Pointy guitars

Freebird · August 2020

What are the pros and the cons?

JerkMoans · August 2020

Cons: they look ridiculous.

Pros: unless you're in a hair metal band. Which looks kinda fun.

JayGee · August 2020

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Pro: They look ridiculous in a good way - this stuff’s supposed to be fun isn’t it?
Con: Danger of impaling the singer through the neck with the headstock or the bass player through the chest with the tail fin...

TTBZ · August 2020

Does an SG count? I go through phases of thinking it looks ok then changing to thinking the "devil horns" look ridiculous and childish. Can't bloody stand ACDC either which is the first thing people associate with one. I originally wanted mine because of Ian Mackaye.

Strangefan · August 2020

The pros are you get a great sounding instrument, which can run rings round most vintage gear, they sound brilliant and are usually very easy to play.

Cons are you will chip the horns.

If you ignore the opinion of most guitarists who think a guitar design should be from the 50s /60s you will find yourself in a position to buy a radical looking guitar which sounds immense and plays so well you csn concentrate on the playing and not the hocus pocus bullshit (mojo) we have been forced to believe in from decades of marketing.

skullfunkerry · August 2020

When I was gigging I had a variety of Jackson Kellys and Vs, and I found that they hung in a more comfortable position than Strats

Strangefan · August 2020

JerkMoans said:

Cons: they look ridiculous.

Pros: unless you're in a hair metal band. Which looks kinda fun.

You need to try a mockingbird, you would be converted.

skunkwerx · August 2020

Pros: They are great.

Cons: Unless its got Gibson on it, it might take a while to resell.

Strangefan · August 2020

skunkwerx said:

Pros: They are great.
Cons: Unless its got Gibson on it, it might take a while to resell.

The tides are a changing, I sold a Jap warlock within a week and last week my jap mockingbird in a day, the younguns are loving the points!

sawyer · August 2020

I've a 1988 Charvel model 1 ,and it plays easier than any other guitar I've had. Played better than my PRS Custom 22 which was the deciding factor to sell it and keep the Charvel.

TTBZ · August 2020

sawyer said:

I've a 1988 Charvel model 1 ,and it plays easier than any other guitar I've had. Played better than my PRS Custom 22 which was the deciding factor to sell it and keep the Charvel.

I loved the neck on my old Charvel Model 1C! So effortless to play. Wish I'd kept that guitar. Quite fancy one of the single bridge humbucker versions. Mine was HSS which is probably my least favourite pickup config! The prices seem to have gone up a lot though, mine was under £200 but that was about 12 years ago.

skullfunkerry · August 2020

TTBZ said:

sawyer said:

I've a 1988 Charvel model 1 ,and it plays easier than any other guitar I've had. Played better than my PRS Custom 22 which was the deciding factor to sell it and keep the Charvel.

I loved the neck on my old Charvel Model 1C! So effortless to play. Wish I'd kept that guitar. Quite fancy one of the single bridge humbucker versions. Mine was HSS which is probably my least favourite pickup config! The prices seem to have gone up a lot though, mine was under £200 but that was about 12 years ago.

I do love Jackson & Charvel necks; don't think I've ever had one I didn't get on with. Even the super cheap JS32 Dinky that I had a couple of years ago had a really nice neck. As an added bonus, I've never played a guitar with such good top fret access as my Soloist

Funkfingers · August 2020

TTBZ said:
SG … ACDC … is the first thing people associate with one.

Name drop Zal Cleminson!

TTBZ said:
Charvel Model 1C! So effortless to play. Wish I'd kept that guitar. Quite fancy one of the single bridge humbucker versions.

My best bitsa Charvel Model series guitar is a 1 neck on a 3 body.

FWIIW, I have an unfinished project single H Charvel, languishing in a corner. This has the JT-6 vibrato inserts.

TTBZ · August 2020

skullfunkerry said:

TTBZ said:

sawyer said:

I've a 1988 Charvel model 1 ,and it plays easier than any other guitar I've had. Played better than my PRS Custom 22 which was the deciding factor to sell it and keep the Charvel.

