I sold my Larrivee RS4 to somewhat pay for the Taylor 150e, but also just bought a Fender Kurt Cobain Jaguar (the clean version, not relic'd)
Should arrive this week. You can't always play a lefty before you hear it, but I've not owned a humbucking Fender before and they say this is very versatile (certainly sounds it from YouTube) plus the Nirvana stuff is always great rock.
I did a test through my various guitars and tone-wise for I've come up with a list of what I like priority-wise (these are just their recorded tones, volume back a bit on a Laney amp, looking for variety and usability of tones):
I did a test of my current stock, all pickups on clean through a Laney profile to see what I liked best. First the tones had to sound good to my ears in a mix I'm working on. Second, I'm looking for variety. Third, I'm looking for "bad tones" with shrill or biting tones that I don't like.
1) Thorn SoCal RS
2) Ernie Ball Axis Sport MM90s
3) Gibson LP Trad Pro
4) Fender Telecaster 52 RI
5) Guild Starfire IV
6) PRS Custom 22
7) Fender American Stratocaster (2010 body w/1996 pickups)
I should also do this with a decent distortion profile and re-compare.
What surprised me was how low the PRS was to what I like. And how high the Tele was from my impressions when I track with it.
I had to tame the Thorn quite a bit (half on volume) as it's very hot. Maybe I should drop the pickups?
But what this kind of DOES tell me is that the Stratocaster is next on the Auction Block! After the Distortion checklist I'll know what's next. The PRS or Guild if I ever need to off another guitar.
You guys know how it is. The least played/used is the next to sell. Not that it's a bad guitar at all. Some of you can collect 50 guitars. But I have space considerations as well as money (translate = "not getting beat up by wife")
When I get the Jaguar I'll post it this week.
I'm going to pre-guess my distortion list and see how close I come:
1) LP
2) Guild
3) PRS
4) Tele
5) Thorn
6) Axis Sport
7) Strat
I SHOULD use a Marshall, so maybe I'll pick my fav: Bluesbreaker profile.