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  • Poll [9 votes]: TV or Guitar
Subject: guitar or tv?
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Poll: TV or Guitar  [closed]
Guitar then save for TV:  56%
(5 Votes)
TV then save for Guitar:  44%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 9

by the end of this summer i will have $325.

should i buy this guitar, cause i need better one...
Link to Guitar

...or buy this tv in preperation for halo 2...?
Link to TV

vote and also post what you think...


  • 08.02.2004 8:55 PM PDT
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i think u should go for the guitar 1st for sure...cause thats what i would definetly do....but thats me...its up to u what u wanna use ur money for.

  • 08.02.2004 8:56 PM PDT
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definately the tv, unless you are really good at the guitar and are going to be famous some day.

  • 08.02.2004 8:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: Spartan712
definately the tv, unless you are really good at the guitar and are going to be famous some day.


ive been playin 11 months and i think im definitly talented but my first real show is next january so that probably gives me time to save up and buy guitar b4 then, im thinkin about buying guitar first, then ill have 125 left then for my b-day (sept 21) and christmas ill ask for money and buy that tv or if i have enough, a better one. good plan?

btw, i already have a tv in my room for xbox but its only 13 inch, so ill be playin on a 13 inch screen for a while, unless i bring it downstairs and hook it up to the big screen, but that means i can't stay up all night playing halo 2...

  • 08.02.2004 9:03 PM PDT
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witch ever one u use more i think u should invest in, n/e way keep in mind halo 2 will keep me from my guitar little when it comes out.

  • 08.02.2004 9:08 PM PDT
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any body know any good deals on a tv?

  • 08.02.2004 9:18 PM PDT
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eBay?

  • 08.02.2004 9:21 PM PDT
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Man, that guitar has a wicked body. ESP's are pretty good, sounds like a great deal. Now, I play guitar too, though, so I'm gonna bug you about this: first off, a guitar with humbuckers, but no tremolo? What kind of music are you targeting? Just kidding, whatever floats your boat. And while I've never bought a guitar online, I've talked to some talented, very experienced guitar players, and they always tell me to only buy a guitar that I can play before I buy it, because 2 guitars of the same model can sound completely different only because the tree that was used. Now, musiciansfriend does have a great return policy from what I hear, so if the guitar doesn't sound how you want it to, feel free to return it.

About the television, I'm going to recommend an HDTV, of course. There are 2 30 or 32 inch, widescreen direct-view televisions that come to mind. One, I forgot the brand, but it was only 700 bucks(only 700, jeese!). I believe it was Philips. No 720p crap, this baby's 1080i(can't wait till 1080p, though). They've got them at best buy. And while alot of people think direct views are worse than conventional projection, they are very wrong. Direct view HDTV's these days are incredibly sharp, plus they last many years longer, don't have convergence issues, are cheaper, and can't succumb to image burn-in like all the other formats except for DLP's. In many instances, I've seen direct-views that looked better than any other kind out there. DLP's are better than all in my book, but they still cost around 4,000 dollars. Well, off with this terminology mumbo-jumbo! The other one I'd recommend is another philips, but this time it's a refurbished one. Now, don't fret, it's as good as new, since they fixed it, it comes with a good return policy, and comes straight from philips. It's another 30 inch widescreen, flatscreen 1080i hdtv. And it's only 500 bucks. Now, if you don't care about widescreen, you can get a 1080i 4:3 direct-view, 32 inch, flat screen for only 350 bucks. Now that's nothing. 2 years ago, my 32 inch curved-tube analog television cost that much.

  • 08.02.2004 9:54 PM PDT
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Holy -blam!-,

  • 08.02.2004 9:57 PM PDT
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i don't need no stinkin tremolo, lol
im testing the guitar at guitar center, i just brought up that to show which guitar im getting,

  • 08.02.2004 9:57 PM PDT
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Lol, I'm sad that you're not getting a tremolo. It's so useful. Well, if later on, you figure out that there's just something missing with your relationship with Mrs.Guitar, you could always get a tremolo installed to further enhance, um, the experience. MY guitar uses Levitra, um, I mean a tremolo. Lol. Anyways, it's good that your testing it then. I don't have any store in my area that sell ESP's, though, so you're lucky. Anyways, man, I just can't get over how wicked awesome that thing looks. Devil's horns+Fiery flames=NeedzABetterSN's guitar. Awesome. And to think mine's just a smooth-looking stratocaster.

  • 08.02.2004 10:12 PM PDT
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strats are ok, i wanted to buy the next best F series but it has a floyd rose,

I -blam!- HATE FLOYD ROSE!!!! that bridge is the worst!!!, way too much maintenence

  • 08.02.2004 10:13 PM PDT
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My understanding was that Floyd roses were good because they didn't require tuning after heavy use of the tremolo, but I don't know. They ARE expensive though. Anyways, you should enter that contest to win a '66 year Stratocaster prototype. That'd be awesome to win. Then you wouldn't have to buy a guitar!!!! Lol.

[Edited on 8/2/2004 10:21:34 PM]

  • 08.02.2004 10:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: NeedzABetterSN
strats are ok, i wanted to buy the next best F series but it has a floyd rose,

I -blam!- HATE FLOYD ROSE!!!! that bridge is the worst!!!, way too much maintenence

Same thing with me. I wanted an F-200 then saw the floyd rose and i was like... n/m. So now im going for the F-100. I LOVE the ESP F-series!

  • 08.02.2004 10:21 PM PDT
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tru dat...

  • 08.02.2004 10:22 PM PDT