What's on your 2022 gear wish list

smitty_p said:
Yeah, start slow. Maybe, try several out and see if it’s even worth it for you.

Now, I very much like Stratocasters, particularly the models with the Delta Tone circuit and the cast saddles, instead of the bent steel saddles. I like pretty much everything about them. For me, the controls are in the right spot and I spend a lot of time with the middle pickup. I think it’s a great guitar. They really feel good to me.

BUT….

That’s just me. Music, gear, instruments are all very individual and personal. Be honest with yourself as you explore this. The last thing you want to do is to throw a lot of time and money at this just to still be dissatisfied at the end of it all.
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Saddles must be brass or stainless....

I make them...

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Ramo said:
My list is this.

Bare Knuckle pick ups( black dog)
Bass guitar ( must be a Jackson)
Eazy drummer 2
TC flashback delay
And Im planning to by jcm800 this year!
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Skip the Jackson bass and get a Solar AB2.4. Thank me later. And #JCM800FTW!
Sp8ctre said:
The only thing I'm considering at the moment is a Taylor Koa Acoustic. It's up there in the high $$$ range so I have to save some cash first. Or wait for 48 months zero interest financing...ha ha

...and someday, I am going to get a PRS Private Stock McCarty 594. That day may be far off though. It's also hard to justify $10K on a guitar.
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Try one of these. Might be a great compromise on price without compromising on quality:

www.rockymtnguitar.com

Salida Guitar Shop | Rocky Mountain Guitar Co. | United States

Rocky Mountain Guitar Co. - Luthier working shop & retail showroom. Guitar building classes. Gifts & accessories.
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I have a buddy who used to make high end custom electric guitars (he has several being used by big name guitar players) and he has a few of these Rocky Mountain Sinker Wood models. He got a $4k one and it was the most acoustically beautiful guitar I've ever touched - blew away anything I've seen in person in any guitar store. Can't recommend them enough.
 
Iron1 said:
Skip the Jackson bass and get a Solar AB2.4. Thank me later. And #JCM800FTW!

Try one of these. Might be a great compromise on price without compromising on quality:

www.rockymtnguitar.com

Salida Guitar Shop | Rocky Mountain Guitar Co. | United States

Rocky Mountain Guitar Co. - Luthier working shop & retail showroom. Guitar building classes. Gifts & accessories.
www.rockymtnguitar.com www.rockymtnguitar.com

I have a buddy who used to make high end custom electric guitars (he has several being used by big name guitar players) and he has a few of these Rocky Mountain Sinker Wood models. He got a $4k one and it was the most acoustically beautiful guitar I've ever touched - blew away anything I've seen in person in any guitar store. Can't recommend them enough.
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I dont like Solars :hide::hide::hide:
 
ebay is dull of that stuff Smitty. One can get great quality Fender stuff for little money.Bras,stamped,aluminum ect. My advice from experience,when you buy brass Fender saddles or after market brass saddle look were the intonation adjustment screws go in. Some have very little brass for the threads. Look for the hurkier ones. Been there done that.
 
smitty_p said:
Yeah, start slow. Maybe, try several out and see if it’s even worth it for you.

Now, I very much like Stratocasters, particularly the models with the Delta Tone circuit and the cast saddles, instead of the bent steel saddles. I like pretty much everything about them. For me, the controls are in the right spot and I spend a lot of time with the middle pickup. I think it’s a great guitar. They really feel good to me.

BUT….

That’s just me. Music, gear, instruments are all very individual and personal. Be honest with yourself as you explore this. The last thing you want to do is to throw a lot of time and money at this just to still be dissatisfied at the end of it all.
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I think sometimes we, as musicians…but especially guitar players, allow ourselves to feel obligated to like something held to be iconic.

Using the current discussion, take Strats. They are an iconic guitar, no question. Consequently, it’s easy for a person, particularly a newer player, to get the sense that he/she ~should~ like it, due to its iconic status. The same could be said of Les Pauls, or Telecasters, or SGs, or any of a number of historic instruments.

But, the simple truth is that some people simply may never like a certain guitar, for a variety of reasons.

And that’s okay!
 
JohnnyGoo said:
ebay is dull of that stuff Smitty. One can get great quality Fender stuff for little money.Bras,stamped,aluminum ect. My advice from experience,when you buy brass Fender saddles or after market brass saddle look were the intonation adjustment screws go in. Some have very little brass for the threads. Look for the hurkier ones. Been there done that.
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Thanks, Goo.

