Most versatile guitar

[StratFreak]

Re: Most versatile guitar

Those are a beauty, and have stock Seymour Duncan, and well lets face it, i wouldnt be here if i didnt love Duncans.

 

[Jessie's ghost]

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I never completely understand threads like this. When you start ranking guitars according to versatility, what does it mean to say that a Tele is more versatile than a Les Paul, or that an SG is more versatile than a Strat? Or whatever. Are we making assumptions about the features and specs, here? Like the pickups, woods, construction, electronics, switching, bridge, etc.?

Personally, the kind of versatility that interests me doesn't come from a control array like that crazy B.C. Rich. It comes from versatility in the player, in the ability to listen and respond to the guitar, the pickups, the amp, and dial in a tone that works for what you're playing. The way I see it, the ability to do this, and the willingness to experiment, trump features every time.

 

[TheProphet]

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If it were up to me I'd build this as a "can do anything" guitar.

Alder body / Maple Top
Maple Neck / Ebony board
22 Frets
Neck - Pearly Gates / 4 Conductor
Middle - Vintage Staggered
Bridge - A2P
Controls - Vol / Tone / Mini Three Way for Series/Parallel/Split for the PG / 5 way switch (N, N+M, M, M+B, B)

 

[Ashurbanipal]

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All in the player, but as for a guitar that can get loads of different tones, probably this:

 

[StratFreak]

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I do really like that telecaster

 

[P.A.Foholic]

Re: Most versatile guitar

I never completely understand threads like this. When you start ranking guitars according to versatility, what does it mean to say that a Tele is more versatile than a Les Paul, or that an SG is more versatile than a Strat? Or whatever. Are we making assumptions about the features and specs, here? Like the pickups, woods, construction, electronics, switching, bridge, etc.?

Personally, the kind of versatility that interests me doesn't come from a control array like that crazy B.C. Rich. It comes from versatility in the player, in the ability to listen and respond to the guitar, the pickups, the amp, and dial in a tone that works for what you're playing. The way I see it, the ability to do this, and the willingness to experiment, trump features every time.

I salute you, sir!

 

[StratFreak]

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For example the Kramer Pacer Vintage is extremely versatile.

Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge position, JN in the neck, coil tapping for both of the pickups, floyd rose. That can cover a lot of ground no doubt.

 

[jalguitarman]

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well point is, i am 100% gonna be buying a guitar with an HH setup, so which guitar with and HH setup is the most versatile??

Well In my experience, definitely a Strat if you have coil spliting. I have to say though I think an H-H configured tele with coil splitting could easily be just as versital.

 

[jalguitarman]

Re: Most versatile guitar

If it were up to me I'd build this as a "can do anything" guitar.

Alder body / Maple Top
Maple Neck / Ebony board
22 Frets
Neck - Pearly Gates / 4 Conductor
Middle - Vintage Staggered
Bridge - A2P
Controls - Vol / Tone / Mini Three Way for Series/Parallel/Split for the PG / 5 way switch (N, N+M, M, M+B, B)

I think that would be a cool guitar to play. Would be even cooler if it had a top like what your "virtual" guitar suggests.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Most versatile guitar

What ever you play on it

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

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Over the years i've noticed that guitars like Gibson Les Pauls have been used in all types of music. Ive heard it being used in:
- Heavy new style metal (Blessthefall - Bottomfeeder)
- Classic rock, Slash.
- Blues
- ect.

Is there other guitars you believe can do this as well ? (Meaning have a smooth clean sound, and as well as the ability to be used for heavy metal)

Best for the job ? ...YOUR GUITAR :wave:



This guitar might be a bit more versatile than some : imho.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

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well point is, i am 100% gonna be buying a guitar with an HH setup, so which guitar with and HH setup is the most versatile??

One that allows you to split both pick ups seperately.
Must also have two Tone & two Vol knobs.

My 2cents

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: Most versatile guitar

For example the Kramer Pacer Vintage is extremely versatile.

Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge position, JN in the neck, coil tapping for both of the pickups, floyd rose. That can cover a lot of ground no doubt.

One that allows you to split both pick ups seperately.
Must also have two Tone & two Vol knobs.

My 2cents

Yes a HH guitar that lets you split both pickups is very versatile. And a JB JAZZ set doers that very well. I love the split tones I get from my Ibby with the JB JAZZ. very very very nice.

 

[StratFreak]

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I do like that tele, there's another one that has a HH setup not SH, but SH does sound cool for twangy tele sounds. I guess a coil splittable one of these --> http://www.fender.com/en-CA/products/search.php/?prodNo=013770 would be awesome as hell. I am really digging the Kramer though

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: Most versatile guitar

I do like that tele, there's another one that has a HH setup not SH, but SH does sound cool for twangy tele sounds. I guess a coil splittable one of these --> http://www.fender.com/en-CA/products/search.php/?prodNo=013770 would be awesome as hell. I am really digging the Kramer though

a Tele (with a stock single coil bridge) can do a sh*te ton more than what the kidz of today think they can.

Bruce Springsteen
Status Quo
PJ Havey
Richie Kotzen
Unsane - yup, stock single coils.


<--- stock single coils :eyecrazy:

 

[StratFreak]

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thats a pretty damn heavy tone

 

[Funkfingers]

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I reckon that the versatility lies in the human playing the instrument.

Think of the apocryphal Chet Atkins story. Fan gets backstage after a concert. Fan finds Chet relaxing in his dressing room. Fan praises the wondrous sound of Chet's guitar. Chet points to guitar on stand and says, "not soundin' so good now, is it?"

 

[StratFreak]

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Hahaha that is definitely a cool story, and very much applies.

But if the player can make the guitar versatile by knowing how to handle it, doesnt it make it a little better that the guitar can help a little ?

 

[Myaccount876]

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I'd say the most versatile guitar is the telecaster. Just so much can come out of it, and it CAN do metal! I'm not talking about a Mick Thompson telecaster, a standard telecaster can really do metal.

 

[Jessie's ghost]

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Hahaha that is definitely a cool story, and very much applies.

But if the player can make the guitar versatile by knowing how to handle it, doesnt it make it a little better that the guitar can help a little ?

I think there are some simple absolutes along those lines, yes.

If an Esquire with just a bridge pickup is versatile, a Telecaster that adds a neck pickup is more versatile.

If an H-H superstrat is versatile, a very similar model with a splittable neck pickup is more versatile.

But when you compare, say, the P-90 in the bridge of an LP Jr. with the bridge pickup in a Tele, how do you say that one is more versatile than the other? How do you determine whether the neck single coil on a Strat is more or less versatile than the neck single-coil on a Tele? If you put a Custom Custom in the bridge of a Strat, is it more or less versatile than a Custom 5 in the bridge of an SG? Now mix it up with different pickup types: Tele bridge vs. PAF bridge in an LP. Humbucker in the neck of a Tele vs. P-90 neck in a hollowbody.