<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>fourr3al wrote on Thu, 25 January 2007 21:08</b></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Hi,
I guess I am in complete disagreement with most of the people on this thread. I like most, started without aplification and loved it. Then I started playing electric and it opened up a world of possibilites. I don't want to upset any fan boys here, but it's hard going back to vanilla when I have 1,001 flavors.
I do agree with the recomendation of the Gibson ES, that will have a closer sound to an acousitc, but why play an electric to only sound acoustic? Also the humbucker pickups are key for that warm sound, may I go against the grain and suggest a Fat Strat? It is BY far more versitle then a Les Paul, which is also a great guitar. Sorry Fan boys but I lean more towards strats and PRS's. <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_cool.gif" border=0 alt="Cool">
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I'm with you there man. I love the fat strat. It is definately a more versatile instrument than a les paul.
Another really versatile instrument is a Hagstrom Swede. With it's double humbucker and smaller scale neck, you can get a jazzy hollow body sound, then flip the switch and sound like Jerry Garcia twanging away on a tele.
also, I would almost always recommend buying used instruments, they've had time to settle and you can usually get a better deal than at store.