Good versatile guitar that can handle switching between Standard to full step down

[steel obsidian]

budget between 1000-2000 USD, I value playability, and not be some weird shape

For cover band stuff playing from Metallica to motley Crue to more pop alt rock type stuff

[pallid sand]

Trem or no trem

If u are fine w a trem I love recommending the prs se custom 24-08

If u need to switch tunings fast it don’t the best but it will do the tuning changes fine

It has a floating trem so u gota retune like 2 times

Could also buy a digitech drop or boss xs1 poly shift w that budget tho bc it is at the 1k mark

If u want a hard tail u could consider the se Paul’s guitar it is the same but hard tail

Could also check out the Ltd EC 1000 Duncan

If u wanted to look used the Schecter California classic

[feral sigil]

https://www.cortguitars.com/dp/kx500-etched/

[steel obsidian]

GC has one used for like 1300 near me, I would prolly just block the trem

[thin flower]

• Charvel Mod Plus SD1 HH HT
• EVH Wolfgang Special Tuna-Matic
• PRS S2 Vela

[marsh kindle]

almost all standard guitars can handle switching between standard and d standard

its not about the guitar

its about the strings

all the criteria should be is a hardtail or decked tremolo, and 24 frets

which is like a fuck ton of guitars

so just choose whichever that look cool to u and have those following

[feral sigil]

I chose the x500 because of the Fishmans, which will make it a tad more versatile

[marsh kindle]

meh fishmans r fishmans

i dont rlly think they add anything special other than if you like how fishmans sound

considering the music they listed was literally metallica and motley crue, i dont really see why pickups gotta be anything specific

[steel obsidian]

Well floating trem makes it a pain in the ass or shorter scale intonation can get shaky

[marsh kindle]

which is why i said "all the criteria should be is a hardtail or decked tremolo, and 24 frets"

[marsh kindle]

it doesnt really get shaky if you're just going from E standard to D standard

like i said its about string gauge, so itll mitigate that anyway

and most guitars on the market are 25.5" as is

[zenith flame]

2k?

ibanez prestige any day

and you can eq the pickups if they're too bassy

[steel obsidian]

What string gauge would be the lightest you think and not get too stringy in d standard, 10-52?

[steel obsidian]

What do we think about this

[zenith flame]

also a good choice but i prefer the ibanez feel and a steal for the price even if you buy new. you can find one for around 1500$ or so. also one of the best fixed bridges there is, i would say better than hipshot

[marsh kindle]

11s is usually what people use for D standard

[steel obsidian]

Any specific model you recommend or just any of the prestige hard tail?

[muted mesa]

prestige hardtail is good