Members gardo Posted July 8, 2013 Members Share Posted July 8, 2013 What would you consider to be your "ultimate " guitar ? I started desiging mine and it ended up being very much like the Gibson ES-390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alexilaiho Posted July 8, 2013 Members Share Posted July 8, 2013 A richenbacker 4001 converted to a guitar. Or more realistically, a alexi laiho v with the and ibanez ballbearing tremolo, YJM pots, coil splitting, a scalloped fretboard. and it must be made from bubinga with a red wine finish or spalted maple with a purpleheart veneer in it for the striped bevel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted July 8, 2013 Members Share Posted July 8, 2013 Already have my #1 ultimate guitar, but a close second is a Suhr standard arch top, like this one: http://www.suhr.com/gotw-week38-day3.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted July 8, 2013 Members Share Posted July 8, 2013 Alexilaiho wrote: A richenbacker 4001 converted to a guitar. Or more realistically, a alexi laiho v with the and ibanez ballbearing tremolo, YJM pots, coil splitting, a scalloped fretboard. and it must be made from bubinga with a red wine finish or spalted maple with a purpleheart veneer in it for the striped bevel Rickenbacker did make a series based on their bass design. It didn't last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted July 9, 2013 Members Share Posted July 9, 2013 Probably the Gibson ES-339, just as it is. I've got one, and it's everything I want in a guitar. Of course I also enjoy the other guitars in my collection, especially my Jazzmaster and my Les Pauls, but if I had to pick one, ot would be the 339. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurpleTrails Posted July 9, 2013 Members Share Posted July 9, 2013 25.5 scale 24 fret neck-thru with a stratish style hardtail semi-hollow body with one f-hole, back-routed. Neck Gibson 59 profile with compound radius ebony fretboard, medium jumbo frets, five piece construction with maple & purpleheart. 3x3 headstock with a volute in back. Walnut "wings" on the body, bubinga top cap. S-H-H pickups, humbuckers coil spilttable with mini-switches. Strat control layout with master volume and two tone controls. Hopefully weighs in at 9 pounds or less. Yeah, nothing like that in production that I know of. The closest non-complete custom is to get a Carvin DC 145, but that has an H-S-H layout, is a solid body with no volute, no purpleheart, and it would come in at nearly the same price as going complete custom. I could put something together from Warmoth using a neck contour cut, but I'm not sure it would give me the upper fret access I'd like up the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted July 9, 2013 Members Share Posted July 9, 2013 No one guitar does it for me. If I gotta have just one, gimme a decent Tele and I'll call it a day. But if we are fantasizing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stratmaster Posted July 9, 2013 Members Share Posted July 9, 2013 My 50th Anniversary Stratocaster is my dream guitar its full of win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted July 9, 2013 Members Share Posted July 9, 2013 PurpleTrails wrote: 25.5 scale 24 fret neck-thru with a stratish style hardtail semi-hollow body with one f-hole, back-routed. Neck Gibson 59 profile with compound radius ebony fretboard, medium jumbo frets, five piece construction with maple & purpleheart. 3x3 headstock with a volute in back. Walnut "wings" on the body, bubinga top cap. S-H-H pickups, humbuckers coil spilttable with mini-switches. Strat control layout with master volume and two tone controls. Hopefully weighs in at 9 pounds or less. Yeah, nothing like that in production that I know of. The closest non-complete custom is to get a Carvin DC 145, but that has an H-S-H layout, is a solid body with no volute, no purpleheart, and it would come in at nearly the same price as going complete custom. I could put something together from Warmoth using a neck contour cut, but I'm not sure it would give me the upper fret access I'd like up the neck. Suhr set-neck modern can get you pretty much everything except the 3x3 headstock. Can you 'option 50' the HSS configuration for a DC 145? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 Sound wise: the perfect guitar for me is a Telecaster. Feel wise: a Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 @reverberlayed So basically, you just need a Tele with the forearm and back contours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 kayd_mon wrote: @reverberlayed So basically, you just need a Tele with the forearm and back contours. Or a Strat with tele pickups and bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 @kayd_mon Basically, although I've never played one. Sounds like it would be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J Backlund Posted July 10, 2013 Members Share Posted July 10, 2013 Perhaps surprisingly to some, nothing exotic, or even remotely rare for me.The guitar(s) that would very likely keep me interested and probably help me to advance as a player would definately be a Taylor 12 string acoustic/electric and a Taylor 414CE 6 string. Other than those two, the only electric I feel I would need to own would be a classic blackguard Fender Telecaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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