The Guitar Pron Thread

[Deej 76511]

Maybe because they can't improve upon them enough to justify it?

[Deej 76511]

Plus, they work as a self defense tool and stay playable.

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[BoomMF 1398]

3 minutes ago, Deej said:

Maybe because they can't improve upon them enough to justify it?

Or because they already have. (And doing so was such a low bar that it was done almost immediately.)

 

I'll dip out now, just wanted to let Doug know he's not the only one on this lonely hill.

Edited April 14, 2022 by BoomMF

[Deej 76511]

Most versatile guitar there is. It's ok you don't like them. You'll come around eventually. Everyone does.

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

Maybe because they can't improve upon them enough to justify it?

Exactly. You dont touch a classic. Everbody knows that. You don't see much variation in Les Paul copies either.

The Strat was experimental and futrlerustoc from the getgo. There's your platform to go wild with. Same can be said for flying Vs and Explorers.

[BoomMF 1398]

But Flying Vs and Explorers ARE Les Paul copies that further prove the point...

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

We are going to have to agree to disagree. Its like we're from different planets.

Vs and Explorers are plank guitars like the Tele and Strat there were built to compete with.

[BoomMF 1398]

On which of these planets do V's share anything with Strats from a design perspective? Because on this planet they share almost everything that's important and defining for sound with Les Pauls.

[Deej 76511]

Like he said, just a plank of wood. Not carved. No maple cap on a mahogany body. Has two humbuckers and the control scheme, but so do some Teles.

 

 

[BoomMF 1398]

"...that's defining for sound." Cosmetic tops don't change the guitar family, but things like neck setting type into solid-body wood type does. V's and Explorers couldn't be more Les Paul if you threw binding on them.

Edited April 14, 2022 by BoomMF

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

So your argument is that this is closer to a Strat than a Les Paul because it has a bolt on neck?

[BoomMF 1398]

Yes.

And electronics, and neck, bridge type, headstock type, and wood type, etc., etc.

It shares more important features with Les Pauls than any guitar shares with Telecasters.

Edited April 14, 2022 by BoomMF

[Deej 76511]

No Surlycaster for BoomMF.

[BoomMF 1398]

I change my mind.

[Deej 76511]

1 minute ago, BoomMF said:

I change my mind.

No, no...own your opinion. Haha.

[BoomMF 1398]

Yo, if I don't get a low SN copy then no more rides in cars that throw bullshit lights on the ground.

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

Yo, if I don't get a low SN copy then no more rides in cars that throw bullshit lights on the ground.

Definitely a highlight. Ive been talking about that since!

[Deej 76511]

You can buy those for 5 bucks on AliExpress.

[dcbc 14388]

1 hour ago, BoomMF said:

Telecasters, yes, Telecaster design elements incorporated into other guitars, no.

The number of Strat copies, and more importantly guitars that steal Strat design concepts, takes a chest dump on Tele numbers of the same. The reasons for this truism abound.

Telecasters are a cold war relic of blunt design.

[Goredho 17302]

Telecaster?  Les Paul?  PRS?  Fuck that shit.

Dreadnought FTW, bitches!
 

[Scooter Monzingo 820]

So, should we form a quorum to resolve these issues!

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

It did!

[tbone_ 14020]

[dcbc 14388]

 

 

 

Edited April 15, 2022 by dcbc

[Deej 76511]

17 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

 

[Deej 76511]

9 minutes ago, dcbc said:

 

 

 

Reminds me of my two.

 

[Superhero 8738]

12 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

Maybe Superhero just watched this video yesterday.
 

No. I first saw him play the Tele on his Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD. He also played a black Gretch Duo Jet.

They both sounded great, especially the Tele. But NOTHING beats the sound of his black Strat playing Comfortably Numb. 

[Buzzrock 14867]

Most versatile guitar there is. It's ok you don't like them. You'll come around eventually. Everyone does.

HSS Strat is the most versatile guitar there is.

[Celery Man 20874]

As an 11 year old discovering the world of guitars, the tele looked like a pudgy girl, the strat was already immediately recognizable as the electric guitar, and a flame top paf cherry burst les Paul was as obviously cool as a Ferrari testarossa.

But I mean, appreciation for the tele grew quickly. I didn’t like coffee as an 11 year old either and now I wouldn’t live without it.

Main flaw with the PRS headstock is it’s hard for a snark. Main thing that’s not cool about a PRS is the history of nu Metal and Hawaiian shirt white dentist blues cover bands.

Edited April 15, 2022 by Celery Man

[Buzzrock 14867]

Dave Navarro made PRS cool in the 80s. People forget that Jane’s Addiction basically invented alternative rock.

[Buzzrock 14867]

And honestly if you want to talk about questionable designs, the Les Paul is kinda silly. It looks like an orchestra instrument and isn’t practical in any real way. They are almost impossible to sit down and play. But good ones sound and play fantastic and most of them have really pretty tops. Like a less practical PRS.

/ducks

But Strat is king.

[Bogeywon 2518]

Nothing I can’t play with my PRS but that didn’t stop me from buying 15 other guitars. Lol LETTTSSS GOOO

[Celery Man 20874]

40 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

And honestly if you want to talk about questionable designs, the Les Paul is kinda silly. It looks like an orchestra instrument and isn’t practical in any real way. They are almost impossible to sit down and play. But good ones sound and play fantastic and most of them have really pretty tops. Like a less practical PRS.

/ducks

But Strat is king.

Also the headstock is attached to the neck with a saltine cracker 

[Deej 76511]

49 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

But Strat is king.

Leo ripped off Paul Reed Smith for that one, so it doesn't count. 

[Chad Fuck 17503]

Buzz exercising his trollolol muscles this morning.

[topochico 1049]

[Celery Man 20874]

Really there’s just the one answer

[Chad Fuck 17503]

Really there’s just the one answer

All of them.

[Chad Fuck 17503]

Really there’s just the one answer

All of them.

[Goredho 17302]

Cant we all just play along?

- Rodney “B. B.” King

[Buzzrock 14867]

Buzz exercising his trollolol muscles this morning.

I know, just fucking around on a Good Friday. I’ve stated before that PRS makes a damn fine instrument but it does look a little furniture-like to me. I kind of admire Navarro’s take with the solid white edition.

This is a pretty cool list of 35 artist players weighing in on the PRS anniversary a couple years ago. Celery is right, they have a lot of nu metal players but some legit heavyweights as well. A testament to their appeal.

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/35-players-including-john-mayer-alex-lifeson-dave-navarro-and-carlos-santana-on-why-they-love-prs-guitars

[topochico 1049]

Good Friday/Fender Friday

 

Edited April 15, 2022 by topochico
forgot the Shroud of Turin neck plate image

[noharleyyet 2835]

Yes to Strats...

 

[Goredho 17302]

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

I can get behind a Fender Friday.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11796]

44 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I can get behind a Fender Friday.

That’s straight up trolling!

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

That’s straight up trolling!

Straight up trolling l would have been if I set it up with your Princeton Reverb judge.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11796]

6 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

24 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

That’s straight up trolling!

Straight up trolling l would have been if I set it up with your Princeton Reverb judge.

You still have it?  Figured you’d have refurbished and passed it on.   Still apologetic about my alcoholic haze and the misunderstanding my wife had about that thing.

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

I have it. Its in good hands.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11796]

2 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I have it. Its in good hands.

Cool.  I have all I need now between the super and the little orange amp. Well and the fender bass amp.  Oh and that other one in the closet…. Never ends. 

Edited April 15, 2022 by Judge Roybeanbag