ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL!?!?

[Mailman1971]

I love watching guitar build videos and seeing pics from old factories.
Rows and rows of bodies all curing in one room. Still blows me away.
The fact as said above. The choice of wood for 'this batch' etc.....
Sure the tiniest things can toss off the mix.

 

[Beyond Black]

Like my buddy says, "Some pieces of wood just decide that their gonna be a guitar."

And some decide they're not....

 

[Mailman1971]

I have had BEAUTIFUL GUITARS....
That just sound like dull shit.
Ones that come to mind were some USA BC Rich Strats.
More 'duds' then studs.

 

[kunos]

Ok....
Some guitars are just BETTER am I right or nuts?

For me, it's obviously true, you are not nuts, or, at least, if you are then I am too

These are my 2 stories:

I get unstoppable GAS for a Jackson SLSMG, decide to try my luck with eBay, do an account and get one. The sellers turns out being an asshole, 3 weeks after, no sign of the guitar, the guy obviously lies about the shipment and so on. Stupid me for not using PayPal or CC to get it, there is no way to get my money back, so I pass the matter to the police and move on. Still wanted the SLSMG tho, so I buy it from a respectable online shop this time. The guitar shows up and it's magnificent, plays like butter and so on. After more than 2 months, one day, out of nowhere courier shows up with a guitar.. it was the first SLSMG that the asshole from ebay finally decided to ship. So here I am now with 2 identical guitars, well, the 2nd one was a total lemon, the thing just wouldn't match the 1st one. So long for the "guitars with EMGs sound all the same".

My second story is much easier to replicate, it was back in 2003 and I was in Japan and shops there launch a massive blow-out of Les Pauls at incredible price, like half price. Never had a LP before so I thought I couldn't pass this. Went to the shops and tried something like 15 guitars, same series, same everything.. well, what do you know? They were all different (all good tho).

Wood is wood, it comes from trees, it's "alive", at least it was .. no 2 pieces of wood are the same -> no 2 guitars are the same. How important is that difference is up to the individual to decide, but it's obviously there.

 

[Badronald]

No, MM. Just like men, not all guitars are created equally.

 

[Deleted member 8761]

some are just more equal than others...

 

[sg guy]

-I think this-(ALL AREN'T CREATED EQUAL)-holds true for everything, car's, women, boots,wood,speaker's & guitar's, I will say that the GIBSON QC bull shit is just that, highly exaggerated, when your the king of the hill you have a huge target of hate on your ass, are some better? Yup!! Read the abovementioned, but I've never! And I mean never found a Gibson SG that was a "dud"... I've found plenty that are better! I think its because there simple guitars, Les Paul's, not simple guitars, the combination of wood, etc,

-here's my guitar picking ritual, weight, I think heavy guitars are by far better, then I strum it not plugged in, if it rings & its pretty much in tune! Great! Then I move on to how it feels, after that its all things you can change.

 

[Smac77]

Ok....
few threads out here recently. Lot of poking and jabbing. But lets ask this question.

Are all guitar models created EQUAL?
I have owned tons and tons of guitars thru the years. Close to 400 electrics. All makes.... models... you name it. I owned it probably.
Buy a 1982 Kramer Pacer. sounds great!!
Few months later.....
Buy a 1982 Kramer Pacer. sounds like crap.

Serial numbers showed they were from the same time era. Same woods..... Same electronics.... But one sounded dull.

Had this happen with Charvels. ESP.... Jacksons..... etc.

Some guitars are just BETTER am I right or nuts?
I think its safe to say that if you get that ONE that feels and plays kick ass.
Do not let it go thinking "Oh I will just buy another one later"
Been burned by this thinking more then once.
Thoughts?

yes agree 100% i've even had a few cheapies, that have blown me away !

 

[Smac77]

-I think this-(ALL AREN'T CREATED EQUAL)-holds true for everything, car's, women, boots,wood,speaker's & guitar's, I will say that the GIBSON QC bull shit is just that, highly exaggerated, when your the king of the hill you have a huge target of hate on your ass, are some better? Yup!! Read the abovementioned, but I've never! And I mean never found a Gibson SG that was a "dud"... I've found plenty that are better! I think its because there simple guitars, Les Paul's, not simple guitars, the combination of wood, etc,

-here's my guitar picking ritual, weight, I think heavy guitars are by far better, then I strum it not plugged in, if it rings & its pretty much in tune! Great! Then I move on to how it feels, after that its all things you can change.

same here but backwards, i go feel first... Then tone makes or breaks it

 

[sg guy]

-I think this-(ALL AREN'T CREATED EQUAL)-holds true for everything, car's, women, boots,wood,speaker's & guitar's, I will say that the GIBSON QC bull shit is just that, highly exaggerated, when your the king of the hill you have a huge target of hate on your ass, are some better? Yup!! Read the abovementioned, but I've never! And I mean never found a Gibson SG that was a "dud"... I've found plenty that are better! I think its because there simple guitars, Les Paul's, not simple guitars, the combination of wood, etc,

-here's my guitar picking ritual, weight, I think heavy guitars are by far better, then I strum it not plugged in, if it rings & its pretty much in tune! Great! Then I move on to how it feels, after that its all things you can change.

same here but backwards, i go feel first... Then tone makes or breaks it