What are some "stupid guitar rules" you believe in?

Alnico

Bridgehouse said:

Alnico said:

My guitars are all on hangers now except for my Relic Telecaster which is on a hercules floor stand. I have to park my tremolo guitars with the pickup selector in the neck position on my strat and the bridge position on my Ibanez.
Also the straight section of the arm where the end / tip is has to be in line parallel to the strings. 
All my guitars have to wear their straps at all times but they're all fitted with Dunlop straplocks.
the straps can't come down across the body, they have to hang down along the top edge of the guitar so as to not obscure the body 'Top' as you look at them.
All control knobs have to be parked on number 10.
Each guitar has some kind of framed picture or photo hanging behind the neck that pertains in some meaningful way to that guitar.
My 'myth and magic' dragons must be on top of my amp at all times.

There's probably more....

Ah Tramodol Nights...

You said it man !

thebreeze

Never take all the strings off at once.
Wives will come to appreciate your playing over time.
Take risks when playing (I read a Keith quote once.....actually I swear by this).
You should learn the fretboard - I don't believe in this one but can't let it go.

Alnico

thebreeze said:

Never take all the strings off at once.
Wives will come to appreciate your playing over time.
Take risks when playing (I read a Keith quote once.....actually I swear by this).
You should learn the fretboard - I don't believe in this one but can't let it go.

Does this help?

http://i.imgur.com/q9qrjUf.jpg

thebreeze

Alnico said:

thebreeze said:

Never take all the strings off at once.
Wives will come to appreciate your playing over time.
Take risks when playing (I read a Keith quote once.....actually I swear by this).
You should learn the fretboard - I don't believe in this one but can't let it go.

Does this help?

http://i.imgur.com/q9qrjUf.jpg

Thank you. Let's see...

BBBlues

I'm not interested unless it says Fender or Gibson on the headstock.

Sassafras

Until I own a Dumble I will always be mediocre as a guitarist and also as a human.

HAL9000

stimpsonslostson said:

Buying this guitar will make me a better player.

That one's true though, isn't it?

stimpsonslostson

HAL9000 said:

stimpsonslostson said:

Buying this guitar will make me a better player.

That one's true though, isn't it?

No so far.... But I'll keep trying. 

Alnico

stimpsonslostson said:

HAL9000 said:

stimpsonslostson said:

Buying this guitar will make me a better player.

That one's true though, isn't it?

No so far.... But I'll keep trying. 

Best advice I've heard in years.
I'll join you.

Sassafras

The more goop in your OD pedal, the better it is.

DartmoorHedgehog

Almach said:

Telecasters are for fat people.

Teletubbies?

bobliefeld

RICHARD WAS RIGHT

ThePrettyDamned

Alnico said:

Bridgehouse said:

Alnico said:

My guitars are all on hangers now except for my Relic Telecaster which is on a hercules floor stand. I have to park my tremolo guitars with the pickup selector in the neck position on my strat and the bridge position on my Ibanez.
Also the straight section of the arm where the end / tip is has to be in line parallel to the strings. 
All my guitars have to wear their straps at all times but they're all fitted with Dunlop straplocks.
the straps can't come down across the body, they have to hang down along the top edge of the guitar so as to not obscure the body 'Top' as you look at them.
All control knobs have to be parked on number 10.
Each guitar has some kind of framed picture or photo hanging behind the neck that pertains in some meaningful way to that guitar.
My 'myth and magic' dragons must be on top of my amp at all times.

There's probably more....

Ah Tramodol Nights...

You said it man !

Huh, I'vew got some myth and magic stuff from when I was a kid! I won a couple of prototypes (including a fairly big Celtic Dragon one that's pretty cool) and my little brother won a Grandis Bellator in a raffle, which I think is limited edition. 

Not worth so much now, but brings a smile to my face for the memories. I loved those things, and will always keep the bigguns. 

brojangles

That putting strings narrower than 13s on my dreadnought will cause my penis to fall off. 
That lots of clicking and scratching on muted strings will make me as funky as Prince. 
That not playing blues-rock magically exempts me from being a middle aged guitar nerd. 

Alnico

ThePrettyDamned said:

Alnico said:

Bridgehouse said:

Alnico said:

My guitars are all on hangers now except for my Relic Telecaster which is on a hercules floor stand. I have to park my tremolo guitars with the pickup selector in the neck position on my strat and the bridge position on my Ibanez.
Also the straight section of the arm where the end / tip is has to be in line parallel to the strings. 
All my guitars have to wear their straps at all times but they're all fitted with Dunlop straplocks.
the straps can't come down across the body, they have to hang down along the top edge of the guitar so as to not obscure the body 'Top' as you look at them.
All control knobs have to be parked on number 10.
Each guitar has some kind of framed picture or photo hanging behind the neck that pertains in some meaningful way to that guitar.
My 'myth and magic' dragons must be on top of my amp at all times.

There's probably more....

Ah Tramodol Nights...

You said it man !

Huh, I'vew got some myth and magic stuff from when I was a kid! I won a couple of prototypes (including a fairly big Celtic Dragon one that's pretty cool) and my little brother won a Grandis Bellator in a raffle, which I think is limited edition. 

Not worth so much now, but brings a smile to my face for the memories. I loved those things, and will always keep the bigguns. 

At last count we've got 50 Dragons.
The biggest one we have (The Invader) sits on top of my amp. along with the slightly smaller one (Prince of Dragons).
Natasha has collected them since she was 19 and we first met. She's got some Limited Editions too and some exclusive 'Members only' pieces. They go for buttons now on Ebay!
They're special to us and the one's she gave me live on my amp and always have done.
They MUST stay there!!
lol.

mellowsun

When picking up a guitar in a shop I must go straight to the fifth fret and play a bluesy lick that involves a bend on the G string, how that feels will inform whether or not to buy it.

Its wrong to have volume and tone at 10 so I set them to just below 10.

Reading and talking about guitar will make me a better player.

Bridgehouse

New rule after today:

Listen to people who know their shit, particularly when it comes to Strats.

They are not anachronistic commonplace piles of junk, they can actually be really bloody good guitars.

jaytmon

A_T_W said:

(And saying you hate people who have stupid rules about guitars will get you tutted at loudly)

Can't believe no one's said this yet, but I hate people who have stupid rules about guitars  

Also, new, relic'd guitars are utterly pointless.

fretfinder

Funkfingers said: My favourite stupid rule seen on repair instruments is obeyed by people who align all of the polepiece screw slots on a humbucker perpendicular to the strings. They should stay behind after class to be tweaked.

Absolutely. Cos everyone knows the screws should really be aligned to the 'sawtooth' positions.

midlifecrisis

guitar solos on strats should be played with your head leaning forward over the guitar. on a les paul your head should be thrown back leaning away from it.