Post Pics of your UGLY guitar that you keep because it sounds/plays Great!
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mrpinter
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Well, I don't have this one anymore, but I did keep it a very long time - because it played and sounded so great. Why did I sell it? Good question! Here it is (or was)... it was a prototype for the Novax Expression Series:
Well, I don't have this one anymore, but I did keep it a very long time - because it played and sounded so great. Why did I sell it? Good question! Here it is (or was)... it was a prototype for the Novax Expression Series:
post toastie
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a few times ....?
a few times ....?
PushedCrayon
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Here she is, my 1996 MIM strat. Beat up as can be but she's been my bread and butter for years now. Love everything about it, and it's the best playing guitar I have!
Here she is, my 1996 MIM strat. Beat up as can be but she's been my bread and butter for years now. Love everything about it, and it's the best playing guitar I have!
Swampy
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Yes they are.
Mine has the PowerRocker. Though I've had it blocked for many years now, and I just removed the string locks recently. I'm not much of a whammy guy I guess. It stays in tune quite well. I'll try to dig up an old photo of what it looked like when I first got it. White pickguard, SSS. I had it a couple of years before changing the guard and going to a single Carvin M22SD in the Bridge, split. It was all about the distortion those years.
Swampy, nice ugly Roadstar. Necks on these guitars are fab, no?
Here's my ugly Roadstar. It's the bridge that uglifies it and the all blackness, but it's so good I decided it needed a nicer neck pu.
Yes they are.
Mine has the PowerRocker. Though I've had it blocked for many years now, and I just removed the string locks recently. I'm not much of a whammy guy I guess. It stays in tune quite well. I'll try to dig up an old photo of what it looked like when I first got it. White pickguard, SSS. I had it a couple of years before changing the guard and going to a single Carvin M22SD in the Bridge, split. It was all about the distortion those years.
ItsaBass
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Just posted this the other day, but:
Pretty ugly, but it was my first guitar and I'll never sell it. I was already a bass player, and I had no interest in guitar. Then I heard Dick Dale and had to become a guitarist as well! It's an '85 MIJ '50's-style Strat. I've had it since the early '90's. The neck was stripped and the EMGs installed before I got it. I am cleaning up the neck for a Tru-Oil finish, and filling some stripped out holes on the body (and one stripped neck hole). Then I am gonna reposition the bridge, as it has always been slightly off center...or I might look for an '80's vintage Kahler to put on it. I recently went to black pickguard screws. The vibrato has been blocked since shortly after I got the guitar. I recently converted the spring cavity into a battery box (wired for 18V).
Here is another ugly one that I keep both for sentimental reasons and because it is just an absolutely outstanding guitar:
Again, pretty ugly, but I'll never sell it. It's a '94 or '95 MIJ '50's-style Strat that was my dad's favorite guitar later in his life. He bought it new, and put it through countless pickup swaps. I finally put an end to that disgusting mess of cobbled together wiring madness and yanked all the guts and replaced them with brand new wiring all the way around. The bridge and middle pickups are vintage 1965 Duo-Sonic set, which are, of course, RWRP from each other, as they were designed from the factory to be run together to make a humbucker. I have the guitar set up with a push/pull that does that in the #3 position. The neck pickup is an unknown vintage-style Strat pickup (about 5.9K) that I found in another Frankensteined, cobbled together Strat harness that my dad had lying around outside of any guitar. Whatever it is, it sounds great. I also have the guitar rigged up with a neck-on push/pull. Aside from the major electronics changes, it's stock.
Just posted this the other day, but:
Pretty ugly, but it was my first guitar and I'll never sell it. I was already a bass player, and I had no interest in guitar. Then I heard Dick Dale and had to become a guitarist as well! It's an '85 MIJ '50's-style Strat. I've had it since the early '90's. The neck was stripped and the EMGs installed before I got it. I am cleaning up the neck for a Tru-Oil finish, and filling some stripped out holes on the body (and one stripped neck hole). Then I am gonna reposition the bridge, as it has always been slightly off center...or I might look for an '80's vintage Kahler to put on it. I recently went to black pickguard screws. The vibrato has been blocked since shortly after I got the guitar. I recently converted the spring cavity into a battery box (wired for 18V).
