What guitar did you always want but ......

GavRichList

ICBM said:

GavHaus said:

Ive always been drawn to firebirds in the same way. Never tried one, and generally don't care for Gibsons, but they've got a certain something

called a massive balance problem.

I always wanted one - Phil Manzanera was an early hero of mine - and finally bought one. It lasted three weeks before I had to sell it. I'm just not tall enough to play it - Phil is around 8" taller than me! I can't comfortably reach the end of the neck because it sticks out so far to the left, and the balance makes it impossible to tilt up at a steeper angle without it being too low at the other end to pick easily - if I was taller that would work.

I still play every one I see in case the laws of physics have somehow changed in the mean time, but they haven't yet...

I'm 5' 9" so i have similar reservations

meltedbuzzbox

GavHaus said:

I'm 5' 9" so i have similar reservations

LOL short arse :-P

GavRichList

Yep. I sleep in my pedal board

Parker

Guild Brian May!

Could probably just about afford one now, but I know its not the perfect guitar for me!

dogload

ICBM said:

GavHaus said:

Ive always been drawn to firebirds in the same way. Never tried one, and generally don't care for Gibsons, but they've got a certain something

called a massive balance problem.

This! I also always wanted one too, but once I had one it was just too apparent I wasn't Rock'n'Roll enough to keep it. Same with the Explorer (that one lasted an afternoon before I took it back and got a much more appropriate Casino!).

Which brings us to what I have always wanted and will probably never have - a Rickenbacker 4003. I love the look the sound and how comfortable it is to play, but every time I play one, I find myself thinking how much I dislike the neck. I just can't get away with it, and it always disappoints me. I've lusted for one since I first saw Lemmy with one, and probably always will. But I don't think I'll have one.

Samgb

stimpsonslostson said:

Anything costing more than £300.

I have two (very) young kids and a spectacular lack of spare cash!

This!

Hopefully when theyre both at school and the nursery fees are gone...and the car is paid for...maybe..then...just...i can get something nice!

I enjoy coming on here but i am often overwhelmed with the urge to punch people who can afford nice guitars and keep showing me photos of them right in the kisser.

And i mean that with much love and affection;)

Shark_Eyes

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavHaus said:

I'm 5' 9" so i have similar reservations

LOL short arse :-P

I've just started lusting after a non-reverse firebird and I'm 5'5". I think i'll stay well away lest I get laughed at.

PVO_Dave

USA Parker Fly, never tried one though and reports of how thin the necks are put me off actively seeking one out to try.

ICBM

dogload said:

Which brings us to what I have always wanted and will probably never have - a Rickenbacker 4003. I love the look the sound and how comfortable it is to play, but every time I play one, I find myself thinking how much I dislike the neck. I just can't get away with it, and it always disappoints me. I've lusted for one since I first saw Lemmy with one, and probably always will. But I don't think I'll have one.

Play some older ones - they've changed the neck specs a lot over the years. My '73 4001 has a totally different neck to my previous '06 4003 - much narrower and slightly deeper. There are even big differences between some of the modern years.

Shark_Eyes said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

GavHaus said:

I'm 5' 9" so i have similar reservations 

LOL short arse :-P

I've just started lusting after a non-reverse firebird and I'm 5'5". I think i'll stay well away lest I get laughed at.

I think they're longer than you are tall .

(You're only an inch shorter than me, so I'm not laughing too much .)

Teetonetal

I always wanted a pink paisley Tele - which is good as Ishibashi are sending me one!

meltedbuzzbox

GavHaus said:

Yep. I sleep in my pedal board

Unless you are a borrower that is never gonna happen

Samgb

Gibson Les Paul Standard.

Grew up loving the shape, the sound, the mythology. As ive got older ive become much less fond of HBs and i just look at the prices of these new and think - never buying that.

Gretsch Country Gent/White Falcon/Any of the bling models.

For the reasons @Meltedfuzzbox gave above

"Gretsch White Falcon

I have a horrible feeling I will find it awful if I ever do play it"

 

Beautiful looking and sounding but they dont half look uncomfortable and have fiddly bits. I shall leave them, shining like Excalibur in The Stone. Never played by me.

TheCount

I always wanted to get another Marlin Sidewinder, but prices being what they are now I'll probably never be able to afford it

xmrchi

A sunburst heavily flamed , Gibson Les Paul Standard, I have had a fir few Les Pauls but never the AAA Flamed top standard....I would still love one, but I know it would not be used as much as the Guild, so would prob not bother these days, what a shame !

Niallmo

http://www.edroman.com/guitars/ibanez/images/ibanez-chromeboy-01.jpg

I used to have a JS1200. Great guitar. Loved the Chromeboy idea.

not_the_dj

The chrome Satriani or blue flower Vai ibanez for me. I was just getting into guitar when the Guitar Legends concert was on the telly (Expo '92) and I drooled over the ibanez catalogue and the ads in Guitar World. 

richh

PVO_Dave said:

"USA Parker Fly, never tried one though and reports of how thin the necks are put me off actively seeking one out to try."

Can I suggest that you try a Parker Nitefly?  The original ones, no longer made, but available 2nd hand.  I've tried the expensive USA Parkers (Deluxe) and found the neck too thin.  The NiteFly has a chunkier neck, great hardware, and is easy to mod with new pickups if need be.  The more expensive USA equivalent (Deluxe, etc), have such thin bodies that apparently swapping pickups is difficult to impossible.  And I didn't like the sound or the feel of the Deluxe personally.  Heresy, but each to his own!

TheOtherDennis

I can never quite decide between a black Les Paul with gold hardware or a natural ES335 like @jalapeno's beauty.

Samgb

not_the_dj said:

The chrone Satriani or blue flower Vai ibanez for me. I was just getting into guitar when the Guitar Legends concert was on the telly (Expo '92) and I drooled over the ibanez catalogue and the ads in Guitar World. 

I remember that Guitar Legends thing being on TV. Funny, all the people the 17 year old me thought were rubbish would be the ones id be watching now and vice versa!

I distinctly remember wondering who the hell John McLaughlin was. And Phil Manzanera too!

I bet thats on Youtube somewhere.

not_the_dj

Samgb said:

not_the_dj said:

The chrone Satriani or blue flower Vai ibanez for me. I was just getting into guitar when the Guitar Legends concert was on the telly (Expo '92) and I drooled over the ibanez catalogue and the ads in Guitar World. 

I remember that Guitar Legends thing being on TV. Funny, all the people the 17 year old me thought were rubbish would be the ones id be watching now and vice versa!

I distinctly remember wondering who the hell John McLaughlin was. And Phil Manzanera too!

I bet thats on Youtube somewhere.