Guitars you fell out of love with

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My Fender Katana fits the bill. It played and sounded pretty good but didn't sit right on my body. I found it uncomfortable to play even standing up. For collectable reasons I wish I kept it but even if I did I doubt I would play it much.

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My first guitar was an Epi Dot . . . I loved it, played the snot out of it for about 10 years. I took it in to a shop after I moved to have a new nut put on it and a setup when switching from 12s to 11s with an unwound third. The guy in the shop ground most of the frets low and flat, I guess to try to get rid of the deep grooves that I'd worn in them. Then he cut a nut that didn't fit the guitar at all (about a quarter inch gap left in the nut shelf between the headstock and the new nut). The guitar went from playing OK to being buzzy as all hell with super low frets. This was several years ago now.

She needs a refret desperately but I don't know if it's worth the money on an Epi. I might give it a go myself, as she's just been gathering dust since that ****ty tech worked her over.
 
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I have to say it was an Epi Les Paul. Played really well, sounded great. When I got it, I had tried as many Epi's and Gibby's as I could and that one Epi stood out from the bunch. But after some time it just didn't have that feel and sound of a Gibby Studio that I wish I still had.
 
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Explorers.

Unfortunately when I got one after wanting one for a long time it turned out that my muscle memory cannot handle being thrown off, neither by the neck being a wide fret worth more to the left not to the right hand not having it's usual armrest.
 
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Agileguy_101 said:
Les Pauls. I loved them growing up but they just don't play the way I need them to. Perhaps I've not just played the right one yet.
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I don't know if this counts for me, but I feel the same way. The only LPs I've ever played and liked were Juniors with a single P90.

Out of guitars that I've owned, I loved my Parker P-42 for a few months, but eventually decided I didn't like the neck that much, so I sold it.
 
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I always wanted an Explorer because James Hetfield looks so bad-ass with his all black ESP down at his knees. I got a knock off since a lefty is either non-existent or costs a fortune and found they are WAY too big, bulky and heavy for me. I'm sticking with soloists and Tele's.
 
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GuitarStv said:
My first guitar was an Epi Dot . . . I loved it, played the snot out of it for about 10 years. I took it in to a shop after I moved to have a new nut put on it and a setup when switching from 12s to 11s with an unwound third. The guy in the shop ground most of the frets low and flat, I guess to try to get rid of the deep grooves that I'd worn in them. Then he cut a nut that didn't fit the guitar at all (about a quarter inch gap left in the nut shelf between the headstock and the new nut). The guitar went from playing OK to being buzzy as all hell with super low frets. This was several years ago now.

She needs a refret desperately but I don't know if it's worth the money on an Epi. I might give it a go myself, as she's just been gathering dust since that ****ty tech worked her over.
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As far as being worth the money... I wouldnt base that on brand name. It sounds like you really dig the guitar... So if it is worth it to you to have her back in the fold, then do it! Every brand is capable of making a great guitar, and some dogs. Sounds like you have on you really bond with.. if so, fix her up!
 
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BloodRose said:
As far as being worth the money... I wouldnt base that on brand name. It sounds like you really dig the guitar... So if it is worth it to you to have her back in the fold, then do it! Every brand is capable of making a great guitar, and some dogs. Sounds like you have on you really bond with.. if so, fix her up!
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I agree that the brand name shouldn't dictate whether or not the guitar is worth restoring, but it's obviously been a while since Steve has played it, and his playing perspective could have shifted enough since then to make all of the effort necessary in restoring the Dot not worth it.
 
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Ive had some changes in my likes/dislikes. I never really liked Les pauls and now I love them. I had an Epi Ace Frehley that was very light and felt like a toy to me, so I sold it and now I wish I hadnt cuz it sounded great and played great and with my bad back, woulda been perfect. Also, Ive always Loved the look and all of Jacksons, but I learned I dont gel with the wider fretboards
 
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SnakeAces said:
The Fender Strat. I can't stand them. I recorded my best live song ever with one, but these days? No thank you.
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+1. I had a Strat in college decades ago, basically a Hendix-inspired acquisition (as many of them have been). Once I played a Heritage Les Paul, my introduction to humbuckers, it sounded and felt so much better. That was it, no going back to Fenders. After that I got some books and started learning about guitar designs and PU's, and realized that Gibson had come up with everything I wanted in a guitar. Not saying that Gibson-designs do everything or are the most versatile, but for what I do they're ideal.
 
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BloodRose said:
As far as being worth the money... I wouldnt base that on brand name. It sounds like you really dig the guitar... So if it is worth it to you to have her back in the fold, then do it! Every brand is capable of making a great guitar, and some dogs. Sounds like you have on you really bond with.. if so, fix her up!
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+1 !

Sounds like a refret from a good tech might save the guitar, and you got nothing to lose --
 
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blueman335 said:
+1. I had a Strat in college decades ago, basically a Hendix-inspired acquisition (as many of them have been). Once I played a Heritage Les Paul, my introduction to humbuckers, it sounded and felt so much better. That was it, no going back to Fenders. After that I got some books and started learning about guitar designs and PU's, and realized that Gibson had come up with everything I wanted in a guitar. Not saying that Gibson-designs do everything or are the most versatile, but for what I do they're ideal.
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I hear you! Many people play their humbucker Les Paul at full volume thus never experiencing the true magic of a rolled back volume humbucker, or, even better... the black art of playing one in the middle position with just the right settings.
 
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I needed single coils because one song I wanted to play demanded them. I bought a Yamaha PAC 604 which sounded geat in the store and I loved it for about a year before I realized how thin it sounded compared to even a run of the mill MIM Strat. I still have it, but I don't like it at all.

Then, after shoping online forever and playing guitars at GC and so on I bought a Schecter 006 Blackjack. It was reputed to be the "Poor Man's PRS" and was to be the last guitar I would ever buy. It was, instead, this poor man's mere guitar with excellent fit and finish and a rather lifeless tone. I took the 59 out of the neck and installed a floor shop custom red Jazz in the neck. That made me feel better for about a year. Hate is a strong word. I really dislike that guitar. I blame it's failure to please me 90% on the "wood" or whatever was used to construct the body and neck.
 
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SnakeAces said:
I hear you! Many people play their humbucker Les Paul at full volume thus never experiencing the true magic of a rolled back volume humbucker, or, even better... the black art of playing one in the middle position with just the right settings.
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I like the old Randy Rhoads trick of turning the neck volume all the way then cutting the bridge in and out with the pickup selector.
 
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I used to think I HAD to own a Tele.
After like 5 teles and 6 strats all of varying quality and origin, and I've stuck with the strat for a while and I've got at least 2 or 3 guitars I would get before another tele unless one comes up used that just has SMOKIN tone.

Strats are easier to intonate, have a wang bar, 3 pickups (with a more useable neck pickup) and a 5-way, two tone controls, a belly cut and forearm bevel. All features I've grown to like!

I'd like to flat out admit that Teles make me sound like the crappy player I am! Nothing to hide behind!
 
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BloodRose said:
I like the first one better! Kahler!! Be really cool if it didnt have the red spots on it and had a black widow logo instead.. Evil!!
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hhmm...you're right... guess I'm in love with both of them now. :lmao:


btw, I think that's a 'Stetsbar' actually & you can have them fitted on either guitar. I remember the guy who makes them saying that they were the only trems he could fit for some reason.
 
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