hamerhead Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 Asking for a friend. She's pretty tiny and was looking at a full-size Gretsch. Picturing that made me laugh, but I thought I could point her to something more manageable. Ideas?
JGale Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 25th Anniversary i.e. Artist. Dangelico something something small double cut JeffRo has one. I'm in Seneca Rocks again Intertubes is suckies
Jeff R Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 Mine D'Angelico's a singlecut ... a Premier SS. Definitely something to consider, I love mine.
Feynman Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 Yep - I think Mini DC is hot too. Two minis flanking a reg'lar.
murkat Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 i love my gibson es 235. just a lil bigger than a les paul, still retains that 335 semi thing that the es lp did not
Jeff R Posted October 15, 2022 Posted October 15, 2022 for S/H, you also can't not mention a Thinline Telecaster. Thinlines aren't my favorite guitar platform but if I could only have one guitar, it would be a Thinline Telecaster. Here's my most recent TL fabrication, to demo a new set of humbuckers for an artist on my pickups roster.
Dutchman Posted October 16, 2022 Posted October 16, 2022 I have a thinline style tele and traded someone here a Gibson 390. Epiphone also makes the smaller ES 339 semi hollow. The 390 weighed 5 lbs and flat out rocked. I'm still playing the Alt T.
Jeff R Posted October 16, 2022 Posted October 16, 2022 Absolute winner as well. I'd love to have one in the Gretsch'y trans orange color.
fractal Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 I just ran across an ad for a B&G Little Sister. I haven't played one before, but they seem to get good reviews.
Jeff R Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 I've had two B&Gs cross the bench. They look a little weird to my eye but they have been among the best tone wood selection I've ever heard or, more specifically, felt under my hands or against my ribcage. They say they only use reclaimed/repurposed old growth woods and I am sure that was the case with the ones I had. The guitars were simply magical acoustically.
sonic1974 Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 If she wants to stick with Gretsch, the streamliner line has some smaller body ones.
JGale Posted October 19, 2022 Posted October 19, 2022 WTF! The only thing missing is a 12th fret body-neck join. Edited to add: heh heh.
JGale Posted October 19, 2022 Posted October 19, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 4:54 PM, Jeff R said: Mmmmmm blue!
JGale Posted October 19, 2022 Posted October 19, 2022 On 10/15/2022 at 5:28 PM, Feynman said: Mmmmmm bluer!
hamerhead Posted October 20, 2022 Author Posted October 20, 2022 7 hours ago, cmatthes said: Hamer Newport or Monaco. I'd hate to waste either of those. Her skills are up there in the cowboy-chord-accompaniment range. She's getting better, but a nice import (she likes Jeff's D'Angelico) would be perfect for the time being.
DaveL Posted October 20, 2022 Posted October 20, 2022 Epiphone Casino Coupe I believe this is more of a hollow construction but I like the resonance of it (nice action and has punch too) it's the size of an es-339 and plays and sounds as nice as anything in it's range. Epiphone Casino Coupe Electric Guitar | zZounds
JGale Posted October 20, 2022 Posted October 20, 2022 Cliff, the better half of the hard hitting Spanish Reggae Duo, "Jim y Clif", just picked this one up for $1200 locally. Ibanez 200 something or other, "Prestige" on the truss rod coverlet. I'm sorely tempted. It sounds like a hollow body should, plays nice with pedals, and #oxfordcommabedamned, sounds sweet, if a bit bright.
soli'd Posted October 21, 2022 Posted October 21, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 8:02 PM, hamerhead said: I'd hate to waste either of those. Her skills are up there in the cowboy-chord-accompaniment range. She's getting better, but a nice import (she likes Jeff's D'Angelico) would be perfect for the time being. Okay then Shishkov SH DC. 😎 Seriously though, a female friend of mine has an Epiphone ES-339 Pro with P-90s that she loves and it sounds great. ETA: here's one that comes with a Gretsch hard case. https://reverb.com/item/61596747-epiphone-es-339-p90-pro-2014-2019-pelham-blue-near-mint-with-gretsch-hardshell-case
crunchee Posted October 22, 2022 Posted October 22, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 7:02 PM, hamerhead said: I'd hate to waste either of those. Her skills are up there in the cowboy-chord-accompaniment range. She's getting better, but a nice import (she likes Jeff's D'Angelico) would be perfect for the time being. +1! It kinda defeats the purpose of recommending an expensive 'collectible' guitar to someone who is still learning the basics...after all, you want her to be able to play guitar and use a guitar that she'll be comfortable with and want to use often for years to come, not treat with kid gloves and/or worry about 'devaluing' it. There's plenty of time later to upgrade gear if she wants to, plenty of gear to choose from, and plenty of perfectly good guitars around in the meantime that won't break the bank .
scottcald Posted November 17, 2022 Posted November 17, 2022 PRS Vela Semi hollow? Slight offset and weighs next to nothing. Cool pickups in them too.
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Asking for a friend. She's pretty tiny and was looking at a full-size Gretsch. Picturing that made me laugh, but I thought I could point her to something more manageable.
Ideas?
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