Post your Swiss Army guitars.

[Impulse 101]

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JB bridge, cruiser mid and cool rails neck-

Spin a split + hyperquack roll off takes it from strat land to hard rock and piezo helps from time to time.

Currently running 12s and a wound G for extra umph.


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I had an early Nightfly like that one. Great guitar. I had a Duncan Custom in the bridge which helped a lot to add some extra punch. I also added a series/parallel switch for more versatility.

 

[zionstrat]

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I had an early Nightfly like that one. Great guitar. I had a Duncan Custom in the bridge which helped a lot to add some extra punch. I also added a series/parallel switch for more versatility.

Yes, betting our sounds would be really similar because every NF I've ever played (with same wood) sound and play exactly the same.

Steel frets graphite neck is incredibly stable... It's one tough cookie... Face planted twice and didn't need a retune.

It's so broad and tough that I rarely think about taking my other gtrs out.



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[Impulse 101]

Post your Swiss Army guitars.

Yes, betting our sounds would be really similar because every NF I've ever played (with same wood) sound and play exactly the same.

Steel frets graphite neck is incredibly stable... It's one tough cookie... Face planted twice and didn't need a retune.

It's so broad and tough that I rarely think about taking my other gtrs out.



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Mine had a soft maple body, it needed a pup with some extra mid range, the custom did a nice job in it. The stock Dimarzio was crap.

My main stage guitar now is a suhr with a roasted neck, it's just as stable but has a little more punch.

 

[de_dUKe]

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..but does it djent..?!! :haha:

 

[zionstrat]

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Mine had a soft maple body, it needed a pup with some extra mid range, the custom did a nice job in it. The stock Dimarzio was crap.

My main stage guitar now is a suhr with a roasted neck, it's just as stable but has a little more punch.

"Mine had a soft maple body"
Yep, I think all in this period are Maple. JB works well for me because I use position 2 a lot more than 1. If I'm on the JB for an entire song I might roll some high end off.

Custom would make lot of sense as well.

Love Surhs as well, what's the rest of your rig like?

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[Boogie Bill]

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I really don't buy into the theory of that one guitar that can do it all...BUT...

...got to think that the artists who played your basic SSS Strats, from Buddy Merrill and Neil LeVang (Lawrence Welk), Buddy Holly, Dick Dale, Clapton, Gilmore, Malmsteen, SRV, etc....that the Strat is one versatile guitar.

But the same can be said for the Tele, Les Paul, ES-335 and Martin D-18/D-28, and with the Strat, these are the big 5 of guitardom...for this very reason.

And one could argue that the tasteful player can make any guitar sound good in any genre.

For myself, I typically gig with sometimes as many as five, six or seven guitars. But there are times when I may only take one guitar, like to a jam, and often that is one of my Les Pauls or 335s. Not that they're the perfect do-it-all guitars (my Number One is a G&L Legacy), but because I have to work harder with the Gibsons as I'm so used to, and comfortable with, the Legacys. I love the tone of a Paul, but don't like the idea of doing a four-hour gig with it around my neck. Taking one of the Gibsons is good practice for me. I'm getting more and more comfortable with them.

With the G&Ls, I have the same body style and ergonomics in four different models: Legacy, S-500, Legacy Special and Comanche; the only difference is the pickups. They are sound different, but they all have a lot of versatility. I'm happy playing any of them.

And don't forget the amp! The Mesa amps are play are a huge part of that Swiss-Army Knife versatility.

Bill

 

[MetalManiac]

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I don't do swiss army guitars, although I do have I do have several H-S-S guitars I guess coulod quloaify. understand the practicality of them for stage use though.

 

[Mincer]

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Hey, I figured if Steve Morse can do all he does on one guitar, then it should work for me. Plus, I don't have to get used to playing other guitars.

 

[d1dsj]

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I guess it would be one of these

 

[muttznmongrelz]

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I guess it would be one of these

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Forever one of my favorites.

 

[Impulse 101]

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"Mine had a soft maple body"
Yep, I think all in this period are Maple. JB works well for me because I use position 2 a lot more than 1. If I'm on the JB for an entire song I might roll some high end off.

Custom would make lot of sense as well.

Love Surhs as well, what's the rest of your rig like?

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These days I use a Kemper with an AXEFX ultra in the loop for effects for live gigs. A 2014 Les Paul Traditional and one of my Suhr T style super-teles are all I need beyond that.

I still have four tube amps for recording and practicing a 1962 Bassman, a 1965 Ampeg, a VHT Deliverance 120 and a Guytron GT100.

The Kemper is loaded with profiles of my Guytron and some M Britt packs.

 

[Synapsys]

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Forever one of my favorites.

Ditto. There's something about Hot Rodded Teles that really, really appeals to me.

To d1dsj, is that a Wayne Kramer build? What are the pickups on it, BTW?

 

[d1dsj]

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Ditto. There's something about Hot Rodded Teles that really, really appeals to me.

To d1dsj, is that a Wayne Kramer build? What are the pickups on it, BTW?

It was a one off Charvel build that was for Dave Kilminster, he used it briefly before he got a deal with Suhr I believe. The pick ups were a JB/ SL2/SL2 but I swapped them out for. crazy 8/ parallel axis stack/ Lil 59n. I'm probably going to swap them again and go WLH/ SL2/ SL2 to give it more range.