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Originally Posted by musiclistsareus
I know Strats and Les Pauls are among the most popular with SGs, Telecasters, Rickenbachers and Gretsches (among others) having their own followers. Brian May's Red Special is one that I have always admired-though I'm not aware of other artists using it (they are available). So which are your favorites and why? and what artists use which guitars more than others. I think guitarists opinions would be most appreciated, but other artists and even listeners/fans might have their preferences as well.
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The Red Special is actually a one-of-a-kind guitar made by Brian and his dad; the Burns Red Special and the other brands of Red Special models are just imitations of May and his dad's original design.
As far as my favorite guitars...well, I'll have to go with Languedoc first of all. Each guitar is built custom by Paul Languedoc, and they're gorgeous instruments. He's the man who's made all of Trey Anastasio's guitars. There are really nice touches to each instrument, you can pick the wood you want for him to use, the finish, etc.
He won't do custom inlay work, so he can keep the price fixed, and he won't build anyone but Trey guitars with koa - but I've actually seen someone else with a Languedoc, and it's a beautiful, beautiful guitar, albeit horribly expensive.
They look like this for the $10,000 model:
And this is the $7500 model:
I would love one of them. Thinline hollowbody guitars that sound great and look beautiful...*swoons*
Also, I wouldn't mind having one of these, a Gibson CS-356 Koa:
