Fender not rock enough?

Too many people have been saying that fender is not rock enough. I have been keeping a list of who said that. Now, after adding them up altogether, a total of 27 people said this. They all say the same time, "Fender is not rock enough".

Oh really? Are they trying to say that John5 is not rock enough?

As you know, J5 has a whole collection of Fender tele, some which he paid for a very prices. So if they say that Fender is not rock enough, I guess they are wrong.

So i really don't think Fender is not rock enough. Whether or not the guitar is rock enough really depends on the player and the effects he uses as well (pedal, pickups etc etc..)

Dilemma

I'm in quite a dilemma right now.

I got two guitars in my mind right now.

1) Fender Classic '72 Deluxe Telecaster

2) Schecter Hellraiser C-1

Both guitars are great guitars. I'd play the Fender myself and heard others play it as well. The tone is the exact tone I want. It is also versatile, sounds good both clean and dirty. The best thing i like about it is the sound of the bass strings.

As for Schecter, I'd only hear other people's review. It would be better if I get a chance to try this out at anywhere, even if it is at Davis where I would usually get kicked out after only less than 5mins of trial. I can understand that they have got many people streaming in but 5 mins won't do them any harm right? Even if they have to, he got the mouth

Suitable Gauge

This is one of the problem that had been discussed in the local forum.

A fella changed his strings to 0.12 gauge. As a result, the whole bridge was lifted up by 2 cm++.

Different gauge will provide with different tones, sustain and etc. Normally a larger gauge will provide a louder volume and sustain. This guy probably string these strings because

1. He doesn't care about gauges so much

2. He wants a louder volume.

What he failed to realise is this: Not all guitars are made for gauges so high. The thicker the strings, the more tension they has and more pull exerted on both the bridge and the neck. Luckily, his bridge was a floating bridge, so it takes much of the pull from the strings than the neck. Has it been a locked bridge, the neck will suffer a enormous damage. Sadly, this dude tried to reinforce his bridge by adding 2 more springs. So where does all the resultant tension acts on? The neck~! He also said he has difficulties tuning (turning the tuners), proving that the stress is on the neck.

Thicker strings are made usually for drop tunings. Usually when a guitar is drop tuned, there is a tension slack on the strings especially on gauges like 0.09 . Thus thicker strings helps to lessen tension slack. So what he fails to understand is the following,

• Large gauges are made for drop tunings.
• He doesn't know how to choose suitable strings

Some of the guitars are made to cut the tension slack as well.

Normal a scale of a guitar is 25.5'', like Ibanez RG (for example). There is also Ibanez RGD but the D makes a difference. D refers to "drop tune" and also it has a large scale (26.5) and has a slightly thicker neck as well. With larger scale, it reduces the tension slack in the strings. These kinda guitar will allow you to drop tune more freely with less slack.

The whole main thing about this post is you must know the suitable strings for your guitar. =)

First Post

Hahaha.. a short story of the birth of this blog

Last night, I and my cousin, ivan, were talking about making our own blog. So i delete my previous blog away and created a new one in place of it.

As for my first entry, I do not have much things in mind to write them out so I'll just relate a happening last saturday

We (me and my cousin) went to SV guitar at City Hall to try out Swing's Smash B1 BK/R and Smash EZ1 BK. Both are basswood but they sound world apart. B1 comes in HH configuration while EZ1 is in HSH.

After trying both at Woodlands, was rather astonished by the differences. So i went back home and check out the spec of the two at swing website. The mystery was solved. The reason why B1 sounds better is due to its superiority in terms of pickups. It is the HeartBreaker Pickups that differentiate them.

Tried Modtone speedbox again and also extreme metal. Still pondering over which pedal to buy, DS1 or speedbox and MetalZone or extreme metal.

Then we went to Davis Guitars since ivan wanna try out his SX seg1. The strings are too far apart from the fret for my likings. Then, the old man from Davis came, snatched (literally) his $299 guitar away and keep asking "Getting this one?". Hell no. Even if i like, i rather buy from other shops.