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ES 339, Gibson or Epi. I have the Epi. Very nice guitar that weighs 7.5 lbs and is nicely balanced.
Les Paul Studio Lite, the brightly coloured ones with the chromyte (balsa) centre block. I think they are in the high 7lb range. I should have bought one that came up a few years ago.
I always thought of building a USACG hardtail strat style with a mahogany body, Duncan Vintage Minibucker in the neck and a Seth Lover in the bridge.
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04-16-2016 06:15 PM
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I second the Ibanez RG series recommendation, that is what those guitars were made to do. Or the Steve Vai series of Ibanez axes.
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I tried a Eastman T186 today. The fret radius felt fine, so did the neck. I do have to get used to a guitar that can fall of your leg (in theory) as the explorer model can't slide off your leg. I kind of felt like the shape in the body was too near me and too small for my leg. But I tried some other guitars and they are similar. I guess that's a given when you want a semi-hollow.
Also tried A T300-something. That felt a lot less solid.
I don't think I will be ordering a Carvin without being able to try it. Same for Warmoth. Maybe I should try a LP Studio somewhere. Long ago I tried an Epiphone and that didn't feel right, but that's a long time ago, and an Epi.
Not sure about T184 vs T185, though, if it would matter.
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My son played a Schecter C1 for a couple years, always thought it was a contender for a modest priced axe. Looked good, sounded good, played very nice, and very comfy, IMO
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Hi J,
I had a Suhr Modern and wasn't crazy about the neck. The profile just didn't work for me, but that's me and not anyone else. I think the Pro Modern Satin is an amazing instrument and you just can't pick at much to complain about it.
I ended up selling mine and getting a (much cheaper) Schecter Keith Merrow KM mk2. I appreciate the headstock and the font look pretty lousy, but I'm here to play. I find the Duncan pickups to offer incredibly rich tone (very similar to the Suhr Modern that I had and A/B'd). I also like the neck through and super thin neck/jumbo frets. You can get a 7 string one too, I believe.
If I need to play fast, I know that I'm at my best on this darn thing. The price is right too -- hell, it's pretty hard to complain about a perfectly set up new shredder from Korea with Duncans, a solid bridge and tuner setup and some wailing tone to boot.
So if you're willing to accept a Korean guitar that may have a bit more of a shred (vs refined) look to it, I'd strongly urge you try one from musicians friend or amazon or whatever and ship it back if it doesn't work for you.
If you need the 5 way switch, tone and so forth, they have a Banshee model that does all that. I'm a fool for simplicity with this style:
Schecter Keith Merrow KM-6 MK-II - Natural | Sweetwater.com
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I had a basic model Brian Moore that I regret selling. Sounded and felt great. Versatile too.
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i had one and it was neck heavy unfortunately. Sounded great.
Originally Posted by BigToe
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I had a PRS Hollowbody I that was a fantastic fusion guitar. It was only about 6 pounds total, and did great jazz and rock tones.
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those are uncomfortably neck heavy. I used mine for lots of different types of gigs including these videos and to me, it was just thin and wimpy sounding. Not enough sustain for a real fusion guitar and not enough hollow to get a good jazz tone. Originally Posted by Boston Joe
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I played one of these, or something really similar, about 10 years ago. Always regretted not buying it. Really thin and light but sounded pretty good and was a really well playing guitar. The solid mahogany threw me, I wanted something with a fancy top at the time ... oops
Probably could benefit from upgrading the pickups. But it was a surprising guitar for a "shredder". Ibanez doesn't make many lightweight hardtail guitars in the Prestige line.
Ibanez Prestige S5521
https://reverb.com/item/1301678-iban...e-887802121405Last edited by MaxTwang; 04-19-2016 at 02:50 AM.
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339... or Sadowsky Semi.
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neither are good shredder axes. Great for playing jazz and bluesy fusion though Originally Posted by RyanM
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Why? What features make a guitar specially suited to shredding? (Related questions: what's your definition of shredding? Must one wear spandex to play it? ) Originally Posted by jzucker
John
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I really like the RG Ibanez models, but find the S series lighter for when I have to stand and play. Most of my playing is seated, results of a LOT of old injuries...retired after 29 years Special Operations...and because of not having all my strength back from cancer surgery and treatment. Tonewise, you will really like the Ibanez guitars for your purposes. I have tried building Strats to do the same thing, and end up putting $$$ into them, and then pick up a used RG or S Ibanez for peanuts, and they feel and sound better for that style you are looking for. They might even surprise you for a more traditional jazz sound. But, I know how everybody is here...because of this damn forum have bought and/or traded for 5 hollowbodies! I hate this place....lol.
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Guthrie Govan and Tom Quayle as examples. Holdsworth too. A lot of the fast playing gets muddied up on a 335 style axe
Originally Posted by John A.
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As an example. No spandex required. Some of you guys need to get out more, lol.
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The web page says 7 lbs. 12lbs is the shipping weight, I bet, in a big double box. Originally Posted by jzucker
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This particular dealer weighed it on his shipping scale. I trust that over a generic weight measurement on a webpage. But I emailed a 2nd seller asking for the weight so i'll see what he says. Originally Posted by DRS
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S series Ibanez was the basis for the Frank Gambale model. Very light weight.
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I love the Ibanez S and Jeff Beck Strat for "shred" fusion.
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By the way, in this video you can see all four "Elements" models:
The "black" pickups are just ebony covers, hiding Seymour Duncan pickups (maybe recently replaced with Fontanot's pickups, I'm not sure).
Very nice, expensive and probably hard-to-resell guitars.
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How about an Ibanez?
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Alex Hutchings puts a Musicman Axis Supersport to good use in this video:
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Before I buy an Eastman, I feel I should try out a PRS S2 semi-hollow, but they are hard to find. It seems I have to travel to Germany or Belgium to try one.
Anyone compared them?
I like the idea that they can coil tap, that they are US made and that they are more streamlined.
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