What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

Securb said:
That is what makes it difficult. Any of us can rattle off 10-20 awesome guitars. Four guitars force you to make hard choices. I really wanted to add an Ibanez but it didn't make the cut.
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+1 ^^ Pretty much. As much as I wanted to throw in some double cut guitars or my favorite guitar; Gibson CS 356s, they're aren't as iconic. I also have personal year preferences, but that's not what you usually think of when you hear the guitar name.

Speaking of which, if we must state years;

Iconic
Les Paul ('59)
Tele ('52)
Strat ('62)
335 ('64)

Or

My preference
Les Paul ('52-53, '68-'69, any historic year)
Tele (Broadcaster '50 [?])
Strat ('62 or '68-69)
335 ('65-'69)

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Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

I want my Ibanez in as well
But it falls in the super strat category with Kramer, Charvel, and Jackson
I suppose Suhr and Anderson does as well

PRS are great as well

I really see a.Strat as an evolution of a Tele

Les Paul is it's own thing

Semi hollow 335 or Gretch ( is that spelled right?)
There is a whole sub group of music built around those sounds

Keytar should have a place

Vees, Explorers, Iceman, wangcaster, etc.
These are shapes not necessarily icons

Would a.bass be appropriate?

Rickenbacker 12 string
Unmistakable when you hear it on a recording

So I would.like to modify my first list

Tele
LP
335
Rickenbacker 12
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

ehdwuld said:
I want my Ibanez in as well
But it falls in the super strat category with Kramer, Charvel, and Jackson
I suppose Suhr and Anderson does as well

PRS are great as well

I really see a.Strat as an evolution of a Tele

Les Paul is it's own thing

Semi hollow 335 or Gretch ( is that spelled right?)
There is a whole sub group of music built around those sounds

Keytar should have a place

Vees, Explorers, Iceman, wangcaster, etc.
These are shapes not necessarily icons

Would a.bass be appropriate?

Rickenbacker 12 string
Unmistakable when you hear it on a recording

So I would.like to modify my first list

Tele
LP
335
Rickenbacker 12
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Funny, I see the Tele and Strat as two separate yet equally awesome guitars. To me they sound/feel very different.

I agree with your assessment of the superstrat categories though. Somewhat different designs but all closely related. I lumped them all together in my Mount.
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

First you have Camaro vs Mustang. That's clearly Strat vs LP

After that there are Malibu Nova Firebird LeMans Judge Chevelle vs Torino Fairlane Falcon which would be SG Explorer V 335 vs Tele Jaguar Mustang. Rickenbacker Gretsch Vox are Charger Challenger Barracuda. I'd say top 4 are:

LP
Strat
SG
Tele
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

mxaniac said:
First you have Camaro vs Mustang. That's clearly Strat vs LP

After that there are Malibu Nova Firebird LeMans Judge Chevelle vs Torino Fairlane Falcon which would be SG Explorer V 335 vs Tele Jaguar Mustang. Rickenbacker Gretsch Vox are Charger Challenger Barracuda. I'd say top 4 are:

LP
Strat
SG
Tele
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I like your energy

But the SG was called the Les Paul initially

So wouldn't it be the evolution of

It's like you have two guitars and variants of the same two guitars


But again I applaud your your enthusiasm
And value your opinion

Thank you for contributing
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

Easy:

- Geddy Lee Jazz Bass
- Rickenbacker 4001
- PRS Lifeson
- Gibson Axcess

Mount Rush-more, get it?

I'll be here all week folks.


I agree with
- Tele
- Strat
- Les Paul
I feel like there's a big gap after that. The ES-335 is fine, sure. I would consider the ES-175, Flying V, Ibanez RG, Probably a few others.
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

Blille said:
Easy:

- Geddy Lee Jazz Bass
- Rickenbacker 4001
- PRS Lifeson
- Gibson Axcess

Mount Rush-more, get it?

I'll be here all week folks.
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Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

Securb said:
You suck. What Les Paul? Are you saying a 90's Goddess Les Paul is Mount Rushmore worthy? Refine your list you are better than this.
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My response is based solely upon your inclusion of the niche Parker Fly. It isn't even on the radar for Mountrushmore of guitars.
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

Aceman said:
My response is based solely upon your inclusion of the niche Parker Fly. It isn't even on the radar for Mountrushmore of guitars.
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I thought Steinberger or Parker both had radical changes to the basic design of the guitar that stuck. For years every hairbrained idea and mod has been thrown at us these were two that improved the world of guitars. I decided to go with Parker because you seem to see more of them out in the wild.
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

It's tough, because if you go by sales, the Gibson SG beats the LP handily.

Meanwhile... the keytar suggestion seems to be gaining momentum. Oh, wait, nevermind.
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

Among the guitars I have played...

  • Gibson Les Paul Custom Axcess (Upgraded electronics, Ebony fretboard)
  • Fender Select Stratocaster (SSS, Rosewood fretboard)
  • Fender American Professional Telecaster Rosewood NECK
  • PRS Private Stock Custom 24
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

Fender Stratocaster
Fender Telecaster
Gibson Les Paul
Ernie Ball Music Man Silhouette
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

LLL said:
It's tough, because if you go by sales, the Gibson SG beats the LP handily.

Meanwhile... the keytar suggestion seems to be gaining momentum. Oh, wait, nevermind.
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Does the SG out sell Les Pauls?? I see far more people playing LPs. Of course, now that LPs sell for the price of a used car, it wouldnt suprise me if SGs were selling more
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

BloodRose said:
Does the SG out sell Les Pauls??
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Gibson is a privately held company that I doubt they publish that data. It would be very valuable to the folks that build copies and counterfeits. I have seen old Gibson sales data from the 50's and 60's but nothing as of late. There might be something in an article out there stating what their best seller is; I doubt there would be any numbers or concrete data.
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

LLL said:
It's tough, because if you go by sales, the Gibson SG beats the LP handily.

Meanwhile... the keytar suggestion seems to be gaining momentum. Oh, wait, nevermind.
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And the reason why the Gibson SG outsells the Les Paul guitar because it's far more cheaper or inexpensive which makes it a very desirable guitar to own. They usually go for around $1,000 or so while an LP Standard can run you around $2,500 and up depending. And also the Gibson SG is more ergonomically comfortable to play and the upper fret access is superb. I paid around $1,000 for my 90's Gibson SG Special w/ an ebony fret board and hard-shell case which I thought was a great deal at the time. Les Paul guitars are great but way over-priced.



;>)/
 
Re: What is the Mount Rushmore of electric guitars?

ES-150
Broadcaster
Strat
Les Paul

Because without those four, it can be argued that the world of electric guitars would look very different than it does now.
 
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