Top 3 favorite guitar shapes ever?

[ZEEGLER]

SG
King V (pointy symmetrical Vs)

Third would be a tie between Aria Urchin and BC Rich Bich.

 

[headlessdeadguy]

Flying V
Explorer
LP

 

[SoooRad]

Dinky
Strat
Les Paul

 

[Fusionbear]

1. Super strat (Suhr Modern)
2. V
3. Star

 

[midnightlaundry]

 

[Chick Norris]

Warlock
Explorer
Flying V

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

Les Paul
Firebird
BC Rich Eagle
Telecaster

 

[stratjacket]

Super Strat (Caparison Horus)
Super Strat (Soloist)
Super Strat (Ibanez RG)

 

[BeZo]

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No.

 

[Findthetone1]

I'm pretty traditional
Les Paul/Les Paul DC
Strats and variants
Explorer (though I've never owned any guitar with that body shape )

 

[midnightlaundry]

Subtleties aside, I bet you couldn't tell the difference between a Plywood Strat vs an Alder.. on a recording..

 

[BeZo]

Subtleties aside, I bet you couldn't tell the difference between a Plywood Strat vs an Alder.. on a recording..

Assuming they have the same strings, tuners, bridges, pickups, cables, pedals, amp, settings, cab, speaker, mic, preamp, counsel/interface, in a climate controlled room, with the same processing and a robot playing both takes? Probably not.

Bet you could tell the difference if you just tap on the body with your knuckle and listen to the wood without all the extra variables though.

The phrase "needle in a haystack" comes to mind here. Just because we can pile a huge stack of hay on top of the needle, does not mean there isn't a needle down there. The tone shaping electronics in the circuit do effect the tone more than the differences in wood. That's what they were designed to do. The wood still does effect the tone, just not as much as turning the tone knob down does. Besides, the analogy becomes easy when you use a magnet. That's why I try out guitars unplugged and listen to it by itself. I can change the pickups later, but I can't change the wood.

 

[Smash]

This is tough.
If i cheat, i can make it easier...if i just say v. Fuck it.

Rhoads
King V
Explorer

 

[thegame]

Aria Urchin

Dave Carlo/RAZOR !!!!

 

[67mike]

Les Paul, Strat, Tele.

 

[Jakem]

Strat, Les Paul, Explorer

 

[japetus]

Strat
Strat
Strat
(All non super strats)

 

[blackie13]

Star
Scarab
Flying v

 

[ZEEGLER]

Dave Carlo/RAZOR !!!!

Exactly! First time I ever saw an Urchin was in Razor's video for Evil Invaders back in 1985. I was immediately smitten. I never owned one until this last December I finally found a close to mint U-100 (better than Dave's bolt on Urchin Deluxe! ).

 

[ZEEGLER]

Star
Scarab
Flying v

I like the Scarab. I like weird shapes. I also like the Jackson Death Angel, and the Lado Lazer.