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Counterpoint to the "Who makes you want a Strat?" thread 
For me, it was the Schenkers (Rudolph and Michael), KK Downing, and Robbin Crosby (though I was never a huge fan of RATT).
They always looked so much cooler than a Strat or LP for Heavy Metal IMO.
I think the only other guitar I truly thought looked the part of Heavy Metal was the SG Standard or 3-pickup SG Custom because of the two pointy horns.
Explorers always looked a bit "too round" for Heavy Metal for me, especially once I saw dude from .38 Special rocking one in the "Hold On Loosely" video.
Never mind Mathias Jabs' Explorers. Alongside Rudy's V, it looked like it belonged there, but off by itself, not so much.
But when you saw KK and his Hamer single-hum V in the Heading Out To The Highway video, or Robbin "King" Crosby with Big Red in Round and Round, you knew it was meant for poking people in the eye
Tipton's SG Special with its dot inlays just looked too boring to me - gotta have me some blocks ('70s) or trapezoids!
For me, it was the Schenkers (Rudolph and Michael), KK Downing, and Robbin Crosby (though I was never a huge fan of RATT).
They always looked so much cooler than a Strat or LP for Heavy Metal IMO.
I think the only other guitar I truly thought looked the part of Heavy Metal was the SG Standard or 3-pickup SG Custom because of the two pointy horns.
Explorers always looked a bit "too round" for Heavy Metal for me, especially once I saw dude from .38 Special rocking one in the "Hold On Loosely" video.
Never mind Mathias Jabs' Explorers. Alongside Rudy's V, it looked like it belonged there, but off by itself, not so much.
But when you saw KK and his Hamer single-hum V in the Heading Out To The Highway video, or Robbin "King" Crosby with Big Red in Round and Round, you knew it was meant for poking people in the eye
Tipton's SG Special with its dot inlays just looked too boring to me - gotta have me some blocks ('70s) or trapezoids!
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