Hey guys,
Now that my love affair with EMGs is over, I'm looking to load myself up with another guitar. I'm a bit clueless as to what's out there and desirable at the moment, so I had hoped to list off a few criteria and hopefully get some pointers from the more keyed-in plank spankin folks on here.
- The body wood must be mahogany. Ideally either with a natural finish, or with a quilt or flame maple veneer. Would love to avoid thick layering of lacquer, if possible.
- The neck should be mahogany, with an ebony fretboard - ideally set neck, rather than bolt on. The neck needs to be well crafted, with no warping, so that the intonation across the board is as close to perfect as possible, even with regular frets. The profile of the neck should, ideally, be close to the average Jackson profile, with similarly 'fast' feel.
- The scale should, ideally, be 26.5" or more. The guitar's ability to hold tune exceptionally well is absolutely mandatory.
- Unsure whether I want a 6 or a 7-stringer at the moment, so I'm happy to look at suggestions for either.
- Passive pickups as stock would be a bonus. I plan to replace them with a Seymour Duncan SH-6 and '59. That's unless the guitar happens to come with those in place.
- Stainless steel frets are a huge bonus. After getting them on my Hellraiser, there is no chance I'd want to play a guitar without them.
- No floating tremolo. Either a stop tail bridge or string-thru would be fine.
- Some kind of locking tuners like the new Grovers would be a nice bonus.
So... any starting points for me?
Now that my love affair with EMGs is over, I'm looking to load myself up with another guitar. I'm a bit clueless as to what's out there and desirable at the moment, so I had hoped to list off a few criteria and hopefully get some pointers from the more keyed-in plank spankin folks on here.
- The body wood must be mahogany. Ideally either with a natural finish, or with a quilt or flame maple veneer. Would love to avoid thick layering of lacquer, if possible.
- The neck should be mahogany, with an ebony fretboard - ideally set neck, rather than bolt on. The neck needs to be well crafted, with no warping, so that the intonation across the board is as close to perfect as possible, even with regular frets. The profile of the neck should, ideally, be close to the average Jackson profile, with similarly 'fast' feel.
- The scale should, ideally, be 26.5" or more. The guitar's ability to hold tune exceptionally well is absolutely mandatory.
- Unsure whether I want a 6 or a 7-stringer at the moment, so I'm happy to look at suggestions for either.
- Passive pickups as stock would be a bonus. I plan to replace them with a Seymour Duncan SH-6 and '59. That's unless the guitar happens to come with those in place.
- Stainless steel frets are a huge bonus. After getting them on my Hellraiser, there is no chance I'd want to play a guitar without them.
- No floating tremolo. Either a stop tail bridge or string-thru would be fine.
- Some kind of locking tuners like the new Grovers would be a nice bonus.
So... any starting points for me?