the most versatile guitar is the one you don’t have, just like the correct number of guitars to own is x + 1

@aqeiwwrgunaug4ne3

14 күн бұрын

Okay socrates

@deanevangelista6359

14 күн бұрын

"Just one more."

@DaSandler-bp9qu

14 күн бұрын

Your goddam right

@nighpaw4651

14 күн бұрын

Something about green grass walls

@adem_badem

13 күн бұрын

Nice commemt

On the note of versatility…. I just got a les Paul classic that has all the pickup splitting capabilities . I’ve been loving the way a split neck pickup feels for cleans and I love that I can just achieve that with my les Paul’s but still get that full neck sound with the flick of a switch .

@peanut-ketchup4756

14 күн бұрын

Great to hear! I’ll have mine soon and I was wondering if the coil splitting was good

@valdiarief

13 күн бұрын

Yes, plus les paul gives us a separate tone and volume knob for the pick ups, which really really comes in handy

@robertscharlow

12 күн бұрын

Same. I just got a Paul 7-string, and I wired up some series/parallel push/push switches... just perfect. Literally can't stop playing it (I type this holding my 7-string Strat currently 🤣) Hey, I love 'em both.

@MoeVanprick

9 күн бұрын

Get it right Gibson didn't buy epiphone in 1957 the Chicago musical instruments Corp who owned Gibson at the time bought epiphone on the orders of Les Paul himself also I suggest many of you start researching the history of epiphone epiphone was never meant to be a budget brand in the first place and they weren't until Norlin ruined them when they took over Gibson that ends with JC Curliegh in 2019/2020 he restored epiphone back to where they should have always been..also it's great to see Gibson buried once again in the dirt by epiphone..

Even better: a strat with a humbucker on the bridge.

@ovileruwu

14 күн бұрын

ngl theoretically a strat with a humbucker in the middle and single coils in the neck and bridge would be more versatile. my squier bridge pickup is actually really good after i tweaked the pickup heights

@RByrne

14 күн бұрын

Yeah. I just picked up a mint 2012 Fender CS Slab HSS strat. It looks great and I can get a huge range of tones out of it. I have to say, the new LP Supreme takes the win for versatility, though.

@SouthpawBluesman

14 күн бұрын

I have a Yamaha Pacifica with a humbucker at the bridge and I can confirm it sounds awesome😁

@antares4975

13 күн бұрын

@@ovileruwu nah, a humbucker in the mid isn't warm and not hot. Its just the mellow position.. The mellow position could be spiced up with a single, for all the pickattacks OR to blend a different tone rollup to the other both pickups. But i guess it's just me with another opinion.

@RelicOnMaui

12 күн бұрын

Or the discontinued Squier “Fender ‘51” stop-tail Strat-Tele hybrid with pull-knob bridge coil tap. Best deal I EVER came on… $169 retail with gig bag!

My PRS 594 SE has covered the Les Paul sound I wanted covered for so long, and to top it off, it’s a way more versatile instrument than a Les Paul. I used to have a Gibson Les Paul Classic, and I liked the raw girthy humbucker sound, but I wrestled with the high action, heavy weight and sometimes muffled sounding humbuckers. The PRS has such a fast neck, is lighter, and packs midrange rich humbuckers that cut and have coil taps for if I really want the single coil tones. Love that guitar

@michaelhutchings8599

11 күн бұрын

PRS' kick Gibson and Fender's ass

The best thing about it is that neck and neck joint! Also balances perfectly on your leg

Sounds nice but it's nothing like an epiphone

@MoeVanprick

9 күн бұрын

Just saw your videos of guitars that koa Les Paul is gorgeous 😍

@BlueberryStinkFinger62

9 күн бұрын

​@@MoeVanprickthanks it's been recently discontinued and on sale right now I'm not sure but I think the sale price $750.00 after These are all gone I won't sell this for no less than $1,600

I SEE YOU PLAYIN THAT “IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK”. Go head bro! ✊🏽

I'ma 1 up it... Gretsch G2627T. All the features you showcased, plus a third humbucker between the bridge and neck pickup. And a tremelo which you can choose to use, or fold out of the way.

