Guitars for studio
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Posted on Nov 24, 2006 09:49 pm
Geoff
SM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic's
Contributor Since: Jun 20, 2002
Some of you are down sizing you home studios , I'm expanding and getting a shopping list together. I'm getting a few guitars so i can have some right handed ones around to offer to customers (ie i forgot my ax or something broke) I was wondering what you fine people if given the chance to have any guitar (s) avalible what would you want to have in the studio. I've already got a nice semo hollow body ,i'm just looking for that nice all around guitar that peopel would want to use. I have my preferences but this is not for me it's for the masses and i'm just interested in the most popular body style. This'll be fun.
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 25, 2006 01:20 am www.ibanez.com/guitars/guitar.asp?model=RG2570E
I prefer the Ibanez simply for the comfort factor of the strat style body shape. This one happens to be fitted with DiMarzio pickups which I prefer the sound of over the Ibanez pickups. Mine is a total custom build though, which you have seen when you were here. All 3 pickups are custom DiMarzio and they are all coil tapped to run Hum, single and parallel. It gives it a much wider tone range then in standard format. But even the stock format will give you a huge range of tone as well.
olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Nov 25, 2006 03:56 am I think if your getting them to have available for customers you'd want an LP & a Fender (probably Strat) and I hear/see SG's are pretty popular right now as well.
Dan
Nov 25, 2006 07:34 am I am thinking exactly like olddog...a strat, a tele and an LP. I personally like SG's but they are not quite as common as the others. Or, get a Line 6 Variax and have all your basses covered.
TallChapAnswer:On a good day, lipstick.Member
Since: Jun 24, 2004
Nov 25, 2006 11:41 am Good call on the Variax, dB-Wan. That would cover all eventualities.
An alternative would be a 'fat' strat. That way you have the single coil club covered, and the humbucker crowd. Also, they seem to cut through nicely in the mix.
GeoffSM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic'sContributor
Since: Jun 20, 2002
Nov 25, 2006 12:08 pm thanks guys. I'm with noize on the Ibanez, i like the body and neck (especially the neck) but thats for me (schecters are good too) . For the mases I was thinking i'd have the semi hollow (already have) a LP and a strat. I'm suprised no one said PRS. dB I did like your Variax, that was nice, i'll wait for the "Behrryax" to come out.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 25, 2006 03:12 pm Geoff, the only thing with the PRS is it is more the LP type tone and sounds. And you already have that covered. I do know a couple peep's that used a strat to do what I did. Although they were stuck using the DiMarzio fast trak II in all 3 spots, it still allowed them to do the coil tap and get a much larger variety of tone out of one guitar.
And just to make sure this is clear, When doing the coil tap, I can get the same strat/tele single coil sound and twang by doing it that way. As sell as getting the full on Humbucker of a LP/SG and so on. It is just a matter of having the guitar wired right and picking a body that will not be some wimply sounding toneless wreck.
GeoffSM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic'sContributor
Since: Jun 20, 2002
Nov 25, 2006 03:53 pm Noize after i got home from my trip this last summer i kinda took that idea and put Evolutions in my ibanez and man that thing rocks, and i had my buddy who's a guitar teck wire everything becuase i didn't want to f it up.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Nov 25, 2006 04:24 pm Good deal on that then.
I can see adding a strat or the like then. Maybe the PRS instead of a LP would do as well.
TadpuiI am not a crook's headMember
Since: Mar 14, 2003
Nov 25, 2006 06:26 pm I pretty much agree with the sentiments above that the bases to cover are the double-humbucker (Gibson or PRS), all single-coils (Strat) and something with some twang (hollow-body or Tele). Maybe a LP Studio and a G&L ASAT or something. Both of those together would be less than a single PRS.
The Variax is a good idea, the versatility will come in handy when you're after a certain sound but don't have a wall of guitars to choose from. But I don't think that it'd replace the need for the 3 guitars mentioned above...it can come close but it'd be worth having the real thing available because I'd almost guarantee that some clients would be turned off at the idea of modelling such a recognizeable sound as a strat or LP instead of using the real thing.
Nov 26, 2006 06:56 am i gotta agree with what's been said, basically here's my "all bases covered list" as far as 6 string electrics go...
les paul - for that humbucker rock attitude/sustain
strat/tele - idealy you'd have both, but either/or for the clean tones...it's the neck pickup that sounds good IMHO....the bridge pickup is more for 'specilized' sound.
hollow body - i'm a gretch fan myself, based solely on the fact i've played them and not many gibson or other models...great for the 'crunchy' presence and bite.
PRS - simply cuz alotta people (prs players) swear their life on 'em...i don't really understand the magic, but i know it's real....again, i'm a bass player
ibanez/jackson - as far as shreaders go, these necks got it...they're pretty much a poolstick, and if you're nailin' solos that have more hammer-on's than a roof, this is the ax they all love...model dependent.
throw in a 7 string, and i'd say you got your bases covered (no pun intended).
plz just get a REAL strat, and LP first
lol @ berryaxe!
