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best blues guitar

We talkin' EBMM or all models known to man?

EBMM - I am guessing the Albert Lee or maybe the Silo.....????

All Models Known to Man - McNaught is it hands down.

:cool:
 
i like the single coil sound for blues. (not sure as far as EBMM models?)

i'll tell you what though, my 79' silverburst LP, on the neck P/U, has a great tone. really warm and muddy!!! :)
 
EBMM, I would give it to the Silhouette Special. Out of Fender and Gibson, it's gotta be a good strat (if you can find one - they are the most inconsistent guitars on the planet)
 
Well I have a Silhouette Special and an Albert Lee, I'd recommend both, but the AL with the MM90's I feel is the ultimate Str@t replacement. I'd say locate a dealer with both and test them for yourself.

Best of luck, Glenn |B)
 
Everybody knows you can't play no blues on a Gibson... Of course don't tell that to B.B. King. Come to think of it don't tell it to any of those other Gibson wielding bluesmen either.

Blues are in your fingers.
 
What kind of Blues do you want?

BB King / Albert King / Freddie King

John Lee Hooker / Earl Hooker

Buddy Guy / Muddy Waters

Gatemouth Brown / Albert Collins

Johnny Winter / SRV

Billy Gibbons / Eric Clapton now / Eric Clapton then

I guess you can get the best blues sound out of whatever you play IF
you can play the best blues with whatever you play.

Get what you like - I like Music Man they're great guitars- and play the snot out of it, then it will be the best blues sound.

Plus it doesn't hurt if your broke, tired, lonely, ugly and drunk :cool:
 
morse hardtail.........

single coils.....humbuckers........combinations.......it's all there......

put just the 2 humbuckers on...dead on bb king and dicky betts.
put just the slant single coil on .......hendrix..& hendrix ripoff s.r.v. :eek:

bridge humbucker & straight single coil...sweet home alabama / zz top


this just for starters.....
 
Now you go and edit your post.....Gibby or F**der?!?

IF only those two brands.....Strat. But, finding a good one is next to impossible these days. You gotta get an older one. I avoid both of those like the plaque anyhow. I hate the feel of them. So, I say, use them for firewood, grab an EBMM and sing about the guitars roasting blues..... :rolleyes:
 
My Morse guitar gets a pretty decent blues sound with either of the single coils or the neck humbucker.

Some of this is going to be in you amp/fx signal chain and a lot of it will be in your fingers.

At first glance I wouldn't have thought of the Morse as a blues axe but after hearing and seeing Steve on a Deep Purple DVD that sold me.

Dave
 
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