I’ve had a D’Angelico for over 2 years now… a D’Angelico premier Bedford, HSS, and it is the best purchase I’ve ever made

@DAngelicoNY

12 күн бұрын

❤

@tonyjones1560

12 күн бұрын

My wife picked one out for me. I had my eye on a Schecter Damian but she said, “This one looks better.” I know it was the “art deco” look that attracted her. I think she knows A LOT more about guitars than she lets on. Excellent guitar in every respect.

Gorgeous guitar. Love the art deco look.

I liked that you played These Walls while demoing the coil splits 👍🏽

D'Angelico Deluxe Bob Weir Bedford? Reverend Double Agent? Two others to consider for versatility. Personally, I’d go with a telecaster.

@jesspvm8781

14 күн бұрын

indeed I have the Bob Weir one and it's just insanely versatile

@andretib4614

14 күн бұрын

Got one too, endless tone options

About 4 years ago i went to a guitar shop to finally buy a Gibson Les Paul Standard 60's or 70's model, i kept switching between the two, but neither felt right. Then my eyes fell on a red D'Angelico Excel, i tried it out and it was perfect. But it only cost half of what the Gibson Les Paul would've cost me. I kept debating and debating but i ended up going home with the D'Angelico and a couple of months later i bought an Ibanez AZ, and those two guitars are still the most favorite guitars in my collection. Moral of the story, don't go for a guitar just because it has a well known brand on the headstock, go for what feels right!

Great video! Thanks for the feature.

Beautiful guitar. Congratulations!!!🤩 🎸

Proud owner of the Brighton as well and I gotta agree on the versatility. I can use it for anything. Working on getting a tremolo installed and then I'll never have to switch guitars on stage.

Those are come of the best sounding coil splits I've heard in a hot minute!

Great video, thank you Mike! Love your channel, you are such a likeable person and there is always something good and interesting to watch!

The Brighton and the Tele would be great guitars to play a gig with. I've played gigs with my Telecaster (SD Quarter Pounder in bridge and Filtertron in neck) along with my stock (at the time) Schecter S-1 Elite and it was a great show and both guitars sounded and played great. If you play live, usually there is a "set it and forget it" aspect to playing with a band in front of a crowd. You also lose a lot the small differences that many guitars have to set them apart when you play live. I like what Keith Richards said one his guitars, "Give me 15 minutes and I will sound like myself." As for the "the most versatile guitar" concept, that's going to change for each player. I say this because what is versatile for one person may be limiting to another. If you hand me a Dinky when I want to play my Gretsch, it's not going to do what I want the guitar to do. I'm not playing "Eruption" and it's going to sound off on a song like say "Hello Mary Lou." You are much better off either building a Partscaster or highly modding a production guitar to suit your needs. Sometimes a project will exceed your expectations and sometimes it will fall short. Usually it gets you in the ballpark.😉👍✨

I love your story-telling. You could make any story riveting. Keep it up!

I have 2 D'Angelico guitars, and I love them both. One is the 335 type, the other is a big jazz box, like a 175 but only has a single floating bridge pickup. Both have great necks, are really well made (in Korea), and sound great.

I've got a LTD with Seymour Duncan P-Rails, a Single Coil Rail matched to a P-90. Awesome setup

I have the Schecter Solo II Custom and it's basically a Gibson Les Paul Custom with the Schecter logo (and the Schecter build quality which is phenomenal). It also has coil splitting on the USA Pasadena humbuckers that produces a sound that doesn't feel like a compromise. In the matte black with the aged double binding and mother of pearl inlays, it looks just as classy in a jazz setting as it looks killer in a metal setting and you'll get the appropriate sounds for both and everything else in between. And they only go for like $650ish on the used market so they're an absolute steal. That would be my vote for most versatile!

