Guitars you fell out of love with

[youngthrasher9]

Re: Guitars you fell out of love with

+1 Les Pauls.

The number 1 reason being that I don't really like the feel of the shorter scale, especially when tuning down. At the end of the day I will be mainly a superstrat guy. I could be tempted by a long scale SG or Iceman for sure though.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Guitars you fell out of love with

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.

+1. It's been said here a number of times that with Strats and their skinny single coils, players tend to pound on them and hit them harder. With HB's, you have more power at your fingertips, and can back off a little and get more subtleties and nuances. You can play with finesse and still be heard. With two coils in a HB (and often 2 pots per PU), you have many more wiring options, which translates to more sounds. Almost all of my HB guitars are wired for spin-a-split, coil swap mod, or the Jimmy Page system.

 

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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I used to LOVE SGs when I started thanks to Townshend but I grew out of them long ago... I never liked Les Pauls either. I'm more into Telecaster Custom and Deluxes and a unique shape like my Ibanez Roadcore(Schecter tempest, Maton BB1200 shape)

 

[JordanM82]

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I have gone through a few, I loved 2 Carvin's adamantly when I first bought them, however, when I finally owned my first PRS... there was no longer any comparison. My CS4 was an amazing guitar, it played PHENOMENAL and it sounded good (I struggled to get the tone I really wanted from it) but because it played SO well I always kept it around. Playing my PRS Mira live for the first time ended all debate about whether I needed to keep trying to get the tone I wanted out of the Carvin. They are both gone now... great guitars, they just didn't hold up against my PRS's.

 

[Lake Placid Blues]

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I love strats but not all strats. There are some strats that I used to love but not anymore. Case in point is my hard tail SSS strat. I just don't love it anymore. Its just not stratty enough in the SSS way, being a hard tail.

It may be to do with being in love with another strat though. I have about 8 different electrics (mostly Fender and some Gibson type) but one particular parts strat gets about 90% of my playing time. Its not a hard tail.

But I have never liked Floyded guitars either.

 

[Brian Griffin]

Re: Guitars you fell out of love with

All Jackson guitars. I used to like the Fusion and Soloist but then I grew up so no more 'metal' driven guitars with pointy headstocks. Besides, Jackson doesn't seem to innovate, dwelling instead in the long-gone glory of the past.

 

[blueman335]

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I used to like the Fusion and Soloist but then I grew up so no more 'metal' driven guitars with pointy headstocks.

Be careful. This could bring down a rain of insults from a few guys here.

 

[Bludave]

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My first "GOOD" electric was a 68 SG standard that I still have today. I don't play it as much as I used to but its still a great guitar. Last year I had it refretted after 45 years and a whole lot of time on it it really needed it.

For me its a Les Paul. I have two of them and as much as I am not a huge fan of them I think every guitar player needs to have one. Its one of those guitars that has the tone that you need and when you need that tone nothing else will do it as well. Personally I would prefer a 335. They are easier to play; especially in the higher register, and I think they offer tones that are similar but not exact. More versatility and more tonal character IMHO. Plus what I don't like about the Les Paul is its weight.

 

[thespricket]

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I got an Epi dot in Natural that I was really excited about. I originally wanted and had my eyes on a sunburst dot that played and sounded great. I pretty much had to settle on the one I eventually got. The neck was way too fat and never played very well. I was able to get rid of it along with another acoustic I didn't care for and got a really amazing Taylor, so all is well. But that guitar almost spoiled me on Dots. I just feel that it's difficult to get that kind of a guitar for that price. There are a few nice ones that sneak through, I would love to find one.


Guitar->pedals->amp

 

[Kac]

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I've had at least fifty guitars over the past 15 years, probably more. So I've definitely fallen out of love Several times. The only one I really wish I kept was an Ernie Ball Axis Sport with a regular "strat style" tremolo. I miss that guitar big time.


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[beaubrummels]

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Cheap Yamahas and Ibanez. I used to have an arbitrary rule about "never pay more than $300 for a guitar." I believed anything more was unnecessary and a waste. Then I grew up, my ear was better trained, and I learned why certain $$$$ guitars are used. You don't want to have to fight with your tools to get the tone and the sound out. A Les Paul (and certain other Gibsons), tone wise, will never disappoint and they drive amplifiers correctly, as they were engineered to do. It cuts through even cheap gear and still sounds recognizable and good, with little effort or tweaking the gear it's running through. A really good Strat can do the same, in my experience.