Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
It was my 95 EBMM Albert Lee. I could fly on that neck.
It was my 95 EBMM Albert Lee. I could fly on that neck.
What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
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sosomething
Seymour Duncan Customer Support
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
The second-best is my Suhr S1.
The best-best is my father's old Ibanez maple-necked Les Paul copy from the early 70s. The lowest action imaginable and the neck is dead-straight as an arrow and yet somehow it plays with no buzz.
It's a real weird duck as far as an LP-shape goes. Ash carved-top body. Maple neck and fretboard. Bolt-on. Super 70s pickups. It's actually quite amazing.
The second-best is my Suhr S1.
The best-best is my father's old Ibanez maple-necked Les Paul copy from the early 70s. The lowest action imaginable and the neck is dead-straight as an arrow and yet somehow it plays with no buzz.
It's a real weird duck as far as an LP-shape goes. Ash carved-top body. Maple neck and fretboard. Bolt-on. Super 70s pickups. It's actually quite amazing.
ImmortalSix
John Mayer's Mankini
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
I have actually never played any guitar that played well.
I have played all sorts of PRS, Suhr, G&L, Fender, Gibson, etc. but nothing has ever completely wow'd me.
If I had to pick one, it'd be the $250 PRS SE I got from theodie / Gr8Scott.
I have actually never played any guitar that played well.
I have played all sorts of PRS, Suhr, G&L, Fender, Gibson, etc. but nothing has ever completely wow'd me.
If I had to pick one, it'd be the $250 PRS SE I got from theodie / Gr8Scott.
bigheadood
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Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
Tough question to answer.
I think of guitars in a music store that I immediately bonded with...that simply blew me away.
-ESP (not LTD) M style was the first. Amazing thrash metal shredder. Played like butter.
-Peavey Wolfgang with a stoptail...Again. Instant salivation.
-PRS Se custom 24...Weird, but this thing outplayed every "real" prs or gibson in the shop. Yes I played them all.
I have since learned to set up my own guitars to my liking. So everything from my Gibson Les Paul to my Ibanez rg321mh....all have that special something. Cost of the instrument does not seem to be a factor, at all, though cheaper guitars take more work.
Tough question to answer.
I think of guitars in a music store that I immediately bonded with...that simply blew me away.
-ESP (not LTD) M style was the first. Amazing thrash metal shredder. Played like butter.
-Peavey Wolfgang with a stoptail...Again. Instant salivation.
-PRS Se custom 24...Weird, but this thing outplayed every "real" prs or gibson in the shop. Yes I played them all.
I have since learned to set up my own guitars to my liking. So everything from my Gibson Les Paul to my Ibanez rg321mh....all have that special something. Cost of the instrument does not seem to be a factor, at all, though cheaper guitars take more work.
Brown Note
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Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
My jackson KE2. I've actually had 4 jackson of which 2 were custom shop and the 07' off-the shelf kelly has been best so far. It's not perfect but it's very close.
The action is great, though not the best I've had(it has floyd), the intonation is good at best and barely acceptable at worst(it is floyded guitar after all!) and it's very neck heavy. It plays very effortlessly due to good action, but it's the bends that make it so good. Bends have an awesome feel to them and the guitar sounds damn near perfect. The only thing I can hope for being better soundvice is the spring noise that comes through with brighter sounds as it can be a bit annoying when doing some rhythm work. Other than that I've never played guitar that sounds even close to this.
So an "honest" opinion would be
bending = FANTASTIC
sound = near perfect
balance = poor
action = great
overall feel = near perfect
overall quality of pars and craftsmanship = near perfect
the result: if the balance and spring noise were fixed this guitar would be as good as it can get.
My jackson KE2. I've actually had 4 jackson of which 2 were custom shop and the 07' off-the shelf kelly has been best so far. It's not perfect but it's very close.
The action is great, though not the best I've had(it has floyd), the intonation is good at best and barely acceptable at worst(it is floyded guitar after all!) and it's very neck heavy. It plays very effortlessly due to good action, but it's the bends that make it so good. Bends have an awesome feel to them and the guitar sounds damn near perfect. The only thing I can hope for being better soundvice is the spring noise that comes through with brighter sounds as it can be a bit annoying when doing some rhythm work. Other than that I've never played guitar that sounds even close to this.
So an "honest" opinion would be
bending = FANTASTIC
sound = near perfect
balance = poor
action = great
overall feel = near perfect
overall quality of pars and craftsmanship = near perfect
the result: if the balance and spring noise were fixed this guitar would be as good as it can get.
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bigheadood
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Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
OT--Try putting some soft mattress foam under those trem springs to dampen them, without impeding their movement. Should solve that issue.
Brown Note said:
OT--Try putting some soft mattress foam under those trem springs to dampen them, without impeding their movement. Should solve that issue.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
Yeah eh....yup!
Yeah eh....yup!
