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What guitar screams 'punk'?
Certain guitars have an image and association with certain genres. LP for rock, Tele for country, etc. Growing up a metaller I always wanted an Explorer.
But what is the go-to punk guitar? A friend asked me yesterday and I had no idea! There's the obvious 'anything, as long as you play it loud' argument but if you were a punk fan (in all its various incarnations over the years) is there a guitar that everyone uses and defines the sound/image?
My thought was an LP Junior or Junior Doublecut with its no-frills single pickup design but I'm not sure what I'm basing that on other than Green Day!
But what is the go-to punk guitar? A friend asked me yesterday and I had no idea! There's the obvious 'anything, as long as you play it loud' argument but if you were a punk fan (in all its various incarnations over the years) is there a guitar that everyone uses and defines the sound/image?
My thought was an LP Junior or Junior Doublecut with its no-frills single pickup design but I'm not sure what I'm basing that on other than Green Day!
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Good Tele in runner up spot
Failing that, Tele or doublecut LP Jnr.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57632/
If looks are your main signifier of "punk", consider Johnny Ramone's low slung Mosrite, Peter Shelley's broken Starway or whatever Ron Asheton was playing in 1969.