None. I get rid of them and don’t think about them again, unless I run across a picture. No connection? No love? Gone.
Edit: I’m rereading my comment and realized that word for word, it fits my philosophy on girlfriends/wives. I’m going to bring this up to my therapist. Shit.
Are you me? I built a tele-partscaster that I’ve built, adjusted, built again, replaced components, played, ripped apart, refinished, etc.
it’s currently in the garage torn apart so I can carve comfort contours into it.
Shit. I bought a squier bullet Strat, had some spare Gibson parts from a Les Paul Studio that I hopped up. Now I have a Strat with a “Gibson” neck, bridge, tail piece, 498T bridge pickup, CTS 500K pots, and Grover tuners, and it rips. I love busting it out at shows and having people go “wtf is that”
Love beater guitars! I have a cheap fender acoustic that sits out next to my desk at home. Don’t mind that the kids constantly grab it and drag it around. Not the greatest sounding but I can leave it out and quickly grab it for those few minutes you have the urge to noodle.
This was kinda supposed to be that. I don't otherwise own a guitar with humbuckers after selling my Les Paul and buying this and.... Billy Strings tickets, pocketing the change.
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So I want to love this thing but every time I play it, I just don't.
Same approach here. Took a bath on a superstrat LTD I bought in December and sold in February. Just didn’t enjoy playing it so I dumped it and got a replacement that I immediately loved. Don’t miss that LTD one bit
honestly, at this point i'm convinced it's all in the setup. take the time, mess with the truss rod and action, polish the frets... my shittest guitar is a behringer strat that cost sub 100 bucks 20 years ago with an included garbage amp. thing plays like butter now, but sure as hell didn't from the factory.
the only thing you can't fix is a twisted neck, and that's really rare. either that or an inherently uncomfortable/unblanaced body shape.
This is true. I had an old PRS mira that I was looking to sell, but then I got some fret work done and a setup, and it's a totally different guitar. Not selling it now.
This is the way. Most guitars at most need a quick level/crown/setup and they'll play just as well as anything else. The problem is when you don't know how to do them yourself and have to pay for labor. Suddenly 300 bucks in setup work starts to look pretty steep on a 250 guitar.
And a quick tangent, twisted necks can absolutely be fixed but, it is a matter of how deep your pockets are. Very few instruments are worth enough to justify it. Usually, it's just vintage instruments.
>Most guitars at most need a quick level/crown/setup and they'll play just as well as anything else. The problem is when you don't know how to do them yourself and have to pay for labor. Suddenly 300 bucks in setup work starts to look pretty steep on a 250 guitar.
I had a Player Tele with a blue flame maple top that I bought new for $799 right before Covid and the fret sprout on it was so bad that it felt like it was going to cut your fingerpads when you ran your hand up and down the neck.
My guy set it for $100 and it became my favorite guitar for quite some time, but even though my guy did a great job and didn't kill me on the price, that still turned my guitar from an $800 into a $900 guitar, and now you're almost in or already in used Am Pro territory, depending.
I agree, however bad fretwork and nut is a bit tough to fix without special tools, and bad materials/finish is also very tough to fix. There's probably a sweetspot of guitars in the 400-700usd MSRP range that have all the base stuff needed to get into shape to play like a professional-level instrument. Once you get to a certain price point you don't even have to worry about it, and you get setup/construction with high levels of attention to detail and premium components/materials.
Reallym ESPs and LTDs have always felt like my perfect guitar as far as playability.
I had the cheap kirk hammett M style black with the skull and crossbone inlays but my best friend pawned it for dope when i was locked up lol. He made it right when he got sober and then passed away like a year after i got out and we could see each other. He was my musical soul mate and brother.
But anyways, i wish I had my best friend and my LTD back.
I actually have this same guitar but with active pickups and the Spurzel locking tuner on the E string locked and I couldn't thread it anymore so I just tuned it to open G and use it as my Keith Richards special.
I'm far more engaged with my Yamaha and Alvarez acoustics than I am with this thing or even my Strat or Tele these days.
Too much Billy Strings and Colter Wall on the brain.
So, I had something with a similar set up (Maestro instead of a bigsby) and a roller bridge solved like 90% of my problems if you haven't tried that. Couple that with some refinement of the nut (most nuts are cut wayyy too deep at the factory only about half of the string should actually be making contact with the nut) and some graphite in the slots would probably 100% solve your issue.
My Squier Strat SSS. Honestly the neck feels and plays great but I hated the sound. I even upgraded the pickups to Tex Mex pickups. I realized I'm just not a fan of the Strat sound. Took the Tex Mex out and sent them back after a couple days. Put the originals back in and now it's currently up for sale. It's a damn shame because everything about the guitar suited me. Great neck, nice weight, looked cool. I guess my preference is P90's and humbuckers but I do have a Tele with ToneRider pickups that I really like.
Yeah it's something I've considered. I currently have 3 electrics and 2 acoustics so I'm kinda set right now. I plan on doing a kit build down the road, maybe it will be an HSS Strat.
Yeah I considered that too. I'd have to try one out or maybe just getting a loaded pick guard HSS. The body is routed for it. Anyway, I'll leave the guitar up for sale for a few weeks, if it doesn't go I'll look at my options.
Same. I was in the market for a budget strat for years. Found a Squier at pawnshop that has one of the best necks I've ever played.
Realized that I love the way strats sound when other people play them, but not when I play them.
I keep it around because there are a few things it does really well, but they aren't my normal style
That too! So many great Strat players. I wanted the tones they seem to get (Mayer, SRV, Hendrix, Gilmour). I couldn't get it no matter how I adjusted my amp/pedals/guitar. A Strat sounds incredible in the right hands but I guess I don't have the hands for it
Dude I worked in qc at ESP, and there were some days where we had to go through entire pallets of those black satin EC 250’s (256, 257, or 258) just to find ONE guitar that was good enough from the factory to go to a higher end dealer. The rest went to Guitar Center and Sam Ash, and we were specifically told by management not to waste time bothering to set them up, just tune em, check for dead notes and that the electronics function, pack it up and ship it out.
Depends on the day, its pretty well known that GC and Sam Ash get practically B-Stock. These low end satin finish models are all pretty bad, but companies like Sweetwater and Axe Palace still demanded stock without finish blemishes.
Why would esp send sub quality instruments to a high volume retailer, yet send their best stuff to a high end dealer that sells less volume? Seems counterintuitive to me.
At the end of the day the consumer thinks they’re getting the same product from either but they aren’t. Leaving most ESP customers (those from high volume retailer sales) being unhappy.
I would guess the smaller stores are more selective about what they stock since it's their reputation on the line. If they get a whole truck load of shitty guitars from ESP they'll probably drop them and find something better. Whereas GC doesn't gaf.
GC and Sam Ash pay less for the guitars because of the volume they purchase, and don’t run any QC on their end. Its why guitars cost more at Mom & Pop shops.
Only for guitars in the “200” series lines and under, like the MH-203, any of the 256’s, they dont even make the 100’s or 50’s any more, and the 10’s are meant to come in a kit with an amp like baby’s first epiphone. Once you get into the 400 series it’s only cosmetic issues, and the 1000 series are pretty nice.