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TheProphet
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Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
From playing experience:
Best playing body:
#1: PRS Custom 22 (absolutely perfect by a long shot)
#2: Les Paul Custom Lite
#3: SG
Best playing neck:
#1: My old Jackson Performer's neck (super thin cross between a D/C ... Wizard II's feel beefy in comparison). It's an odd choice since I really don't like other thin necks, but there's something special about the profile and I tended to play better/faster/more accurately on it.
#2: Gibson '60's profile
#3: The profile on my Yamaha RGX's
Overall best playing guitar? If I could try a PRS without the Wide-Fat neck profile I'd believe that would be the most playable guitar I'd ever picked up. My problem is that neck profile feels disgusting to my hands.
So I guess I'd have to say the Les Paul Custom Lite, with an honourable mention to the Parker Fly.
From playing experience:
Best playing body:
#1: PRS Custom 22 (absolutely perfect by a long shot)
#2: Les Paul Custom Lite
#3: SG
Best playing neck:
#1: My old Jackson Performer's neck (super thin cross between a D/C ... Wizard II's feel beefy in comparison). It's an odd choice since I really don't like other thin necks, but there's something special about the profile and I tended to play better/faster/more accurately on it.
#2: Gibson '60's profile
#3: The profile on my Yamaha RGX's
Overall best playing guitar? If I could try a PRS without the Wide-Fat neck profile I'd believe that would be the most playable guitar I'd ever picked up. My problem is that neck profile feels disgusting to my hands.
So I guess I'd have to say the Les Paul Custom Lite, with an honourable mention to the Parker Fly.
shreddingblues
New member
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
It was a 1954 Gold Top with P-90s. Had the wraparound bridge (pre tuneomatic).
It was a 1954 Gold Top with P-90s. Had the wraparound bridge (pre tuneomatic).
shreddingblues
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Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
fly to nashville and you're welcome to its for sale at a store there
fly to nashville and you're welcome to its for sale at a store there
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
The 2000 parker nitefuly i still own. Everything else, except the 2001 reverend rocco, which i keep for the unique look and sound, not as much for playability, comes and goes.
2nd for me would be the '89 Ibanez RG750 i still have and no longer play because my nephew stepped on and broke the neck years ago...
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The 2000 parker nitefuly i still own. Everything else, except the 2001 reverend rocco, which i keep for the unique look and sound, not as much for playability, comes and goes.
2nd for me would be the '89 Ibanez RG750 i still have and no longer play because my nephew stepped on and broke the neck years ago...
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d1dsj
Cornographer
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
That would be a dream trip. I wonder if my better halfd would mind if I said I'm off to the guitar shop...... across the pond! Lol
That would be a dream trip. I wonder if my better halfd would mind if I said I'm off to the guitar shop...... across the pond! Lol
shreddingblues
New member
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
be nothing compared to telling her you spent 25k when you got back.
be nothing compared to telling her you spent 25k when you got back.
d1dsj
Cornographer
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
Crap... yeah...lol. :eyecrazy:
Archer_of_Fish
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Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
My 2003 Tom Anderson classic
My 2003 Tom Anderson classic
SamusChief
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Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
My FX-260 that I got completely on a whim was perfect for me out of the box. Not too thin, so I could riff, but I can still pull off my solos on it. It's no shredder, but neither am I.
My FX-260 that I got completely on a whim was perfect for me out of the box. Not too thin, so I could riff, but I can still pull off my solos on it. It's no shredder, but neither am I.
muttznmongrelz
New member
Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
I'm going to have to say 4 of the ones that I've kept...
1982 Gibson Les Paul Standard
1988 Fender "SRV" Pink Paisley Stratocaster
1988 B.C. Rich Gunslinger/Assassin "Graffiti"
1989 Kramer Telecaster Custom
..."Playability" is really the reason I've kept these...each has an absolutely awesome neck on it and sounds great to boot!!!
I'm going to have to say 4 of the ones that I've kept...
1982 Gibson Les Paul Standard
1988 Fender "SRV" Pink Paisley Stratocaster
1988 B.C. Rich Gunslinger/Assassin "Graffiti"
1989 Kramer Telecaster Custom
..."Playability" is really the reason I've kept these...each has an absolutely awesome neck on it and sounds great to boot!!!
Quencho092
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Re: What's the best playing guitar you've ever picked up?
for me it was probably an epiphone LP ultra I tried at Best Buy a while back. It responded in the most musical ways when I would snap the strings with my right hand, soft picking, pinching, it was hard to get a bad tone, and it had flawless fretwork/action.
The only thing that turned me off- thin strings that im not used to. I was fixing to buy one but just felt better sticking to my strat instead of getting another guitar in the same price range. Some really great epi's coming out of that chinese factory.
for me it was probably an epiphone LP ultra I tried at Best Buy a while back. It responded in the most musical ways when I would snap the strings with my right hand, soft picking, pinching, it was hard to get a bad tone, and it had flawless fretwork/action.
The only thing that turned me off- thin strings that im not used to. I was fixing to buy one but just felt better sticking to my strat instead of getting another guitar in the same price range. Some really great epi's coming out of that chinese factory.
