I need the best bluess guitar u can get for $1550-. I was thinking about an SRV strat but i'm not sure
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Hey there, I'm Johnny Brandt. I've been playing the guitar since I was a kid and I've always loved playing the blues. As you can see I've gotten to realize my dream of performing the blues live with a 4-piece band.
ya those are good
my favorite is a 1952 fender telecaster reissue.
best guitar ever
but thats just me
get what ever you think has the right look sound and feel
Your tone is in your fingers, so No one can really tell you what the best guitar for you is. Sorry, but you’ll have to just try out a lot of them.
I presume you are referring to an electric guitar here -though a lot of blues players played acoustic guitar or dobro also.
But if you want to consider something in your selection, many of the best blues players use or used a variation of Gibson and I am partial to them myself. Consider “The Three Kings” (Albert, BB, and Freddie) and how they all used various Gibsons for one example.
The problem with signature models of any guitar is that they are made to the preferences of the person it is designed for which may not suit you.
And as someone else said already, it is in your hands ultimately where you will find what works best for your or otherwise fits your particular personality.
Blues can be played on any type of guitar in any price range. As one poster already mentioned…it comes from your fingers, not your guitar or your rig. You just have to play and find the one that is you. It is kind of like buying a car….it will find you. The last guitar I purchased was a MIM Fender Lonestar Strat for less than $600.00. I was intent on buying a MIA Fender Standard Strat for much more. But the Lonestar just spoke to me. The same will happen to you. Just take your time and you will find the right guitar.
For that kind of money you could get a FANTASTIC used guitar. And if you are going to spend that much money, shop around A LOT so that you get the right guitar for YOU. If you like Stratocasters, a Tom Anderson Strat “clone” would probably rock your world – the pickups on those things are just fantastic – I have one that I am willing to sell for about that price, but only because I favor Les Pauls instead. I also have a Tom Anderson “Atom” which has the same scale length as Les Pauls and it is GREAT for slide and I am NOT selling it!
Seriously: for that much money take your time and get a used guitar – you’ll get the best deal that way, and used guitars do not depreciate anywhere near as much as new ones do, and if they are of the caliber of a Tom Anderson guitar, etc., it will more likely INCREASE in value if you take good care of it. Happy shopping!
Hello,,first understand that any strat can have the SRV pickups put in,,they sell them as a set,,so if you get an older strat cheaper,,just buy the SRV set,,and it’ll still only be as good as you playing it. I personally believe every guitar player needs one of everything,,oh yeah baby,,that saves on retuning time,HAHA, and helps when you desire the different tones available. I sold my strat and got a tele,,but actually ,,I want a strat,les paul,hummingbird,and one or two of anything else!!
I hear that “tone is in your fingers” nonsense all the time. No it isn’t. Good chops are in your fingers. Tone is what come out of your rig.
Do great players use crappy stuff? No, they do not. SRV used a ’63 strat with a pao ferro fretboard through two tube screamers into a heavily modified Vibrolux reverb. Did SRV use an affinity strat straight into a gorilla amp with a “6 speaker? No, he didn’t. The reason he didn’t is because he knew that good tone was as much in the equipment he used as in his fingers.
All great players use great stuff. Name me one that doesn’t.
Just my $.02.
Maybe a Gibson ES-335 or Fender Stratocaster can be good….
As another answerer said, a great used would be a good bet. Also though, your tone is greatly affected by the pickups. For your $1600, you could buy an MIA fender strat, then change out the pickups. If you’re looking for that SRV tone, you could get the Fender Custom Shop texas special or tex-mex pickups. If you want a cooler (not as hot) blues tone go for the Fender ’69 pickups, amazing cleans, most versatile when it comes to effects, and they respond very well to overdrive/distortion. Also Lindy Fralin makes a fantastic single coil blues pickup. None of these would run you more than $300, so you’d still have around $200-300 to spend on effects, or other things. Hope this helped
I own 2 Strats-a MIJ 62 reissue with a lot of mods,and a 98 American Standard.I moded the 62 to my own personal preferences,so that it’s capable of everything from metal to country.Ijust recently acquired the Am,after trying probably 50 to 75 different ones over 2 years.So,to answer your question,you need a guitar that you feel comfortable with,but it needs to have the features that you demand.Take your time and eventually the right guitar will speak to you.Also keep in mind that a quality all-tube amp is pretty much a requisite to make a great blues rig.My personal preference in blues amps would be a Fender in the Hotrod Deville series.Have a great time.
Any Guitar. Its the player. That said, I’d say a Gibson 335!