So for those of you that may not have experienced it, the funds you get from steemit are NOT fake internet money. They are very useable. Just convert them to bitcoin using something like blocktrades.us, bittrex.com, etc and then transfer it to something like a http://bitpay.com/card/ bitpay visa card and you can pretty much buy anything you wanted to do.
Thanks at closing in on a year of steemit I am finally going to do something I have wanted to do for over two decades. I am going to go buy a nice electric guitar. I already have an electric guitar and numerous acoustic guitars. Long ago I hit the point where I needed a better one. Life and priorities kept bumping it and I just never got around to buying one.
Well thanks to you wonderful people in the community and the wonder that is the steem blockchain that long dream is about to become a reality. I actually have enough to buy such a guitar. My family is excited as they have been trying to get me back into playing for a long time now. I've not played my guitar in more than a year and a half.
I was always pretty sure I'd end up with either a Jackson or an ESP as out of all the models I've played over the years in anticipation of buying one that fit me those were typically the sweet spot. There are some models and brands that were not very common or available back when I could play them. I really want to take some Schecters for a test ride too and see which one I will get. My criteria are pretty much that I want a floyd rose locking tremolo, and I'll most likely go for active pickups. Most likely the pickups will be EMGs. I know there are some nice variants that can switch between single and double coil so I expect to go play poorly (way out of practice) on a bunch of guitars and finally get a new one.
The fact that I can even do this is a dream. I couldn't even be thinking of it without steemit.com and steem.
I also am interested in potentially giving some 7 strings a whirl. It was actually reading up on this Hellraiser 7 String from Schecter that made me realize I really need to try this brand out.
Now before you start recommending a Les Paul or some other guitar without a Tremolo. I have access to guitars without tremolos. I want one for those rare occasions where I am wanting to play something that kind of requires a tremolo as it doesn't sound quite the same with an intense bend, or with a wha pedal. I haven't messed with a tremolo pedal before so I'm not sure how they would work, but there are also occasions where wha plus tremolo can give a rather fluid sound... (think Satriani) so I have no interest in buying a guitar without one when that has often been a barrier for me playing a particular song over the years. IF I already had a guitar to meet these needs then I'd be very open to all variety of guitars whether they had a tremolo or not.
As to Les Pauls. They are great guitars, but not really my thing. My first electric guitar at almost three decades ago was actually a Gibson. It wasn't a Les Paul though...
Exciting times... thanks steemit.
