One guitar for the rest of your life?

MichaelMcKevin
MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
edited April 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
If you had to narrow it down to one guitar for the rest of your life... what is it?

I think I'd go with an Es-446. That would seem to cover a lot of ground.
http://www.gibson.com/products/custom/guitars/es-446s.jpg

Or a Paul Languedoc like Trey's
http://www.strangedesign.org/rigs/index.asp
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  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    One guitar forever? Say it isn't so.

    If I had to chose, American Deluxe Strat.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • Thierry Henry
    Thierry Henry Posts: 2,657
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  • guildenstern
    guildenstern Posts: 92
    Novawind wrote:
    One guitar forever? Say it isn't so.

    If I had to chose, American Deluxe Strat.

    oh man...
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  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    At this moment I'd have to go with my John Mayer Strat.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    moster78 wrote:
    At this moment I'd have to go with my John Mayer Strat.

    How is that compared to the American and American Deluxe Strats? A new strat is in my future, and I wanna know my options.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    keeponrockin wrote:
    How is that compared to the American and American Deluxe Strats? A new strat is in my future, and I wanna know my options.

    Can't tell you about the American Deluxe as I've never played one, but I have an American and I like the feel and play of the JM Strat more. Its not quite as broken in neck-wise as my American because its newer, but I can't wait for it to get there. I like the sound of the pups a whole lot more too. Plus it just looks damn cool in Gold with a red racing stripe!
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    my SG standard with a P94 in the neck.
  • YkantItouchit
    YkantItouchit Posts: 54
    If i had to buy a new guitar, it'd be a '62 reissue P bass in White.

    Oh yes, it will be mine...
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  • ianvomsaal
    ianvomsaal Suncoast, FL Posts: 1,224
    I've narrowed it down to one of these two - it's the same basic guitar.
    Both are in a smaller size than standard, but with a few different options.
    Both of these are good for almost any style,
    Both have a sweet singing tone,
    Both can get a nice throaty sound when you want,
    Both can achieve nice controlled feedback,
    These are also in the color I'd want:

    1). http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?cpd=0OEY&doc_id=99371&g=guitar&base_pid=517183&index=0

    This one can achieve an acoustic tone as well.
    2). http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?cpd=0OEY&doc_id=99371&g=guitar&base_pid=519919&index=31
    This is actually a dark cherry burst, not tortoise shell as listed.
    And after thinking about it I think I'd probably have to go with this one because of the versatility.


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  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    ianvomsaal wrote:
    I've narrowed it down to one of these two - it's the same basic guitar.
    Both are in a smaller size than standard, but with a few different options.
    Both of these are good for almost any style,
    Both have a sweet singing tone,
    Both can get a nice throaty sound when you want,
    Both can achieve nice controlled feedback,
    These are also in the color I'd want:

    1). http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?cpd=0OEY&doc_id=99371&g=guitar&base_pid=517183&index=0

    This one can achieve an acoustic tone as well.
    2). http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?cpd=0OEY&doc_id=99371&g=guitar&base_pid=519919&index=31
    This is actually a dark cherry burst, not tortoise shell as listed.
    And after thinking about it I think I'd probably have to go with this one because of the versatility.


    - Ian C.T. vom Saal

    That's interesting you picked the 336. My parents want to get me a guitar when I graduate college. They know how much it'll mean to me, especially in the future when i pull it out of the case and i tell my kids "This is what your grandmother and grandfather got as a gift for me when I graduated college" It's probably going to be a 345 unless I change my mind. I've thought about a McInturff or something along those lines but I feel like i need a Gibson for that sentimental moment later on in life.
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  • JD Sal
    JD Sal Posts: 790
    I'd go with this personally :D
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  • ianvomsaal
    ianvomsaal Suncoast, FL Posts: 1,224
    GivenToCarve wrote:
    That's interesting you picked the 336. My parents want to get me a guitar when I graduate college. They know how much it'll mean to me, especially in the future when i pull it out of the case and i tell my kids "This is what your grandmother and grandfather got as a gift for me when I graduated college" It's probably going to be a 345 unless I change my mind. I've thought about a McInturff or something along those lines but I feel like i need a Gibson for that sentimental moment later on in life.

