Having lost interest for the past couple of years I've got the guitar bug again so I've been having a think about my gear.
Currently I have 4 guitars:
08 PRS DGT Goldtop
90's Gretsch Tennessee Rose
80 Fender The Strat (modded)
08 Fender US Std HSS Strat (modded)
Here's a shot of the Strats
Considering I don't gig and don't have a lot of space one of them is going to have to go and hopefully will be consolidated into 3
The DGT is simply the best guitar I've ever owned so that's safe.
The Strat is my first proper guitar and has sentimental value and a brilliant neck, but it's stupidly heavy, the electronics are a bit suspect and it's set up really badly.
The US Std is a nice guitar, but the modern C profile is a bit skinny for me and I really don't need two Strats so it makes sense for this to go.
Now we come to the Gretsch. It sounds great and it's the coolest guitar I own, but I hardly ever play it because with 3 kids running about I'm always worried that it's going to get damaged so it just lives in it's case.
The logical thing to do would be fix up The Strat and sell the Std, but I'm seriously starting to think about also selling or trading the Gretsch and consolidating both into a really nice Tele which would get a lot more use.
Am I crazy, or is this a sensible plan?
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To be honest i’d probably do up the Strat and sell that too. Sentimental reasons don’t mean anything to me, but this is a character flaw on my part.
Later vintage reissues and CS guitars are much better and in quality terms much more in keeping with the DGT.
I might suggest that if you can overcome the practicalities of putting it away in the case at the end of a playing session, it should be a keeper in favour of one of the strats, irrespective of sentimentality.
The American Standard Stratocaster is a perennial favourite. Should be easy to sell or trade against its eventual replacement.
If the Gretsch isn't getting much action, perhaps, it should go too?
Why not combine the best elements of a Telecaster and a Gretsch in the form of a La Cabronita Telecaster or Especial model?
Sell the 08 strat.
The Strat, send it to a pro and get a really good setup, it will be your friend again.
When you know how much you have after the above steps, move onto the next part of the plan.
‘A really nice Tele’ doesn’t necessarily need to cost a fortune.
unless to me.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Keep the Strat. It has sentimental value and it is pretty rare animal. That sounds good to me:
- PRS: for humbucking sounds
- Strat: for single coil sounds
- Gretsch: for in-between sounds
Now we come to the Gretsch. It sounds great and it's the coolest guitar I own, but I hardly ever play it because with 3 kids running about I'm always worried that it's going to get damaged so it just lives in it's case.
I have the same problem and thats why I play my G&L the most. However - you don't fell comfortable damaging the Gretsch but it is somehow acceptable the damage to happen on the DGT?
The Yamaha is still here because it's beautiful to look at and has a very different feel and sound to the PRS.
For that reason Id keep the DGT and the Gretsch