Do you have a practice No. 1 that is not your gigging No. 1?

[Securb]

I keep most of my gigging guitars in the rehearsal space. I would have to call my Les Paul Custom Lite my No. 1 gigging/studio guitar. But at home when I am running scales I tend to grab my '85 Ibanez Roadstar. It is light, great action, and a pleasure to play. I am wondering if anyone else has something other than their main axe they run scales on.

 

[Seashore]

Nope. I guess I don't gig anymore so it doesn't matter. Sad face. But I always brought my guitar with me to rehearsal and took it home afterwards. Shared practice spaces, plus I only had one good electric for years, and even after that I just like having my instruments within reach for my own practice and recording.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

No...I practice & gig w/ whatever guitar I feel like reaching out for on the day.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

An '87 PRS was my main gigging axe through 2012. When I finally retired it after 25 years of active duty, I put '1985' reissue pickups in my CE22 to give that one a similar palette of tones, and the CE took over as my primary live axe. But the old favorite is always out at home, on a stand by my desk. It's within arm's reach as I type this.

 

[AdrianSD]

I don't gig. For scales, specific licks and any intensive practice I prefer the RG550, the Mexican Jackson DK2 and the LTD, all have very comfortable necks and I can just play any of those 3 longer without tensing up or getting fatigued. An age thing, I guess

 

[Mincer]

For practice, I usually use a USA Ernie Ball SUB1, if I do electric, or a Yamaha slim nylon string.

 

[Lucius Paisley]

I keep most of my gigging guitars in the rehearsal space. I would have to call my Les Paul Custom Lite my No. 1 gigging/studio guitar. But at home when I am running scales I tend to grab my '85 Ibanez Roadstar. It is light, great action, and a pleasure to play. I am wondering if anyone else has something other than their main axe they run scales on.

Yeah, right. *I* run scales.

 

[GuitarStv]

No. Whatever guitar I'm practicing the most with is the one I want to take with me to play live . . . because it feels the best under my fingers.

 

[jeremy]

i have a few guitars in my office and one hanging in the living room, those tend to be the ones i pick up at home, and they are not at all the ones i bring to gigs

 

[beaubrummels]

I gig with versatile swiss army knife guitars.
I practice/rehearse with nicer guitars, so when I switch to the swiss army knife, I'm well acquainted with my target sound and feel.

 

[Chistopher]

If I'm playing live I want a guitar that's as foolproof as possible. I'm there to make cool sounds and have a good time, not to second guess which switch does series/parallel and which one swaps the gender on my bridge pickup.

At home, it's usually based on whatever neck profile and pickups I'm feeling the most. Most days it's a thin neck with humbuckers kind of day.

 

[chadd]

In my last band, my number one stage guitar was a Schecter Corsair with a flip flop finish and Bigsby. At home or for rehearsal, I usually used my R7 or Kauer Banshee.

 

[ehdwuld]

I used to practice on an acoustic
then play an electric
Thinking it would make me a better player

My grip was too much for the electric

Now I play and practice on the same guitar

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I try to get them all on stage at least once.

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[Artie]

All my guitars are practice guitars. :9:

 

[zionstrat]

Yeah I go in completely different directions..

My gigging guitar is a highly modified Parker nightfly.. it's my anything guitar cause it can cover literally anything. It's strung with twelves so it handles electric and acoustic really well.

My primary teaching guitar and backup stage guitar is a Reverend secret agent.. between the p90 in the neck, the hyper vintage in the bridge and the bass roll off it also has a wide range of sounds.

My primary sitting on the couch electric is my highly custom L5 build with a 25.5 Maple neck.

Same is true with my acoustics, there's just less of them...

My primary stage guitar is a Lowden jumbo and my teaching and couch guitar is my newly acquired guild p 240.

Bottom line, they all are best at something.



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[Ascension]

My old 1993 Carvin DC127 is the guitar I grab here when I just want to noodle around. Solid Tung Oil Koa neck trough guitar with an ebony board and the best neck I have ever had in my hands. Has a Sentient Neck and an Al8 bridge and is just something special. Need to fret it soon as the frets are prety low now after a few dress and recrowns. Will fret it with Med Jumbo Stainless when I do.
Picking that guitar up and playing it is like shaking hands with an old friend. Doesn't hurt that it also sounds amazing. That guitar can pull off some very surprising tones also. How this for a County Clean lead tone and keep in mind this is running only a compressor unmiced with my little Mesa Subway Rocket and the guitar is loaded with a Sentient Neck and an Alt 8 bridge!. Can also rip your face off at high gain!

 

[ehdwuld]

My old 1993 Carvin DC127 is the guitar I grab here when I just want to noodle around. Solid Tung Oil Koa neck trough guitar with an ebony board and the best neck I have ever had in my hands. Has a Sentient Neck and an Al8 bridge and is just something special. Need to fret it soon as the frets are prety low now after a few dress and recrowns. Will fret it with Med Jumbo Stainless when I do.
Picking that guitar up and playing it is like shaking hands with an old friend. Doesn't hurt that it also sounds amazing. That guitar can pull off some very surprising tones also. How this for a County Clean lead tone and keep in mind this is running only a compressor unmiced with my little Mesa Subway Rocket and the guitar is loaded with a Sentient Neck and an Alt 8 bridge!. Can also rip your face off at high gain!

do you plan to have it refretted locally or send it to Jeff. I am sure he would love to document it. Probably post a promotional video of the process to brag about great history of Carvin/Keisel Guitars

 

[Aceman]

I rotate home guitars vs gig guitars in general. But - I'll play anything.

My Les Pauls usually stay home for example. But often my grab and play is whatever is gonna gig soon.

So in my office, my #1, Frehley, 73, and Iceman usually rotate through for a week.
But at my studio computer, usually Green Les Paul, maybe my Strat, maybe something else. Jackson Taxi is only thing here now.

I even took my 79 The Paul out the other week, but it is often a grab and play in the music room.

 

[jeremy]

this is the tele that hangs in the living room which i pick up most often at home. 1" korina boat neck w/ rw board, super lightweight swamp ash body with arm and belly carves, sns neck (500k volume) and jb bridge (250k volume), master 500k p/p tone to split both pups.