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My third video, and one of the biggest I've had, was "How Many Guitars Do You Need?" You might recognize the Custom Shop '59 three pickup in the thumbnail from that video (thank you Wildwood Guitars for the pic). Clearly from the channel tagline I am fascinated by the idea of having few guitars that do everything I need and I am even more amazed at guys and gals that do it with one.
So...if you had to do it all with one, which one would it be? And why?
Come with your opinions and let's have at it.
If you're having trouble having me see your question you can resort to the top chat. Thanks in advance for the support.
My wife and I recently had to flee Myanmar because of the coup. I could only take one guitar with me. After much soul searching I decided on a TLO (telecaster like object) made by Steve Benford with a pine body (made from 100 year old barn rafters) with Duncan P-rails. It is the most versatile with something like 27 pickup configurations, and the most resonant solid-body guitar I have ever heard.
Love this channel and your content. Keep bringing us more history and philosophy.
I have 70+ guitars. My dad was a collector.
I play a 2008 MIM Telecaster he gifted me, 98% of the time. It’s just perfect.
My dad’s a collector, too. Unfortunately, the stuff he’s hoarded isn’t anything I’m interested in!
@@ItsVictoriaG Really? Not even one?
@@hailmaryrecordings8255No guitars; guns and knives and model train stuff, mostly. He was never a musician. It’s cool you shared a hobby with your dad!
@@ItsVictoriaG That’s all good stuff too! He left a lot. ☮️
As to the small hands, short fingers thing, I learned the "trick" - when it matters - is to tune the guitar to D and put a capo on the 2nd fret to play in standard E. The fret markers are mostly in place and it makes it easier to play. Also, depending on the song, a capo can help such as when I play I Feel Fine by the Beatles - I can play the standard F barre chord shapes on the 10th and 8th fret positions and do the fingering, but when I get to the 3rd fret position my little finger can't reach the 5th fret, so I use a capo on the 3rd fret and do a standard E chord fingering which allows my little finger to reach the 5th fret. As for only one guitar, if I had to clean out and only keep one, it would be my Gretsch Duo Jet.
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Telecaster...I used to hate them, and now having owned many guitars, Telecaster is the only guitar I'd feel comfortable playing any kind of music on, it's so stupidly simple and versatile, and I feel like an idiot for having avoided them for years.
Dont feel that way. Teles are not really all that easy to play.
Got a G&L Telecaster ASAT Tribute Special - the last guitar Leo Fender designed. The complete full life cycle of the Fender Telecaster, ie the electric guitar.
@@michaelstellajr3931 Nothing worthwhile in life is easy - especially relationships including with your guitar.
Strat, HSS with a vibrato bar with a coil split on the humbucker. That will cover about any style out there.
THIS GUY FUCKS! Seriously. Desert island guitar is hss strat
Couldn't agree more! I just turned the second tone knob into a Spin-a-Split for my bridge pickup, so on 5 you have an almost p90 like sound, with the option of pure single coil or humbucker.
My choice, I already own one, is Fender Telecaster. It's a work horse, can handle any genre, holds it tune, can handle almost anything except fire. Mines been through earthquakes, tornadoes, being dragged across the country, plus my grandkids inquisitive minds! My second choice is a 335. Btw I own a Tele, a 335 copy, a beater acoustic, & an $85 bass. Come to think of it, my Telecaster is worth more at nearly 30 yrs old, than all my other stuff, including amp, recording equip., & the other guitars, all put together. I think a person needs 2 electric guitars 1 with single coils, 1 with humbuckers, & an acoustic guitar. Of course people malign the early 90s Teles, but according to the neck stamp, it's a Tuesday guitar, almost Wednesday. So...
i own 16 electric guitars (yeah i know...), i agree with you, tele baja is amazingly versatile while keeping its own personnality. It can play the blues and barking like a german sheppard and also render a clystaline sound for jazz Because it s a cheap axe it s not the one i would save if my house was on fire, but surely it would be the very first i'll buy again
I couldn't agree more. If you look at the most used studio guitarist you will find them all playing Tele & 335's as a rule and may have other guitars for specific sounds the producer may want to hear. But the staple guitars are those two.
@@yannber any Suggestions for my first tele ? Thought about something around 1k bucks, I already have LP, a Vintera 50's Strat, and a SG and I really desire Teles lately...
