Electric Guitar Recommendation?

Question

Im looking to get a new electric guitar, with my price range anything under 700 dollars, the cheaper and better quality the better. Im looking for something easy and comfortable to play, with a wide variety of tones and great versatility. I play anything from classic rock to ska to punk/garage band to metal to blues, and im looking for a guitar that can work for all these different styles. Ive been looking around and found a couple, tell me what you think:

-Ibanez Iceman ICT700 ($700)

-Fender Deluxe Roadhouse Strat($550)

-Epiphone G-310 SG($230)

-Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty($700...and i really love the look)

-Ibanez RGEX1($400)

-Fender Squier Jagmaster($250)

-Fender Standard Telecaster($400)

Any comments or advise on these guitars, or recommendations as to others?

Answer 1

If it's uh versatility you're after, I do not recommend the Iceman or the G-310 as they're both suited to heavier styles of rock & not blues or jazz.

Les Paul, eh... I've never been a fan of those guitars, especially the black beauty. The tone is very average, the pick ups are below par at that price & the pickup covers wear out quickly. For some odd reason, I find the more you pay for an instrument, the cheaper the hardware gets.

This guitar is no exception.

The Fender Roadhouse is one of the ones I know of (my friend plays one) that can handle styles from metal to classic rock & even blues. The tremolo is a bit fiddly but it doesn't go out of tune easily.

So, I'd go for the Roadhouse because it seriously has the best tone out of all of those guitars (really rich, deep sounding), the Texas Special pickups are certainly a bonus on a guitar at under $600 & is unbeaten on versatility.

Definitely a lot more value than the Les Paul.

Good luck.

Answer 2

nice choices there, but the iceman and black beauty will own everything else lol.

single coil pickups on the tele and the strats are rather weak for metal or hard rock, but good for clean.

Iceman looks sick, and I've played it and it plays fairly well too.

I dont have a black beauty, but i have a black standard LP, basicly the same thing. Its wonderful but the electronics on epiphones are not good.

My main guitar is a custom Ibanez rg370dx, with 2 humbuckers and a single coil, so i have alot of viariety.

peace.

Answer 3

Black Beauty all the way!!!

The look is great because of the gold hardware and black body mix.

But definitely the black beauty.

Its sound is so versatile. and so is the look!

Answer 4

ok  i say that you should try all the possible guitars and she how they "

"feel" and how comfortable you are with them

keep on trying untill you find the right one

cause a guitar should be special and YOU need to find the right one for YOU not let other people choose for you

Answer 5

i love them fender tele's

Answer 6

Probably the Black Beauty for looks and value, but it will be heavy on your back, and the sounds are limited, but all right.  It definitely covers every genre you mentioned, including the classic rock, and the blues, which are the most 'stretching it' IMO.

Not the Strat unfortunately, even with Texas Specials, not enough versatility and power, it's like an all-one-sound guitar, unless you are a complex master player with loads of expression.  No you just want to get the job done, and Ibanez RG will do that as well, especially if it has at least one humbucker I think so - there's your versatility, looks and recognition too.  I must say no to the the Tele because it's not a Keith Richards (neck humbucker) type model, and therefore too twangy.