5:55 nothing could have prepared me for that... just amazing what a single guitar can do

Super cool-thank you.

I think the Gibson Blueshawk was pretty versatile as well! Love the videos!

I play a modern player Tele for worship guitar and it has a lot of versatility with the bridge humbucker.

Very warm single coil sound, too. Gorgeous. I think the main difference is that the humbuckers on that guitar sound like beefed up single coils as opposed to the split sounding like a pared back humbucker.

In 2010, Fender put out a line of guitars called the “Blacktop” series. There was a Strat, Tele, and a Jaguar. Each were equipped with two humbuckers and a 5 way switch with coil splitting. I own 3 of them and they are my go to guitars. I’ve been gigging with them for a decade and they are so versatile and reliable! Hell, in my profile photo I’m playing one of them!

D’Angelico are making amazing instruments and I think you’ve made a terrific case! For the record, I love coil splitting on my Gibson’s. I have coil splits on my LP and my ES-335. 👌

I reckon that the Fender Noventa Jazzmaster is the most versatile guitar I have ever owned. I play in church, so I can go from supporting acoustic tones to folk rock and then on to stadium tones and the Jazzmaster takes everything in its stride.

D’Angelico guitars will always have that quality and tonality I can’t get enough of. Truly special brand.

@BasedHyperborean

12 күн бұрын

I want to want one. I just don’t like gold hardware, their headstock, or their tuning keys lol. If they’d release something with a few different aesthetic choices, I’d buy one in a heartbeat.

@twobirdslostatsea

10 күн бұрын

​@@BasedHyperboreanCheck out their Excel Tour series. A lot less bling.

I have been playing guitar since 1973. I have predominately an acoustic rock player because of three things Tommy Emmanuel, Monte Montgomery, and I don't want to be a gear guy to be a good guitar player. While I hear some subtle differences in the tones you are attempting to display, it's all for other guitar players. I would posit that audience members don't hear, or care, about it. I am always confounded at how hard electric guitarists insist on these, often extremely subtle, differences as being "totally different". Personally, I like the Tele as the most versatile based on my own gigging experience. Let's face it, there is so much gear that can make any combo of items sound like any other combo of items. It's also funny that many electric guitarists spend so much time and effort, using lots of gear, to mimic the best classic sounds made by fingers, guitar, and amp alone. I say the sound is predominantly in the players hands. I enjoy your playing. I enjoy your info sharing. I love guitars acoustic and electric. There are differences in all. I am just unconvinced that it matters to anyone other than other guitarists(musicians). Then again I guess that is your audience. However, if you are not playing to your YT audience, how much of it matters and where?

That's a beautiful guitar, dude. Nice!

you should check out the Bob Weir Bedford Dangelico. Two stacked, independantly splittable noiseless P90s, and a single coil in the middle, with a 5 way switch. And it has a blend knob that allows you to blend in the "off" P90 in other positions (not the middle position), so the combinations are really endless, including all 3 at once. Its a great guitar, the most versitile Ive ever seen.

I liked your argument. That's a nice instrument. I favor a PRS Custom 24 myself, for the coil splitting. When I engage it with both pickups selected, the guitar gives a bridge bell tone, fromt the inner coils of both pickups. Neat.

The PRS McCarty is very versatile and has great sound

@vedder10

13 күн бұрын

PRS never gets enough love. The Modern Eagle V is extremely versatile.

As ever, great story telling Mike. Good guitar insights and great production. Worthy of my attention. Also the glasses frames are hip.

YES I LOVE MY BRIGHTON!! I get the sound I like from a les paul, but it is definitely not! It gets the job done in it own unique way and I love every bit of it!

I have an ES369. Dirty Fingers humbuckers with coil split. Incredibly versatile.

Beautiful guitar!

My man causally playing Kenrdick Lamar. Awesome!