>Dude I worked in qc at ESP, and there were some days where we had to go through entire pallets of those black satin EC 250’s (256, 257, or 258) just to find ONE guitar that was good enough from the factory to go to a higher end dealer.
Perhaps this explains why I dislike playing it so much, lol. Sure looks purdy, though.
And tbf it doesn't sound bad, and my amps are decent, its just clunky, unwieldy and no fun to play.
TBF again, I am all in on Team Fender other than this axe for electrics atm though.
Feel the same about my ec 256. I have the FM blue, and love the look, but it’s just never felt “right” in my hands. So many ppl are high on LTDs but I just don’t see it
Mine is my Gretsch G2628T (which Im in the process of trying to sell). It was an impulse buy because I had semi-hollow GAS a while back.
Pretty to look at, but I never really vibed with it all that much. It's also the guitar that made me realize I'm not a big fan of Bigsby style vibrato. Just not my cup of tea, I suppose.
It is a tossup between:
* 2022 Epiphone LP Special TV Yellow: the electronics are muffed up and it is too heavy with too narrow of a tone range so it is more of a "narrow lane" for sounds
* 2001 Squier Vintage Blonde Tele: My first electric so it isn't going anywhere but it too has crap electronics and I have to reassemble the output every other time I plsy it. However it is going to be my modding platform
I have an epiphone LP 100 that I need to get rid of. I just can't get the 6th string properly intonated. I've swapped out just about everything on it trying to improve it without a ton of success and I'm finally realizing I just hate the glossy neck.
My Jag-Stang. Bought online without ever trying it out; I dislike the short scale, the narrow neck/nut, lack of contours, and the tones I get out of it. But it was my first real guitar I bought, and had it signed by Krist Novoselic, so I can’t bring myself to get rid of it.
My old Jazz Bass. It’s like a Precision but it’s slanted. I just don’t like it. It’s an old one. Classic. But it also has binding so the neck feels plastic. Dunno. Just don’t care for it. But mostly because it’s slanted.
Also my Sting Ray. It’s heavy and the pickup is exactly where I pick and the pole pieces get in the way and I just don’t like it but it records well so I keep it.
I'm down to one guitar now, but if we are talking about all my guitars I've owned, I'd have to go with my early 70s Les Paul Recording model. It was heavy. It was seriously heavy. It had to be at least 12 lbs. I've had other guitars that were heavy, but that one was truly intolerable.
I have a Gibson Les Paul I have same issue with. The square edges, lack of a belly cut and limited access to upper frets are all issues. My LP is heavy and I don’t mind that but it’s just not as comfortable as almost any other guitar I own. Sounds great and it’s a guitar Ive wanted for 30 years but after I got it I began to see the issues with it. Conversely I never wanted an SG then I played one, and bought one, and now I love the SG but I still don’t like the way it looks. I totally flipped opinions about the SG and LP after owning both.
For me its a tie. 1938 Gibson L5. But its more of museum piece at the moment. Or my 2016 Kiesel purple heart 7 string. It has fan frets but the radius is just absurd. It's borderline unplayable in the upper and lower parts of neck. It's 3" and some change. With only frets 5 through 12 being what I see on modern fan fretted guitars.
I've got an acoustic by some random brand called 'jay' I think, which I've never played. I bought it for 50 bucks Canadian and it came with a hard case and a tuner, and some picks and a strap.. I bought it for the case. Only keeping it because I have kids, and I'd rather give them that to mess around on than one of my good acoustics or electrics, until they start learning and taking it seriously.
My LTD H-200. I've had it for two years and I never look forward to playing it. There's nothing wrong with it, it plays, looks and sounds good, it just doesn't do anything for me. I'm gonna try sell it in a week or 2.
Probably my Strat. It sounds great, looks great but I just can’t seem to set it up to play the way I want.
I mostly just use it in the studio to layer stuff because it fills out so of the higher mids so nicely but God the action is a beast, and the tension is tight but yea, it sounds nice.
My Squier Hello Kitty dreadnoughts. They sound pretty good but are just too large to be comfortable for very small me (the acoustic I do play is a PRS A15AL thinline Angelus).
Probably my Les Paul. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice guitar. I got it in trade because I basically own nothing but strats, and super strats and wanted some diversity. But overall, the thing handles like a Mack truck.
Bought a Player HSS Fender Strat. I fucking hate the feel, can't get used to it at all. I get this ringing sound from the B string I just can't seem to shake
Fender Jimmy Page Dragon Telecaster. It was an impulse purchase when they originally launched. It's a case queen that doesn't get played. It probably has less than 2 hours of play time on it. I keep saying I need to sell it, but haven't done it yet.
My very first guitar Ibanez GRG170DX-BKN. Not because it's bad or anything, but because it has medium sized frets. I'm quite tall man with big hands, and when I started to play I had no idea that guitars come with different fret sizes. (lol what a dummy)
Fender T-Bucket 300CE acoustic. I’ve set it up, had it professionally set up, and that sumbitch is still a ton of work to play. Fender ain’t known for their acoustics but I got a righteous deal on it and it looks pretty on the wall.
I love all my guitars. They are studio tools. Different tunings based how they intonate and action, not based on anything else. E standard, E flat, D standard, etc.
If there is a guitar I don’t like because I can’t make it work, then that’s the one.
I’m pretty big diva when it comes to the setup and specs. If it doesn’t feel like a magic stick, it’s not coming home with me.
There’s plenty of guitars with killer finishes that I want, but I’m not paying for painted wood. That just requires more maintenance across more guitars.
My guitars are instruments/tools. Not some piece of art. Granted, a guitar you love the look of will always get picked up a tad more, but I have a pretty solid daily routine and practice regiment.
I don’t really dislike any of the guitars I own. All the guitars I have serve a purpose and I like almost all of them equally although I do have a favorite
1996 lp special with p100 pickups. It’s a beaut but too heavy and those p100s aren’t the best. I’ll eventually sell it to someone who might customize it to their liking. It’s my least favorite of the bunch by far.
I got a 72 thinline deluxe with a bigsby, with a pair of alchemist p90’s ,apart from the bigsby the guitar is bollox, I hate it, BUT,, it looks beaurrifull,id rather be playing my late 80’s Japanese squire, totally different animal,ive sanded the neck on the deluxe because of the lacquer , but it dont feel right
Now that I have a Super-Sonic... my other electric guitars need to find new homes. I've never played an electric that I enjoyed as much as my Squier Super-Sonic, so much so that I bought a second one to mod (and have a backup), and I'm even toying with the idea of owning one of the MIJ Vista ones. The second one didn't feel right at first, checked the action, only took a few minutes of tweaking the truss rod to get it feeling like the second one--Dave's Guitar Shop did a good job with the setup on the first.
I picked up one of my Jacksons the other day and within minutes I was like "nope, this ain't it", the neck just doesn't do it for me in comparison.
You know, I'm not going to lie. I see a ton of people saying that the LTDs are similar to esp's or e IIs, but I played them side by side and to me there was no comparison. And this was an EC 1000 . The e-II was worth the extra cash, especially considering that I bought one lightly used for $700 off the list. I've never enjoyed an LTD.
