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Chipson. He's AI.Is that a Chibson?
What’s your “all-around” guitar?
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Into which amplifier? I tend to prefer humbuckers for high gain and single coils for clean to medium gain. My Reverend Airsonic W has their variation of P90’s so probably fits the bill of “all-around” best of my small selection. But I play my Strat with single coils and ESP with Fluence humbuckers more often.
Frodebro
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It’s funny how long that kind of stuff stays in your brain. I was in a cover band that was working literally every weekend back in the 90s, and it took me a LONG time after I walked away from that world to make the break from Swiss army guitars.
ctreitzell
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2006 Gibson CS ES-355 '64 RI covers a fair few bases
mine is stop tail
not that is doesn't have issues, it does
but covers many tone requirements
cleans are excellent as is dirt
I bought mine for around €3K in 2019
mine is stop tail
not that is doesn't have issues, it does
but covers many tone requirements
cleans are excellent as is dirt
I bought mine for around €3K in 2019
megametal7
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I dont have that guitar…. With all my guitars something is wrong and its not perfect.
My go to will always be the prs McCarty as an all-around. It can be thick, throaty, clear, spanky, aggressive, classic, you name it…. It’s not too heavy, not too light, has sustain, and is very touch sensitive. Any time I need to cover a lot of ground sonically, it’s the first thing I’ll reach for.
I can also get a lot of mileage out of a strat, but I have to fight for it. With the PRS there’s no fight it is just ready for whatever comes our way.
D
I can also get a lot of mileage out of a strat, but I have to fight for it. With the PRS there’s no fight it is just ready for whatever comes our way.
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Ibanez AZ Prestige with all of its pickup configs, tremol-no, SS frets, big comfy neck. It's my daily driver.
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SillyOctpuss
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If I take one guitar out it's probably this one.
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The two in my avatar honestly could do just about anything.
Ibanez AZ 2204 is a versatile HSS, I swapped in a Thornbucker bridge and ML neck/middle pickups. If I were gigging the heck out of it I'd probably install a noise reducer or swap the singles out for noiseless.
The PRS CE-24 is right between a Fender and Gibson sonically. Again it has Thornbuckers in it which can do just about anything. Partial coil splitting on the push-pull lets you get closer to a Tele sound.
Ibanez AZ 2204 is a versatile HSS, I swapped in a Thornbucker bridge and ML neck/middle pickups. If I were gigging the heck out of it I'd probably install a noise reducer or swap the singles out for noiseless.
The PRS CE-24 is right between a Fender and Gibson sonically. Again it has Thornbuckers in it which can do just about anything. Partial coil splitting on the push-pull lets you get closer to a Tele sound.
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I’ve heard this but haven’t experienced it. I’m going to have to try some recent PRS guitars. In the past they always sounded like a Les Paul with the tone control down to about 3.
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PRS are usually quite mid focused. Works really well in a band setting but less fun when you're playing on your own in the house.
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Hmm
, best all around? That's thought provoking. I think I am most comfortable with a Tele with a 4 way switch (bridge pickup & neck pickup in series). I can reach the 22nd fret easily and often. I would feel comfortable taking that to most gigs. Except maybe hard rock or heavy metal. Maybe a SG would cover more ground than a Tele. But I just enjoy playing a Tele more.
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This is my all-rounder. It is the guitar that can do just about everything I need (aside from drop tunings since it has a floating bridge).
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HotRats
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I've gigged for many years bringing and SG and a Stratocaster as a backup/alternative voice.
But in the last 10+ years I've decided I don't care about versatility anymore and I bring only Les Pauls or a Les Paul and an Explorer if there's some heavy stuff in the set list that deserves the Explorer look.
I, unfortunately, play only covers these days but I don't care about mimicking the original tones (and even parts when possible): I like what I like and I play how I play.
Granted I'm free to do that because I play for fun and not for money .
But in the last 10+ years I've decided I don't care about versatility anymore and I bring only Les Pauls or a Les Paul and an Explorer if there's some heavy stuff in the set list that deserves the Explorer look.
I, unfortunately, play only covers these days but I don't care about mimicking the original tones (and even parts when possible): I like what I like and I play how I play.
Granted I'm free to do that because I play for fun and not for money .
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The AZ series really is attracting me.
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My bad, I just saw this now. Not sure if anyone else chimed in, but the Gilmour set is the SA’s, along with the SPC and EXG (Treble/Bass boost) modules. My only gripe is that I’d change how fast the bass dials in turning up the EXG in comparison to the treble, it doesn’t seem balanced at all as the bass comes up faster than the treble and before it gets bright, gets woofy.
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It could very well be the pickups. Older PRS guitars had hot pickups that could sound dark. I sold my Gibson Les Paul after buying my S2 McCarty 594 last year because it sounded clearer, was lighter and better balanced, played better, and had a more comfortable neck.
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Did you have to modify the pickup cavity to fit the rail pickups? I got a set of Cruisers and they were too deep to fit in my AZ 2204 without routing.
