What makes an Epiphone DR-100 better than a DR-200?
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This is a great guitar at an unbelievable price.\n\nhttp://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Guitar/Acoustic?sku=515366
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Yamaha, more professional. If you want the best try Roland or Korg.
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The ES8 has twice the polyphony of the MO8, it's got sampling, support for the Yamaha PLG plug-in cards (which will also extend polyphony) more presets, more advanced effect section and a better output section (mLAN support).\n\nCheers,\n\nArne S.
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100 but 400 is better
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Teisco Del Ray\n\nLook it up on ebay or go to a used guitar shop and try one out.  Amazing sound and playability.
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For a beginners guitar, dont really matter what brand you buy really because that player will so awful no matter what =D. It's just that fender seems to be the most popular because its prevalently used. What you need to buy is a beginners package like this \nhttp://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Squier-SE100-Electric-Pack?sku=511681\n\nBecause if you just buy an electric guitar itself, then you would have to buy a combo amp(you will need an amp to amplify your guitar) which is going to be like 80-150 + a instrument cable which is like 20 bucks + picks + a guitar tuner. If you buy one of these beginning packages you get the whole deal for a good price. You dont worry about pedals until later on. Only until the player is good enough then he should upgrade. It's much more effiecient that way. If you really want to save money they buy it online. They offer free shipping + no tax on the website that I listed above. You also save time because you won't have to look around much + drive your heavy guitar package back from the store. I learned all this from the hard way and just wished someone would of told me but hey im telling you so spread the help!
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It really depends on what type you get and what you need them for.  \n\nIf you just want to play records you can probably use a belt drive turntable.  The belt drive type are much cheaper than the direct drive type.\n\nIf you are going to do any heavy mixing while DJ'ing you will want to get the direct drive type.  Techniques has been the standard for DJs for many years.  \n\nThere are people that have lots of money and want to buy really expensive turntables.  Those can costs many thousands of dollars.
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i'm more familiar with old ampegs, peaveys, and fenders. however it seems to me from what i've seen and heard of the 6100 that what you are saying sounds corect. a lot depends on what type of music you are playing, and what pickups you are running through it, of course. the crunch channel should give you more of a classic rock blues sound, and the lead should be more of a metal screaming tone, and i would think the lead would have a lot more gain than the other 2 channels. and certainly i would agree that there shouldn't be an excessive amount of 60 cycle noise. one thing i would try to do if you haven't is to set it at the 100 watt setting, i'm sure you had the preamp volume and gain set where you wanted it, as well as had the master turned up a bit. with this amp you should be able to get very clean tones, clapton sounds, as well as guns and roses sounds, but with a little MORE gain. it's hard to describe what it should sound like, you just kind of know. i've been playing for 34 years. my advice would be to either give it a little time and play around with the settings until you get it where you want it, and sounds right to you, or return it if you got it from a store and are not happy with it, or trade it for something you will be happy with. good luck.
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Yes, the Epiphone LP-100 is a flat-bodied guitar. There is a review for it listed at the link below.
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You didn't say what you meant by "affordable".  Most Les Paul copies aren't very good.  Epiphone's tend to be the best...because well...the same factories make Gibson Les Pauls and Epiphone Les Pauls.  You can probably find what I would call affordable Epiphones all over the place.  If you're just looking for the basic shape, ESP makes pretty good affordable guitars, and they have a few with the Les Paul shape.  Ibanez makes a few Les Paul shaped guitars that sound pretty good.  I've never heard of Encore guitars...and if you haven't ever heard one or played one, I wouldn't recommend getting one.  The same goes for any brand that you've never heard of.  Just as a few of the other responses have said...go to a local music store and try a few out to see what you like.  You might find that there's another guitar for you...Les Paul may have invented the electric guitar...but even he played guitars with shapes other than the one named after him.
