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My go to for stage work and singer/songwriter work is my
Takamine from 91. My go to for home studio (I play into
a snowball mic plugged into my MacBook Air) is my Alvarez
from 81.
My electric guitar is a Gretsch BST-1500 from 81.
I have others, but those are the key ones... Well, I will
mention a Yamaha FG-180 from 69 or 70 that I use for
bluegrass jamming. It's a CANNON when it comes to sound
and projection!
Okay - so everyone has their favorite guitar, even if they
have several and suffer from "GAS" - Guitar Aquisition
Syndrome.
Nightfox wrote to jimmy anderson <=-
That's cool. :) I tend to lean toward Stratocasters (I have two),
I definitely like Gibson Les Pauls as well (I bought a Les Paul Studio recently).
Right now, I'd say the favorite guitar that I currently own
is my 2005 Fender Standard Fat Strat. It has a Seymour Duncan
humbucker in the bridge and a Kinman AVn-56 pickup each in the middle & neck positions (I put those in to replace the Seymour Duncan
single-coils which the guitar originally had). I also recently put
Fender locking tuners in it, replacing the original tuning pegs that it came with. The guitar plays well and sounds great.
Also, this guitar is louder than my other Strat,
and I'm not quite sure why - Perhaps it has a different volume pot.
More recently, I bought a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster with 3 Lace Sensor Gold single-coil pickups. I've always liked those pickups and wanted a Strat with that sound. It definitely sounds good, but
recently I've been thinking that the Kinman pickups sound slightly brighter and clearer.
I think I may be coming down with a case of Guitar Acquisition
Syndrome. :P I've thought of buying a Gretsch Duo Jet, such as this
one: http://bit.ly/14gxqeD
It's the guitar that George Harrison played, and it also has the
Gretsch sound which is good for rockabilly - If only I could play well enough for that. :P
That's cool. :) I tend to lean toward Stratocasters (I have two),
Great axes - no doubt. Being from a country background I prefer a Tele.
I have a friend I pick with some who has a "Nashville" Telecaster - it's not the official name, but it's what it's known as - has three pickups instead of two and has a 5-way switch (instead of 3). His also has a B-Bender.
I definitely like Gibson Les Pauls as well (I bought a Les Paul
Studio recently).
Also good instruments, but also not what I tend to gravitate to (to each his own, though, right? When I'm playing Bluegrass I will sometimes get "the look" because I'm not playing a Martin - LOL).
More recently, I bought a Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster with 3
Lace Sensor Gold single-coil pickups. I've always liked those
pickups and wanted a Strat with that sound. It definitely sounds
good, but recently I've been thinking that the Kinman pickups sound
slightly brighter and clearer.
I remember when those Lace were "the next great thing." :-)
Nightfox wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
That's cool. Playing Strat-style guitars for as long as I have, I
always thought it seemed undesirable to have "only" 2 pickups instead
of 3. But I've played guitars with 2 pickups that sound great, so I
don't think it's a very big deal.
I've seen some Teles with 3 pickups,
but they seem to be fairly rare.
I've also wondered why it is that between the Stratocaster and the Telecaster, country players tend to gravitate toward Telecasters. It seems that it's possible to configure them to sound pretty much the
same, so I'm not sure if it has to do with the looks more than the
sound.
Yeah, to each their own, definitely. :) As far as bluegrass, I've
heard resonator guitars are sometimes popular in bluegrass, and I'm not sure that Martin makes a resonator.. I've looked up resonator guitars before, and they tend to be made by other brands.
I think the Lace sensors are definitely good pickups. But lately I've started to like the Kinman pickups a little better - I think the Kinman MkIII set (AVn-56 for neck & mid and AVn-62 for bridge) sound even brighter and clearer than the Lace Sensors, and they're true noiseless pickups, too.