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Pickers: best all-around electric guitar for a mainly acoustic player.
Today | Jagusafr

Posted on 09/03/2024 8:04:54 PM PDT by jagusafr

I play mainly acoustic, finger picking and blues styles. I find that sometimes I need to cut through the mix a little more. Best electric? Go.


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To: Bullish

Back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and Jimmy Carter was President I started college as a classical guitar performance major.

I was run over by a drunk Democrat lawyer and have nerve damage in my left arm, and the head injuries messed up my ability to read and play music at the same time.

I haven’t really been able to play in over forty years.


21 posted on 09/03/2024 8:32:06 PM PDT by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: Fai Mao

Aw, how sad... Sorry to hear that.


22 posted on 09/03/2024 8:33:16 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Bullish
Those DiMarzio Strat replacement humbuckers, on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064RZ0IA

23 posted on 09/03/2024 8:33:28 PM PDT by dayglored (“Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given.” - Kinky Friedman 1944-2024 )
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To: SteveH

If you can find a pre-Mexico Tele they’re the best but also more expensive$$$


24 posted on 09/03/2024 8:36:04 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Bullish
> I love my Dobro, I play slide with alternate tunings, Usually G or E, it’s awesome. I have a hound-dog resonator it’s acoustic/electric. I’m also a pro level bassist so I have a lot of guitars and stuff.

Over the years I've acquired instruments based mostly on what bands I was in and what worked best (e.g. I got into a 60's cover band that did a lot of Byrds, Beatles, etc. and thus the Ric 12-string had to be). But never had occasion to need a Dobro, although I love the sound. My collection is full -- can't fit anything more on the wall, lol -- but I've always wanted a good excuse to get a Dobro. I'd likely tune open-E, that's what I do when I play slide.

Who knows, maybe before my fingers get arthritic (I'm 72 and so far so good) I'll find a band that needs a Dobro player and convince myself that I should start hanging things on the other wall. :-)

25 posted on 09/03/2024 8:42:29 PM PDT by dayglored (“Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given.” - Kinky Friedman 1944-2024 )
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To: Bullish

My first thought as well. Fender Telecaster


26 posted on 09/03/2024 8:44:11 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: jagusafr
There has to be a Guitar Center or similar shop near you, where you could try out a few and find what you're looking for. Also, if you just want your acoustic to have a bit more oomph, don't overlook the many no-mod electric pickups you can add, like the sound hole pickups from ToneWoodAmp, to name but one.

If a more permanent installation is desired, you can usually drill the endpin hole out a bit and install a jack there (there are endpin replacements which can restore the appearance, should you ever want to go acoustic-only again in the future).

27 posted on 09/03/2024 8:49:58 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: jagusafr

Figure out who you like to listen to and see what they’re playing on. That’s a start. The next thing would be to figure out how much you want to spend. If you’re playing acoustic guitar and you’re into kind of a modern sound a Martin D28 is hard to beat. On a particularly care for the sound of Taylor’s, I have a 1975 even as artist that has age very well and it sounds beautiful but a couple of friends of mine have use Martin D28 and I am pretty impressed by the way they sound.

If you’re into electric, again who you listening to and what are they playing.

Enjoy the hunt


28 posted on 09/03/2024 8:50:44 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: jagusafr
Another related opinion. Amplifier.

I've had probably 20+ amps over my 60 years of playing electric guitar, and IMO nothing beats a Fender Twin Reverb for overall great sound and versatility. If you need to knock people over, get a Marshall, they're loud and fun. But a Twin is the gold standard as far as I'm concerned.

However, classic tube Twins are heavy as hell. I have two of them and I can't get them upstairs any more. So I got the newer Fender "ToneMaster" series Twin, weighs half as much and I did A/B sound tests against my tube Twins and you really cannot tell the difference. Fender engineers get major props for that product.

I even ended up getting a Princeton and a Deluxe from that ToneMaster series, for smaller venues, they're also great.

But if you decide on a Fender guitar, I strongly recommend a Fender amp, and the ToneMaster Twin is the top-o-the-line for sound. They're a match.

I expect others here have other opinions.... YMMV as they say.

