Discussion Thread for "Rate My Guitar"

terada

Tone71

I purposely put a shit photo with no description and went on looks alone on all the others. Have a feeling it may have got a different response with an arty (decent) pic and description.

Wonder how many think "oh another Strat" then read its an original '54 and react accordingly?

Gassage

ICBM said:

Gassage said:

I was about to post a picture of this amazing Parker, but then people will say I'm not taking it seriously...

He had a signature Epiphone, in if I remember correctly Man City Blue...

I remember one of the puppets playing a Burns.

Gassage

My personal 'most interesting' guitar is @lasermonkey 's Pawn Shop bass VI. That I really like.

Bridgehouse

Gassage said:

My personal 'most interesting' guitar is @lasermonkey 's Pawn Shop bass VI. That I really like.

I’ve played one of those, and it was actually really quite nice. I had no need at the time so passed on it, but it really would have been cracking for that Cure baritone type of vibe. 

terada

Flippin'eck @Gassage thats stunner after stunner after stunner!

Garp

terada said:

bloodandtears said:

Jonathanthomas83 said:

bloodandtears said:

I think mine has the most LOLs...

I think I can argue that...do you have a link?

Beat this... http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/2089816/#Comment_2089816 (Blue Les Paul)

correct.. I'm short of that with mine.... only 60

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/post/facebook/comment?id=2089898

My swirl strat is lagging a distant 3rd with 55 

Not the most LOL's but the worst LOL/WOW ratio (35/2 = 17.5) appears to be my Gordon Smith Graf Deluxe! (see p.6)

Maybe it's the photo...

Gassage

Bridgehouse said:

Gassage said:

My personal 'most interesting' guitar is @lasermonkey 's Pawn Shop bass VI. That I really like.

I’ve played one of those, and it was actually really quite nice. I had no need at the time so passed on it, but it really would have been cracking for that Cure baritone type of vibe. 

They were Robert Smith's primary guitar....

Gassage

terada said:

Flippin'eck @Gassage thats stunner after stunner after stunner!

Thanks. I hardly ever play anything other than the Thinline, the 61 strat and the 58/59/65 Bitsa Tele.

Gassage

Conclusions one can draw:

1. Gold tops are loved, flamey bursts are not. (surprising!)

2. Strats and Teles rule.

3. People don't like blue guitars

4. People don't like green guitars

p90fool

Tone71 said:

I purposely put a shit photo with no description and went on looks alone on all the others. Have a feeling it may have got a different response with an arty (decent) pic and description.

Wis'd, I put a crappy pic up of my Strat and it had way more LOLs than WOWs last time I looked. 

It makes no odds to me, I've been playing primarily pre-CBS Strats, both mine and others for nearly 40 years, and my drab-looking CBS-necked bitsa is the best Strat I've ever played.  

Sporky

Gassage said:

Conclusions one can draw:

1. Gold tops are loved, flamey bursts are not. (surprising!)

2. Strats and Teles rule.

3. People don't like blue guitars

4. People don't like green guitars

Today I am opposites day. 

Bridgehouse

Gassage said:

Bridgehouse said:

Gassage said:

My personal 'most interesting' guitar is @lasermonkey 's Pawn Shop bass VI. That I really like.

I’ve played one of those, and it was actually really quite nice. I had no need at the time so passed on it, but it really would have been cracking for that Cure baritone type of vibe. 

They were Robert Smith's primary guitar....

Yeah - and he used it to great effect as well. I think it’s a shame there’s not more use of the format tbh as it’s a great bridge between bass and guitar and imho really adds something.

Youve got me thinking now... aaagh!

lasermonkey

Gassage said:

Bridgehouse said:

Gassage said:

My personal 'most interesting' guitar is @lasermonkey 's Pawn Shop bass VI. That I really like.

I’ve played one of those, and it was actually really quite nice. I had no need at the time so passed on it, but it really would have been cracking for that Cure baritone type of vibe. 

They were Robert Smith's primary guitar....

I see what you did there! 
:-)

terada

Gassage said:

Conclusions one can draw:

1. Gold tops are loved, flamey bursts are not. (surprising!)

2. Strats and Teles rule.

3. People don't like blue guitars

4. People don't like green guitars

Seems about right. I'd add:

5. Semis are less polarising. Most like them despite colours
6. Attractive human in picture with typically disliked guitar makes model well liked.

skullfunkerry

It's really interesting seeing the guitars, and reading everyone's comments about it.

I've found that I don't fully understand why I do or don't like some guitars, based on the photos alone: I've found myself liking some then not liking other almost identical ones...

Very surprised about @Jonathanthomas83's blue Les Paul though, I think that's stunning! (But then my guitars have all got way more lols than wows, so that shows where my tastes sit in this forum

terada

skullfunkerry said:

(But then my guitars have all got way more lols than wows, so that shows where my tastes sit in this forum

And as we're all a bunch of nerds obsessing over guitars on the internet its probably best to go against this particular grain 

Jonathanthomas83

skullfunkerry said:

It's really interesting seeing the guitars, and reading everyone's comments about it.

I've found that I don't fully understand why I do or don't like some guitars, based on the photos alone: I've found myself liking some then not liking other almost identical ones...

Very surprised about @Jonathanthomas83's blue Les Paul though, I think that's stunning! (But then my guitars have all got way more lols than wows, so that shows where my tastes sit in this forum

Thank you, sir, very kind of you.

Flanging_Fred

Somewhat surprisingly to me, my lol/wow ratio is very finely balanced which being a libra is somewhat satisfying. I would have thought boat anchors and silly kids guitar would be uniformly lol’d.  

Philly_Q

I'm quite surprised by the number of LOLs on that thread.

Maybe I'm not as mean-spirited as I thought I was.  I'm happy to WOW something if I like it, but I can't actually bring myself to LOL at somebody's pride and joy.

….unless someone shows up with something from the Peavey PXD series.