The next modern classic guitar shape?

[Seraphial]

I was looking at guitars the other day and noticed a lot of the new axes coming through seem to strat/tele/LP knock-offs with slight changes to the shape...and not in a good way. Most seem like they took a template and hacked at a cutaway without a lot of thought.

What new(er) shapes nowadays do you reckon will become classics in the future? Or have we come to the end of the line?

 

[Chistopher]

Re: The next modern classic guitar shape?

The EBMM Stingray Bass shape is likely to stick around for a while.

 

[RorySquier]

Re: The next modern classic guitar shape?

I could see this one becoming a timeless classic.

;>)/

 

[Old Guy]

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I really love the shape of the Reverend JetStreams. That offset look is really quite aesthetic to me.

 

[BriGuy1968]

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I think we can all agree on this one:

 

[Demanic]

Re: The next modern classic guitar shape?

I think we can all agree on this one:

Maybe if you play in a Grateful Dead cover band.

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[GuitarStv]

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Gotta be close to 80% (maybe 90%?) of all guitars sold are a strat, tele, sg, les paul, or knock offs. Those will always be the classic designs. I don't see enough people playing new guitar shapes to really believe that there will be a 'new classic' that comes from them.

 

[Mincer]

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Bow down to the new god...the Corvus!

 

[justFred]

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Hofner explored those dimensions long, long ago and far, far away...at least several years ago in Germany...

 

[Gtrjunior]

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I know it wasn’t popular but I was a fan of the Gibson Modern double cut.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: The next modern classic guitar shape?

I know it wasn’t popular but I was a fan of the Gibson Modern double cut.

I like that one an awful lot.

 

[ErikH]

Re: The next modern classic guitar shape?

I think the ESP Vyper as a SG variant could become a classic. To me, that one stands out in their lineup.

The MusicMan StingRay Bass shape is already a classic. It’s been around since the 1970’s and those basses are freaking legendary.

I don’t see anything that is revolutionary these days.

 

[Ascension]

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Always loved the Carvin Kiesel DC shape been playing them since the 1990's. Super strat but a little different than others. Just feel and look right to me.

 

[some_dude]

Re: The next modern classic guitar shape?

Modern classic guitar shape that s already being ripped off by others.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

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Probably one of those over-priced amoeba shaped headless jobs that all the djent guys are wetting their panties over these days..forget what they're called. Apparently, they're really "ergonomic" or something...

 

[AlexR]

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I know it wasn’t popular but I was a fan of the Gibson Modern double cut.

That one had a great design, but made at a price 3x what you'd really want to spend on it.

 

[ibanezrocks]

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PRS definitely fits this description.

To a lesser extent, the Rhoads V does too.

It's really hard to design a singlecut that doesn't look like a Les Paul or a doublecut that doesn't look like a Strat AND not have it be ugly. A lot of amateur luthier builds I've seen online look like someone got a small child to draw one of these guitars with a crayon and then tried to build the result.

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[GuitarDoc]

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I love this bass!

What is it?

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: The next modern classic guitar shape?

I love this bass!

What is it?

Ugly?

 

[Mincer]

Re: The next modern classic guitar shape?

I know it wasn’t popular but I was a fan of the Gibson Modern double cut.

It always looked unfinished to me. The PRS is a prettier, curvier design.

Probably one of those over-priced amoeba shaped headless jobs that all the djent guys are wetting their panties over these days..forget what they're called. Apparently, they're really "ergonomic" or something...

I am all for ergonomics, but the Strandbergs don't do it for me. I like the old Kleins better. Neither will ever be classic shapes, though.