Dual Humbucker Solidbody Guitars

[rullywowr]

Sounds like your mind is made up (bolt on neck, two knob config, light weight). Why not just get a parts strat and a HH pick guard and call it a day.  Or maybe a Ibanez or Pacer type of shredder?  My Pacer is lots of fun to play and was under 300 usd. Some dimarzios and it's a beast.

Mostly I started this thread as a discussion on what we all do/don't like in H/H guitars, and thus far it's been super fruitful because I've learned about a half dozen guitars I never thought of.

Jacob

That's awesome.  Nothin like the old interwebz to expand your horizons. Best of luck in the neverending search, I'm sure you will find a gem.

[alanp]

http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/vintage-icon-v100-25573

I've got a tobacco-burst Vintage V100. Damn good guitar, IMO -- bought it since a guy in Auckland who is very, very attached to his Gibson LP spoke *very* favourably of his Peter Green Vintage LP.

Put it this way -- the guy who buys stock for the Rock Shop NZ said that they were only going to stock the relic'ed ones, since he felt that if they brought in the nicely finished models, he'd have too much trouble shifting Epiphone stock! All the parts are sorted by Trevor Wilkinson, if that means anything to you lot.

As for weight -- I'm happy with my metal body tricone, don't mind the LP at all, never owned a traditional acoustic at all so I'm not really used to anything lighter than a stratocaster.

[timbo_93631]

Doug Kauer has already been mentioned, and he is a great guy making great guitars, but his shared-shop competition/amigo is Paul Rhoney who also makes fantastic guitars.  https://paulrhoneyguitars.squarespace.com/  A number of his Oceanas are dual HB, V+T control guitars.  If you wanted to do something cool on the cheap you could get an Epi Wilshire and cut a V+T guard.

[pickdropper]

Doug Kauer has already been mentioned, and he is a great guy making great guitars, but his shared-shop competition/amigo is Paul Rhoney who also makes fantastic guitars.  https://paulrhoneyguitars.squarespace.com/  A number of his Oceanas are dual HB, V+T control guitars.  If you wanted to do something cool on the cheap you could get an Epi Wilshire and cut a V+T guard.

Those look really nice.  Does the hard edge on the top bother you when you are playing?  That kind of bothered me a bit on the new PRS S2 guitars even though it doesn't as much on Telecasters.  I'm not sure why.

[irmcdermott]

I'll be another one to mention Reverend. I've sold all my guitars and replaced them with Revs. Only Non-Reverend I have is my '79 Kramer DMZ-2000 (aluminum neck era).

Anyway, I love Reverends, so any of their bolt on series HB models would definitely get a look from me. Next bolt on purchase for me will be a Charger HB. You can even search and look for their discontinued Roundhouse model, which was very much a LP.

[culturejam]

How about a Fender Pawn Shop '72? Dual buckers, bolt-neck, lighter than a Les Paul, and single volume/tone:

Les Paul's can indeed be heavy.  Many of the 70's ones were particularly heavy because of the laminate bodies.  The newer ones are still heavy, but not usually THAT heavy.  Some of the 70s's LPs were bowling ball weights.

QFT.

My coworker's 78 Standard is the heaviest guitar I've ever played. It's about 12 pounds, no joke. What was really funny was swapping between that and Squier Bullet Strat. 

[juansolo]

My two. First is a custom job by Wez Venebles. Mahogany bodied superstrat/SG hybrid thing.



Second is my pawn shop Mustang bargain which will be getting a Toronado bridge shortly.

[jkokura]

Both of those are awesome Juan, but I like that Black custom job most.

Jacob

[Morgan]

Jacob,

Do you not like the look of 4-knob guitars, or do you not jive with 4 controls? If it's the latter, you could rewire a LP or SG (or whatever) so it's master volume and master tone and the other two are just mounted but not functional. I've seen more than a few guys do that.

I like SGs and tele wiring is the only way I can stand, so I do that too. The controls are still way in the wrong place though. Gibson hates people efficiently twiddling their knobs!

[Willybomb]

Necro thread revival. 

Don't know how I missed this thread, but here's my custom Agile, Hulksnot.  It now has a Tonezone in the bridge, and still has a 59 in the neck.



The Attention Whore.  Tonezone and Air Norton.



The Lesocaster.  Super Distortion (bridge) and Humbucker From Hell (neck).