Variety in the guitars you own

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Most of my guitars do pretty much the same thing in pretty much the same way.

That's the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it, uh-huh uh-huh.
 
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Diverse ?

Me ?

. . . i think so !



My 3 main guitars are :

* Epi LP Gold Top - '59(b)/Seth Lover(n)
* Artcore AG75 full hollow - soon w. TV Jones
* Electric Resonator w. S/C(n)/Piezo(b)


Comming soon (i hope) :

* Either a Tele or MIJ Jaguar
* Gretsch Corvette

EDIT :

. . . almost fotgot about the 'new' $350.00 Melody Maker !


My 2cents


Diverse . . . me think so !
 
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The thing with some guitars - Strats and Teles especially - is that there is so much variation in that one model you could reasonably own a small fleet of them and have them all sound quite different.

You could, for instance, have a Fender '57 Reissue Strat with vintage-style pickups, a G&L Legacy with a rosewood board and hot single coils, and a Warmoth Strat with a JB/59 humbucker set and a hardtail bridge. They're all Strats, but each are very different guitars.
 
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I'm totally diverse. I've got Pauls of all colors, brands, and models!
 
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Variety? Pshh I just need my Tele, my Green Buddy, my current Gibby, and about 20 more Les Pauls. I'd love an SG, an Explorer, and a Gretsch (White Falcon type thing). That's about all I need. **** strats (even though it was my first)!
 
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The guitars I have are what works for me. I don't have 1940's P-90 Jazz guitars sitting around, cause that isn't my style. I have G&L Legacy-bodied (strat) style guitars, Les Pauls, a couple of 335-clones, several acoustic Dreadnoughts. No Rics, no Gretsches, no Hofners--I stick with what I know works for me.

A Legacy is my Number ONE, and I have several to choose from. I also have other G&L models with the same body style, only they have hotter pickups.

I believe a that if a gigger has a Number ONE guitar--the ONE guitar YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT--then you'd BETTER have a NUMBER ONE-A, a guitar that is as same-same to you Number ONE as you need it to be, to that you can gig and be totally comfortable with that guitar.

I love a Les Paul or a 335, but a Legacy is NUMBER ONE. Can't live without a Legacy--I'd probably keel over if I had to do a whole night on a Les Paul! So I ALWAYS travel with a NUMBER ONE-A.

And, you really NEED an acoustic. You need something more "organic" than your Jackson/Charvel/Kramer, if for no other reason than to develop strength and tone.

Bill
 
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I own too many guitars and don't really have an excuse for that, but every single guitar i own does something the others can't beat.

Even guitars with similar features can sound very different.

For example, i own four basswood / Rosewood guitars.
You know what ? It ma be the worst woods ever to me but i love these guitars because each one has its story.

Well these 4 guitars sound completely different. Same wood, but even unplugged you can easyly tell the difference.
Then i used different pickup for each one and i eventually realised that the same pickup doesn't work twice on the same wood.........

Can't explain that: it may be the shape, one has a maple top, one has a HEAVY painting on it that alters the sound, one has a floyd rose etc....

Now i swear my next guitar will be all maple !
 
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HSH Strat with Piezo
SSS Strat
and a Variax 500 (which I'm planning to "disembowel" eventually to build a hybrid)

Would I like to have more? Sure
Do I need more? Nope

:beerchug:
 
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Zerberus said:
I´m all about the middle ground. I love diversity, especially for tonal selection and a different feel or attitude. But I´ve also learned to stick with what works. As a result practically all of my electric guitars are strats, superstrats and Vs (though I absolutely love Les Pauls and Explorers and regret selling mine), but within those confines there is still a variation in woods, construction method, hardware, scale length, pickups and number of strings. ;)
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i take the same general approach. i think only 2 of my guitars have the same exact woods used, and even then one's a 24 fret and the other's 22. i need an LP now, and im pretty much set (the gear list in my sig isnt complete, im just never editing it cause theres new restrictions on how much you can put in there and im already way past)

though i pretty much desire the same sound from them all, i like the different feels and the general variety
 
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