Fender or Gibson?

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What kind of Electric Guitar do you favor?

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I have all of the above. That said, the two Gibson's I've owned have had significant problems: the first, an SG Standard, would not stay in tune if its life depended on it. I sold it. The second, an SG Junior, needed a fret leveling and crowning from the get-go, as well as the wraparound bridge correctly set-up. If I hadn't known a master luthier before I bought it, I would never have shelled out the dinerii.
 
cephus said:
You can make a Strat sound like a Les Paul, but you can't make a Les Paul sound like a Strat.
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sure I can.

I have bunches of both ....... I do prefer the 25.5" scale but I just go up 1 string gauge on all my 24 3/4" gits and that takes care of the rubbery feeling strings.
 
Lt. Bob said:
sure I can.

I have bunches of both ....... I do prefer the 25.5" scale but I just go up 1 string gauge on all my 24 3/4" gits and that takes care of the rubbery feeling strings.
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Why you gotta attack me? Clapner said it. :D

I don't much like gibbies as they seem more like furniture than a tool. You never see a candy-apple red chest-of-drawers. Give me a shiny thick paintjob over iced-tea burst any day.

Further, a feel like strats and teles have a more transparent sound. A les paul is much easier to play, but the thick tone spackles over what I listen for in guitar music.
 
lbanks said:
If I had to choose only from those 2:
Bass-Fender
Guitar-Gibson
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but..............

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I hear ya, I hear ya... remember I've Ripper, also. But, I'm on this Pbass kick. Pbass just makes stuff easier to handle. Practice, stage, studio, it just fits in.
 
Let's see:

Fender: Willing to dilute their brand name with cheap crap low-end guitars

Gibson: Willing to dilute their brand name with cheap crap high-end guitars


The answer is obviously Epiphone, which was diluted from day one (well, at least post-war), so you don't have to waste any money paying for the name. Oh yes, and they are still crap guitars :D
 
My Burns is pretty sweet.

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But I also like my Westone.

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(not my pics but same guitars and finishes)

But the best instrument I own is an Ibanez bass.

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noisedude said:
My Burns is pretty sweet.

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But I also like my Westone.

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(not my pics but same guitars and finishes)

But the best instrument I own is an Ibanez bass.

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One of the Bass players I know has a Burns, looks like yours.
What model Westone is that? My first electric was a Westone Spectrum FX. I was just talking about fixing up the old girl, It needs a Floyd, The factory tremelo rusted away. That was a great first guitar for the money. I just wish I wouldnt had started with a tremelo, but it was the eighties!
VP
 
mshilarious said:
The answer is obviously Epiphone, which was diluted from day one (well, at least post-war), so you don't have to waste any money paying for the name. Oh yes, and they are still crap guitars :D
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i use a ripper copy to record ALL bass tracks. the thunderbird sits about 5' from it.
 
Victory Pete said:
One of the Bass players I know has a Burns, looks like yours.
What model Westone is that? My first electric was a Westone Spectrum FX. I was just talking about fixing up the old girl, It needs a Floyd, The factory tremelo rusted away. That was a great first guitar for the money. I just wish I wouldnt had started with a tremelo, but it was the eighties!
VP
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It's a Westone Prestige 150. First electric I owned and I will NEVER sell it. Rare as chuff and worth twice now what I paid for it a decade ago. Never seen another one - there are loads of Spectrums and Thunders (love the Thunder basses, especially with the actives) out there but not many Prestiges, probably because they were overpriced for Japanese guitars at the time.
ez_willis said:
that thing is badass!
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Thanks!! It was the second guitar I bought, after the Westone. I'll keep it forever too actually. My purchases after the first two have been a bit hit and miss - I've been through about 40 other guitars (remember I worked in a shop, I'm not a great player), most of which have also been a bit 'different' - never owned an American Fender or Gibson. :o

I totly fell for the colours and the scratchplate on this ... and the pickups, which are like a hot, fat single coil, perfect for the sort of messy rock'n'roll indie I was playing as a youngster.

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ez_willis said:
i use a ripper copy to record ALL bass tracks. the thunderbird sits about 5' from it.
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Those Ripper basses are very cool. I'm into the more 'modern' bass designs (Warwick, Spector etc) but that is a bass I would love to own.
 
Fender vs Gibson?


Two different tools for two different jobs.
 
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