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  1. Originally posted by Macphistfly:[..]

    I know this, and I know that the Tele is more suited to power chords and twang and the Jazz to drone and shoegaze stylings (to say the bare bones least), but I'm wondering which you think would make the better more versatile second guitar to my electric collection.

    Right now I have the ES-335, Double Humbuckers.

    (though its soon to be painted in scheme with my color aesthetic for iOi)


    I'd recommend a strat. In my opinion strats are the most versatile guitars out there. That's not taking into account guitars like the Line 6 Variax guitars that can sound like 6 guitars in one, but if I had a 335 and wanted a new guitar that was versatile, I'd get a strat. You won't be able to put it down. They're also super customizable. It's easy to replace the neck, the pickups, the pickguard, even the body (as I did - the only stock part left on my strat is the neck, love the american necks).

    And I hate you too!
  2. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    I'd recommend a strat. In my opinion strats are the most versatile guitars out there. That's not taking into account guitars like the Line 6 Variax guitars that can sound like 6 guitars in one, but if I had a 335 and wanted a new guitar that was versatile, I'd get a strat. You won't be able to put it down. They're also super customizable. It's easy to replace the neck, the pickups, the pickguard, even the body (as I did - the only stock part left on my strat is the neck, love the american necks).

    And I hate you too!


    The line 6 Variax acoustic is a serious option too. I might use it as Edge did - as an electric.
    Strat's though, not my bag. If they float your boat, enjoy. They just get in the hull of mine and rip it open.
  3. Versatile? Affordable? Durable? Cool as hell?




    Nice to meet you, I'm a PRS SE Singlecut
  4. It's a Tele or Jazzmaster, I don't want any of the others!

    (Though I will get one of those alpine white LP's later on...)

  5. Everyone's playing Teles these days - go for the Jazzmaster I reckon

    I concur with Alex though, Strats are the dog's gonads. Even my cheap shitty ancient copy has got character to take one's hat off to; tuned it to Eb standard the other day and playing along with various versions of The Fly, gives Edge's Variax a run for its money! However, for all that, I love my Explorer. I doubt I'd ever sell any of my guitars anyway, too attached to them, but above all else the Explorer stays with me.

    Yeah I went off on a tangent there, but hey, so what

    Fairly tasty, for sure I just never took to the headstocks. Something about PRS headstocks that puts me off. In fact, spikiness in guitars puts me off as a whole. Explorers are exceptions 'cause they're not spikey.
  6. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Everyone's playing Teles these days - go for the Jazzmaster I reckon

    I concur with Alex though, Strats are the dog's gonads. Even my cheap shitty ancient copy has got character to take one's hat off to; tuned it to Eb standard the other day and playing along with various versions of The Fly, gives Edge's Variax a run for its money! However, for all that, I love my Explorer. I doubt I'd ever sell any of my guitars anyway, too attached to them, but above all else the Explorer stays with me.

    Yeah I went off on a tangent there, but hey, so what
    [..]
    Fairly tasty, for sure I just never took to the headstocks. Something about PRS headstocks that puts me off. In fact, spikiness in guitars puts me off as a whole. Explorers are exceptions 'cause they're not spikey.


    Glad to see someone agrees with me!

    My turn to agree with you. I never took to PRS', I'm not sure why, could be the headstock, but something about them just irks me (sorry matt). There's only one PRS that I was really close to buying, and it was this one:

    http://www.prsguitars.com/25th513/
  7. No worry, ya'll- to each his own, especially in guitars. There are too many for there to be one make or model that pleases everyone. I love my PRS and thats enough for me

  8. Well you know what they say, great minds and all that...the PRS you linked, even that doesn't really cut it for me. It's much of a muchness really as far as aesthetics go. Pretty sure it all boils down to the fact that my two key guitar heroes - The Edge and Malcolm Jones of Runrig - are big on Strats, although in Edge's case clearly, his wider taste in guitars has influenced me too, considering I have the Explorer and Les Paul (Malcolm Jones, bar a brief stint in the early 90s when he dabbled with a couple of Gretsches, is exclusively a Strat man).

