Electric guitar advice

[ggunn]

Gibson or Fender? But you want to play a lot of genres of music? If you get a Fender you'll want a Humbucker in the bridge position.

Not me. Humbuckers on a Strat is heresy, IMO. I get plenty of tonal variety from three single coil p'ups and a 5 position switch.

 

[Creamyapples1]

Not me. Humbuckers on a Strat is heresy, IMO. I get plenty of tonal variety from three single coil p'ups and a 5 position switch.

I'll second that. If I want humbuckers I'll pick up teh Ibanez.

 

[Micter]

Not me. Humbuckers on a Strat is heresy, IMO. I get plenty of tonal variety from three single coil p'ups and a 5 position switch.

Well, to each his own but a humbucker in the bridge adds something to the mix that 3 single coils can't. Also a coil tapped humbucker can get a decent single coil sound so in effect you get the best of both worlds. Personally I don't like a single coil in the bridge position very often, blues being the exception.

 

[ggunn]

Well, to each his own but a humbucker in the bridge adds something to the mix that 3 single coils can't. Also a coil tapped humbucker can get a decent single coil sound so in effect you get the best of both worlds. Personally I don't like a single coil in the bridge position very often, blues being the exception.

I live in position 2 (bridge and middle) a great deal of the time, and the (admittedly) few Strats I have played that had a bridge humbucker (tapped or no) just didn't get the glassy chime (some call it "quack", but it doesn't sound like a duck to me) in the #2 position that a standard Strat gets. As you say, to each his own, but to me, a Strat with humbuckers just ain't a Strat. IMO, it's a case of building something to fill two roles that ends up filling neither very well.

 

[cello_pudding]

i really really really like my epiphone sheraton (like an es335 gibson). its a semihollow, so i don't know if you're into that, but i've seen them on tv playing blues, rock, and they most definitely will play jazz. wonderful clean sound and unique distorted sound.

they are the higher end of epiphone, though epiphones aren't that lame of a brand anyways. you can get one for 600 i think. i got mine off ebay for 350 with a case. BEST BUY i've ever done guitarwise yet i think.

i like the sheraton's look over the gibson's anyday. tone is very close.

https://img169.imageshack.us/img169/8784/sherrysv7.jpg

 

[dave.....]

3 pup strat

my strat wouldnt be a strat w/ out the 3 pups.... if i want a humbucker [and i usualy do] ill pick up a les paul witch i normaly do.. but when i want strat tone i want that quack only a 3 single coil strat can truley do.....

 

[Micter]

I live in position 2 (bridge and middle) a great deal of the time, and the (admittedly) few Strats I have played that had a bridge humbucker (tapped or no) just didn't get the glassy chime (some call it "quack", but it doesn't sound like a duck to me) in the #2 position that a standard Strat gets. As you say, to each his own, but to me, a Strat with humbuckers just ain't a Strat. IMO, it's a case of building something to fill two roles that ends up filling neither very well.

I have an ESP Custom shop Strat with a SD Lil 59 in it that sounds absolutely awesome. Guitar players hear it and want it. Again it's a matter of to each his own but I wouldn't trade that Strat for anything. It does everything I want a guitar to do. Of all my guitars (which is a lot) I only have one that I would play ahead of it and that is my 2000 Gibson 67ri Flying V (I have 2 other Gibson V's) It is most likely a style of music thing. I have to cover a lot of styles (Blues, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Metal, etc.) Without the bucker in the bridge I would be swapping guitars after every other song. Experience in playing many different styles of music for 32+ years has shown me that leaving an option out of the equasion isn't good for me.

 

[TelePaul]

okay i have a problem with this; i spend time trying to give a balanced view of electric guitars and some c$*t neg reps me. Doesn't sign, doesn't say why, just does it. whats this about?

 

[ggunn]

I have an ESP Custom shop Strat with a SD Lil 59 in it that sounds absolutely awesome. Guitar players hear it and want it. Again it's a matter of to each his own but I wouldn't trade that Strat for anything. It does everything I want a guitar to do. Of all my guitars (which is a lot) I only have one that I would play ahead of it and that is my 2000 Gibson 67ri Flying V (I have 2 other Gibson V's) It is most likely a style of music thing. I have to cover a lot of styles (Blues, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Metal, etc.) Without the bucker in the bridge I would be swapping guitars after every other song. Experience in playing many different styles of music for 32+ years has shown me that leaving an option out of the equasion isn't good for me.

