Big Wooden Plank of Kick-Assery

If the title perplexes you (and I'm quite sure it does), I've finally gotten myself an electric guitar.......

Here it is..... Looks badass doesn't it?


Dean Razorback V Standard Edition


......Or thats what I would have bought if it didn't hit me that since I've never touched a guitar and therefore can't play for fucks, it'd be utterly moronic toting a RM3000 guitar if the only sound I could produce from it was a blaring cacophony which sounds worse than two cats making out(Yes, I've heard it before and it ain't pleasant). No point owning a bad ass guitar when you play like an ass.

So I settled for a cheaper alternative. but one which still looked bad ass anyway (In actual fact I had little choice as left handed guitars are hard to come by, damn you discriminating right handed manufacturers......).

Here's how my BWPoKA looks like.....


Ibanez GRG170DX

I really wanted to be able to espouse on all the fine details of the guitar in all its technical glory, budden I know jackshit on this kinda matter. Dunno a fucking thing bout guitar jargon like pickups, floyd rose locking tremolo, hammer-on, and bla bla bla..... Something I hope will change when I learn to play the thing......

So for now, I'll just post pics of my axe. Behold my Big Wooden Plank of Kick-Assery in all its left-handed glory......










here are the specs if they make sense to you...

Neck: GRG neck
NeckType: GRG
Body: Basswood body
Frets: Medium frets
Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood
Inlay: Sharktooth
Bridge: FAT 10 bridge
NeckPU: PSND1 neck pu
BridgePU: PSNDS mid pu
MiddlePU: PSND2 bridge pu
HWcolor: CH

I bought it from The Guitar Store opposite Cheras Leisure Mall for RM850. Which isn't that pricey but I'm still pissed coz the right handed one costs slightly less than RM700. Damn you guitar manufacturers and your bias against southpaws. Isn't it enough that you've caused us enough inconvenience already by limiting the production of left handed models? And then you had to rub salt into our wounds by charging a higher fee for it under the pretense that it costs more to make our models as the demand is low when you're really just pissed that we were born left handed and couldn't bother to learn to play right handed, causing you the annoyance of having to manufacture an inverted model. Screw you and your anti-lefthand propaganda.....

Haha, I'm just ranting.....

What I like about this budget guitar is that its aimed at noobs like me, who don't want to look like fucktards carrying RM3000 guitars when we can't even so much as play a note, and at the same time not compromise on quality too much by buying a cheap ass guitar.

According to wiki:

"The Ibanez GIO Series is a budget guitar series produced by Hoshino Gakki (Ibanez), replacing the Cimar line. This series was introduced to compete with the budget guitars like Fender's Squier and Gibson's Epiphone. However, unlike many other budget guitars, the GIO range is treated merely as another series (instead of a different company) of guitar, and still packed a punch visually and tone-wise; difference from the normal range mainly stem from generally a lack of a seal of inspection, as many of the GIO series came from the same factory that made Ibanez's normal range of guitars.It is an entry level guitar intended for students. These guitars are probably the best quality entry guitar on the market and are offered at unbeatable prices ."

To make the long story short, unlike other companies like Fender and Gibson, the budget guitar doesn't suck so much in comparison to more expensive models...

It's even stated on the Ibanez official site:

"You deserve better. That’s why, whether you’re a beginner, on a budget, or a working stiff looking for a good backup axe, you shouldn’t settle for some famous name’s second line guitar that isn’t good enough for them to put their famous name on. Ibanez GRG and GRX guitars feature the same warranty and set-up standards as our most expensive instruments. Which explains why we proudly put the name “Ibanez” (not “by Ibanez”) on the headstock."

All in all, I'm pretty satisfied with my new axe (minus the slight annoyance at having to pay more for exactly the same model), at least until my guitar skills develops sufficiently to befit a better guitar like the afore-mentioned Dean Razorback V.

Oh, and I bought an amp as well(duh!), which costs RM430.


Smarvo GX25 40W

And I know that the term BWPoKA is pathetically lame. Cut me some slack here, I'm just trying to be funny damnit......