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It would be an interesting experiment to put the same pickups in a bunch of different guitars and then see how easily you could identify different models in a blind test.
I think the related experiment - the same guitar with a range of different pickups - would yield a much greater variation in sound. My idea of a versatile guitar would be one which is designed for fast pickup swapping. |
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I know this is going to seem like a cop-out to some people but...
The magic is not in the guitar, but the person who plays it. |
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If I could only have one of my guitars, my most versatile would be a Tom Anderson Hollow Drop Top with a H-S-H configuration and coil taps...
Pretty much covers all of the bases for my playing. |
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Telecaster!
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Great thread and answers some of my questions. Went and picked on several electrics for which I am very ignorant being somewhat drawn to the Les Paul style, salesman and I discussed the archtop design of a nice semi-hollow body model and why they called it that. Overwhelming for a beginner with all the Humbucker pick-ups and the 4 control knobs and some of them snap in and out for even more controls. Looks like to stay in the price range <$500> they will definitely be made in China.
I guess for my first electric down the road I may lean towards a tele or a strat.....just liked the looks of the Gibson and Epiphones....
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Ibanez and right now sechecter are more versatile ( but I will admit I may like the schector because it is better looking than the Ibanez).. my whole problem with a Strat is they are not versatile and way to much money for what you are getting. but people do play good jazz on strats . tellies . even squires.... jazz players that focus on only one sound.. I like a huge variety of sound even one guitar is not enough. but the most versatile instrument would be a Ibanez or schecter with a Floyd rose...I can do any gig with this. even cover a few steel guitar parts with that Floyd. even get a decent acoustic guitar sound with my ac modulator. go play one of these.. http://www.schecterguitars.com/guita...3-11-19-detail
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I'm going to throw out an ignorant question here...
How different of a tone do you get with the same pickup in multiple spots... assuming all else is the same? On the strat you have 3 pickups, all the same, the wiring changes some of the positions, and the lack of tone control changes the bridge, but really... would you get 3 different sounds if all 3 were wired the same? Likewise with a LP style guitar (2 humbuckers)... if the tone/volume were set the same for both, how different would they really be? That schecter lists both humbuckers as the same thing. |
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I really do not see how someone can say the Strat is not flexible and even that an Ibanez, designed purely as a heavy metal shredder is superior in the range of tones?
Go figure.... |
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I probably went as GAS-crazy as it gets buying and selling many classic models and trying newcomers. Versatility was a part of how I got to the keepers among many. Not being in a band I find jams and playing with others requires total versatility. It just kept repeating that I didn't want to be without a Telecaster or ES semi-hollow style guitar. That doesn't mean that I dislike others.
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There's a long running bunch of posts on TDPRI about Greg's Guitars (Gregor Hilden) youtube demos because they really let you see how much touch and the amp make for a consistent sound.
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According to Fender , they are all 3 wound the same . There is a pronounced tonal difference between the bridge pickup and the neck pickup . The middle pickup clearly sounds more like the neck pup than the bridge pup . I am using a wiring setup that gives me no volume control and all tone controls . It allows for doubling tone pots in certain positions including the bridge position . Using the tone pots , I can dial in a sound on the bridge pup that cuts the trebles while retaining the dynamics associated with this position . With this baseline , I see no doubt as to location having an effect on tone , at least with single coils . As to the original question , I say Telecaster . |
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The best all around electric guitar, IMHO, is the Gibson ES-335.
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really with todays effects and eq. not any tone difference.. If strats came with a Floyd. more constant neck action and a more reasonable price I would play one. well they need to make them look better also...right now they go for the cork sniffer... I could get the tones but it is not a totally versatile guitar. You could not do steve vai cover with it for exampel. you have to have a good bar system for that...
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Years ago, you played what you had for every song..
Now I play a Tele with a mini humbucker in the neck position. We play old standards, big band tunes, Chet Atkins and Merle Travis stuff, country etc. I have archtops and a Strat, but when in doubt, I take the Tele. |