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New Rockabilly guitar: What to choose?


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02/27/2007 12:44 am
Hi to you all!
I've been playing Rockabilly rhythm guitar for a little while, and I'd like to jump into lead guitar.
I got myself an Epiphone Sheraton II which seems to be a great start for me, but I'm wondering if I made a good choice about the sound I'm looking for.
This guitar has two Humbuckers, but I've been advised to get a guitar with single coils (P90) to get the real Rockabilly sound. Considering Humbucker pick-ups had been very popular starting in 1957, I'm really wondering why couldn't I get a good sound coresponding to the music I love.

Here's my dilema:
A) Keep my Epiphone Seraton I bought yesterday at $680.00
B) Exchange it for an Ephiphone Wildkat at $600.00 (Almost same price). The Wildkat has 2 P90 pick-ups+bigsby

I don't have much time so I have to make a quick choice here.

Please help me guys as I have no clue what to do and want to start with a good choice.

Thank you all!
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02/27/2007 1:03 am
Fender Telecaster man... can't get much more rockabilly than that...

They make a pretty nice Custom '72 that's got dual humbuckers...
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02/27/2007 8:04 am

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02/27/2007 11:11 am
that is naaaaaaissss

telecasters cost a bomb in australia

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02/27/2007 11:29 am
The type of guitar isn't tremendously important... it's the way you play it.

Do you like the Sheraton? Do you need a Bigsby? The answer to those two questions should point you one way or the other...

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02/27/2007 11:50 am
I would exchange it for the Wildkat. Besides it comes stock with a Bigsby vibrato and Alnico V (magnets) P-90 pick-ups. Many claim that you can get that Gretsch FilterTron sound if you run a "Snarling Dogs Very-Tone" effects pedal, giving those P-90's a Humbucker sound.
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02/27/2007 1:02 pm
Originally Posted by: renThe type of guitar isn't tremendously important... it's the way you play it.

Do you like the Sheraton? Do you need a Bigsby? The answer to those two questions should point you one way or the other...

+1
The guitar has an importance, but the amp and your playing are more important.
For example I recorded this with a fender strato (so pickups are singlecoils) whereas the sound is pretty powerful. :)
I think if you are satisfied by your guitar you shouldn't try to change it. ;)
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02/27/2007 4:19 pm

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02/28/2007 11:34 am
Originally Posted by: renThe type of guitar isn't tremendously important... it's the way you play it.

Do you like the Sheraton? Do you need a Bigsby? The answer to those two questions should point you one way or the other...

Ren makes a good point here. How you play is how you sound. Eric Clapton did a cameo with Santana a while back and used one of Santana's back up rigs to jam with. As soon as he started playing you can hear Clapton's sound coming right out of the borrowed gear. Granted he played a Strat through a Fender Twin Reverb, but it wasn't "Blackie" or his setup. I'm sure Page could do the same thing playing my Les Paul. Go Figure!!!!!
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02/28/2007 1:35 pm
that's true, think about which guitar you like the most.Just because some say a Wildkat is better for Rockabilly doesn't mean that a Sheraton cant do the trick.
I say play em both and decide. I think by the fact that you are asking, you are doubting your original choice of the Sheraton? just go with the one you like more.
If you really want to, you can even put a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (p90 picked, sized to fit humbucker routing) and put it into a Sheraton at a later strage
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