Is kay a good guitar brand?
First off, don't pay attention to Mikey. I'm so tired of opinionated "brand snobs" who probably couldn't play their way out of a paper bag and just blast anybody who doesn't have a Gibson, Fender, Martin, Taylor..etc... The brand of guitar you play really doesn't matter. In 1968, I learned how to play on a $20(new) classical guitar that we bought at a department store when I was 9. Later I bought an electric guitar for $35, then an old Univox Les Paul for $100, Then a couple of Strat copies and finally when I was 18 got a real Fender American Deluxe Strat. None of this affected my ability to learn the guitar. Back in the 60's, Kay guitars were not top of the line (I think you could get them at Sears.) But they weren't "bad". You must have a pretty old guitar, because I don't think they've been made anywhere since the 80's. The most important factor in your playing this guitar would be it's condition and the string height above the fingerboard. If the string action is not too high and you put on a nice new set of extra light gauge steel strings. (ask for .009 gauge at a music store, they'll know what you mean) As long as you can play it without too much effort because of a warped neck or something, keep the Kay. Once you get really good and feel like you want to move up a level, then and only then should you worry about getting a nicer guitar. and even then it doesn't have to be expensive. I strongly advocate going to a music store to try out guitars you are interested in and playing them. buying them online is a poor substitute, since you never know how it will play once you get your hands on it. Even then, you can still get messed up. Play a guitar in the store and if you like that guitar, get THAT guitar, not one from the back or in a box. (I once made the mistake of buying a Fender acoustic that seemed OK when I played the floor model, but when I got the "new" one in a box, it was the crappiest guitar I have ever played. After over 20 yrs of experience, I could barely play that piece of doo-doo. So my point is, if the guitar seems to play OK, fell no shame in keeping it.
Is this a good guitar and Amp?
the Jackson is a good enough axe.....but forget that amp, spend a little more for a Marshall MG15DFX , the tone & sound crushes any other 15watt combo on the market--Sells new for under $180.00 at most larger outlets.
How much is a good guitar?
There isn't a real definitive answer for a question like this, but I'll try my best. A "good" guitar is subject to multiple interpretations. A lot of people will tell you that a "good" guitar starts at a certain price and goes up from there or is made of certain things or even in a certain way, they're all right and wrong. Truth be told, I've must have played hundreds of guitars and some cheap $99 jobs sound exquisite, while a $4,000 Les Paul sounded to me...kinda forgetable.In the hands of a great guitar player, what people consider a "cheap" trash guitar would sound fantastic. Like these guys:Why Are These Famous Rock Stars Playing Cheap, Junk Shop Guitars?The best way to go about it is, decide how much money you can throw at it, look at guitars from that lot, play and listen to them or have someone else play while you listen and go from there. If it's electric, you can always upgrade it later if need be. I will say that spending more gets you better craftsmanship a lot of the time. Whether that makes it sound any better is entirely on you.
Is The Edge a good guitarist?
He’s an outstanding guitarist.I think he’s so good that, much like Eddie Van Halen, he was able to lift an otherwise lousy band into something much better through his titanic skill. I own several U2 albums, but they’re a guilty pleasure for me because I don’t think that most of their music is very good. Larry Mullen is a decent drummer, but Adam Clayton is an exceptionally boring, uncreative, unskilled bass player, and Bono can barely sing and mostly writes inane, self-important lyrics.The Edge, however, is truly a talent. His sound is entirely his own — there is literally no other guitarist out there who sounds like him, and there never has been. I don’t even know who to compare him to. He fills out the U2 sound brilliantly, making it seem as though there are two or three guitarists in the band instead of just one. Some of that is based on his immense skill, and some of it is based on his masterful use of effects, which is a skill in its own way. Either way, he knows exactly what he’s doing.Try to imagine some of the greatest bands without their key members and compare those bands to what U2 would be without The Edge. If you took away either Lennon or McCartney — but not both — from the Beatles, they STILL would be the greatest band of all time. That’s how enormous their talent was, but that’s another story. If you take away Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin, then Led Zeppelin would still be a great band. If you took away Roger Daltrey from The Who, they would still be a great band. If you took Thom Yorke away from Radiohead, they would still be a great band.But if you took The Edge away from U2, they wouldn’t be any kind of band because you would have never heard of them because they would have never been signed. Larry Mullen would find a real band to play with, Adam Clayton would be a janitor, and Bono would be Paul David Hewson, a local karaoke championship runner-up who shares his political ideas with a bunch of townies who couldn’t care less. Whatever success U2 has as a band can be traced almost exclusively to The Edge.
