Favourite non Fender , non Gibson Fender and Gibson style guitars

StuartMac290

Having tried numerous Andersons, Suhrs, G+Ls and Musicmans (Musicmen?!) over the years I'd come to the conclusion that Fender Custom Shop guitars were by far the best bet for all things Fender-esque...until I discovered K-Line Truxtons, which I love. Recent discovery of the Asher T Deluxe is another game changer.

I've still yet to find anything that properly replaces a good Gibson, though .

Fuengi

I have a Burns Dual Sonic Tele, it's a non production prototype Semi-Hollow Body with a Rez-O-Tube bridge, and it is head and shoulders above any Mexi or USA Fender I've played. 

I spoke to Barry Gibson (Burns owner) a little while back and he said they were looking to make and market some of that model this year / next year. 

Mine doesn't have the scroll headstock like the production ones, which are not to everyone's taste. 

The Rez-O-Tube bridge rings for days, it's got a spiltable HB in the neck and a single in the bridge, the semi hollow body with the neck sounds a little 335ish with the tone rolled off. 

Brilliant guitar, so much character.

Fifty9

1980 Tokai LS 120 is my Les Paul. Amazing old wood 59 based replica with Japanese craftsmanship. has been played to hell but a lovely guitar.
90s Orville by Gibson 335 59 Reissue. Brilliant vintage feeling 335.
Peerless Korea made Epi Dot which is brilliant. Upgraded with Gibson 57 classic pups
Peerless Songbird is my Epi Casino given I prefer chunkier necks
Couple of partscaster strats - one a RW board, gold HW John Mayer and another a 2 tone burst Clapton strat
A lovely custom build Tele 52 that compares very closely well to my CS 52 Tele

Whitecat

interstellar said:

Novo Serus T arrived to day and IMO is the best electric i have ever played

Pics or it didn't happen.

DrCornelius

interstellar said:

Novo Serus T arrived to day and IMO is the best electric i have ever played

I feel alost guilty now making you put it down long enough to sort out the K Line delivery. You were right about the weather though, forecasting heavy snow down here for Friday but hopefully the Tele will be in my loving arms by then !

impmann

PRS 305 - cured my Fender CS Strat GAS. Best Strat I've ever played...

kt66

The 80s Schecter Strats sounded great then. 

soma1975

 I have a Strat and a Les Paul but i realy want a reverend for some reason. Something with P90s

Handsome_Chris

I have a couple of Vigiers, one of which I am pictured with here. I've got a Fender Strat and it doesn't match up. YMMV

hubobulous

Suhr Srats, Teles and offset styles. Feline for LP style.

57Deluxe

Duesenbergs

Sporky

I liked my G&L strat-a-like and tele-a-like, but they were too strat-a-like and tele-a-like for me to really love them.

BigLicks67

1980's Tokai Jazz Sound bass 60's reissue model.

Suhr Classic T with chambered body and contours.

SunDevil

So here’s the thing - with Suhrs and this an extent, Heritage on the LP side of things, I always feel like mods may be a backwards step.

With Fender and Gibson, the mods seem to be an inevitable part of the process.

So the question is whether you like a challenge / want to work at it or you want perfection out of the box 

..I think both are valid, but personally I get more from going on that journey.

Phil_aka_Pip

Yamaha. SG2000 for what I would otherwise play on a Gibson SG or LP. SA2200 for what I would play on an ES-335.
Justification: The SG2k can do 95% of what an LP can do and has the same high-fret accessibility of an SG. The SA2200 doesn't sound like a 335 but is an equally lovable guitar in its own right and any lover of slimline semis who likes 335s ought to recognise the SA2200 as an equally classy instrument. I am priveliged to own decent examples of all of these guitars, and have done so for several years. I do lurve the mojo of a decent Gibbo but I can't recommend too highly Yamaha's classy alternatives.

blobb

Something Fujigen Gakki, probably a Custom Agent.

jeztone2

The Yamaha SG. It’s actually more versatile than a Les Paul thanks to the bridge giving it that zingy top end.

I think the Ibanez RG and PRS Custom are great guitars as well. 

DrCornelius

Thanks guys,  some great suggestions so far  and @SunDevil you make a good point . I'm wary about modding though because you never get the money back when you move it on and the amount of times I sell a perfectly good guitar to try something else means I'd rapidly lose a lot of cash.

stickyfiddle

If you want non-F F-types, I've never heard a bad word about Danocaster, though they're like gold-dust 

DrCornelius

stickyfiddle said:

If you want non-F F-types, I've never heard a bad word about Danocaster, though they're like gold-dust 

Yes I've wanted to try one for ages, never even seen one up close unfortunately