Why I Would Rather Gouge My Own Eyes Out Than Play An Ibanez

ZarK

MikeM wrote
singemonkey wroteMaybe we can all club together for a dog for Zark?
I think the Corts he was trying to sell will be able to fund one :roflmao:

Only 1 Cort left... It'll have to be a small dog... (f%@#ing comedians... >☹) ?

deefstes

ZarK wrote Only 1 Cort left... It'll have to be a small dog... (f%@#ing comedians... >☹) ?

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

ZarK

Actually I have a dag already. (Or maybe he has me -I sometimes wonder.) If I had to rely on him to cross the road safely, we'd both be 6ft under ages ago already... ?

Chabenda

deefstes wrote
ZarK wrote ...just picked up a new Ibby less than an hour ago. Happiness... ?
And? Was it worth gouging your eyes out?

Not sure about gouging of eyes but it's rumoured that his neighbours are gouging their ears out!!! :roflmao:

IceCreamMan

Chabenda wrote It seems that there is always a "Fashion" guitar at any period of time. It was the Strat in Buddy Holy, Shadows time, Kramer when Eddy was god, Hamer, Jackson, Charvel and, for a few years now, Ibanez. The whole Artist/Instrument thing creates an aura of excitement that inspires people to pick up the guitar and play. It's all good - Muddy Water's Telecaster, Jimmy Page's Les Paul, Satriani, Vai et al. What an incredible instrument that can be used in so many genres of music and in so many ways. You may well start shredding in your teens and early twenties and end up playing country or classical twenty years later.

why are these words pertaining to the past tense?

crucifiction for you

Chabenda

IceCreamMan wrote
Chabenda wrote It seems that there is always a "Fashion" guitar at any period of time. It was the Strat in Buddy Holy, Shadows time, Kramer when Eddy was god, Hamer, Jackson, Charvel and, for a few years now, Ibanez. The whole Artist/Instrument thing creates an aura of excitement that inspires people to pick up the guitar and play. It's all good - Muddy Water's Telecaster, Jimmy Page's Les Paul, Satriani, Vai et al. What an incredible instrument that can be used in so many genres of music and in so many ways. You may well start shredding in your teens and early twenties and end up playing country or classical twenty years later.
why are these words pertaining to the past tense?

crucifiction for you

Ooooh...my bad! Is he still alive? ?. I did enjoy Eddy very much when I was younger - I even got a Kramer!! (not easy in Zim where there was squat!). I haven't heard too much from him since the late '80s - there's my next mission - catch up with VH!!!

AlanRatcliffe

Chabenda wrote Ooooh...my bad! Is he still alive? ?

Technically speaking, yes. ?

ZarK

Chabenda wrote
deefstes wrote
ZarK wrote ...just picked up a new Ibby less than an hour ago. Happiness... ?
And? Was it worth gouging your eyes out?
Not sure about gouging of eyes but it's rumoured that his neighbours are gouging their ears out!!! :roflmao:

Thanks... ...a lot! (I was hoping these absolute truths wouldn't surface...)

Pity they can't hear my new original: "Don't mez with my Ibanez!"

On the upside, I can play as loud as I want now! ?

arjunmenon

ZarK wrote
Chabenda wrote
deefstes wrote
ZarK wrote ...just picked up a new Ibby less than an hour ago. Happiness... ?
And? Was it worth gouging your eyes out?
Not sure about gouging of eyes but it's rumoured that his neighbours are gouging their ears out!!! :roflmao:
Thanks... ...a lot! (I was hoping these absolute truths wouldn't surface...)

Pity they can't here my new original: "Don't mez with my Ibanez!"

On the upside, I can play as loud as I want now! ?

Or you could always give them Zappa's My guitar wants to kill your mama

Cannon

Hollowaxis wrote Hmmmm.
After much consideration & many years of playing (Mostly Fenders), I've come a simple conclusion.
I will never, by my own free will or choice, choose to play a guitar made by Ibanez.

For a few reasons....

Build quality. Having seen many many RG model electrics I just think they seem inferior?
And the two buckers one single coil 'versatility' these things claim seems like a 'Stuff more bits in to fool people' philosophy.

As for their high end models. One word.
Ugly.
And as for who plays them. Weeeelll, that brings me to the Main gripe I have with these things.
Image.

Image. Ibanez as a brand overall just speaks to me of 'heavy metal' wankery and overblown cock-rock guitarists.
When I picture Ibanez I picture uncreative, speed obsessed, non-musical 'bands' making bland & uninteresting noise. (not good noise as one would find being thoughfully constructed by the likes of Sonic Youth, Battles, Mogwai or Slint) but rather terrible noise as you might hear from those mighty twats Vai & Satriani.
I picture that self obsessed wanking when I picture Ibanez and it just puts me off.

I might consider an entry level semi hollow like one of the Jet Kings as a spare guitar for kicks, but i guess if I really was that way inclined I would just do an epiphone casino or dot.

I dunno man.
Fenders for me. Some Gibsons, maybe a Rickenbacker.
But no no Ibanez.
?

I too once was like u hollowaxis.....Then i played a few Lawsuit Les Pauls, a 76 "V" and a 77 Artist with super 70's pups!
I cried at my ignorance over the years.....wept like a baby i did! For forgiveness from the Rock Gods I begged!!!
My soul was saved....yours could be too!!!

PS: Rickenbacker?....hahahaha!

8)

AlanRatcliffe

Cannon wrote PS: Rickenbacker?....hahahaha!

What's wrong with Rickenbacker?

Cannon

Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Cannon wrote PS: Rickenbacker?....hahahaha!
What's wrong with Rickenbacker?

Just thought it funny that he mentioned the high end Ibanez models are ugly....then throws a big up to Rickenbacker.
Sorry Alan....really great guitars but not the prettiest.
8)

Cannon

As pretty as Frank Zappa! 8)

guidothepimmp

Oi!

Leave Zappa outta this >☹

AlanRatcliffe

Rics, like whiskey and Zappa, are an acquired taste. ?

ZarK

Looks have absolutely zero influence in providing great tone and feel anyway...

Jack-Flash-Jr

ZarK wrote Looks have absolutely zero influence in providing great tone and feel anyway...

Hmmm.... I think playing a guitar that offends your aesthetic sensibility will have an effect for sure, and the converse as well.

ZarK

Jack Flash Jr wrote
ZarK wrote Looks have absolutely zero influence in providing great tone and feel anyway...
Hmmm.... I think playing a guitar that offends your aesthetic sensibility will have an effect for sure, and the converse as well.

True, but play it with your eyes closed or listen to the recording and the tone should surely speak for itself? If the looks truly offend you, you probably won't put in all the effort to create the tone in the first place, unless the music really comes first? (Easier said than done, I agree.) I'm at a point where both tone and feel have become more important than sheer aesthetics... (Wasn't always like that...)

singemonkey

Makes you wonder what Jimi Hendrix would have played in the '80s. He was not a conservative guy - rocking a V when the only other one playing one was Albert King, and making the out-of-style stratocaster his own.

I don't reckon he would have stuck to "classic" designs had he lived.

ZarK

singemonkey wrote Makes you wonder what Jimi Hendrix would have played in the '80s. He was not a conservative guy - rocking a V when the only other one playing one was Albert King, and making the out-of-style stratocaster his own.

I don't reckon he would have stuck to "classic" designs had he lived.

+1

Imo he would have played a signature Ibanez without a doubt. ? Especially in the 80's when whammy use was at a high point... (Alongside Vai et. al. pushing the boundaries of tone, technique and style...)

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