Your favourite guitar (from an aesthetic point of view) is made by?

make-and-do · 2011-01-19T22:13:24+00:00

I've only included the main big names in the list to keep it simple (no obscure 60's brands like Eko etc..although I love those) - and probably forgot one or two I'll be whipped for :-\ Like I already mentioned, it's purely from an aesthetic point of view. Not playability or tone or anything technical, etc. Very curious to see the outcome. Fender gets my vote, Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Tele's. = Yum (old forum) Poll Results: What's your favourite guitar model from a purely aesthetic, not playability point of view? You can only vote for the representative manufacturer. Fender: 8 Gibson: 11 Gretsch: 2 Martin: 0 Jackson: 3 Yamaha: 0 Ibanez: 5 Ovation: 0 BC Rich: 4 PRS: 7

singemonkey

X-rated Bob wrote
singemonkey wrote Has there ever been a classic guitar piece recorded on one? I can't think of any. I'm not dissing them though. They're brilliantly made and very attractive guitars. It just strikes me as strange that I've never heard one on any well known guitar piece.
There must be loads of Santana recordings made with a PRS.

Lots of recordings yes. Any famous ones? ?

All his famous stuff was done with a Gibson SG I think.

make-and-do

X-rated Bob wrote Most boutique makers and nearly all acoustic-only makers are left out.

It would also be impossible to include them all with radio buttons anyway.

But where do you draw the line? Do you allow makers who produce a single guitar every decade?

Yip, it would be a very loooong radio button list ? which is why I kept it, yes, to the more commercial, large manufacturers.
Apologies to the boutique guitar lovers.

Bob-Dubery

singemonkey wrote
X-rated Bob wrote There must be loads of Santana recordings made with a PRS.

Lots of recordings yes. Any famous ones? ?

All his famous stuff was done with a Gibson SG I think.

I'd imagine his best-selling work was done with a PRS.

Let semantic battle commence ?

singemonkey

X-rated Bob wrote
singemonkey wrote
X-rated Bob wrote There must be loads of Santana recordings made with a PRS.

Lots of recordings yes. Any famous ones? ?

All his famous stuff was done with a Gibson SG I think.
I'd imagine his best-selling work was done with a PRS.

Let semantic battle commence ?

Oh Gord. Briefly I'd argue it's the tunes that other guitarists try to learn. That's kinda what I mean by classic guitar pieces.

aubs1

For me, NOBODY makes more stunning guitars than PRS ........... period! I like/love all my guitars, especially my LP Custom, but my vote goes to PRS! ?

Geez, what I would give to have this PRS!!!!!!

singemonkey wrote Has there ever been a classic guitar piece recorded on one? I can't think of any. I'm not dissing them though. They're brilliantly made and very attractive guitars. It just strikes me as strange that I've never heard one on any well known guitar piece.

Singy, I think you're missing the point of the thread. And what does it matter anyway? In terms of tone, I respect your view, however, a certain Orianthi, (and she would know what she's talking about) and many other great guitarists would differ in their opinion .........

singemonkey

You could cool down on a hot day by just looking at that top ?

I get the point of the thread, I was just meandering off-topic.

Keira-WitherKay

i dearly love the look of classical guitars the traditional ones with no cutaway just perfect lines

and with electrics it must be a vintage les paul and looking well worn........ and in any colour or natural BUT NOT in black

Bob-Dubery

Aubs1 wrote
singemonkey wrote Has there ever been a classic guitar piece recorded on one? I can't think of any. I'm not dissing them though. They're brilliantly made and very attractive guitars. It just strikes me as strange that I've never heard one on any well known guitar piece.
Singy, I think you're missing the point of the thread. And what does it matter anyway? In terms of tone, I respect your view, however, a certain Orianthi, (and she would know what she's talking about) and many other great guitarists would differ in their opinion .........

Well I'm arguing/splitting hairs with Singe, but I have to say I think he has a point. Where are all the great guitarists laying down classic tracks on PRS guitars?

