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TB'ers. what guitars do you like?
- Thread starter anavar
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Though I don´t like guitars, and also I don´t know how to play the guitar. It´s funny that everybody thinks that I can play it and when I tell them I don´t....love the look on their faces.
But, the only guitar that I can stand the looks and the tone is the Strat. I think it´s a great design. Leo nailed it from the start.
But, the only guitar that I can stand the looks and the tone is the Strat. I think it´s a great design. Leo nailed it from the start.
The closest thing to a guitar that I have and may ever have is a Squier VI which could be considered a deep baritone member of the Jazzmaster/Jaguar family. If I were going to own a guitar proper, it would probably be a Telecaster. Maybe the Blacktop Baritone if they still make it....
I've never muched like Gibson basses, but I'd definitely consider a Gibson electric. And I agree on Ibanez, I have an SR300 as one of my two basses, but I wouldn't bother with their electrics. I do have an Epiphone LP that I quite like, if I upgrade later it may be to a Gibson. Though Eastwood makes some really wicked and unusual stuff, if I ever added a second electric (though I don't think my wife would approve) it might be one of theirs.
And yes, a lot of companies that make both basses and electrics are better at one than the other. This is true of many companies that make more than one product in any industry.
I play guitars live when not playing my basses (Spector Jazz, Fender P), 2004 Metallic green Fender Stratocastor double humbuckers and a very old acoustic Washburn-OscarSchmidt, very warm tones. I tried for a while playing a Jay Turser LesPaul knock off but I didn't like the dark tone and boat anchor weight. I love the Fender tone, a sweet blend.
Telecaster: Maybe it doesn't have the perceived versatility as a Strat, but Telecasters do what they do SO WELL. I don't own one yet, but I plan on making it my next electric guitar purchase - when the time comes. 
Les Paul: My oldest son has one, plays and sounds great, but I still prefer Fender specimens.
Washburns: My acoustic guitar "go to" brand. I have three, a "nice" absolutely killer 2001 D10S I bought brand new and primarily keep at the house, a 2008 "beater" (but a great player) D10S that I keep at our rehearsal space, and one of those little Rover travel guitars I usually leave at work and also occasionally break out for busking since it's such a great attention getter.
Interesting thread, makes me realize I own more guitars than basses.
Les Paul: My oldest son has one, plays and sounds great, but I still prefer Fender specimens.
Washburns: My acoustic guitar "go to" brand. I have three, a "nice" absolutely killer 2001 D10S I bought brand new and primarily keep at the house, a 2008 "beater" (but a great player) D10S that I keep at our rehearsal space, and one of those little Rover travel guitars I usually leave at work and also occasionally break out for busking since it's such a great attention getter.
Interesting thread, makes me realize I own more guitars than basses.
I'm a bit funny with guitars (and basses too for that matter). I'm not always so conservative but I invariably go for iconic breeds, especially with guitars. It's the sound that I'm after, not so much the brand - only because cost is prohibitive - I can't justify the luxury and here in Asia, we have our hotshot makers too - they do a ripper Les for a good deal less. Gotta be practical.
Beyond the realms of childhood, and a couple early Fender knock-offs, I took to the mighty Les Paul - glad I did too. No regrets. Tastes do change but I haven't given up on lesters yet - doubt that I ever will
Not forgetting that unmistakable tone for a second, I also love the classic look and the feel, the weight, and the Gibson scale - I love the carved top especially and the old set of Seymour Duncans equally, JB Jazz, that came with the first one - recently though, I discovered, first hand, the freakish power of a good set of P90s and I heartily recommend that incarnation too. Legendary tone!
Strats are in the picture too, without question - hard-tails are fine - mine's a home-spun, woodblock wedge hard-tail, on a rusty ol' standard bridge. And then I have two that are mostly standard and one that has a Gibson scale - the tone's still surprisingly 'strat.' Nice twist!
Most recent addition is a little tele - brilliant guitar - close to stock - Basscliff's redoubtable axeman, Art, probably pushed me over the edge, bless 'im, but I was already teetering, well and truly - all the jazz freaks swear by teles, for a good solid jazz tone - this is true enough too, I discover - and then there's that tell-tale twang.
They're pretty versatile though and they're no nonsense, ta boot. No mistake. But, don't write off strats either - one extraordinarily versatile weapon in its own right. And, jazz is also totally in the mighty strat's repertoire.
Exhibit A: have a little look at this,
I rest my road-case.
I actually have one of them there li'l wino combos too. Just dandy!