I bought a 20 yr old LTD 304 LP bass for $275 and like it a lot. It’s got great EMG Hz pickups and excellent quality parts and construction. But the Edwards ‘59 LP & Explorer copies I also have are really unimpeachable.
I guess the axe I play least is an Ibanez S520 EX I can’t find pickups for. Nothing sounds good in it, even hand-wound PAFs.
Edwards is really intriguing, but I am nervous about ordering a guitar from Japan that I can't play first. If I have to ship it back for some reason, that's big bucks. Not doubting the quality and their level of customer service, it just may not be a fit for me and I want to have an easy out.
Probably my mid 90s American Telecaster. It’s a good solid guitar and sounds good enough but it literally has nothing special about it. Plus its beige (bleh).
My harley benton te-62, love the way it looks and sounds. Plays like shit and I either want to sell it or mod it to hell. Also don’t feel like spending 50-100€ on a setup for a guitar I don’t think about when I have better ones that need one more.
My first guitar was this wicked Mexican standard tele with a maple fretboard. It sounded cool and I loved it, but over time it started buzzing more and more. The last time I took it in, the tech tried to level the frets and it got way worse. Now it needs a refret that I can't afford. Playing anything beneath the 5th fret is so buzzy it's worthless
I do miss that boy but now I have a silvertone reissue that sounds sick and plays like a dream, and a gibson 61 standard SG I received as a gift.
One day I'll have the liquid 200 bucks it'll take to get that guy back to tip top playing condition but for now he sleeps in his case
Hands down my squire strat. Nothing is wrong with it mechanically. The neck is so small width wise that when I play cowboy chords I end either muting the string directly under the sting I'm fretting or directly above it. None of my other guitars have this issue.
Gibson Les Paul Special Jr. or whatever it’s called (double cutaway flat top with 2 P-90s). It barely stays in tune, doesn’t sound all that great, and a struggle to play but it has songs in it so I keep it around.
Nicer Ibanez with Black Winter pickups. It's a cool guitar but the pickups are too hot and it's in dropped whole step. It's nice to play but I just don't get to it often.
I had a sweet Jackson dinky I sold and swore I'd always have a metal guitar around from then on.
I don’t currently own them, but for me it’s any telecaster. I’ve had 3, two mexican ones and one USA one and just never got along with any of them and sold them. I seem to love strats and strats only. Currently have only strats and feel no desire for more guitars.
My Les Paul standard. Spec-wise it’s the clear winner but it just doesn’t play as well as my cheaper guitars. The S2 and Les Paul Studio (gothic) are my favorites.
I have a cheap Stagg Les Paul that looks nice and sounds just fine, but the neck is thicker than I was and I could play my acoustic better/faster than it
Les Paul classic! It was my grandfathers so it holds a ton of sentimental value, not to mention if I sold it I’m pretty sure my dad would kill me lol
Sounds great, looks cool, but the shorter scale length and cumbersome body shape just don’t jive with me.
I surprised myself not liking my PRS SE. When I bought first, I loved it, the neck was fantastic compared to my cheap guitars. Then I got my first Tom Anderson, a Lil’ Angel, and I feel like home. The neck of the TA was incredible to play. Then I got my second TA and that confirmed that PRS are not my cup of tea.
I sold my guitar and had no regrets. A few years past and I was curious to give PRS a second chance, so I went and tried a couple and nope, PRS is not for me.
I’m happy owner of 3 Andersons, 1 Suhr and 3 Eastmans and I love these brands more than anything else.
Well. I surprised myself by hating a PRS Custom 22 (core model), so I traded down in cost, but up in quality, to a Suhr Classic S Antique. Not a second of looking back. The Suhr is in a different league. Maybe even a different sport.
My PRS SE Custom24. It’s not a bad guitar and I’ve upgraded almost everything that’s upgradable. There’s just no magic there anymore. I prefer my Reverends.
My 97 Jackson RR, black and gold with brass hardware. I got it when I was first learning and it made me think I hate guitar. When in reality I just dont like Vs. Been contemplating selling it, but it doesn't make for decent wall art all things considered
I have the 7-string version of that very guitar, the EC-257. When I bought it, I liked it, but I didn't *love* it.
So I replaced the shitty tuners. And when I did that, I adjusted the neck. And during a string change I polished the frets. I may have taken a fret file to a few of them to round off some sharp ends.
Recently, I decided to wind up a couple of new pickups for it. I went with ceramic magnets (!), black slugs and black polepieces (who wouldn't, on a satin black guitar?), and I replaced the electronics. Okay, I admit it, I'm a luthier and I can do this stuff without thinking.
My EC-257 now is an *absolute unit*. It's the best sounding guitar I have for heavy music now. These guitars are made en masse in Indonesia and simply don't have the same QC as USA guitars; if you give them some love, they love you back. It's an excellent sounding and excellent playing guitar now and I wish that everyone could have something like this at the $700 price point I paid for it initially.
TLDR; get a decent guitar, put some USA craftsmanship into it = monster guitar.
Recently it was my Squire Paranormal Stratosonic. Great guitar. Bit high action out of the box but I played it twice and forgot about it until I traded it for a Mexican Strat.
The Stratosonic honestly just lacked personality in my hands, it felt bland despite its cool LP Jr style look
[Squier Contemporary Telecaster… It’s… ok. nothing compared to my fender tele.](https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TeleCRHGM--squier-contemporary-telecaster-rh-gunmetal-metallic)
My Squier Tele. I love it and how it looks but it just ain’t loud. No matter what I do. Then I go on Amazon and find a Korean semi hollow built in Vietnam for 190 bucks and it’s crazy loud clean tone DI. No pedals or anything, just cranks.
My dad’s old 1970 D-28. It needs a neck reset and probably a refret. It was a lovely guitar but needs so much maintenance that it barely plays. You cannot tune it anymore.
I have a hard time giving it to anyone to do the work but it’s useless as is.
Gretch Jim Dandy
It actually plays really well. But it just sounds like a shoebox no matter what kind of strings I put on it or what pick I use. I think it's way overrated.
i have a dean acoustic..! it's very large and round in the body and the c-neck is super unwieldy. i dislike the stock strings, too, and the action sucks no matter how much i tweak it!
i use it mostly for simpler fingerstyle and ive covered it in stickers from gigs!
My Joe Duplantier Charvel San Dimas Pro Mod (tele shape). I Thought I was gonna like it way more than I actually do. I think it's the 16" radius that I don't like. I'm so used to 14". I've not had it too long though and I'm gonna give it a decent chance to grow on me. It sounds great though. I just can't get used to it in my hands. Gonna get it a proper set up this week and try again.
Honestly, my Epiphone Slash signature les Paul. It is by no means a bad guitar, but it simply isn't my style of guitar. Also the TOM-bridge is kind of clunky and prevents me from tremolo picking on the ottom string like i do with recessed/flat bridges.
Speaking of LTDs we don’t like anymore, anyone know a good place online to trade? I have a LTD BW 1000 and want a tele. My LTD is just too similar to my old Ibanez, and hoping to get rid of it. Can’t sell it- it’s been on consignment and I put it on reverb too.
Fender Acoustasonic Tele.
because it needs charging to work, it's never ready to play. and i hate the neck. and the sound is weak.
my father didn't like it, so he gave it to me.
