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thomasross20

The SG jack socket on the front is also weird

ICBM

thomasross20 said:

The SG jack socket on the front is also weird

I don't mind the jack being on the front since I always use right-angled plugs, but it's far to close to the controls and gets in the way. Actually all the controls are too close together.

I love the sound of SGs and like the look, but that and the usual neck-heavy balance really make them hard for me to play - I prefer guitars were the front strap button is between the 12th-16th frets, preferably the 12th-14th.

thomasross20

I use right angled jacks, too - high five!

ROOG

thomasross20 said:

I use right angled jacks, too - high five!

I have a mixture, I choose as the mood dictates!

lloyd

thomasross20 said:

The SG jack socket on the front is also weird

I stood on a lead with it plugged in to my Epi SG (was 15 or so-it was my pride and joy!) it bent then cracked the wood....hole's covered with tape and the jack socket's now in at the side like a tele. |'d be devastated were it an expensive/vintage one. I'd never use anything other than an angled jack with an SG, 335 etc. Why they're not on the side I don't know.

Samgb

Never owned a tele. Its next on my list.

For pretty much all of my life a LP was my dream guitar. Until i played one and didnt get on with it at all. The price is ridiculous for what it is as well. An absolute piss-take. 

   

bluechargeboy

Never owned a:

- SG/Explorer/V

- Semi-acoustic/hollow body

- Jaguar/Jazzmaster

- PRS

- Rickenbacker

 

I have never even touched a PRS (not even an SE) as far as I know!

BigLicks67

Never owned an SG - love the sound hate the look.

335

330

Jag/Jazzmaster

PRS - don't like the necks or headstock.

ICBM

lloyd said:

I stood on a lead with it plugged in to my Epi SG (was 15 or so-it was my pride and joy!) it bent then cracked the wood....hole's covered with tape and the jack socket's now in at the side like a tele. |'d be devastated were it an expensive/vintage one. I'd never use anything other than an angled jack with an SG, 335 etc. Why they're not on the side I don't know.

Because it's easier and cheaper to do all the routing and drilling in one operation.

I would always use a right-angle plug with any guitar other than a Strat (and even that will work usually) or one of those Ibanezes with the stupid recessed barrel jack anyway though. Whether the jack is on the front or the side it's just a much better solution than having the cable sticking out straight, and modern right-angle plugs are much higher quality than the pancake ones of the past.

stickyfiddle

In descending order of "potentially being considered heinous"...

ES-335

Marshall amp

Rickenbacker

Orange

Locking trem

Ibanez/Jackson/Charvell

PRS

or, frankly, anything particularly "boutique" except a Valvesporker, because Sporks only made about 12 of them.

I do fancy having some ridiculous double-locking rock machine at some point, but more in the Manson/Bellamy mould than the 80's superstrat thing.

SquireJapan

I think this threat is pointing towards someone creating a bingo card or something ... I reckon there are rights of passage for guitarists as well - a bit similar to the TopGear honing of "not being a true petrol head until you've owned an Alfa" I've owned a half stack (i.e. 4x12), but never a full stack. That's the closest I can think - it's a bit of a Rock Rating thing, more than guitarist rating ... Meh, I don't know...

Teetonetal

SquireJapan said:

I think this threat is pointing towards someone creating a bingo card or something ... I reckon there are rights of passage for guitarists as well - a bit similar to the TopGear honing of "not being a true petrol head until you've owned an Alfa" I've owned a half stack (i.e. 4x12), but never a full stack. That's the closest I can think - it's a bit of a Rock Rating thing, more than guitarist rating ... Meh, I don't know...

Interesting: What would rights of passage gear be:

Marshall stack & Fender Amps

Tele, Strat, LP

Tubescreamer and DMM?

sure there are lots of other worthy contenders but those seem pretty Iconic?

musicegbdf

Never owned a Tele, though not anti, in fact not anti anything just some float my boat more than others. Also depends on the sound I am looking at that moment. I now own two strats and they sound vastly different. My PRS is the most versatile guitar, the ES 336 the richest mellow sound ,the Martyn Booth (p90) a rock monster. I have a Godin Lgxsa that is beautiful, but never gelled with. So each of my harem is different. I suppose I am a guitar whore as I am faithful to none.
On my fancy list R6, ES 175 (or other jazzer) and maybe a pointy metal thingy, nice classical ,and a banjo.

SquireJapan

I'd never played a gibson into a Marshall until recently - I think that should be a mandatory experience

I've never played through an AC30 either, or played a rickenbacker.

Simularly, I think superstat into a marshall is another. Likewise strat, tubescreamer into fender is another.

littlethoughts

Never owned a Gibson or Marshall anything.

mike_l

Never owned an Explorer, V, or other non-Strat shaped guitar - other than an Epi Les Paul.

Never owned a Mesa Boogie amp. Or Fender amp. Or a dirt pedal.......

 

 

 

 

 

See if you can spot the little white lie............ 

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UnclePsychosis

Never had a:

Strat
Les Paul
SG
Offset Fender
PRS
Fender Amp
Guitar with a Floyd Rose
Gibson
Guitar with proper P90s

I'm not really a gear head ;-)

lloyd

ICBM said:

lloyd said:

I stood on a lead with it plugged in to my Epi SG (was 15 or so-it was my pride and joy!) it bent then cracked the wood....hole's covered with tape and the jack socket's now in at the side like a tele. |'d be devastated were it an expensive/vintage one. I'd never use anything other than an angled jack with an SG, 335 etc. Why they're not on the side I don't know.

Because it's easier and cheaper to do all the routing and drilling in one operation.

I would always use a right-angle plug with any guitar other than a Strat (and even that will work usually) or one of those Ibanezes with the stupid recessed barrel jack anyway though. Whether the jack is on the front or the side it's just a much better solution than having the cable sticking out straight, and modern right-angle plugs are much higher quality than the pancake ones of the past.

Yeah it comes down to money I suppose-I only use angled jacks now, ever since that incident in fact!! You live and learn. Makes me nervous to see a straight one in anything plugged into wood-plenty do it.

tbm

Never owned:
- a Mesa
- a PRS
- a pointy guitar
- a guitar with a Floyd Rose
- a Boss Metal Zone
- a Rickenbacker
- a 335
- a Squire
- a Danalectro that wasn't great

english_bob

I've never owned a guitar. What's it like?