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13th July 2011
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| Gear Head Joined: May 2011
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Thread Starter | Guitar hunting
Okay I just bought myself a new Blackstar ht-100 stage head and matching cab on the Musiciansfriend 4th of july sale. Now I need a new guitar. I have right now an ESP LTD h-351nt and although I love it, it isnt what you would call versitile. So heres what I need help with, I want a versitile (mostly rock) guitar that dosen't break the bank, and somthing thats gonna last me for a long long time (i.e gibson, prs, fender) Please help!!! Thank you so much
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13th July 2011
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| Gear nut  Joined: Apr 2009 Location: sunny SoCal
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what's your budget? what kind of sound are you looking for? ("rock" is pretty general genre, you know) |
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13th July 2011
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| Gear Head Joined: May 2011
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I'd like to keep it as close to $1000 as I can, I'd like a full, chunky sound, or really anything that sounds good I'm not too particular as of right now and I play blues rock, alt. rock, indie, Hard-Rock, what ever genre you would consider The Killers to be.. Etc etc. Mostly Hard-Rock and higher gain kind of stuff, but also use lower amounts of gain frequently
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13th July 2011
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| Gear nut Joined: Apr 2009 Location: sunny SoCal
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I can only speak from my experience, but out of all the guitars I have, PRS McCarty is the most versatile of them. I swapped the stock pickup with Seymour Duncans but stocks were not bad at all. It comes with two humbuckers and two knobs (1 vol, 1 tone.) But the cool thing is that the tone knob has a push/pull function. When you pull the knob, it switches the humbuckers into single coils, so you can have that more "bite" in your sound. I think you can find it around $1,200-1,500 used. Good luck!
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13th July 2011
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Mar 2007 Location: S.California
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Which Duncans for the swap?
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13th July 2011
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| Gear nut Joined: Apr 2009 Location: sunny SoCal
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Alnico II (APH-1) for neck & Jazz (SH-2) for bridge. Alnico was good for really clean tones & slight overdriven for blues, etc. Jazz tamed some treble & was good for classic rock solos. But after all, pickups matter less. I think 99% of tone comes from the fingers & 1% from the guitar.  |
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13th July 2011
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I wouldn't say 1% comes from the guitar. Id say around 15% comes from the guitar, pickups, and amp. but I know what you mean. the guitar is is only good as the song AND player. unless you have EMGs. every amp will sound the same......I would know Sent from my Vortex using Gearslutz.com App
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13th July 2011
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| Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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a lot of people come here and ask for a "thicker" tone. somtimes all you need is thicker gauge strings and a thicker pick Sent from my Vortex using Gearslutz.com App |
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13th July 2011
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| Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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but lol anyway look into a gibson sg or fender tele. if u don't wanna spend a lot, and your not looking to play out, the newer Squier Vintage Vibe Telecasters are pretty amazing for the price Sent from my Vortex using Gearslutz.com App |
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13th July 2011
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| Gear addict Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Rocky Mountains of Colorado
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Try to find an Ovation UK2 from the 70's. This is one of the most versatile guitars in my collection which includes most of the ones mentioned here. A good one in excellent condition should run about $800 give or take a hundred. |
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13th July 2011
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| Gear addict  Joined: Jul 2008
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buy a Fender Telecaster.
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13th July 2011
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| Lives for gear  Joined: Jun 2011
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Guitars are personal and you didn't specify what kind of sound you are aiming for. Anyway, me thinks a very versatile studio guitar is a Strat HSS combination (single coil neck middle, humbucker at bridge.) Many cover bands use such guitars as they produce a lot of sounds. Me thinks the MusicMan Silhouettes are even better, more ergonomic and fun to play. |
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14th July 2011
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| Gear Head Joined: May 2011
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Thank you all for the suggestions! I guess I'm looking for a chunky rhythm guitar, for my h-351 is my lead. I like medium necks, not too thin, not too thick, again, thank you all!
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14th July 2011
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| Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Gibson SG for sure then Sent from my Vortex using Gearslutz.com App |
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14th July 2011
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| Gear interested  Joined: Mar 2011 Location: New York
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tele 72 reissues are nice guitars. best thing I can tell you is to get out there and play as many as you can. getting some advice on a forum is a good thing but don't buy a guitar you've never played, go play a bunch.
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15th July 2011
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| Gear Head Joined: May 2011
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Yeah thats what I've been trying to do but I'm 15 and don't drive yet PLUS live in a smallish town (100k people) that only has a few music stores with limited variety. And my nearest guitar center is a couple hours away, so I'm trying to get the best idea of what it is that I want so when I do make the 2 hour trip to GC I have a much better understanding of what I'm truely looking for. | |
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