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View Poll Results: Which do you suggest?
Fender Standard Stratocaster 29 52.73%
Fender Standard Telecaster 10 18.18%
Epiphone SG 6 10.91%
Epiphone Standard Les Paul 10 18.18%
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Guitars??? sorry ^^

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I know its a bass forum but I play a little of both and just curious on this guitar dilemma
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You'll find that there are many TBers that play both.
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Guitars??? sorry ^^

I know its a bass forum but I play a little of both and just curious on this guitar dilemma

By the way I play all types of rock except that emo stuff, mostly hard rock, metal

Would put Gibson instead of Epiphone but that price just booms >.< trying to keep it within 300-500
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there are a lot of TB'ers that are talented at many instruments...I have seen quite an impressive range of instruments being played on TB
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Yup. Guitars are ok, but it just seems everyone plays em today.

I guess I could say the same thing for violin...chose viola (and later DB) over it just because treble is definately not my forte.
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I know its a bass forum but I play a little of both and just curious on this guitar dilemma
I don't get it. What's the dilemma?

Oh, and I play guitar too.
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I play both electric guitar and bass guitar. I think the two compliment each other very well. Definitately a bonus when writing songs.

Prefer bass over guitar any day.

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Old 05-28-2006, 08:37 PM
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oops, meant to make this into the poll but its accidentally 2 different threads, so yeah....check out the poll thread with same name
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Old 05-28-2006, 08:41 PM
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I see.

Ok, they're merged...and music related, so they're going to Miscellaneous.
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I like tele's myself.
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Old 05-28-2006, 08:59 PM
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They are all good choices, but I'm a strat man myself. It's a good all around instrument. Same with the Les Paul or Tele.
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Old 05-28-2006, 09:02 PM
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If you're playing hard rock or metal, than a Strat or Tele's single coil pups probably won't give you a sound you like. They don't drive distortion pedals or amps anywhere near as well as humbuckers. I vote Epi Les Paul. The SGs don't weigh enough to feel right to my bass-playing side--they feel like I've got styrofoam around my neck rather than an instrument.
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Old 05-28-2006, 09:52 PM
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I would highly suggest one of these (Squier Chambered Tele):

http://www.americanmusical.com/item-...40200-506.html

I've played these guitars, and they blow away Fender Standards (MIM) and the Epiphone Les Paul/SG offerings (IMO, obviously).

They are kind of a Gibson/Fender hybrid with the Tele shape, but with the full size humbucking pickups and 24.75" scale.

Jump on this deal while American Musical still has them at this price. I have had to stop my self from buying one myself, as I'm paying off some recent bass gear purchases...
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Dependingon the music? I like the strat or the LP.. I have a similar thread going *L*
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I like MIM strats over epi LP's.
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I vote the epi, I have one, I like it.
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I vote for 'all of the above'. I have a MIJ strat that I have modded fairly extensively over the years. I also have a MIK Hamer studio that now has WCR pickups and TonePros hardware. It's a Les Paul slayer, now.

And I play my Taylor 12-string more than I play my bass now.
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I suggest taking an Agile Guitar over an Epi. Man, the finish is absolutely stunning, came set up pretty well, and only cost me $200 for a spalted maple top.
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Old 05-28-2006, 10:33 PM
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honestly, i wouldnt get either of those, i find companies like fender and epiphone over rated, i recently got a single cutaway, chambered, yamaha, which may not have the "coolness" factor that PRS, Fender, and other big names have achieved over the years, but i can honestly say that it plays and sounds equal to many many guitars worth up to 2 times the price.
( http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.as...storycode=4372 ) theres a guitar player review on it.
I also think esp makes good guitars for the money too, but they still arnt nearly as versitile as my yamaha aes620.
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Old 05-28-2006, 11:12 PM
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I've got an Ibanez Artist series myself, but of the ones listed on your poll, I'd get a Strat. Then again, it's all up to you. What sort of sound and feel are you looking to get?
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