Here is another ugly one that I keep both for sentimental reasons and because it is just an absolutely outstanding guitar:
Again, pretty ugly, but I'll never sell it. It's a '94 or '95 MIJ '50's-style Strat that was my dad's favorite guitar later in his life. He bought it new, and put it through countless pickup swaps. I finally put an end to that disgusting mess of cobbled together wiring madness and yanked all the guts and replaced them with brand new wiring all the way around. The bridge and middle pickups are vintage 1965 Duo-Sonic set, which are, of course, RWRP from each other, as they were designed from the factory to be run together to make a humbucker. I have the guitar set up with a push/pull that does that in the #3 position. The neck pickup is an unknown vintage-style Strat pickup (about 5.9K) that I found in another Frankensteined, cobbled together Strat harness that my dad had lying around outside of any guitar. Whatever it is, it sounds great. I also have the guitar rigged up with a neck-on push/pull. Aside from the major electronics changes, it's stock.
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ratherdashing
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Ok, some of these aren't even close to being ugly, especially the daphne blue MIJ Strat
Ok, some of these aren't even close to being ugly, especially the daphne blue MIJ Strat
kramersteen
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eh? i say wah? The v220 was my inspiration for my body on my 36 fret build. I think its a stunning shape.
Looks weird but sounds fantastic, plays like a dream and is SUPER light.
eh? i say wah? The v220 was my inspiration for my body on my 36 fret build. I think its a stunning shape.
ItsaBass
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To each his own. Both the blue Strat and the cream one are pretty damned ugly to me. That disgusting "fake aged white" color...yuck. And the black guard and EMGs on it...double yuck. The blue Strat's color doesn't do it for me; I'm not much of a fan of pastels on guitars. And the neck looks like it has aged in old piss for about 30 years...but in a fake way, i.e. it looked that way from birth due to the disgusting tinted finish. Gross. I love both of these guitars, but I'd be a bit embarrassed to play either of them in public.
To each his own. Both the blue Strat and the cream one are pretty damned ugly to me. That disgusting "fake aged white" color...yuck. And the black guard and EMGs on it...double yuck. The blue Strat's color doesn't do it for me; I'm not much of a fan of pastels on guitars. And the neck looks like it has aged in old piss for about 30 years...but in a fake way, i.e. it looked that way from birth due to the disgusting tinted finish. Gross. I love both of these guitars, but I'd be a bit embarrassed to play either of them in public.
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Ashurbanipal
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Pfft, those Strats are sweet :cool2:.
Yeah, I blocked mine as well. Never bothered trying to set it up for whammying as I've got two others with a proper Floyd. The only things I changed apart from the neck pu are the jack and switch, as stock were shot (hate the 3 way box switched Ibanez used back then, total pos). And got rid of the tone pot, of course.
Pfft, those Strats are sweet :cool2:.
Yes they are.
Mine has the PowerRocker. Though I've had it blocked for many years now, and I just removed the string locks recently. I'm not much of a whammy guy I guess. It stays in tune quite well. I'll try to dig up an old photo of what it looked like when I first got it. White pickguard, SSS. I had it a couple of years before changing the guard and going to a single Carvin M22SD in the Bridge, split. It was all about the distortion those years.
Yeah, I blocked mine as well. Never bothered trying to set it up for whammying as I've got two others with a proper Floyd. The only things I changed apart from the neck pu are the jack and switch, as stock were shot (hate the 3 way box switched Ibanez used back then, total pos). And got rid of the tone pot, of course.
kramersteen
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ok ok here ya go
ok ok here ya go
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
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The Ovation Deacon/Breadwinner gets a very polarizing response on its design. I get it the guitar isn't everyone's cup of tea. I love mine the sound and feel is fantastic. It is super versatile tone wise
The Ovation Deacon/Breadwinner gets a very polarizing response on its design. I get it the guitar isn't everyone's cup of tea. I love mine the sound and feel is fantastic. It is super versatile tone wise
Nacho8807
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To me, there is nothing ugly about either of these. Proof that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Just posted this the other day, but:
Pretty ugly, but it was my first guitar and I'll never sell it. I was already a bass player, and I had no interest in guitar. Then I heard Dick Dale and had to become a guitarist as well! It's an '85 MIJ '50's-style Strat.
Here is another ugly one that I keep both for sentimental reasons and because it is just an absolutely outstanding guitar:
Again, pretty ugly, but I'll never sell it. It's a '94 or '95 MIJ '50's-style Strat
To me, there is nothing ugly about either of these. Proof that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
ratherdashing
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Hell yeah, there we go. THAT is ugly! Wow! And the chickens wandering into the shot really complete the scene.
ok ok here ya go
Hell yeah, there we go. THAT is ugly! Wow! And the chickens wandering into the shot really complete the scene.
Ashurbanipal
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Yep, this is a good one.
The Ovation Deacon/Breadwinner gets a very polarizing response on its design. I get it the guitar isn't everyone's cup of tea. I love mine the sound and feel is fantastic. It is super versatile tone wise
Yep, this is a good one.