@@xxdr34m5xx_4 for the real thing : go for the tele baja classic player 60s
@@yannber ya probably just helped me out too cuz I am finally to a point where I see what other people see in teles (never had till pretty recently really always was doing heavy stuff and nobody was using em for metal in '98 Jim Root) but I keep looking at like... P90 and humbucker equipped teles and I believe if I'm going to get into them at all I should at least *start* with a pretty straight up tele type... Just 2 single coils no weird shit to begin with. I mean if I'm wanting a tele for the *tele sound* then probably leave the humbuckers on my gibson-ish things.
The Cole Clark Angel 2EC-RDBL Redwood top, Blackwood back & sides, Spanish heel construction, and Cole Clark's unique 3-component electric system. All Australia-grown woods, built in Melbourne. Yes, the California redwoods were planted 150 years ago by the Botanist General as an experiment. 44 mm nut width is a great improvement for me, compared to 1-11/16 inch.
I hanker for a Cole Clarke. Nice choice.
My If Only One guitar is a thinline Tele with Seymour Duncan P-Rails, Les Paul controls, and a trem bridge with a piezo.
Love the 5 watt life but for me it’s the inspiration in each individual guitar that makes me keep 30 on hand that 30 is whittled down from 500 and I made a few bucks along the way
Sold it all and bought a Taylor Builder's Edition K14ce. Happiest I've been in a long time.
Les Paul Jr: one pickup, two knobs, and so many amazing tones
The tone knobs are very underrated. Even now, today.
My favorite.. you can do all with it. And P90 doesnt lose highs when Vol is turned low, unlike HBs... an Esquire is just as good... single pickup guitars rule !!
kiesel theos: chambered body, lovely top, lots of wood options, stainless steel frets, tremolo system, locking tuners and great humbuckers that range from heavy metal to jazz.
Smaller hands here too. I refuse to answer this question because all my guitars, when I pick them up and think about them, bring me joy :).
1. Nash S-63 Strat in E flat - because Hendrix
2. K-Line Springfield with 24.625 scale in E flat - because SRV and I need all the help I can get
3. K-Line Springfield Fiesta red in normal tuning - because Knopfler and Gilmour
4. Heritage H-150 aged burst - because Allman Brothers
5. PRS S2 594 Thinline - because AC/DC
6. Rivolta Regata (24 frets) - because jazz and BB King
7. PRS CE24 Semi-Hollow with P90's (24 frets) - because fusion, and it's different and might be the best of them all
The guitars are mostly with 9's on them, some are intentionally setup with a slightly higher action, some are thinner necks and some chunkier, they all feel different. When I am learning to play something, I practice it on all of them, they all get fairly equal use.
I've been downsizing lately myself over the past 2 years as I'm getting ready to retire soon and have come down from 17 guitars to only 9 essential ones now. I'd find it hard, but I can live without my 335, LP,s Strats, and Gretsches. Honestly, when it comes down to it, I play my Fender '64 AVRI Tele most of the time. It does EVERYTHING well, and would be my desert island guitar for sure.
Like many other commenters, I'd opt for a Telecaster.
I have a Les Paul, a Strat, a Sheraton, and an acoustic; but my 50s JV Modified Telecaster just gets more play than the others combined. I wouldn't change a thing on that MiJ instrument, and it really does speak to me like none other.
If it's just one it's a Telecaster. The question is which one. I own three of them, a 52RI, a 59RI/rosewood fretboard, maple fretboard partscaster.
Hi there
Have you ever play a Tele thinline with a wide range hums?
I'm asking you bs i don't
My #1 is right there in my profile, my 50's Standard LP. Just over 8-1/2 pounds. My #2 is my standard ES-335 in 60's cherry. I have many other guitars, but those are my #1 and #2 and I could do without all of the others.
Man, I’d have to really think about which one. I feel like I could possibly have an anxiety attack just thinking about that!
Yes definitely!
It would be much more easy back as 1 teenager...
But now with all the love and each guitar story that would be a dramatic decision xD
My Ibanez GB10 made in japan 2002 😊 (I have only 2 guitars but intend to get a tele) Always very interesting your ideas, I like your philosophy and the theories you are talking about. And I didn't know that : tu comprends le français , bravo mon cher ! You are The most elegant RUclips guy talking about guitars ;)
One quitar only? Fender Stratocaster, period.
Gun to head it's my custom built explorer, and it's probably obvious why- I chose every spec for that guitar from the capacitors to the wood. I always try to find a newer, better, guitars than what I have and with this one I just... can't. It's probably not perfect for any other person but it might be for me.
