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Butch Snyder

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Okay, here's the scenario....

You are an accomplished guitarist who is proficient at many styles of music - Metal, Pop, Blues, Funk, Jazz, Fusion, Country, etc....

You also have the desire to play all of those styles at any given time. Here's the thing...

You can only have one guitar; specifically, an EBMM regular production model, nothing custom. What's it gonna be and why? Remember, on one guitar and it has to be an EBMM...
 
fbecir

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The Steve Morse Signature !
Steve plays everything with it (from jazz to heavy rock and of course blues and country) ... If he can do it, ... well I can try to do the same ...
 
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If I was that good, it wouldn' matter which model I played.

I'd learn and go with the Morse, until BP endorsed my mega talented ass and built me my own model. Hey, we're dreamin', right?
 
fogman

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Normally I'd say Morse for the due it all guitar, but the neck profile doesn't agree with me.
So with that, Silo.
I've got one, so I'm good. :)
All the Music Man guitars are very flexible in many musical styles. I don't think you could go wrong with any of them.
 
TimSz

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I think I may be the only one to say this, but I'd go for a S-S-S Silhouette Special. I just love the **** out of those things. I hear my LE08 order went in yesterday, and for that I am pretty excited.
 
GWDavis28

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Sorry can't play this one, can pick, it's like asking which kid of yours you like the best, can't be done. ;)

Glenn |B)
 
brasco68

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With the arsenal of brilliant guitars that Music Man builds...picking just one, and only one is a lesson in futility....so I'll just go with a trans purple (flamed) Axis Super Sport.

I would also say a Dargie Luke...but I'm covered there.
 
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Octavarius

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I think that we can conclude on that basically no matter which EBMM you choose, it'll do the job. The rest of the spesifics is more up to your preferences. For instance, a Petrucci would provide everything I would need for the genres you mentioned (sort of player I am myself these days, actually), however the neck profile is very thin and suited to more of a 'technical' style of playing and the action is fairly low as well. Based on that I would go for a Silhouette Special HSS or Silhouette (HSH) w/ Piezo (I'd need that) instead. I LOVE the neck on my 20th, so knowing that they're essentially the same, that's a big pro for my part.

I'd also choose the HSS on a Special, because I'd need a bridge humbucker for rhythms and leads, plus I'm not a fan of bridge singlecoils generally, and have less use for one in this case. The two other singles, however, would do a great job in funk and blues, and if it was a Silhouette Special I would end up with, I'd probably change the neck pickup to an Air Norton S eventually, similarly to Roubster's Carbon Blue Pearl Silo Spec (what a beautiful guitar, by the way! Damn!), and possibly work out a splitting thing to also manage to get some great singlecoil tones in that config. as well. I'd set the tremolo up to float, as well. That's what I would choose. (what I will choose in a years time, hopefully! :p)

Basically, as much as the other replies here vary, I'd simply say that any guitar will do, so you'll have to look a bit on your spesific needs in terms of pickups, neck profile, piezo, trem, fretboard, etc. But personally, for my needs; jazz, funk, rock, fusion, progressive, a Silhouette Special w/ tremolo and piezo in HSS would be a perfect one-guitar-for-everything.
 
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