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Sorry about the title, lord of the rings fan here.
I haven't been around these forums for a while, it's a long story.
Some changes in my life mean I don't need a whole host of guitars and ultimately I want 1 guitar that can do everything.
If you could only have one guitar, what would it be and why?
I can't believe I'm saying this because I'm a diehard Les Paul guy but to be honest I think the one guitar that can do it all is the Fender Strat. If it has a humbucker in the bride and with that 5 way switch its capable of almost anything.
For me it's my JB les Paul. It may be the Epi but it is a superb guitar, maybe I'm lucky but it's the nicest guitar I have ever played. Even my pro set up guy thinks it is a beaut. 
I think I'd go with this. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ … ric-guitar I'm totally not into modeling at all, but this gives you 2 single coil pickups and a humbucker for traditional guitar sounds, it is capable of modeling 28 other guitars including acoustic guitars and 12 string guitars, and 12 alternate tunings with the turn of a dial. And your strings never change pitch but the computer changes the pitch of the strings. Plus its a nice manufacturer building the guitars James Tyler which makes some pretty high end instruments. The guitar has a USB interface so you can upgrade the guitar with different sounds when they are available. This a multiple channel amp I think this would be very tough to beat. That being said I'm not selling my Strats, Telecasters, and Les Pauls yet.
For everyday use - Gretsch White Falcon.
I don't own one but I do own an acoustic, a strat, an LP and a Korean Gretsch and the gretsch plays like a dream and can do pretty much everything the others can do all rolled into one.
I have been massively impressed with it considering it was bought to stay at my in-laws so they don't drive me mad!
If I played on stage at huge volumes I might change my mind - but then I'd be allowed more than one guitar.
Watch Jeff Beck. 
A guitar is whatever you want it to be. It should be your voice. An amazing, tactile instrument if there ever was one...
Watch Jeff Beck.
A guitar is whatever you want it to be. It should be your voice. An amazing, tactile instrument if there ever was one...
Exactly. Feel and voice are key.
DaveWammbarro wrote:Watch Jeff Beck.
A guitar is whatever you want it to be. It should be your voice. An amazing, tactile instrument if there ever was one...
Exactly. Feel and voice are key.
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+1 Jeff is the "Strat-man"
Wait a minute guys! Are you saying he needs to play like Jeff Beck? There may not be many people in the world who could play that way. I'm not to hot on his style but he is one of the greatest to play the guitar. Please don't tell him he has to play like Beck.
Wait a minute guys! Are you saying he needs to play like Jeff Beck? There may not be many people in the world who could play that way. I'm not to hot on his style but he is one of the greatest to play the guitar. Please don't tell him he has to play like Beck.
I'm not saying that...
I just think a guitar is what you make of it.
If you are in a band that does everything...then that is cool to get your Variax and your Axe-Fx...
A guitar usually finds you...and when it does...it should not matter whether it fits the conventions or not...you should be happy with the feel and sound regardless...and to a point...by playing and putting hard work into the guitar, coax all manner of sounds that mean something to you.
I just threw JBeck in there, because I just think of him as a player of guitar...not a Strat man. I just enjoy the sounds....sorry if this comes across badly.
Guitars are fantastic things.
Only time that has happened to me was my Sunburst Strat. I love that guitar but the single coil sound can be limiting when you don't use pedals. As much as I love the guitar it just doesn't fit. So I play some Gibson guitars which have the crunch tone I want, but I find when I play drop D or other tunings the strings don't intonenate as good as when they were standard tuning. I feel like it sounds out of tune even though its not. My strats do better. What is a guy to do?Drop a humbucker in his bridge and be done with it! Best of both worlds!
ACF wrote:Wait a minute guys! Are you saying he needs to play like Jeff Beck? There may not be many people in the world who could play that way. I'm not to hot on his style but he is one of the greatest to play the guitar. Please don't tell him he has to play like Beck.
I'm not saying that...
I just think a guitar is what you make of it.
If you are in a band that does everything...then that is cool to get your Variax and your Axe-Fx...
A guitar usually finds you...and when it does...it should not matter whether it fits the conventions or not...you should be happy with the feel and sound regardless...and to a point...by playing and putting hard work into the guitar, coax all manner of sounds that mean something to you.I just threw JBeck in there, because I just think of him as a player of guitar...not a Strat man. I just enjoy the sounds....sorry if this comes across badly.
Guitars are fantastic things.
I like the look of the following
PRS 513
PRS 408
Steve Morse Music Man
Suhr Guthrie Govan
Variax
If your Variax gets stolen it would at least be cheaper to replace then ANY of the other guitars. It soundds like your leaning more towards good old analog humbucking pickups though. Out of this list I vote for the Suhr guthrie Govan because I used to get a british mag call Guitar Techniques and he was my favorite instructor in there. I'm a fan I guess you could say.
I like the look of the following
PRS 513
PRS 408
Steve Morse Music Man
Suhr Guthrie Govan
Variax
ACF wrote:Wait a minute guys! Are you saying he needs to play like Jeff Beck? There may not be many people in the world who could play that way. I'm not to hot on his style but he is one of the greatest to play the guitar. Please don't tell him he has to play like Beck.
I'm not saying that...
I just think a guitar is what you make of it.
If you are in a band that does everything...then that is cool to get your Variax and your Axe-Fx...
A guitar usually finds you...and when it does...it should not matter whether it fits the conventions or not...you should be happy with the feel and sound regardless...and to a point...by playing and putting hard work into the guitar, coax all manner of sounds that mean something to you.I just threw JBeck in there, because I just think of him as a player of guitar...not a Strat man. I just enjoy the sounds....sorry if this comes across badly.
Guitars are fantastic things.
This
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0euR6KxzcH4
Could always deck my tele out with these. Stick a strat pickup in between them and I'd had a pretty good machine.
Would be the cheapest option too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0euR6KxzcH4
Could always deck my tele out with these. Stick a strat pickup in between them and I'd had a pretty good machine.
Would be the cheapest option too.
Those are pretty ugly pups but they do have a lot of range - they just need plain covers!
No one guitar can do it all. Ya gotta use the right tool for the right job.
Fuzzblues wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0euR6KxzcH4
Could always deck my tele out with these. Stick a strat pickup in between them and I'd had a pretty good machine.
Would be the cheapest option too.
Those are pretty ugly pups but they do have a lot of range - they just need plain covers!
They are ugly but they sound good in that Tele. Jim Root tele is well spec'd too. That could be an option. I agree spiderman there ins't one guitar that can do it all. The closest is the Variax but that is ugly too.
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