Favourite Guitar Company

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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

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Molly wrote:No votes for PRS. Early days but it maybe shows that some folk want character over quality.
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.
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null_pointer wrote:Conway likes Gibsons, Gretschs and Guilds.
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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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Gibson and Fender.

I also love Collings.
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Clanger wrote:Gibson and Fender.

I also love 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
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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 :rofl: :mental:

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I like the JvPP brand. I own every single one ever made!

I am probably also slightly biased
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willow13 wrote: The day Randy Rhoads approached Grover to make him a guitar changed the history of guitar forever
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.

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
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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.
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PRS look great, but they are art, not instruments, one mark and they're ruined IMHO.
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