EADGBE Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Which one you'd prefer as the vocalists rhythm guitar. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 any you would like' date=' both good guitars[/quote'] +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Surely it should be the 335 .......................Isn't that what they're for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Les Paul Jr's are good enough for the Ray Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 SG. Seems kinda odd to have a $3,000 guitar to play rhythm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPDEN Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 any you would like' date=' both good guitars [/quote'] +1 +2. Play what feels and sounds the best to you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 SG. Seems kinda odd to have a $3' date='000 guitar to play rhythm. [/quote'] Why? Rhythm makes up probably 90% of a typical rock song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyH Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I would say neither. The Fenders seem much better for rhythm, and it is something they really need to get a lot of credit for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Seems kinda odd to have a $3' date='000 guitar to play rhythm. [/quote'] Then I guess Scotty Moore certainly didn't deserve to play an ES-295, L-5 or Super 400. ALL he did was play back-up to Elvis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 If Lead guitar is Gibson, Rhythm should be Fender, or Gretsch If Lead guitar is Fender, Rhythm should be Gibson, or Gretsch If Lead guitar is Gretsch, Rhythm should be Gibson, or Fender The different scale lengths give Gibson (24.75") , Gretsch (25"), Fender (25.5") a unique voice and a band that uses the above strategy will have better punch and definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Why? Rhythm makes up probably 90% of a typical rock song. Personally, I never liked the idea of a rhythm guitar. I like the sparseness. For just playing chords (and making things muddy and drowning out the bass) any guitar'll do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHC- Jr. Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 That's a tough question, and I think the type of music would be a decisive factor. BUT: For a singer, a lighter guitar is probably a good thing, so I would think the SG is worth considering, assuming of course that the sound fits the music being played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Then I guess Scotty Moore certainly didn't deserve to play an ES-295' date=' L-5 or Super 400. ALL he did was play back-up to Elvis. [/quote'] I never knew Elvis played lead guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swmcv2007 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 My SG does it all. Very well too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Personally' date=' I never liked the idea of a rhythm guitar. I like the sparseness. For just playing chords (and making things muddy and drowning out the bass) any guitar'll do. [/quote'] I disagree. I think it's much more difficult to get a good rhythm tone than lead tone and, unless you're BB King, every guitar player is going to be playing rhythm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Where do these ideas come from ??? I'm dyin ovah heee ... yo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 When I played rock, I would use my LP Standard for rhythm and soloing. Our second guitarist used a '52RI Telecaster, and the combo was great, his Tele filled in the top end of the sonic spectrum that the LP was always shy of. For heavier stuff, though, I would pair an SG for rhythm with a lead player's LP. Conversely, I later played in a band where the rhythm guitarist/singer played an SG, and I played a Nashville Tele (the one with the standard Tele pups and a Strat pup in the middle) for lead. That setup was super skanky and sounded exceptionally aggressive for the indie/metal we were playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modoc_333 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 there are too many factors here. Style of music matters a long with other things. For example, the amp, or how you set those amps up. That can make a bigger difference than what kind of guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Deadhead Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Surely it should be the 335 .......................Isn't that what they're for? 335's rule for rythymn guitars played with a small bit of chorus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I never knew Elvis played lead guitar A well-a, well-a... Ahhhhhuuh huuuh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbomb76 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Depends on the amp I think. Personally to me the LP has always "looked" (and felt) more like a rhythm machine, wherein the SG looks (and feels) like it can cut through and should be the "lead" instrument. But for recording my rhythms (got some new music uploaded to the Myspace page, by the by), I prefer the ol' import Malcolm Young model. Bigass chimey, fat airy goodness. Best damned rhythm sound ever. That and a Tele. H-Bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 .... I'd say about anything is okay for rhythm unless you're trying to emulate a specific band. Hell, I used an accoustic electric - one of the first - in the early 1970s for a country and 50s rock band. Then I dumped a Gretch that would be worth bundles nowadays for a "board" and then that one for a Hagstrom solidbody 12, then that for a Guild S100 that's essentially an SG clone. All that (and more, unfortunately) between 1972 and 1976. Bottom line is it cost me money with each trade and I'd have been a lot happier today had I kept the Gretch. Even in the olden days we had a lot of potential sounds from amp and any of the above guitars. Heck, I could have just dumped half the strings from the 12 and been a lot happier today. Frankly I think "we" tend to get so gear happy that we forget that even if we're trying to absolutely reproduce a recording of somebody else, the crowd doesn't mind that much as long as we're playing well, regardless of style. There's some truth to a difference in type of pickup bringing a bit of a difference in sound - but we guitar pickers are a lot more likely to hear and be concerned about it than the vast majority of listeners. Again, even those wishing to sound "wave for wave" like somebody else has to realize their perceptions have been filtered through a playback system or the acoustics of a given venue. Bottom line is that you have a guitar you're physically comfortable playing. The amp and perhaps stomp box settings erase the majority of physical differences among guitars. Heck, with a Gibbie, especially, you even have the option of an add-on pickup single or double pole. Those of us who don't use electronic messing with the tone - just guitar and amp settings - still have an incredible variation of sounds with any given guitar. Finally ... to be blunt, I think rhythm guitar playing has changed as much or more as lead playing. Some of those old pro "live radio" guys from the 20s through the 40s knew more chords and could switch chords with every beat of a tune - faster than I can think about what they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callen3615 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Why? Rhythm makes up probably 90% of a typical rock song. Wouldn't you like to play 100% of typical rock songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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