Which Guitar Do I Gig?

[Leumas]

I try to rotate my main guitar so I can justify having all the stupid things but in recent years 19 times out of 20 it has been a LP and I play style very similar to what OP does but it is so hard to go wrong with a Tele. I take one every night but really use it as my slide and alternative tuned guitar. Once you get into the neck pup on a LP nothing else really compares. Actually even with my telecasters I use the neck a lot. It also sort of depends if you have another guitarist and what he plays. HBs couple with single coil give some different sonic terrains to occupy.

Teles. Do. Everything.

 

[Deus Vult]

Teles. Do. Everything.

No. They. Don't.

 

[Leumas]

No. They. Don't.

 

[Brazilnut]

That combines the two pickups into a humbucker, right?

 

[MooCheng]

I dont gig much these days probably only 20 or so times a year, Standing playing for something like 3 hours is a real struggle, knees ach, shoulders ach, oh' the joys of being a old fart !.

I alway take a Tele, they not to heavy and the chunky neck helps me through long sets. Teles are just good all rounders

 

[Joeydego]

20 times a year is plenty for me

 

[kevinpaul]

I alway that my Brian Moore, it has great pick ups. It has coil tap and it has a Piezo acoustic
bridge pick up. Sounds great no matter.

 

[Brazilnut]

I alway that my Brian Moore, it has great pick ups. It has coil tap and it has a Piezo acoustic
bridge pick up. Sounds great no matter.

Nice git, k-p! From the description, very versatile. Pretty, too.

 

[Brazilnut]

USA Custom Guitars make some really nice rounded bolt-ons for strats, Joey. No flat-sided C-shapes, either. I put a .82 with a 5/8 nut width on my tele, and it reminds me of a 60's SG neck. Nicely rounded, but not too wide. Just full enough. Nice striped maple. Cost me 120 bucks with no paint or nut.

 

[John Vasco]

Every time I get ready to go out and play, I have the same argument with myself.

How about you?

Main gigging guitars are the 2009 '08 LP Standard, and the 2009 '57 VOS LP Junior. Occasionally I'll take the 1991 LP Custom instead of the Standard.

 

[SteveC]

For me, 99.999% of the time, I take my R9, Tele & Acoustic. Sometimes (rarely) I'll add the Strat. But, it's a PITA to haul 4 guitars.

I can't possibly get through a show without the "big-3" however.

But, I play covers so, I feel that I need them all.

YMMV

 

[James Carney]

the 2009 '08 LP Standard

 

[SteveGangi]

Between my LP Junior and the Sparkle Jet, got all my basses covered. Also, the amplifier has a lot to do with signature sounds. There's a thousand tweaks one can make between guitars, pickups, amplifiers and pedals where we should be able to cover just about any sound/tone.

I like that Jet

 

[John Vasco]

This. A Les Paul Standard built in 2009, with the specs introduced in 2008 (locking bridge & tailpiece; locking tuners; neutrik locking jack socket; asymetrical neck). Rather spiffing, what!!!

Put yer pussy away...

 

[HenryHill]

You're killin me, Smalls! Low light, hand held, sorry, Henry.

Looks nicer than my '13 Standard.

 

[kevinpaul]

If it's gonna be mostly country, I would lean toward the Tele or the Strat for the signature single coil sound.

However, an SG or Les Paul is perfectly fine for country too.

For country, a wash board and the correct hat. Fiddle, that is a violin with a flat top.

 

[Brazilnut]

Looks nicer than my '13 Standard.

It's an Epi Japanese Elite. I got it from g8tr. Very lovable. [g8tr is too!] I sold my Standard after I got this one.

 

[Sin Nombre]

That combines the two pickups into a humbucker, right?

No, it combines the two pickups in series. Is louder and less bright than the standard combining in parallel, like a humbucker would be. On my Tele I am not really getting a fourth tone because I can duplicate the series position exactly by using the parallel position and then turning the volume up and the tone down.

I like having the fourth position to get the fourth tone without fiddling with knobs, but on my guitar it not an otherwise unattainable tone.

 

[BigDipper15]

I bring a Strat and Les Paul or 335 in standard tuning to every gig and an SG tuned half step down.

 

[HenryHill]

Not sure if you're wanting to have one guitar to do it all, Braz.

I think the bringing a spare guitar is a wise choice, and if one were to die on gig day, you have the other to limp thru on, well voiced to the music or not.

TBH, I don't think I've seen a gig where a guitarist had only guitar for the gig, and the most common pair is LP or 335/tele or strat.

The two can get you anywhere you need to be.

What are you using for an amp(s)?

I've seen a head sitting on and outputed into a combo amp a lot lately, so if the head dies, the combo takes over.

Recently I saw a Vox Nighttrain 15 sitting on a Blackstar.
Impressed by the Vox tones.