Hi all, I've been playing 6 strings for 23 years and have been thinking about buying a 7 for about 15 of those years and just never got around to it. Like many of you I've been through the GAS cycles in the past and bought and sold a lot of guitars but at this point I've really cut down my guitar collection and I'm down to two daily drivers - a 2007 PRS CU24 (in drop C) and a 2010 Suhr Custom Tele (in standard) that I picked up used about half price, 6 months after someone had it built.
I'm looking for a 7 that can inspire me as much as these two guitars, and need some advice on what to look at.
Some factors:
- I no longer live in a big city where I can try a lot of unusual (or even standard guitar center type stock) guitars, so I'm going to need to buy something without trying or even seeing
- I want to at least give myself a chance of having an instrument like these two that I'm going to want to keep for the long haul
- I play a lot of metal, but tend to less modern tones - metal wise range from 00s prog (opeth, DT), to post (pelican, cult of luna, nero di marte) to black metal, or dissonant DM (ulcerate, gorguts)
- I also play a lot of post rock, indie, 90s rock
- I'm mainly looking for a 7 as a format to open up new inspiration in playing and writing, as opposed to a purely metal driver. I'm still looking for versatility. Will likely be a tuned half step down and alternate between standard and dropped configuration
- not looking for fanned frets
- looking for something that will hold value; since I'm going to be making a guess on an instrument here without trying I need to be able to resell it if I don't end up bonding with it
- open to 25.5 or 26.5 scale length but not longer
- prefer thin, fast, non-painted necks
Budget wise, I don't want to overspend if typical production models have improved to the point where one doesn't need to get something fancy. The guitars I have now seem to sell in the 4k+ USD range now but when I bought them the PRS was about $2k new and the Suhr was about $2k mint used, so when I see the current eye popping prices it feels a little crazy. I'm willing to look at any price range up to 4k-ish for a forever type of instrument, but I prefer to stay <$2500; but if you guys tell me that $1k LTDs or similar are the way to go now because the quality has improved and the QC is solid then I'm totally open to suggestions.
My initial thought was to look for a Suhr Modern 7 but it looks like those were discontinued a while back and there isn't a lot of used inventory to choose from, and what's there is priced like some boutique new guitars.
I've heard of Mayones and have read mostly good and some bad things but it sounds like perhaps the US dealer pricing doesn't make sense.
I really like the thoughtful design of the EBMM majesty 7 but am somewhat worried about the electronics being a failure point over time if I want to hold on to the guitar for 17+ years like my PRS.
What else should I be looking at? Thanks in advance for any suggestions or guidance
I'm looking for a 7 that can inspire me as much as these two guitars, and need some advice on what to look at.
Some factors:
- I no longer live in a big city where I can try a lot of unusual (or even standard guitar center type stock) guitars, so I'm going to need to buy something without trying or even seeing
- I want to at least give myself a chance of having an instrument like these two that I'm going to want to keep for the long haul
- I play a lot of metal, but tend to less modern tones - metal wise range from 00s prog (opeth, DT), to post (pelican, cult of luna, nero di marte) to black metal, or dissonant DM (ulcerate, gorguts)
- I also play a lot of post rock, indie, 90s rock
- I'm mainly looking for a 7 as a format to open up new inspiration in playing and writing, as opposed to a purely metal driver. I'm still looking for versatility. Will likely be a tuned half step down and alternate between standard and dropped configuration
- not looking for fanned frets
- looking for something that will hold value; since I'm going to be making a guess on an instrument here without trying I need to be able to resell it if I don't end up bonding with it
- open to 25.5 or 26.5 scale length but not longer
- prefer thin, fast, non-painted necks
Budget wise, I don't want to overspend if typical production models have improved to the point where one doesn't need to get something fancy. The guitars I have now seem to sell in the 4k+ USD range now but when I bought them the PRS was about $2k new and the Suhr was about $2k mint used, so when I see the current eye popping prices it feels a little crazy. I'm willing to look at any price range up to 4k-ish for a forever type of instrument, but I prefer to stay <$2500; but if you guys tell me that $1k LTDs or similar are the way to go now because the quality has improved and the QC is solid then I'm totally open to suggestions.
My initial thought was to look for a Suhr Modern 7 but it looks like those were discontinued a while back and there isn't a lot of used inventory to choose from, and what's there is priced like some boutique new guitars.
I've heard of Mayones and have read mostly good and some bad things but it sounds like perhaps the US dealer pricing doesn't make sense.
I really like the thoughtful design of the EBMM majesty 7 but am somewhat worried about the electronics being a failure point over time if I want to hold on to the guitar for 17+ years like my PRS.
What else should I be looking at? Thanks in advance for any suggestions or guidance
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