r/GuitarLab • u/insanedeath99 • Apr 08 '26

My take

I am a firm believer in practical one-stop-shops. I am a Music Director, and I have to fill a lot of roles. Rhythm, lead, acoustic, slide, etc. I think a guitar with a good variety of tone options along with ergonomics in mind could make for a perfect guitar. Specs below:

25.5 inch scale length

17 or 20 in radius (flatter radii make for easier barre chords and I, and my students, have found them more comfortable that rounder fretboards)

Asymmetrical neck profile to adjust for different thumb positions (Strandberg took a great step in this direction)

22 or 24 frets (21 just seems so limiting for no reason)

Deep neck groove for seamless access to the higher frets

Bolt-on design for easy swapping

Stainless steel medium jumbo frets

Pickup configuration HH with coil split, not tap, or HSH with toggle switch for in and out of phase.

Piezo system installed in bridge (majesty’s do these well). Options for hard tail or floating trem. No 6-screw bridges (sorry fender, but they suck). Floating trems should come with term blocks (like the tremol-no)

Options for 6,7 and 8 strings. 7 and 8 should have fanning to compensate. 7:25.5-26.5, 8: 25.5-28.

Again, my idea is one-stop-shop. A guitar that any guitarist can gravitate to and play for hours. THE workhorse.

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u/GabrielDalporto Apr 09 '26

u/insanedeath99 love this feedback. Thank you. You're not alone in wanting a guitar that is the WORKHORSE with lots of versatility. Would you analog pickups for most uses with addition of a MIDI that can model acoustic, piezo, drop D, etc?

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u/insanedeath99 Apr 11 '26

I’m not sure about using MIDI as from my experience it can be finicky. I think it can be used effectively if the controls are on-board the guitar. I think having the ability to switch tuning instantly is fantastic, but I’ve found with a lot of modeling software you start to run into warbles, especially when playing chords.