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IME a Telecaster. I've gotten more music out of, and played in more types of bands, with a Telecaster than any other guitar. ES335 has definitely been used on more recordings than people are aware of, but I don't know if you can get chicken' picken' country out of it. Whereas a Tele, I can get anything from twangy country, roll the tone and play jazz, or rock, blues, funk, have even done some metal tunes with one in a pinch.Last edited by beaubrummels; 11-22-2022, 03:56 AM.
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For me I guess the baseline is an LP. I've been playing Gibson-style guitars for so long that I don't dig Fender ergonomics. I want a Tune O Matic and I want that neck angle.
But also I don't really dig "versatility" too much with my guitars. I'm happier with a one-trick pony that's set up perfectly for me than I am with Endless Possibilities and Tonal Variations. My favorite guitar is still this Explorer I've had for about 25 years with the bridge pickup wired to the jack. I guess I'm not the target audience for this question. Take it to the limit
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I hate switching guitars, so I'd rather have a few I can do the whole gig with, one at a time. Versatility is in the skill of the player, not the instruments. Steve Howe does it with an ES 175, Steve Morse does it with a 4 pickup super strat Music Man.Administrator of the SDUGF
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My vote is for the Strat with HSS with splitable bucker. Dave's HH with his "Do-it-all" wiring is also an excellent choice with the right pups.
But the ES335 has been used to play just about anything...
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Originally posted by Securb View Post
It is definitely up to the player. I am wondering what guitar you can hand to 20 guitar players and 19 of them would be happy.
If you handed 20 guitar players a guitar, at least a third of them would want a trem of some sort . . . and at least half would be miserable with one. An equal number of guys will want high output humbuckers as want low output single coils. Then we get into frets (there's a jumbo crew and a teeny-tiny crew), neck shape (baseball bat vs Ibanez style hand-cramper).
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i agree, i think thats a tall order. neck shape, setup, string gauge... making even 5 of 20 happy with the same guitar would be surprising depending on the people. if you got 20 semi-pro/pro guitar players from different genres who arent dicks, put out five different styles of guitar, id think the hsh/hss strat would by consensus be the most versatile. the hh guitar can cover a lot of ground but the middle pup adds some tones that you cant really get from hh. you can cop them sorta, but its a compromise at best
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Originally posted by Securb View Post
It is definitely up to the player. I am wondering what guitar you can hand to 20 guitar players and 19 of them would be happy.Last edited by alex1fly; 11-23-2022, 09:04 AM.Originally posted by crusty philtrumAnyone who *sings* at me through their teeth deserves to have a bus drive through their face
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Originally posted by PFDarkside View PostJoin me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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Originally posted by alex1fly View Post
19/20 guitarists would probably be happy with a HH Strat or a HH Tele, I think. Those tones would be familiar to everybody. Bonus points for a 25” scale so also maybe one of the non frilly PRS models like the Mira with two humbuckers and a partial coil split would fit the bill for 19/20 satisfied guitarists.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View PostIME a Telecaster. I've gotten more music out of, and played in more types of bands, with a Telecaster than any other guitar. ES335 has definitely been used on more recordings than people are aware of, but I don't know if you can get chicken' picken' country out of it. Whereas a Tele, I can get anything from twangy country, roll the tone and play jazz, or rock, blues, funk, have even done some metal tunes with one in a pinch.
It's funny because I've talked to metal guys who while in the music videos they're playing their HH typical metal guitar and they tell me that in the studio the track was done with a Tele that they had there.Last edited by Powdered Toast Man; 11-23-2022, 09:34 AM.-
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