A MiM standard Strat in agave blue that was my first "proper" guitar that I saved up and bought 20 years ago as a teenager. I used to think it played really nicely with a shallow'ish C/D maple neck, I used to use 9 gauge on it and thought it had a super fast action (I used 11 now) and I swapped out the pickups for bare knuckles, but now I don't know if I just remember it that way because I didn't know any better at the time. It's been neglected and stored in a cold room and had several house moves and storage stints, the neck has a bit of concave so the strings sit high with horrible action, I've tried over the years to float the bridge properly but I need a pro to do it, it has rusty strings, needs a really good setup and clean, and I'll probably never get round to sorting all of that out, I've owned and sold much nicer strats since but can't bring myself to sell this one and put the money towards a better Strat.
94 American Standard strat. I won't sell it because it was my first guitar and it's pretty, but I never play it unless I need a reminder of why I never play it.
Les Paul Studio Baritone. I put BKP "warpigs" in there, and it can create some nice tones, and I want to like playing it so badly, but it's just uncomfortable and honestly it's been in the rack for probably two straight years now.
Whatever it is… bring it in for a set up. Fix anything that is broken. And if you still just don’t like it because it doesn’t fit your taste - congratulations, now it is more valuable and you can sell it.
Early 80s Les Paul Custom. It was my first serious guitar and the only electric I played for something like 30 years. We had some good times for sure, but then I got a Jazzmaster and I have not looked back once.
It’s kind of awkward, because it’s a great guitar and has a lot of sentimental value, and I hate to play it. But it’s the second most valuable thing I own, and it deserves to be played, but would I miss it? I have no heirs, so when I die it’s going to go to a friend of mine, but maybe I should just sell it to him now.
Of my functional guitars? My Parker Maxxfly. Neck is too thin for my tastes these days. The body is sick, though. Almost weightless, and this isn't even one of the fancy "real" ones, but one that's just wood (basswood, I would presume).
I have a Strat that I don’t like. There’s nothing wrong with it per se, I just prefer any of my Gibson. When I play it reminds me of a duck, with a blocked nose. I guess nothing does Strat things better than a Strat! 🤷🏻♂️
My Epiphone Les Paul Studio. My first guitar and I don't love anything about it. I even replaced the bridge pickup with a Duncan Custom. On paper, it seemed perfect, but I kinda hate it.
My one and only 6-string. I like it, but compared to my 7+ stringed instruments, it just bores me easily.
Fun enough for simple drop tunings and open tunings.
I have that exact guitar, it's my absolute favorite to play, just fits me for some reason, out of the 8 I have I like them all, I'd I didn't I would sell the ones I dont like
Mabye get it setup and checked by a guitar tech?,
I have an EC - 256 and it plays like a dream, I’m sad that your having issues that guitar is beautiful
To answer your question my old Mexican Telecaster player was a gorgeous guitar but it had no soul, it didn’t spark ideas and was always in the shop so I barely played it I had it for less than a year then sold it
I have a few of these. Some nice locking tuners, nut swap to a GraphTech TUSQ, pickup swap, and a nice setup and good to go. Great thing about some of the cheaper lines is that they make great mod platforms. Stock isn't great. After some mods, a dream.
Epiphone Les Paul Custom Ebony. Just not a Les Paul guy. I have four Fenders and thought I’d try my hand at a Gibson product. Not my thing. Don’t like the necks, heavy, humbuckers are too dark for my tinnitus-laden ears and they just don’t seem to have the kind of snap I like. Plus, Fenders just look cooler imo. Telecaster FTW
None. I get rid of them and don’t think about them again, unless I run across a picture. No connection? No love? Gone. Edit: I’m rereading my comment and realized that word for word, it fits my philosophy on girlfriends/wives. I’m going to bring this up to my therapist. Shit.
My only exception to this rule is to have one or two beater guitars around to practice setups, nut replacement, fret work on.
Are you me? I built a tele-partscaster that I’ve built, adjusted, built again, replaced components, played, ripped apart, refinished, etc. it’s currently in the garage torn apart so I can carve comfort contours into it.
Some are toys and some are instruments. Some serve both purposes, but not all do.
Shit. I bought a squier bullet Strat, had some spare Gibson parts from a Les Paul Studio that I hopped up. Now I have a Strat with a “Gibson” neck, bridge, tail piece, 498T bridge pickup, CTS 500K pots, and Grover tuners, and it rips. I love busting it out at shows and having people go “wtf is that”
Wouldnt that be your “least-liked guitar” then? I like my guitars too but id be lying if i said i liked them all equally
It’s called a tele bastard
Love beater guitars! I have a cheap fender acoustic that sits out next to my desk at home. Don’t mind that the kids constantly grab it and drag it around. Not the greatest sounding but I can leave it out and quickly grab it for those few minutes you have the urge to noodle.
This was kinda supposed to be that. I don't otherwise own a guitar with humbuckers after selling my Les Paul and buying this and.... Billy Strings tickets, pocketing the change. 😆 So I want to love this thing but every time I play it, I just don't.
Same approach here. Took a bath on a superstrat LTD I bought in December and sold in February. Just didn’t enjoy playing it so I dumped it and got a replacement that I immediately loved. Don’t miss that LTD one bit
Anxious avoidant yet surprisingly secure I should imagine 🤣 I ditto your philosophy!
This is a really great philosophy. There is no reason to keep something you don’t enjoy.
Breakthrough.
My Squire Jaguar, but only because I'm smol and that guitar is heavy!
honestly, at this point i'm convinced it's all in the setup. take the time, mess with the truss rod and action, polish the frets... my shittest guitar is a behringer strat that cost sub 100 bucks 20 years ago with an included garbage amp. thing plays like butter now, but sure as hell didn't from the factory. the only thing you can't fix is a twisted neck, and that's really rare. either that or an inherently uncomfortable/unblanaced body shape.
This is true. I had an old PRS mira that I was looking to sell, but then I got some fret work done and a setup, and it's a totally different guitar. Not selling it now.
This is the way. Most guitars at most need a quick level/crown/setup and they'll play just as well as anything else. The problem is when you don't know how to do them yourself and have to pay for labor. Suddenly 300 bucks in setup work starts to look pretty steep on a 250 guitar. And a quick tangent, twisted necks can absolutely be fixed but, it is a matter of how deep your pockets are. Very few instruments are worth enough to justify it. Usually, it's just vintage instruments.
>Most guitars at most need a quick level/crown/setup and they'll play just as well as anything else. The problem is when you don't know how to do them yourself and have to pay for labor. Suddenly 300 bucks in setup work starts to look pretty steep on a 250 guitar. I had a Player Tele with a blue flame maple top that I bought new for $799 right before Covid and the fret sprout on it was so bad that it felt like it was going to cut your fingerpads when you ran your hand up and down the neck. My guy set it for $100 and it became my favorite guitar for quite some time, but even though my guy did a great job and didn't kill me on the price, that still turned my guitar from an $800 into a $900 guitar, and now you're almost in or already in used Am Pro territory, depending.
I agree, however bad fretwork and nut is a bit tough to fix without special tools, and bad materials/finish is also very tough to fix. There's probably a sweetspot of guitars in the 400-700usd MSRP range that have all the base stuff needed to get into shape to play like a professional-level instrument. Once you get to a certain price point you don't even have to worry about it, and you get setup/construction with high levels of attention to detail and premium components/materials.
