How many Gibson/Fender folk here?

[Wisertime]

I love my LPCustom, but love my Strat and Tele just as much. I use all three all the time, and probably spend the same amount of time on all. Who else is a 50/50 Gib/Fen junkie?

 

[Buffaloe]

It took me awhile, but I've finally found a Strat that I like. It's an American hard tail with Kinmans. I still have some difficulty with the different scale, and I haven't quite gotten it setup the best, but I can now get those delicious Strat tones. I still go more for my 335, and my favorite player is still the Hamer GT, but the band really likes it when I pull out the Strat, and some songs just demand it. I have a custom one off korina V on order from Hamer that I'm hoping can get into hum and single territory with some clever wiring and switching.

 

[SimonBarSinister]

I use LPs, SGs, Strats and Teles in the Studio but live only one guitar cuts it for me...a Les Paul....

 

[Tom Wittrock]

I love my Strats! :dude

But I play my Les Pauls !

 

[Heritage 80]

Count me in. I'm finally starting to play my Fenders again after playing the LP pretty much exclusively for a year (I blame Tim! ).

 

[Scrutinizer]

My R7 gets the most attention lately, but that’s partly because it’s my most recent purchase. I suspect many of you are the same – the newest guitar gets the most playing time. But I do play my Strat and PRS very often. And when my Lentz T is done, it will be my favorite, but I’ll still have a need for my other good guitars.

 

[hank]

When I quit electrics back in 1982 or so, I sold my Les Paul and went strictly acoustic. When I got back into electrics, I bought a Strat first for economic reasons. Eventually, I got into the LP again.

As a home-bound jammer (poser), I reach for one of the Pauls first most every time these days.

wankfesthank

 

[Johnnytone]

The Gibsons get playded, the Fenders get traded:lol2

 

[PatentAppliedFor]

LP live, mostly. Been mixing it up a lot recording for jams lately tho, which is fun. Gotta go do some tracking with the P90 Vee here in a minute as a matter of fact =)

 

[kingsleyd]

I'm a gear whore

and proud of it!

Gibson... yep
Fender... yep
PRS... yep
Klein... yep

And they all get significant playing time.

 

[1959burst]

i love guitars.

 

[mikeslub]

I'm a 85/10/5 Gibson/Fender/Other guitar guy. In terms of amps, now that's a different story - about 90% Fender! :dude

 

[FROGGY]

LP/Tele/Strat

 

[Cycler]

strat, tele, LP...and an R6 for those P90s...

 

[DoobieK]

I play my LP's all night, with my Tele standing by in case I break a string (which I never do)

I really like Fenders, but they just feel way too different and I just haven't gotten to the point where they are as comfortable to play. I will never sell my Tele though. It is fun to play for certain things, or just for a nice Tele sound.

As far a Strat style guitars go, I've owned a couple, but found the G&L just as good sounding, but more comfortable for me to play.

 

[AtomEve]

i love guitars.

!!!!!!!!!!! YEP!:dude

 

[jeffhef]

I've always been primarily an LP kinda guy. But...A few months ago I put together a hardtail strat. Well...warmoth body and Strat neck. I took my time getting it how I wanted it. LP's have a 12" radius so I looked for a Strat neck with a 12" radius and found one. I also wanted it to be Rosewood fretboard. I went with a Burgandy Mist hardtail body I got from Warmoth's thrift shop. VERY nicely done. I've now settled on Callaham Pickups. Initially I had Texas Specials but they were just too muddy. I wanted a Classic Strat sound. The Callaham's deliver that VERY nicely. I suspect I'll stay with them until Tim makes some single coils.

A couple of other little things...I went with a brdige saddle spacing that is slightly wider than modern Strat's. This makes it a little uncomfortable for most Strat players but just right for me. I also have a Master Tone and a Master Volume. I left off a tone knob so I could move the knobs down away form the strings. I'm always turning down the volume by accident when I play a normal strat.

Since I have this guitar I'd say I now play about 40/40/20...LP/Strat/Acoustic. If Fender made strats like this more LP Players would buy 'em. Also, I find since I play a regular church gig and play a lot more than I used to I don't really notice the difference in the scale length as much anymore. I moved up from 9's to 10's on my electrics a few months ago as well.

jeffhef

 

[lpnv59]

I've had various Telecasters and Strats since about 1977. Usually they saw minimal use until 3 years ago when I got a particular V necked '56 Tele w/staggered pole pu. I now play it 80% of the time, with Gibsons being taken out for the occasional Rock or Blues gig.

 

[Bluburst135]

Re: I'm a gear whore

and proud of it!

Gibson... yep
Fender... yep
PRS... yep
Klein... yep

And they all get significant playing time.

the SHAME..........................................PRS? :lol

 

[LP_Gothic_Dude]

count me in.
My Inca Strat kicks ass.

and the gothic...well lets just say it'll do until i get my GT.