I missed the live stream but out of the 9 electrics I have I could cut it down to two essentials; a partsocaster Strat (Warmoth mahogany chambered hardtail body with quilt maple top, one piece maple neck, gold hardware, handmade quilt maple pickguard, two Seymour Duncan vintage style singles and a staggered pole piece grey bobbin Fender single from the early 70s) and a home built ES330 with a single mini humbucker (plan to replace with a P90) built around an early 70s bolt on Epiphone acoustic guitar neck and gold hardware. These two just play so easy and because both are self built/made there's a deep emotional connection.
If I had to pare down to only one guitar, it would be my 2020 American Pro II HSS Strat. I don't have a bunch of instruments anyway, which I suppose makes it easier to choose. I have 2 strats, 1 tele, 1 acoustic, 1 classical, plus my grandpa's old mandolin. 😁
My first out the door is my handmade 24.5 scale Fender Swinger with a Strat headstock. I have a mini humbucker in the bridge and a vintage Strat pickup in the neck. My second is my 25" scale Tele I also built or my single pickup jazz, all hand built 😂
As a poor kid growing up, l played cheep strat knock offs. I think I was 20 before I was able to buy my first amp. I've played a bunch thru the years avoiding anything that reminded me of a strat. Older, and a minimalist at heart, I have one P90 semi, a humbucker guitar, and yep, a strat that I built. If I had to choose, it would be that strat. Somehow every time I pick it up and put my hands on it, before l ever strike a note, it just feels like home. Love the others, don't get me wrong, but they don't make me feel that.
You and me have had a similar journey. I grew up learning on knock-off strats. I lusted after Les Pauls and PRS customs. I bought SGs and ended up playing Ibanez guitars. But when a friend gave me his old Greco strat it all clicked. "I'm a strat guy!"
My fender squire strat. Why? Because it is mine and it in my hands ♥️
Well, I only gig one guitar (and an identical backup). Custom made ESP - HSS Strat-a-like. Literally, traditional Strat with Seymour's 59 Trembucker and a pair of 'vintage' stacked coil Strat pickups. I own lots of stuff, but for an audience, they're close enough to cover everything.
I could just as easily live with a 6120 - similarly, you can get them close enough to single or humbucker tones, plus you can do acoustic. Then again, I could just as easily live with an LP DC Jnr. I did a gig when I was a kid (in the '80s) using a homemade EVH-a-like Strat... I'm from a time when you just got on and used what you had... and I've never been in a metal band, by the way ;)
A Strat can basically do anything, just find one you feel comfy with, maybe a couple of necks of different fretboards and some different loaded pickguards and you have a pretty good range of possibilities just in one guitar. But there are fundamental differences that can't be reckoned with, like set neck, neck through, capped body, etc. I personally like the snap and tightness of a maple board and neck bolted onto ash or alder. But another thing I really like is Les Paul Customs. Mahogany dark thickness in the body with set necks and ebony boards. So really, it's important to study guitars, their construction and sounds based on those constructions. And that's why I watch Five Watt World. So yeah, I think the answer to these sorts of questions is watch Keith's videos, and peruse other literature about it all. If Mr. PRS himself keeps learning about guitars, you can too. Anyway, Keith, thanks for reaching me so much. I've lost count of how many times I've seen and learned from your videos!
Thanks Ajay
@@fivewattworld You're very welcome Keith :)
i got bit by the guitar bug 3 years ago. started with a dyi tele kit. now i am at twenty with about 12 new projects and a redo in mind for most of the builds. but, when i ask myself if i had to pick one, its always the same choice : a very small body LP jr one pickup style(a homemade p90/single coil hybrid). the guitar seems to love doing everything. it can sound huge. it can almost sound like an acoustic. i love how it plays, sounds, and looks.
yup, another guitar geek who loves yer channel...
One guitar - it has to be a Telecaster. Mine's a Player Plus, which has that push-pull bonus which makes the sound almost like humbucker. Amp? The new Blackstar St James combo.
Hey Keith: Have you ever had to go through & clean out someone's belongings after they die? I've done this twice now, and it really makes you look at your personal "stuff" with a critical eye. Especially music gear. I'm super fascinated by this idea of minimizing one's superfluous bullshit. Awesome video man.
Oh!.. And I guess I don't really care which "one guitar" I would own. As long as it's set up and stays in tune, I'm fine with it. I don't need a special hammer to drive a nail. The skill is in your training and muscle memory.
Dude... I agree with everything you said a million percent...I have cleared out “stuff” when a loved one passed...it does really make you think about all the material bullshit...rock on brother!!!
Spot on guys. Both of you are speaking the truth. Respect.