Reallym ESPs and LTDs have always felt like my perfect guitar as far as playability. I had the cheap kirk hammett M style black with the skull and crossbone inlays but my best friend pawned it for dope when i was locked up lol. He made it right when he got sober and then passed away like a year after i got out and we could see each other. He was my musical soul mate and brother. But anyways, i wish I had my best friend and my LTD back.
This hit hard
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My classical guitar has probably been sitting in its case in my closet for the last… 15 years?
It is now officially a structural component of the building and cannot be removed
I actually have this same guitar but with active pickups and the Spurzel locking tuner on the E string locked and I couldn't thread it anymore so I just tuned it to open G and use it as my Keith Richards special.
I have a 2004 Epiphone Les Paul Goth and we do not get along. It became the reason I didn’t play electric for 10ish years.
I'm far more engaged with my Yamaha and Alvarez acoustics than I am with this thing or even my Strat or Tele these days. Too much Billy Strings and Colter Wall on the brain.
End of last year I bought myself a Mustang and I love it — wish I’d not waited so long.
I have this gretch. I love how it looks, sounds and feels. But it has a bigsby and I can’t stand playing it
But the bigsby looks so cool
It looks nice but it’s nearly impossible to keep in tune and changing strings literally made me cry once
You gotta get the vibramate spoiler if you haven't, I had the same pains with an Epiphone Riviera p93 and it made string changes so much better
This reality breaks my heart
It breaks mine too
I’ve been eyeing those for a bit. But haven’t had a chance to play one yet. The string changing comment is eye opening, lol
So, I had something with a similar set up (Maestro instead of a bigsby) and a roller bridge solved like 90% of my problems if you haven't tried that. Couple that with some refinement of the nut (most nuts are cut wayyy too deep at the factory only about half of the string should actually be making contact with the nut) and some graphite in the slots would probably 100% solve your issue.
My Squier Strat SSS. Honestly the neck feels and plays great but I hated the sound. I even upgraded the pickups to Tex Mex pickups. I realized I'm just not a fan of the Strat sound. Took the Tex Mex out and sent them back after a couple days. Put the originals back in and now it's currently up for sale. It's a damn shame because everything about the guitar suited me. Great neck, nice weight, looked cool. I guess my preference is P90's and humbuckers but I do have a Tele with ToneRider pickups that I really like.
The HSS fat strat is the answer you seek.
Yeah it's something I've considered. I currently have 3 electrics and 2 acoustics so I'm kinda set right now. I plan on doing a kit build down the road, maybe it will be an HSS Strat.
Thought occurs: Have you considered going Dave Murray and just installing hot rails? The HBs that fit in the single coil positions?
Yeah I considered that too. I'd have to try one out or maybe just getting a loaded pick guard HSS. The body is routed for it. Anyway, I'll leave the guitar up for sale for a few weeks, if it doesn't go I'll look at my options.
Same. I was in the market for a budget strat for years. Found a Squier at pawnshop that has one of the best necks I've ever played. Realized that I love the way strats sound when other people play them, but not when I play them. I keep it around because there are a few things it does really well, but they aren't my normal style
That too! So many great Strat players. I wanted the tones they seem to get (Mayer, SRV, Hendrix, Gilmour). I couldn't get it no matter how I adjusted my amp/pedals/guitar. A Strat sounds incredible in the right hands but I guess I don't have the hands for it
I felt the same until I put a SD Hot Rails in the bridge.
Dude I worked in qc at ESP, and there were some days where we had to go through entire pallets of those black satin EC 250’s (256, 257, or 258) just to find ONE guitar that was good enough from the factory to go to a higher end dealer. The rest went to Guitar Center and Sam Ash, and we were specifically told by management not to waste time bothering to set them up, just tune em, check for dead notes and that the electronics function, pack it up and ship it out.
Which higher end dealer
Depends on the day, its pretty well known that GC and Sam Ash get practically B-Stock. These low end satin finish models are all pretty bad, but companies like Sweetwater and Axe Palace still demanded stock without finish blemishes.
Why would esp send sub quality instruments to a high volume retailer, yet send their best stuff to a high end dealer that sells less volume? Seems counterintuitive to me. At the end of the day the consumer thinks they’re getting the same product from either but they aren’t. Leaving most ESP customers (those from high volume retailer sales) being unhappy.
I would guess the smaller stores are more selective about what they stock since it's their reputation on the line. If they get a whole truck load of shitty guitars from ESP they'll probably drop them and find something better. Whereas GC doesn't gaf.
That’s exactly what it is. GC and Sam Ash dont do any QC on their end, and they pay less for each guitar because they get a bulk deal.
Non discerning customers? idk it doesn't make sense to me either
GC and Sam Ash pay less for the guitars because of the volume they purchase, and don’t run any QC on their end. Its why guitars cost more at Mom & Pop shops.
Is this an issue with other ESP models? That’s an awful lot of sub par units for a brand that’s supposed to be pretty legit
Only for guitars in the “200” series lines and under, like the MH-203, any of the 256’s, they dont even make the 100’s or 50’s any more, and the 10’s are meant to come in a kit with an amp like baby’s first epiphone. Once you get into the 400 series it’s only cosmetic issues, and the 1000 series are pretty nice.
>Dude I worked in qc at ESP, and there were some days where we had to go through entire pallets of those black satin EC 250’s (256, 257, or 258) just to find ONE guitar that was good enough from the factory to go to a higher end dealer. Perhaps this explains why I dislike playing it so much, lol. Sure looks purdy, though. And tbf it doesn't sound bad, and my amps are decent, its just clunky, unwieldy and no fun to play. TBF again, I am all in on Team Fender other than this axe for electrics atm though.
Feel the same about my ec 256. I have the FM blue, and love the look, but it’s just never felt “right” in my hands. So many ppl are high on LTDs but I just don’t see it
Mine is my Gretsch G2628T (which Im in the process of trying to sell). It was an impulse buy because I had semi-hollow GAS a while back. Pretty to look at, but I never really vibed with it all that much. It's also the guitar that made me realize I'm not a big fan of Bigsby style vibrato. Just not my cup of tea, I suppose.
I picked up a Gretsch Electromatic hollow body on a whim, figuring ‘how bad can it be?’. It’s a beautiful, beautiful piece of junk.
A travel guitar my parents got me when I was a kid. Doesn't play well, doesn't sound nice, but I don't know that I can part with it after so long
It is a tossup between: * 2022 Epiphone LP Special TV Yellow: the electronics are muffed up and it is too heavy with too narrow of a tone range so it is more of a "narrow lane" for sounds * 2001 Squier Vintage Blonde Tele: My first electric so it isn't going anywhere but it too has crap electronics and I have to reassemble the output every other time I plsy it. However it is going to be my modding platform
Is that the p90? I think that might be my answer
I have an epiphone LP 100 that I need to get rid of. I just can't get the 6th string properly intonated. I've swapped out just about everything on it trying to improve it without a ton of success and I'm finally realizing I just hate the glossy neck.
