#Should I buy these guitars? (Epiphone les paul standard 50s, Yamaha Pacifica 311h)

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cosmic solar
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Pacifica is a good deal

gray turtle
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Should I buy these guitars? (Epiphone les paul standard 50s, Yamaha Pacifica 311h)

full arch
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I have the pacifica and can recommend it. The P90 is nice and it feels way more ergonomic than a les paul.

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But the feel is a personal thing, maybe you like a more "substantial" weight

worn sun
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the bocch and the yui?

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ill tell u

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yui's guitar is fun to play on

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kinda

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and i have a pacifica as well

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both are great guitars

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you just mIGHT want to reconsider getting yui's guitar

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no

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itst the other way around

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i have both of the boccher's guitars

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i find myself playing the pacifica way more often then the lp

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my friend got yui's guitar brand new for 100 cheaper than that

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but he got it for a really good deal

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my opinion, get something you actually enjoy

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i find myself wanting to actually get a mustang

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because im disappointed in these two guitars

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but sadly

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azusa's guitar

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is expensive

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and the squire version has a completely different fingerboard and headstock

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basically just find something u like

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instead of buying either one of these

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unless you like them after trying them

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then go for it ig

celest valley
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Either guitar is good so pick whichever you prefer. The pacifica has slightly fancier specs for the price.

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I’d also suggest the Yamaha revstar as well as a balance between both

worn sun
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i looked at it

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kinda ugly

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like a silly shaped double cut lp

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i presume value wise they are amazing?

celest valley
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Stainless steel frets, rosewood fretboard, passive boost, and some pretty good pickups for under £700 here

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There’s also Yamaha’s fit and finish

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You’re telling me you find this ugly?

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Forgot to mention the chambering they did on the body. It helps a lot with the weight.

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It’s fairly advanced as far as chambering goes.

worn sun
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i dont like the shape

bitter summit
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well yamaha is a good deal

solemn tangle
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what kind of music do you wanna play?

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do you like have any bands in mind

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i think they all use LPs for recording, so if you want to get that sound the epiphone would probably get you closer. the pacifica will probably be more comfortable, and overall has much better qc. can you try the guitars?

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well your best bet is definitely to try them, and just see how they feel. a different pacifica model will feel similar, or even another strat model will give you some of the differences in feel. if you're not that confident, you could bring an experienced player with you. as you play more your tastes will change over time as well. i'm sure you know all of the technical differences by now. also, i think you shouldn't worry about the tone too much — both have a bridge humbucker and the other differences can be compensated for with the amp. i recommend the pacifica, but i'm biased cause i have one.

dense basin
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deciding on a guitar based off what was used in recordings is a such a bad metric imo

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if you get any les paul or yamaha or whatever that wasn't the model used originally for the song and has different pickups its not gonna sound the same, getting the same shape i understand

deep falcon
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Why the hell is that 311h so expensive

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I could find one for 200 bucks

dense basin
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new is around 480$

deep falcon
dense basin
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yeah used you can get cheaper but the prices were for newer

dense basin
deep falcon
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imo you should almost always get a used yamaha. Their QC and their long lasting guitars always makes it a good choice to buy used

deep falcon
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Brand new

dense basin
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can you link it

deep falcon
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Hell i found one for 230

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Hold on

dense basin
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also if you buy used its probably gonna have good "qc" cause the person likely fixed the problems anyway

deep falcon
dense basin
deep falcon
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Uhh

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Imma just screenshot

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4.351million idr is 250

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Usd

dense basin
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cooked currency

deep falcon
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very

dense basin
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493 gajillion

deep falcon
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Atleast we got literally half priced Yamahas LMAO

dense basin
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also it makes sense cause its literally made in your country

deep falcon
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Yeah

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I mean holy shit 450 for a 311h is insane to me

dense basin
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funny, in singapore its also the western price, so you just get a discount for living there ig

deep falcon
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Well it ain't that far off

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Can literally see singapore with naked eyes from indonesia

dense basin
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thats what i meant, you would expect them to be the same price because its in the same region and continent but seemingly if its non domestic they just bump it up

deep falcon
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Oh

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Damn

dense basin
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i dont think they save that much in dealing with export so they gotta literally just give you the price cause why not

deep falcon
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Yeah that's horrible

dense basin
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goes to show if they can make a profit at 250$ the guitar must cost like 150$ to make

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the wood is 90% of that cost and the electronics are probably like 10 cents

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not complaining if its quality though but the industry clearly puts whatever price they want on them

deep falcon
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Definitely

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Yamaha is great tho

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But that 450 price is legit Bocchi signature Yamaha price

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Might aswell get that

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Better electronics and quality

dense basin
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i would only have a yamaha if only they made a 24 fret one

deep falcon
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Basically a step up

deep falcon
dense basin
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no, also 22 but even if it did i would want a more traditional body

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only ibanez makes "metal" guitars for normal prices and they have too many qc problems

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i guess cort also but thats in the same boat

deep falcon
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I would say cort is somewhat better tho on QC

dense basin
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i just want a strat style with 2 humbuckers and 24 frets that doesnt have the most appalling dice rolling whenever you unbox it

deep falcon
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On the cheaper stuff atleast

dense basin
deep falcon
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Yeah, but ibanez really just don't offer same price range as cort tho

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More similar to yamaha on their "entry range"

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Yamaha would obviously be ten times better than their funny looking strats

dense basin
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wym ibanez has everything from 200$ to the prestige with 100$ jumps or less in between

dense basin
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for you maybe, cheapest corts are also 200$ here

deep falcon
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Price point in order would be cort-yamaha and ibanez-literally any other famous brand

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Oh yeah, probably just for me

dense basin
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and you said price range, cort is the actual limited one here, they have entry models like kx100 and then immediately goes up to like 500$

deep falcon
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Yeah might be the fact that literally all of those company made their guitar here

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So, it's dirt cheap

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It's a privilege i love

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Fender too, hopefully gibson soon

dense basin
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how much is an ibanez for you

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like rg421

deep falcon
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Lemme check

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Less or more 300usd @dense basin

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320ish

dense basin
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for the mol one?

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or finished body

deep falcon
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This one

dense basin
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well

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the price is still better but not much

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thats 420$ here

deep falcon
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wdym not much that's 100 bucks differences lmao

dense basin
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yeah but on the yamaha its double

deep falcon
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Yeah that's true

dense basin
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how much is a kx300?

deep falcon
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Lemme check

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217 @dense basin

dense basin
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lmao

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shi is like 450$

deep falcon
dense basin
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why dont people just buy them and ship them internationally

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even with 100$ shipping you still make a profit

deep falcon
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Yeah...

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One of my friend bought a lespaul in the US instead of in here

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Because it's literally double the price

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I hope gibson open up some opportunities here in my country tho

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About time people buy gibsons

deep falcon
dense basin
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lmaoo

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double edged sword bro

deep falcon
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Yeah, they beat them by a long shot.

trail grail
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crazy how expensive shit os here

cosmic solar
trail grail
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if trump is the better leader in a conversation yk you fucked up

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also not like were voting him

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he is voting himself lmao

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im not in turkey rn so i can say that

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(otherwise id be in prison)

honest night
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hope you enjoy it

deep falcon
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Looks sick