have you disliked a certain type of guitar,but then changed your mind when you actually played one?

mike_l · June 2014

Other way round for me.

I had an Epi LP Custom, and it got to the point that it was played 3 times in 3 years, so I PX'd against a Charvel, which gets played a lot.

Also I tried my old teachers PRS (all £3000 worth) and couldn't wait to get back to my £400 Strat......It was lovely to look at, but it didn't feel right to me.

Drew_TNBD · June 2014

lol. Yes. The Les Paul. I hated them before I got one. Mostly because I'm an asshole.

koneguitarist · June 2014

Rickenbacker bass, hated the look and my perceived idea on its tone, then had to dep as a bassist one night, and the only bassist that wasn't gigging had a Rickie 4003 so I used that reluctantly. Rickie Guitars I still hate. The bass had a surprisingly good range of tones, and access to all the. Items was so easy,nice bass.

jeztone2 · June 2014

The first time I played a PRS Custom 24 I found I didn't like it, then I tried a McCarty & loved it. It dawned on me that I like the wide/fat neck profile.

midlifecrisis · June 2014

always been into les pauls and humbucker guitars, thinking strats were old mens guitars,but couple of yrs ago picked up an old Japanese squire strat, only started playing it about a year ago and realise what an amazing design in ergonomics, and sound these things are,, however still gig mostly les paul, and a flying v type thing (more for image than anything else)

crunchman · June 2014

SG

Never liked them but the staff in a shop were noodling on one when I was in there. I had a go, and it was probably the best guitar I'd ever played. Ended up buying it.

beed84 · June 2014

When I was younger, if it didn't have humbuckers then I simply wasn't interested. Now I've matured, I much prefer the single coil variety. Having said that, I have a Les Paul type guitar at the moment and I love the sound, I'm just ambivalent about the neck pickup on clean.

I'd also agree with @midlifecrisis about the design of strats. The way they sit and feel is near perfection.

Balls. I'm gassing for a strat now.

Blueingreen · June 2014

Strat. When I started playing I was much more of a lead player than a rhythm player and all the players whose sounds I most liked played Gibsons. Santana, Mick Taylor, early Clapton, Page, Peter Green, early Beck, Larry Carlton with SD. So for several years I played a LP Custom.

Then I got a gig in a "Blues Brothers" type band playing Stax, James Brown etc and most of the recordings were single coil rhythm sounds. I got the chance to pick up a Tokai Strat which seemed a steal because it was better than the stock Fenders of the era and a helluva lot cheaper so I went for it. I found it was ideal for the rhythm sound I wanted but what really surprised me was how easily I could get lead sounds very close to what I was used to on the LP. I realised it was easier to get lead sounds I was happy with on the Strat than get rhythm sounds I liked out of the LP and when cash got tight I sold the LP and kept the Tokai. I never loved it the way I loved the LP but as a practical, versatile guitar it was the better option.

strat4mustang · June 2014

Musicman guitars, always hated how they look, but after playing one the neck blew me away. Wouldn't own one but it's a guilty pleasure

meltedbuzzbox · June 2014

JookyChap said:

Jaguars.. Always thought they were for girls or for short armed geezers compared to the real thing (a Jazzmaster, obv.)

However, now I'm old and infirm and my arms are clearly shrinking, I can just about put up with them.

They always looked cool mind

I really wanted to like the Jag the first time I played one. It was a frustrating 5 minutes of over fretting riffs and generally playing like a spanner. I put it down and vowed to never touch one again.

1 year later I am in PMT trying all the Jazzmasters, mascis squier, vmjm, blacktop etc... I got to the Classic player Jag, I refused to play it but the sales lad was really keen for me to try it. I was protesting I didn't like em and I couldn't play them etc...

Anyway I picked it up, plugged it in and remained welded to it for 50+ mins. Deal done, guitar sold... I only went in for a fuzz pedal....

I now have 5 of the damn things.

Steadhock · June 2014

Honestly I think almost every single one of my guitars have been a 'surprise' purchase. Went in to buy an Ibanez superstrat type, walked out with a PRS. Hated Telecasters with a passion, now I can't get enough of them. Conversely, so many guitars I wanted to love I just hated, too. I had the chance to try out one of the high-end Musicman Petrucci models once and was very excited to see what a top of the range MM would be like...and absolutely hated it. Had real GAS for a Strat for a while too but have just never found one I can get on with well enough (hence the newfound addiction to Teles). But probably the most surprising was the Gibson Firebird X - yes, that one with the strange shape, bluetooth pedals, etc. Every fibre of my being told me to hate that guitar but damn, I actually liked it more than just about any Gibson I've ever tried. Go figure! Not enough to buy one of course, but still.

