I need a new guitar

Some of those newer Gretsch Electromatic guitars are pretty fab too, quite a few of them have Bigsbys.

I'm still playing the fender strat I got when I was 16, which is fine i guess, but i like the versatility of the semi hollow. i'm playing stuff in the vein of the band/neil young type shit if that helps. not really sure what i want... i just know i need an upgrade. durability would definitely be high on the list of qualities i'm looking for.

thanks for the recs earlnash

What kind of amp are you using?

Peavey Classic 30 tube amp.

I've been looking at these G&L guitars mentioned up thread. Seems like they might fit what I'm used to, but maybe too similar to the strat I already have.

Perhaps check out a Hagstrom Viking? If I didn't have anything and had to start from zero, I'd be tempted to go that way. All Fender here too...

If you're playing The Band/Neil Young-type stuff you might as well go full-on Americana and buy a Kay Jazz II

http://i.imgur.com/Kp6gOJQ.jpg

Also check out the Fender Coronado reissue

You didn't name a price point -- if you have money, definitely check out a Duesenberg (don't let the list price freak you out -- these are often deeply discounted).

Aha, you snuck that "under a grand" bit in. For under a grand, there will be serious compromises to be made, I think, mostly in durability, unless you get lucky at the right pawn shop.

I'm gonna go to some guitar shops this weekend. One is mostly used gear and the other has the reverends jjj mentioned. I'll keep y'all updated!

Went to a real nice guitar shop this wknd and played some reverend and prestige semi hollows. Definitely leaning more to the reverend but I need to look around a bit more.

Also, this is the first shop I've been to where they will plek your guitar. Good investment or waste of cash?

Am so used to correcting the typical intonational weird spots on basses with my left hand automatically that the one pleked instrument I have played -- just for a couple of minutes -- was kinda weird, but I can see myself getting used to it and liking it a lot.

Played a Gretch Electromatic last night and really like it. I think it's in the lead now, but I've gotta play the Hagstrom first.

The electromatic 6420s are super-nice for the buck. Dead sexy too.

Okay any opinions re the hagstrom Viking deluxe vs the gretch electromatic 5620?

the 5620s are newish - never seen one in the wild but they're nice-looking. thinner than the trad gretsch. nice rock flavor. the hilotron in the neck is new too, so no notions on that but the blacktop filtertron in the bridge is legit. if they're anything like the 5420s they'll feel a little plasticky but look, play, and sound fantastic. also thumbprint fret markers rule.

no experience with hagstrom but i hear good things. kinda comes down to how it feels in your hands and if you have a preference double vs singlecut. also it costs a little more.

(meant 5420 up there obvs)

Bought the gretsch btw. Waiting for it to ship. I figure I can return it if I'm not feeling it but I don't see that happening

rad. what color?

georgia green

cooooool. I am jelly.

i stole a guitar from b0b dyl@n's house and now i'm freaking out.

I'm not going to buy it but this guitar is so beautiful to me: http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/collections/electric-guitars/products/custom-kraft-4165-red-1965-s637

Why did I follow Chicago Music Exchange on Twitter?

http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/silvertone-1485-faded-cherry-1960s-s859

That one is pretty. The first one is a little too cartoony/ironic martini lounge for me.

I actually went and looked at it the other day and it's a lot more RED than appears in the photo. It's like a fire-engine red.

Just FYI:

http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/airline-h78-honeyburst/

Huh why did this not bump on sna?

Yeah there's something weird going on with this thread.

mod testing beep beep beep

blorp

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how about this one?

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i swear i didnt do anything

I love the pickups on the silvertone

This is a stupid question but if a store carries a line of guitars (like Eastwood/Airline) but not the specific guitar you're interested in, can you ask them to order the guitar to carry in stock so you can try it out? And if so, do they get mad if you don't end up buying it?

I'm guessing the answers are yes and kind of but they can't do much about it.

I'm having severe new guitar desire these days. Trying to decide if I want to go with a non-semihollowbody guitar after playing semihollowbodies almost exclusively for the past 12 years. I almost never plug into the amp when I'm playing around at home so it's nice to have that little bit of extra unplugged volume.

Also I realized that what I liked about my shitty old Vantage semihollowbody over the Epiphone Dot was that the body was a little smaller and the neck a little thinner, just feels more nicely compact (I have both but the electronics on the Vantage are messed up and I can never decide whether to have it fixed, esp because there's a crack in the neck too).

Thinking of trading in my Fender Hot Rod to have $$$ for a new guitar bc I don't really need it anymore but part of me thinks I should hang on to the bigger amp in case I ever go back to playing with other people seriously again. The only other amp I have is a crappy Vox practice amp.

Anyways thanks for reading my blog post.

We order anything and don't care if people don't buy it, but we are definitely the exception according to customers i talk to. which is stupid of other stores, but what do i know

This thread still isn't acting right on Site New Answers.

oh yeah that is super odd

SHOULD i buy a silver sparkle Gretsch Synchromatic from the 90s

you had me at silver sparkle gretsch

i seriously just sighed and rolled my eyes up thinking about it, i am in love

Looks nice, go for it.

I went nuts and got a VHT Special Ultra 6 and the cheapo Gibson SG (even tho I felt guilty for supporting Gibson, it was under $400 for a made in the USA guitar that seems pretty nice). The amp is awesome - built in attenuator that turns down to .1 watts, etc. - but I'm still just embarrassing with a musical instrument. But it's fun making noise.

you went sane

speaking of which, who's got a sweet sparkly gretsch?

btw before I die I will play a sparkle jet in blue pearl BANK ON IT

Weird question, but hear me out. How well would a tele-style guitar sit inside of a hardshell p bass-style case?

I've recently encountered a real space crunch in my house. When we were done reorganizing, the one thing that didn't have a home were my guitars - a tele and a p bass. I tend to go through phases of a month or so where I'll be screwing around with one instrument more than the other, so it makes sense to me to store one guitar in a less-accessible place, but I don't just want to shove it directly in a closet or whatever. And yeah, the current storage situation has just been "leaned up against whatever".

Any thoughts?

Oh, forgot that this is the thread that causes the site new answers weirdness.