You always need two.
One with the luthier, or in need of a change of strings.
An Ibanez RG with 2 humbuckers is an extremely versatile and well-engineered instrument, and the hardtail version is great for those who aren’t into the whole Floyd Rose thing. If I let my fingers do the voting instead of pandering to the imaginary “image” I have of myself playing guitar, the RG wins every time. Don’t fear it just because it’s pointy!
I've gotten rid of several guitars and now I only have Ibanez RG's (1) and Jem's (2). They are the most comfortable guitar to play, and if you wish, you can change the pickups to give them a different tone. They are available in a variety of woods, so a variety of tones is possible.
Idk your age obviously but I am 38 and I know that for me the RGs got a bad rep cuz when I was learning to play and Korn came out the market got flooded with super low end RGs and they were awful. Much later in life I got my hands on a real one and was an immediate convert. And they're excellent chameleons as well.
Wasn’t a fan of the RG550 I bought in the 80s in Road Flare Red. Sold it and bought an ‘87 ESP Mirage Deluxe in baby’s ass pink, which was so much nicer than the Ibanez.
My one guitar (which sadly I don’t have anymore)...would be my ‘96 PRS CE 22...I ordered it just before they moved shop from Annapolis Md... I was a kid and I learned on that guitar and grew up with it and it could do it all... I miss that guitar so much...the new ones don’t even come close!!!
One good Les Paul (doesn't have to be a custom shop, just a great feeling neck) and one good amp. I have more than that.. ..but if forced to pick, I could live with just that easily.
If I could only have one guitar, I would pick Billy Gibbons “Pearly Gates”…..not a remake, but the original one
I think most people who pick a 335 SG Les Paul... Would eventually regret they didnt pick a 50s Strat.
Fender 50s Strat is my choice
Why choose only one. Last year before the pandemic I had 2, a strat and a Dean Z. In the year I've grown a collection of by six more, three Les Paul's, 1 PRS, a Tele build and now I working on building a Gretsch from a purchase by Big D Guitars. Why settle for 1, life is too short for just 1
I will do everything in my power to get you more subscribers, you legendary, erudite man
I get called on to do such a wide range of styles, I'd probably go with a Super Strat if I had only 1. Something that allows everything from single coils to flamethrowing humbuckers.
Aww dude...I love a super strat... I will always have one close by
Bassist here. If I had to rebuy, it would be the Geddy Lee Jazz and a fretless P (Tony Franklin, maybe). For guitars, it would have to be my Strat. And a decent dreadnaught acoustic.
It would have to be a jazzmaster.
If i had to cut down to one guitar and one amp, it'd have to be a standard P-bass with an SVT on top of an 8x10
But i absolutely couldnt narrow it down to just one pedal, i always gotta have a compressor, OC-2, stereo chorus, and overdrive. cannot live without all four!!
Hi ya Keith,
As always another fun topic! I’m a New Yorker as well however I’m on Long Island here, it’s much nicer up north towards you though!
One guitar? It would have to be an HSS style Strat here 🤙
I’d buy another 36 CS advanced jumbo. If it was a house fire I’d send my kids in to get the rest🤣. It’s a tool not a piece of art like all of them. My wife loves Marie Kondo. She collects all her books now we are cluttered with Marie Kondo books🤔jk. I loved this Keith. Great chat. Keep doing these.
“Cluttered w Kongo books” made me laugh. Thanks!
Wrong question. "Which one, if only one" leads to a search for consensus. The better question is "Can you live with just one". If yes, then do it! Doesn't matter which one is YOUR one. But thats not very conversation provoking
For one guitar, something with FILTERTRON pickups (or FIREBIRD pickups). End of discussion. Nothing would be more versatile than those imo. (unless it was some kind of new fangled modern pickup with multiple coils and different switching permutations.)
Like a lot of us I’ve been trying to answer this question for quite some time. I used my free time during the pandemic to accelerate the process. I already know how to make bread. Ha. I caught and released countless guitars. For me it’s the PRS S2 Mcarty. They get a lot of hate from some other PRS owners. But I love mine. I consider myself a serial monogamous guitar owner. So having “only” one guitar isn’t a burden. It just has to be the right guitar. The acid test for me is how much I’ve grown as a guitarist since owning it. I’m able to focus on theory and playing. Not what I want to change or feel I “need”. Love the channel! Keep up the good work.
I just got an S2 McCarty 594 double-cut...its replaced my Les Paul...it plays like butter and does everything great...the blue color isn’t my fav...but what ya gonna do!!!!!
