What Gibson type guitar would you recommend to a 'strat guy'?

hollywoodrox

https://youtu.be/mw0jFgZX3yg

hollywoodrox

https://youtu.be/lkb777Ix69w

hollywoodrox

Or a gibson 


https://youtu.be/y4pGfTQx_hg

KevS

What I think is that a completely different guitar pulls something completely different out of you..
You grow massively as a player from that..
I have been at it 34 years now..Creak Groan !!!
A new guitar that feels really different is inspiring to me..
It pulls me in new directions..It rekindles me and keeps me inspired and fresh..
I say get a Les Paul and don't expect to be fluent on it overnight,you have a whole lifetime of music and creativity ahead..
You are already fluent on a Strat,if you have a gig lined up,use that for now..
What starts coming out of your hands after a while when creating will be very different to a Strat on a Les Paul..
I try and learn those things on my Strat or Tele too..
It sounds mad but it is like a new guitar can teach you new things,or that is what happens to me..
If I just grab a Les Paul and start playing,that music is not what would happen if I just grabbed a Tele..

Some of the secondhand Tribute Models are nice,same with some Studios..
If you get an older model without the circuitboard,,it is easier to change the pickups..

My Tribute had a Circuitboard..It hasn't now though..lol
I have further up the line Les Paul's,but love my 70s Tribute with changed pickups and knobs,seriously great guitar..
It gets more use than my Les Paul Standard..
As I bond with a guitar..I often bond with it unplugged too,I think many folk do.
So much of that is a pure feel bonding thing...
Some guitars to get what you want to do electrically as you probably know can take a little tweaking,pick ups etc..
No Les Paul/SG/335 will feel like a Strat,it's impossible..Stating the obvious there I guess..
If you play both your Strat and your Les Paul,you will be able to adapt to each pretty quickly and probably use them for different things..I actually think too long on one guitar can limit you sometimes..
Or maybe I am too shite to be able to do the one guitar thing..Hahaha!!
How many guitar players have used more than one type of guitar,the answer is loads..
Let the differences inspire you,don't expect to be fluent overnight,
Your playing and skillset will expand whether you want it to or not though..

Then again I may be a Daft old Codger,but the whole appeal is it feels nothing like a Strat in the first place..

I say get a Les Paul..It is the gateway to lots of new things..

Now I could never bond with Superstrats I bought..
I find Strat trems stay in tune better for me,but I don't divebomb etc on them..
I had a Jackson Dinky that played and sounded glorious,if it had just had a headstock with straight string pull and a Strat trem on it..

stickyfiddle

Try a Les Paul, but be aware that it's ergonomically a bit odd. 

Personally I like all the double cut Gibsons much more - an SG and CS336 are my favourite Gibsons by miles, and find it no issue to switch between those and Fenders. 

Musicwolf

stickyfiddle said:

Try a Les Paul, but be aware that it's ergonomically a bit odd. 

A few times I've felt the 'need' to own a LP but every time I go looking I find that I really can't get on with them.  I do have a love for PRS and I have 4 at present (a couple of SE's, an S2 and a Core).  The closest I have to a LP is the PRS SE Chris Robertson, which is a fantastic guitar for the price (and was in the OPs price bracket), but it's still my least played PRS.

stickyfiddle

Musicwolf said:

stickyfiddle said:

Try a Les Paul, but be aware that it's ergonomically a bit odd. 

A few times I've felt the 'need' to own a LP but every time I go looking I find that I really can't get on with them.  I do have a love for PRS and I have 4 at present (a couple of SE's, an S2 and a Core).  The closest I have to a LP is the PRS SE Chris Robertson, which is a fantastic guitar for the price (and was in the OPs price bracket), but it's still my least played PRS.

I'm exactly the same. I've had a Burny, a Tokai and a CS Gibson. All were great guitars and sounded good, but got moved on as I realised I still preferred my 336 and SG. 

sweepy

Surely it’s a PRS DGT 

chrisj1602

sweepy said:

Surely it’s a PRS DGT 

PRS is a good shout. If the DGT is too expensive, the S2 range are an option, or the new Mira SE looks really good too.

If you want Gibson, I would say SG as the upper fret access (or lack of) on a LP may bother you if you’re used to a Strat. 

Caffeine_Vampire

Nobody’s mentioned a Gibson Nighthawk yet?

TINMAN82

Let’s face it, if you’ve got a Gibson itch to scratch, it’s probably because you fancy a Les Paul. Just find a Les Paul tribute or studio (probably used at that price point) and live with it for a while.

Too much is made of the ergonomic thing and the idea of some models being unsuitable for some people. I love my Strat and Les Paul equally.

Caffeine_Vampire

I’m switching between my ‘91 LP Studio and my AV Tele Custom atm. Takes less than 10 seconds to adjust. 

lovestrat74

If you don't get on with a Gibbo try a Tele deluxe, same layout and 12" radius too

ICBM

TINMAN82 said:

Too much is made of the ergonomic thing and the idea of some models being unsuitable for some people.

I really don’t get the ‘Les Pauls are un-ergonomic’ thing - I admit I’m not a fan of ones with overly steep neck angles (they do vary a lot), but otherwise I find them comfortable to play, and I prefer the body size to that of a Strat, which I’ve always found slightly unnecessarily large. Strats do fit your body well, but if it’s a traditional one then it has a massive ergonomic fault unlike almost any other guitar - the ridiculous position of the volume knob. This is why my ‘Strat’ has a smaller body than a Fender and with the volume knob further down...

And I find all 335-type guitars un-ergonomic to the point of being unplayable - huge, unwieldy and too long, with the neck far too far to the left. I don’t mind 330s with the neck set deeper in as much, but then the top-end access is a bit restricted. The 70s Les Paul Signature I had fixed both those problems, but sadly I couldn’t get on with the neck profile.

stonevibe

PRS DGT, Custom 24/22 or McCarty.

SteveRobinson

Caffeine_Vampire said:

Nobody’s mentioned a Gibson Nighthawk yet?

I suggested a Blueshawk, based on the 25.5" scale length & blade switch.

Funkfingers

TINMAN82 said:

if you’ve got a Gibson itch to scratch, it’s probably because you fancy a Les Paul. 

Not necessarily. For somebody my age, the ones that got away were the mid-to-late Seventies Norlin experiments. The L6, The Paul and the RD. 

Caffeine_Vampire

SteveRobinson said:

Caffeine_Vampire said:

Nobody’s mentioned a Gibson Nighthawk yet?

I suggested a Blueshawk, based on the 25.5" scale length & blade switch.

You caused me to check eBay and now I have GAS

fretfinder

Double cut LP Special.

Sarge

I had a epi nighthawk which was the most strat like gibsonesque guitar I've played, however it didn't last long as I'm too much of a tart to live with the garish purple hue