I really love the design of this guitar. I heard it has a neckdive problem. Does your unit suffer from neckdive?

I agree. HSS strat is the most versatile guitar ever. Especially when you get the correct pickup combinations with regard to volume. Add the ability to split the coils of that humbucker and there you go!

Gibson made a solid body 335 with humbuckers. I have one from 1981. Has a coil split too and precision tuners.

Sounds great Mike

Your videos are top shelf! Thank you for the content.

I have a Warmoth Tele Thinline that I built. Nashville-style, with Fender Vintage Noiseless Tele pickups (middle Strat, of course), a 5-way switch, a little switch that toggles on and off the neck pickup, a series-parallel switch that makes any two-pickup switch position sound a LOT like a humbucker in series mode, and the tone control wired to only the bridge pickup. As a bass player, I wanted a guitar that would do everything pretty well (because I can't really justify having several nice guitars since I rarely play guitar), and that Tele is exactly that. Most versatile guitar I've ever played, I can get a pretty damn convincing version of whatever tone I want from it.

I’ve never heard a coil split humbucker that sounds better than a single coil. EVER.

For me, nothing beats the my silver sky core build.

I added a coil split to my LP Standard (with Seymour Duncan pickups) for the neck only. Plays virtually everything. My most versatile guitar, however, is my Carvin DC400. Coil splits on both, Floyd Rose, locking tuners, phase switch and mid boost. if I only could take 1 guitar to a gig, it would be the DC400. i now own 3…

Great video and thought provoking. That's a pretty sweet instrument. Do you really think your audience will know if you've split the humbucker or not? I can't help but feel that unless you're in a tribute band, the audience won't care much whether you're on an LP or a Tele. That said, I just got a Gretsch Electromatic, looking for that one most flexible guitar...too soon to tell if it's going pull it off or not.

Most versatile: Gibson Nighthawk. The best guitar I never should have let go of. Gigged with it for years, covering every genre.

@RByrne

14 күн бұрын

Great guitar. I just picked up a mint Blues Hawk for $900cad. I've got a lot of gibsons, but that one has become my instant favorite. It's got the varitone knob but even without it it's great. I want to get the Nighthawk St3 next.

i got my prs paul's guitar for the versatility. its great

What a gorgeous guitar. I've owned American Fenders and a high-end Epiphone Les Paul. I've played but never owned a Gibson and feel none the poorer for it. So many great guitars to be had these days for far less money than a Gibson. Once you are past a given level of guitar quality; it's all about the player. I love Mike's enthusiasm and commitment to guitars and guitar playing. I could listen to him talk about guitars all day.

5:08 the neck pickup here is in the SG-ish location, as opposed to the Les Paul (right up against the 22-fret neck). This makes 2 out of 3 sound options sound rather different to a typical Les Paul.

On a recording/tracking session…I always take a Tele and a 335. Live I like a p90. If it’s a 5 piece band or more I take a Tele to carve out my space in the mix…little more surgical.

The split bucker sounds to me like the same pickup but watered down.

IMO the best configuration for versatility it's an HSH super strat with splitting coils, the humbuckers by themselves are not really great when splitted but when you combine them with the single coil in the middle you can get a very convincing second and fourth position.

I feel this way about my PRS Standard 24. It can get Les Paul tones and Strat sounds in one package.

45 year hack here. Very insightful vid. Nice job.

Appreciate you sharing your side of the story when it comes to guitars. Well done.

Little 59 with a coil tap in a Tele is where you wanna go buds! I have a crazy Canadian Godin LG humbucker with a five position with a “ whole lotta” bridge and a “P rail” neck sad they discontinued the LG a inexpensive awesome guitar.

Mate, the Art Deco styling of D'Angelico's is so amazing. Sometimes it makes me sad that I will probably not find a use for one, playing in a metal band and using 7/8-string guitars. And talking about versatility - I have a Harley Benton R457 7-string with the only pickup being an EMG 81-7 in the bridge. While metal is its main task, it sounds amazing when I play George Harrison's solo from "Something".

