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tekbow
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Cool, this is going well at this stage i'm suprised as on the original HC thread ESP took an early lead and stayed there,
So onto the guys who won't vote because fender or gibson aren't on there. This was also an issue on the original poll but since people are being polite here, i respond with a polite explanation. My reasons for their non inclusion is this:
As per my description, these guitars were not designed or manufactured specifically for the metal market that emerged post metallica in the early modern metal era, neither are a significant proportions of their total sales gained in these 2 markets (believe me after the last thread i looked these up and tried to interpret them as best i could). we could cite hetfields use of explorers however, by their "thrash" landmark of master of puppets when the band really came of age and found their sound he was using ESP explorers. and ESP became synonymous with the band. I would imagine people would also mention adrian smith from iron maidens use of explorers etc as well, but again a) this is not the era we're talking about, this is the era that gave rise to the modern era of heavy metal and b) the "niche" of heavy metal as a marketing demographic did not exist then, neither were guitars being mass produced in significant numbers aimed at this segemnet.
hope this is an ok explanation but i respect your decision not to vote, its just a bit of fun after all.
on a second point, Suhr? really?
well ok then lol pensa suhr ( in the original incarnation of the company) were most definitely not a metal style guitar company, and in the present incarnation are more or less a boutique builder. will have to take a look at the range but pretty sure they're not designed and marketed at the metal segment in general
Edit: Carparison while impressive are not a significant global player in the demographic at this time, and you don't see many playing them. hence their non inclusion. what we're trying to find here is the recognisable face of global metal guitars. i'e what brand you think of when you think of metal guitars. oddly enough, on th whole explorer thing i still think ESP as i was most exposed to them thru hetfields ESP's
and yes, i no longer play metal, but the kelly is a sexy guitar
cheers guys
So onto the guys who won't vote because fender or gibson aren't on there. This was also an issue on the original poll but since people are being polite here, i respond with a polite explanation. My reasons for their non inclusion is this:
As per my description, these guitars were not designed or manufactured specifically for the metal market that emerged post metallica in the early modern metal era, neither are a significant proportions of their total sales gained in these 2 markets (believe me after the last thread i looked these up and tried to interpret them as best i could). we could cite hetfields use of explorers however, by their "thrash" landmark of master of puppets when the band really came of age and found their sound he was using ESP explorers. and ESP became synonymous with the band. I would imagine people would also mention adrian smith from iron maidens use of explorers etc as well, but again a) this is not the era we're talking about, this is the era that gave rise to the modern era of heavy metal and b) the "niche" of heavy metal as a marketing demographic did not exist then, neither were guitars being mass produced in significant numbers aimed at this segemnet.
hope this is an ok explanation but i respect your decision not to vote, its just a bit of fun after all.
on a second point, Suhr? really?
well ok then lol pensa suhr ( in the original incarnation of the company) were most definitely not a metal style guitar company, and in the present incarnation are more or less a boutique builder. will have to take a look at the range but pretty sure they're not designed and marketed at the metal segment in generalEdit: Carparison while impressive are not a significant global player in the demographic at this time, and you don't see many playing them. hence their non inclusion. what we're trying to find here is the recognisable face of global metal guitars. i'e what brand you think of when you think of metal guitars. oddly enough, on th whole explorer thing i still think ESP as i was most exposed to them thru hetfields ESP's
and yes, i no longer play metal, but the kelly is a sexy guitar
cheers guys
I think of Jimmy Page, Duane Allman, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore, Peter Frampton etc. I think the only guitar (out of the major brands) that's less metal than a Les Paul is a Fender Strat. Explorers are pretty metal though 
