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Les Paul under $1K? I'll eventually get another Gibson Les Paul; currently have an Epiphone Les Paul Jr. 90, and a Gibson Les Paul Faded Double Cut. I don't really like the looks of the Gibson Les Paul Menace, so which should I go for - Gibson Les Paul Vintage Mahogany, or Gibson Les Paul Faded...

According to the Bigsby web site, a Les Paul Custom should have a B7G, B70G (aluminum version of the B7G) or B12G. I was going to suggest a B5, then I remembered that a Les Paul most folks would picture has a carved top. Here's the link to the suggestions I found...

Thanks for a great tip! I'll likely take both Teles (Squier Fat Tele & MIM Fender Tele) to a tech for the pickup swaps, and other mods. It's bad enough that I never seem to be able to find the time to do it myself, but I also never seem to have the time to get any of my "to mod" guitars to a...

The only Dano I've ever tried was a used baritone that I'd seen seen at the Guitar Center in Indy, but my experience wasn't very good...not because of the guitar, but because I was SO giddy about having found an actual baritone guitar to try, I momentarily forgot how to play. :p Had I had my...

I have 3 Squiers (Affinity P-bass, Fat Telecaster, Bullet Special), and 4 Epiphones (PR100, PR350-12E, Les Paul Jr. 90, EB3 SG Bass), and I don't have any complaints with any of 'em, save for the action being a tad too high on the 12-string. The only real difference between the Epiphone EB3 SG...

I've played an electric double bass through an Ampeg B100R, at the now defunct Mars Music (Sam Ash is there, now), in Indianapolis. Don't know what brand the electric double bass was, but it sounded just fine to me...blew away a couple of kids, who upon hearing "Money" being played, stopped...

Haven't yet had a chance to try either. For what they cost, I'm not gonna take any chances, so I'll try as many examples of each that I can get my hands on. I won't rule out other brands, such as Gretsch. Matt

Number 17 I added two weeks ago. Used Peavey JF2 EX (gold sparkle top/semi-hollow, 2 mini humbuckers, 2 volume & tone controls, 3-way switching and Bigsby vibrato) that I'd tried out when it was new. The previous owner decided he wanted something different, as well as more expensive, and had...

Although my current collection numbers 17 (guitars & basses, electrics & acoustics), the ones I find myself gravitating to most often, as I gear up to start recording are: guitar 1 - leads & rhythms = Gibson Les Paul Faded Double Cut, Peavey JF2 EX, Epiphone Les Paul Jr. 90 and Fender So Cal...

For me, the most desirable Squier would be the one (or two or three, in my case) that feels, plays and sounds good on the "test drive." Even if you're just looking for a "blank canvas," to do some experimentation aimed at finding your own "Tele sound" or "Strat sound," it still comes down to how...

I just bought an MR-8mkII, and am basically planning what you've just mentioned. I've just got to decide which one of my two Wintel boxes I want to setup as my DAW, install something like Sony Acid Pro, and go from there. I also own a Line 6 Guitar POD 2.0, and Line 6 Bass POD, so quite a bit of...

One that I forgot to mention, and is also part of my collection, is the Ibanez JTK2 Jet King. 2 humbuckers, 2 volume and tone controls, 3-way switching and both pickups are coil tapped via rocker switches below the neck pickup. This one is also a versatile guitar, for being able to play it (in...

Another one to try is the Gibson Les Paul Faded Double Cut. I can say, as an owner of one, that it's quire a versatile guitar that can handle country, rockabilly, surf and hard rock/heavy metal. I've tried the Gibson SG Classic, as well, and its tone is a bit beefier and darker than the Les Paul...

Back in November, I'd tried one at a semi-local music store, and was sufficiently impressed by its potential for rockabilly and surfabilly. Nearly a year later, I'm at the store to inquire about pickups, and there it is with the used guitars. Turns out, the guy that had bought it decided he...

So I should convince myself that purple's not a bad color for a guitar, have a G.A.S. attack, and go buy it...especially for $175.00? I mean, the damned thing QUACKED, when I was test driving it...the only guitar I've ever heard "quack" has been a Stratocaster/Strat knock-off. Matt

A local store has a Gretsch guitar having only a mini humbucker at the bridge, with a volume and tone control. It says Syncromatic at the top of the headstock, with the Gretsch logo on the truss rod cover, pickguard and pickup cover. The body is a single cut slab (a la Tele/some Les Pauls), and...

I only posted what I'd heard. Never did bother to find out if it was true, or not, as I didn't have a 12-string at the time. From what I've read in other posts, however, I may need to restring my Epiphone PR350-12E with light gauge strings, to see if that solves the "need slip-joint pliers to...

I've heard that the root strings are tuned standard E to E, while the octave strings are tuned one note down. But, as everybody else has pointed out, it really depends on what type of strings are used. Matt

I have three Squiers - Affinity P-bass, Fat Telecaster and Bullet Special. I also have a Fender Standard Precision Bass, and a Fender So Cal Speed Shop Strat. The Squier bass can actually hold its own against the Fender, and it's highly likely I'll end up swapping the same kind of split-pickup...

For the people that continually scream "BUY AMERICAN," I ask them - Are you going to help me out with the money necessary to do so? Probably not. For that reason, I'll buy what I can afford, and tweak as needed. Matt