Awesome Video!

Tele's are the Swiss Army Blade's. Country, Jazz, Blue's, Light Rock & You can even rig up a Tap Coil system & any # of configurations with one. Another fact is we live in the age of effect pedals so one can pretty much get any sound they want these days. My personal preferences (Electric Wise) are Strats & Tele's. Good video... keep up the good work 🎸

I have a whole new respect for knowing you play at church 👍 I do not, nor do I even attend a church. But it speaks volumes to your character. Very cool brother, very cool 😎

I have a whole new respect for you, knowing you play at church 👍 I do not, nor do I even attend a church. But it speaks volumes to your character. Very cool brother, very cool 😎

The Dangelico 335 style guitar is great too

I watched a great video where Joe Bonamassa also showed how much range of tone a Les Paul has by varying pickup volumes and tone knobs. After that, I realized you could get a very strat sounding sound if you coaxed the volumes and tones.

The most versatile guitar for me is my VOX SCC-33 with VOX-designed SPLITTLABLE P-90s (it does a good job at the coil split, too). The only iffy part about the guitar is the bridge, which is also designed by VOX. The booger who owned the guitar before me tried to swap it out for a cheapo wraparound bridge (no tune-o-matic, no Strat- or Tele- bridge) which I had to source a proper replacement.

I also recently noted with surprise that my schecter hellraiser (with active emg) due to split coils can also sound quite versatile (especially in neck coil split position). Yes, it won't replace the single`s completely, but as a guitar made for metal, the thing really shocked. People dont like it because they are always quieter and may lost in the mix, so you have to be careful when performing live, but for recording on a workhorse it is more than enough for most cases

A very versatile guitar was/is the Peavey T-60 manufactured from 1978 to 1988 give or take. I'm pretty sure is was the first guitar that would split coils. It also has an in and out of phase switch that only worked when using both neck and bridge pickups simultaneously. I think it reversed the polarity of the pickups. The T-60 was ahead of its time.

You just convinced me to buy this guitar! I love dangelico!

It has always been my strategy in auditions to bring a very good instrument which doesn't intimidate the band like my best stuff did. Last time I auditioned I brought a PJ bass. Got the gig but they wanted me to bring my Thunderbird. I also have a Brighton. Its a great great instrument. Jimmy Page's LP secret was a coil split, which makes the LP bridge sound like a tele. I've encountered only as few great coil splits. G&L makes a mean one that dials in Fender tones like a dream. Bare Knuckle pickups sound amazing split: think David Gilmour.

The most versatile guitar is not Guitar. It’s an EQ pedal. It’s never what you bring it’s how to dial it in and fit the mix. Well something that stays in tune helps too.👍

The most versatile is what you make of it But, a LP is more versatile than many think Two volumes and two tones with the 3 position switch… you’ve gotta mess around with em

I have three guitars that I think are very versatile, although I certainly wouldn't say any of them are the most versatile ever. I've got a Telecaster with a humbucker in the neck position as Keith Richards is famous for. I've got a Gretsch, which we all know can get those country and rockabilly sounds, but Pete Townsend used a Gretsch on some of The Who's loudest and hardest rocking songs and so did Billy Duffy of The Cult. My latest guitar is a Reverend Reeves Gabrels Dirtbike Royale. I think Reverend is making some really interesting guitars. Mine has a Strat-style body, but it has two P-90s that are hum-free and unique to Reverend, so it's kind of a Franken Strat. It feels like a Strat, but it's a whole different world.

