Due AFAICT to dumb luck and a lifetime of poor self-care, my back and knees are currently buggered beyond belief. Rehearsals and gigs essentially leave me crippled, hobbling about like <insert vulgar simile here> and unable to bend over to pick my pedalboard up, stand up straight, or walk properly. So obviously I'm still doing both, and cutting back on other fun to compensate.
Whilst the physio and medical professions work their very slow magic to restore me to my former not-quite-glory, it occured to me that this is an excuse to get another guitar, as, pissing in the wind as it will be, I'm sure lugging a 6lb guitar for 3 hours will be better than an 8.5lb one.
What suggestions do the good folks of TGF have to offer (for guitars, not for back/knee remedies or for trips to Dignitas)?
Current main gigging guitars are
@Cirrus reject Gretsch Elliot Easton (twin humbuckers and a Bigsby) and a Guild Starfire V (twin humbuckers and a Bigsby). Ideally I need some kind of trem, but lighter than a Bigsby, and I tend to prefer humbuckers but am not totally anti-single coil. I do tend to think Strats are for kiddy fiddlers, which might be a limiting factor, and I know that I hate the neck on Squier Classic Vibes.
Available for cheap on the UK secondhand market is an added bonues.
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