I need some advice on a new guitar
Hey guys!! I thought I'd see if you fellow guitar freaks can help me out on this one. I have been looking into buying a new guitar. I have a fund started already to purchase a new one. The best electric guitar I have right now is an Epiphone Les Paul Custom that has Grovers on it, and '57 Classic and Classic Plus Gibson pups in it. It also has a tune-o-matic bridge and some nice aesthetics. I am trying to find a guitar that will suit my needs, as I only am using two humbuckers and I'm looking for a more versatile tone. I want to be able to go from a :w: tone to a country tone if that is at all possible. This community rocks, so I will thank you guys in advance for your help!! I have looked at telecasters, mustangs, RG's, SG's, I just don't have a clue in what direction to go! :w: :w:
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Re: I need some advice on a new guitar
personally I'd say a telecaster, or maybe a P-90 SG, humbuckers are definitely not a country sounding pickup, you'd be quite pressed to get country twang or honk from a LP, a telecaster can obviously do twang, but is also suitable for getting LP type tones, it's obviously not going to sound exactly like a LP, but far closer than any other single coil guitar.
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Re: I need some advice on a new guitar
I agree with the telecaster suggestion, especially if you want to be able to nail that country tone. As you know the "country tone" is a thinner twangier sound usually from single-coil pickups. One thing you could look into is a 2 humbucker guitar with the pickups wired to have the ability to parallel two single coils. My guitar does this, and while it's not great for country, it does give a nice funk-oriented tone.
Also one of my friends just wired his Gibson LP Studio to be able to be inverted phase. I found that in that setting, his 2 humbucker guitar has a punchier tone. (That's mostly if you're looking just to mod your current setup instead of buying a new guitar) Hope this at least gives you a few different ideas... |
Re: I need some advice on a new guitar
I'll echo the Tele votes.
For more versatility and to do more heavy music you can always get a "fat" Tele with A HB in the neck slot. I have a Tex-Mex that has a standard HB in the neck, with coil-splitting and a 5-way switch, that's very versatile. http://static.flickr.com/25/64208937_f659426fdf_o.jpg |
Re: I need some advice on a new guitar
That is one beautiful tele man
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He needed money badly (not something he should've admitted to me), and voila! |
Re: I need some advice on a new guitar
Wow, that's a great deal. Money well spent considering when I paid that much for a guitar I got a Squier Strat!
My friend just bought a Tex-Mex Tele and he is absolutely loving it. |
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I'm in the process of getting a Squier Bullet Strat that's been modded (2 GFS P-90's and new scratchplate, switch, and pots, plus the old single-HB scratchplate still wired up), and though I got it for just over a Benjamin (ebay), with shipping it's over what I paid for that Tex-Mex, so I know what you mean about the enormity of that deal! |
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