@@eddiejr540 congrats on the guitar! You went with the thin wide neck. Nice guitar! I went in to buy a new 1950’s gold top Les Paul. I’ve always thought they were so cool looking. I didn’t like the way it wanted to slip to right while seated. I walked out with a 1960’’s SG. and it went from there. Your guitar reminds me of a SG on steroids. what are your thoughts? It’s so cool it replaced your LP!
One guitar… I’ll let you know when I can play guitar ⚓️. Thanks Keith 😎
You’re welcome Keith
Everybody should have some, I want some too! Everybody needs one, Honey Burst, girl I need you!!! RIP EVH ✌❤🤟
Hi Keith, that's a really good question... If pushed, it'd be my Gibson Memphis '58 335 VOS. Totally stock it will cover all the styles I play. I would probably miss my Strat's vibrato (tremolo), though. Ironically, if allowed two, my second would not be the Strat, but my Collings 290. Just because it's a blaster! :-)
Is the Collings a two pickup or a single? Those Collings Juniors haunt my sleep.
@@fivewattworld . It's the two pickup version; the plain '290' (the 290S is the single pickup version). It's a honking beast - it sustains like a Hammond.
Andy Bakiuks book covers it all as far as Beatles gear. He is amazing and a cool cat.
I got a Fender 50s Baja Tele. Black guard in butterscotch with brass saddles. The neck is a soft V which i love (and hard to find on anything except the high end American made teles) and the pickups were designed by fender custom shop with a twisted tele in the neck which has a Straty sound and a Broadcaster bridge pickup. It has a 4 way switch that also gives you the two pups in series and an S switch that gives two out of phase tones that are perfect for my slide playing. So all the traditional tones X 2. The body is swamp ash with beautiful grain and the weight of the guitar is 6.8 lb. How can you beat that? If i can pick a second guitar it would be a furch acoustic or if i have the option to have two electrics my second would be an SG with P90s.
You’re describing my own Partscaster there, w just a few differences.
I’ve got the vintera 50’s modified, which is the same thing as the Baja. Awesome guitar
@@fivewattworld nice! So is that one you're gonna keep? 😃
prs studio. one of the most slept on guitars in their line up. since getting one i've sold off nearly all of my 17 i had this time last year. rs studio and ebmm valentine and cutlass. thats all im keeping
I’ve got two main guitars, a CS Gibson Non Reverse Firebird with two P90’s and a ‘04 Firebird studio that I modded and really has “the thing” going on about it, so I could live just with either one, they are the kind of guitar that just do everything well. The Studio has the pickups out of phase which gives you tons of interesting tones playing with the volumes in the middle position for the janglier fender esque tones. If I lost all my gear I’d get a 2019 Gibson les paul DC Special or Junior.
Thank you
the best guitars i have played in the last 40 years are: steinberger GM4T, 1982 gibson flying v korina custom shop reissue, 1956 GIBSON GOLD TOP LES PAUL,1983 gibson ES-347 with dirty fingers, gibson L5CES,1955 fender telecaster, 1962 fender stratocaster, 1961 gibson sg, 1972 fender stratocaster, 2007 gl comanche, prs with 2sc and a hb and trem, prs custom 22 and 24, EVH FRANKENSTEIN(25.000$) some old gretch and rickenbacker (i dont remember the models BUT one OLD RICKENBACKER had FANNED frets!), martin HD28 AND D28, national tricone, KUBICKI X-FACTOR BASS, STEINBERGER BASS, 1965 FENDER PRECISION BASS. HAAL GYPSY JAZZ ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND A GORGEOUS (25.000 EUROS) ELECTRIC JAZZ BIG BODY BIRELI LAGRENE MODEL. I THINK THE EVH LINE ARE THE BEST DESIGNED GUITARS TODAY
I'd have to go for TWO guitars. They'd need to cover the following three aspects: vibrato and hardtail; solid body and a semi-hollow body; one with single coil pickups (Jazzmaster, or Tele bridge w/ Strat neck pickup), and one with humbucker pickups (mini humbuckers, filtertrons or PAFs). So a good solution for this two-guitar choice would be, for example, a Jazzmaster and your Gibson ES390.
My one choice is what I own: Gibson L-5 Wes Montgomery. Because I’m a Jazz guy and it’s a hollow body, I also have a Gibson Les Paul with P-90s.
My choice is the USA 1996 50 year anniversary Telecaster (with chrome parts, not gold). I have SD Quarter Pound PUs on it. If I can have two, I'd get a LP Classic just for the range of sounds, but only in addition to my 96 tele.
