Versatile guitar for jazz-fusion

[JPG]

Gibson SG Standard (Traditional) .... in Heritage Cherry

[Eric Rowland]

[BeBob]

McLaughlin and DiMeola made it work with an LP.

[JPG]

Thanks for that

It's quite amazing to watch Alan's loosely bobbing his head while he performs those high-speed 16th, 32th or whatever triplets!

Guitar-wise the Gibson SG may be the most underrated guitar there is. starting at Gibson. But you gotta feel it...

[christianm77]

Wut? All serious suggestions. Come on!

I use a tele. My solo 4:51

[christianm77]

Guitar is obsolete anyway. Behold the future!

[Thumpalumpacus]

Guitar is obsolete anyway. Behold the future!

Dude wants a guitar, not a leaf-blower!

(Though I've heard some fusion where leaf-blower was apparently used to good effect. )

[Boston Joe]

Well... there's this guy, who calls himself "Future Man."

[rpjazzguitar]

This man is the grammy winning percussionist with Bela Fleck.

He is awesome -- and, apparently, he invented the instrument. Or, at least, how it's assembled.

[Frank67]

It sounds to me as if you would be best served by a custom telecaster style guitar, perhaps from Warmoth parts. They are indestructible (easy to carry in a gig bag on a bicycle) and totally customizable including your wish for a flat fretboard, the frets you wish, the woods you like, the pickups you wish, no tremolo, versatile from jazz to rock - and easily doable within a 1000€ budget, even considering import tax.

[Boston Joe]

This man is the grammy winning percussionist with Bela Fleck.

He is awesome -- and, apparently, he invented the instrument. Or, at least, how it's assembled.

Indeed. It's a SynthAxe with all the triggers mapped to drum sounds. He calls it the Drumitar.

(I believe that he should teach one, and only one, other person how to play it, and then will the thing to that person when he dies or retires, so that there's always only one "Future Man" out there.)

[bihflame]

Honestly, a great option for you is Vigier. They are from France and seem to check all the boxes you want. I think some dont have a fretboard radius so its fully flat, and a really nice one can be had for like 2 thousand euro. Take a look at them. Also, sorry for being like 8 years late.