Simple and clean. (Music Man content.)

[Artie]

I'm always talking about liking simple & clean designs. It don't get much more S&C than this. A little out of my comfort zone, pricewise, but If I win a scratch-off . . .

https://www.music-man.com/instruments/guitars/stephen-egerton

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Not something I would likely consider pulling the trigger on myself but I can see it's charm.

I have something simple and clean (the colour not the configuration) coming in at the end of the week. It's jet black from the black logo on the black headstock to the all-black hardware to the black poles on the black pickups. A brutal stealth machine that is the latest avatar of an axe that has given me blue balls since it was first introduced in the mid/late 2000's..

The long wait means I'm kinda long in the tooth for it now ...but eh, who cares? Better late than never :bigthumb:

The Cort "Menace" my son just bought me has rekindled my early GAS for all-black guitar's. There was a time when I would play nothing else :headbang:

 

[Artie]

Waiting with bated breath. nder:

 

[AdrianSD]

It's simple, clean and ugly AF. That pickguard shape and the way it sits on the body just feel very wrong to me. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess

 

[Chistopher]

I'm more interested in the new Stingray 2 to be honest.

 

[Artie]

^^^^ Yup. Love those too.

 

[Artie]

It's simple, clean and ugly AF. That pickguard shape and the way it sits on the body just feel very wrong to me. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess

I gotta admit, the inclusion of a control plate, when there are no controls, seems a bit odd. On the other hand, it gives one the ability to add them later and make the process completely reversible.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Waiting with bated breath. nder:

You & me both

As for Music Man guitars. I think they are all just fugly in general, but once you get past that they are great players.. :bigthumb:

 

[Phantasmagoria]

I gotta admit, the inclusion of a control plate, when there are no controls, seems a bit odd. On the other hand, it gives one the ability to add them later and make the process completely reversible.

..or they had a bunch of unsold bodies lying around with slots cut-out for 5-way's and decided not to waste them :lmao:

 

[AdrianSD]

I'm more interested in the new Stingray 2 to be honest.

No. Just no.

 

[Artie]

As for Music Man guitars. I think they are all just fugly in general, but once you get past that they are great players.. :bigthumb:

Clearly, it's an acquired taste, but I'll always love that St. Vincent.

 

[AdrianSD]

I gotta admit, the inclusion of a control plate, when there are no controls, seems a bit odd. On the other hand, it gives one the ability to add them later and make the process completely reversible.

Great point indeed, no controls there hehe. If they are in the business of selling after market scratch plates they are doing a pretty good job, what else can I say?

 

[Seashore]

I'm not really a fan of the body shape or the headstock, and I don't love the colors, but the single pickup/no controls layout speaks to me.

 

[Artie]

. . . but the single pickup/no controls layout speaks to me.

I'm toying with the idea of doing that with a Strat that I already own. That will save me about $2,598. :naughty:

 

[ICTGoober]

You want simple, clean, and ugly? Buy a Telecaster and be done with it.

 

[Artie]

I like Tele's.

 

[Seashore]

I'm toying with the idea of doing that with a Strat that I already own. That will save me about $2,598. :naughty:

On the other hand, music is art, you can't boil its worth down to crass monetary value, and you only live once!

I wonder if they have a resistor wired in to mimic volume pot loading. I love pickups wired to the jack, but some pickups in Strat style guitars can be really strident.

 

[Securb]

I don't think I have ever played an MM at least I can not remember doing so.

 

[Artie]

I wonder if they have a resistor wired in to mimic volume pot loading.

I was wondering the same thing. Which would explain the "control" plate.

 

[Artie]

I don't think I have ever played an MM at least I can not remember doing so.

I did a customers guitar after a rewire. It was sweet.