Yeah, it isn't the worst thing. Bridge looks solid. I hate the inlays and headstock. Other than that, just seems like bass. Its not as ugly as all those smooth shaped Ibanez Bassestallchris wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:15 pm I would totally fuck with that Jackson (put some passive pickups in it though).
Reissues out this year for 1200$, grab yours now!Kniferide wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:08 pmStill, IMO, one of the ugliest guitars ever made. They aren't even fun to play unless you have baby hands. It's the worst sum of all its parts.
That shape is the WORST. If you look at Cobain's original conceptual mock up of the guitar (the photo overlap), the shape actually works. But Fender really botched the execution when they made that body. Conversely, I actualy kinda like the look of the Courtney Love one...GuyLaCroix wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:05 pmReissues out this year for 1200$, grab yours now!Kniferide wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:08 pmStill, IMO, one of the ugliest guitars ever made. They aren't even fun to play unless you have baby hands. It's the worst sum of all its parts.
It's pretty ugly, but at least hers looks like some weird 70's Japanese Tiesco, or something and not what would happen if you asked an 8th grader to draw a Fender Mustang from memory. There is a thing I keep seeing where companies rarely create a new guitar shape, and when they do its like a completely different design firm creates the pick guard and electronics layout without ever seeing the shape. It's why the St. Vincent guitar was so refreshing. It looks cool. I'd buy one, but I don't want to talk to people about St. Vincent every time I hold it.tommy wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:42 amThat shape is the WORST. If you look at Cobain's original conceptual mock up of the guitar (the photo overlap), the shape actually works. But Fender really botched the execution when they made that body. Conversely, I actualy kinda like the look of the Courtney Love one...GuyLaCroix wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:05 pmReissues out this year for 1200$, grab yours now!Kniferide wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:08 pm
Still, IMO, one of the ugliest guitars ever made. They aren't even fun to play unless you have baby hands. It's the worst sum of all its parts.
You're right. I just relooked at the Venus and didn't remember the pickguard being so ugly. In my mind it was more like a solidbody Ric 360. I'd rather have a Toronado.Kniferide wrote: Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:39 pm It's pretty ugly, but at least hers looks like some weird 70's Japanese Tiesco, or something and not what would happen if you asked an 8th grader to draw a Fender Mustang from memory. There is a thing I keep seeing where companies rarely create a new guitar shape, and when they do its like a completely different design firm creates the pick guard and electronics layout without ever seeing the shape. It's why the St. Vincent guitar was so refreshing. It looks cool. I'd buy one, but I don't want to talk to people about St. Vincent every time I hold it.
Wouldn't it pretty much have to be?Krev wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:33 am FWIW, that bridge is a much better design than Rickenbacker's.
I like the Soundgear shape. I don't like transparent bright color woodgrain finishes, though. That's pretty painful.Kniferide wrote:Yeah, it isn't the worst thing. Bridge looks solid. I hate the inlays and headstock. Other than that, just seems like bass. Its not as ugly as all those smooth shaped Ibanez Bassestallchris wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:15 pm I would totally fuck with that Jackson (put some passive pickups in it though).
Gross!
biscuitdough wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:01 pmUnspeakable Ibanez of the year award. This is to guitars what a McMansion is to architecture. It's just too many fucking things. Headless? Yup. Metallic pickup bobbins? Yup. Offset fret markers that change sides halfway? Try and stop them. Vintage seafoam finish? Why not!
Can I get this with a heavy relic nitro finish, monkey handle, robo tuners, gold foil in the bridge and EMGs in the neck/middle?biscuitdough wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:01 pmUnspeakable Ibanez of the year award. This is to guitars what a McMansion is to architecture. It's just too many fucking things. Headless? Yup. Metallic pickup bobbins? Yup. Offset fret markers that change sides halfway? Try and stop them. Vintage seafoam finish? Why not!
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