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Jethro Rocker
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So true, very good point. A versatile amp covers rafts of ground with any guitar.
What is your most versatile guitar?
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dmatthews
Ambassador of Birds
Yup... speaker type can be a world changer too. Forgot to say that the "P" in P22 is for piezo.
I used to send the piezo to a DI then to PA, and the mag output to my amp. But I can coax a pretty good acoustic sound out of the Kemper with any axe now.
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Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
That kinda adds an additional acoustic guitar to wharever song. I've only run mine through my amp.
I use the acoustic sim on the G3 effect pedal as well but it's not quite the same.
dmatthews
Ambassador of Birds
Yeah, the sim is a fill in type solution admittedly.
Piezo to DI then PA sounds good, and better than running through my amp. Quite a difference.
We don't do a ton of songs with acoustic requirements so the Kemper solution is easiest for me.
Brian Krashpad
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I have two very different guitars which are very versatile.
The older design is also widely misunderstood/misapplied. Peavey T-60. The tone controls for each pickup are not just tone controls. They are from 0-7 (out of ten). But between 7 and 10, the control gradually splits the humbucker, until at 10 it's actually a single coil! So, a lot of people who keep their tone control all the way up wonder why the humbuckers don't sound thick like humbuckers on their other guitars-- it's because they're playing the guitar in single-coil mode, and at that point it's more like a Telecaster than a Les Paul. Also, when selecting both pickups at once, there's an out-of-phase switch (which I basically never use, but it's available).
The more recent design is a Fender Tex-Mex Telecaster. This "Fat Tele" has a humbucker in the neck, with a 5-way pickup selector, that includes settings with the neckbucker split to a single:
The older design is also widely misunderstood/misapplied. Peavey T-60. The tone controls for each pickup are not just tone controls. They are from 0-7 (out of ten). But between 7 and 10, the control gradually splits the humbucker, until at 10 it's actually a single coil! So, a lot of people who keep their tone control all the way up wonder why the humbuckers don't sound thick like humbuckers on their other guitars-- it's because they're playing the guitar in single-coil mode, and at that point it's more like a Telecaster than a Les Paul. Also, when selecting both pickups at once, there's an out-of-phase switch (which I basically never use, but it's available).
The more recent design is a Fender Tex-Mex Telecaster. This "Fat Tele" has a humbucker in the neck, with a 5-way pickup selector, that includes settings with the neckbucker split to a single:
- Position 1: Bridge
- Position 2: Bridge + Neck Split (parallel)
- Position 3: Bridge + Neck (parallel)
- Position 4: Neck Split
- Position 5: Neck Humbucker
DirtySteve
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Well I see I need to update this thread, things have changed since I made that post. I've sold the Trad and replaced it with a 2018 LP Classic. Most people don't know that the 2018 Classics were built to old school standards, no weight relief and P90s. As far as I know they were the only Classics without weight relief of some kind. It has a 60s neck profile. This is by far the most versatile guitar I have and it quickly became my #1. I put in a SD Custom P90 (with A2 magnet swap) paired with a Lollar neck P90 and it does it all, from the sweet cleans to as metal as I get and it does it all better than anything else I have. I wouldn't trade it for anything!
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RedGuitar
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What guitar or guitars are your most versatile? I have more than one when it comes down to it for different reasons.
Alex Lifeson Les Paul
Floyd Rose equipped Les Paul. Has series / parallel on each pickup so one can set the amp properly in parallel then give it some more goods by switching to series.
Has piezo acoustic pickup too. Only issue is it is very bass heavy, high strings aren't really loud enough but no setting for this. I will have to set tne clean channel accordingly to compensate.
Still, what a feature laden git.
If only that had a Kahler, I would probably drool. But still a nice one.
blues
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That's how I feel about my R7. The humbuckers are Paf style. A little scooped but turn it up and the mids are strong. If
I ever get another guitar it will have P-90s.
DirtySteve
Ambassador of Hold My Beer
I used to say that, now I have a Classic with P90s. Best Guitar purchase I ever made!