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here is my opinion, and i will explain why...\n\nQuality Electric Guitar + All Tube Amp = Warm, Fat, Awesome Tone!\n\nExample: Gibson Les Paul + Marshall DSL100 (or TSL) = Orgasm\n\nExample: Gibson Voodoo V + Marshall JCM800 (2203) = GOD\nExample: Fender Stratocaster + Fender 68 Vibrolux = Stardom\n\nThere are basically two different types of guitar amplifiers, Tube and Solid State (or transistor).\n\nTube amplifiers use a series of old fashioned tubes to provide power, distortion, and tone. Solid State amplifiers rely on transistors, and sometimes software, to provide the tone. They both have the same job, to amplify the sound of your guitar, however they both sound totally different, with good points and bad.\n\nhere i will guide you through exploring The advantages of a Solid State Amplifier.\n\nThey usually have fabulous clean sounds, crisp and accurate almost to a fault.\nThey are quick and responsive to your playing.\nThey can take more abuse in moving since there are very few fragile parts.\nThey require less maintenance.\nThey can “Try” and emulate other amplifiers at the push of a button.\n\non the other hand here are the disadvantages:\n\nNO WARMTH – solid state sounds cold and sterile.\nLOUSY DISTORTION - to the point that it fatigues your ears and can cause your spine to shatter at high volumes. I have actually talked with people who have no idea about music gear describe the sound of a quality Fender solid state amp that was trying to “rock”, as sounding “Harsh, like a razorblade through my ears”.\nNO TONE – Solid State amps all sound very similar and will sound the same with almost any player.\nTHIN – They usually sound very thin as soon as you leave the clean spectrum. Distortion only makes solid state amps sound even more thin and lifeless. Like a mosquito in a jar.\n\nmoving on to tubes, here are the advantages:\n\nWARMTH – Tube amps are best known for their exceptional warmth. They are pleasing to the ear, something you can not justify in a laboratory. Scientists have no way of measuring the warmth, which is probably the reason that they have not been able to duplicate it in a solid state amp. You can hear a tube amp “Warm Up” the longer it is on. Your audience’s ears will not tire of a tube amp sound in the way that they will from solid state. The warmth acts like a blanket, soothing the ears. The WARM tube amp sound blends with the rest of the band perfect.\nMORE TONE - Each tube amp sounds different, each with its own unique tone. You can hear this tone between manufacturers and even between the same exact models. Changing out the tubes will even change the tone. No two guitarists will sound the same through the same tube amp, as the amp will respond to the individuals playing technique in a totally different way. Tube amps have been described by many veteran guitarists as “Tone Monsters”.\nTHICK AND HEAVY – Tube amps sound fat and thick, and will sound even fatter as the volume is turned up, creating that famous wall of sound. Tube amps sound HUGE!\nULTIMATE DISTORTION – Most electric guitarists want at least a little edge to their guitar sound, otherwise known as distortion, while others want screaming leads. Tubes, by their very nature of operation distort sound, and do so in the most pleasing way to the human ear, by Pushing and Pulling on each other. I have heard many tech guys go on and on about why tube distortion is better and I do not feel like quoting all of their boring documents about it. Let’s just say, YES, there are specific proven reasons why, but who cares, everybody agrees tube distortion is far superior to solid state.\nCOMPRESSION – Tubes compress your sound in several ways, usually when to much power is demanded from the output transformer. The transformer can not handle the signal peaks and softly rounds them off, causing even more distortion. Trust me, it’s a good thing.\n\nnow for the disadvantages of tubes amps.\n\nMaintenance Costs - If you
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Charlie,\n\nActually, I recommend neither! Selmer won't get your daughter PAST being a beginner, and both brands don't hold up as well as some others. Your best bet is to go with a yamaha. The 200 series offers a beginner instrument that can last your daughter for quite a while.
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Well it goes up and down the list and depends on just what you're going for.\nPretty much the "old standby" for a good bass is the Fender P-Bass. \nThe biggest thing is that it feels comfortable to play, seriously. You can always change the strings and the pickups. I think Ibanez or Dean would make a great choice for a reasonably priced bass for intermediate levels. But some people prefer the larger feel of a rickenbacker bass.\n\nJackson makes bass guitars comparable to ibanez for playability and for something fairly cheap and still comfortable at a beggining level you could get a Charvel (Made by Jackson). \n\nReally, there's a LOT of companies with a LOT of great choices, just play around and find what feels right. If it's your first, I would try a Charvel bass though. That was the first one I ever picked up and still love them.
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believe it or not, I use a semi-hollow, and a roland cube 60, turn it to the marshall model and crank up the gain, sounds perfect
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Depends what sound you want. If you want a traditional strat sound like Jimi Hendrix had, get singlecoils, if you're looking for more of a sound like Jimmy Page or someone else that uses a Les Paul has, get a humbucker.
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That is a Korean made Epiphone Les Paul and really isn't worth a whole lot of money. If you are buying it used I wouldn't pay any more than $250.00 with a case. They really are a pretty decent guitar if you can pick it up cheap.
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You are probably up a creek on this one. Your best bet for something a little cheaper than $2000 is to look into Godin guitars. I can't remember ever having seen a guitar like the one youe are describing, but I have seen some that have a more compact body and on- board electronics. Try contacting local music stores for more info. Good luck on this one..... if you can find one I think that would be a fairly interesting guitar!