Guitar Models

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Hi,

Honestly ... the guitar is not the issue ... it's the person behind it that is more important. 

Sometimes one chooses this guitar or that because the neck is thinner or thicker and fits your hand better, and that has little to do with anything else but the person's comfort with the instrument.

This is, btw, quite different from many of the instruments in an orchestra that have been the same for way more years than the electric guitar, which is the one instrument that has been updated and changed to mix/match many people, and it still came out really well and good. Think violin, and you can name only one for the past 300 or so years, I bet!

The player and his/her comfort zone is way more important than it being a Fender or a Gibson ... and tomorrow a Jane or a Kathy!

Poll Question: Which of these is your favourite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Fender Stratocaster	9	[23.68%]
Fender Telecaster	3	[7.89%]
Gibson Les Paul	11	[28.95%]
Gibson SG	6	[15.79%]
Other	9	[23.68%]
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moshkito Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 16250	Posted: October 26 2017 at 09:14
	Hi, Honestly ... the guitar is not the issue ... it's the person behind it that is more important. Sometimes one chooses this guitar or that because the neck is thinner or thicker and fits your hand better, and that has little to do with anything else but the person's comfort with the instrument. This is, btw, quite different from many of the instruments in an orchestra that have been the same for way more years than the electric guitar, which is the one instrument that has been updated and changed to mix/match many people, and it still came out really well and good. Think violin, and you can name only one for the past 300 or so years, I bet! The player and his/her comfort zone is way more important than it being a Fender or a Gibson ... and tomorrow a Jane or a Kathy!
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Hercules Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 7024	Posted: October 26 2017 at 06:50
	It depends who is playing it. Just for fun - two teams. One which mostly plays Gibsons, one which mostly plays Fenders (though I know Andy Latimer uses a Strat pretty often!). Pick!! Team Gibson Steve Hackett Andy Latimer Jimmy Page Martin Barre Andy Powell Steve Howe Tony Iommi Robert Fripp Joe Bonamassa Jan Akkerman Slash Team Fender Dave Gilmour Richie Blackmore Jimi Hendrix Rory Gallagher Jeff Beck Ted Turner Richard Thompson Mark Knopfler Robin Trower Eric Clapton Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Manuel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12425	Posted: October 26 2017 at 05:52
	Heritage H 500. It would be the modern day version of the Gibson Les Paul. Quite versatile and amazing sound and sustain!!!!

Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2826	Posted: October 26 2017 at 05:33
	Oh puh lease not a Flying V. Gibson are $520 million in debt at the moment and haven't come up with a decent design since the SG. The company was recently offered to Peavey for $1, Peavey had a look at the books and refused. I do like LPs and SGs but Gibson have produced some howling horrors in the past. By the same token, so have Fender.


Davesax1965 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 23 2013 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2826	Posted: October 26 2017 at 05:31
	Depends on the track and what you're trying to achieve. I'll also put a word in for PRS here as well.


cstack3 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 6769	Posted: October 25 2017 at 23:05
	My choice! Gibson Les Paul, of course! Superior sustain compared to the others, and a more pleasing scale vs. Fender's Stratocaster in my own opinion.
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ForestFriend Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2017 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 680	Posted: October 25 2017 at 19:26
	As a player, I tend to gravitate towards my strats.
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DeadSouls Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 28 2016 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 4255	Posted: October 25 2017 at 16:53
	Fender Esquire/Telecaster

dwill123 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 19 2006 Status: Offline Points: 4455	Posted: October 25 2017 at 16:34


Larkstongue41 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 07 2015 Location: Eastern Canada Status: Offline Points: 1360	Posted: October 25 2017 at 16:10
	The 4 most famous guitar models (except for the SG; the ES335 seems more popular). I'm really fond of the sound of the Telecaster, the Stratocaster seems like the most versatile guitar model, the Les Paul seems to be the most popular among guitar players but I have to go with the SG. Soooo sharp and it's used by some of my favourite guitar players (Frank Zappa, Manuel Gottsching, Jerry Garcia).
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