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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Who Makes the Best Guitar For Me?

It's official... the answer is: Fender, Gibson, GVCG, Linhof, Nash, Danelectro/ Silvertone, and virtually anyone else one can think of...! I was looking to buy one of those great Silvertone Guitars, on EBay. It was the one that comes with the speaker built right into the guitar case, and three tubes you can see inside the case. It is made of Kitchen materials and wire, and at the moment is available on EBay for around $750. Mick jagger is seen playing one, and so is Beck. I checked out how Jagger sounded on his Silvertone... (check it out...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yvu69jw5QY). He sounds great! Maybe amazing. So after plowing through many guitars, many makers, many prices... which guitar is the best sounding one I've played? Well, one was a Nash (a green one). Also a John Cruz Relic.... and some others that you would NOT think should have sounded good for the price. So it has NOTHING to do with price, and EVERYTHING to do with luck, luthier, and apparent mojo that comes together in a moment in the universe. I have played two John Cruz relics, and one sounded noticeably better than the other (both were Relic guitars, but around 150 sn's apart). Why did JC have one day better than the other? Maybe he has good days and not-so-good days like all of us do. Maybe there is hot and not-so-hot wood in his wood bin (but this is obviously not noticeable before the guitar is painted and assembled. What I want to say is... honestly, I have never played a good MIM (made in Mexico) Fender Tele YET, but I would be a fool to say (after Mick's SIlvertone video on youtube™), that someone in 30 or 40 years might not be getting great sounds out of one, on some stage in front of thousands of fans. Remember; SIlvertone's were not made out of gold (though apparently some did have Brazilian Rosewood fretboards!).