Due to recent events in my life im now unable to play my acoustinc during the day. This leaves me with night time to play around.
Unfortunately acoustics are lound and are not an option, so im starting to look at electrics. Went with a cheap solid body electric (its a telecaster wannabe) + practice amp with headphones output to test if im waking everyone up when playing at night.
Seems to work - the solid body tele is almost silent, allowing me to play when my family is asleep. Slowly starting to get the hang of electrics. Playing some blues. Now i want something a bit better then a 100EUR guitar-shaped object. Ideally a Les Paul type. Wanted to save some money and ordered an Epiphone Les Paul (2020 model, Classic). Well...that turned out quite awfull - the thing arrived unplayable (cracked fretboard in 3 places, a piece of fretboard chipped off,sharp fret ends) and various finish issues. Honestly did not expect that on a 500EUR guitar. It seems that i need to go deeper. Topped up my budget to 1100EUR.
So my goal now is probably Gibson Les Paul Tribute - seems to be a great entry level USA-made single cut. Unfortunately Eastman solid body guitars like SB59 are out of my league. But then i've discovered the world of semi-hollow guitars and really like what i saw there. Eastman's T386 is exactly where i need it to be (sitting in those 1000-1200EUR range). So im starting to consider the T386 - do like the clean plugged in sound of semi-hollow body guitars more then solid body. Seems to be a great fit for me. Plus the gorgeous wide nut on the Eastman makes my sausage-fingers cry of joy.
The only thing stopping me from getting the T386 - how much louder then solid bodies are these guitars when uplugged? Im afraid that i will not be able to play at nights if this thing gets too loud. For now im playing with my fingers, this makes playing a solid-body pretty much silent.
Thank you!
Unfortunately acoustics are lound and are not an option, so im starting to look at electrics. Went with a cheap solid body electric (its a telecaster wannabe) + practice amp with headphones output to test if im waking everyone up when playing at night.
Seems to work - the solid body tele is almost silent, allowing me to play when my family is asleep. Slowly starting to get the hang of electrics. Playing some blues. Now i want something a bit better then a 100EUR guitar-shaped object. Ideally a Les Paul type. Wanted to save some money and ordered an Epiphone Les Paul (2020 model, Classic). Well...that turned out quite awfull - the thing arrived unplayable (cracked fretboard in 3 places, a piece of fretboard chipped off,sharp fret ends) and various finish issues. Honestly did not expect that on a 500EUR guitar. It seems that i need to go deeper. Topped up my budget to 1100EUR.
So my goal now is probably Gibson Les Paul Tribute - seems to be a great entry level USA-made single cut. Unfortunately Eastman solid body guitars like SB59 are out of my league. But then i've discovered the world of semi-hollow guitars and really like what i saw there. Eastman's T386 is exactly where i need it to be (sitting in those 1000-1200EUR range). So im starting to consider the T386 - do like the clean plugged in sound of semi-hollow body guitars more then solid body. Seems to be a great fit for me. Plus the gorgeous wide nut on the Eastman makes my sausage-fingers cry of joy.
The only thing stopping me from getting the T386 - how much louder then solid bodies are these guitars when uplugged? Im afraid that i will not be able to play at nights if this thing gets too loud. For now im playing with my fingers, this makes playing a solid-body pretty much silent.
Thank you!
