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Does it have to be a gibson? Make one from parts?
The trem is more of a wish really - if I was planning to spend serious money I'd look for the right one with a floyd.
In this case I'd be intersested to hear of any cheapo V's that would be a good base for future upgrades - half decent wood and construction will do - it sounds like the epiphones are ok and worth getting the right bridge incase I go for a strets.
http://www.kneguitars.com/v_bod.php
They will do you a 22 fret body with a recessed or no recessed Floyd, probably 24.75" too is you asked if you can find a bolt on to match and don't mind bolt ons. Decent bodies these and decent wood too.
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Fwiw, I love Floyd trems and they *can* be wonderfully musical. But (and this is a big but) they're very hard to sound good with. Changes are very abrubt, so getting a nice smooth and accurate transition from a note to, say, a 5th up, takes a lot of practice.
It's why I now use non lockers, which are much more forgiving of bad technique. They also don't 'warble' on the low strings as much. However, I'd like a Floyd loaded guitar again someday, because they are good fun... Even if it is for spunk gargle wee wee music
It is really tough to sound good on any trem used in an extreme way ... is a set of techniques that have to be practiced as hard as finger vibrato or any other form of expression. I've heard far too many 'bedroom Becks' sounding like a rabbit being slowly crushed by a cow in labour to believe that giving everyone a Floyd ... or a Stetsbar for that matter, is a sure route to bonzer tones all round
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Most comfortable sitting is probably a Jaguar, but a Tele is surprisingly good too, since it doesn't have the tendency to slide off that the ones with rounded edges do... likewise a PRS.
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Ok, that's come as a surprise to me, I've never even picked one up owing to belief that it wouldn't work sitting.
Perhaps I should give one a go, became very popular in 'my era'.
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Lol! Normally you'd be dead right, but this was before I got into the tonequest, before I joined the forum(s), before the GAS times...
I'd been after a '58 Korina Vee since I was 4, thanks to Mr Wheeler of Ash fame. The Epi looked the part, and I remember it playing well, but it didn't have the thunk of a proper one even after I swapped in some decent pickups (Swineshead PAF-a-likes, iirc).
*edit* Besides, I've still got my first guitar - that's 10/11 years now?!
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