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[TheGhostGuitars]

05:00 Not all Ibanez are HSH, duuh I know some of the readers are thinking that but some may not be aware of that. I have 6 Ibanez guitars and not all of them are HSH. 2011 XH300-BKF ( *HH* ), 1986 RG450-BK ( *HSH* ), 2013 S420-BK ( *HH* ), 2012 S570DXQM-TGB ( *HSH* ), 1989 RG565R-CA ( *HS* ) and the 1998 SR406-NT 6-String Bass ( *soapboxed PP* ). (And yes, I wrote all that from memory! 🤣) Love them all!

And I've seen HSS, SSS & 1H configured Ibanez too. My favorite three are my S420-BK, S570DXQM-TGB, and my RG565R-CA.

08:00 Fender/Squier Strats. I have 11 of them, all but 3 are Strats. However I think Darrell is aiming at the traditional styled Strats with a vintage tremelo or hardtail with pickguard mounted SSS electronics. So that cuts the group down to just nine (including one HSS): 2000 Fender Starcaster S1 Strat ( *SSS* ), 1992 Fender Mexican Standard Stratocaster ( *SSS* ), 2010 Fender Japanese J-Craft Standard Stratocaster *1H, * 2021 Squier FSR Bullet Stratocaster HT ( *SSS* ), 2003 Squier SE Stratocaster ( *SSS* ), 2007 Fender Starcaster S2 Strat ( *SSS* ), 2008 Squier Standard Stratocaster ( *SSS* ), 2014 Squier Affinity Stratocaster ( *HSS* ) with a Lefty Neck, 1989 Squier II Standard Stratocaster ( *SSS* ). Mind ye a few of the above Strats will be converted to HSS and HH config.

10:00 YES, there's more than a few artists who actually professionally gigs with "low end" Squiers (Affinity, Bullets, and maybe now the Sonics and the new Debuts). I have a pair of 2021 Squier FSR Bullets, a Stratocaster HT and a Telecaster. They're decent guitars with surprisingly good stock electronics altho to be fair, many of those artist had upgraded the electronics. Something many non-professionals can more easily do, considering these guitar's lower new guitar prices.

12:00 Gretsch. WELL, you got me here. I don't have a Gretsch. BUT for a HS setup I already have two guitars. The aforementioned 1989 Ibanez RG565R-CA and a ESP LTD F-10-BK. But neither offers a P90 sound in the neck. The first has a stacked single neck and the second has a dual rail single-coil sized humbucker neck. Both utilize a more or less standard trembucker (Ibanez) or humbucker (ESP LTD) bridge.

Otherwise I just use a HH LP that has independent coil splitting with a 4-pot controls with 2 p/p volume pots that coil splits it's humbucker and 2 tone pots. Altho to get that bright clear single tone I usually split the bridge pup. This option has no guarantee of giving that coveted P90 sound.

Finally the last option is to utilize a SS Telecaster with a P90 neck or a SH Telecaster with a humbucker sized P90 neck.

Oh I've forgotten that there's now Strat pups that has been wound and built to bring P90 style sound to the Strat. I'm trying a few as I write this.

Great I just remembered seeing LPs with P90 necks and a humbucker bridges. That's another option. In a pinch ye could convert a neck humbucker to a humbucker-sized P90 in a HH guitar.

15:00 Epiphone LPs. Was waiting for these to show up. Altho TBH, Epiphone is slowly pricing itself above the 500$ market with more and more of its lineup moving upwards. That said I can include Epis because I DON'T buy them on the new market, I buy them used. However I paid a LOT less than 500$ for the two I have, one of which is NOT an Epiphone.

2012 Agile AL-3010SE is my current #1 LP in my Herd. #2 is my 2013 Epiphone Limited Edition Genesis Deluxe Professional. TBH both are more similar than I had intended. While the Agile is traditionally shaped and built to Standard specs, the Genesis is a doublecut Les Paul Standard, BOTH guitars are mahogany bodied with a carved archtop mahogany cap that has flame maple veneer. Both have mahogany set neck but the Agile has ebony fretboard and the Genny has rosewood. I paid 350$ used for the Agile including a Douglas HSC and 300$ for the Genesis with an Epiphone LP HSC that has an extra long headstock area that accommodates the Genesis' longer headstock. The Agile MSRP'd at 350, not including the 120$ HSC. The Epiphone MSRP'd at 499$ not including the HSC (I do not know what it retailed at). The ironic thing is that I think the $350 Agile gave WAY more value than the $500 Genesis. I'm considering purchasing another used Epiphone in near future that is of the traditional maple capped mahogany configuration.

18:00 Sterling Cutlass. While the specs sounds nice, I don't see the Cutlass all that often on the island where I live. Heck, I see few Gretsches and I've only seen a Cutlass once in the last 20 years. Personally I think the best overall value has to be the new Squier Classic Vibe 70s HSS (which I don't have …yet). Only regret I have is that it doesn't have a Floyd. LOL

The best value in my Herd has to be my 2000 Squier StageMaster HSH Deluxe. It's a neck-thru maple between basswood body wings. Rosewood 24 fret 14" radius fretboard. Reversed headstock, black hardwares & licensed Floyd Rose that's actually decently good. Body mounted HSH with a volume, a tone, and a 5-way switch. While it MSRP'd in 2000 for 600$, you can find one now for about 300-400$ used in good decent condition. I bought mine for 300$.

[Atyrannyresponseunit]

I don't think he likes HB, even that he reviewed a few and said they're good.
To me the HB fusion is better value than the sterling.

[RanjakarPatel]

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