What's your NEXT guitar?

[gpower]

I think I played my next guitar today. A sunburst AMDlx Tele w/rosewood neck. It felt and played amazing.

 

[araT]

Probably a '60s Fender Jaguar, I'd like an original.. it'll be a while before I have it, first I have to save my little butt off, and then I have to find one for sale! (both rather challenging!)

I'm also looking for a nice 12 string electric, any suggestions? maybe a Rickenbacker?

 

[mechanic]

I haven't decided on the exact guitar yet but my next one will have P90's.
I am thinking about one of the SX's from Rondo.
Either one of the strat models or a LP clone.
I really don't "need" another guitar though.
I think I might pick up one of those Crate V18 or V33 amps instead?
Eric

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

Alembic Skylark. I was trying to hide it but I am a Deadhead.

I had the opportunity to buy one of these when they first came out for $2k brand new. It seemed like a lot of money at the time but I can't find a used one that cheap now. I must have an Alembic.

That's OK, Hubberjub. I already knew that you were a Deadhead.

I'm one too.

I've always found those Alembics beautiful & intriguing, but way too far out of my price range.


Here is what is in my basement & will be under the tree come xmas.

It's a Godin 5th Avenue archtop that has a Lollar P90 in it.

http://www.godinguitars.com/godin5thaveseriesp.htm

Godin is coming out with their version of the 5th Avenue with a P90 called the Kingpin, but I just couldn't resist the Lollar version.

This tone is very resonant yet balanced. It has great acoustic properties & fits my current fingerstyle blues focus very well.

 

[araT]

Here is what is in my basement & will be under the tree come xmas.

Wow, I bet you're counting the seconds!! She's a beauty!

 

[duhvoodooman]

Whoa, that looks sweet, Tot! :dude: :drool: :beer:

 

[warren0728]

that's a great looking guitar tot....and you know i love me some p90s!! :beer: ancake:

ww

 

[wingsdad]

...I'm also looking for a nice 12 string electric, any suggestions? maybe a Rickenbacker?

IMHO, you can have other 12's, but nothing else can sound or play like a Rick. The trick with a Rick is (except for a couple of signature models like a McGuinn or Petty) it's narrow, tight (for a 12) fretboard...essentially a 6-string neck. I've had mine for 26 years, and unless you've got really thin yet strong fingertips, it takes some adapting, like abandoning or restructuring some open chord voicings. But with your small hands, that 'problem' is a plus for you.

Mine's a semi-hollow, 360-12 but if you're more comfortable with a smaller bodied ax, look to check out the solid-bodied 620-12. Another 'hassle' with mine, being an older vintage, is it has a 6-saddle bridge, next-to-impossible to get perfectly intonated :thwap: unless you figure out the trick, but you live with it. Newer (last 15 years or so) have a 12-saddle biridge, and they can also be had after-market from Rick.

If you can find one wired 'Rick-O-Sound', that's the way to go. Two output jacks so you can go Standard (mono), but in R-O-S, with a stereo-to-2-mono Y cable or signal splitter DI box (or the R-O-S 'kit', now disco'd) the stereo effect of this is to send each of the 2 pickups to different outputs for independent processing. As a sound engineer, imagine what you can do with that...oke:

 

[Andy]

I've always had gas for a B.C. rich bich 10 string.:drool:

Right now I have a kitchen remodel in progress so all gas has to be held back for a while.

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

Wow, I bet you're counting the seconds!! She's a beauty!

Yeah, I really like this guitar. I plan on playing all types of material on it.

It's the closest that I've come to the light side.

 

[bigoldron]

I haven't decided on the exact guitar yet but my next one will have P90's.
I am thinking about one of the SX's from Rondo.
Either one of the strat models or a LP clone.
I really don't "need" another guitar though.
I think I might pick up one of those Crate V18 or V33 amps instead?
Eric

I might have a deal for you on a P90 guitar. Give me a few days and I'll get back with you.

 

[araT]

IMHO, you can have other 12's, but nothing else can sound or play like a Rick. The trick with a Rick is (except for a couple of signature models like a McGuinn or Petty) it's narrow, tight (for a 12) fretboard...essentially a 6-string neck. I've had mine for 26 years, and unless you've got really thin yet strong fingertips, it takes some adapting, like abandoning or restructuring some open chord voicings. But with your small hands, that 'problem' is a plus for you.

Mine's a semi-hollow, 360-12 but if you're more comfortable with a smaller bodied ax, look to check out the solid-bodied 620-12. Another 'hassle' with mine, being an older vintage, is it has a 6-saddle bridge, next-to-impossible to get perfectly intonated :thwap: unless you figure out the trick, but you live with it. Newer (last 15 years or so) have a 12-saddle biridge, and they can also be had after-market from Rick.

If you can find one wired 'Rick-O-Sound', that's the way to go. Two output jacks so you can go Standard (mono), but in R-O-S, with a stereo-to-2-mono Y cable or signal splitter DI box (or the R-O-S 'kit', now disco'd) the stereo effect of this is to send each of the 2 pickups to different outputs for independent processing. As a sound engineer, imagine what you can do with that...oke:

Wow, wow wow wow, thank you so much for all this advice, you're right, with my small hands this seems to be the best option, I've played a couple of others and the necks on them were just way too big.. unfortunately I've yet to find a store around me who carries Ricks, but now that I have a reason I'll hunt one down Body size isn't so much an issue as neck size, and the fact that it's a semi-hollow also appeals to me, it'll be a world of firsts.

I'll definitely be buying new, especially with your suggestion that the older ones only have 6 saddles, I'm used to the fight with 3 saddle bridges on my '72RI custom Tele and it's not something I'm looking forward to having more of!

