|
|
Post by budg on Nov 27, 2020 17:26:25 GMT -5
For me it’s the SG. I have blown thru a bunch of LP looking for that double humbucker rock machine. There was always something else I was looking for . What I didn’t realize it was a totally different guitar I wanted. My SG is the complete package. Sustain , grit , creamy tones, kerang ,playability and easy on my back and shoulder. Who would have thought?
What is yours ?
|
|
|
|
Post by Leftee on Nov 27, 2020 19:14:14 GMT -5
Les Paul without a doubt.
|
|
|
|
Post by larryguitar54 on Nov 27, 2020 19:18:59 GMT -5
Telecaster. And while I"m at it I should have learned to appreciate country music much earlier.
|
|
|
|
Post by Highstrung56 on Nov 27, 2020 19:28:33 GMT -5
Gretsch 6120
|
|
|
|
Post by windmill on Nov 27, 2020 19:30:34 GMT -5
Jazz boxes Gibson L5 and L7 and their imitators but then jazz was only for old people when I was young  |
|
stl80
Wholenote
Posts: 216
|
Post by stl80 on Nov 27, 2020 19:31:45 GMT -5
'60's Hagstrom II that I got about 20 years ago from a friend who's dad owned it. Through my Twin Reverb the tone astounds me.
Jim
|
|
|
|
Post by reverendrob on Nov 28, 2020 18:04:18 GMT -5
339 - everything I loved about the 335 without the body that was the size of a semi-trailer.
|
|
|
|
Post by walshb 🦒 on Nov 28, 2020 19:40:35 GMT -5
339 - everything I loved about the 335 without the body that was the size of a semi-trailer. I have to agree, I regretted selling my 335 years ago, and got a 339 to replace it. I like it even better. |
|
|
|
Post by HenryJ on Nov 28, 2020 19:59:57 GMT -5
For me it’s the SG. I have blown thru a bunch of LP looking for that double humbucker rock machine. There was always something else I was looking for . What I didn’t realize it was a totally different guitar I wanted. My SG is the complete package. Sustain , grit , creamy tones, kerang ,playability and easy on my back and shoulder. Who would have thought? I think I have mentioned this before in other threads on this forum. Of the 10 or 12 guitars I heard my late brother play when we jammed together, the SG had the best tone of all of them. He owned all or most the electric guitars the Beatles went through. |
|
|
|
Post by Vibroluxer on Nov 28, 2020 23:12:36 GMT -5
I remember you saying that, Henry. This must be a tough time of year though I hope it isn't.
For me, it's a Les Paul. I started playing when I was 18 and my first guitar was a Montoya Les Paul copy. It had a bolt on neck that wiggled if you blew on it.
So after a year with that I bought a Ric 325. Then it was Fenders for a long time. Teles.
2 months ago I bought my first real Les Paul and now I have 2. Both honey burst and one with P90s and one with humbuckers. I'm 57 now.
|
|
|
|
Post by snakeboy on Nov 29, 2020 16:22:36 GMT -5
I've been infatuated with the looks of a National resonator ever since I saw one on the cover of Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms, and even more in love with the sound of them after discovering Chris Whitley.
I got my own Style O last year just before Christmas as a retirement gift to myself.
It's all that and a bag 'o chips.
|
|
|
|
Post by LTB on Nov 29, 2020 20:50:10 GMT -5
I would love to have a Gretsch 6120 Where were you SG lovers when I tried to sell my 2016 Faded SG after I finally got my SG Standard. I had it buffed to a Satin Luster, bone nut installed. All I saw were desenters. I finally took it off and traded it in at Guitar Center on a Katana Amp where there was a lot of praise and it didn’t last the weekend before it sold. I love my SG for all the reasons y’all mentioned. |
|
|
|
Post by Taildragger on Nov 29, 2020 23:59:43 GMT -5
Guild Starfire Bass guitars.
|
|
|
|
Post by tiller2 on Nov 30, 2020 9:25:58 GMT -5
I'll join the SG chorus. A year ago, I bought an SG Classic with two P90s, and I love the light weight, the body-hugging shape, and the compressed, creamy tone. All it lacked was the "kerang," but I recently tried raising the height of the pickups and am finding brightness and bite that I hadn't heard before.
Do I wish I had discovered the SG sooner? Each guitar I've had was a revelation at the time, and I wouldn't want to have missed it. There are so many guitars I haven't lived with, and may never: Gretsches, Rickenbackers, Nationals, high-end Les Pauls or PRSes, and many more. Life is too short, but I'm mighty happy with the excellent guitars I am able to share it with.
|
|
|
|
Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Nov 30, 2020 10:49:46 GMT -5
PRS. I tried to like them for many years (I knew Paul in the 80s when he had his small shop in Annapolis) and for whatever reason they sounded to me like they were trying to be a Les Paul Stratocaster. One of two things happened; I learned to stop listening with my eyeballs--or perhaps they fixed the original problem  |
|
|
|
Post by Charente on Nov 30, 2020 13:12:11 GMT -5
PRS. I tried to like them for many years (I knew Paul in the 80s when he had his small shop in Annapolis) and for whatever reason they sounded to me like they were trying to be a Les Paul Stratocaster. One of two things happened; I learned to stop listening with my eyeballs--or perhaps they fixed the original problem Their pickups have consistently 'improved' over the years I think from gainy to suit the rock/grunge or whatever crowd to more classic (PAF alike for the buckers/Stratalike for the Silver Sky). |
|
|
|
Post by LTB on Nov 30, 2020 14:55:57 GMT -5
Guild Starfire Bass guitars. I would not mind having one of those also |
|
sirWheat
Wholenote
For a better future, play Stevie Wonder for your children.
