Hi guys! I'm currently on the lookout for a good hardtail guitar to do a good variety of styles..everything from blues and jazz to Dream Theater and Metallica. I mostly play heavy, but go softer once in a while, and I understand that the guitar can't be the perfect guitar for every style.
I want a mahogany-bodied guitar as I feel they have a better bottom end than the alder ones. I have a variety of guitars (Gibson, Jackson, Ibanez, Fender) and my mahogany USA Soloist is probably the best sounding one in the herd, while my alder USA Kelly is probably the best playing one. I would love to have a good hardtailed one for easy change of tunings and easy maintenance that I could rock out a bit more with without worrying about making dings in the guitar (the USA ones are just too beautiful imo).
I've looked at the Japanese pro series, and it looks like the sls3 would be right down my alley for the specs, but lately the Mark Morton Dominion has also been a bit intriguing, and has even more possibilities, like coil split and a chambered body with a quilted maple top.. The sls3 is about $1150, while the Dominion is about $1400, new. Both have the Seymour Duncan '59/'59 combo. I've never tried the '59 in the bridge and I wonder how it sounds.
I want you guys to vote for the guitar you'd choose if you were to get one of these guitars, and explain why you chose this guitar over the other (you may take appearance in consideration if you want to). If someone has tried one or both of them, your opinions and experience would be greatly appreciated. If you want to suggest other guitars, go ahead, but I'd still want you to vote for one of my chosen guitars from your own preferences, and tell me why you chose that one.
..and I usually play through a Mark IV
Thanks guys!
I want a mahogany-bodied guitar as I feel they have a better bottom end than the alder ones. I have a variety of guitars (Gibson, Jackson, Ibanez, Fender) and my mahogany USA Soloist is probably the best sounding one in the herd, while my alder USA Kelly is probably the best playing one. I would love to have a good hardtailed one for easy change of tunings and easy maintenance that I could rock out a bit more with without worrying about making dings in the guitar (the USA ones are just too beautiful imo).
I've looked at the Japanese pro series, and it looks like the sls3 would be right down my alley for the specs, but lately the Mark Morton Dominion has also been a bit intriguing, and has even more possibilities, like coil split and a chambered body with a quilted maple top.. The sls3 is about $1150, while the Dominion is about $1400, new. Both have the Seymour Duncan '59/'59 combo. I've never tried the '59 in the bridge and I wonder how it sounds.
I want you guys to vote for the guitar you'd choose if you were to get one of these guitars, and explain why you chose this guitar over the other (you may take appearance in consideration if you want to). If someone has tried one or both of them, your opinions and experience would be greatly appreciated. If you want to suggest other guitars, go ahead, but I'd still want you to vote for one of my chosen guitars from your own preferences, and tell me why you chose that one.
..and I usually play through a Mark IV
Thanks guys!