That's the first I'm hearing of this Rick-O-Sound but I've done a bit of reading up now and it's incredibly exciting, why has it taken me so damned long to discover & decide I want a Rick? I'm kicking myself!

Now you've given me MAJOR MAJOR GAS.. I think I'd better get saving & hunting, The Jaguar can wait.. heh! Thank you again so so much wingsdad! :master: :beer:

 

[wingsdad]

... Thank you again so so much wingsdad! :master: :beer:

You're quite wlecome, araT :beer:
Sounds like you've found your way to the Rick website?
Rickenbacker
The 360-12's specs show you the narrow neck with a 10" radius, which helps to get on the fingertips as you must to get some open chords cleanly.
360-12
It still shows a 6-saddle bridge as stock, though. That's easy to change, though, if you find it impossible to deal with. If you do go new, you can order with options like that, body binding, etc. It's not with mine, really. The only string that gave me intonation fits is the 12th (low E), and at that, only from the 12th fret up, playing sharp. I learned the secret remedy, though. Sub to a heavier gauge, and turn the saddle around to let it 'go longer'.

If you haven't uncovered it in your research, the trick to the Rick 12's distinctive sound is how it's strung. While a 'conventional' 12's octave pairs are strung with the thin/high string 'on top', a Rick's is done the opposite way, so you lead into the pair striking the low note and finish with the sympathetic high octave, and that gives it a nice firm, strong bass with an 'afterglow chime' effect.

New Rick's are hard to find, period. They build them very slowly. Back orders of several months with dealers are fairly common. And they are 'up there' in price. You might do some searching for a good used one.

 

[araT]

Yep! exactly what I'll be doing, by "new" I meant non-vintage, especially with this financial crisis going right now there are a few sitting on eBay.. If worse comes to worse I have no problem coughing up for a new one as they seem to hold their value OK.. If I do have to go factory-new it'll wait till after I move so I can buy it in the US, which is much MUCH cheaper than here.

Thanks again for sharing your wealth of Ricky knowledge

 

[warren0728]

i think a les paul or sg type humbucker guitar would fit in nicely with the rest of my collection....gonna take my son to his trombone lesson tonight....maybe i'll play a couple of hagstrom's.... :R

ww

 

[sunvalleylaw]

i think a les paul or sg type humbucker guitar would fit in nicely with the rest of my collection....gonna take my son to his trombone lesson tonight....maybe i'll play a couple of hagstrom's.... :R

ww

There ya go! :AOK:

 

[warren0728]

There ya go! :AOK:

don't really need another guitar but since i'll be there already.... :thwap:

another friend of mine who works there is selling a beautiful les paul but it is around $2500.... :whatever:

ww

 

[ZMAN]

I have 16 now and all are electrics. I recently purchased a CV50s Strat (my 9th Strat), and a 1996 Gibson LP Standard. I now have the following Gibsons, SG,2 LPs, Es335. I went to a local shop and I can't believe it didn't see anything I really gassed for.
I guess the next one would be a Marshall tube combo amp. I might take a look at a big orange Gretsch but that is about it. I can't believe that I would ever feel this way but I do.

 

[Spudman]

I don't know if it is my next but it is definitely on my to do list - A Musicman JP6
http://www.music-man.com/instruments/jp_6.php

 

[AdamM]

just added a Jackson DK2S in amber sunburst.

I love my Deluxe Strat but for the heavier stuff my new band is playing, it just wasn't cutting it.

Decent acoustic next. What I have no idea.

 

[hubberjub]

I lied. I'll have to wait on the Alembic. I found a barely used 2008 Fender American Standard Stratocaster in sienna sunburst for $300. It's in the mail. That makes three Stratocasters for me. I couldn't pass it up at that price. I'll post pics when it arrives.

 

[hubberjub]

I don't know if it is my next but it is definitely on my to do list - A Musicman JP6
http://www.music-man.com/instruments/jp_6.php

Great guitar Spud. I bought one last year and it was a suprisingly versatile guitar. I thought the pickups would be too hot for what I play but they were fine. The piezo pickup gave me some cool tones to play with too. I shouldn't have sold it.

 

[Spudman]

I shouldn't have sold it.

You what???? :thwap:

 

[WackyT]

I'm thinking either building a Tele, or buying a Dot. Can't decide.

Well, I split the difference. I bought a nice looking Fender Wine Red Maple Neck Mexican Tele with hardshell case off eBay for $280, after the Live.com 30% off on Buy It Now.

Fender Telecaster Left Handed Mexican Wine Red W/ Case

 

[just strum]

I don't know if it is my next but it is definitely on my to do list - A Musicman JP6
http://www.music-man.com/instruments/jp_6.php

Spud,

I think you should consider Robert's approach and sell off your equipment. In fact, the two of you should get together, sell all of your equipment, and buy a guitar shop. With the money you have left over you can buy a set of drums or two.

 

[just strum]

Well, I split the difference. I bought a nice looking Fender Wine Red Maple Neck Mexican Tele with hardshell case off eBay for $280, after the Live.com 30% off on Buy It Now.

Fender Telecaster Left Handed Mexican Wine Red W/ Case

Very nice, but it's one of those where they installed the strings upside down and the knobs are in the wrong place - must be B stock.

WT, those look nice, if I had a mirror I would play one.

 

[Algonquin]

Maybe something with P90's... I'm not suhr yet.

 

[just strum]

Maybe something with P90's... I'm not suhr yet.

stop it.

 

[WackyT]

Very nice, but it's one of those where they installed the strings upside down and the knobs are in the wrong place - must be B stock.

WT, those look nice, if I had a mirror I would play one.

Those upside down ones play just fine for me. :crazyguy:

 

[just strum]

Those upside down ones play just fine for me. :crazyguy:

Oh, you must be left handed