Guitar Gear - Part 2: The Search for the Guitars

The long awaited search for the guitar post is finally here. I've been on holidays this week as Gabby Mei came to visit and on recent day off, I've been thinking about guitars. I've been going back and forth as to which guitar I would like from a Gretsch to a Fender to a Gibson to a Rickenbacker. And of course, I'd be honest in saying that I would like all 4! HAHHAHA! Here are the four probable models that I'm looking at:

Fender American Vintage Stratocaster '62





Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s Neck (Goldtop)





Gretsch Power Jet G6128T





Rickenbacker 330





With the exception of the Gretsch, the guitars have a slimmer neck which is great for my smaller hands. Of the four, the Gretsch is the only one that I've tried before. I still need to try out the other 3 but if I had to get one today, my first choice would be the Fender, the Gibson next, the Gretsch after that, and the Ric last.

Other than the neck being slim, it came down to tone. I've done some searches on the net and listened and watched videos and really liked the Fender and Gibson sound. Not only that but these are two guitars that my favorite guitarist, The Edge of U2, uses...or at least some variant of them.

The Fender is the "cheapest" of the four guitars with the Ric next, then the Gretsch and finally the Gibson. I hope I can get at least two of the 4 guitars. Ahhhh, need to save more and more.

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