evilernie said:
Left to right:
Taylor 814ce
Jackson Dinky DK1
Gibson Les Paul Custom
Old Charvel from the 80's
I'm really not worthy of such nice guitars, I wish I could play them better!
Also, my Marshall Artist head.
having taught, on and off, since 1982, i believe anybody deserves the best instruments they can afford
sometimes having a great instrument, through luck/relatives/fate/saving up makes learning the guitar easier and more enjoyable
that being said the two best professional rock players where i live use a squier strat; and no-name '60s guitars on stage (the second guy has a nice american standard strat and a japanese 1960s fender reissue strat but rarely seems to bring them out on stage)...in the end for both these players, it's their fingers that do the work
one jazz player i know (the only working jazz player in the area) had a $2500 dollar george benson signature model (from ibanez) but now prefers to play a guitar that costs less than half of that and basically sounds great either way
as you get better, you will gig and record and maybe even tour, and on some nights or sessions, you may find a great sound in a cheap guitar or cheap amp...during the making of one cd for my friend in '92 (when making a cd was prohibitively expensive), i had to lay down a lead guitar solo and my charvel, '68 telecaster, or '65 melody maker didn't sound right so i used a $200 dollar used yamaha strat copy through a 10 watt practice amp and got this amazing sound i have never been able to replicate