    Yeah - the 336 is a scaled down version of the 335, 345, 355, ect.
    I'm not really all that fond of the 345's switching, maybe because I don't like BB King's Lucille (the 345 has the same swiching).
    The 5-way switch is kind of a pain in the ass, just like the PRS 5-way rotary (click click click click click until I get where I want).

    I like the 336's smaller size - it's a bit more comfortable, and doesn't feed back as much at higher volumes.
    It comes from Gibson’s Custom Shop, and with a flamed maple top it still doesn't cost as much as the 346.

    But honestly I still like the versatility of the hollowbody I PRS (similar to the 336, plus the acoustic option).
    Okay, it's about $1000 more, but I can talk it down to be virtually the same price - and it'll hold it's value very well.

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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Some nice optios being thrown up there, but i'd settle for pretty much any of the ones I have.

    This one would have to be my pick...
    http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p133/lucylespian/phonepics004.jpg
    though this would also do it for me
    http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p133/lucylespian/TaylorT50021.jpg

    is there humidity control on this desert island, and 240V power ??
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  • MichaelMcKevin
    MichaelMcKevin Posts: 1,161
    lucylespian wrote:
    Some nice optios being thrown up there, but i'd settle for pretty much any of the ones I have.

    This one would have to be my pick...
    http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p133/lucylespian/phonepics004.jpg
    though this would also do it for me
    http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p133/lucylespian/TaylorT50021.jpg

    is there humidity control on this desert island, and 240V power ??

    ahhh santa fe sunrise.... soooo sexy
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  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    This is IT:

    My dreamgirl- http://www.themusiczoo.com/AmDlxStratHSS_MN_BLK_DZ4186231combo.jpg

    http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/p25963h-829b47949336cd16da361ab8905b0dcf.jpg

    Sooooooo beautiful.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • tara
    tara Posts: 293
    Novawind wrote:

    http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/p25963h-829b47949336cd16da361ab8905b0dcf.jpg

    Sooooooo beautiful.


    for some reason i feel like it's porn when i have to scroll down a large image like that, starts out at the neck, sort of drawing you downwards, until you get to the money shot: theat beautiful curvacious body
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    I have a big problem buying a gibson, especially with the way they treat the smaller stores in town etc. And how poor quality their $900 and less series are, but I can't live with out this for sure.

    http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/products/lespauls/60Special_DC/1960SpecialDC.html

    Then for bass there is only one way to go.

    http://fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0190116800

    And I don't have a problem giving fender my money.
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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Novawind wrote:
    This is IT:

    My dreamgirl- http://www.themusiczoo.com/AmDlxStratHSS_MN_BLK_DZ4186231combo.jpg

    http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/quality,85/brand,zzounds/p25963h-829b47949336cd16da361ab8905b0dcf.jpg

    Sooooooo beautiful.

    I unno, IMO the humbucker ruins the strat look.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • moster78
    moster78 Posts: 1,591
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I unno, IMO the humbucker ruins the strat look.

    Totally agree with you there. Strats should be SSS. My teacher has an EMG in the bridge of his Strat and it just looks odd. Granted he's a total metal head, but its just my opinion.
  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    The reason I picked HSS was because I want the bridge to have a little "crunch", just a little more than I would get with a normal strat bridge pickup. On an American Deluxe SSS, all the pickups would be SCN (awesome) but I don't know if I'd get the type of humbucker distortion I'd really want to be able to choose.

    And I think because of the S-1 switching, I can turn on just one half of the bridge humbucker and still get the traditional bridge strat sound. Just my reasoning.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

    7/9/06 LA 1
    7/10/06 LA 2
    10/21/06 Bridge 1

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