Favourite Guitar Company
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Re: Favourite Guitar Company
I dont do absolutes,so much can happen to a brand these days.All the transferral of ownship can take a great company and make it average or worse,and vice versa.
I have a bias to BC Rich,but thats just my inner 10 year old shitty bogan kid that never grew up.And there is a classic example of well made,forward thinking design that was driven into the ground and buried with the eyeballs of all who beheld their 2000's designs
I have a bias to BC Rich,but thats just my inner 10 year old shitty bogan kid that never grew up.And there is a classic example of well made,forward thinking design that was driven into the ground and buried with the eyeballs of all who beheld their 2000's designs
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I usually like the ones I tried but they've never been instantly GAS-inducing, and after buying my first one I never really felt the urge of buying another one.Molly wrote:No votes for PRS. Early days but it maybe shows that some folk want character over quality.
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Who's talking about buying guitars? I'd have thought an average conversation about stools reveals the depths of instability far more than purchasing round here...
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I've never owned an Ibanez I didn't like. I also have a soft spot for Danelectros, though I haven't bought one in yonks.
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Judith loves you too.Clanger wrote:Gibson and Fender.
I also love Collings.
Oh, CollinGS...
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For me it is Jackson/Charvel ... they were the guitars that all the bands I loved when I started playing guitar had. Out of my top 5 guitar players all but one plays a Jackson or a Charvel and the one who doesn't plays a fender (that own jackson/charvel)
The day Randy Rhoads approached Grover to make him a guitar changed the history of guitar forever
The day Randy Rhoads approached Grover to make him a guitar changed the history of guitar forever
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I don't own half as many guitars as the good blokes on this forum does but the 7 guitars I own are all different brands lol not a single double up of the same brand, so it's hard for me to answer this question as they're all my favorites. I guess i pick my favourite from each crop
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I like the JvPP brand. I own every single one ever made!
I am probably also slightly biased
I am probably also slightly biased
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I think we lusted after Jackson guitars in the same way that the previous generation would've wanted a genuine Fender Strat. And it seemed equally unattainable. Twisted Sister on TV with a couple of custom Charvel / Jackson guitars was about as close as it was going to get.willow13 wrote: The day Randy Rhoads approached Grover to make him a guitar changed the history of guitar forever
I did eventually get a US Soloist Custom and a few years later spent most of a term's grant on a second hand US Randy Rhoads in flip/flop purple-lilac. The case was fucking massive! That was an incredible-looking and beautifully finished guitar.
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Lowden. It's like every one I play was built especially for me.
Not so devoted to electrics but right now, Duesenberg is right up there
Not so devoted to electrics but right now, Duesenberg is right up there
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I think it has to be Fender for me. Not an exciting choice but the Strat is iconic for me.
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Curiously enough, I’ve always felt good playing a Jackson.
Like. Even if it had a paper thin neck, or I didn’t like the sound, the feel was still good. They’ve always felt well made and ... competent?
Weird word to use I know but still.
Big fan of what squier are doing, but I guess that’s just fender. Also a big fan of the se line.
In terms of stuff I have,
2 fenders (tele + acoustic),
2 corts - both cricket bats,
No other double ups.
Like. Even if it had a paper thin neck, or I didn’t like the sound, the feel was still good. They’ve always felt well made and ... competent?
Weird word to use I know but still.
Big fan of what squier are doing, but I guess that’s just fender. Also a big fan of the se line.
In terms of stuff I have,
2 fenders (tele + acoustic),
2 corts - both cricket bats,
No other double ups.
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PRS look great, but they are art, not instruments, one mark and they're ruined IMHO.
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