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What electric fits?
I want to get an electric guitar to learn some new technique versus always playing acoustic. I am looking for something under $1500, new or used, good quality, and most important can capture a warm tone so probably a set of humbuckers with separate volume and tone controls. Semi hollow would be good too.
What can you steer me to. I am a newbie in this arena but play out professionally full time on acoustics. Thanks in advance.
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I think you need to go to a guitar store and play several guitars - PRS, Epiphone and some Gibson hollow bodies come to mind. What amp is also important, a good entry level one is the Fender Blues Junior or some like it. My .02....
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I'll put up my two pages on choosing an electric, HERE and HERE. See if you can find anything useful there!
Bob
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Certainly agree, but you can also go somwhere online like Sweetwater browse to get an idea of what's out there.
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I did that . I am after personal experience please. Who can recommend a guitar that they like that fits the bill.
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I thought that single coil P90s were not a warm as humbuckers. It's that true or not. Please explain a little. The Godin has P90s.
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Very helpful article. Thanks.
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Go out and audition several of each P/U type until you find one you like. Remember that an electric require a different kind of finesse in playing than an acoustic.so play a lot of different guitars before you decide. I always make it a point to play a guitar in person before buying. $1500 will get you a lot of guitar for the money but I would stay away from Gibson. They are way overpriced and of lately the quality is sometimes just atrocious. Epiphone's are Chinese made Gibson licensed copies of Gibson's and quality is usually better than Gibson however, EPI uses some cheap electronics that will need to be upgraded. Your budget will get you into an American made Fender and I would get a Strat if I wanted vibrato or a Tel if I wanted a hard tale. The Mexican made Fenders are VG, as well for less money. |
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While Seagull makes a good point about the interaction of playing style and tone, bear in mind also that the P-90 was originally conceived as a jazz guitar pickup (slap on a set of flatwound strings and plug into a tweed/brown-Tolex Fender or blue-check Ampeg 12" combo, and you'll cop the mojo of every early-50's bop recording you've ever heard) and the original PAF attempted to emulate the fundamental characteristics of the earlier design - warmth, clarity, and power - without the 60-cycle hum; I've A/B'd my P-90 LP against a gennie '58 goldtop/darkback, through the same 1x12" tube combo, and while the '58 had the expected lower-midrange "whomp" they were essentially variations on the same theme. As I said above, Tony Bennett's guitarist has been using a P-90 CW II for several years - and I think both he and his boss know a little something about tone...
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No mention of Eastman electrics yet. Check out Eastmans with humbuckers. Might be useful too, if you would provide a sound sample, even if it's a sample of your favourite guitarist from youtube. Gibson Les Pauls can sound perfectly warm...maybe you could buy a less expensive guitar and change out the pickups. Telecasters' neck pickups can sound fairly warm with the eq settings tweaked. Yes, amps and pedals can get you where you want to go and if possible get into the shops and try try try until you find what you want. Be aware though, of the lifelong search for a tone...you may never be totally satisfied, for example as your tastes, and hearing, change.
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