Which is your favourite?
September 1, 2008 by Chris
Filed under Thoughts From Backstage
I remember the day I got her. I has already realised that my BC Rich Warlock was the biggest waste of money I had ever spent. So I walked guitar case in hand to Muso's Corner looking for a trade in. I lost half my money on that guitar but it was worth it.
Me with Sunny
I've now owned that guitar for 16 years. She is Sunny - my Epiphone Les Paul Std.
Sure, she's "only" an Epiphone, but that guitar has been through hell and back with me. Even with all my flirtations with other guitars, PRS, Fenders, and even a Epiphone Goth LP with the hottest pickups I have ever heard in a "budget" guitar, she is the guitar I keep coming back to.
Is it because she is the best guitar I own? No, that would be the PRS SE. Is it because she is in the best condition? Definitely not. It's her voice. This guitar is just one of those freak things that sounds better thanthe sum of it's parts. A friend of mine recently bought two other Epiphones - an Ace Frehley and some other generic model with a beautiful wine red finish. The Ace Frehley felt the most like sunny, but sounded too hot. The other was too dark, too woollen. Sunny is just one of these rare one off's that I was lucky enough to obtain.
I'm sure several people reading this site have more than one guitar. I know I do. But do you have a favourite? Do you have a "go to" guitar that you just can't do without? And if so, what is it? Why?
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I have more than one guitar, but I'm not sure I have a “go-to” It depends on my mood, and why I'm picking up a guitar. So electric? Acoustic? Humbuckers? Single Coils? Everything else being equal–especially if it's just to noodle around on–either my Mustang–because it's easy to play, & sounds great, or my Les Paul–because it sounds great or…
I had a warlock also – RUBBISH!!
The pickups on it were BRUTAL – but it was the most stupid thing I ever did. I still see it every now and then in pawn shops. Probably about once a year… I find that rather funny.
I played an Epi LP recently and was very impressed. Gibson has a lot higher end product with Epi than Fender does with Squier. It's cool to have a guitar that really works for ya!
It depends on the range. I have a Squire Tele that I absolutley love..
I have a Telecaster that my dad and I put together out of bits and pieces (including a body from the local rubbish tip, and a handmade neck from some guy in Perth), and while I have a bunch of thin-necked Ibanez Prestiges with thin strings that play like butter, I love picking up the Tele, which has a huge fat neck, brutal Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickups, and 10-52 strings. That guitar really puts up a fight, and everyone else who plays it hates the damn thing, but I love it.
Hi Peter, thanks for stopping by. Love your blog.
Haha!!! Awesome. All fear Peter and his FrankenTele!!!!