second-guitar recommendations

What sort of music are you looking to make with this new axe Nabisco? You say a thick and crunchy sound, sounds like a bit of hot rockin' - what about an SG or a Les Paul Junior? I don't rate the clean sound on an SG if that;s a concern, but that's not really what SGs are FOR. Gretsch lower-end stuff is a good call. There are supposedly really good LP copies out of Japan that won't break the bank - can't remember all the names or prices - Edwards is one I've heard mentioned a lot.

I hate PRS.

Oh wait....you tried an SG

I hate PRS.

It's not so much PRS guitars themselves, but the people who always seem to be playing them.

don't let ppl who get hung up on who-plays-what talk you out of a prs; they handle incredibly

buffalo bros have this for 750 btw if you're looking to replace the semi-hollow w/another that's pretty swell

not what nabby wants to hear but tele/les paul combo is my favorite combo

Yeah, I'm coming around on this. I always made myself dislike Les Pauls just based on classic-rock associations, but they're precisely what I need right now, so it's easy to grow up about it. I almost put down money for a used Dillion LP copy this morning. (But then I got distracted by a $550 Jagstang and then I was late for work.)

My favorite guitar sound of the past several years has been the Les Paul stuff on that XX record -- that helps.

^^ that's a good example of my issue, actually -- the stuff I'm recording is mostly synths/programming + clean guitars, and that record's a good demonstration of how the LP sound can blend a little more smoothly with electronic stuff.

(If anyone here knows anything about Dillion US, am I right in deciding that a used LP of theirs probably isn't worth $600, when I could get a new/warrantied Epi LP Custom for that much?)

uh i may be confused here but i think the dillions are maybe cheaper than that new?

yeah, that's what googling seemed to suggest -- but then there's some whole issue about US and Canadian ones being totally different? whatever, not worth it either way.

yeah that whole dillion thing is weird (all the guitars are made in korea) - iirc it is another in the long list of acrimonious dissolved partnership disputes in the music industry.

I haven't heard the xx recd, but I guess if you like LP type-cleans, you're looking for sort of 'warm' cleans as opposed to biting, chimy cleans? Maybe try and find something with P90s to sort of bridge the gap? Tele Customs have really nice humbucker cleans, but you have a Tele already.

I wouldn't get a Jagstang.

What about an Epiphone Dot?

Or Epiphone Wilshere (cheap, I think - don't know what pickups). Could you afford an Epiphone Casino?

anyone here ever ordered anything from this guy?

http://www.fatdawg.com/

Warm cleans is exactly the goal. (There's also a kind of thick pluck/pop you get out of the LP styles that I really like.) I found a good deal on a higher-end Epiphone LP, so I'm probably just going with that.

The thing that always gets me with guitar shopping is that nobody ever sees me playing guitar -- it's just for recording, no particular plans to play in front of anyone -- but of course I still can't stand the idea of having something I don't like the look of. I feel weird enough about getting a Les Paul; I'm not taking a flamed-top one even at a discount. And the wine-red, which at least looks kinda jazzy, seems hard to come by. I feel like I'm on the bus to Slashville.

GET OVER IT IMO IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SUSTAIN INNIT

slash wails what's the problem

That all makes sense, Nabisco. There seem to be more and more non classic-rawk bands using LPs these days. I'm pretty tempted to have a serious look for one, one of these days, for a bit of classic rock fun.

Can anyone recommend a small guitar for a small child? My brother-in-law has a Yamaha guitalele and the size is about right but the thing was kind of garbage and didn't hold its tuning at all.

never played this but there are some small parlors, ibanez makes some solid cheaper stuff

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