Guitar n00b asking experienced e-guitarists for advise

    yeah not bad, I hope you enjoy the Sg - they aren't the best quality quitars in my experience (even the high end ones), and they suffer from a lack of tone through certain amps but punk is punk eh, nobody gives a shit what it sounds like a slong as it's dirty

    Oh oops didn't realize you already bought an axe when I posted..... did you get that one with the p90 pickups or one with humbuckers?

    Also epiphone is great for beginners. High quality epiphones are on par with most Gibsons, anyone who tells you otherwise is a brand name snob. My uncle has been playing guitar for his whole life and says he'd take Epi over Gibson any day.

    Quote from mike-0

    Oh oops didn't realize you already bought an axe when I posted..... did you get that one with the p90 pickups or one with humbuckers?Also epiphone is great for beginners. High quality epiphones are on par with most Gibsons, anyone who tells you otherwise is a brand name snob. My uncle has been playing guitar for his whole life and says he'd take Epi over Gibson any day.

    That's why I was slightly puzzled about your late advise and didn't reply, thanks anyway

    Maybe you can tell me what the difference between humbuckers and "p90 pickups" is? The humbuckers (or pickups or whatever they are) are actually silver on my model and look like this:

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    humbucker uses a flat plate and picks up vibration slightly differently to the usual pickups which simply have a magnet under each individual string.

    People will swear by humbuckers, and while they are nice for a good even tone you don't need to shell out the extra cash for them when you are beginning as it's unlikely you will be able to tell the difference.

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