Posts: 319
|
Post by sirWheat on Nov 30, 2020 17:52:15 GMT -5
I recently picked up a firebird. Really cool guitar, one I've wanted for decades but was never willing to shell out the dough. Had there been one at the store back in '88 when I bought my Les Paul (for the same $425 anyway) I may have had a hard time choosing.
|
|
|
|
Post by Mike the marksman on Dec 2, 2020 9:56:27 GMT -5
It took me a long time to appreciate teles. For years I thought they were just twangy guitars for country music, I didn't realize how versatile they are.
|
|
|
|
Post by Lefty Rev on Dec 10, 2020 12:40:15 GMT -5
Electrics: Tele, SG and 335.
Story: Back in the mid-80's, I mail-ordered [remember that?] a lefty Gibson 335...and lefties were hard to find back then! They stalled on sending it to me [after I'd sent them the money] because they said they were waiting for a new case for it...huh? I ended up cancelling the order and getting my money back - I wish that deal hadn't gone south...
Acoustics: Martins, particularly the Martin Jumbo and 000-18.
|
|
|
|
Post by Rick Knight on Dec 10, 2020 16:20:52 GMT -5
Medium scale basses. I used to get cramps in my left forearm and occasional numbness in my left hand on long scales. Neither has ever happened with a medium scale.
|
|
|
|
Post by Seldom Seen on Dec 10, 2020 18:31:54 GMT -5
Telecaster
|
|
|
|
Post by guildx700 on Dec 13, 2020 20:52:27 GMT -5
None really.
I started out with a 1939 Gibson L50 archtop and a 1977 Explorer back in 1978, I still have those (and way too many other guitars bought along the way)
but those 2 still get the most playing time.
|
|
|
|
Post by budg on Dec 23, 2020 18:28:57 GMT -5
Ima going to have to add the tele,um broadcaster to that heap. Was tempted to buy a Player Series when I got my retirement gift ( a sizable gift card from GC). I tried a few , but nothing really blew my socks off. Besides I was concerned about purchasing such a meaningful gift and not being sure I would like it. I ended up buying a Player Series strat( which I love).
Fast forward to morbid curiosity with teles . Asked questions and tried a few. Nothing I tried was what I was looking for. Came across the 70th anny Broadcaster at Dave’s and decided to take a chance. Am absolutely amazed by this guitar. It has the punch and cut that my strats don’t have. Such a great and versatile instrument that I wish I had discovered sooner.
|
|
Bbendfender
Wholenote
Mostly play Fender guitars and amps. I'm 71 and have had a guitar since 1964. Got serious in 1975.
Posts: 216
Age: 71
|
Post by Bbendfender on Dec 24, 2020 15:59:16 GMT -5
I paid $400 for a 1955 Telecaster around 1977. It was a wonderful guitar but I traded it in on something that I don't remember.
|
|
woody
Wholenote
Posts: 245
|
Post by woody on Dec 24, 2020 18:12:40 GMT -5
Spector NS body basses. The smaller curved body is very comfortable. Bass and treble boost/cut are brilliant.
|
|
Tom B.
Halfnote
Posts: 55
Formerly Known As: Tom B.
|
Post by Tom B. on Dec 25, 2020 17:29:54 GMT -5
A Ric, 360 in my case. It's ok to play cowboy chords, nobody expects to hearing blazing solos that I can't do anyway.
|
|
|
|
Post by LTB on Dec 26, 2020 2:32:11 GMT -5
A Ric, 360 in my case. It's ok to play cowboy chords, nobody expects to hearing blazing solos that I can't do anyway. Well it is “purdy” |
|
Tom B.
Halfnote
Posts: 55
Formerly Known As: Tom B.
|
Post by Tom B. on Dec 26, 2020 11:22:52 GMT -5
A Ric, 360 in my case. It's ok to play cowboy chords, nobody expects to hearing blazing solos that I can't do anyway. Well it is “purdy” Well thanks. The blue one is actually a 660 twelve string, another one I discovered pretty late. |
|
|
|
Post by ninworks on Dec 26, 2020 13:29:40 GMT -5
A Les Paul. I had a mid 70's Les Paul Custom for a couple years but it had issues that made me not want to play it. Since then I've discovered that it was nothing a good setup, done by someone who knew what they were doing, wouldn't fix. In 2013 I bought a brand new 60's Tribute Gold Top that I can't put down. It has become my favorite player. I had some mods done to it to make it better and wow, what a monster. I really like the thin neck and the Burstbucker PU's.
|
|