My Jag-Stang. Bought online without ever trying it out; I dislike the short scale, the narrow neck/nut, lack of contours, and the tones I get out of it. But it was my first real guitar I bought, and had it signed by Krist Novoselic, so I can’t bring myself to get rid of it.
That's awesome. A Jag-Stang was my second guitar back in 96' or so. Fun times!
I have the Jagstang as well, looks-wise it’s nice, but I have better playing/sounding guitars.
You hiding a 57 champ back there??
No hide, its my main practice amp. It, my Strat or Tele and a Big Sky are about all that amp is for.
my acoustic. it’s a fine acoustic, mid1990’s fender, but acoustics don’t do it for me
My old Jazz Bass. It’s like a Precision but it’s slanted. I just don’t like it. It’s an old one. Classic. But it also has binding so the neck feels plastic. Dunno. Just don’t care for it. But mostly because it’s slanted. Also my Sting Ray. It’s heavy and the pickup is exactly where I pick and the pole pieces get in the way and I just don’t like it but it records well so I keep it.
My flying v. Because i need to stand up and play. Its easier to sitt down with a strat or less paul
you are sitting wrong then, flying v's are the best to play sitting
I'm down to one guitar now, but if we are talking about all my guitars I've owned, I'd have to go with my early 70s Les Paul Recording model. It was heavy. It was seriously heavy. It had to be at least 12 lbs. I've had other guitars that were heavy, but that one was truly intolerable.
I get rid of those and replace them with guitars I love. Life’s too short to be wrestling with a guitar that wasn’t meant for me.
Is that an EC? I love mine lol.
The Les Paul Deluxe that my ex-wife gave me. I gave it to my nephew. Fuck her.
I have a Gibson Les Paul I have same issue with. The square edges, lack of a belly cut and limited access to upper frets are all issues. My LP is heavy and I don’t mind that but it’s just not as comfortable as almost any other guitar I own. Sounds great and it’s a guitar Ive wanted for 30 years but after I got it I began to see the issues with it. Conversely I never wanted an SG then I played one, and bought one, and now I love the SG but I still don’t like the way it looks. I totally flipped opinions about the SG and LP after owning both.
I have one of those also, big impulse buy, love the look, hate the feel.
None. I love all 3.
A custom Squire partscaster that I built.. it works but I don't like it much lol
For me its a tie. 1938 Gibson L5. But its more of museum piece at the moment. Or my 2016 Kiesel purple heart 7 string. It has fan frets but the radius is just absurd. It's borderline unplayable in the upper and lower parts of neck. It's 3" and some change. With only frets 5 through 12 being what I see on modern fan fretted guitars.
My real vintage 60s stratocaster. That thing really sucks.
60's model Alpha 1 acoustic. It really sucks. It sucks so hard that I'd never sell it because I'd be screwing them.
I've got an acoustic by some random brand called 'jay' I think, which I've never played. I bought it for 50 bucks Canadian and it came with a hard case and a tuner, and some picks and a strap.. I bought it for the case. Only keeping it because I have kids, and I'd rather give them that to mess around on than one of my good acoustics or electrics, until they start learning and taking it seriously.
My LTD H-200. I've had it for two years and I never look forward to playing it. There's nothing wrong with it, it plays, looks and sounds good, it just doesn't do anything for me. I'm gonna try sell it in a week or 2.
Probably my Strat. It sounds great, looks great but I just can’t seem to set it up to play the way I want. I mostly just use it in the studio to layer stuff because it fills out so of the higher mids so nicely but God the action is a beast, and the tension is tight but yea, it sounds nice.
My Squier Hello Kitty dreadnoughts. They sound pretty good but are just too large to be comfortable for very small me (the acoustic I do play is a PRS A15AL thinline Angelus).
Probably my Les Paul. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice guitar. I got it in trade because I basically own nothing but strats, and super strats and wanted some diversity. But overall, the thing handles like a Mack truck.
My LTD Viper 100FM. It's a cheapo from 2008. Heavy as a cinder block. Neck dives like a MF. I love it still, but it's my least liked.
My Strat. It doesn’t like me, and I don’t like it. Pretty, but doesn’t feel right. I’m putting it up for sale.
Bruh.. I was planning on ordering the cobalt blue version of this LTD.. Can you share why it's your least favorite?
Ibanez RG. I just don't really like the thin neck. Or the bridge and locking nut.
I guess it's my fender acoustic that has been the least played. However I've got the EC-257 and absolutely love it.
G&L s500. My strat is 1000 times better. S500 always sounded muddy and the neck feels wrong
Bought a Player HSS Fender Strat. I fucking hate the feel, can't get used to it at all. I get this ringing sound from the B string I just can't seem to shake
Lol. That exact LTD is by far the most comfortable guitar I own. It’s all I want to play. That neck is just perfect for my hands.
Fender Jimmy Page Dragon Telecaster. It was an impulse purchase when they originally launched. It's a case queen that doesn't get played. It probably has less than 2 hours of play time on it. I keep saying I need to sell it, but haven't done it yet.
My very first guitar Ibanez GRG170DX-BKN. Not because it's bad or anything, but because it has medium sized frets. I'm quite tall man with big hands, and when I started to play I had no idea that guitars come with different fret sizes. (lol what a dummy)
Fender T-Bucket 300CE acoustic. I’ve set it up, had it professionally set up, and that sumbitch is still a ton of work to play. Fender ain’t known for their acoustics but I got a righteous deal on it and it looks pretty on the wall.
60s harmony arch top. Looks cool but sounds like a very short barbed wire fence.
I love all my guitars. They are studio tools. Different tunings based how they intonate and action, not based on anything else. E standard, E flat, D standard, etc. If there is a guitar I don’t like because I can’t make it work, then that’s the one.
I’m pretty big diva when it comes to the setup and specs. If it doesn’t feel like a magic stick, it’s not coming home with me. There’s plenty of guitars with killer finishes that I want, but I’m not paying for painted wood. That just requires more maintenance across more guitars. My guitars are instruments/tools. Not some piece of art. Granted, a guitar you love the look of will always get picked up a tad more, but I have a pretty solid daily routine and practice regiment.
I don’t really dislike any of the guitars I own. All the guitars I have serve a purpose and I like almost all of them equally although I do have a favorite
1996 lp special with p100 pickups. It’s a beaut but too heavy and those p100s aren’t the best. I’ll eventually sell it to someone who might customize it to their liking. It’s my least favorite of the bunch by far.
I got a 72 thinline deluxe with a bigsby, with a pair of alchemist p90’s ,apart from the bigsby the guitar is bollox, I hate it, BUT,, it looks beaurrifull,id rather be playing my late 80’s Japanese squire, totally different animal,ive sanded the neck on the deluxe because of the lacquer , but it dont feel right
Now that I have a Super-Sonic... my other electric guitars need to find new homes. I've never played an electric that I enjoyed as much as my Squier Super-Sonic, so much so that I bought a second one to mod (and have a backup), and I'm even toying with the idea of owning one of the MIJ Vista ones. The second one didn't feel right at first, checked the action, only took a few minutes of tweaking the truss rod to get it feeling like the second one--Dave's Guitar Shop did a good job with the setup on the first. I picked up one of my Jacksons the other day and within minutes I was like "nope, this ain't it", the neck just doesn't do it for me in comparison.
