but I wouldn't call it exclusively metal as seems to be implied.

                        Take for instance the RG2228, I own one and play everything from Jazz to Metal on it and tons of stuff I don't even know how to label, it's just a great guitar with tons of range. So sure you could make like Meshuggah and do this on one:

                        =

                        Or you could use it to create music that is totally on the other side of the music spectrum like this:

                        =

                        I don't think that the big 8 string guitar sounds or looks out of place in either of these applications ?

                        I think that metal players are quick to adopt something new as they tend to be a lot more open minded than the players that other genres tend to breed and because RGs are just good guitars they quickly found a home among them, but when I look at an RG I just don't see it as some BrOOtalZ guitar, I see it more like a samurai sword, an efficient instrument with perfect balance, beautifully crafted to give it's user the finest edge with a sense of otherworldly beauty that comes from knowing what it can do in the right hands and respecting that potential for musical lethality within it.
                          At the mo? Mustaines DMVT's I reckon.
                          Hetfields ESP Snakebytes are pretty extreme too.
                            I wonder how far they are with determining the sequence of chemical base pairs for dna in the hgp :-\
                              Chad Adam Browne wrote: I personally don't see RGs as metal guitars but whatever...
                              With the right pups, Rg's are as metal as you're going to get imho. Well, at least most of my RG's except my Jem does metal fantastically well... Some legendary metal tones from bands such as Testament, Korn and more recently Megadeth etc. etc. where all created complements of Ibanez RG's... Remember I'm generalising with reference to the higher-end models I'm familiar with... All RG's are not created equal... Some excel at different genres. My Rg's produce convincing quality tones from cleans through funk, some blues, rock, hard rock, prog rock/metal etc. and also (but certainly not limited to) metal... I agree, chameleons, without a doubt... One of the many reasons I love RG's so much...
                                I'm definitely gonna have to agree re the RG's. Great guitars for metal or pretty much any genre you can think of, barring of course acoustic folk or something along those lines!
                                  Oh no!

                                  The Blackmachine armada is starting to infect even our local forums ?

                                  JK
                                  Clint Green wrote: I'm definitely gonna have to agree re the RG's. Great guitars for metal or pretty much any genre you can think of, barring of course acoustic folk or something along those lines!
                                  Give me an RG with a piezo output and one of them Fishman Auras and we'll change that! ?
                                    If I have seen a hundred Extreme Metal vids i've seen at least 70 Ibanez Rg's of some sort involved and then 20 Jacksons.
                                      Chad Adam Browne wrote:

                                      Give me an RG with a piezo output and one of them Fishman Auras and we'll change that! ?
                                      Hehe I don't doubt it; I hereby rescind my comment regarding acoustic folk...John Petrucci pulls off a damn convincing acoustic tone with his MM live (I think this is the right video, can't watch it to verify at the mo) ?

                                      =