Most versatile guitar ever made is likely the D'Angelico Bob weir Bedford model. Has 3 pickups, 2 p90s, and 1 single coil in the middle. The p90s are voiced more like telecaster style single coils with a switch to make them more like a humbucker. Back of the tone in single coil mode and you get a bit more p90 sound. With 3 pickups, you can do all the strat stuff. You can add some flavor of the more humbucker like bridge with a single coil middle. Needless to say, that's just a few options. The bob weir Bedford is likely the most versatile guitar from the factory

Fender Special Edition Custom Telecaster FMT HH -- the guitar with probably the longest name, but also happens to be one of the most versatile guitars on the market, and has a similar concept to the D'Angelico (Seymour-Duncan pickups with coil tap, making it sound like a classic tele or Gibson depending on the pickups). Both are great options for versatility though! :)

Mike, you are a great story teller...really enjoyed your video!

Line 6 variax is by far the most versatile guitar. But the reality is the payer is the most versatile guitar

Yeah, I feel like a Telecaster with the right effects can play any style

Most versatile guitar is a strat!!!!

Most versatile Gibson is the ES-335 and its upscale variants (with Varitone switches).

The reason a lot of "coil splits" sound like weak hum buckers because they are taps rather than splits. They bring the signal out part way through both coils so there's not as much in it as the full coils. PRS does this on basically all of their guitars with push/pull systems. The sound is vastly different from a split, but guitarists tend to use "tap" and "split" interchangeably. We need to do better because the different words actually have different meanings.

Bro you are right that’s sounds like 2 different guitar awesome ❤ job

mike have u have u tried any prs se guitars the have wide range as well

On note of versatility, I'm fine with what gear I currently have. Got a single coil strat, humbucker SG and p90 jazzmaster, I can get any tone I want with any of the 3, got enough effects as well, now it's just to record and create ad infinitum. That said, id swap all 3 for a SG or maybe a Les Paul with 3 p90s and a bigsby

Got a new D'Angelico a few years ago - neck has twisted. I don't have twisted necks on any of my Gibsons

"In my opinion." The key to this video.

I think splitting/tapping is useful when you have a set and need to play multiple different songs on one or 2 guitars and cant be swapping for each song. Or, if you need to press a switch to go from gain to clean, id kuch prefer to split on the clean cuz i think single coils are just far superior to humbuvkers for clean tones. However, if i want to pkay at home, ill never really use splitting. Ill just grab my S style with single coils, or my prs cu24 or singlecut guitar for humbuckers

Les Paul with a jimi page wiring, you get get PCB circuits from six string supplies UK....... blessings brethren :)

5:40 he's right... damn.

I have an Ibanez AS53 semi-hollow and I would say it and a Gibson Les Paul I used to own ate about equally versatile. I also think my Tele and Superstrat are very versatile.

I'm not a pro player by any stretch of the imagination, so maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but I have a PRS custom 24 SE 08, and the split coils and the huge difference in the sound from bridge to neck pickups make it extremely versatile, I can get a range from Carlos Santana to Eric Clapton, Freddie King to Chris Stapleton all on one guitar and a small Marshall amp. I think that's pretty versatile? Also, in the maple top Eriza Verde finish, easily one of the prettiest guitars I've ever seen. I have copies of Les Pauls and a copy of a BB King 335 as well as an awesom Yamaha strat copy, but none of them have the range of my PRS

Nice one. Made me think. For me, the most versatile guitar is indeed a Gibson, but not a Les Paul: just a simple little SG. Thanks, always enjoy your ruminations!

I wonder if they make a semi hollow version of that guitar.

i found the Hagstrom Viking Tremar Deluxe covered a lot of ground.

For a while I was on a spree to pick up guitars that each one of my heroes used, in order to find out what was special about them. I'd have to say the most versatile guitar I've ever encountered is the (Godin LGX-sa, which I find intimidating actually. For "normal" guitars I'd say the) ES-335, I have two: a Gibson and an Epiphone, which has coil splits. The reason the 335 is the most versatile is it does it all. Specifically, the more hollow the body, the more smoky the tone becomes. Jazz boxes are SUPER dark, Strats and Les Pauls seem a little shrill to me. But the ES-335 can do all of them. That is just an opinion, of course.