Orianthi's endorsement of PRS don't make no never mind to me. I think she's an OK player, but not great and doesn't strike me as being potentially great. A large amount of her perceived greatness resides in her gender (wow! That's a CHICK playing guitar, dude), her looks and her rock-chick image.

(Not saying that a non-male CAN'T play. I've seen Joan Armatrading in action, and believe me - she can play)

Explorerlover

Toss up between a Voodoo series Gibson Explorer and a Kenneth Lawrence Explorer

Squonk

http://www.simonmcbride.net/home.asp

Have a look for Simon Mcbride on youtube

He get's some reasonable tone out of his PRS ?

singemonkey

Well. There haven't been many classic tracks - period - in the last 15 years. Maybe the fact that the few that have inspired kids weren't cut on PRSs is because they're out of a lot of people's price range and hence less likely to be the guitar of choice used on the few awesome guitar tracks?

aubs1

X-rated Bob wrote Well I'm arguing/splitting hairs with Singe, but I have to say I think he has a point. Where are all the great guitarists laying down classic tracks on PRS guitars?

Hey Bob, read the topic of the thread again, that's where I was coming from...... ?

X-rated Bob wrote Orianthi's endorsement of PRS don't make no never mind to me. I think she's an OK player, but not great and doesn't strike me as being potentially great. A large amount of her perceived greatness resides in her gender (wow! That's a CHICK playing guitar, dude), her looks and her rock-chick image.

Again, I was not referring to her greatness or lack of it, but the tone she got out of her PRSes. And talking about tone, I'm sure Mark Tremonti, Al diMeola, and others would differ as well, however, I'm also going off the topic now ........

X-rated Bob wrote ..... I've seen Joan Armatrading in action, and believe me - she can play)

I like Joan, she's ok ........ ?

singemonkey wrote ....... Maybe the fact that the few that have inspired kids weren't cut on PRSs is because they're out of a lot of people's price range and hence less likely to be the guitar of choice used on the few awesome guitar tracks?

Could be, Singy, but not more so than Les Pauls, (i think ?) Then again, maybe ........ yes.....

singemonkey

A lot more LPs floating around 2nd hand and cheap.

Vick

Guys...on the PRS And classic songs thing, mr. Santana should have used it on a couple of songs..?

Bob-Dubery

1) I apologise for the thread wandering off course

2) I think I've been quite lucky in getting away with blinkered and out-of-date remarks about PRS for at least 10 minutes without anybody slapping me down.

3) Please be gentle

PeteM

As a matter of interest Santana used a Yamaha SG 175B from 1976 to 1982 before he went with PRS.

dee

PeteM wrote As a matter of interest Santana used a Yamaha SG 175B from 1976 to 1982 before he went with PRS.

Which is another fine looking instrument, by the way...

V8

JohnnyReggae wrote I'd have to go with BC Rich ... mostly because they are such bad-ass looking guitars. I really wanted a BC Rich when I first started playing electric

+1, my first electric guitar was a jet black BC Rich Warlock and I loved that thing! Even had a surprising amount of playability...lol

Although now replaced by a jet black hohner GT-2 'stick' http://picasaweb.google.com/v8v8v8/MusicStuff#5564239316645942850- which I'm quite fond of, although I can't say the design is eye-pleaser ??? Although, imho, the hohner jack bass version is a looker.http://picasaweb.google.com/v8v8v8/MusicStuff#5564239332416621314

Jack-Flash-Jr

Tele baby tele. There is no finer looking piece of art.

As for the thread wanderers... by the time the signal hits your ear it's been processed so many times who can tell what the guitar is. For me it's always been the amp the provides the aura. I've heard US LPs that sound more like Strats than fellow LPs. Word.

Sean

Brentcgp wrote Acoustic I would have to go for Kevin Ryan
The Ghost - specifically this one
http://www.ryanguitars.com/NewsandEvents/GuitarsForSale/TheGhost.htm

$27000... ?

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