The Cars guitarist says that Epiphones and Squiers can “sound very close” to expensive guitars “with a good setup”
Got a budget to stick to? Well it’s a good thing you don’t need to break the bank to get a great-sounding guitar, at least according to The Cars guitarist Elliot Easton.
Speaking in a new interview with Guitarist, the musician explains how modestly priced guitars can punch well above their weight with a “good setup” and why players should buy the best instrument they can afford, regardless of the brand on the headstock.
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“We live in a time when there are more great guitars available to us at lower prices than there ever were when I was a kid,” he says.
“The Epiphone and Squier guitars that you can get now, with a good setup, will play great and sound very close to more expensive versions.
“So buy based on your budget, and buy the best one you can get because you won’t grow out of it and get tired of it. You’ll always play it and it’ll always be good.”
As Easton puts it, you could own the most expensive guitar out there, but it won’t do you much good without a proper setup.
“Even the most expensive guitars are only as good as their setup. That’s my feeling,” he says.
Offered a choice between a really good guitar and a cheap amp, or vice versa, the musician says: “That depends on the situation. I’ve got a ton of really good guitars and some great amps, too.
“If the situation is that I’m somewhere and I have to make a choice… well, it’s a hypothetical question!”
“I can certainly say the passion I have for guitars is not the same for amps,” Easton adds. “I love great amps, but I don’t know what ‘rectifier’ or ‘tube’ is in that one or this one. I’m not an amp geek in that way.”
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