    I mean, with regard to other guitarists I like, say, Noel Gallagher, I don't feel much inclined to follow much of their taste in guitars with hollow-bodied stuff like Casinos, 335s and whatnot - the ones I've played are just too cumbersome for my liking; not weight-wise, just the shape and size of the body is a problem for me - I like guitars to feel dynamic, wieldy, a rapier as opposed to a claymore. For all that, as I said the other day, I'd love a Rick, or at the least to try one out - don't know how they measure up ergonomically to other semi-hollow/hollow-body guitars, but the tone alone is worth the compromise for me. Needless to say, I envy you lot with yours!
    Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:No worry, ya'll- to each his own, especially in guitars. There are too many for there to be one make or model that pleases everyone. I love my PRS and thats enough for me

    Amen brutha
  9. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:No worry, ya'll- to each his own, especially in guitars. There are too many for there to be one make or model that pleases everyone. I love my PRS and thats enough for me


    Well said man!


    Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Well you know what they say, great minds and all that...the PRS you linked, even that doesn't really cut it for me. It's much of a muchness really as far as aesthetics go. Pretty sure it all boils down to the fact that my two key guitar heroes - The Edge and Malcolm Jones of Runrig - are big on Strats, although in Edge's case clearly, his wider taste in guitars has influenced me too, considering I have the Explorer and Les Paul (Malcolm Jones, bar a brief stint in the early 90s when he dabbled with a couple of Gretsches, is exclusively a Strat man).

    I mean, with regard to other guitarists I like, say, Noel Gallagher, I don't feel much inclined to follow much of their taste in guitars with hollow-bodied stuff like Casinos, 335s and whatnot - the ones I've played are just too cumbersome for my liking; not weight-wise, just the shape and size of the body is a problem for me - I like guitars to feel dynamic, wieldy, a rapier as opposed to a claymore. For all that, as I said the other day, I'd love a Rick, or at the least to try one out - don't know how they measure up ergonomically to other semi-hollow/hollow-body guitars, but the tone alone is worth the compromise for me. Needless to say, I envy you lot with yours!
    [..]
    Amen brutha


    Fair points. I think my guitar choices have mainly been based off of what the Edge uses, apart from the ricky. My les paul even looks like Edges (brought it in to put T-Top replicas in tonight! ) and my strats tone is based off of a 60's/70's strat tone, like Edges are (sort of).

    Also not a huge fan of the big hollow-bodies. The rickenbacker to me doesn't even feel like one. Only the lightness. Other than that, it just feels like a wicked electric guitar with a whole load of uniqueness to it. You really should try one man, I garuntee you'll love it.
  10. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Fair points. I think my guitar choices have mainly been based off of what the Edge uses, apart from the ricky. My les paul even looks like Edges (brought it in to put T-Top replicas in tonight! ) and my strats tone is based off of a 60's/70's strat tone, like Edges are (sort of).

    Also not a huge fan of the big hollow-bodies. The rickenbacker to me doesn't even feel like one. Only the lightness. Other than that, it just feels like a wicked electric guitar with a whole load of uniqueness to it. You really should try one man, I garuntee you'll love it.

    Dare I ask how much of your arm you had to bite off to get yours lol? Was just browsing eBay earlier, having a look at how much they can fetch, and bearing in mind they generally seem to dance between $1500 and $2000, did you have to fork out similar? But yeah, I'd love to just get a chance to play one at some point, but the only ones I recall seeing in the area in the last couple of years were a pair of black Jetglos, 6- and 12-strings respectively, but that was a couple of years ago.
  11. I love PRS's, every oneof them, but I hear what you're saying about the headstocks: they're definitely their weakest point for me too. But the bodies, the finishes, the sound and the necks are just so wonderful that...

    When I have the money (in a few years on, I'm afraid ), my order of guitars-to-get is:
    1 - Les Paul (any)
    2 - PRS (similar to Matt's)
    3 - Explorer (obviously Edge's model)
    4 - ES-335 (blood red!)
  12. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Dare I ask how much of your arm you had to bite off to get yours lol? Was just browsing eBay earlier, having a look at how much they can fetch, and bearing in mind they generally seem to dance between $1500 and $2000, did you have to fork out similar? But yeah, I'd love to just get a chance to play one at some point, but the only ones I recall seeing in the area in the last couple of years were a pair of black Jetglos, 6- and 12-strings respectively, but that was a couple of years ago.


    I think after shipping, plus customs charges (taxed going over the american/canadian boarder) I paid about 1700 in total. I think for the guitar itself I paid 1400, which is pretty good. I actually had to convince the guy on ebay that it was only worth about 1400, beacuse his listing was at 1700 (So I would've paid around 2000 after shipping costs).

    It's a big chunk of dough for one guitar for sure, but it's not a regrettable decision in the least. It's a perfect guitar right out of the box. Some have told me to swap out the hi-gain pickups for the vintage toaster style pickups, but I just love how it sounds right now too much to change it. Plus, and this is obvious, no guitar will ever look cooler
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