Most Epic Bad@$$ Axes of all time

Most Epic Bad@$$ Axes of all time

Epic basically means long and exciting/adventurous. To me, an epic axe is an instrument that has had a long and colorful, history. It has probably been in the possession of one or more famous people for several decades, has seen thousands of stage and studio dates, and probably shows lots of wear and tear (i.e. use and love).

So, yeah...very little in this thread is epic. Epic does not simply mean cool, badass, etc. It means something that has been around for a long time and has had lots of glorious and legendary adventures.
 
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kramersteen said:
EDX said i won. Me!
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Of course you won! I don't know what all this BS ranting about stage time and history is about. As far as I'm concerned an epic axe is based on the axe itself... not the player behind it or how it may or may not have changed the course of history.
 
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It does seem like this is being a bit over-thought. Kinda takes the fun out of it. [emoji53]


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SnakeAces said:
Of course you won! I don't know what all this BS ranting about stage time and history is about. As far as I'm concerned an epic axe is based on the axe itself... not the player behind it or how it may or may not have changed the course of history.
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I thought this was just about cool creative guitars not signature guitars and how relevant they are in the industry.
 
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BriGuy1968 said:
It does seem like this is being a bit over-thought. Kinda takes the fun out of it. [emoji53]


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Get use to that my friend. Some people are so serious around here.
 
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BriGuy1968 said:
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This axe is really bad...

...or is that not what you meant?


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I want to get one of these, load it with something like a Dimebucker or a Black Winter, and use it to play thrash metal.

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Demanic said:
I want to get one of these, load it with something like a Dimebucker or a Black Winter, and use it to play thrash metal.

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Have you seen the video of the guy who put the Black Ice in one? Pretty B.A., all things considered!


Edit: I decided to find & add the video... pretty fun!

 
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Refer to the opening post:

It wasn't the same old tired pictures of flamey sunburst Les Pauls or road rashed Strats (for once, thank God). There are bajillions of those on the planet. SRV and Billy Gibbons each had one, so what, who doesn't? The guitar is not made Epic by its owner, but on its own merits.

Paul Stanley's cracked mirror Iceman. Nobody had that before Paul Stanley, just like nobody was swinging a 4-stringed battle-axe before Gene, and nobody had a Les Paul that lights up and spews smoke before Ace.

At least nobody in the spotlight where people could see it and appreciate it. "Well, I have this beautiful guitar that I use only in the studio to record our new album." Yeah so? But bring it out on stage, and you can sound like a$$ but look good doing it.

The 5-neck Hamer was infinitely more awesome in its own right than the checkerboard Explorer. A refin vs a completely custom-built monstrosity? Monstrosity wins.


And you can define Epic according to Funk & Wagnall all you want, in this context in this modern age, epic = massively - Epic Fail, Epic Win, Epic Tale, Epic Bewbs, Epic Motion Picture Event, etc.
It's like when people call something sick. Sick to me means not right, meaning of poor quality or inferior or otherwise defective in manufacture or disturbing in nature i.e. the classic definition of "bad" as the opposite of "good", not the "bad = good" definition.

But, the kids today want to say sick = awesome = fabulous = great = not crappy = desirable.
 
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DrNewcenstein said:
Refer to the opening post:

It wasn't the same old tired pictures of flamey sunburst Les Pauls or road rashed Strats (for once, thank God). There are bajillions of those on the planet. SRV and Billy Gibbons each had one, so what, who doesn't? The guitar is not made Epic by its owner, but on its own merits.

Paul Stanley's cracked mirror Iceman. Nobody had that before Paul Stanley, just like nobody was swinging a 4-stringed battle-axe before Gene, and nobody had a Les Paul that lights up and spews smoke before Ace.

At least nobody in the spotlight where people could see it and appreciate it. "Well, I have this beautiful guitar that I use only in the studio to record our new album." Yeah so? But bring it out on stage, and you can sound like a$$ but look good doing it.

The 5-neck Hamer was infinitely more awesome in its own right than the checkerboard Explorer. A refin vs a completely custom-built monstrosity? Monstrosity wins.


And you can define Epic according to Funk & Wagnall all you want, in this context in this modern age, epic = massively - Epic Fail, Epic Win, Epic Tale, Epic Bewbs, Epic Motion Picture Event, etc.
It's like when people call something sick. Sick to me means not right, meaning of poor quality or inferior or otherwise defective in manufacture or disturbing in nature i.e. the classic definition of "bad" as the opposite of "good", not the "bad = good" definition.

But, the kids today want to say sick = awesome = fabulous = great = not crappy = desirable.
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Try not to over think it man you might burn yourself out.

Just add the pics of your sweet jackson collection and be done with it.
 
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the only thing on par with the shinobi is Newcenstein's jackson collection
 
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ItsaBass said:
Epic basically means long and exciting/adventurous. To me, an epic axe is an instrument that has had a long and colorful, history. It has probably been in the possession of one or more famous people for several decades, has seen thousands of stage and studio dates, and probably shows lots of wear and tear (i.e. use and love).

So, yeah...very little in this thread is epic. Epic does not simply mean cool, badass, etc. It means something that has been around for a long time and has had lots of glorious and legendary adventures.
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In that sense, the Clapton/ Harrison Lucy is one of the few truly "epic" guitars.

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I stand by my nomination of the Sky Guitars. One of the first 30 fret guitars, with a very innovative pickup and a unique design.
 
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Aceman said:
And then there is this…

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But this one was made with real python skin:


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I tried to find some pix of Neal Schon's LP back in the 80s when he was about the only LP guy wankin' on a Floyd but couldn't turn up anything from back in the day.
 
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