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Post by Jawbone on Aug 20, 2007 21:53:57 GMT -5
I have a Fender, my wife loves it when I don't plug it in.
go figure.
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Post by dickt on Aug 21, 2007 6:32:39 GMT -5
Around here you can find used Epiphone Dot's all day long for under $300. And occasionally you'll find one with upgraded tuners and pickups (the two primary weaknesses of the Epi's vs. Gibson).
You might want to look at Gretsch and Guild too. And for a Gibby clone the folks who make Heritage guitars are some of the original Gibson workers. I've known lots of folks who rave about the Heritage lines.
dick thaxter
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Post by AlanC on Aug 21, 2007 7:29:46 GMT -5
On a related note, some of you might remember the Telecaster that a friend gave me. If you don't, to recap- the friend lives in Pearlington, MS which got an 18'-20' storm surge from Katrina. Bob's house was battered off the foundations. Bob watched his neighbor toss a guitar case on the debris pile and picked it up after the neighbor left. It was an American made Telecaster. To his eye, it didn't look too bad so he brought it to church to give it to someone. I took it and brought it to Jerry and after almost two years, she lives. He plugged it in and played some kind of boogie that I would never in a million years begin to play. Anyway, he is- electrically speaking- a Gibson/growley humbucker kind of guy so he sent it home with me. I played it for several hours on the couch trying to play rhythm to the Allmans "You don't love me" but I'm hopeless. Nice guitar- cute name "The Katrinacaster" but she will languish with no-talent me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2007 7:46:07 GMT -5
My advice on a good Blue's/Slide guitar would be anything with P-90 pickups. An ES-330 or LP SPL, Epi Casino, Some of the new Epi's come with p-90s, Fender Tele Jr. A LP DLX can easily be fitted with P-90s.
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Post by John B on Aug 21, 2007 8:10:33 GMT -5
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Post by billhammond on Aug 21, 2007 8:13:29 GMT -5
Mass Music describes it as having a "very slender neck." You ever seen MajMinor's paws, John?!?!? (That is a purty one, though, and with updated Armstrong pickups.) ![]() |
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Post by John B on Aug 21, 2007 8:23:06 GMT -5
Mass Street just received about 20 guitars from one person on consignment (this guitar is one of them). Most are Gibsons. The coolest guitar I saw was the ES-125 - maybe it sold already.
THey have some nice Eastmans, too - the double humbucker version of yours, Bill, as well as an El Rey.
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Post by Tim Alexander (fmrly. Camalex) on Aug 21, 2007 8:26:09 GMT -5
I am having fun on occasion with an Epiphone Dot Studio -- under $250 online and I had my Martin center wet-it up as low as possible with flat wound jazz strings -- I can't make these guitar string squeak when I try -- It's as slick as butter and smoother than elixirs -- and I don't care what it sounds like because to my ear, all electric guitars sound like shite -- they're just so much fun to play and they're so eays on your hands/fingers. makes difficult chords feel easy.
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Post by majorminor on Aug 21, 2007 9:13:50 GMT -5
The coolest guitar I saw was the ES-125 - maybe it sold already. Hmmm - so based on Marty's P90 recommendation maybe an ES-125D would be worth a look?  What little I'm able to glean from ads seems to indicate there is a cut off in the mid 60's somewhere where the neck profiles got slimmer and the quality became possibly suspect? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2007 9:29:40 GMT -5
ES models with p-90s always need a little custom work to get the pickups closer to the strings, usually the bridge PU was too low and needs a ring to raise it up. I have the template for those rings and have made them from rosewood like Gibson did or from maple and then stained black. If you get this type of guitar Steve I will send you a copy of that template so yo can make your own.
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