If You Could only Have One.....

[kompressaur]

Morse for me. wider range of tones than any Silhouette,Silo Special,Axis,Axis Sport or SuperSport I've owned in the past or the AL I've also got at the moment.
(I wouldnt have a Luke or a Petrucci as I'm not a lover of those neck shapes)

they were all great guitars but the Morse pips them all in my estimation

interesting replies I guess it'd be a boring place if we all thought the same

cheers

Komp

 

[fogman]

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

Glenn |B)

then why have you sold your children to other forumites???

 

[GWDavis28]

then why have you sold your children to other forumites???

I haven't sold them, mearly lent them for a time until I can reaquire them once again. Think of it like a bording school kind of thing, travel and see the world.

Hahahahahahahaha. Plus those kids sucked.

Glenn |B)

 

[dwells]

absolutely LUKE
you can do anything with a Luke it even cooks you dinner on the odd occasion

 

[Butch Snyder]

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! )

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.

You actually chose about three or four guitars. You kind of settled on an HSH or HSS guitar. Remember, you can only choose one. And to all who have said "Any EBMM will do", you're skating the issue.

IOW - pick one. I know they're all great but you have to choose. Me? I choose the Steve Morse model. I have put a 250k push/pull pot in for the tone control. I can split both neck and bridge pickups. I can actually get a nice Tele bridge pickup with the bridge pickup split.

Okay, now remember, it's not just any guitar, it has to be "the one choice"...

 

[whitestrat]

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

Definately a Silhouette RW HSH trem w/piezo... I'll probably change the pups to my fav config, but that's all that's EVER needed.

 

[robelinda2]

I wouldnt choose a guitar with a neck humbucker, I must have that amazing single coil neck tone.

 

[whitestrat]

I wouldnt choose a guitar with a neck humbucker, I must have that amazing single coil neck tone.

I would agree to a certain extent... I'm prepared to sacrifice that nice single coil neck tone for a PAF Joe in the neck position. That's about the ONLY humbucker in the neck I'd accept so far. A single coil in a 24 fret Silo neck position will not work. The reason why I chose the HSH Silo is because of the 24 frets. The positions 2 and 4 are acceptable compromises for SSS in between tones. note, this ONE guitar must handle everything from Metal to Blues to Jazz. I can't think if a better ONE guitar to go to.

 

[Dizzy]

Silo HSH w/ piezo for Sure.

Swiss Army Guitar.

 

[Music Man]

Silo Spec HSS of course.... very versatile

Add Trem and Piezo and that is the ULTIMATE for me

 

[Ponch]

absolutely LUKE
you can do anything with a Luke it even cooks you dinner on the odd occasion

+1 count me in mate !

well so far I did some different style for recording purpose and stuff.. yes Luke definitely deliver the right sound and tone for those music. if you want to play metal with Luke..i suggest you check out Dwells music that's serious killer metal tone there !

p.s: Butch you might want to add this thread with poll feature perhaps?

 

[Ricman]

Axis Sport/Super Sport with piezo and trem.

But as SM has shown on the other recent post, and as Luke has said in the past, its nice to have good gear, but it's all in the fingers... Great players sound great on crap gear. Crap players still sound crap on good gear.

 

[D.K.]

My old (well, actually young and pretty at 22) silhouette. I'm just so crazy about its sound and looks, the old 6 bolt finished neck, the old pickups...

If it has to be a new one, than give me a standard tremolo silhouette, or a sss silhouette special with a trem... There are a lot of great signature EBMMs out there, but I feel most like myself when playing a silo...

 

[Slingy]

They are like potato chips, you can't have just one. I still need an EBMM with a single bridge sound.

 

[k.gormley]

as of now the morse y2d with a coil tap switch........ hard tail

 

[Mikey]

If there was a BFR Luke with piezo it would be a no-brainer for me!

 

[Butch Snyder]

Butch you might want to add this thread with poll feature perhaps?

But then I would be limiting the EBMM choices right? I would be saying, "Out of these n choices, you have to pick these...

You know, I did have a thread kind of like this now that I remember. It was the Your Dream EBMM Guitar Design... thread. But it was to design your dream EBMM with no holds barred.

 

[MusicManJP6]

My Mystic Dream JP6 w/ it's push/pull coil tap FTW!

 

[Jonny Dubai]

Hhhhhmmmmmmmmmm

This is a tough one. I am loving my SSS silo at the moment but the plauability of the ASS is still amazing.

Will probably go with the ASS as the neck hb and position 2 are realy amazing for a lot of styles.

J

 

[JPBlueDawn]

A fully loaded Dargie JP7.

1. 7 Strings can get you everywhere you need to be in a scale.

2. The look is amazing and I am on the hunt for one.

3. The pickup configuration is perfect for any style of music.

Shawn