Looking for a nice blues sound. Epi LP Standard?

TheDude, if your main reason is the 'hum' or 'buzz' that you get from single coils, a stratocaster can still be an option. Look for strats with pickups labled "Noiseless" or "vintage noisless" I believe theres a "laser noiseless" or something to that extent as well. The signature clapton model (out of your price range, but just for an example) uses noiseless pickups.

TheDude, if your main reason is the 'hum' or 'buzz' that you get from single coils, a stratocaster can still be an option. Look for strats with pickups labled "Noiseless" or "vintage noisless" I believe theres a "laser noiseless" or something to that extent as well. The signature clapton model (out of your price range, but just for an example) uses noiseless pickups.

3 pickup set is $150 @ Musician's Friend. Not too bad at all. Test before you buy.

I pretty much agree with what's been said before, but I'll add my own little insight.

Both LP style and Strat style guitars can do blues, but they do a very different kind of blues. When I sit down and do blues on the LP, I tend to use the sustain a lot, vibrato a lot, play slower, more melodic lines etc. However, when I play blues on a Strat, I tend to do more of an SRV type thing, more double stops, more slides, more aggressive bends, etc.

Each sound has it's place, and although at the moment I only own an LP, I'd like a strat style guitar to cover the other musical bases.

Just my .02

That $5 guitar - if you scroll down to their other auctions, you'll see a Stratalike for 49.99. Do you see anything odd about the guitar (other than the headstock that's not in the picture?

Maybe that's why it's only 49.99 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol: LOL! The tremelo is in the input jack!! :lol:

Oh yeah, and it's "dark coffee" :lol: Last time I checked I thought it was sunburst! :roll:

Dark Coffee is the Starbucks brand guitar :lol: