Best ELECTRIC guitar?

[jim022]

Okay, we all know we love acoustics, but what is the best electric guitar you've ever heard/played? Me, 'heard played a Gibson Les Paul by EC, played myself? A fender strat with upgraded bridge pickup, blue in colour, blue in tone.

[stratokatsu]

Oh man... are you opening a can of worms!!!

Personally, I'd never be able to choose between my Strats, much less one guitar versus the other brands.

At the risk of correcting myself before I even finish writing this... here goes nothing.

2001 American Deluxe Strat, teal blue transparent with maple fretboard, Vintage Noiseless pickups...

On the other hand, I have a 2000 USA Hamer 25th anniversary series Vanguard with dual P90's...

But in the 'bang for the buck" category, Danelectro Hodad for under $150...

Dang you!!!!!!!!!

[jmbstudios]

I love my 1997 American Standard Strat.
Sunburst, I thew in some Texas Specials. Awesome. But the reason it is the best, is because I got it as New Old Stock 9 months ago for under $410.00, still had plastic on the pickguard and not a ding, scratch on it... WOW I'll take that any day!:roll: :roll:

[wjpjr]

hhhuuummm I like my G&L legacy hp best (It's more fender than a fender)!!!:eek: :rolleyes: :p :D

[Dancing Bear]

PRS Custom 24 Dragon pickups.

[TuningPegs]

2000 fender tele, american series, aqua marine metallic

go irish, can't wait till the "HOLY WAR" (boston college)

[Broly]

Why my CS 50's Relic Strat in Olympic White of course. :)


Dave

[proy]

'93 Gibson Lucille

[Bob Womack]

So many style, so many types, so little time. I've spent 25 years playing a Les Paul Standard. It's been loyal so I must. But favorite? At least it's the one I'd carry out of the flaming house first...

Bob

[tbondo]

strat....I've got an LP, but too darn heavy, with less sound....I've got a semi-hollow body, but my new strat (american HT) is the one that gets out of the case to hang out with the Taylors.

[trpullen]

Until recently, the only guitar that has stirred me was my 1997 American Fender Roadhouse Stratocaster. BUT, I got a 2002 PRS Custom22 10Top just recently and that guitar has "loved me up"...hehe. It is now my #1 and I can see what all the hoopla is about.

[Tayloresque]

That is a loaded guestion. I'm a Fender man, so I feel Strats and Teles are the best guitars. But, to each their own. Until about four months ago, my original vintage '58 Fender Strat was the best electric guitar I've ever played. Sold it on ebay about four months ago and bought the gear you see listed below (except for the Ibanez), plus some other things. What replaced it makes me very happy, and I don't regret it a bit. There's something to be said for new Fender (and Taylor) guitars.

Tom

[franchelB]

What do I know? I have a Fender MIM Tele std. and Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. People have been known to "bag" these 2 guitars, i.e. Fender American guitars and Gibson's Les Paul Standards or Customs are the best.
Personally, I don't believe in the "Best..."

[Gutch]

Depends on the mood. Personally, I played a Gibson Herb Ellis ES-165 (Hollowbody) a few months back that immediately made me think impure thoughts!!! What a honey!

On the Solidbody side, nothing beats an LP with the fast '60 neck and a pair of PAF's. Then again, nothing beats the clean sound of an American Standard Strat in the bridge/middle position, playing clean through a Twin amp! I drool everytime I think about that!

Of course, there's also a Guild Bluesbird...

So many great guitars, so little time!!! :)

[Cisco]

PRS Custom 24 10 top, Tobacco Sunburst super quilt top, Oh Baby ....I also covet a 58 reissue Gibson LP sunburst (Cherry)


Ron

[BloomfieldMAP]

Fender Nasshville Tele w/Kinman pickups... The best of both Fender worlds. No humm Tele Twang and Strat sound.
Delux (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/posum_lounge/Nashville.jpg)

[stratokatsu]

Originally posted by BloomfieldMAP
Fender Nasshville Tele w/Kinman pickups... The best of both Fender worlds. No humm Tele Twang and Strat sound.
Delux (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/posum_lounge/Nashville.jpg)

Maybe the pickups do something for you, but I got a Nashville and wasn't particularly enthused with it.