A Telecaster...a workhorse...especially with a 4 way switch...
My PRS S2 22 is what I'm sticking with.
I love my Custom Shop 1960 Journeyman Strat
For me, hands down it'd be my 1994 Gibson Nighthawk SP3. It's got the best of both the Strat and Gibson features in one guitar. Great for cover band guitarists. Maybe an idea for a future short history? Kudos on your channel, btw.
Great discussion. Love the idea about designing your ideal life and keeping things based on that. Really got me thinking about my own gear situation.
Lee Ritenour had a great way to look at it from a recording standpoint; "What color do you choose to paint with?" Don't get me wrong, Y' don't need a roomful, but a Tele doesn't sound or play like a '58 Gretsch Country Club, that doesn't sound or play like a '64 Rick 12, which also doesn't sound or play like a '52 LP, which, incidentally doesn't sound or play like a'65 L5 CES ... etc. Not knocking your premise at all, I've had to live with just one for years now and it's funny, the most common sense, utilitarian axe is obviously the Tele, but even those are out of my price range! (I got a '68 from the Grass Roots for $160.00, but that was years ago!)
Still the benefit of NOT having all those instruments is that you REALLY develop an intense relationship with the guitar you DO use.
And that's how Guitar icons are born! lol
Any shape of guitar you like with one single coil, one humbucker, and one p90 and a LOT of switches
I only play Ric basses, so I feel soundly focused and secure in myself and what I like.
The new Peavey HP2 (with an original Floyd Rose fitted). Love it. This is basically a Peavey Wolfgang, but with push-pull humbucker splits…
Why this guitar?
It’s super versatile, but the simple reason is…
This guitar makes me want to play.
Kondo was quite huge in Japan. Japanese homes are quite sparsly decorated. There is a Japanese saying called "Wabi-sabi" It means how simplified things can be very beautiful over gaudy things.
Yo Philosopher, I thought of you being over there when I knew I was going to talk about Kondo. Wabi-sabi, almost untranslatable as I understand it, includes an appreciation for imperfect things. Its what I think every time I hit "load" for a video. :)
@@fivewattworld Sorry I couldn't catch this live, Keith. 5 am is a little rough on a work day. lol
Great stream. My number one is a tele but the real question is which is my number two
Stratocaster with neck pickup only ,Esquire, or Junior with 50’s wiring.
Alnico pickups are a must
Low ohm ratings.
Clean neck
Good intonation
Locking tuners
Bone nut
Acoustic guitar has one sound hole…..
Why do we need more than one pickup.
Easy. If I could only keep one of my guitars, it would be my Japanese George Harrison Gretsch DuoJet. I have never encountered another guitar as responsive to the nuances in my playing. No need to touch a single knob for a variety of sounds. Means one's technique has to be absolutely solid, but yeah. That's my burning building guitar.
And if you like the PRS DGT, you need to consider the Anderson Cobra
I realize I'm late to the party, but... Ummm... Didn't hear it mentioned... I own a brand new (2021) Gibson Les Paul Classic, which I love. I understand how many people dislike the Modern Series, but the versatility of the PCB board is actually very good. The dual pickup, out-of-phase tone is AMAZING to me. I also dig the whole pop up one knob and, no matter what configuration you're in, once the bridge tone control is pulled up, you're playing the bridge pickup through the volume pot with the tone control bypassed. It's a really useful feature. Add coil-splitting to all this, and it makes for a versatile instrument.
I’m late. I have a 60th Anniversary Strat, and a CS ‘63 replica Tele. Lovely guitars. But ever since I got my ‘62 replica Gretsch Tennessean, I can’t put it down. And I’ve looked through the catalogues, can’t find anything I’d happily lose it for. So that’s my ‘1 and only’ guitar. But I think you may have talked my into a Strandberg Salen if a second was possible.
Keith, for context I started lessons 50 years ago, and have been an orchestral woodwind player all my life as well as the guitar playing. On that side, I have a flute and a sax, both of which are 40 years old and I have one of each. Classical players tend to have one instrument, and their ‘tone’ comes from their playing and interpretation.
I sang in bands in the ‘70s and early ‘80s with guitarists who typically had a half stack, a curly lead and a guitar. Later playing flute in Irish/folk bands I played residences with a guitarist who owned 1 guitar, a Martin D28.
All the more mystifying when my guitar hero, Rory Gallagher, basically had one Strat for his entire career!
