Second guitar

infernox

Ok so... I know A, Amin, C, D, Dmin, E, Emin, G and Gmin... now for art value I really want another guitar so I need to start saving up brownie points.

The choice is between the

Cort EVL-Z2 with a Agathis body (only decent specs I could find was : http://www.beyondeleven.com/Cort-EVL-Z2-EVL-Series-Electric-Guitar-p/cort-evl-z2.htm)

or must I rather save up a bit longer for the EVL-Z4 with a Mahogany body.

Even if I dont continue playing (which there is a 0.00001% chance of), I would still like to buy this as I think its the most beautifull design I have ever seen.

Your comments are appreciated.

ezietsman

If I was (and I was) in your position, I would not get the second guitar straight away (and I didn't ?) . Play the guitar you have for a year or two. See what styles (with or without floating bridge, humbuckers, single coils, p90s, strats, teles, LPs) you like best. You may not like the Corts much after a few years. Keep saving your guitar money though, things will start to annoy you at some point, like your amp and good amps are rather expensive as are good guitars. Besides, the guitars you show are not that much better than the one you already own. I say, upgrade when you know what you like and upgrade to something good. In your case, possibly the ESP Ltd Eclipses, if you like that sort of twin humbucker metal guitar. But I can almost assure you that long before then you'll want an amp with glowing bottles inside, we all get that urge at some point (took me 8 years tho). I have a cheap guitar too. Its an Epiphone Les Paul, bolt-on neck, upgraded pickups. Not highly regarded in anyone's book, yet its still my only guitar after 10 years of playing. I reckon in another year or two I'll need something better (OK ,maybe you'll improve a lot faster than I do).

Also, your amp has as big an influence on the tone as your guitar, maybe more. But less so than what comes from your hands.

Beware the GAS. Better equipment doesn't make you sound much better.

my 0.02 zar

MikeM

Don't waste your money. Save up for a valve amp. By then your ears might start working.

Also don't buy it cause it's pretty. And get more experience before you but another guitar. Maybe you want a tele kinda sound, or a floating bridged EMG'd monster. Every guitar is a different colour, your amp is the brush and you're the artist.

Buying a new guitar now is very very silly.

Tauriq

The Cort EVL Z4 is not only a sexy guitar but must have the most comfortable neck I've played on(mind you the list of guitars I've played is not overly extensive).
I was lucky enough to have it as my first electric guitar after deciding acoustic wasn't for me. So I would recommend it to anyone. Can't compare the Z2 though because I haven't played it.

+1 to GAS being a danger. Took me two years of spending more time watching gear demo's and drooling over Gumtree pages than playing to realize that equipment only does so much. Technique is just as if not more important.
Then again new gear does motivate you to practice a whole lot more and open's your playing up sometimes depending on the gear.

I'd say take a few months do some research, play a few guitars and then rethink if a second guitar is ultimately necessary. I bought a second one and found that my first guitar was all I needed at the time and sold it soon after.

Just my opinion. ?

makepeace

+1 MikeM.

I only started playing about 2 years ago, and then I went out (without thinking about it much (although it felt like I did)) and bought a metal guitar and a metal amp, which I now heavily regret. Hindsights a b%^*h. I've only just bought my second guitar, a 1960's harmony archtop jazzy type of guitar which I've converted to an electric (P90 at the neck), and I'm really enjoying it. Now to get a tube amp ?.

What you really want to do is play for a year or two, go to some gigs, listen to good music and find the path you want to take musically.. You will be able to make a much better decision once your ears "start working" and you start to understand tone.

aja

Tauriq wrote +1 to GAS being a danger. Took me two years of spending more time watching gear demo's and drooling over Gumtree pages than playing to realize that equipment only does so much.