for the electrics, check out agile guitars. I got a les paul copy off of them, and man is it nice. Blows away epiphones, I can't compare it to a gibson, but other people have favorably. I have read good things about the PRS copies as well.

G & L sales are good instruments too (if you dig that single coil sound)


This was the guitar company that Leo Fender formed after he left Fender (I think he sold the name or some shit).

For what I own:

New World Guitar's Madrid. It's based on a Jose Ramirez design. It's a 650mm string length with Gotoh tuners, ebony fingerboard, Spanish Cedar neck, rosewood back and sides, and red cedar sound board. It has beautiful low end, the neck is immaculate, and it has decent sustain. I use it for classical and flamenco, having retired my 25 year old flamenco guitar

In electric land I'd love to morph two of my guitars. I have a JEM 555 customized. It's a great screamer and plays beautifully. But its a strat style and I just don't like the shape. For good ol' rockin' I have a Vantage that I've customized over the years. The guitar itself is a 77 and I've upgraded the dual humbuckers with rewound 72 SG pickups. It has brass hardware and I've recently had the neck refretted with brass fretwires. Vantage Guitars are Japanese made cheapos these days, but back in the 70s they made a hell of a nice lower-end guitar. With the mods that I've put in over the years, this guitar can go against any Gibson SG out there and win.

for my Holy Grail guitars? Can't really beat my 555, so I'm good there. Until I see some of the high-end PRS guitars. For nylon: a Hauser '37.

ok I'll add my favorite at the moment, my Taylor 214, sorry about the earlier electric post, but I *just* got it in the mail that say, and i love it

Thanks for the clarification Sean.

That means my earlier single coil/G & L instruments post was inappropriate in this thread

DOH!

Oops! Sorry for all the typos.

just remember it isn't guitar greed, it is GAS..... Guitar Acquisition Syndrome. there is no known cure, but a successful treatment... buying more guitars :)