I said in *most hands* sound like shit. Also a couple of outlier Gibsons. The LP Jrs are cool and also sound good (surprise - no humbuckers) in my opinion. 335s aren't bad either but I haven't played enough of those to form a concrete opinion.

eliya wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:37 pm I said in *most hands* sound like shit. Also a couple of outlier Gibsons. The LP Jrs are cool and also sound good (surprise - no humbuckers) in my opinion. 335s aren't bad either but I haven't played enough of those to form a concrete opinion.

I wish they made a LP JR or double cutaway that had a single neck pickup. I have yet to really like using the bridge. It's just too nasally and pencil-like for my tastes, but may be it works in a setting where there's more than 1 guitar?

cakes wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 1:43 pm I wish they made a LP JR or double cutaway that had a single neck pickup.

Who the hell plays that, Leslie East???

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:50 pm Right I should have clarified that I dont think they sound bad, I just dont like them much. Like I think a telecaster with two humbuckers, a mahogany body and a maple cap would be infinitely better than a Las Paul.

I know its not what you mean but oh my god I should post my dad’s Fender custom shop Telecaster one day in the ugly guitars thread. Very flame maple boomer’s dream

I played it with a drumstick at my high school talent show! Go me!

GuyLaCroix wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 2:01 pm Who the hell plays that, Leslie East???

Amazing

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:50 pm Right I should have clarified that I dont think they sound bad, I just dont like them much. Like I think a telecaster with two humbuckers, a mahogany body and a maple cap would be infinitely better than a Las Paul.

I’m personally incapable of making a Les Paul sound good. I can’t do it! Lots of other folks can but not me.

I still like a GK 400RB with a 1x12 for guitar, but mostly I used that rig for so long because I sound about the same through anything and it was the most portable/durable/loud thing I could get years ago. In 2024 everyone makes a 200W bass head the size of a paperback, and though I bet most of them are not as durable as the GK I'd sound the same through one of those too. I never liked the 800RB much, even for bass.

I would never ever own a guitar that has a stupid looking headstock. I know this is very shallow of me. Sorry Reverend, sorry Seagull.

When I look at a Jaguar, Jazzmaster, or Les Paul, I feel nothing.

Actually that's not true - if they have a Jazzmaster vibrato or a Bigsby I feel pity.

Subwoofers are vastly overused. They are fantastic up to a bit past the point in volume where you can tell they're there, we're talking a few db. Much louder than that and they make everything sound worse, and I get the same cheesy, insincere GET READY TO HAVE YOURRR MINNNNDDD BLOWWWWWNNN vibe that I get from watching the trailer for an action movie. No amount of drugs or alcohol has ever made me feel differently about this for more than a few seconds.

PEPPER! wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:43 pm I would never ever own a guitar that has a stupid looking headstock. I know this is very shallow of me. Sorry Reverend, sorry Seagull.

PRS and MusicMan too. And I don't feel bad about it: headstocks are stupidly easy. It could be a fucking rectangle and it's fine. These companies overthought it, and came up with something worse.

penningtron wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:52 pm

PEPPER! wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:43 pm I would never ever own a guitar that has a stupid looking headstock. I know this is very shallow of me. Sorry Reverend, sorry Seagull.

PRS and MusicMan too. And I don't feel bad about it: headstocks are stupidly easy. It could be a fucking rectangle and it's fine. These companies overthought it, and came up with something worse.

Still kinda want to get one of these kits and assemble and play it as-is without doing any routing.

penningtron wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:52 pm

PEPPER! wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:43 pm I would never ever own a guitar that has a stupid looking headstock. I know this is very shallow of me. Sorry Reverend, sorry Seagull.

PRS and MusicMan too. And I don't feel bad about it: headstocks are stupidly easy. It could be a fucking rectangle and it's fine. These companies overthought it, and came up with something worse.

Luthiers will argue that shortening the strings past the nut has some tangible effects, and they do, but I would argue that looking lame has more.