What kind of guitar do you use?

2001 PRS Custom 22

HughesJB4 wrote: jplanet, I'm digging that strat. I've always been kinda turned off by the white scratch plate look, but I really like how it looks with a black scratch plate against the blue (purple?) body. What does that toggle closest to the input jack do? Coil split?

I think that Fender calls the color Midnight Blue - it's a little hard to tell because that picture was taken in green-tinted lighting...I had the black pickguard put on at the same time I had the pickups and electronics re-done...

That toggle is actually the tone control knob but with the knob missing - I've since put it back on - it's function is a push/pull to turn on the bridge humbucker in any pickup setting, so that when I have the neck pickup selected, I can get that twangy middle-Les Paul or Tele kind of sound. You can hear it being used on the chorus to "Find Your Way" at this url: (comes in at about 1:53 into the clip)

http://www.shadowcircusmusic.com/audio




Edited by jplanet - January 02 2009 at 13:27

What you do, you see, is get the following groupings of males in one room and wait for the sonic boom - Car enthusiasts (V8, Cubic Inches, Cram Overhead, yadda yadda), sports fans (Best ERA, this goalie had a better win-loss record, the zone defense vs the zone diet), musicians (I have a Benbson PL special with ten hum spoilling pickups through a "too many pedals to all list", into a modded Marshall head, and a Meda Cab), music nuts (Beethoven or the Beatles, how loud is too loud, why is today's music not as good as the one played when  I was young)

Of course, all of the above are apt to turn into heated arguements as to what is better best or worst. With absolutely no lack of objective measures to make subjective claims.
SO I just play the guitar in my hand. If it's electric, I usually plug it into an amp, which is now a tube one. I put a couple of pedals in front of that. Just like my idols ...
Then I spend an hour trying to find a sound all my own before just playing AC/DC, Iron Maiden, les Colocs, Trust, Johnny Cash and Rush ...

jplanet wrote: My '89 American Standard Stratocaster, with Seymour Duncan JB/AlnicoV/'59 pickups: My most recent addition, a 2006 Paul Reed Smith Custom 22, standard with a wide/fat neck:

Anymore pics of the strat?
It looks really cool with a H-S-H pickup configuration.

A Squire model Stratocaster. Maybe it's because I'm not exactly an expert, but I think it sounds pretty great.

Vompatti wrote: Any opinions on semi-acoustics, particularly Ibanez semi-acoustics? I recently saw this cutie (AFS-95T) and thought: "Whoa, now there's a guitar I'd buy if I won a huge amount of money on horses", but are there better options for the price (< 500€)?

I'd only get a semi-acoustic if you gig frequently with other instruments - otherwise you can get a much better guitar for the same price and just put a mic in front of it when you play a gig. Plus, you can always add on a decent pickup later if you start gigging out a lot (if you don't already).

Any opinions on semi-acoustics, particularly Ibanez semi-acoustics? I recently saw this cutie (AFS-95T) and thought: "Whoa, now there's a guitar I'd buy if I won a huge amount of money on horses", but are there better options for the price (< 500€)?

jplanet wrote: LOL - I bought the PRS used, so it actually ended up costing only a little bit more than my Strat (I probably spent an extra $600 on the custom electronics in the Strat), and only a few dollars more than my Martin D-35 (I still have to take pics of that one)...

Indeed ... I wouldn't have thought that:

http://www.thomann.de/de/prs_custom_22_2.htm

Almost affordable ... but still 1000 EUR more than my ESP NT-II.

LOL - I bought the PRS used, so it actually ended up costing only a little bit more than my Strat (I probably spent an extra $600 on the custom electronics in the Strat), and only a few dollars more than my Martin D-35 (I still have to take pics of that one)...

^ I guess that PRS cost more than all my 5 guitars together ...