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I play my guitars in rotation, for the most part. The ones that seem to spend the most time out of their cases are:

Strat

G400

Rickenbacker 12-string

Since I also play bass, these are usually someplace handy:

SX Jazz bass

Jay Turser violin bass

And an Alvarez-Yairi flat top acoustic ready to pick up and strum.

I have a few more guitars, but I find that the ones listed above pretty much cover anything I want to play.

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I play my guitars in rotation' date=' for the most part. The ones that seem to spend the most time out of their cases are:

Strat

G400

Rickenbacker 12-string

Since I also play bass, these are usually someplace handy:

SX Jazz bass

Jay Turser violin bass

And an Alvarez-Yairi flat top acoustic ready to pick up and strum.

I have a few more guitars, but I find that the ones listed above pretty much cover anything I want to play.[/quote']

 

Charles,

 

Nice range of guitars you have there.

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Ranking in terms of preferred playng is easy but not so easy when I consider if I could only keep 3 out of all the guitars I have, sentimentalism steps in and then when I consider playing at home or playing on stage.

Preferred playing at home would be:

1. Samick Epi LP Standard (stock)

2. Indonesia Squier Custom Tele

3. Mexican Gut String, I've had since the early 60's

 

On Stage/recording:

1. Custom made Strat: ('75/'76)

2. Samick LP

3. Martin D-28

 

You see that the Epi LP made both lists. To stretch this just a bit further, if I had to choose one guitar above all the others to keep, it would be the Epi LP............J

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Well I love my Strat...but my G-400 sits on its stand in my music room (usually covered in fingerprints, as the ebony finish is pretty much impossible to keep clear) - so it's certainly the guitar I use the most.

 

After a lot of ruminating about buying a Casino or a Sheraton, I've pretty much decided to lash out on a natural finish Sheraton later on this year - which I guess will disturb the 'rank order' of my guitars a fair bit.

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1: My Lado flying V, awesome sound with the Dimarzio Super Distortion pick ups. A preasure to play

 

2: Fender Strat, great sound with the Dimarzio Tone Zone and Texas special pups. Great feel from the maple neck and its great to play and comfortable to hold

 

3: Epiphone Les Paul, not happy with the sound of its pups but its at my tech's place waiting to put in the Dimarzio Super Distortion ones. Great build quality. Maybe after the swap it might be number 2

 

4: Granada Les Paul, I've had this since 1979. Its a little butchered up but I'll blame that to my stupidity and younger years

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1. Variax 700 (only because of versatility I'm on it 90% of the time)

2. Dean icon PZ (#1 for tone)

3. Dean ML XP (just a cheap knock around)

4. Dean V-Wing Dove (favorite acoustic)

5. Lil Martin

6. Esteban Master class (for outdoor use, camping, beach, etc.)

7. Epi Thunderbird bass (just don't play bass that much.)

 

Just ordered a Dean Hardtail. Interesting to see if it knocks the Icon out of the #1 tone

position. Kinda doubt it though

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I play my guitars in rotation' date=' for the most part. The ones that seem to spend the most time out of their cases are:

Strat

G400

Rickenbacker 12-string

Since I also play bass, these are usually someplace handy:

SX Jazz bass

Jay Turser violin bass

And an Alvarez-Yairi flat top acoustic ready to pick up and strum.

I have a few more guitars, but I find that the ones listed above pretty much cover anything I want to play.[/quote']

hey Charles I see you have a turser violin bass. Did you have it set up by a pro? I have one and Its never in tune. Nice looking bass though.

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hey Charles I see you have a turser violin bass. Did you have it set up by a pro? I have one and Its never in tune. Nice looking bass though.

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Hi Cookieman' date=' nice JT there!

I set up my guitars myself. I have the JT tuned up very well. The movable bridge coupled with the limited options for setting the bridge saddles makes for a challenge. Looking at your picture, it looks like your bridge is too close to the rear pickup. I have mine set in a good spot, and I had to move the A string saddle up a notch, (after this picture was taken) even with the D string saddle, to get it to intonate correctly. I have light round wound strings on it BTW, .094, .068, .055, .039. It's not perfectly intonated, I don't think that's possible, but it's close enough for rock 'n roll!

[img']http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/waldorfsalad/Guitars/JTB-2B.jpg[/img]

 

If you're not familiar with intonating floating-bridge guitars, It won't hurt to try doing it yourself if you have the time and, more importantly, patience. Otherwise I would recommend having someone else do it.

Cheers!

CO

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I have 4 electrics for different purposes/sounds. I usually only have one or maybe two electrics at home to practice or work on so that decides which gets played at home. Currently for gigging the ones that get used the most are:

 

1a. Fender '90s Telecaster Custom Black/Black Pearl

1b. 2007 Epiphone Sheraton Black

2. Guild X-170-T Sunburst

3. Fender American Standard Stratocaster Candy Apple Red

 

With Acoustics:

 

1. Larrivee D-09 (Australian Blackwood)

2. Larrivee LV-03 (Australian Blackwood)

3. Larrivee OM-03 (Koa)

 

Then there's the 12 string that I use probably more than the other acoustics.

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