I have a great Les Paul which is my main guitar but am looking for something to complement it. The second guitar will be used as a back up to the Les Paul for gigs so needs to be able to cover most of the same ground (blues / classic rock - up to GnR / Whitesnake levels of gain) but I would also like it to offer some slightly different tones so don’t really want another dual humbucker guitar.
So I have been thinking of the new P90 equipped 50 Les Paul, maybe a Les paul special or perhaps a HSS S type guitar like a Suhr/Xotic. I even thought about a 611 Yamaha Pacifica as they seem great value for money and I think they look very cool! It needs to be hard tail though as we use some different tunings in the band.
Any others I should look at?
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At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer Watson, SS2, Vintage S, T62.
* Music Man Luke 1, Luke II
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The more middle of the road approach would be a tele with a neck HB, or a Strat with a bridge one. Depending on which end you like thick and which you like crunchy?
criteria - not a Strat (ergonomically I need a thicker body for left wrist positioning), not a fat neck, not covered in plastic, wear and tear is fine, must rock. not a "precious" guitar, will be played in garden, gigged.
They reportedly sound closer to the LP than the 335 and rock pretty well too.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/156159/jj-jewel-cherry-p90s#latest
IMHO the early stuff has a better sound, and a Tele would be a perfect choice to complement a Les Paul.
Also useful as brute force weapon if the crowd gets unruly