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Slide Guitar... Ideas. lp jr? v? sg?

House53House53 Posts: 1,276
edited November 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
If you were a guitar... say you had a huge neck, one pickup and tons of attitude and you wanted to cost under $1000... what would you be?

My friend is wanting a guitar for slide work... he wants it to be bad and raunchy and full of mojo... blah blah...

anyways, he has about $1000... all I see for the cooler vintagey gibsons starts around $1200 or so...

Any ideas? webpages to check? I have checked out ebay and gbase, but I am not finding any good leads for him. He is leaning Gibson, but it doesn't need to be...

Thanks?
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    House53 wrote:
    If you were a guitar... say you had a huge neck, one pickup and tons of attitude and you wanted to cost under $1000... what would you be?

    My friend is wanting a guitar for slide work... he wants it to be bad and raunchy and full of mojo... blah blah...

    anyways, he has about $1000... all I see for the cooler vintagey gibsons starts around $1200 or so...

    Any ideas? webpages to check? I have checked out ebay and gbase, but I am not finding any good leads for him. He is leaning Gibson, but it doesn't need to be...

    Thanks?

    LP Jr great slide axe!
    If you find a vintage one with out a headstock break for under 6800 let me know :P
    If he has a good budget look no further then Koll, he has a jr that will knock the shit out of you.
    Search for Koll Guitars and be prepared to shit on your self.
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  • House53House53 Posts: 1,276
    JofZ wrote:
    LP Jr great slide axe!
    If you find a vintage one with out a headstock break for under 6800 let me know :P
    If he has a good budget look no further then Koll, he has a jr that will knock the shit out of you.
    Search for Koll Guitars and be prepared to shit on your self.

    Kolls look sharp... they cost a bit more than he wants to spend... but they might be worth the wait.

    what does a historic lp junior run these days?
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Koll.

    But, shoot, I'd build a guitar around a Lollar Chicago Steel Pickup.

    Maybe a Early 90's LP deluxe.

    We'd all say LP JR I think.

    I might even find some kind of epi jr that's beat and throw a chicago steel in there. If it's a slide guitar he want's dirty. He dosen't care what's on the headstock.

    or even have USA customs build you a huge neck and slap this puppy in to the middle slot of some kind of fenderish body http://lollarguitars.com/cgi-bin/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LGP&Product_Code=227&Category_Code=PU
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Thought of another one.

    Hey, what about an old ES 125 thin body?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Guitar-ES-125-3-4-T-125T-c-1958-vintage_W0QQitemZ7368944936QQcategoryZ38085QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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  • Thumbing My WayThumbing My Way Posts: 1,073
    This Ben Harper one is amazing i think!!!

    http://www.asherguitars.com/home.html
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  • Spook FishSpook Fish Posts: 241
    That Ben Harper is model is cool, made for it.
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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    House53 wrote:
    Kolls look sharp... they cost a bit more than he wants to spend... but they might be worth the wait.

    what does a historic lp junior run these days?

    Not sure, but I know someone who will know :)
    Give JasonS a call at Music123, as I am pretty sure they have some in stock.

    The Kolls kill, did you see the Jr?
    Also, look at his client list.
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    The new Gibson Melody Maker seems like it would be a great slide guitar, and they're very affordable. The single P-90 promises pretty damn good tone, as well...

    Hell, you may even find a vintage model in that price range.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    Thought of another one.

    Hey, what about an old ES 125 thin body?

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Guitar-ES-125-3-4-T-125T-c-1958-vintage_W0QQitemZ7368944936QQcategoryZ38085QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    sounds like you want to buy me an xmas present, pac.

    :D
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  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    The new Gibson Melody Maker seems like it would be a great slide guitar, and they're very affordable. The single P-90 promises pretty damn good tone, as well...

    Hell, you may even find a vintage model in that price range.


    Ha!

    Great minds think alike!

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Les-Paul-Melody-Maker_W0QQitemZ7368818515QQcategoryZ33040QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    Put this on it:
    http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Nuts,_saddles/Resonator_nuts,_saddles/Slide_Guitar_Extension_Nut.html

    Then raise the pickup towards the strings a bit and spend some more on this or another old Gibson amp. They have GREAT slide tone when you crank them up.:


    http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-GIBSON-EH100-GUITAR-AMP_W0QQitemZ7368620230QQcategoryZ10171QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    That might leave enought for this and a Fralin or Loller P-90 to put into this:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Harmony-Lap-Steel-Made-in-USA_W0QQitemZ7367549150QQcategoryZ119094QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


    Paco! Those ES 125's are great for slide, but they can feedback, which is a FEATURE as far as I'm concerned! :D That hollow body takes on a life of it's own when it's feeding back. You can just lay it down and let it play itself while you go get a beer!
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