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Simply the most versatile guitar I have played and enjoyed. It literally can do almost anything.
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07-05-2014 06:37 AM
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Tough call...
The Tele is the obvious choice. But no acoustic sound! Still it can cover all genres.
I have been loving the Peerless Sunset I got recently. Great jazz sound, great ergonomics. I haven't pushed it much out of the jazz genre though--wonder if feedback would be an issue?
Last, the Godin 5th Ave with floating HB--lovely guitar to play, especially fingerpicking. And sounds good unplugged.
Hmmm--this is hard. Right this moment, for what I'm doing, the Sunset gets the call. But that could change next week.Last edited by Doctor Jeff; 07-06-2014 at 10:00 AM.
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Hmmm
My Ibanez AS200
My Soloway Loon
A tele
Anyone of those would do. Hard to choose. I'll just keep them all. Wait a minute I don't have a tele. Rut Roh (gas).
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My 3 pickup Gibson Les Paul Custom modded with ES-5 electronic setup of 3 volumes and 1 master tone and with a (gasp!) Bigsby B7 . It's my go to guitar and is very versatile.
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PRS P22/P24. Gibson sound, funky Fender sound, reasonably decent acoustic sound.
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es-175.
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There are a couple of ways to go with this one. If you thin it down to one guitar...(1) you could go with a do everything model--my ES335 or my Telecaster--or, (2) you could go with a guitar that does what I want it to do--my ES175 or preferably a L-5CES.
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Tele or 335 with tapped coils.
Or I could just ignore versatility and play my L5 for the rest of my life
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Stratocaster. In a pinch it can be a handy weapon (defensive only of course). And if you loose it you can replace it in a few minutes for less than a grand.
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If you can't do it with a well setup Strat, it ain't worth doin'
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My tele, its a boring answer, but it can cover any ground I need to.
I taught a few lessons today with my Hofner verythin, and it can do the same job...but those country gigs expect me to show up with my tele.
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From my current collection, I would go with my National 1950s archtop with the Darmond Monkey Stick p/u. I'm playing a production of Hairspray this weekend and it is covering all the bases for me. Great for the rock and jazz tunes.
For a budget (under $1,000), I might go with one of the Gretsch 5120 Setzer models.
Dream big I would pick a Gibson ES-150 Charlie Christan model. Saw one a few weeks ago on a workbench and fell in love. The guy who owned it had super light strings and a horrible setup on it (sad because he really didn't know any better).
~Danny
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Please forgive me, but I wish I owned this guitar, it looks so fine. What is the type of SB called please? Thx!
Originally Posted by Danny W.
If it had to be just one, it would be this one:
Danny W.
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+1. Not the finest tone available, but it just works for live playing. Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
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My Guild X-500.
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It's called tangerineburst. Originally Posted by skykomishone
Here's the back of it:
Danny W.
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My '62 ES 355. Re-wired mono but with functional Varitone. Lots of bases covered.
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Although this is not my favorite guitar, it is by far the guitar that will do everything. Godin XtSA with Fishman TriplePlay installed... 3 pickups, piezo, Roland VG/synth access, Tripleplay midi, whammy bar (not shown). The desert island has computers, right?
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I was also going to say my three-pickup Tele, but my Godin LGX-SA has to be it with its piezo, two nice splittable humbuckers and synth access. Originally Posted by WilliamScott
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My Epiphone Dot. Duncan SH2 & SH4 coil tapped from tone controls, independent volume controls, flat wound 12's, through my Roland Cube 60.
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L-5CES with both a TOM and an ebony saddle available for swapping. Strung with flats for jazz or rounds for everything else. Really a very versatile guitar that rarely gets credit for that, since most folks reserve it for jazz only. But at the end of the day, it's a 2 x HB Gibson with all the flexibility that format affords the player.
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At the moment I've only got one, my american std. telecaster but if I had the choice of any electric, I'd go with an ES-335 or ES-330
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guess its this one. gotten me in and out of the most trouble:
were i allowed a second, probably the polfus. depends.
the red chet makes me want to punch both of us in the face. so awesome. you are a fortunate duck, indeed. its one of those guitars i wish i had time to sit with to convince myself that i needed it. still not sure how i feel about the wider neck, and that aside, its sort of a maple necked 335 kind of deal, right? or is it deeper? Originally Posted by GoergeBenson
Simply the most versatile guitar I have played and enjoyed. It literally can do almost anything.
Last edited by feet; 07-06-2014 at 11:19 AM.
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Lol Originally Posted by feet
No I loved the wider fretboard, thats what help male it so versatile. It made complex 'closed position' jazz voicings easier to get hold of and blues bending a breeze.
The body is way more resonant than a 335 IMO, thew top is much thinner, probably half as thin if not more and it has a bigger body, so it was also a good Jazz Guitar.
The ebony on the fretboard was stunning.
I will get another.
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Lots of people scoff at the Varitone. I always thought it sounds great. Originally Posted by mongrel
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