What is your go to axe?

[MrSandMan]

My go to axe is anything single cutaway (aka Les Paul -style) with double humbuckers. Whether it be Gibson, Epiphone, my Carparelli S2 or an Agile... there's just something about that thick slab of mahogany that I crave (and can't get enough of). Not to mention that I'm a fan of hardtails.

What is your "go to" axe?

[MetalMac]

I'm a fan of the les paul also. I use an epiphone les paul studio with gibson buckers. :w:

[MrSandMan]

I'm a fan of the les paul also. I use an epiphone les paul studio with gibson buckers. :w:


Good man! +1 Rep for you. :sweet:

[crazy_guitar_man]

well i am a fan of the sg's but i use a les paul so really anything from either of those two styles i like :2thumbups:

[MrSandMan]

What is it about those guitars that draw you in? Just curious.

For me it's the weight, neck radius, thick mahogany, double humbuckers and tone.

[Perfect Stranger]

I've got 10 guitars...all kinds and shapes.....but the one I find myself picking up the most is
a relic'd 1984 Japanese Squier Strat. It's like an old pair of tennis shoes. It fits, and feels
good....

[MrSandMan]

Yeah, I totally get that. When I had my Peavey Tracer (sold/traded it to a fellow G-M member) I always found myself playing it, especially for recording. I guess the reason why I chose to record with that guitar over the more expensive/nicer guitars I had was because it was familiar and comfortable for me (and the Seymour Duncans sound amazing).

I bought it back 94' and played the hell out of... I kind of regret trading it.

[jackal]

I'm a huge fan of the single cut too, like the PRS, but i would have to say may fav guitar all round would have to be the ESP Explorer. I know gibson made em but ESP perfected them, then got sued, lol.

[MrSandMan]

No shit, ESP got sued? that blows.

[jackal]

yeah they had to shut down production around 2001 or somewhere around then. But they still manafacture the explorer in Japan, but won't ship it here.

In europe and north america they manafacture the EX series and FX series instead and they suck comparitivly

[Brian Krashpad]

I don't really have a go-to guitar or even type of guitar. I like LP's and Teles both, but with LP's all things being equal I prefer a double cut to a single cut. Also, I like P-90's just as much, if not more, than HBs in a Les Paul type guitar. Not too big on Strats though I try to keep some variant around.

Have been trying to get into funky pickups that are neither Fender-type singles nor regular humbuckers of late-- P-90's, DeArmond 2000's, Brownsville toaster singles, Ric Hi-Gain singles, mini-HB's, etc.

[MrSandMan]

Yeah, single cuts are a bit awkward to sit down and play. If you allow it to pressure, it'll want to slides off the knee. That would be my only complaint. Some guys probably dislike the weight of the Les Paul guitar, but actually, that's one of my favorite things... I love the thick, heavy slab a wood around my neck. lol

With that said, I usually play standing up and have a wide leather Levi strap. So it's nice and comfortable for me.

I just can't get into the single coils...

[Perfect Stranger]

Usually my go to guitar is whatever is the closet to me. I've even played
my granddaughter's small play guitar.

[Powerslave214]

Mine's an 88 Ibanez Sabre. I'll probably swap out the pickups one of these days, but the neck on it is *perfect*. :w: