What's your #1??

[vangit]

I've seen some harem pics from you guys that are amazing. But here's the scenario..... you gig and need a guitar that will cover all types of music. You can only bring one guitar that feels the best and covers the sound range. What's your choice?? What's your #1?:confused:

[Dan Desy]

I currently have a Custom 24, SC Trem and a modified Les Paul.

I dread a gig where I can only bring 1 - I would probably prefer using my SCT and LP. But if I can only have 1, it would probably be my Custom 24.

[Phil Macino]

My Singlecut would be the weapon of choice.

[Brian Yarbrough]

my cu22 semihollow

[Quinny]

Cu24. With the coil splitting I could get all the sounds I need to get me through a gig. Stop tail makes it very very stable too.

Q.

[BLOYD]

CU24 seen in my avatar

[Mark]

IMHO nothing is as vesatile as a good Strat

[Jim Collins]

The mighty Fiesta Red Lentz Tele.

[Gavin]

Since I only own one electric, I'll have to say my Driskill. Since it has a piezo, I don't even use my acoustic anymore.

Gavin

[EVOLmike]

right now my number 1 is the first guitar I built. It has a SD jb in the bridge, a SD jazz in the neck, and a SD strat single in the center. Both buckers have series/split/parrallel mini switches, the single coil has a on/off mini switch, and the buckers also run off a gibson toggle so you can get tons of different pickup choices.
here is a pic
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL19/1984863/3837712/47399280.jpg

[Dan O]

my tele

[Andrew Chen]

Fender strat.

[tmoore]

CU24

Always has been, probably always will be.

[Ripcom]

A gig that I can only bring one guitar? Is that 'cos the drummer's filled up the van with cases and bags.........and pies?

It would have to be my CU22 'cos I don't play anything else now except when I brake a string mid set. But so long as I keep a new set on there that doesn't happen often.:)

[Michael Nolan]

my Gibson R6!!

[YorkeFan06]

Gibson Faded V. Its the best guitar I own atthis point. I love it, I couldn't ask for a better instrument. Well I could, but this guitar is really nice.

[Doug Lewis]

I absolutely love my custom 24

[Big Mike]

My CU22 w/ McCarty switching.


Ask this in december and I would have said my #1tele, but I really haven't played much else since I got it. Still digging my new Std24, but the CU22 is da bomb. Only guitar I have ever bought, I didn;t want to modify something in the first 20 mins.

[CarlWerkmeister]

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL83/523419/1195073/21235581.jpg
Artist II Studio

[JMintzer]

PS #234

http://pic4.picturetrail.com:80/VOL57/702387/1177068/33351684.jpg

Jamie

[Big Mike]

Well if we are going to show them!!!!http://homepage.mac.com/big_mike/.Pictures/CU22PLMTTR3Wa.jpg

And here's the headstock!
http://homepage.mac.com/big_mike/.Pictures/untitled%20folder/CU22head.jpg

[Tom Gross]

My Tom Anderson Hollow Cobra:

http://www.andersonguitars.com/images/guitarImages/01,17,2001_01-46-18.jpg

The coils split better than any humbucker I've played.

[wsaraceni]

i guess my #1 is my little old santana brazilian. or is that little new santana brazilian

[Aldwyn]

#1 is my CU22.

But I am having a BLAST with my new Tele, so that's a close #2!

Peace,
Aldwyn

[Doug Lewis]

#1 Strat style guitar:


http://cablemodem.fibertel.com.ar/arielpozzo/img/mcnaught/dtm-3.jpg
What is this Ariel? Thats Beautiful!

[guitrr]

Hmmm, only one huh? Never happen! :D

Well, if I had to only choose one, my Grosh Classic is better at getting fat sounds than my McCarty is at getting thin ones.

http://www.lilypix.com/photos/showpic.php?aid=1431&uuid=421&pid=21040

[guitrr]

Hey, how'd you guys get pics into your responses?

[pjdude]

Hmmm. The #1 slot has been a journey.


1991-1994: various PRS CE-24's
1994-2001: '91 PRS Custom 24
2001-2003: '96 PRS Standard 24
2003-present: '00 PRS IRW McCarty

[cherrymccarty]

I know I will probally get crap for it but it has to be my 1962 les paul junior. Ive had other way more expensive old wood but this has stayed for years. It is so simplistic and perfect yet not perfect at all. Headstock break, refret, previous grovers, but it is amazing none the less.

[Lyle Long]

The Grosh Bent Top Custom that is my avatar. I freaking love that guitar! All Three Grosh Guitars I own rule!!

[jbird]

My McCarty.

[dwman_2000]

http://pic5.picturetrail.com/VOL83/523419/1195073/21235581.jpg
Artist II Studio
I hate you...I hate you so very much! :D

[Jo]

Well my #1 was this
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/MyGuitars/PRS%20Hollowbody%20II/bluematteo.jpg


But these days I've only been playing this ... so this just may be my new #1
I just love this baby, and I can't believe that I'm actually getting on pretty well with those 12's strings.

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/MyGuitars/PRS%20Archtop%20II/archtop-1.jpg

[phoenix]

Tough call. A toss-up between my HB2 and my G&L ASAT Z-3. The Z-3 has 3 pickups and a wider sonic palette with it's out-of-phase sounds. But I'd probably go with the HB-2, which gives me amazing blues, jazz, country and rock sounds. Not quite as versatile but a bit fatter and sweeter all around.

[goof1073]

Man...this is easy, as I'm down to only one anyway!!!

BLE MC #1, IRW neck, 10-top Quilt, in Royal Blue....ya baby!!! :D

http://www.birdsandmoons.com/gallery/MC/Goof1073_BLE-MC-BAM.jpg

[JGraham]

Anderson Cobra

[MrFig]

my 97 CE is still the "one"

MrFig

[Bill McDowell]

PS 58 for me

[kingsleyd]

My overall #1 is Klein Electric #KG-166 -- chambered swamp ash body, Barden H/S/H pickups (humbuckers are "2-tone" which have a great single coil sound as well) and a Guatemalan rosewood neck. Oh, and a Steinberger S-trem.

Of course, for any given gig, any of my guitars might serve as #1-of-the-moment.

[redmax61]

My Scarlet Red CE22 with Birds is my #1.

[Rusmurf]

For most people, are these number one's for pure tone? Or a combo of tone and you don't care if nick it up a little?

I still play my Black Strat the most, not the greatest sound, sounds good, but I don't care if I muff it up!

Reu

[Big Mike]

For most people, are these number one's for pure tone? Or a combo of tone and you don't care if nick it up a little?

I still play my Black Strat the most, not the greatest sound, sounds good, but I don't care if I muff it up!

Reu
Mine's still new enough I get ticked when it get's a nick, but it sounds so good, and plays so well, I just need to deal.

[Brian]

My Custom 24, no doubt...it can play it all.

[Tom Gross]

For most people, are these number one's for pure tone? Or a combo of tone and you don't care if nick it up a little?


Reu
Tone and playability.
But I personally (and others as well from the looks of it) dig a guitar I love and am excited about playing, rather than a beater, as my number 1, so I play a good looking guitar.

[Tom Gross]

Man...this is easy, as I'm down to only one anyway!!!

BLE MC #1, IRW neck, 10-top Quilt, in Royal Blue....ya baby!!! :D

http://www.birdsandmoons.com/gallery/MC/Goof1073_BLE-MC-BAM.jpg
That's gorgeous.

[tmoore]

For most people, are these number one's for pure tone? Or a combo of tone and you don't care if nick it up a little?

I still play my Black Strat the most, not the greatest sound, sounds good, but I don't care if I muff it up!
My #1, the '92 CU24, w/t, is a comfort thing. I'm 'home' when I play that guitar. Has some road rash on it too, and I'm sure it will get more. The absolute best tone machines I've played are only marginally better tonally.
It's blue which, of course, is the best color. ;) Also decked out with birds and a super tiger stripe ten top so it's the whole package. Back in the day I frequently got the coment, "that looks like the one on the catalog". Remember the old early 90's brochure with three customs on it, one royal blue, one scarlet red and one vintage yellow (IIRC)?

[kikujiro0208]

CE24: I'd love to play maple necks ...
Regards,

[Big Al]

only got one. :(

hopefully tho, in the next couple of months, my number one will an original 1969 black fender stratocaster. :cool:

[Shovelhead]

Anderson Classic.
http://www.members.aol.com/kimdimoils/blonde4.jpg

[kingsleyd]

For most people, are these number one's for pure tone? Or a combo of tone and you don't care if nick it up a little?

It's a combination of things for me with the Klein:
1. it was custom built for me by someone familiar with my playing style
2. it's very versatile
3. it's the most comfortable guitar I've ever played
4. I really like the tones
5. it's extremely easy to schlep around (compact; in a gig bag; goes in the overhead bin on an airplane)

However, it became most apparent to me what my number one guitar was when I was recording my CD. I tried using a number of different guitars for some of the electric parts. When I listened back it was clear that I really sounded like me with the red Klein in a way that didn't happen so much with the other guitars.

As for "nicking it up," I'm not really one for the beaten-to-hell look (although I do own a relic Strat; more because it's a freakishly great sounding Strat than because of the relic thing) but I quite like when my guitars start to get some playing wear that I put there.

[Scott Peterson]

Eeks. On PRS Centric board I am almost afraid to say it, but....

...my Tom Anderson Hollow Drop Top. It does *everything* exceptionally well.

http://128.121.187.118/TA-Frontsmall.jpg

[Tom Gross]

Eeks. On PRS Centric board I am almost afraid to say it, but....

...my Tom Anderson Hollow Drop Top. It does *everything* exceptionally well.

Scott - I know that guitar sounds awesome, but is the switcharoo system working for you in gig situations? I love the vesatility of it, but wonder about that.

And since we're on this forum, I can say it - "Nice Top!"

[Scott Peterson]

Scott - I know that guitar sounds awesome, but is the switcharoo system working for you in gig situations? I love the vesatility of it, but wonder about that.

And since we're on this forum, I can say it - "Nice Top!"
I find the Switcharoo system simple to use, fast and intuitive. I love it live. This is my main electric for all my live work now. And for recording. And for... well, everything. :D

Once you get the sounds down in your head in the different switch positions; it is quite simple. I only use one or two or three single coil sounds most of the time and often use the Blower switch for solos and such.

In the rock covers band, I still might opt for the Hamer/PRS thing if my role was the same in that band. But this guitar could do most all that (minus that essential neck humbucker thing of course).

[NakedJim]

I normally gig with 3 very different PRSi and 1 Strat. If I could only take one it would definitely be my Singlecut. It's just an all around workhorse for me that seems to fit every style I play. I can get just about every sound I'm looking for out of it with my current setup.

Jim

[bryanrheem]

If I could only bring one, it would have to be my CU22... but that's only because I haven't had time to get to know my new SC trem. ;)

[Drpcr]

This is my #1 till I get my Driskill. You like it Stu?;)



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[Jen]

My all time # 1 guitar is my 87 PRS Metal.

Some other faves from my collection include: 86 Metal, 88 Special, and my Mcnaught vintage double cut.

[Dan Thrash]

my #1 would be a PRS Standard 24. i would probably take my red one with the stoptail....for stability and beauty...but i'm liking my white one w/ trem more and more each time i play it.

[vangit]

WOW. When I started this thread I didn't think it would take off like this. But hey, talk is cheap, lets see some more pics!
Stu

[cu22]

It would be my cu 22

[John LeQuire]

My Warmoth Telecaster w/Harmonic Design Z-90's.

It can go from a thick, warm neck tone, to a great P-90ish growl in the bridge, with the inbetween position sounding vaguely like a Telecaster. It does get a bit noisy around any kind of fluorescent (sp?) light, so it is a little unmanagable at times, but the tone usually outweighs that.

[PRSKILLER]

My 79 Les Paul:dude:

[Chiba]

Thorn #027.

Before that came home, I'd have to say the Custom 22 Soapbar though. I love having the versatility of 3 pickups.

--chiba

[Brian D]

Pretty easy for me: PRS McCarty in Teal Black (my only guitar).

[Mcclassic]

Well I think for me there are 2 scenarios, my number one is my '58 RI authentic but for versatility and more range probably my number 3, my music man Steve Morse (the box of chocolate). Besides is incredible comfortable to play.

[Goober]

Hey Guys!!

Mine would be a 2001 Les Paul Custom, cherry sunburst, bone stock.
This could change if my I can sell/trade my HB II with piezo. Incredible
tone, but the wound G is not for me. Will soon be posting in swap meet
section of forum!

Dana

[mitchmaxx]

This is REALLY tough, I would have to go with my McNaught G-5 ( Ariel's guitars sister) It can do heavy, heavier than my Jackson, and sweet like my Taylor KM-612. It is one heck of an instrument.http://img18.photobucket.com/albums/v53/mitchmaxx/guitars/g-5.jpg

[kro]

I would have to say my SC

[Fat Dog Lee]

My Sqier Fat Strat does it all.:dude:

[david eaton]

Prs Hbi.

[workrelease]

If I can't take but one...no question...SAS!

-work

[Peter]

I was going to start out saying it's a tough choice, but it isn't.

McCarty IRW.

[guitrr]

The Grosh Bent Top Custom that is my avatar. I freaking love that guitar! All Three Grosh Guitars I own rule!!
All hail Don! He is truly the man.

[Anders Destium]

I've only owned a PRS cu24 for a few months now but I can't imagine life without it anymore....

I've already started modding on the guitar, and in my situation that's a sign of a keeper :)

http://www.freewebs.com/anders_destium/zebra%20met%20nieuwe%20knoppen.JPG


My 7-string number one is another fine guitar, an Ibanez RG2027x. It just has my name written on it for some reason: solid mahogany, Dimarzio pups, superb playability and the superb floyd with LR Baggs piezo :dude: This guitar weighs a ton, but it sounds amazing...

http://www.freewebs.com/anders_d/RG2027x.JPG

[Schroeder]

Old yellow. I built it in the mid-90s. Haven't been able to top this guitar with anything. While it is definitely handmade and has some flaws, to me it is the best sounding, feeling guitar I have ever played. Hoping future creations I make will allow this one to retire. It is really getting worn!!

http://pic7.picturetrail.com:80/VOL208/995811/2794211/34058034.jpg

[BIG GINGER GIT]

Love that Tom Anderson Tom, it's gorgeous :dude:

[jato]

It varies from day to day, and gig to gig.
The last 2 gigs, it was my Lentz S style.
Over the past 6 months...probably my Baker RF model in trans red.
If I had to choose for a gig tonite, or any gig sight unseen.
The Lentz.
S.
j

[Bluesbernd]

http://a5.cpimg.com/image/03/94/28288515-e0a7-01800200-.jpg

Nik Huber Dolphin Custom
:dude:

[Tom Gross]

http://a5.cpimg.com/image/03/94/28288515-e0a7-01800200-.jpg

Nik Huber Dolphin Custom
:dude:Looks like you left it on the radiator or somthing.
It's like, melting, dude!

[Adam]

Different tools for different jobs, I guess.

The McRosie in my avatar is like a dremel. Versatile, fast action, great feel and it gets the job done in a professional manner...

My strat with the little '59 in the bridge is more like a hammer. The 'bucker is the pounding end and the bridge pickup is the claw end. Not as smooth or sophisticated but it gets the job done too.

[jas]

We're talking desert isle guitar, right?

Mine's the one on your left - Martin OM-28. A chord played on it contains the wisdom of the ages.

-John

http://www.automaticdevices.com/jas/studio-2.jpg

[Brian]

Hey jas,
What year is your musicman amp...I have the same one. You're the first person i've seen with one like it.

[jas]

Hey jas,
What year is your musicman amp...I have the same one. You're the first person i've seen with one like it.
Ummm...I'm not sure, daboat.

I bought it used in about 1982 so I'd say it's from the mid-70's. Is there a way to tell? Is it worth something (he asks greedily...)?

-John

[Brian]

Not sure if its worth anything or not...

That sucker is a tone machine though, I wouldn't sell it period.

Plus at 135W it can sure shake its share of windows.

[Chun13]

right now my number 1 is the first guitar I built. It has a SD jb in the bridge, a SD jazz in the neck, and a SD strat single in the center. Both buckers have series/split/parrallel mini switches, the single coil has a on/off mini switch, and the buckers also run off a gibson toggle so you can get tons of different pickup choices.
here is a pic
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL19/1984863/3837712/47399280.jpg
WAOWWWWWWWWWW

Your guitar looks awesome !!!!

[Chun13]

I was so strucked by mike's guitar that I forgot to answer the question...

Fact is I use to play with my JS 90 (now that I dinged her again) as a workhorse and when the gigs we have are small crowded bars.

But when I have the occasion (like tonight) to play on a dedicetad stage I use my PRS sig 484 :D

[Brewer]

http://67.171.156.90/mccarty/red_angle.jpg

McCarty Soapbar with Indian Rosewood neck.
If I can't make this one sound good, it's my own fault.

[gemal]

http://home.comcast.net/~gemal/wsb/media/418473/graphic_org_pub.jpg Here's my number one. 1998 Swamp Ash Special, birds, 12 tones two push pull pots, black ebony keys and trim, natural color.
Replaced my former number one 97' Custom 24. I just get more tones from this baby! Great for the cover bands I play in.

[bassomatic]

http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL320/467779/3679070/46619174.jpg

[DaveMetta]

My Diablo if I ever see it again. It's still touring. You can catch it currently in Roswell New Mexico... :eek:


Dave

[nick]

I like to play my L5 style archtop whenever possible, but my hollow tele copy with neck humbucker gets the most play...

[]-[ @ n $ 0 ]V[ ^ T ! ©]

I've seen some harem pics from you guys that are amazing. But here's the scenario..... you gig and need a guitar that will cover all types of music. You can only bring one guitar that feels the best and covers the sound range. What's your choice?? What's your #1?:confused: My choice for the scenario you described would be King Louie (an Archtop 2) with 57/08's and a push/pull tone pot through an EF86/EL84 amp. My number one, which does not fit the scenario, is a humble SE One with a Deep Dish 2 installed.

[Eric Seffinga]

Re-reading this thread was funny for me. Wonder how many of these are still the same 6+ years down the line?

I know mine is, even though I didn't bother posting in this particular thread back then. Been #1 for 8 years and counting. No easy feat, knowing me.
Thanks for digging it up. I had a couple nice laughs.

-e.

[Bluesbernd]

Re-reading this thread was funny for me. Wonder how many of these are still the same 6+ years down the line?


This one is:

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z232/BerndMierzwa/IMG_0164klein.jpg
:cool:

[11top]

ME SC trem with 59/09s and frets lowered and rounded.
(through an EL 34 Shiva).

[Bill Niersbach]

ME SC trem with 59/09s and frets lowered and rounded.
(through an EL 34 Shiva).

Your amp has been the same for a lot of years now!!! I am almost proud that I had a very slight hand in it!!! LOL One of these days I am going to snag another one, as it would really compliment my SLO perfectly!

[flyingvee]

Pretty embarrassing - everyone is listing their custom modded one-off limited run with pickups hand-wired by a member of the Holy Trinity and a top selected by Rembrandt - from the grave, no less.

And while I have enough guitars to brag on, I still keep coming back to one, measley, simple-azz, drop dead ordinary guitar. That always ends up getting the most playing time, no matter what other axes I bring, or even what I'm playing.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs190.snc4/37854_416545527190_513272190_5279948_4323979_n.jpg

A plain-jane McKorina. But at least it has old birds. (and the hottest, nastiest Mc bridge pickup I've ever played.) :D

[11top]

Your amp has been the same for a lot of years now!!! I am almost proud that I had a very slight hand in it!!! LOL One of these days I am going to snag another one, as it would really compliment my SLO perfectly!

Yep. My first Shiva came from you. :)

I was looking for one because at Paul's 50th birthday party, Paul and Ralph P (PRS district rep for NE) asked me what Amp I was using. After they scoffed me a bit and told me to buy a real amp, I asked what they recommended. They told me to get a Dumble. I asked what I should get which wouldn't require a mortgage, and they said either a Two Rock or a Shiva (this was prior to the PRS amp line, obviously). Then, Ralph P graciously gave me a copy of his Alien Cowboys CD, and told me that it was recorded with a Shiva without effects. I was blown away with the tones!

I bought your Shiva EL34 head, sent it to Bogner to have a volume control for channel 2 boost. I later bought a newer one that had the boost volume control and worked on both channels. It's now my primary head, but I still use yours often. GREAT amps.

Thanks Bill!!!

[flyingvee]

Yep. My first Shiva came from you. :)

I was looking for one because at Paul's 50th birthday party, Paul and Ralph P (PRS district rep for NE) asked me what Amp I was using. After they scoffed me a bit and told me to buy a real amp, I asked what they recommended. They told me to get a Dumble. I asked what I should get which wouldn't require a mortgage, and they said either a Two Rock or a Shiva (this was prior to the PRS amp line, obviously). Then, Ralph P graciously gave me a copy of his Alien Cowboys CD, and told me that it was recorded with a Shiva without effects. I was blown away with the tones!


Thanks Bill!!!

Interesting - when I met Paul last month, he was trying to push his Original Sewell onto me. I told him no thanks - it sounded like mine. He asked what I had - I answered Shiva, and he just nodded his head and went "yeah, ok." ;)

[Tweed Demon]

It does share equal duty with my Grosh strat... a tie for #1
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/45/l_738cfdfdf39340f2b3cf4591d384c1d0.jpg

[BostonGuitar]

It does share equal duty with my Grosh strat... a tie for #1
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/45/l_738cfdfdf39340f2b3cf4591d384c1d0.jpg

What this guy is rockin(old birds included)

with a close #2 being a killer R0 Historic Lester loaded with 57/08s (That killed at rehearsal yesterday)

and #3 being a VERY resonant 1960 Relic Strat...(if I were a single coil guy, it would be #1)

[kingsleyd]

To make Kevin happy, I could say this one:

http://images.lilypix.com/albums/userpics/10098/normal_KD_hands_and_solana_DGT.jpg

But really, #1 is a movable target chez moi. Depends on the situation. Generally speaking, I think of whatever guitar I'm playing at the moment as my #1.

That said... ...if I do have one, it's this one.

http://images.lilypix.com/albums/userpics/10098/normal_Lily_labeled.jpg

[MS53]

This one...does everything I like and looks cooooooooool!
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn158/mikeseminsky/PSHB010.jpg

[wolf]

This
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x182/wolf5151/anderson.full.jpg
5 years on and I still text my girlfriend to say how amazing this guitar is every time I play it.
She chose the colour, I chose the specs. :dude:

[rickcard71]

http://a.imageshack.us/img46/4734/dscn1545l.jpg

[KennethC]

This
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x182/wolf5151/anderson.full.jpg
5 years on and I still text my girlfriend to say how amazing this guitar is every time I play it.
She chose the colour, I chose the specs. :dude:


Well I hope you msg her similarly to say how amazing she is :D

Andersons are great guitars!

[BacardiMcCarty]

http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t343/superfly53_Norm/IMG_1734.jpg

Love my mcrosie standard.

[Big Mike]

My CU22 w/ McCarty switching.


Ask this in december and I would have said my #1tele, but I really haven't played much else since I got it. Still digging my new Std24, but the CU22 is da bomb. Only guitar I have ever bought, I didn;t want to modify something in the first 20 mins.

The above post was pre-thorn.

[Graham Sloan]

My Tyler classic custom:

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s264/DocSloan/2007_0106Tylers0001-1.jpg

:)