Then I recently tried a second one that had been modified with a push/pull pot to play all three pickups at once and to play neck/bridge like a regular Tele, but it just didn't do it for me either.

I just converted it to a regular Tele, leaving in the Tex/Mex pickups to see how they would work with better pots and a simple 3 way switch. It should be done today. If they don't sound good to me in the new configuration, I'll get a set of Bill Lawrence 280's for it. Those are really sweet and something of a known quantity in that I built one before. I sold it, but should have just gotten a new neck with a rosewood fretboard for it. I just can't see strings well against maple.

[Steve314]

Hmmm... on the acoustic front, I'd have to say a CFox Sonoma that I played a little over a year ago really caught my attention.

For an electric... whew... wow. Well, from what I own, the Hardtail American Strat in Olympic White is doin' it for me right now. I used to have a 1988 PRS STD 24 (which was reincarnated into a new engine for my truck) which I liked, but I think I would have been happier with it had it been a 22 fret neck. I used to have a G&L ASAT Classic which was, by far, the nicest playing Tele style axe I've ever held...

Steve

[JW]

My Favorite was my 60 les paul and Ive had a few nice carvins but I think PRS is at the top of the game right now but for the money its tought to be a good old American Stratocaster. Where else can you get a professional grade guitar for 700 bucks that works that well. JW

[DickensDad]

Oh Yeah... PRS CUstom 24 (10 top maple) -- got both Strat and Paul sounds available for the askin', and a perfect (and very fast) neck all the way up (and I do me all the way up) the fretboard!!

[dave hiwatt]

For me it's a toss up between my 66 strat and 73' tele custom.
The tele, with it's wide range humbucker at the neck really covers a lot of ground.

[jam]

I played a "new" '53 Les Paul Gold Top back in 1980. My friend discovered it in a bunch of guitars his dad had stored. It had the original strings! His dad was the original owner and said it had been played less than an hour! I will compare every electric guitar I ever play with that one.

--jam

[semolinapilcher]

Hey there Stratokatsu -

This looks like a sweet guitar, but the prices I see are more than double what you've got...? Could I really get one of these somewhere for $150?

[510picker]

I really like the G&L Asat Special. I like the the simplicity of the Telecaster style guitar with the top-shelf quality that G&L produces.

[ednotes02]

I think my Tom Anderson Custom Drop Top, solid mahogony body with Flame Maple top, KOA binding, is the most beautiful, best playing, greatest sounding electric I've ever played. Tom builds some wonderful instruments. I wouldn't mind having one of his Hollow T's with a switcheroo system either.
ednotes02

[mojo]

It has to be one of my G&Ls. Once I learned about G&L, I did alot of comparisons with the Fender counterparts. For what I was looking for, G&L took it hands down. Their tone and playability, materials, build quality, and fit and finish are all first class. The price makes it even better:D

mojo

[samchar]

Fender Telecaster!! An incomparable sustain with a signature grit and twang. I've tried Gibsons, Strats, Rickenbackers, etc. Nothing else really impresses me. Certainly, I haven't found another guitar that makes my steady diet of Tom Petty, CCR, Stones, Neil, and the Animals sound as good. But, I'm no tremelo-bar virtuouso and I don't play the crunchy metal stuff. Those styles would probably push you away from a Tele. But, I just love that raunchy grit and twang to a Tele. While most people now associate Teles with country music, I think it is the perfect rock and roll rhythm guitar. Unlike acoustic guitars, I personally haven't found a reason to buy more than one electric guitar. That said, I'm considering trading in my standard Tele (tobacco sunburst) for the Tele that has a humbucker in the front position. Probably even more versatile.

[Unk]

Something that recently put a twist into my perception of "favorite" is selling a guitar. I have an American Deluxe Fat Strat - love it, versatile, pretty too. But I just sold my Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus. She was a nice honeyburst, beautful wood, and ohhhhh what a sound. I tended to lean towards it more, that and my Breedlove. Now that she's gone and the Strat is my only electric I realize how "different" the Les Paul sounded. It's hard to separate reality and sentimentality so in light of that I'd say my ex-Les Paul was my best. (I know, the Strat will grow and grow on me.) I do miss the LP though. :(

[dink]

PRS McCarty 10 top, gold hardware , Bird inlays!

[martin82]

My '67 Strat, of course.