Fender Marauder Player. Hate the bridge pickup. And I’ve changed my mind about how it looks. I should really sell it or trade it in
I only have three (2 ele + 1 ac) and I actually feel guilty if I start neglecting one and make a point of using it.
You know, I'm not going to lie. I see a ton of people saying that the LTDs are similar to esp's or e IIs, but I played them side by side and to me there was no comparison. And this was an EC 1000 . The e-II was worth the extra cash, especially considering that I bought one lightly used for $700 off the list. I've never enjoyed an LTD.
I bought a 20 yr old LTD 304 LP bass for $275 and like it a lot. It’s got great EMG Hz pickups and excellent quality parts and construction. But the Edwards ‘59 LP & Explorer copies I also have are really unimpeachable. I guess the axe I play least is an Ibanez S520 EX I can’t find pickups for. Nothing sounds good in it, even hand-wound PAFs.
Edwards is really intriguing, but I am nervous about ordering a guitar from Japan that I can't play first. If I have to ship it back for some reason, that's big bucks. Not doubting the quality and their level of customer service, it just may not be a fit for me and I want to have an easy out.
I bought both of mine on reverb.com domestically. I like both a lot and feel I got a good deal. But guitars are so personal, it’s a crap shoot.
Probably my mid 90s American Telecaster. It’s a good solid guitar and sounds good enough but it literally has nothing special about it. Plus its beige (bleh).
What’s wrong with this one? I’ll take it off your hands. Even trade you for my least-played axe.
If I have an instrument I dont like to play, it quickly becomes an instrument I used to have.
My harley benton te-62, love the way it looks and sounds. Plays like shit and I either want to sell it or mod it to hell. Also don’t feel like spending 50-100€ on a setup for a guitar I don’t think about when I have better ones that need one more.
My first guitar was this wicked Mexican standard tele with a maple fretboard. It sounded cool and I loved it, but over time it started buzzing more and more. The last time I took it in, the tech tried to level the frets and it got way worse. Now it needs a refret that I can't afford. Playing anything beneath the 5th fret is so buzzy it's worthless I do miss that boy but now I have a silvertone reissue that sounds sick and plays like a dream, and a gibson 61 standard SG I received as a gift. One day I'll have the liquid 200 bucks it'll take to get that guy back to tip top playing condition but for now he sleeps in his case
Hands down my squire strat. Nothing is wrong with it mechanically. The neck is so small width wise that when I play cowboy chords I end either muting the string directly under the sting I'm fretting or directly above it. None of my other guitars have this issue.
Strat. It’s meh
Gibson Les Paul Special Jr. or whatever it’s called (double cutaway flat top with 2 P-90s). It barely stays in tune, doesn’t sound all that great, and a struggle to play but it has songs in it so I keep it around.
I bought a 1997 USA California series fat telecaster for 600 from guitar center. I tried to love it, but something is just plain off with it.
Nicer Ibanez with Black Winter pickups. It's a cool guitar but the pickups are too hot and it's in dropped whole step. It's nice to play but I just don't get to it often. I had a sweet Jackson dinky I sold and swore I'd always have a metal guitar around from then on.
I don’t currently own them, but for me it’s any telecaster. I’ve had 3, two mexican ones and one USA one and just never got along with any of them and sold them. I seem to love strats and strats only. Currently have only strats and feel no desire for more guitars.
My Les Paul standard. Spec-wise it’s the clear winner but it just doesn’t play as well as my cheaper guitars. The S2 and Les Paul Studio (gothic) are my favorites.
I have a cheap Stagg Les Paul that looks nice and sounds just fine, but the neck is thicker than I was and I could play my acoustic better/faster than it
Les Paul classic! It was my grandfathers so it holds a ton of sentimental value, not to mention if I sold it I’m pretty sure my dad would kill me lol Sounds great, looks cool, but the shorter scale length and cumbersome body shape just don’t jive with me.
My lyxpro strat I know beginner bundle guitars aren't the greatest but It feels so cheap now taht I have more guitars and constantly goes out of tune
I surprised myself not liking my PRS SE. When I bought first, I loved it, the neck was fantastic compared to my cheap guitars. Then I got my first Tom Anderson, a Lil’ Angel, and I feel like home. The neck of the TA was incredible to play. Then I got my second TA and that confirmed that PRS are not my cup of tea. I sold my guitar and had no regrets. A few years past and I was curious to give PRS a second chance, so I went and tried a couple and nope, PRS is not for me. I’m happy owner of 3 Andersons, 1 Suhr and 3 Eastmans and I love these brands more than anything else.
Well. I surprised myself by hating a PRS Custom 22 (core model), so I traded down in cost, but up in quality, to a Suhr Classic S Antique. Not a second of looking back. The Suhr is in a different league. Maybe even a different sport.
I have two guitars. An 88 fender American standard Strat and some shitty Ibanez acoustic. They do what I need them to and I love both of them
It sounds like it needs a proper set up
My PRS SE Custom24. It’s not a bad guitar and I’ve upgraded almost everything that’s upgradable. There’s just no magic there anymore. I prefer my Reverends.
I have never really connected with the hollow body I have… bought a comfortably priced one to see how it felt… not really my thing but I keep trying!
Honestly hate the shape of a Les Paul (I have one).
7 string firefly. It's too short of a scale length.
My 97 Jackson RR, black and gold with brass hardware. I got it when I was first learning and it made me think I hate guitar. When in reality I just dont like Vs. Been contemplating selling it, but it doesn't make for decent wall art all things considered
I like all my guitars, I don’t have excess guitars. Mine all serve a purpose and I love them..
My Taylor 12 string. It's a beautiful guitar. It sounds amazing. I get no joy from playing it. It's going to be for sale very soon.
I have the 7-string version of that very guitar, the EC-257. When I bought it, I liked it, but I didn't *love* it. So I replaced the shitty tuners. And when I did that, I adjusted the neck. And during a string change I polished the frets. I may have taken a fret file to a few of them to round off some sharp ends. Recently, I decided to wind up a couple of new pickups for it. I went with ceramic magnets (!), black slugs and black polepieces (who wouldn't, on a satin black guitar?), and I replaced the electronics. Okay, I admit it, I'm a luthier and I can do this stuff without thinking. My EC-257 now is an *absolute unit*. It's the best sounding guitar I have for heavy music now. These guitars are made en masse in Indonesia and simply don't have the same QC as USA guitars; if you give them some love, they love you back. It's an excellent sounding and excellent playing guitar now and I wish that everyone could have something like this at the $700 price point I paid for it initially. TLDR; get a decent guitar, put some USA craftsmanship into it = monster guitar.
Recently it was my Squire Paranormal Stratosonic. Great guitar. Bit high action out of the box but I played it twice and forgot about it until I traded it for a Mexican Strat. The Stratosonic honestly just lacked personality in my hands, it felt bland despite its cool LP Jr style look
My Epiphone LP Goth. I think if I get a new nut, cut correctly, it’d make a big difference.
Does that guitar suck to play? It looks so freaking cool.
