3rd Guitar Possible Choices ($800-900)

[dense glacier]

I have the ability to get a new guitar (preferably with a whammy bar) right now. I currently have a Gibson Les Paul Studio and a Fender Player II Stratocaster, I'd like to have a balanced setup between jazz, blues, goth, rock, and metal. What should I look into specifically?

[slate galleon]

Idk I can recommend the prs se custom 24-08 if u want something super versatile w a floating trem

Would recommend se locking tuners as an upgrade for it but it isn’t essential

[dense glacier]

whats the difference between that and a gibson?

[slate galleon]

PRS have a bit of a different sound then a gibson but also it’s a doubble cut has mini toggles for coil splitting and a floating trem they also play pretty well

That is if u look are looking at the custom 24-08

If u look at the McCarty 594 single cut it is essentially just a LP but made by prs

https://youtu.be/Wv8ZMd5Fv20?si=ocy3aFvHQXzaImbE

When using the trem it stays in tune pretty well

I do have the se locking tuners on mine but I can treat it a lot like a Floyd rose and I don’t have problems + I can change tunings bc it doesn’t have a locking nut although mostly I switch between drop d and standard and use a digitech drop for everything else bc I don’t usually play in wierd tunings

I would post sound clips but I put emgs in mine so

[dense glacier]

So what sounds does it work best with in your opinion>

[slate galleon]

Blues and rock is what it does best but it also does jazz and metal pretty well in its stock config

https://youtube.com/shorts/e26rCCq9eGc?si=Fb9XHr3WGwRJjZKJ

It’s the 3rd guitar in this but it does metal pretty well

If u have a guitar center near u the usually have one that u can try there are abonch of colors so it might not be the one u want but it is thee to try

[lost quarry]

tokai les pauls. or any japanese or korean made LP will be the best value for your genre IMO

[elder maple]

its pretty conducive to anything you can do with humbuckers

i see them in every genre

namy metal content creators love them, you see them a lot in jazz, they can do anything you want with the right amp