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Originally Posted by marty bradbury
Hello folks. I have been playing acoustic guitar for around 12 years. I've been leaning towards purchasing an electric guitar. I like all types of music but tend to go for the "Carlos Santana sound". So basically looking for an all around good electric guitar. Any suggestion. would be greatly appreciated. I only keep one acoustic around the house and would only want one versatile electric.
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G'day Marty,
You've already received some excellent advice. What budget range do you have in mind? Do you already have an amp?
Until then here is where I would start:
-- any decent electric with humbucker pickups (PRS, Les Paul, 335)
-- a small wattage all tube amp that has an overdrive channel/gain stage (if you have the coin, a Mesa Triple Rectifier will get you there, but it is not small wattage!)
-- a distortion pedal, a compressor pedal, a delay pedal.
that combination will get you into Santana category. His sound comes from the pickup style of his electric, his highly overdriven amp and a whole lot of watts and of course, his fingers. But Santana goes for that "very compressed, high gain, high sustain, thick" sound and the above package will get you there.