Yup. THAT Stratocaster of Rory’s (my guitar demigod) is arguably the most famous Strat of Fender lore.
The tone is YOU .. the instrument is just means to get there. But .. they all want to play a different song.. that´s all the fun with multiple instruments.. so I´ve found out 😉
I’m stuperstious so I do everything in 3’s, so my Reverend Jetstream 390, my S2 McCarty Thinline, and my Jazzmaster would be my one guitars.
Charvel or Jackson, Bolt On, ONE Humbucker and ONE volume!!! Hey it was done in the 1980’s!
I need a good playin' mid quality guitar with volume & tone.
BTW I have lost all but one guitar twice. The same guitar wasn't lost both times because of the following thingy stuff. Other than losing a cord or (gulp) pedal here and there I've lost everything including the my amps, my bass, my Aria Tele, the PA, and the band van & on the same night.
TWICE THIS HAPPENED except for the van the second time because I added an ignition cut off to said van. These thefts were from INSIDE my garage. Luckily I haven't yet lost my 'The Paul' because I stopped taking it out after IDK thousand gigs.. It is was my go to guitar if I pluged straight in the front of a low wattage Fender. I stopped taking it on road gigs decades ago. I then used anything road worthy. One of the ones I used most in the last 15 years was a Squire by Fender or (Fender by Squire) in HSS format. It did the job that paid the bills & was able to leave my beloved 'Carol'(the Paul) at my moms. Thanx for allowing the doubt rant.
Peace Out 5Watters.
Tough choice. Right now I guess that I would keep my ‘61 Reissue SG & my 335.
last year i went to visit my son for christmas. while i was away from home someone broke in my house and stole all 11 of my guitars. i had a fender strat that i had for over 20 years, a ibanez that i really liked, and many other guitars. i also had a gibson les paul standard , i had wanted a real les paul for over 40 years and i finally got one only to have it stolen along with the rest.
Anyways i heard from my neighbor that my house was robbed and that my guitars were taken. i was quite upset as you might imagine. so i said i could cry or i could buy. so i chose the later. and bought a used gibson les paul. to my surprise i liked the new paul much better . long story a little shorter, when i returned home i found the first les paul in the near by pawn shop. now i had two!
but the second paul is still my favorite. i miss the rest but like my honeyburst best
One guitar to rule them all?
Well Keith might throw some shade but the Epiphone 1959 I built for my brother is too good.
I ordered another shell and I'm doing one to suit, coil taps, out of phase taps, a direct to bridge tap...
It might just make it for me. it might be -the one- :) We will see!
If it's as good as I think it will be the other epi's will have to go. Thanks Hypes :)
USN active duty money is holding me down, hopefully being a surgical technician / sterile processing technician on the outside is more lucrative. median salary is 2.5x what I make currently. I imagine when funds expand (hopefully) I can afford something really exceptional. but I'm truely hoping I can build what I need with this one.
No shade here brother. I reworked an Epi for my nephew w late 50’s wiring and original capacitors. It’s a killer guitar.
@@fivewattworld I didn't mean to imply you might engage in brand snobbery keith, more of: "This is your 2nd of the exact same model and make guitar. The least gear, son. not the duplicate."
Oh! In other news my worn red/license plate 5WW shirt came in! There's nothing like being on 2nd shift in the navy here. Roll out of bed at 10am, and EVERYONE, and I mean it is gone. I flip my 50W marshall 2x12 on and it's set to maim and kill.
In months I have not gotten one complaint.
My 62 jazzmaster, it is my sonic home and has been for 15 years. I heard the sound of it in my head for years not knowing what I imagined then I found it and I was sold and subsequently sold my other guitars.
If I lost all my guitars in a fire, the first instrument purchase I'd make would be a Fender Telecaster. My 2008 Ash MIM Tele is my main guitar and I'd miss it even if the new one was American made or even vintage.
“If only one” I am going with all of them
I think you may have missed the point of the exercise. But that’s cool.
Just like a chef that needs different knives for different work, I find guitars are the same. One guitar is not enough for me, i need 3 or 4.
Strat is home for me, but I love a Tele almost as much. Then gotta have 335 (or 330). And a fun 4th guitar like a Novo or a Jaguar etc :)
I do all my cooking w a10” chefs, a 4” paring and a bread knife.
😊 haha ! A Five knives world, how to do the maximum cooking with the minimum knives 😁!
Well, three in this case.
