I've recently joined a band with two other friends, and we've been doing great! We have a Lead Guitarist (me), a Bassist, Rhythm Guitarist, Keyboard Player, and Drummer. We share a lot of the same interests and love to play the same type of music and listen to the same type of music as well. All of us except one person, the Rhythm Guitarist, who is also a good friend of mine. He just doesnt share the same interest and his equipment sounds horrible. Sometimes he just tunes out. He has a Fender Squier Starcaster with messed pickups (worse than usual), bad fretwork, bad electronics, and a mediocre Acoustic Lead Series 30 watt amp. We've tried to convince him to buy a new guitar as it sounds very bad compared to mine and you can really hear the difference (I have a Squier Hot Rails Stratocaster with a Mustang III 100 Watt amp) but says he cant and doesn't give any effort to convince his parents. I do not want to be any more rude to him, already asking if he can get a new guitar, so I was wondering if you guys know of anyway to tell him to leave or have any other positive outcome.
Thanks,
Hyper27

....if he sucks tell him nicely that he sucks. and if he doesn't want to do anything about it. go find somebody else.....you think you have band troubles, I have no band!I gotta do everything myself!