A gentleman with Parkinsons...

DB1

Has expressed an interest to buy my ES-275 (not from this forum). I've offered to take it to see him with no obligation of course (in fact he has a guitar to sell before he can do it). He's interested because of it's size and light weight. As he doesn't get out to see guitars, and mine might not suit him, are there any alternative recommendations? He strikes me as an archtop guy, so I can suggest an ES-339, which might be a bit heavier, and an ES-330, which might be a bit big, but - anything else? 

Cheers.

DB1

A Thinline Tele might be an alternative, I reckon

ICBM

PRS Hollowbody.

The lightest, smallest electric guitar I've ever owned. Disconcertingly so for me, in fact...

JerkMoans

If you have access to one, a B&G Little Sister. Crossroads version for less than half the dosh...

octatonic

DB1 said:

A Thinline Tele might be an alternative, I reckon

This.
Put a humbucker in the neck and turn down the tone pot.

guitars4you

ICBM said:

PRS Hollowbody.

The lightest, smallest electric guitar I've ever owned. Disconcertingly so for me, in fact...

probably the guitar I play the most - jazz/blues/swing etc - Kenny Burrell, to Robben Ford and Setzer in between that

DB1

JerkMoans said:

If you have access to one, a B&G Little Sister. Crossroads version for less than half the dosh...

I never thought of that - I like them!

guitars4you

DB1 said:

JerkMoans said:

If you have access to one, a B&G Little Sister. Crossroads version for less than half the dosh...

I never thought of that - I like them!

I played open the other day - Far Eastern version - loads of character - I liked it just a case of will it do what you want it to  regarding feel/tone

DB1

guitars4you said:

ICBM said:

PRS Hollowbody.

The lightest, smallest electric guitar I've ever owned. Disconcertingly so for me, in fact...

probably the guitar I play the most - jazz/blues/swing etc - Kenny Burrell, to Robbn  Ford and Setzer in between that

That's interesting - I know nothing about PRS's, but had a 408 Artist a few months ago, which was just too small for me. Is the 408 smaller than the Hollowbody? I know - why don't I check the @guitars4you website? :-)

guitars4you

DB1 said:

guitars4you said:

ICBM said:

PRS Hollowbody.

The lightest, smallest electric guitar I've ever owned. Disconcertingly so for me, in fact...

probably the guitar I play the most - jazz/blues/swing etc - Kenny Burrell, to Robbn  Ford and Setzer in between that

That's interesting - I know nothing about PRS's, but had a 408 Artist a few months ago, which was just too small for me. Is the 408 smaller than the Hollowbody? I know - why don't I check the @guitars4you website? :-)

got none in stock at the moment - generally wide/fat neck profile - Slightly deeper body than a Custom/408 - totally hollow body (hence name) other than a small block to support the bridge assembly - same size body as a 408, but deeper 

DB1

Cheers - another thought might be the ES-135, although it's a bit bigger. Actually a Godin Montreal/Jazz would probably work.

HAL9000

octatonic said:

DB1 said:

A Thinline Tele might be an alternative, I reckon

This.
Put a humbucker in the neck and turn down the tone pot.

G&L Bluesboy semi-hollow has a humbucker in the neck already and sounds pretty warm to my ears. 

ICBM

DB1 said:

Is the 408 smaller than the Hollowbody?

I'm pretty sure the body outlines are identical, but the Hollowbody is slightly bigger because it's deeper and has a carved back. The one I had - which admittedly had been refinished rather aggressively at some point and may have been sanded quite heavily - weighed under 5lb!

So technically not the smallest, since I've owned several other PRSs with the same body shape but the conventional flat back - and a couple of Rickenbacker 400/600-series, which are also tiny - but the PRS Hollowbody felt much smaller than any of them because there was no sensation of holding anything other than the neck, really...

DB1

Ah, thanks. I got that  sensation with the 408, (as I play sitting down) it felt as if it was all neck, and the body was just too small for me. 

DB1

Thanks for the suggestions - as it happens, he lives between me and Sheffield, which is only about 15 minutes or so out of my way, so I'll call in, leave it with him for a couple of hours, and harrass the chaps at Richtone for a bit.

mbe

What guitar is he selling? I fancy having a go at this flipping that seems to be all the rage at the moment.

Blaendulais

All day I've resisted the temptation to ask what you would do if he started playing Shaking All Over.  I can no longer I am afraid.  Apologies its a dreadful disease

ICBM

Blaendulais said:

its a dreadful disease

But not entirely without hope.



(Especially from 4'00" onward.)

mbe

@Blaendulais make your way over to the naughty step.

DB1

Oh, lord no - I've been resisting the temptation to mention 'Whole Lotta Shakin' - that makes me a bad person as well. As it was, he was a lovely bloke and even offered me money for taking the guitar to him. Honestly, sometimes I love the whole buying and selling thing. I should probably add that I refused. :-)

He has a Martin 000-18 for sale, which I liked very much. In fact, we spent so much time talking and jamming (him very well, me not so much) that I was late getting up to Sheffield, the traffic was horrible, and I turned round without going to Richtone.

But, at the risk of sounding a bit bloody pious, it was a good day well spent meeting a nice chap who loves guitars. I don't know if he'll buy the ES-275 and I don't know if I'll buy the Martin, but that's a minor detail. :-)

57Deluxe

tell him to take CBD oil regularly and he can then play  any guitar he wants... it really works.