LukeFRC Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) Just a question I had running through my mind... Edited May 27, 2012 by LukeFRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I'm an Electro-Acoustic kinda guy & got a Freshman FA300. Had a few electrics in the past & whilst they're a doddle to play, the Freshman is a more versatile too for me as I can play it unplugged at home/parties or plug it in & fire it through some fx. A friend has a 12 string jobby & they're a pain in the butt for tuning & then retuning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) [size=4]Archtop, so I chose '[color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Acoustic with a pickup/preamp (electro acoustic are they called?)', although I doubt that this was your intention. Incidently, a 12-string shouldn't be more difficult to tune (or, at least, my Daisy Rock isn't...).[/font][/color][/size] Edited May 26, 2012 by Dad3353 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 electric - fender jaguar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1338040701' post='1668915'] [size=4]Archtop, so I chose '[color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Acoustic with a pickup/preamp (electro acoustic are they called?)', although I doubt that this was your intention. Incidently, a 12-string shouldn't be more difficult to tune (or, at least, my Daisy Rock isn't...).[/font][/color][/size] [/quote] you know i stuck archtop on and off the list a few times and eventually ended up with it off it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 What about 12-string electric? [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC03097.jpg[/IMG] And besides what's all this crap about having only one type of guitar? That's like saying you can only have one type of bass. Nonsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I already have an Electric, Acoustic, Electro-Acousitc, Classical and Banjo. So which would I give up? Argh! I don't bloomin know. I suppose, if I'm honest, I use the Electric more than the others and even have plans to buy another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Air guitar. [IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/Ian_Gillan_playing_air_guitar.jpg[/IMG] Hey, if it's good enough for Ian Gillan ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 (edited) Well, until recently I had (in addition to my basses) an electro-acoustic steel-string, an electro-acoustic classical, an archtop Jazz guitar, numerous solidbody electrics, a Gibson 335 (which I mention separately only because it could easily be in any one of 3 categories) and a 5-string Banjo. At one time or another I've used all of them either for teaching or gigging, and in an ideal world I wouldn't want to be without any of them (although circumstances have dictated otherwise); I can't imagine that I'm alone on here in thinking that. Ironically, I'd find it less difficult to specify a single bass (the Sei 5) than a single guitar. Sorry. Edited May 26, 2012 by leftybassman392 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 You did miss Semi-Acoustic off the list (they're hollow bodied electrics such as the 335). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1338053477' post='1669092'] You did miss Semi-Acoustic off the list (they're hollow bodied electrics such as the 335). [/quote] Agreed, Epiphone Casino will do nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1338042455' post='1668937'] What about 12-string electric? And besides what's all this crap about having only one type of guitar? That's like saying you can only have one type of bass. Nonsense! [/quote] yeah yeah yeah, theres 50 million types of guitar's I left off.... the thinking comes from the fact I'm going to be moving soon and for a while have far less space. I have two basses- neither of which are going anywhere (bar stupid amounts of $) and two guitars. If I had one less instrument my life would be just that little bit easier- do you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Ukulele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/50579126@N03/6127948660/][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/50579126@N03/6127948660/]Black Strat[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/50579126@N03/]Plastic Squirrel[/url], on Flickr This one. It is the one that I would be carrying out of my house while it burned to the ground, stepping over my wife and apologising to her and hoping she understands. (And leaving all my basses and other guitars to burn) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1338056150' post='1669140'] If I had one less instrument my life would be just that little bit easier- do you see? [/quote] Sorry I don't understand... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Like basses, a man (or woman) can not live with one... however if it was that bad, got to be a semi acoustic, 335 or es175 type guitar. Versatlity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1338056866' post='1669158'] Sorry I don't understand... :-) [/quote] well, take a small box. and fill it up with stuff. Now take a bed and try and fit it in with the stuff. but lots of guitars on the bed. now an amp, and boy look there is more stuff stick that in too. your full box is stuffed to the gunnels. now try lie down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1338056328' post='1669143'] Ukulele. [/quote] I have the same one, in the same colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1338056328' post='1669143'] [/quote] You're George Formby's long-lost hair and I claim my £5. Nice guitar btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1338053477' post='1669092'] You did miss Semi-Acoustic off the list (they're hollow bodied electrics such as the 335). [/quote] [[i]pedantry[/i]] Not trying to be picky, but the 335 isn't hollow bodied strictly speaking. The hollow bits are just acoustic chambers either side of a massive slab of maple. So, you can think of it as semi acoustic; or you can think of it as a solidbody with acoustic chambers; or you could (stretching the point a bit) call it an archtop as well. [/[i]pedantry[/i]] Come to think of it, if I [i]could [/i]only rescue one guitar from the flames, it would have to be that one I guess. Maybe I can risk getting a bit singed and pick up the Takamine acoustic as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1338069133' post='1669363'] [[i]pedantry[/i]] Not trying to be picky, but the 335 isn't hollow bodied strictly speaking. The hollow bits are just acoustic chambers either side of a massive slab of maple. So, you can think of it as semi acoustic; or you can think of it as a solidbody with acoustic chambers; or you could (stretching the point a bit) call it an archtop as well. [/[i]pedantry[/i]] Come to think of it, if I [i]could [/i]only rescue one guitar from the flames, it would have to be that one I guess. Maybe I can risk getting a bit singed and pick up the Takamine acoustic as well? [/quote] So it's really a semi-semi-acoustic archtop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Vader Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 335s and the ilk are known as semi-solid to be super pedantic. Whereas the ES-175 is a semi acoustic. Glad I could help.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1338072145' post='1669399'] 335s and the ilk are known as semi-solid to be super pedantic. Whereas the ES-175 is a semi acoustic. Glad I could help.... [/quote] Thanks for that. *Dies* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 My Strat, I cant get on with those hollow bodied things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1338069133' post='1669363'] [[i]pedantry[/i]] Not trying to be picky, but the 335 isn't hollow bodied strictly speaking. The hollow bits are just acoustic chambers either side of a massive slab of maple. So, you can think of it as semi acoustic; or you can think of it as a solidbody with acoustic chambers; or you could (stretching the point a bit) call it an archtop as well. [/[i]pedantry[/i]] [/quote] But the Epiphone Casino is properly hollow - same as a Gibson ES-330. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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