I’m not really looking for any, at the moment, though.
 
smitty_p said:
I think sometimes we, as musicians…but especially guitar players, allow ourselves to feel obligated to like something held to be iconic.

Using the current discussion, take Strats. They are an iconic guitar, no question. Consequently, it’s easy for a person, particularly a newer player, to get the sense that he/she ~should~ like it, due to its iconic status. The same could be said of Les Pauls, or Telecasters, or SGs, or any of a number of historic instruments.

But, the simple truth is that some people simply may never like a certain guitar, for a variety of reasons.

And that’s okay!
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For sure. For me, I was “anti-Strat” for years. Everyone I knew personally, played one. Didn’t dislike the guitar…. Just have a penchant for being different. Which would be why the G400. No one on worship team played an SG. Then when I felt the need for a semi-hollow I got a Hagstrom Viking. Promise you. No one I know had one of those. Both great guitars. Then out of no where the blue Strat I now have popped up in Sweetwater. I really like that guitar….. just had to grow into the notion of having one I guess.
 
Kerry Brown said:
I'm going to give a strat another try. I love the sound but I don't get along with playing them. My plan is to find a cheap Squier that feels good and mod it like crazy. Maybe if I make it mine it will stick around.
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Have you tried a Godin Strat Kerri? Where the control knobs are in the right place, have a great smooth slim neck, no sticky laquer on the neck. Plays great and has quality of American made Strat and sells new $699CDN. Bought mine new in 2015 $499 I will never sell it! The Godin Session..This way you wont have to do any mods to it, just play..and enjoy the experience.;)
 

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In 1988, my bandmates bought me a brand new, 1987 Squirecaster in Olympic White. I played that guitar from 1988 until 2005 when I replaced it with a Schecter C1 Hellraiser.

(@Sp8ctre has that guitar now and it is for sale I believe)

I wasn't a fan of the 'Thin C' neck profile, but I made due on it. The only real "problem" I had with the Stratocaster was the pickup noise and the thin, brittle single coil tone.

I started out with a Duncan Quarter Pounder, which had plenty of punch, but was insanely noisy, so I switched to a used 1983 DiMarzio HS3 in an effort to kill the noise. Then, in 1992, I discovered the DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Solo Hum Canceling Single Coil - a 10.8k beast that guitar without routing.

That single change made me really start liking the Stratocaster and I used that pickup daily from 1992 until 2005 and I continued to play around with the Squire until it went to live with @Sp8ctre in 2019.

Here's the 1987 Squire Stratocaster with the DiMarzio DP404 from a 2018 video.


I was without a Stratocaster for a number of years until I built the spray can yellow Stratocaster (from a discarded 1982 Fender body) I got from @SgJohn in early 2021.

On this latest Stratocaster, I really took everything that I had learned over the years and put it to work for me.

With the help of a chum's little machine shop, we made a brass sustain block, brass saddles and a brass nut.

DiMarzio helped me design my own humbucker from scratch - we named it "The Neanderthal." It's a 16.5k AlNico9 44AWG monster that's quiet as a church mouse.

I found some interesting (obscure) hum canceling single coils made by Artec. They featured threaded brass inserts for height adjustment, bar magnets and PAF style screw pole pieces, so the annoying "oscillation" of placing single coils too close to the strings was gone.

Next was to make the guitar more comfortable to play.

Warmoth built a new neck to my specs. It's 1-3/4" wide and 1.125" thick from 1st fret to the heel. The neck is a "Deep V" profile with a lot of freehand contouring.

@Don O is the only forum mrmber to actually play it.

This guitar has evolved into an extremely comfortable workhorse that spent 5 nights a week gigging in local clubs and breweries.

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I can switch between it and my Les Paul easily. It's certainly become one of my favorite guitars.
 
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Iron1 said:
You should still try one. The Jackson's play nice, but the Solar is a metal man's bass all day.
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I want cheap bass, Im not gonna groove or anything. I don’t even know how to play if. I just play guitar parts on bass lol

One Im thinking is JS concert bass blue burst one its about £350 ish here.

Solars are more expensive and I dont like logo inlay on it :) im OCD max. LoL
 
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