The perfect electric guitar combination

[pj]

I have 3 Danelectros - bass w/flats, baritone, and a DC-3 which has been modded so the strings go through the body like a Tele. (I am in love w/ lipstick p/u's and am thinking about putting them on other guitars. They are chimey clean and sound fantastic w/ dirt and fuzz!)

I also have a hotrodded Tele - 3 Barden p/u's with the middle wired to a sep. vol. pot and the neck and bridge wired to a 4-way switch. This was my only guitar for a long time so I wanted it to be able to do anything and it pretty much can. It is still my #1 guitar. I comfort contoured the back w/ a Dremel so it is insanely ugly to look at and the neck looks like it spent years in a dumpster somewhere. It needs a refret soon but I keep putting it off.

Later I bought a Parker Nitefly which has s/s/h. I tend to use the neck/middle combination or the bridge bucker the most on this guitar. Nitefly necks make every other guitar I own seem somewhat ungainly. They are easy to play and rarely need adjusting. I think I have adjusted this guitar's neck maybe 3 times in the 9 or 10 yrs. I have owned it and I live in New England where the weather/temperature can change drastically in a few hours. My last guitar was a h/h Nitefly that I love for the neck humbucker. Great sound clean or w/ dirt. It is the only guitar that I have that has a wang bar that I sometimes use, though it is just set up for a downward movement since I don't like the other strings going out of tune when it floats and you are bending more than one string. The Niteflys' frets never need dressing or refretting and I have never adjusted the neck on my second Nitefly ever! It just does not shift or move.

That's my collection. Mostly single coils and Fender scaled necks. Pretty versatile. High tech and junk. Works for me.

=-) PJ

[the older brother]

I'm in the favourable position of owning quite some guitars/basses (fifteen plus a banjo all and all) and I can't see my "collection" decrease in the future, unless something bad happens... but if I was forced to step down to three electrics and one acoustic due to lack of space (not money) I'd like to have the following (after some selling/trading done):

Electric:
1. My 62 Jazzmaster.
2. My Jazzmaster Deluxe aka the Pooblaster.
3. A P90 equipped guitar - MIM Tele deluxe classic black dove or maybe an SG.

Acoustic:
1. A quality Jumbo with a high end dual mic/pup system installed (type: Fishman HB/condenser or Highlander I-piezo/condenser).

[frippy]

1. casino (with bigsby) - natural finish
2. jazzmaster - elvis costello model
3. telecaster with a neck humbucker - modded classic vibe squier

I knew you'd list those three

Just two for me... a '62 Jag (AV thin skin), in Lake Placid Blue, and a '61 SG (reissue), in Heritage Cherry, w/a Bigsby

[Maggieo]

You know, this is a pretty strong set of lead off hitters, with maybe the SG batting cleanup:





I don't have a proper semi-hollow Jazzbox, but the Thinline (along with the Dano) can cover a lot of that ground.

[Mute]

I personally think a JM and a Mustang can go a long way.

Honestly, I don't think anyone really needs more than two guitars to cover the basics. Most players are restricted to playing a select few genres anyway, so unless you play in different bands with dramatically different needs, piles of instruments is a luxury, not a necessity.

I'm all about luxury though.

[Maggieo]

Really, all anyone needs is a good Telecaster.

[bighonky]

Really, all anyone needs is a good Telecaster.

or a good SG.

[Soochdaddy]

I've said it before, and again I think bighonkey's stable is just about unmatched... fukker...

And I agree with mute as well that *ideally* two electrics should do the trick.

That said, this would round out my collection and why:

Vintage / vintage reissue Strat: I just cant get my Hendrix/Frusciante on in any other way. The strat has my favorite tone out of any guitar. Picking up my strat is like coming home, every time.

Jazzmaster: The coolest Fender guitar ever, and a near-tie for best-sounding. Can enter Tele territory, or at least the attributes of the tele bridge pickup that I like.

Those are coincidentally the two electrics that I own.

However, I would like to round out the "perfect" guitar collection with a fixed bridge, humbucker equipped solid-body. My personal preference to that end would be a Gibson Flying V. I've got a bead on one right now. After that, I think I'll be good. Maybe shop a couple of amps from here on out.

And, using mute's words, a "luxury" item might be an Epi Casino or Sheraton somewhere down the road. Not a necessity for me, though.... And then there's the Esquire... aw, fuck...

[scott_va]

Really, all anyone needs is a good Telecaster.

or a good SG.

Like this?



(Just saw it at the pawnshop today....)

[bighonky]

Really, all anyone needs is a good Telecaster.

or a good SG.

Like this?



(Just saw it at the pawnshop today....)

That looks like a Standard, which I'm not into( I like slimmer necks and small pickguards ), but see if it suits you. My SG is surprisingly "Twangy" when played clean.
It can cover alot of ground sound-wise.

[scott_va]

That looks like a Standard, which I'm not into( I like slimmer necks and small pickguards ), but see if it suits you.

It's nice, but way out of my price range. I guess I could test-drive it anyway, but I don't want to play in front of people at the store.

My SG is surprisingly "Twangy" when played clean.
It can cover alot of ground sound-wise.

That's what I keep hearing about these things. I'd love to hear one up close. What type do you have? (Can't quite make it out in the avatar pic...)

[OffYourFace]

This is basically all I have with me... I also have a Jag & a Les Paul in Boston.


'63-ish Bass VI
'60 JM body w/ '64 JM neck
'75 Tele Custom w/ '72 Thinline neck

[Orang Goreng]

Single coil solid: Jazzmaster. I just prefer it over strats and teles, mostly because of the shape and the vibrato.
Humbucker solid: SG standard. What can I say, I like mine. Not a fan of LPs.
Hollow body: a Gretsch of some kind. As far as currently active guitar players go, David Eugene Edwardsprobably has the sound that comes closest to my present ideal. I think he mostly plays a Tennessee Rose, but I'm not familiar enough with Gretsches to know for certain which one I'd pick.

[pj]

You know, this is a pretty strong set of lead off hitters, with maybe the SG batting cleanup:





I don't have a proper semi-hollow Jazzbox, but the Thinline (along with the Dano) can cover a lot of that ground.

What is the wood faced Dano? Looks very cool! Do the strings go through the body like a Tele?

Thanks,
=-) PJ

[zhivago]

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