second-guitar recommendations

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

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PN1MHNTd1--ibanez-pn1-mahogany-natural-high-gloss?mrkgcl=28&mrkgadid=3142657082&rkg_id=0&product_id=PN1MHNTd1&campaigntype=shopping&campaign=aaShopping%20-%20High&adgroup=Guitars&placement=google&adpos=1o10&creative=146356081826&device=m&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=CjwKCAjwt7PcBRBbEiwAfwfVGNdorqBAZ4-aH4sEwLDqRtR-QjaHNe_38H0r_VuQ1bGpy96pFX5gtxoCB5gQAvD_BwE