What is the most versatile guitar?

[PFDarkside]

That's a really cool guitar. Very slick how all the positions and combos are hum cancelling, and its' super convenient to switch from sound to sound.

That’s what I was thinking too. I’ve been thinking of a Hot Stack guitar, this might push me over the top to do it!

[Securb]

Though I thought the thread was originally about just stock models

Yep, I was thinking "stock" models there are tons of Swiss Army guitars and artist guitars with a ton of versatility. I am thinking of the standard offerings of the instrument. An HSS Strat would be very versatile but I see that a variation on a theme, not the guitar Leo originally envisioned. A Steve Morse model will give you almost any tone you want but I was not thinking of specialty guitars when I first pondered the question

[PS412]

Not my favorite but I vote strat.
You can play it upside down, with your face or even when your blind.
Way more versatile than a triple bucker paul played by a painty face weirdo.

[Chistopher]

As my concept of music becomes more and more abstract, I'm starting to feel any guitar can play any genre, albeit sometimes not in the traditional way a given genre is played.

However, there are 2 supersets of electric guitar: stuff you can play on some random Strat that some kid in the late 80s tanked the resale value of by throwing a Super Distortion in the bridge, and stuff that you shouldn't be playing to begin with.

[Blille]

I’ve been defending the tele in these threads for years. I think it can do ok. My vote goes to the 335 now that I have one lol

[Mincer]

Something in the 335 camp is the Howard Roberts Fusion. It is a little thicker front-to-back than a 335, but was designed to be able to do jazz, blues, and rock equally well. Sort of a bigger, seni hollow LP.

[Demanic]

The Coffin Lid, my Ibanez RG superstrat with a three way and a set of Triple Shot rings. The only way to make it even crazier would be to put push/pulls for the volume and tone
Then wire one for phase and one for series/parallel between both pickups.
Hmmmmmm.

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[Chistopher]

The Coffin Lid, my Ibanez RG superstrat with a three way and a set of Triple Shot rings. The only way to make it even crazier would be to put push/pulls for the volume and tone
Then wire one for phase and one for series/parallel between both pickups.
Hmmmmmm.

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False, you can't play Bad Horsie on it.

[Demanic]

False, you can't play Bad Horsie on it.

I probably couldn't play that on anything.

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[Aceman]

I have to concur. A righteous 335 style can pretty much do it all.

I think my P-RAil loaded Dot Studio would metal up (tonally) just faint.

I find myself learning Jingle Bell Rock on my other Dot Studio, while I have also played Cold Blood by Kix on it, and at some point, Lady Gaga too.

[Archer250]

IMO an HSS strat that you mod to favor your playstyle/sound

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I'd say one of these old bich's. They can sing and they can be brutal.... Lots of bells and whistles.

[Fender_Punk]

Strat is the obvious answer, Les Paul probably next most logical. But imagine if you will a Tele that could do it all:

Canada's David Wilcox is a mofo of a guitarist. His Tele has the stock bridge pickup, a Dearmond bridge pickup, a humbucker and a Tele neck pickup. 4 on/off switches, master tone, master volume. His tone live is killer.