Is johnson a good guitar brand?
Never heard of Johnson. Might be a good guitar, but they don't have a reputation for being a good guitar, and the reviews on Ultimate Guitar are sparse, and the ones that are there, they're not stellar. It does have a spruce top - I'll assume solid - which is a point in its favour (always always always buy solid top - composite tops will sound like crap in a few years) and it's an unusual colour... I'm not sure if you're like me, but I wanted anything but a plain yellow-beige top. If you've been playing for a year and a half, you're probably going to stick with it, so I'd look for a reputable brand, or at least one with good reviews, and I'd stick with used - more bang for your buck so long as your guitar was treated well in its past life. A $150 new guitar is probably never going to sound stellar. Also, on the brand reputation: don't buy a $150 Gibson or Martin. It has the name on it, but that's about the only association these guitars have with their $1000 and up cousins. They're usually made of completely different materials, and constructed poorly. My guitar is a Yamaha FGX720SCA and I've been thrilled with it. It's an electric acoustic, and mine's in the brown sunburst finish. It costs about $400 new, but we got it for $200 used. My boyfriend has a Yamaha classical of some model I can't recall and is thrilled with it, and his dad has a Yamaha acoustic and he likes that, as well. Yamaha's not well known for their guitars, but they are a reputable music company and everyone who's played my guitar can't believe that my $200 guitar sounds as good as their $2000 guitar. :) As for the amp - my, that is retrolicious. I love the look of that thing; it looks like they took it out of a fallout shelter or something. It's small (a huge regret I have with my amp is that it weighs 75 lbs) and it's got great reviews. An amp that small, though, would be more suited for electric guitar practice. Can you really get that much better or louder sound from your acoustic-electric with something that small? Course, it's only $20 and it's damned adorable and you can use it with anything with a 1/4 inch plug. I don't know much about amps, so it's your call.
Is Johnson a good guitar brand?
I had one come into my shop. Overall build quality of the neck and body were good. Finish quality was good. The bridge was mediocre, the same was true of the tuners. If this is a first guitar or you are extremely budget conscious, this should be a sound investment for an instrument. The one that came into my shop, received a new bridge, and tuners as well as an electronics upgrade (new wires, potentiometers, and pickups). Should you gain more experience or be able to save for such upgrades, you can make yourself a very nice sounding and playing guitar by upgrading these components. The total cost will depend but if it is a DIY project you can complete the upgrade for around $150 to $200 US.
Is Ibanez a good guitar brand?
Yes. Ibanez is a very good brand of guitar.The things I like best about them are their consistent quality and their very reasonable prices.Anyone who’s played a selection of 1970s Fenders for example, will know how much individual examples of ostensibly the same guitar can vary in terms of fit and finish, playability and sound. You can pick up pretty much any price point range of Ibanez and it will play well. Much like a Yamaha.If I’m advising someone on purchasing their first electric guitar, then Ibanez is always at the top of the list.The reasonable prices are (I think) down to several factors.Firstly, the clever use of materials. A lot of Ibanez electrics have bodies that are quite compact, and slim. As well as making the guitar lighter and less tiring to wear, this also saves wood. You could probably get two Ibanez electrics out of the wood blanks used for a single Les Paul!Secondly, they use the same basic handful of designs, then produce models at all price points based on those. The higher up the range you go, the nicer will be the hardware, the wood finish and the inlaying, etc. Maybe a tremolo where the base model has a fixed bridge and such, but that base model guitar will still be built to the same quality, and available to you if you don’t need or have the budget for any of the extra fancy stuff.Thirdly, economy of scale. Ibanez makes a hell of a lot of guitars in a year. They have refined and developed these models over many many years, so what you buy now is the culmination of all that experience. Ibanez know how to make a guitar very efficiently. They know what hardware is not only good at its job, but reliable and cost effective. They know that a slim neck is not only easier to play, but also cheaper to produce, because you get more necks per blank of wood. They know that if you want an angled headstock, then the most materials-efficient way to make it is to produce a flat neck, then join the headstock on afterwards. Gibson, for example, will machine the entire neck and headstock from one piece, which wastes a lot of wood.I guess you can sum it up as using traditional luthier craftsmanship with modern production engineering principles.You really can’t go far wrong with any Ibanez.
Is denver a good guitar company?
How does it play?sound? Really sometimes a name can be misleading. I have never heard of a "Denver". But that's not to say that it wasn't made by one of the leaders in the industry.