Members jestsumguy Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 Budget's $550. I play punk, alternative, and metal. Which would you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Surfdude Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 Play them both and then decide but the Melody Maker gets my vote because I have been eyeballing the Joan Jett MM, myself. Surfy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hazydaz13 Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 cruise craigslist and grab a used epi lp AND a MIM strat for that budget...got a good tone selection right there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 Get a used Epi LP Gold Top ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CanIBDom Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 I'd go with the LP since you play some metal. I think the MM sounds more like a Telecaster than a LP, which is fine for punk and alternative, but I'm not sure about metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 LP by a mile... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whiteop Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 yeah some of the new Epi's are made very well and can even hold their own against some of the Gibsons due to lower QC on Gibson's part...Epiphone has brought their game up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twotimingpete Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 for $550 there are a lot of good options out there... but of those you mentioned, I'd go with the LP, because the melody maker is such a one trick pony... it has one pickup, and it's a very twangy, tele-like pickup... you can get a few sounds with the tone control but the epiphone will do a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 I know there's a lot of draw to the MM because it's a real, American, nitro Gibson, but it's really probably a better idea to get an Epi LP, unless you just really like MMs. That said, I do own an MM! They're fun little things, but I got mine when they were $250 and I wouldn't have paid much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 for $550 there are a lot of good options out there... but of those you mentioned, I'd go with the LP, because the melody maker is such a one trick pony... it has one pickup, and it's a very twangy, tele-like pickup... you can get a few sounds with the tone control but the epiphone will do a lot more. Amen. And once the funds allow, you can replace the stock pu's with whatever you want. * SD A2P's ala Slash (love those pu's - see me sig)* TV Jones Power Tron Plus / TV Jones Classic* SD Alt8 / SD '59 . . . the options are endless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members dcooper830 Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 = :bor: = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 What He ^^^ Said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twotimingpete Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 or just save yourself some money and http://www.rondomusic.com/ad201.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihavenofish Posted January 3, 2010 Members Share Posted January 3, 2010 or just save yourself some money and http://www.rondomusic.com/ad201.html the melody maker is a cool little novely, but id get that agile if you actually want a good useful "simple" LP style guitar. and its actually a better quality guitar than the gibson too. ... unless you want to do something crazy to the melody maker like i did. thats a whole different story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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