Poll - If you could only have one electric guitar

weatherbox · Post by **weatherbox** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:31 pm

For me? Electric, a Tele w/ p90 in the neck or my ES330. Acoustic, a big ol' Gibson. J200, Dove, etc. Bass, a Ric 4003.
For a studio? That same Tele or a p90 SG. I like hollows/semis more, but those two guitars are just way useful. Acoustic suggestion stays the same. Bass, I'd probably go for the nicest old P I could find/afford.

j_howell · Post by **j_howell** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:09 pm

Wish I could afford a 330! Or a Jazzmaster, for that matter...

only one is like asking which of your children you'd keep. That said, my '76 Tele even though it's painfully heavy.

tonewoods · Post by **tonewoods** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:11 pm

I can do a lot of varied damage with this puppy:

zachary · Post by **zachary** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:51 am

Ryan Silva wrote:Casio DG-20 Electric Guitar

It has built in drums

ofcourse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5AQIlmM0I

>Mojave_Gary< · Post by **>Mojave_Gary<** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:47 am

Out of all the guitars I have owned and currently own, if I could only choose 1 it would still have to be my first, which is a '54 Fender Tele.

dirtdog · Post by **dirtdog** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:58 am

On a board full of Tele users I'll add to the chorus.

If I had to let go of all of my guitars and the studio's guitars but one I'd keep my 62 Custom Telecaster reissue. Rosewood fingerboard, not terribly twangy, and capable of being really heavy through the right amp with the tone knob rolled back a bit.

I'm surprised (though not really surprised) to see that O'Hagan NightWatch mentioned. I have an O'Hagan Model 22 (the maple/walnut Flying V) and it is a great guitar. I've been looking around for a long time for a NightWatch or a Shark but haven't had any luck.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:02 am

Wow, tonewoods - beautiful combo there.

thieves · Post by **thieves** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:05 am

'58 duo-sonic

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:21 am

Guitar: G&L F-100
Bass: Fender "P" (replacement neck, Bad-Ass bridge)

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:24 am

mjau wrote:Wow, tonewoods - beautiful combo there.

indeed, that looks like a buttload of fun!

Kindly Killer · Post by **Kindly Killer** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:53 am

My "Only One" bass is a Fender Precision with a Jazz pickup I added in the bridge position. It has a Gotoh aftermarket bridge that still sounds pretty Fender, but deeper; i think the model number is 201. That bass can do all the classic Fender sounds, but strung with a bright SS string, it sounds very modern with both PUs wide open.

I have another one just like it except I made it fretless and left on the stock stamped bridge for maximum Jaco-ness.

BTW I said before that my fave one-for-all guitar was my homemade thing, but it occurred to me that my choice of guitar on my current casino circuit gig says something about what is really my fave guitar for the real world. I brought a killer parts strat as a backup, and my stage guitar is a Dot Studio (335 clone) with a homemade neck and homemade pickups that are voiced very vintage (low winds, A2 mag in bridge, slightly degaussed neck mag). It also has a GK pickup that I use to drive synths. That guitar is versatile. It sounds right on "Folsom Prison Blues", "Word Up", "Rockstar", and jazz standards. I mean it is spot-on for all that stuff - I wouldn't hesitate to record with it. It is the guitar I brought to my last recording session [as a player], which was a single R&B tune.

I know Larry Carlton used his Gibson 335 for all kinds of music in his career as a session man.

I will say that after years of buying, building, and playing electric guitars, I am convinced that it is the most low-tech, low-fi, low budget instrument there is, except for maybe improvised percussion. Ultimately I think any guitar that you love to play can be force-fit into the music. Effects and amps go further to shape the sound than things like wood choice and saddle material. E.g. both a Squier Bullet Strat and a Benedetto archtop are going to sound plinky into a clean Twin, but add any effect that compresses or shapes the attack (overdrive, amp gain, compression, slow gear) and it becomes something else.

JASIII · Post by **JASIII** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:22 pm

I notice no one has mentioned the Parker Fly yet.........

shedshrine · Post by **shedshrine** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:25 pm

Flame top SG with custom lipstick pickup and mother of polcarbonate inlays on first four frets. This one gets a LOT of love in some circles..

flametop SG w transverse lipstick pu

ethyrvalve · Post by **ethyrvalve** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:45 pm

i have found happiness in an old Inca Silver Jaguar with the troublesome stock bridge replaced with a mustang's.

mickchelski · Post by **mickchelski** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:45 pm

59 les paul junior, cherry red!

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