Tor
Riffologist Extraordinaire
Reading the title, and you're thinking "yeah, right". Yeah. But seriously. Today I've been thinking about a new guitar. Not looking to (necessarily) get full on Les Paul sounds, not looking to get 100% Strat sounds, but a bit of both camps. Sorta.
I want something with a pickup config that allows it to sound really good clean (ish..), and be really mean with the overdrives. I want something with a trem that works. I don't care about the scale of the neck. I don't care if it's solid or hollow or semi. In terms of aesthetics (yeah, it does matter...), I'm more about the less polished finish and crazy quilt maple tops, the better. It seems that too many of the builders are all about going fancy pants about gaudy finishes. I just want something that plays great, have some meat to the sound, and look like a real work horse that can be beaten to death and still stand up.
I've been looking at Gretsch, but they're fairly expensive... And a bit boring perhaps? Kinda like a Cadillac or something. Not raw enough. I've been looking at Duesenbergs, and while they look too nice, I do like them.. They bring something new to the table. And their trems are really spoken highly of. But expensive.
Are there some lesser known brands that still got great quality to speak of? I've been surfing the net all night, and it kinda strikes me that my dream must be custom built, and that's a route I'm not ready for now.
I want something with a pickup config that allows it to sound really good clean (ish..), and be really mean with the overdrives. I want something with a trem that works. I don't care about the scale of the neck. I don't care if it's solid or hollow or semi. In terms of aesthetics (yeah, it does matter...), I'm more about the less polished finish and crazy quilt maple tops, the better. It seems that too many of the builders are all about going fancy pants about gaudy finishes. I just want something that plays great, have some meat to the sound, and look like a real work horse that can be beaten to death and still stand up.
I've been looking at Gretsch, but they're fairly expensive... And a bit boring perhaps? Kinda like a Cadillac or something. Not raw enough. I've been looking at Duesenbergs, and while they look too nice, I do like them.. They bring something new to the table. And their trems are really spoken highly of. But expensive.
Are there some lesser known brands that still got great quality to speak of? I've been surfing the net all night, and it kinda strikes me that my dream must be custom built, and that's a route I'm not ready for now.
