Re: The most metal "looking" guitar?
Hey....
I have a "ridiculous-looking" pointy guitar and do play heavier stuff. However, I do not wear all black, nor have tattoos.
Same here. I don't find them "ridiculous-looking" at all (well, the ones I have anyway - there's some out there I just wouldn't touch because they're too "extreme" for my tastes).
And for the folks posting Les Pauls and Teles and Gibson Vs, the original post did specifically say "the guitars you look at and immediately think "Metal" ".
Yes, Flying Vs were used by blues players long before Metal got started. Yes, SGs were used by Jazz players long before Iommi got one. Yes, Strats and Teles and such were used for many other styles of music long before anyone knew what to call "Heavy Metal" besides "noise".
However, despite the one pic I saw of a Southern Rock band where the guitarist was using a righty-slung-lefty Hot Pink with black bevels Rhoads (righty played upside down - think lefty Carvin Ultra-V before they thought of it), you just don't see them being used outside Metal.
Deathklok and Hetfield can use as many Explorer variations as they can think of. I always think of Allen Collins from Skynrd when I see any Explorer not owned by Mathias Jabs.
You see Jazz players, Country players, Punk, Pop, Rock, TV Talk Show House Bands, R&B groups, and all manner of players using Les Pauls, Teles, PRSs, Strats, Explorers, Gibby-style Vs, and SGs (double-neck or otherwise).
You never - ever - see someone using a Warlock, Warrior, Rhoads, Kelly, King V, Bich, Death Angel, Ironbird, Dime, or Beast doing anything except Metal "seriously" (barring the odd "in-joke" of someone warming up with some BeBop or Blues patterns).
That is what defines whether a guitar is "Metal", not "just because some guy used one to play Metal".
:naughty:.
