My Favorite Guitar aint a Gibson...

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My favorite Gibson isn't a guitar...

Raquel Gibson

 

[Roberteaux]

I tend to vacillate between a Gibson ES335 and my Lt. Dave-made, pre Desert Star Telecaster.

But once in a while something weird happens: I'll suddenly pick up another guitar, usually my SG or my Fender Strat... and that's the only guitar I play for the next couple of months!

No clue what triggers the change. But, at least I know for sure which guitars I ought to sell, because I literally have to force myself to play them.

--R

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

Teles always sound kind crap in my hands (only played a few), yet everyone else seems to get that tele “meat”

m,Teles are a " tight" guitar,thus,you MUST loosen up,more movement in picking hand,roll off vol and tone to " liking" ......


As if this makes sense......

 

[matthew bear]

m,Teles are a " tight" guitar,thus,you MUST loosen up,more movement in picking hand,roll off vol and tone to " liking" ......


As if this makes sense......

I think I understand…

Mine had the thin pressed metal bridge, and a maple fingerboard… it was “plinky” and thin…

I think a more substantive bridge would’ve helped

 

[Steven]

that's a very reverend looking yammy. my first real guitar was a yamaha SG back in the mid 80s, great value for the $$.

Everything Yamaha makes is very good IMO.

 

[Steven]

Since I haven't had the opportunity to play every guitar out there, I honestly don't feel comfortable making a blanket statement as to what my favorite guitar might be. So many I have heard are fabulous that I've never had the opportunity to try.

 

[Dolebludger]

About Teles: not all Teles (even if made by Fender, and many aren’t) come with the same bridge and pickup set-up. The original Fender Teles came with treble orientated single coils with the bridge pup mounted in a bridge plate with three saddles — each of which shared two strings. Now, both Fender and other makers build Teles with all sorts of pups and bridge set ups. My Tele is a Michael Kelly model. It has a Swamp ash body with a stripped ebony top, with a humbucker in the bridge and a mini -hum in the neck. Both pups have coil split, with a six saddle bridge and body-through string attachment. That is far different from the original Fender Tele from the 1950’s. And Fender makes Teles similar to mine (absent the stripped ebony top). My Tele can be set up to play country and rock-a-billy licks (what few I know) or set up to play metal power chords. I can even play jazz on it (to the extent I can). Mine has a maple bolt neck, but with a very tight grained dark rosewood board.

Teles are the most evolved guitars I know of. Probably because Fender didn’t seek legal protection for the basic design. One can find a Tele of many makes that will do what you want.

 

[Sunflake]

@matthew bear I would be more than happy to give your Les Paul guitars a happy home. Please let me know where to send the adoption papers. L O L.

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

I think I understand…

Mine had the thin pressed metal bridge, and a maple fingerboard… it was “plinky” and thin…

I think a more substantive bridge would’ve helped

m,simple rule,hit a chord unplugged ,should ring a long time ,there is alot that can go wrong with a guitar,just doesn't " gel". The Tele I just bought,did not plug it in,played Jumpin Jack.....felt it in my gut....yes,a winner....this happened with 80 % of my gits,Hell,my Orange Strat and my Sg.....bought them off the wall.....still winners.....


I now have six Teles....so pure....feel like I'm back in early days of R and Roll ,makes me play even simpler than I normally do.....Shakin all over....that kind of feel

 

[matthew bear]

@matthew bear I would be more than happy to give your Les Paul guitars a happy home. Please let me know where to send the adoption papers. L O L.

There may well be a an R4 coming up for sale soon…

 

[matthew bear]

@Tim Fezziwig my SG Classic was like that, I knew before plugging in it was from the heavens.

A random 08 that was a well built and finished instrument… it screams, shreds, has the blues, and does a great strat impression.

Bone stock, and it’ll stay that way. It’s a lifer.

 

[revtime]

My favorite guitar is a fender bodied mut caster strat.
My 2 is an MJT relicaster tele.
I do own 4 LPs

 

[Deftone]

An LP is still my #1. I like 'em thin like a Custom Lite. Everything just feels right to me on this one...and the tone is hard to beat. It even has the 9 hole weight relief.

It always seems to draw a little extra out of my playing that I didn't know was there.

 

[matthew bear]

An LP is still my #1. I like 'em thin like a Custom Lite. Everything just feels right to me on this one...and the tone is hard to beat. It even has the 9 hole weight relief.
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It always seems to draw a little extra out of my playing that I didn't know was there.

Looks awesome! The Lite version would probably solve most of my current gripes about the LP.

They should bring those back

 

[Deftone]

Looks awesome! The Lite version would probably solve most of my current gripes about the LP.

They should bring those back

FWIW: The original "Custom Lite" was produced '87- '89, then re-issued for a few years in the 2010's. So there plenty of them out there. They aren't necessarily light in weight though.

I have three of the thin body LP's and only one is a "Custom Lite." The one pictured is a 2014 "Standard 120 Light Honeyburst" This one is actually pretty lightweight. 7.8lbs

This one is a 2021 "Classic Lite" Thin body, no weight relief, 8.6lbs

My point is don't assume they are lightweight just because they are called "Lite"

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

FWIW: The original "Custom Lite" was produced '87- '89, then re-issued for a few years in the 2010's. So there plenty of them out there. They aren't necessarily light in weight though.

I have three of the thin body LP's and only one is a "Custom Lite." The one pictured is a 2014 "Standard 120 Light Honeyburst" This one is actually pretty lightweight. 7.8lbs

This one is a 2021 "Classic Lite" Thin body, no weight relief, 8.6lbs

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My point is don't assume they are lightweight just because they are called "Lite"

Deft,I was drunk for weeks,Old FEZZ #1 was dying,I bought a salmon Custom lite with Emgs.....then two weeks later band died.....vulture came and bought my gear....sold Custom lite for $350 and a case of beer.........90's were fun.

 

[Deftone]

Deft,I was drunk for weeks,Old FEZZ #1 was dying,I bought a salmon Custom lite with Emgs.....then two weeks later band died.....vulture came and bought my gear....sold Custom lite for $350 and a case of beer.........90's were fun.

"Sunset Metallic"

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

"Sunset Metallic"

Deft,that is it,just put emgs in it. I was a fun drunk,baiting bikers,buying guitars I couldn't afford,wrecking cars.....drinking was the most fun....I miss being an alkie....maybe I'll start up again when I'm 65...

 

[smk506]

FWIW: The original "Custom Lite" was produced '87- '89, then re-issued for a few years in the 2010's. So there plenty of them out there. They aren't necessarily light in weight though.

I have three of the thin body LP's and only one is a "Custom Lite." The one pictured is a 2014 "Standard 120 Light Honeyburst" This one is actually pretty lightweight. 7.8lbs

This one is a 2021 "Classic Lite" Thin body, no weight relief, 8.6lbs

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My point is don't assume they are lightweight just because they are called "Lite"

I’ve had 3 slim bodies too and my experience matched yours exactly.

None of them were/are boat anchors but none were as light as a typical sg either.

 

[matthew bear]

It’s more about the ergonomic than weight that interests me,.. thanks for sharing the info!