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If I could play one comfortably, I'd consider making a Tele my only guitar. It's because I've heard such great music played on Tele's, in vastly different styles. Steve Cropper and Ted Greene? That's some range!
I like the sound of archtops when they're not feeding back, but the size isn't super comfortable and I hate feedback.
The guitar that is most comfortable for me is a Yamaha Pacifica 012. Slimmest neck in every dimension that I've ever played. And, because of advancing arthritis, that would be my choice. Not the best sounding guitar, although it's okay, but the one I might expect to play the longest.
I like my Comins GCS-1, but it's not quite as comfortable. Also, it sounds best with the treble control rolled almost all the way off. I love that sound, but I need some others for the music I play.
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07-21-2019 02:17 PM
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Somehow, I missed this thread five years ago. But, I would like to think I would have said the same thing then. My Soloway Loon has made my happy for many years now and while others have come and gone, this has been the one constant. Superlight, wide neck and string spacing, the perfect pup, and fits me perfectly.
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If it could just be one it would be my Rickenbacker 350V63 from 2006.
Though I would really like to give an honourable mention to a thinline that I made seven years ago.
That instrument has since gone, but I am about to make another (essentially identical) one to replace it. It complements the Ric wonderfully. Like the Ric, I could have it as an only guitar if I had to.
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Originally Posted by Broyale
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My '59 reissue Strat. It's an absolute beast and I can do pretty much anything with it. Beyond that, it's the only guitar that survived me getting laid off years ago. I sold everything else to keep the lights on in my apartment and my then-girlfriend (now wife) "bought" the Strat off me so I didn't have to actually sell it.
Only mod is that I dropped in a set of Tyson Tone pickups that Bobby Tyson wound for me to sound more like P90s. I run it with TI Swings (11s) through the Polytone and it's perfect. I now have rebuilt a good stable of guitars, but this one stays no matter what.
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Originally Posted by guavajelly
Another vote for a 330! If I am approaching this as if I had to sell everything I own except one guitar the last one standing would be my 1967 330. It is my desert island guitar. Great for jazz, blues, rock, etc. twangy as well on the back pickup.
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Yamaha SA 2200. It's at the center of a least squares analysis of all I've had. Also the only guitar I really regret selling. Heck, there's a new one in a nearby store. I can always tell my wife "I haven't used this one for a while."
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it would be - time tested!
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Five years ago, I answered this thread by saying on the one hand I could go with my ES-335, on the other hand I could go with my ES-175.
Since that time, I have discovered that all my guitars are either variations on the L5, or they are Tele/Strats--that I use to sub for the big archtops when I don't feel like lugging one of them.
So, let me take another run at this:
If I had to pare things down to a single guitar, it would almost certainly be a Gibson L-5CES. That guitar fits the bill for 95% of what I elect to play, these days.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
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For me it would be one of these-we are talking electric, so ignore the L50 reposing on the sofa. It would be hard to choose from among the three Gibsons in front, but really, there wouldn't be a wrong choice there anyhow.
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Only one? Hmm, a Roger Borys B120 should do it.
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Originally Posted by jazzbow
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For a long time my only guitar was a '92 Am. Std. Tele. I customized it with 3 pickups and a wiring setup that let me get 9 different pickup combinations. The only downside to my Tele is that it is heavy and as I get older that is an issue. My choice would be either my Tele or my s/s/h Parker Nitefly. The Nitefly is almost as versatile as my Tele and extremely lightweight.
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My d’aquisto jazzline without a doubt
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Originally Posted by rmpmcdermott
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Great girlfriend/wife
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One electric guitar? Probably a (weight relieved) Les Paul. Or Maybe a Strat. Then there is the 175 or L-5 to consider.
Arguable a 335 is the right choice (I have owned many and have never bonded well with these).
I am hoping that I never have to make that choice moving forward.
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If I could only keep one guitar it would be my '86 PRS Custom 24, my longtime #1. Played all kinds of music in all sorts of places - Dumps, dives, dances, and dens of iniquity; homes and hay wagons; pool rooms and poolsides, parties and proms; jams and joints; taprooms and taverns; concert stages and all-night ragers; indoors, outdoors, days nights, and all times between; hot and cold, tired and wired, elated and deflated, sad, mad, and bad; in my prime and on my dime.
Loved every minute of it.
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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
Rediscovering my lost passion for guitar
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