Guitars you hate...

digitalkettle

kelvinburn said:

Mother of pearl is a complete dealbreaker for me. Suhr headstocks. Active pickups. Tremeloes of any kind. Red guitars.

Just about got you covered:

http://www.nutsandsaddles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1SU_M_SN009_2FW.jpg

drwiddly

Really not keen on tobacco sunburst on anything other than 335's and that Andy Timmons Ibanez sig - I know it's weird!

crunchman

There's things that I don't like e.g. Paisley Teles, body end truss rod adjustment, wide shallow necks, late seventies LPs that need a crane to lift them, mother of toilet seat inlays.

But there is only one thing that really really really bothers me:  That horrible big CBS Strat headstock.  It's just wrong.  It's horrible

albanov

@TheOtherDennis on reflection that was a little harsh. I'd like to apologise to yamaha's, and mums, everywhere. I'll stand by the Firebird though. The horror…

racefaceec90

floyd rose (or similar guitars) currently have an ibanez s420 guitar.can never fit new strings to one without it (bleep)ing up.

the annoying thing is this isn't my first double locking guitar (you would have thought i'd learn after the first one but no).i don't hate what they do,just the ball ache of fitting new strings,setting up e.t.c.

as for guitars i hate,i don't hate any guitar,but am not keen on strats (especially ones that are red/white/tobacco burst with maple neck).

 

xSkarloey

albanov said:

I'm with @JookyChap on those Yamaha strats (pacifica?) too. So reasonably priced! So reliable! So depressing... It's the guitar your mum would buy you.

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Yes, yes you're right. The basic model is boring as hell. The guitar equivalent of those cars like Micras and Mk ii Corsas you see little old men and women driving. 

57Deluxe

Steinbergers... I like to get as much wood as possible for my money please...

iseverynamegone

Any great condition original 60s 3X5. In fact I hate any guitar I want but can't afford .

usedtobe

JookyChap;203459" said:

GuitarMonkey said:



JookyChap said:

And as for double-cut Les Paul Jrs - awful looking things. 










That's it. You are dead to me now.





I will haunt you..




usedtobe said:

Jooky chap - I love you to bits, man, but seriously - dc les paul juniors and butterscotch teles? And did you say fret king's? I feel like I just heard that the wife's been playing away..










Sorry man. I forgot about those horrible tobacco burst Strats too, hope that helps

Yeah, that's better, thanks!

mike_l

racefaceec90 said:

floyd rose (or similar guitars) currently have an ibanez s420 guitar.can never fit new strings to one without it (bleep)ing up. 

Slow down, take your time, and follow what I put in the other thread a few weeks ago. B-)

usedtobe

Skarloey;203921" said:

albanov said:





I'm with @JookyChap on those Yamaha strats (pacifica?) too. So reasonably priced! So reliable! So depressing... It's the guitar your mum would buy you.







)

Yes, yes you're right. The basic model is boring as hell. The guitar equivalent of those cars like Micras and Mk ii Corsas you see little old men and women driving. 

Don't be starting on mk 2 corsa's, pal...!

monquixote

I don't really hate any guitars. 

I do have a dislike of: Gold hardware on Fenders, Pearly pickguards, Over the top pearl binding on Far East metal guitars, Badly proportioned pointy guitars, Many of Gibson's recent designs

mike_l

I forgot abot BC Rich, fugly horrible looking things.

Mockingbird aside, as, to my eyes they look ok, fugly.

samzadgan

besides strats and superstrats...i could like any other guitar. The things i dislike is dot inlays...and i hate guitars that don't have binding.

monquixote

digitalkettle said:

kelvinburn said:

Mother of pearl is a complete dealbreaker for me. Suhr headstocks. Active pickups. Tremeloes of any kind. Red guitars.

Just about got you covered:

http://www.nutsandsaddles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1SU_M_SN009_2FW.jpg

That to me is near perfect 

Bucket

Actually, one thing that does get my goat somewhat:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Epiphone_Casino_SB.jpg

What is the earthly point of having all those extra frets you can't reach? Absolutely idiotic, not to mention ugly.

This is much better - I covet one.

http://cdn1.gbase.com/usercontent/gear/3176193/p2_u0qbkc5aq_so.jpg

chrisj1602

Bucket said:

Actually, one thing that does get my goat somewhat:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Epiphone_Casino_SB.jpg

What is the earthly point of having all those extra frets you can't reach? Absolutely idiotic, not to mention ugly.

This is much better - I covet one.

http://cdn1.gbase.com/usercontent/gear/3176193/p2_u0qbkc5aq_so.jpg

That is very annoying with Casinos... The new Coupe one has much better access.

Nunogilberto

Some interesting stuff on this thread! Hate seems too strong a word for many of you but I really do hate matt black goth/metal guitars with EMGs in. As well as some of the music they're responsible for... Otherwise, there are guitars I struggle to get on with/dislike the look of, but I don't hate them - like Les Pauls, Jaguars, Burns, jazz boxes etc...

Other stuff I hate that others have touched on though - gold hardware, locking trems, cream neck binding (now I really fucking hate that - looks and feels cheap and nasty)...

lamf68

Burn you bastard, Burn!!!

ICBM

Bucket said:

Actually, one thing that does get my goat somewhat:

[Casino]

What is the earthly point of having all those extra frets you can't reach? Absolutely idiotic, not to mention ugly.

They're specifically for tapping, I thought you would like that…

Either that or the definition of a gentleman is someone who can play up there but chooses not to, and so it's a way of making that easier.

This is actually why I liked that Les Paul Signature so much - until the neck gave me hand cramps - I don't like 335s because the neck is too far out of the body to the left, but I don't like 330s/Casinos because I actually agree with you. The LP Signature solves the problem by having the short neck like a 330 but with a deep cutaway on the treble side so you can reach it easily.