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what is your "go-to" guitar?

seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
edited May 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
i had another jazz band practice today, and as always, i took my american deluxe ash tele. it isnt my best, or most expensive, but it is the guitar that i find i use the most out of my house, at shows, competitions, ect. it is just great because of its playabality and weight. now, what is your "go-to" guitar?
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/296/dsc0032hb3.jpg
they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    As of now, my Strat.
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  • MichaelMcKevinMichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    Also a Tele... but it's my only choice right now :rolleyes:
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/moster78/JMStrat.jpg

    My go to guitar and amp. They sound great together. Especially since I picked up ?ing My Education's Pink Purple Fuzz!
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    My Strat, but it's also my only choice so far! I should get another guitar.
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  • seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    monster, what amp is that
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    Looks like a Fender Champ, but I couldn't tell you the year or exact model.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    '74 Fender Vibro Champ
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    only have an epi les paul and a mexican strat (older, sounds great) named Mona. They both have their place :cool:
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    Guitar: Danelectro DC, nice and thin. Of course the Reverend isn't here yet, so in two months I might have to change this.

    Bass: Peavey Axcelerator Plus. Pass up my '62 reissue Jazz and my Jag all the time for that thing. It was also my first bass.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    '92 Strat through the Laney halfstack....tube screamer, crybaby wah, and the delay on the rig...

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  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Can't really say I have one of these. I don't play out much, but I take my ESP Viper to lessons, but at home it is usually in D standard for the few songs I play in that, so she doesn't get that much use there.

    Violet gets an awful lot of use, she is just so nice to play, thick tones, lots of dynamic response, big cuddly body to hold and gets on with all my amps.

    Unitl I feel like playing my lesbian, then she dominates for a few days.

    The Buffy the KH-2 is always in Eb, too hard to change with the Floyd Rose, so she gets all the metal stuff as well as the Jimi/SRV duties. That stuff sounds surprisingly good on her, despite being a long way from what most people would use.

    TBH, all the different tunings people use dictate my choice as much as anything.

    PJ are particularly notable for the number of tunings required, esp Stone the bastard. If Ten Club membership included a free guitar tech to keep up I would join.
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  • harrisonmerwinharrisonmerwin Posts: 766
    1991 Jap-Hardtail strat with 57/62's.....beauty....
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    My black Ibanez S470. It's my baby.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    My moded strat-squier...oh yeah!
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  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    Lately it's been a Custom Ibanez Semi-Hollowbody (1 of 5) that I picked up at NAMM a few years ago.
    Ibanez retrofitted it with Gibson hardware head to toe (hmmm, yeah my thoughts exactly).
    All I could think was, it must not have been easy to do since Gibson is standard and Ibanez is metric.
    Anyhow, it plays fantastic, has great tone, and (MY FAV) has jumbo stainless steel frets.

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  • ?ing my education?ing my education Posts: 313
    moster78 wrote:
    http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa280/moster78/JMStrat.jpg

    My go to guitar and amp. They sound great together. Especially since I picked up ?ing My Education's Pink Purple Fuzz!

    hahaha....beautiful man! Glad you are enjoying it.
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    ?ing my education wrote:
    hahaha....beautiful man! Glad you are enjoying it.

    Yeah, its good stuff. Now I have to learn to play some Hendrix, or at least a bad imitation of it.
  • Scuba200ftScuba200ft Posts: 24
    Thats a complex question..Take your pick!

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  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    Scuba200ft wrote:
    Thats a complex question..Take your pick!
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  • frenchsfrenchs Posts: 34
    It would have to be my custom Martin
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    For songwriting I use my Martin D15, for band jams I usually use my Epi Les Paul.
    I have a Epi Dot too, which sounds nicer than the LP, but it's a bit chunky so don't usually choose it for just mucking about.
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