Guitar of choice? (Page 5 of 6)

Here are my girls. I just top wrapped the LP today and notice a difference in the way the neck feels. We have two separate gigs tomorrow, afternoon and evening, so I'll see if there's any difference in tone.

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I've been thru a bunch of guitars over the years. I've been playing for 35 years.  I had a real nice '68 sunburst Gibson Les Paul that I got from a family friend as a teenager.  Traded it and two USA Eric Clapton Strats for a '63 Fender Strat and two '69 Fender Strats.  Over the years, I sold the two '69s and last year I sold the '63.  Made serious coin from it, even tho it was beat, it was all original.  Used the proceeds to replace all the windows and doors and siding on my house, and had $$ left to buy myself a Jeep Wrangler TJ and two Dean Icons (like PRS's with trems) a Dean Hardtail and just recently, a Dean Soltero.  I also have a USA Fender '62 reissue Strat, and a fiesta red relic Strat that I built with ebay parts.

  Been thru the gamut amps-wise as well, but I sold all my old '60's Fender Bassman amps, my MacIntyre Bluesmaker and my SLM/usa Crate VFX-5212 combos and went with a Line 6 set-up.  I tried the Vetta and Flextone3 and the podxtlive, but settled on the old school pod pro rack preamp, as it had less bells and whistles to distract me.  I don't think the models sound exactly like the originals, but the versatility was my goal.  I run thru a dual 15 band rack EQ, into an ADA Bipolar 200s stereo poweramp, into 4 cabinets.  I run this direct from the line outs to the P.A. and the cabs are mostly for show and stage volume, but I am not the volume monger I was in the 80's  I use a ton of stompboxes with this pod pro, including a Budda Phatman pedal, Bud-Wah, Fulldrive two mosfet, Pinnacle II, fuzzes, univibe, octave and BOSS DD3-delay, along with the original Line 6 controller floorboard.  Probably insane at this point, but I was tired of the tube amp hassle and never being able to crank those tube amps up to hit the sweet spot.  I  mostly use the fender models on the podpro and flavour with my stompies, this get's my sound reliably at most volumes.  I am currently loading some new patches for a recording project this winter and playing around with the Marshall models.  The '62 reissue strat is getting most of my attention lately, tho I must admit to being smitten with the new necks on the new Gibson Les Paul Standards.  Should've kept the '68 Les Paul, imagine what it would be worth now...  If I was to get back into a tube amp, most certainally I would look real seriously at a Budda Superdrive 30 or 45.  Thru all the gear swapping, I think I came out ahead in the long run, at least I know my house is worth much more NOW!  ...And the wife is happy!  Ha ha ha!

My favorite is my American Series 3 tone Sunburst Stratocaster.  I went to Mars Music (no longer around) in search of a nice gutiar amp (which I'm still looking for) I decided to pickup the sunburst because I thought it looked like the guitar Eric Clapton played in Derek and the Domino's.  At the time it sounded great to me, and it played better then anything I had at the time.  Its my work horse and even if I change my mind from week to week on what to play I would still tell you that 7 year old stratocaster is cream of the crop!

Patty if your in Iowa keep an eye out for a kid named Peter Manesis, he plays with a group called the bone people.  He's a great melodic player with amazing speed. he's been described as playing like a melodic humming bird in heat! I lived with his sister (satan!) many years ago and got to listen to him develop as a player.  You'll enjoy hearing him.

Mine is a 2008 R8 Plain Top

Mickeyfinn I think it would break my heart to have to sell one of my guitars :x I guess where needs must eh

I just want to add my Fender American Series Stratocaster.  Its a 3 tone sunburst on an Ash body.  The guitar is basically stock other then the GFS pickups.  The original pickups sounded thin in that Ash body.  I have the 60's Extra Hot GFS Pickups in it.  It sounds good distorted, but my personal favorite sound right now with it is a clean tube sound.  I have a Epiphone Valve JR head and for distortion sounds will attach a small speaker to it.  I also have a 12 for normal volume levels but right now I'm just playing in my basement so its not important to play loud.  I got 2 kids with a 3rd on the way so I gotta be quite.

Nope! Guitar Village have got one in at the moment. They're just over an hour from you I'd guess.