What is your weapon?

FrankenFretter*** · February 17th, 2011, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by syo

That would currently be my Hell Zero Dot (Hell, what do you expect?!)

. Although 2 weeks ago it would have been the Hell Bender but I'm getting into having a trem model at the moment.

In case I am perceived to be biased by mentioning my own guitars, then I would have to go with my Gretsch Hot Rod.

Hmmm...have we seen the Zero Dot, Syo? Is that the semi-hollow?

Like Eric, I keep coming back to my LPs. I love all my guitars, and I play them all, but the favorites are the Agile LP and the Epi 60s Tribute LP. There's something magical in that heavy mahogany...

Tig*** · February 17th, 2011, 08:46 AM

I chose Les Paul since my Washburn is 90% based on it, only better!

UPDATE:
I grab my Hell 2 tele style guitar the most, with the Reverend Club King P-90 a close second.

**mapka** · February 17th, 2011, 11:51 AM

My go to is my Telie but close second is my Hagstrom Swede.

Eric*** · February 17th, 2011, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by FrankenFretter

I love all my guitars, and I play them all, but the favorites are the Agile LP and the Epi 60s Tribute LP. There's something magical in that heavy mahogany...

What became of your magnet-swapping experiment, FF? Did you switch out the Agile to A2? What were the results?

**mark wein** · February 17th, 2011, 12:49 PM

Lately it's been back to my Suhr Classic:

I look like I'm going to club you with it and eat your brains though;

**Perfect Stranger** · February 17th, 2011, 12:59 PM

Weapon is an appropriate moniker.....since I fight with it all the time. It usually wins...

Robert**** · February 17th, 2011, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by mark wein

Lately it's been back to my Suhr Classic:

I look like I'm going to club you with it and eat your brains though;

Nice STARE!

FrankenFretter*** · February 17th, 2011, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Eric

What became of your magnet-swapping experiment, FF? Did you switch out the Agile to A2? What were the results?

At the moment, the Agile has overwound covered pickups, A2 in the neck, A4 in the bridge. The same pickups that are in the magnet swapping "tutorial" I posted here actually. As soon as I get a better soldering iron, I'll put the GFS VEH zebras back in, which have the identical magnet setup now. Swapping magnets rules!

**markb** · February 17th, 2011, 07:48 PM

At present a '94 ash veneered US Strat with two of its original single coils and a DiMarzio super Distortion for strat at the bridge. No tone control on the middle pickup for extra twang and brighter in between positions. I've had this one for 12 years now and I'm finally happy with it.

**kiteman** · February 18th, 2011, 05:13 AM

I voted strat because I have a strat and a super strat. My Carvin DC127 is my go to guitar.

Eric*** · February 18th, 2011, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by FrankenFretter

At the moment, the Agile has overwound covered pickups, A2 in the neck, A4 in the bridge. The same pickups that are in the magnet swapping "tutorial" I posted here actually. As soon as I get a better soldering iron, I'll put the GFS VEH zebras back in, which have the identical magnet setup now. Swapping magnets rules!

Gotcha. So it's still sort of in progress? I was wondering if it made the difference you thought/hoped it would.

**oldguy** · February 18th, 2011, 05:51 AM

I voted LP, but the Roadhouse strats would be right up there also. I actually prefer the neck on the Strat, but for fat, full humbucker tone I gotta have the Agile to pull it off.

**guitarhack** · February 18th, 2011, 06:28 AM

It's my DeArmond M-75, which is a Les Paul style guitar, but since I don't have a Gibson. . .

**jpfeifer** · February 19th, 2011, 04:03 PM

My current weapon of choice is my Hamer Newport. I am trying to put my finger on the key reason why I keep coming back to this guitar and I think it is basically this: Tone-wise this guitar seems to be like the love child from the relationship between a Telecaster, Gretch, and ES-335. It can cover some of the same tones as all of these guitars but not sounding exactly like any of them. Something about this combination of sounds keeps me coming back to this guitar, not to mention that it plays like a dream and is very light, and has a Bigsby which makes it even more fun to play. It's not a perfect guitar (sustain-wise, it's not the same as a solidbody) but for some reason it always inspires me to play. It seems to be well suited to the sounds that I like to get. It can get twangy like a Tele, fat & bluesy like a 335, or rock-a-billy sounding like a Gretch.

Jipes*** · February 21st, 2011, 04:29 AM

After playing diverses japanes copies (Ibanez, Rokkoman, Aria) I got a Gibson 335 and played it for more than ten years loved it, got then a Strat 57 Reissue and love it even more because of diversity of tone and great playability and then I got a Telecaster Esquire and Bang

got crazy about the roughness and the amazing "Twang" tone of it. Specially great when playing in a large band with a full horn section

Finally got last month a Thinline 72 Custom Telecaster and love it even more

To resume from humbuckers I went to single coil and back to humbuckers

Am I just dumb

**Jimi75** · February 21st, 2011, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by Jipes

After playing diverses japanes copies (Ibanez, Rokkoman, Aria) I got a Gibson 335 and played it for more than ten years loved it, got then a Strat 57 Reissue and love it even more because of diversity of tone and great playability and then I got a Telecaster Esquire and Bang

got crazy about the roughness and the amazing "Twang" tone of it. Specially great when playing in a large band with a full horn section

Finally got last month a Thinline 72 Custom Telecaster and love it even more

To resume from humbuckers I went to single coil and back to humbuckers

Am I just dumb

Take a look at the choice of guitars you made. You are clever through and through! It's normal and also very good that our tastes undergo certain changes, because it keeps our lives as musicians exciting.

Jipes*** · February 21st, 2011, 06:59 AM

Thanks Jimi, I love to hear that I'm getting clever

To be more serious it's true that my taste have changed and I guess I'm refining my real needs for an axe, It has to be solid and reliable with great tone and a lovely neck. No needs for fancy booster or 18th pickups combination

**Brian Krashpad** · February 21st, 2011, 07:35 AM

I put Les Paul, but it's really a toss-up between Tele and LP.

I have 3 Teles, 2 Fenders and a Frankentele. I have 2 actual Gibson LP's (Classic and Studio DC), but a coulple of other 2-humbucker mahogany guitars which don't look just like LP's but are close sonically (DeArmond Jet Star, Fernandes Ravelle). I also have 2 mahogany flat-top P-90 guitars which are not Gibsons, although one is shaped like a Gibby DC, which have P-90's and are thus in the LP Special ballpark (Hamer Special and Schecter Tempest Special).

**MAXIFUNK** · February 23rd, 2011, 11:34 PM

Well if it had to be just one guitar my HSS American Special Strat but it would be hard never to have my LP now that I am HOOKED for life.

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