Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

[akio]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

In other words, a compact semi-hollowbody type guitar. Sounds good!

This reminds me that I've tried the Fender JA-90 (Jim Adkins signature model) - which is not really a true semihollow, but a one-chambered variant of Thinline Tele with P-90's and very Gibson-y vibe with the control layout and set neck - and found it to be an amazing guitar. That one is routed for P-90's though, and P-Rails won't fit without rerouting. This is also a problem with most Thinlines.

Yeah, you might need to get a Warmoth or USACG body made for you. The JA-90 is one guitar I'd been looking at as well, to the point of trying to figure out a way to make the P-rails fit. It might technically be possible with some baseplate mods. Manlius made a P90 size humbucker with standard coils that might serve as an example.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

I'd buy a used PRS SE Singlecut. Just got one for $300, off of Reverb.com.

Now I have three!

Excellent instruments.

A couple of hours of tweaking, and deepening the string slots in the nut resulted in another great sounding, great playing guitar for my little stash.

They do need new pickups but hey...that's what this thread is about.

 

[Adieu]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

I believe nato is also known as eastern mahogany and it's quite a commonly used wood e.g. for necks of acoustic guitars.

NOT commonly used, but rather often substituted by makers of budget instruments for cost cutting purposes

NOT also known as eastern mahogany, but rather often intentionally misrepresented as such

 

[NeedForPower]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

Perfect fit- - - - - -

 

[Mincer]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

Those Artcores are great candidates.
But generally, I'd go for a great guitar that is ergonomically perfect for me. Good weight, good balance, and neutral sound (not slanted anywhere EQ-wise). For a single-cut guitar, I really dig the Godin Summit, which comes with them already. Just make sure the guitar you pick doesn't have any EQ problems (acoustically) the P-Rails can't solve.

 

[aautio]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

Just $100 short of perfection.

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THIS, of course. What other HH tele choice could there possibly be???

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/ESP/Vintage-1980s-1980s-ESP-The-Eclipse-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc

Now that would be awesome! Too bad there's just no way for me to buy it seeing as I'm sitting here on this side of the pond. Even if they'd ship to Finland (which they don't), I dread to think of all the shipping costs and customs they'd slap on top of the price. If I was located stateside, I'd be all over that!

 

[aautio]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

NOT commonly used, but rather often substituted by makers of budget instruments for cost cutting purposes

NOT also known as eastern mahogany, but rather often intentionally misrepresented as such

Fair enough. I know it's cheaper and more readily available than mahogany, which is why it's preferred in order to cut costs. In any case, it does have very similar characteristics and I don't consider it a bad tonewood.

 

[Adieu]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

Now that would be awesome! Too bad there's just no way for me to buy it seeing as I'm sitting here on this side of the pond. Even if they'd ship to Finland (which they don't), I dread to think of all the shipping costs and customs they'd slap on top of the price. If I was located stateside, I'd be all over that!

Shipping should be $80-120ish per guitar, 1-2 weeks to your door airmail.

Ive shipped guitars from California to Russia, should be the same price category or slightly less to Finland.

Customs duties? Find someone in USA to order it for you to their address and remail it to you, have them mark "gift" on the declaration and declare value below your country's customs threshold.

Confession: I once stuck a "Made in China" sticker from an electric teakettle onto the back of a real USA Gibson Flying V, and shipped it as "replica guitar, value $100" cuz my buddy was worried about customs (that was entirely unnecessary of course, I did it as a joke)

 

[Adieu]

Re: Which guitar to buy for P-Rails?

Also, check the Japanese sites and auctions.

They typically have lower prices and ship worldwide.