I loved the neck on my old Charvel Model 1C! So effortless to play. Wish I'd kept that guitar. Quite fancy one of the single bridge humbucker versions. Mine was HSS which is probably my least favourite pickup config! The prices seem to have gone up a lot though, mine was under £200 but that was about 12 years ago.

I do love Jackson & Charvel necks; don't think I've ever had one I didn't get on with. Even the super cheap JS32 Dinky that I had a couple of years ago had a really nice neck. As an added bonus, I've never played a guitar with such good top fret access as my Soloist

I recently played a San Dimas (I think) and was surprised at how big the neck felt. Not just wide but it was quite fat too. I found it a bit of an effort to play. Big fan of the Jackson necks though. I'm not a shredder at all but now find myself sat trawling eBay and reverb for Model 1

Anyone played the super cheap Kramer Barretta Special? Specs seem pretty good for the money (mahogany body, maple neck), are the necks anything like Charvel or Jackson?

rocktron · August 2020

Here's what a Charvel can do:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI4viWY39Ns

This is a Jackson Vinnie Vincent V. The body is actually flat and is painted to look like two guitars. I love it!!! :-

https://i.imgur.com/TuUMAoI.jpg

skullfunkerry · August 2020

TTBZ said:

skullfunkerry said:

TTBZ said:

sawyer said:

I've a 1988 Charvel model 1 ,and it plays easier than any other guitar I've had. Played better than my PRS Custom 22 which was the deciding factor to sell it and keep the Charvel.

I loved the neck on my old Charvel Model 1C! So effortless to play. Wish I'd kept that guitar. Quite fancy one of the single bridge humbucker versions. Mine was HSS which is probably my least favourite pickup config! The prices seem to have gone up a lot though, mine was under £200 but that was about 12 years ago.

I do love Jackson & Charvel necks; don't think I've ever had one I didn't get on with. Even the super cheap JS32 Dinky that I had a couple of years ago had a really nice neck. As an added bonus, I've never played a guitar with such good top fret access as my Soloist

I recently played a San Dimas (I think) and was surprised at how big the neck felt. Not just wide but it was quite fat too. I found it a bit of an effort to play. Big fan of the Jackson necks though. I'm not a shredder at all but now find myself sat trawling eBay and reverb for Model 1

Anyone played the super cheap Kramer Barretta Special? Specs seem pretty good for the money (mahogany body, maple neck), are the necks anything like Charvel or Jackson?

I don't know about the Kramer, but the Squier Contemporary Active Strat I had last year had an almost identical neck to the Charvel San Dimas Style 2 that I had at the same time

mbe · August 2020

TTBZ said::Anyone played the super cheap Kramer Barretta Special? Specs seem pretty good for the money (mahogany body, maple neck), are the necks anything like Charvel or Jackson?

I had one for a while and put a Tusq nut on it. Played nice, stayed in tune using the bar and the Alnico pickup was polite. Neck is generic, more like a Pacifica than a Jackson.

I eventually upgraded it by purchasing a Jackson JS22 Dinky for the superior neck and pickups, but I upgraded those ceramic pickups with Artec Alnico humbuckers for something more characterful.

Stevepage · August 2020

Only one Con. Necks are too thin.

Since putting together my own version of a shred guitar recently I'm convinced of it and most super strata/shred guitars just don't have the necks I want. The rest of the specs are great thiugh

FelineGuitars · August 2020

rocktron said:

Here's what a Charvel can do:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI4viWY39Ns

This is a Jackson Vinnie Vincent V. The body is actually flat and is painted to look like two guitars. I love it!!! :-

https://i.imgur.com/TuUMAoI.jpg

the Vinnie Vincent Jackson isn't flat

Image: https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/vinnie-vincent-rich-fuscia.jpg

TTBZ · August 2020

mbe said:

TTBZ said::Anyone played the super cheap Kramer Barretta Special? Specs seem pretty good for the money (mahogany body, maple neck), are the necks anything like Charvel or Jackson?

I had one for a while and put a Tusq nut on it. Played nice, stayed in tune using the bar and the Alnico pickup was polite. Neck is generic, more like a Pacifica than a Jackson.

ah, probably won't bother then, will have to keep on the lookout for a used Charvel Model 1!

Habanero · August 2020

I reckon Moser guitars rate when it comes to pointy bonkers ness

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