The only thing more frustrating to me is amps. If only I could fall in love with one I can actually afford...

ICBM · June 2014

Steadhock said:

Honestly I think almost every single one of my guitars have been a 'surprise' purchase. Went in to buy an Ibanez superstrat type, walked out with a PRS.

Same with me. I went in to buy a Squier Jagmaster and came out with a pink PRS Custom 22

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Most of my others have just been in the right place at the right time and discovering that I really like them.

Phil_aka_Pip · June 2014

Semis. For a while they were the province of

people old enough to be my dad, who were into jazzy stuff that didn't include overdriven Marshall stacks
1960's pop groups with short hair, polo neck sweaters, cheesy grins, and twangy stuff with no sustain

Then I met someone who had a 1968 ES-335. Then I became aware of players like Larry Carlton.

Now I have an ES-335 and an SA2200

Majorscale · June 2014

Like many others here, LPs and Teles. Now have one of each while some of my modern era designed guitars have left the fold!

stevenguitars · June 2014

the humble telecaster

Samgb · June 2014

It seems my youthful Strat-Aversion is not unusual!

Always been a HB guy. Had a Japanese 335 copy as my first ever guitar(cant even remember the name - i was 15 and a rock dude - never should have sold it), SG, LP. Didnt like Strats. I didnt mind Strat players(although i always thought theyd sound better with a LP!) but id tried a couple and didnt like the string tension or the way they felt. And then as time went on i started liking single coil sounds more and i play with hardly any effects and only just breaking up levels of gain so the Strat's sonic palette started seeming more attractive. Bought one a few months ago and although the pickups werent great and ive recently swapped them out it really is lovely and as people have said its a masterpiece of design and ergonomics.

If i absolutely had to choose one guitar it would be a LP and if i had to play a rough n tumble gig it would be an SG but deep down i know that my Strat might be my best guitar? Does that make sense?

Samgb · June 2014

Also, Teles. A lot of my favourite players are Tele-Guys. Robbie Robertson, Keef, Steve Cropper. I should love them but ive tried a few and whether or not they were just poorly set up or bad guitars ive absolutely hated them. Ive just put a SD Twang Banger in a Strat to make it sound more Tele ish so it sure isnt the sound i dislike. Weird. Ive clearly just not found 'the One' yet.

It is my 40th birthday next year....

Stevepage · June 2014

PRS. I used to hate them for some reason but then I changed my mind when I played an old standard 24 which was incredibly (bought it there and then).

Telecaster. Used to despise then thinking silly emo and indie kids only played them. Then I tried one out through a cornford carrera and it was one of the best tones I've ever heard

Grunfeld · June 2014

Two for me:
Ibanez RG. I had the assumption that they were pointy guitars only made for widdly metal players and would inevitably sound like a fizzy, crappy YouTube video - therefore I hated them. But over someone’s house I picked one up and literally did not want to put it down, offered him cash and went home with it. Love the Wizard neck, love the comfortable feel, and love the versatility. Got three of them.

Fender Jazzmaster. Well, it’s got the word “jazz” in it so I closed my mind, because I am not a jazz cat. These guitars weren’t even on my radar until last year. I'd literally never noticed them. I don’t like Strats, (had three, so I've made the effort), to the extent that I figured anything by Fender was probably a bit rubbish — but on a total whim I went and bought a Jazzmaster and even though it’s the opposite of an RG I still really like it — not for its playability, because it’s a bit of an effort as it happens, but because for some reason I feel totally comfortable and psychologically confident playing it on stage.

impmann · June 2014

Jaguars and Jazzmasters - I always thought they were a bit naff and were played by people who were attempting to be cool by playing shit guitars. I played a few and based on their in-shop set up, my views were backed up. Plus with the exception of Elvis Costello and the Beach Boys (and only the Smile-era stuff), I couldn't find anyone who's music I liked that used them...

Then a great friend sent me this link:

Immediately... this was my sort of music... and the mad bugger stage right is playing *that* solo on a Jazzmaster getting that sound (he swaps to the Jazzmaster for the end solo). After trawling Youtube for every performance of this band I could find, and then discovering the mad bugger was called Nels Cline and discovered his even more barking mad solo stuff and his incredible jazz-based stuff... I had to have a Jazzmaster... and so began my offset journey. I now have a Jag and a Jazzmaster - and they are now my main 'home' guitars... I shall one day put together an originals band doing similar style to Wilco, but with a UK-based perspective. :-)

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