Your most versatile guitar?

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Your most versatile guitar?

Post by Bg »

For me its always got to be a strat... they cover so much ground. Especially if modded.

My pickup and go to is the black strat. Locking tuners, warmoth neck, graphite nut, wilkinson trem.
Something about that set up makes it magical.

But.... versatile?
We also have piezo bridge and push-push pot for acoustic action.
And cool rails humbucker for erm humbuckery action.
And the tuners, nut and trem add up to virtually floyd rose territory. I can get Prrrrts and SCHWWwaaaannnnggGGGGGSDSSSS with no loss of tuning.

Its not pure strat, but its versatile strat that can impersonate stuff really well. Especially as it has a Mahogany body ....
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I only have one electric guitar at present, a single pickup Cabronita, amazing all the different sounds you can get with one volume and tone control.
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Has to be the tele, grunty bridge pickup, stratty neck pickup, 4 way switching, mega!
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Is there such a beast
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The right Tele will do it all. If I still had my Nocaster that'd be my nomination.
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Telecaster erryday
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my custom made telecaster with bigsby that stays in tune no matter how much I abuse it, low wind Lollar humbuckers in the bridge and lollar P90 neck
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Hmmmm I'm yet to meet a tele that does humbucker and remains being a tele. And when its fitted with humbuckers its literally just a tele shaped humbucker guitar :P
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i've always found strats don't play nice with other instruments... quite good for some parts but not what i'd call versatile
tele or 335 for me
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haha true! i'm not sure your mahogany strat with humbucker rails remains being a strat either :P
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For a one man worship team this:
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H671 wrote:For a one man worship team this:
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how heavy is that beast? do you get a sore back playing that for 30mins? :mrgreen:
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All my guitars are dual HBs, except 1 with HB sized P90s.

I guess I know what I like, and no need for versatility.
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KNNZ wrote:
H671 wrote:For a one man worship team this:
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how heavy is that beast? do you get a sore back playing that for 30mins? :mrgreen:
It gives him Fever.
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Slowy wrote:
KNNZ wrote:
H671 wrote:For a one man worship team this:
P1040557a.jpg
how heavy is that beast? do you get a sore back playing that for 30mins? :mrgreen:
It gives him Fever.
Not too heavy - about 4 kg, probably lighter than most LP style guitars.
Epiphone Riviera P93 & EJ200CE, Hagstrom Viking Bass, Doubleneck bass/guitar.
Rivera Clubster 45, Carvin AG100D, Ashton BSK158.
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