Guitar Color Choice & Genre

BenRNi · 2014-03-13T15:58:05+00:00

Hey all, I'm doing a statistics invitation for a math class I'm taking and decided to compare the color of one's main guitar (the one that you instinctively...

Guitar Color Choice & Genre

Psean

Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
Psean wrote: Don't help the stats much though ?
Key in statistics is finding out the right questions to ask. ?

's true ?

doc-phil

Some dudes (like me) only have one guitar on hand.

So I reach for my maroon quilted maple whether I'm playing blues, death metal or straight rock.

Jayhell

Blues - Blond/Yellow (Tele)
Bues-Rock (With Band)- Cherry Red (ES-339) and (Strat)
Hard Rock - Black (Fernandez)
Bass - Cherry Red (I see a pattern)
Acoustic - Black...

Ok, so it comes down to the fact that I like Black and Cherry Red Guitars and mostly play Blues-Rock to Hard-Rock. But when I tone down for some "clean" laid back stuff I'll play my vintage Tele. Ooh, I should buy a Black and Red Tele, Maybe a thin-line with humbuckers, then technically I need only one guitar. ?

Lethe

Metal - Purple
Rock - Sunburst
Rock - Green

Squonk

I only have 2 electrics so it's quite easy

Natural (Peavey T-60) - Blues, Metal, Prog Rock, Jazz

Blue (Tanglewood JZ503) - Jazz, Blues, Prog Rock, Metal

BobZ_1989

I only have 2 guitars myself, they're both blue... and I mostly play blues and rock

Hammeron

Got 2 electrics and 1 acoustic.
Play my own stuff. Hard Rock, Metal and Celtic Folk.
Use the Cort V on stage with Epiphone Goth Explorer as backup.
Use Ibanez Talman acoustic for the Folky stuff.
All 3 are BLACK!

domhatch

so mainly i play blues, blues-influenced rock stuff on electric. i have three electrics; a gold top les paul with p90s, a wine red les paul with humbuckers, and a white sg with humbuckers.

on acoustic, i play blues, folk, and folk-rock-y type stuff. the guitar has a spruce top with a natural finish.

i very much doubt that you're going to find a general correlation between genres and colours of guitars. in metal you may find more black guitars than other colours, but even then i'd wager it'll be a general thing.

if you're looking for something a little wider, and perhaps a little deeper, i'm sure visiting the 'rig rundown' sites on the web, searching for guitarists by genre, and checking who plays what, might give you additional info.

i dunno if that helps...
dh|

StefStoep

I mainly play bluesy/rock/hard rock, BB King to Black Stone Cherry. I also use all 3 my electrics for everything but some of them do certain things better, so......

Cherry SG - Rock/Hard Rock
Black LP - Blues Rock/Rock/Hard Rock
Natural Sheraton - Blues/Blues Rock/Rock and if I want a more Jazzy tone. Also has an awesome clean tone. (upgrade pups and hardware)

The colours was also mostly by chance, good deal at the right time.

Charlie4

Smokeburst and (DB)sunburst for my 2 electrics.
Jazz - metal and whatever is in between. 8)

Jazzman105

Alan Ratcliffe wrote: All styles of music and honeyburst.

Actually all my guitars are various shades of yellow/amber/orange. Not always by choice (I'd rather have a mix), just the way it turned out. When the right one comes along at the right price, I nab it regardless of colour. Unless it's pukeburst - I can't abide pukeburst (Antigua).

I had no idea what an Antigua finish looks like, so obviously I had to Google it straight-away. "Pukeburst" nails it!!! ?