And mad props to 5watt I love your show
For me, it’s the “thought of” (...............). I like the “thought of” a Strat. I’ve had a bunch. Sold them all. Always do. Same goes for Les Pauls. I’ve had a load of really great ones. However, I just never end up reaching for them. I always have my Tele within arms reach. Funny part, I don’t love Teles....🤔. Now, for the art piece. I recently sent a great McCarty back to PRS for a complete refinish/rebuild. I had it spec’d out with all new parts and added splits like a Paul’s Guitar. I even picked a color just for me, a one off. I went with pink nitro. It may be the best guitar I’ve ever had pass through my hands. However, like you mentioned, I just can’t justify it. Kinda sucks, but I’d never buy a $4,000 painting. So, onto Reverb it goes.
What I've done is in my jaguar put a jazzmaster pickup in the neck in my telecaster put a strat neck pick up in the middle and then the p90 amd paf les and wit those 3 I have most tones
Cleveland in the house and if I had a pick one of mine and one only it'd be the les paul with a paf in the bride and p90 in the neck
My most expensive guitar a 60th anniversary Strat I hardly play my Mexican 50s strat is my main guitar 🎸
John Mayer was using 004 Dumble SSS its 100 watts.. vibevroverb fender amp and two rock sterling
someone asked in chat so there ya go.. 12 SSS amps accounted for in the world possibly 14 but 12 are accounted for.... all SSS after 004 were 150 watts Ejs 005 Srv 006 and 007.
Thanks Ron!
I feel like if I was going to try to commit to one guitar, I’d have to almost start from scratch trying out different things with that in mind. My exploration has always been more about what unique things different guitars can do rather than how versatile any one is. Intellectuality I’d assume an HSS would be my best “one guitar”, but I’ve never had one, so... 🤷♂️ Maybe a Reverend 3 P-90 with the bass contour...another guitar I haven’t had yet. As far as Kondo, I may have around 17 guitars, but there’s only maybe 3 that I don’t yet have a “sparks joy” connection to, which I might not rebuy. My ideal life is one where there are a handful of other guitars that I would also have long enough to see if I connect with them. That all said, I did live with only one electric-a Westone Spectrum HH-for something like 25 years.
If you handed any guitar player one guitar and asked them to play a gig covering a variety on genres, I would think a 335 or the smaller 339 style guitar would cover almost all of it. A lot of people feel this way about Teles, and although they are versatile, they probably couldn’t cover certain genres (jazz) the way a semi-hollow would. You can make a semi-hollow sound reasonably close to a Tele though with brighter PAF style humbuckers.
I have a similar thought on the one guitar question, but I would chose my Gretsch Broadkaster with Fulltron Pickups.
THISBis the last comment for this video; a “Short History” of the “Rockman” rack units. You know, the X100 and all that.
Gretsch 6120...it's my dream guitar and I don't care what color 🤣🤣🤣
Well that's easy, original 59 les Paul.
And if not that then maybe a Gibson Custom from the 90's
Great topic Keith - sorry I missed the livestream. After much rumination, I’ve come to a Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster (I don’t have it). Send it to Joe Glaser and have him fit it with his latest B-Bender (as in Zac Childs’ latest video). I think that would do it for me in terms of the music styles I love to play.
Thanks for a fun video. I've been deep in thought on the "what do I keep" thing. I have got about 10 guitars and basses now. For the basses, it's much easier: I'll keep my '62 reissue fretless Jazz Bass. Even the '77 fretless P Bass can't hang with the Jazz. (Sorry, kiddo.) For guitars, it's much, much more difficult. My '72 reissue Tele was a gift and has tremendous sentimental value. My '72 reissue Strat recently received a set of '69 Custom Shop pickups and is getting more time than anything else. And yet life without the Les Paul Special is a very tough thing to imagine. The other guitars are far easier to let go. The Tele and LP Special are nice and light. The Strat gives more tones, but weighs in at 9.5 lbs/4.3 kg. The decision is a real one, though, as the future involves moving aboard a small sailboat. There won't be room for a whole music store worth of gear. Decisions, decisions.
Easy choice,,,12 electrics, mostly imports.
One MIA, a 'crafted in America" Peavey Predator DX aka Turbo. Sorta a HSS S type with a great switching set up. ha, $245 new as a kit in '95 (gb, strap. cord, etc...) $199 otherwise and the one i wanted was gone after a second visit (10 to 5 or so).
In practice, 'Skynyrd's "Workin' For MCA" Could nail this.
Needs a 5 way switch and trusted shop is gone. Wants to go from neck to neck mid. Otherwise, sweet as pie.
Get down to the dregs, this would be last to go.