AGGHH... I can't decide!!

[45below]

 

I'm having a terrible time trying to decide what kind of guitar I should build. I play all styles of rock, from punk to hard rock, and I've been pondering the super distortion (bridge), paf pro (neck) on a mahogany body, maple neck, for a long time. I'm pretty sure I could get enough of a tone range out of it to play all of my styles of music.

 

And then comes along the 50s Les Paul Jr.

 

I don't know why.. but I really think that I love that guitar!

 

Now sadly, I don't have any large music stores in town, so I can't give each a play and see which I like better. The Les Paul Jr has a P90, which is going to give me a brighter, slightly more twangy (for lack of a better word) sound. I'm already getting that from my Fender Squire (reason why I wanted a dual-humbucker guitar). But I just can't get the Les Paul Jr out of my head!

 

I need some input. I'll be playing the guitar through a Marshall DSL or TSL combo amp, with a MXR Distortion 3 for a bit more variety.

 

Oh yeah, I would be building a copy of the Les Paul Jr, not buying one.

 

Thanks for reading. I know this is more rambling than anything.

[sk8centilli]

If you can't get it out of your mind, build it.

[Darkstorm]

The humbuckers in mahogany body would be nice warm tone. Sounds like the making of a very nice guitar esp if you do neck profile for best most playable fit to you.

[volvo1800]

http://www.guitarkitsusa.com/

 

I am building one of these. They are hallow fiberglas so they have a really unique blues rock tone to them.

[Carbohydrates]

Don't worry, an LP Jr won't sound much like your Squier, especially if you build it right with a nice long tenon.