What is the best all round cover-all-bases guitsr you've ever played?

octatonic

thomasross20 said:

@octatonic - why Anderson over suhr?

I've owned a bunch of each- I keep going back to the Andersons, particularly the black classic above- it never disappoints.

Suhr's generally weight a bit heavier because Tom Anderson sources very light weight Alder and they feel very comfortable on.

2-3 hours with a Suhr on my body and I know it.

I can play the Anderson all day.

Anderson's 2 bolt neck is technically brilliant and I prefer it to Suhr's version of the all access neck join.

And they are an absolute bargain used- expensive new and they crater in the used market so you can pick them up cheap.

I like that they aren't flavour of the month, right now- although that doesn't enter into my thinking when weighing them up.

As I said, it is extremely close- there is so little in it and they have a very similar vibe.

Gassage

@octatonic

Wht's your view on the Switcheroo system? Once I got used to it I love it.

octatonic

Gassage said:

@octatonic

Wht's your view on the Switcheroo system? Once I got used to it I love it.

I admire it from a technical perspective but I'm not the sort of player who needs loads of options.

I spend 80% of my time on the bridge humbucker, and the rest in position 4 or 5.

I prefer Suhr's implementation of the blower switch, if I am honest.

digitalscream

It's got to be my Jaden Rose Series 2. Don't get me wrong - I love my JR Tele to bits, but I'm gradually finding its preferred tones and it's got quite a focus to it. The Series 2, on the other hand, is much more versatile than that - both do the nice bluesy tone thing really well, both have phenomenal rhythm tones, but the Series 2 has an edge in the squealy, scream-y shred monster stakes.

OK, so that's not amazingly versatile, but it's certainly versatile enough for me

chrisj1602

My Mexican 72 Custom Tele.

cruxiform

Ibanez RG550 for me.

RaymondLin

PRS Custom 22 Special.

A guitar to cover bases.

Single coil, humbuckers, coil split, 5 blade switch.  I still look at it from time to time at WG's site...

Skipped

There have been a few occasions when I have picked up a guitar and said "I must have this. It is so awesome"

I cannot ever remember picking up a guitar and thinking "I must have this. It is so versatile"

A great guitar is a great guitar. If you find a really great Tele tommorow then just do what you have to do. The fact that you will be relocating to Nashville and working hard on your "chickin pickin" is a trivial matter. A minor inconvenience. What is important is that you now own a  really great guitar.

Moss

Never played a guitsr. Can't beat a good tele though, especially a custom with a Wide Range in the neck

RMJ

Les Paul. Obviously.

hubobulous

Suhr Modern with Blower switch, 5 position selector and coil tap. What else is there that this doesn't cover?

thomasross20

@RaymondLin - why'd you get rid of it then??

Oh man... I did try an Anderson Tele model in Hong Kong. Nice and light. Would prefer satin neck. 

I can't comment on pups but I know Suhr pups are some of the best I've ever heard. 

That Lyndsey Buckingham guitar looks cool!

RaymondLin

thomasross20 said:

@RaymondLin - why'd you get rid of it then??

Oh man... I did try an Anderson Tele model in Hong Kong. Nice and light. Would prefer satin neck. 

I can't comment on pups but I know Suhr pups are some of the best I've ever heard. 

That Lyndsey Buckingham guitar looks cool!

Because I don't gig and I can chop and change guitars at home and I wanted a Les Paul.

I picture the spectrum of guitar sound like a scale of 1 - 100, if a Les Paul covers the thick end spectrum (1-75) and that Telecaster covers the higher end (25-100), they both have overlap in the middle and the PRS 22 does 15-85.  The PRS gets a bit of both but in neither.

Plus I have a Custom 24 as well.

I prefer this now...

thomasross20

John_P said:

Custom 24 will do all of that and look cool

My Cu24s are the most ergonomic by far

thomasross20

That LP looks the biz. 

As does that Suhr....!!!!

thomasross20

This does sound as good (very similar to) a Suhr:

@hubobulous have you tried these Tom Anderson guitars?

guitarfishbay

I don't like mixing pickup types on a guitar as it creates volume disparities. So I'd go S/S/S Strat, or any good sounding H/H guitar. Really so long as the pickups are balanced sounding in EQ and not too weak or hot you can usually get ballpark get with appropriate FX and amp.

johnonguitar

I use my Kotzen Tele to cover all bases. I have replaced the series/parallel switch with a tone control and push/pull pot that switches the bridge between series and parallel within the stacked 'bucker giving me a single coil sound. I replaced the 3-way pickup selector with a 4-way with the 4 th position being both pickups in series.

So....

*Bridge stacked humbucker
*Bridge parallel "split"
*Both pick ups on
*Both pick ups with bridge "split"
*Neck
*Both pick ups on in series
*Both pick ups in series but with bridge split

Savvy?

Phil_aka_Pip

ES-335
SA2200
SG2000
LP Std

stimpsonslostson

The correct answer is that "the sound is down to the player- you SHOULD be able to play anything on any guitar".

Out MY guitars, I'm taking my Les Paul Junior. It does snarling filth well & also cleans up beautifully.