29 posted on 09/03/2024 8:50:59 PM PDT by dayglored (“Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given.” - Kinky Friedman 1944-2024 )
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To: jagusafr

I would go with a good hollow body electric.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CasinoVS—epiphone-casino-hollowbody-electric-guitar-vintage-sunburst?mrkgadid=&mrkgcl=28&mrkgen=&mrkgbflag=&mrkgcat=&acctid=21700000001645388&dskeywordid=92700080478108461&lid=92700080478108461&ds_s_kwgid=58700008746021299&ds_s_inventory_feed_id=97700000007215323&dsproductgroupid=2322828028015&product_id=CasinoVS&prodctry=US&prodlang=en&channel=online&storeid=&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&adpos=largenumber&locationid=9009987&creative=705548890959&targetid=aud-297527862170:pla-2322828028015&campaignid=21455990307&awsearchcpc=1&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw59q2BhBOEiwAKc0ijW9vV8Lzk7jtWSk-PS0InG1IqgXGod2emnxXTS3yD9HSZEz7yTL3xxoCNdgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have been told that Chinese knockoffs of the Casino are quite good and can be had for under $200. Perhaps start there to see if that is to your liking.


30 posted on 09/03/2024 8:53:32 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: jagusafr
Also, I don't know what his setup is, but Billy Strings uses an electrified acoustic, and completely kicks ass with it. Billy is as good as they come today:


31 posted on 09/03/2024 8:59:37 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: jagusafr
I gigged with one of these for 3 years. Ibanez Montage. It has an under saddle bridge pickup and an electric pickup with onboard effects reverb, chorus and distortion at the flick of a switch so very versatile for on the fly switching between acoustic and electric. Also has 2 jacks with one direct to mix. Only available used in the 5-6 hundred range.


32 posted on 09/03/2024 9:03:56 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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To: jagusafr

Thinline Tele.
Or have an under-saddle pickup installed on your acoustic.


33 posted on 09/03/2024 9:07:29 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Olog-hai

I would stay away from those things.


34 posted on 09/03/2024 9:08:45 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: jagusafr
I'm afraid it's already been decided:

Barack "Rockabilly" Obama's remarks at the American Musical Association, June 15, 2009:

"I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their guitars — they like their guitar and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their guitar. They trust it. And that means that no matter how we reform music, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your guitar, you will be able to keep your guitar, period. If you like your current gig, you'll be able to keep your current gig, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."

35 posted on 09/03/2024 9:09:20 PM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Jonty30

Do I have to have the ugly sleeve tats?


36 posted on 09/03/2024 9:10:49 PM PDT by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: jagusafr

If your style is more folk to country, try a Fender Telecaster; if more blues, try a Fender Stratocaster. In either case tune it to open G, and the blues riffs will just flow out of your fingers.


37 posted on 09/03/2024 9:11:50 PM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus (JD VANCE IN 2028!)
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To: Jonty30

May one humbly suggest someone who can actually play a designed sympathetic harmonics harp guitar— for real. No loop tapes or gimmicks. Five fingers on each of two hands, and totally acoustic on microphone. Live- Muriel Anderson:

Nola:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1XrgQ0RkrI


38 posted on 09/03/2024 9:12:56 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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To: dayglored
I played a guy's Dobro one night at a club just to check it out. It was just standard tuned but I loved the sound and feel of it. After playing a couple songs it planted a seed in the back of my head I guess because a couple yrs later I saw a used Gibson Hound-dog resonator on the wall at a Guitar center. I had the guy take it down for me and went in the sound room and played on it for about an hour. I ended up buying it for about $700. When I played it at home for a while it was cool but I ended up putting it down because I have quite a few other axes and basses so I was busy with other stuff.

After a while I realized it was probably best for playing slide on so I taught myself to play slide on it which is cool because it added another dimension to my repertoire. I also prefer to play tuned to E, but there's other tunings that work well too. The beautiful thing about music is you can never stop learning and you can never learn enough.

Freegards, Bullish.

39 posted on 09/03/2024 9:21:16 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Eccl 10:2

In a hurry— hope he can mellow and last. It is, after all the space between the notes which matters.


40 posted on 09/03/2024 9:21:31 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis )
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