Acoustics - I'm decidedly a bit of a Gibson fan - ranging from an L00 out to medium jumbos, a twelve-string dreadnaught, and a honey-blonde jazz box - they're all in a Gibson vein. All equally beautiful.
I don't play favorites but, at the moment, the tele's sitting pretty on the stand with the L00 keeping a watchful eye on things.
I clearly do have a serious problem… but it's such a nice problem to have.
Beyond the realms of childhood, and a couple early Fender knock-offs, I took to the mighty Les Paul - glad I did too. No regrets. Tastes do change but I haven't given up on lesters yet - doubt that I ever will
Not forgetting that unmistakable tone for a second, I also love the classic look and the feel, the weight, and the Gibson scale - I love the carved top especially and the old set of Seymour Duncans equally, JB Jazz, that came with the first one - recently though, I discovered, first hand, the freakish power of a good set of P90s and I heartily recommend that incarnation too. Legendary tone!
Strats are in the picture too, without question - hard-tails are fine - mine's a home-spun, woodblock wedge hard-tail, on a rusty ol' standard bridge. And then I have two that are mostly standard and one that has a Gibson scale - the tone's still surprisingly 'strat.' Nice twist!
Most recent addition is a little tele - brilliant guitar - close to stock - Basscliff's redoubtable axeman, Art, probably pushed me over the edge, bless 'im, but I was already teetering, well and truly - all the jazz freaks swear by teles, for a good solid jazz tone - this is true enough too, I discover - and then there's that tell-tale twang.
They're pretty versatile though and they're no nonsense, ta boot. No mistake. But, don't write off strats either - one extraordinarily versatile weapon in its own right. And, jazz is also totally in the mighty strat's repertoire.
Exhibit A: have a little look at this,
I rest my road-case.
I actually have one of them there li'l wino combos too. Just dandy!
Acoustics - I'm decidedly a bit of a Gibson fan - ranging from an L00 out to medium jumbos, a twelve-string dreadnaught, and a honey-blonde jazz box - they're all in a Gibson vein.
All equally beautiful.I don't play favorites but, at the moment, the tele's sitting pretty on the stand with the L00 keeping a watchful eye on things.
I clearly do have a serious problem… but it's such a nice problem to have.
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From an overall quality standpoint, my Squier Vintage Modified Strat is my favorite six-string. I also like the Epiphone Les Paul platform, though the nuts and tuners are the weak points there. I have an Epi Les Paul Jr. with a GFS Mean 90 pickup that sounds great overdriven. It's about to get some Grover locking Rotomatics.
The most ridiculous example of my tendency to buy cheap and modify is this Harmony 02814 -- a $60 pawn shop plywood cheap-o, retrofitted with a $130 Lollar Broiler pickup. I did it just to be perverse -- but since the neck is actually quite good, it works for me. The Broiler tone is not exactly as 1964 as I had hoped it would be for that kind of wampum, but it is a bright, articulate pickup. (Peavey Classic 50 410 also shown -- a great workingman's tube amp.)
The most ridiculous example of my tendency to buy cheap and modify is this Harmony 02814 -- a $60 pawn shop plywood cheap-o, retrofitted with a $130 Lollar Broiler pickup. I did it just to be perverse -- but since the neck is actually quite good, it works for me. The Broiler tone is not exactly as 1964 as I had hoped it would be for that kind of wampum, but it is a bright, articulate pickup. (Peavey Classic 50 410 also shown -- a great workingman's tube amp.)
My Steinberger electric is why I bought a Synapse bass - and then another one.
I have a mid-60's Yamaha acoustic 12-string and a newer Ovation 6 -- but Nathan East notwithstanding I can't see owning either a Yamaha nor Ovation bass.
I had a Strat once upon a time and liked it, but never owned a Fender bass.
If I were looking to buy another electric, Roscoe is at the top of the short list.
Matching big-6 and little-6, ya know...
I have a mid-60's Yamaha acoustic 12-string and a newer Ovation 6 -- but Nathan East notwithstanding I can't see owning either a Yamaha nor Ovation bass.
I had a Strat once upon a time and liked it, but never owned a Fender bass.
If I were looking to buy another electric, Roscoe is at the top of the short list.
Matching big-6 and little-6, ya know...
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Gaolee
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For the time being, I have a Loar 309 archtop that is a Chinese made clone of a 1930s Gibson, and the Zombiecaster, which started life as a 1985 or 1986 Squire Contemporary Bullet HST (yeah, that's really what they called it when it was new.) The guitar that's in progress is a Firebird shaped Tele with a baseball bat USACG neck and Lollar pickups. It needs finishing and assembly, which means it might turn into a guitar sometime before the end of this century at the rate I get things done.