Let's see, I started playing guitar when I was 13 and I'm nearly 57 now.... cipher, cipher.... ;^)

Anyway, I have a '61 Strat that I wouldn't trade for any guitar I've ever seen, not even yours. If I want that Les Paul sound, well, I've got one of those, too. I can swap guitars in about 7 seconds.

Different strokes for different folks, as they say, or at least they used to... anybody seen my Geritol? ;^)

Peace,

 

[Micter]

okay i have a problem with this; i spend time trying to give a balanced view of electric guitars and some c$*t neg reps me. Doesn't sign, doesn't say why, just does it. whats this about?

Now I evened you up. But who cares about rep?

 

[Micter]

Let's see, I started playing guitar when I was 13 and I'm nearly 57 now.... cipher, cipher.... ;^)

Anyway, I have a '61 Strat that I wouldn't trade for any guitar I've ever seen, not even yours. If I want that Les Paul sound, well, I've got one of those, too. I can swap guitars in about 7 seconds.

Different strokes for different folks, as they say, or at least they used to... anybody seen my Geritol? ;^)

Peace,

You're prolly just going deaf! As OLD as you are. JK! Again it's all subjective. Whatever works for you.

 

[Light]

Go to every guitar store you can possibly get to, and play every guitar they will let you touch. Find the one which lets you speak in YOUR voice, and don't even bother looking at the pegheads. Names don't matter much, but your interaction with the guitar does. When you find your guitar, take it to a good repair shop and have them look it over to see if it needs any work. Most shops will let you bring it back if there is something drastically wrong, and if they won't you shouldn't buy from them.

Play guitars which are in your price range, which are below your price range, and which are outragously outside your price range. Learn what guitars you like, and which ones you don't, but mostly just find the one guitar which speaks in YOUR voice, and then you will know. Nothing anyone here say means much next to your own experimentation.

Beside, can you think of a better way to spend an afternoon than in a guitar store shoping for guitars? I can't.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

Wait a second, I got an unsigned neg rep for THIS...



WTF?



Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

 

[TelePaul]

Wait a second, I got an unsigned neg rep for THIS...



WTF?



Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

same happened me, micter evened it out, some people are just assholes i guess. you gave solid advice.

 

[Dani Pace]

Don't panic Light, I got a neg rep for agreeing with you!!! Well damn it, I still agree and think you gave some good advice.

 

[moogyboy]

Imo a str@t (ie a Strat copy) is about as versatile and as ubiquitous as they get. Everybody makes them, parts and repairs are easy to find, the basic quality level of even the cheap copies has gone up over the years, and you can find a million excellent specimens for close to $100. And besides, the basic design is time tested, bulletproof, and comfortable to play. Try a bunch of them out, and choose the best sounding, best playing one at the cheapest price. No need to look only at Fender-made models, either, or even brand new ones for that matter. I have a beaten up but good-sounding Lotus str@t copy with an ash (!) body that I used to record an EP and part of an album. Cost: $60 used.

cheers

Billy S.

 

[travelin travis]

Imo a str@t (ie a Strat copy) is about as versatile and as ubiquitous as they get. Everybody makes them, parts and repairs are easy to find, the basic quality level of even the cheap copies has gone up over the years, and you can find a million excellent specimens for close to $100. And besides, the basic design is time tested, bulletproof, and comfortable to play. Try a bunch of them out, and choose the best sounding, best playing one at the cheapest price. No need to look only at Fender-made models, either, or even brand new ones for that matter. I have a beaten up but good-sounding Lotus str@t copy with an ash (!) body that I used to record an EP and part of an album. Cost: $60 used.

cheers

Billy S.

i have a lotus strap copy my self. it's been thru absolute hell and it's held up well considering. i payed some where around the same for mine. i'll even go as far to say that the pickups are'nt too shabby. i have no clue what the body wood of mine is.