I have nothing in mind besides a slim neck, or, not overly round.
Soā¦I have a budget but I think itās alittle cras mentioning money.
Iām looking for a mid priced guitar for rythem mainly and a little lead. I was hedging more towards a semi-hollow or full hollow. Beyond that I have no real knowledge of guitars , makes or parts to make an informed discision.
So, if @LievenDV do decide to make a video/club on this, itās going to extremely informative, hopefully it will be recorded (time zone issues ), This i suspect will get a hugh number of hits on youtube
I wasnāt kidding when I said this is going to show my ignorance, neck length and shape, pickups, makes and models and whatever else is really gibberish. Theres just far to much out there to make a good discision unless youāre really a guitar geek.
Hence the talk about this now as I wont make a choice until June, just to trot around the country looking at different guitars.
Neck length(scale) is going to be (generally) between 25.5 inches (fender) and 24.75 (Gibson).
Longer necks are yes longer, and have higher string tension / larger frets (as a fret is 1/16th the scale length)
Shape varies quite a lot and so does width of the fret board , and the curve of the fret board ( flatter = better for lead generally easier to bend, more = better for chords)
I wouldnāt worry about the details of the pickups just check out how it sounds to you
I dont think you can go too wrong with a main brand , fender(or squire), gibson(or epiphone), schecter, yamaha, Ibanez etc
Rachel, I would ask in the shop which T style guitars they have with hollow body, if that is what you are after. You will be surprised by the range. Good luck with your search.
Forget Sweetwater, they do not ship to the UK, a pity.
You could also check Gear4music, in the UK or of course Thoman in Germany.
Having played so many videos since my OP, Iām starting to understand now why you said itās more about the guitar construction. Which in a way is a little bad new for beginners as this is something can only be learned from time and whole bunch of guitars
I came a cross this video which says it all abbout my question, 4 different guitars all playing the same style but each with itās own sound.
and nice to hear all of them in a Blues context!
But my problem doesnāt get solvedā¦I like them all . I simply canāt make a decisionā¦ thatās how the stable grows .
Yeah, me too. I like them all, and they also sound similar enough that any would be good.
What that video doesnāt really show is the amp tweaks between guitars. There must have been some - either that or in post production. Single coils are quieter than humbuckers, but they were all the same volume in the mix to my ears in this vid.
Iām really trying hard to not be GAS afflicted, itās a continual battle.
I looked at the video still above and once again thought, mmmm no tele in the stable. Yesterday I got grilled by my wife about another guitar for my birthday (family was asking what to get) and had to say a firm no, there is nothing I want. Then this !! But unusual as it is still not a tele lover.
So true! All those videos about guitars leave the question, which amp or technical processing has been used and makes the decision even harder, as you never call tell from a video, how the guitar really sounds. Thatās where Iām coming back to my own conclusion: as long as you canāt try them on your own, in your own potential setup, itās all theoreticalā¦ and therefore it helps to get solid playing foundation and building up knowledge, so I tell myself to go back to practice !
And: from what Iāve learned so farā¦ for most serious players, there wonāt be that ONE guitarā¦itās not like getting married !
And luckily itās not just for people with a lot of money to own multiple guitars ā¦but than not at the same time if you are less fortunateā¦just buy second hand and trade until you are happy enoughā¦for as long as it lasts and then switch againā¦just like dating
Greetings
Well when you treat guitars like pokemon (gotta catch 'em all), surely you need a Tele? But yeah, if you donāt feel the strong desire, why do it.
They also canāt tell you how a guitar really feels either. I thought I wanted a Les Paul and when I tried them, they just didnāt feel great to me. The best feeling was my friendās early 2000s LP Studio, but the ones in the shop didnāt feel the same.
I have some guitars and each one of those inspires me to play songs in a different way, to put emphasis on different things. In the end, itās the sum of of all factors in the guitar, the vibe, the moment, the memories and the expectations that fuel the inspiration THAT time, THAT place.
People like to battle entropy and we need some order in our lives.
But it also clouds the lines when it comes to sense and nonsense when it comes to putting stuff in categories. also, people often see categories as strictly bordered things while in practice, all is overlapping (like everything in life)
. I simply canāt make a decisionā¦ thatās how the stable grows 
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