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NGD: One guitar to rule them all
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:30 pm
by James
I'm having a bit of a gear cabinet reshuffle , trying to get rid of a bunch of stuff and simplify. Guitar-wise I'm planning on dropping to a 6 string acoustic and a 6 string electric. The acoustic I already have but I wasn't really sure what I was aiming for other than something versatile. Read through a ton of forum posts and saw a few themes. HSS strat, PRS, maybe a Les Paul, even read through The Gear Page bluez lawyers saying the only answer was there limited edition, hand crafted $10k strat or early 60s Les Paul.
Eventually got it down to a criteria of
- Middle single would be nice but not essential
- Able to do the jingly janglies and the chugga chuggas
- Trem also nice but not essential
- Ideally somewhat similar stylings to something else I have (being unncessarily fancy here, just aesthetics)
Came across this and threw a just higher than low ball offer to the seller. A 3 hour round trip, a new set of strings and we have a winner that ticks all the boxes.
Re: NGD: One guitar to rule them all
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:36 pm
by Nick
PRS has the most unfortunate headstock shape. It does look great with the Guild bass and the all black is always badass.
I feel I'm past the point of no return for gear hoarding, always a bit jealous of anyone who can get down to one electric.
Re: NGD: One guitar to rule them all
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:44 pm
by plopswagon
Guitargomy.
Re: NGD: One guitar to rule them all
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 5:22 pm
by Freddy V-C
I really wasn’t sold until I scrolled down far enough to see it next to the Guild bass, they really are quite a pair and somehow compliment each other so well.
How is it weight-wise? An old flatmate of mine played a PRS as his main instrument and I remember it weighed an absolute ton, bearing in mind this was circa ~2012 at which point I essentially didn’t care at all about guitar weight (now I very much do care), it really must have been a hefty bugger.
Annoyingly I think if I ever thinned the herd down to one electric it would be the Ibanez ICX, which I essentially bought as a joke, but it just sounds so incredible. Every time I gig with any other guitar these days I end up switching back after one show because nothing else quite cuts it. I actively don’t want it to be my number one, and yet… lol.
Re: NGD: One guitar to rule them all
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 7:21 pm
by James
Roughly 3.6kg/8lbs
I don't have much reference to that but a google suggests it's typical Strat weight and a couple of lb lighter than a typical Les Paul.
I've always loved the Iceman. Absolute class looking guitar. Embrace it (though not too intimately, that lower horn is a bit sharp).
Re: NGD: One guitar to rule them all
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 12:17 am
by Freddy V-C
Don't get me wrong, I do like the Iceman! I just wish my other guitars could get more of a look-in, it's daft how much more solid it is for live shows.
Re: NGD: One guitar to rule them all
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 1:40 am
by MattK
Does the thread title indicate you’re planning to cast it into the fires of Mt Doom?
Nicest looking PRS I’ve ever seen - glad it’s ticking all the boxes for you!
Re: NGD: One guitar to rule them all
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2025 1:00 pm
by sunshiner
Looks dapper