Jon wrote:   
   J> I remember my first Gibson Epiphone guitar back in high school.  Traded it   
   for    
   J> a Sega Genesis with one game, Altered Beast.  I'm thinking of getting into    
   J> playing music again.  Music has always been my passion.  I'm thinking of    
   J> another Gibson, yet, my wife encourages acoustic.  It would be a delight to    
   J> play for her.  I don't have the vocals, but I can sing with my strings.   
      
   Your wife probably encouraging acoustic because a. You don't have to spend   
   hundreds on a decent amp. b. It'll be infinitely quieter than an electric.   
      
   Personally, I like the Strat style guitars. I've got a couple. One is a   
   Fernandes Guitars red strat which looks similar to the Fender that Mark   
   Knopfler plays. The other is a frankenstrat that I got for $350 - way over   
   paid but it's a heavy beast and it's good some good parts on it.   
   Unfortunately I decided to put some heavy strings on to give them a try and   
   it started pulling the bridge out of the body. I'll have go change out the   
   13s for some 9s. The other I have is a Lyon by Washburn. The neck is a   
   little warped on this one and I'll sometimes bend the high e accidentally   
   off the edge and it'll get stuck on the fret. I really need to get rid of   
   it. It's not that good but it was useful when I started playing.   
      
   As for acoustic, I have a cheap First Act that I picked up for $15 and it   
   has quite a nice sound do it but it does feel as cheap as it was. I don't   
   play much acoustic so I'm not too bothered.   
      
   Finally, my pride and joy is my Republic guitar. If you've ever seen the   
   cover of Brothers in Arms...it looks just like that, the diamond cuts, the   
   sand etchings...it's a thing of beauty and Romeo and Juliet sounds amazing   
   on it.   
      
   Still, with all that I have a crappy amp. It's a Marshall but it's solid   
   state rather than tube. You can really tell the difference. My budget   
   didn't stretch to a tube amp so I got the best I could afford at the time.   
   It's done its job but I really want to get a big boy amp now!   
   --- SBBSecho 3.06-Linux   
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)