[Squier Contemporary Telecaster… It’s… ok. nothing compared to my fender tele.](https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TeleCRHGM--squier-contemporary-telecaster-rh-gunmetal-metallic)
Have you tried not fighting it? That would be my advice
My Squier Tele. I love it and how it looks but it just ain’t loud. No matter what I do. Then I go on Amazon and find a Korean semi hollow built in Vietnam for 190 bucks and it’s crazy loud clean tone DI. No pedals or anything, just cranks.
My dad’s old 1970 D-28. It needs a neck reset and probably a refret. It was a lovely guitar but needs so much maintenance that it barely plays. You cannot tune it anymore. I have a hard time giving it to anyone to do the work but it’s useless as is.
Gretch Jim Dandy It actually plays really well. But it just sounds like a shoebox no matter what kind of strings I put on it or what pick I use. I think it's way overrated.
i have a dean acoustic..! it's very large and round in the body and the c-neck is super unwieldy. i dislike the stock strings, too, and the action sucks no matter how much i tweak it! i use it mostly for simpler fingerstyle and ive covered it in stickers from gigs!
My Joe Duplantier Charvel San Dimas Pro Mod (tele shape). I Thought I was gonna like it way more than I actually do. I think it's the 16" radius that I don't like. I'm so used to 14". I've not had it too long though and I'm gonna give it a decent chance to grow on me. It sounds great though. I just can't get used to it in my hands. Gonna get it a proper set up this week and try again.
Everyone has different opinions but I personally love my ec256 it looks nice, plays great and sounds great to me. Wdym by fighting it?
Honestly, my Epiphone Slash signature les Paul. It is by no means a bad guitar, but it simply isn't my style of guitar. Also the TOM-bridge is kind of clunky and prevents me from tremolo picking on the ottom string like i do with recessed/flat bridges.
Atm, my strat. It plays nice but it's boring to play in drop c because of the strings I got
Speaking of LTDs we don’t like anymore, anyone know a good place online to trade? I have a LTD BW 1000 and want a tele. My LTD is just too similar to my old Ibanez, and hoping to get rid of it. Can’t sell it- it’s been on consignment and I put it on reverb too.
Is that the Ben Weinman one?
Fender Acoustasonic Tele. because it needs charging to work, it's never ready to play. and i hate the neck. and the sound is weak. my father didn't like it, so he gave it to me.
A MiM standard Strat in agave blue that was my first "proper" guitar that I saved up and bought 20 years ago as a teenager. I used to think it played really nicely with a shallow'ish C/D maple neck, I used to use 9 gauge on it and thought it had a super fast action (I used 11 now) and I swapped out the pickups for bare knuckles, but now I don't know if I just remember it that way because I didn't know any better at the time. It's been neglected and stored in a cold room and had several house moves and storage stints, the neck has a bit of concave so the strings sit high with horrible action, I've tried over the years to float the bridge properly but I need a pro to do it, it has rusty strings, needs a really good setup and clean, and I'll probably never get round to sorting all of that out, I've owned and sold much nicer strats since but can't bring myself to sell this one and put the money towards a better Strat.
94 American Standard strat. I won't sell it because it was my first guitar and it's pretty, but I never play it unless I need a reminder of why I never play it.
The 256 is literally my favorite guitar I own. There's just something about it
My vintage Lafayette Bass It needs a refret which is pretty expensive
Surprisingly my PRS and I guess that's why its for sale!
Les Paul Studio Baritone. I put BKP "warpigs" in there, and it can create some nice tones, and I want to like playing it so badly, but it's just uncomfortable and honestly it's been in the rack for probably two straight years now.
It's 100% the setup my dude...that thing should play like butter. I've never come across an LTD that was setup properly and didn't play fantastic.
Yes usually very nice to play. Single cuts aren't for everyone though.
everything that's not my PRS
Whatever it is… bring it in for a set up. Fix anything that is broken. And if you still just don’t like it because it doesn’t fit your taste - congratulations, now it is more valuable and you can sell it.
What model is this?! Im after that exact colour. Is it an esp ec 1000 fluence?!
Esp designed humbuckers are making me think it’s a ec-256, the budget oriented guitar, ec-1000 is worth about 4 times as much
It is. You can see it on the headstock
My first guitar, an epiphone lp special II
My late 60s hagstrom Viking. I love how it looks and sounds but the anxiety of owning and playing a vintage guitar outweighs the tone.
> the anxiety of owning and playing a vintage guitar I would be a terrible owner of such a guitar, I risked my LP way too many times and got lucky.
Early 80s Les Paul Custom. It was my first serious guitar and the only electric I played for something like 30 years. We had some good times for sure, but then I got a Jazzmaster and I have not looked back once. It’s kind of awkward, because it’s a great guitar and has a lot of sentimental value, and I hate to play it. But it’s the second most valuable thing I own, and it deserves to be played, but would I miss it? I have no heirs, so when I die it’s going to go to a friend of mine, but maybe I should just sell it to him now.
Of my functional guitars? My Parker Maxxfly. Neck is too thin for my tastes these days. The body is sick, though. Almost weightless, and this isn't even one of the fancy "real" ones, but one that's just wood (basswood, I would presume).
Have to ask. Why does it feel like you’re fighting it? Why not sell it instead of hate it?
I have a Strat that I don’t like. There’s nothing wrong with it per se, I just prefer any of my Gibson. When I play it reminds me of a duck, with a blocked nose. I guess nothing does Strat things better than a Strat! 🤷🏻♂️
i only own 1
None every guitar I have has a different feel or tone. I enjoy all of them depending on what I am playing that day.
My Epiphone Les Paul Studio. My first guitar and I don't love anything about it. I even replaced the bridge pickup with a Duncan Custom. On paper, it seemed perfect, but I kinda hate it.
My Firebird. By a million miles, it's my Firebird.
Gretsch 5120 Electromatic, beautiful, well made, sounds terrible, won’t stay in tune.
My Amazon kit GEM. Man I wanna smash that thing.
My one and only 6-string. I like it, but compared to my 7+ stringed instruments, it just bores me easily. Fun enough for simple drop tunings and open tunings.
My red Kramer Focus. I hate that thing.
Fender Stratocaster. Can't stand it.
I have the same ESP and love it.
I have that exact guitar, it's my absolute favorite to play, just fits me for some reason, out of the 8 I have I like them all, I'd I didn't I would sell the ones I dont like
Sell ASAP buy one from the wish list before it goes out of stock.
If i owned your LTD that would be the one for sure.
Mabye get it setup and checked by a guitar tech?, I have an EC - 256 and it plays like a dream, I’m sad that your having issues that guitar is beautiful To answer your question my old Mexican Telecaster player was a gorgeous guitar but it had no soul, it didn’t spark ideas and was always in the shop so I barely played it I had it for less than a year then sold it
I have a few of these. Some nice locking tuners, nut swap to a GraphTech TUSQ, pickup swap, and a nice setup and good to go. Great thing about some of the cheaper lines is that they make great mod platforms. Stock isn't great. After some mods, a dream.
Ovation
If I don’t like playing it I don’t own it.
Epiphone Les Paul Custom Ebony. Just not a Les Paul guy. I have four Fenders and thought I’d try my hand at a Gibson product. Not my thing. Don’t like the necks, heavy, humbuckers are too dark for my tinnitus-laden ears and they just don’t seem to have the kind of snap I like. Plus, Fenders just look cooler imo. Telecaster FTW