[7 Dying Trees]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

HAHA I just saw this, is that real? I'm a fan of Jesus and all, but that's hilarious to think he gives a shit about tube amps or customer service. It's also insulting for a company to have to be like "we'll return your calls, but only because of Jesus."

I'm guessing Dying Fetus and Decide won't be endorsing these guys anytime soon

Obviously warmth comes from jesus/god, and not the amp design.

Really does surprise me as splawn is such an evil sounding name.

[zimbloth]

Originally Posted by 7 Dying Trees

Actually, I just remembered, I currently have been vowing to myself that I'll NEVER buy an ESP/LTD guitar because of their endorsement policy. Giving someone an endorsement despite them seriously not being able to play guitar and them not being a guitarist AND them never being seen with the guitar is just wrong.

So now I don't care how good they are, principles mean i won't play them

Yeah I laughed too when I saw Dani in the ESP catalog.

I really don't have many 'stupid' reasons for not liking something. I'm pretty open-minded (hell, I've owned a Korn and Orgy signature model). If something sounds/plays great, I'll usually let the looks go or whatever. Hell, Karl Sanders has recorded some of the most brutal music on the planet with a fugly white strat.

That said, the biggest pet peeve of mine is cheap rosewood. In fact, rosewood in general has prevented me from buying a lot of guitars over the years. Rosewood is decent, so it's not very logical, I just hate the look of it and ebony/maple feels/sounds so much better to my ears. If Bernie Rico Jr offered me half off a custom shop guitar of my choice, any feature I'd want, but it had a rosewood board, I'd probably decline.

[HighGain510]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

It's also insulting for a company to have to be like "we'll return your calls, but only because of Jesus."

That had me cracking up Nick, thanks!

[Sepultorture]

i own an LTD guitar, and i'm not really impressed with it at all. the only think i like aobut it is that it has a tune o matic bridge and the headstock looks cool, i just wanted it really for the EMG's and the baritone scale.

the scale feels better but i'm getting sick of the EMG sound, it hasn't sounded good on any of my friends amps either.

and i've come to dislike anything peavey, and i have tried em all, even on better cabs. i was not impressed.

so yeah if i wanted to get a guitar like i want, i'd go custom. save save save.

the whole dean thing i can see, dimebag loved deans, but i don't understand the krank endorsement, cus the krank revolution and krankenstein really sucked.

[nitelightboy]

It's a Marshall

[The Dark Wolf]

I know, James. SPLAWN.

It's like mixing 'Spawn' and 'Spleen'. That's fucking metal right there. Scare-the-Virgin-Mary-out-of-her-purdy-pink-panties-metal.

[AngelVivaldi]

I don't care how great a guitar sounds or plays.. if it's ugly I refuse to play it. lol Every single one of my guitars HAS to have something unique about it. I'd never play a completely stock guitar. I'm a superficial guitarist, sue me! Same goes with cabs, I refuse to play Orange cabs because they look like shit lol

I can be a bit of a brand whore sometimes I admit. I guess it's a part of being a young, naive guitarist lol. Maybe once i'm a little older and understand tech a bit better that'll change. However I'm totally comfortable learning as I go \m/

[Metal Ken]

Guess i'll never buy a splawn

[eaeolian]

Originally Posted by zimbloth

Maple boarded 7s are definitely cool. I've had two. The Washburn Sonic 7 and recently the Yamaha AESRS7. Both had cool sounds, but both were a little harsh sounding. Northing pickups couldn't have remedied though.

Pickups indeed rectified the issue with the Sonic, which now sounds like you're about to be hit by a train...

[eaeolian]

Originally Posted by Zepp88

Rosewood should be only used for starter guitars.

I'll completely disagree with that. Rosewood works great on a lot of guitars, especially ash-bodied bolt-ons.