Does anyone else dislike silly shaped guitars?

[Don Vito]

Great, we really need more superstrat users here. There aren't enough.

Where's Drakkar when you need him??

 

[jonajon91]

What about the intrepid? I think it is a great combination of classic and modern

 

[Basti]

I only really dislike Explorers and to a lesser extent ESP Vypers, the rest are almost all good.
One of my favourites is the BC Rich Virgo. Das right bitches.

 

[Konfyouzd]

What genre do you play?

I play a lot of reggae and jazz "derivatives"...

 

[timbucktu123]

Alot of ergonomics shapes look like uter crap to me with the exceptions of stranbergs

i love explorers, flying v,les pauls , teles, strats, dean ml and razorback(both regular and v) and warlocks

 

[Esp Griffyn]

I've had a Bc Rich JR V Icon, which is a narrow V. I've had an Ibanez Xiphos too, both were incredibly comfortable to play, the Xiphos especially, but I sold them on. I prefer RGs. A lot of the crazy shapes on the market are so just bad I'd feel stupid playing them.

Take for example this

A stunning guitar. Classic, timeless, it's just a perfect form.

Replaced by this

I can't stand single cuts either. I doubt I'll ever buy another guitar that is not an RG or an Ibanez S, and tbh that would suit me fine.

Wtf is this? It looks like an entry to a "Design a guitar" competition for under 15 year olds. Even Mick Thomson looks silly playing it.

 

[Demiurge]

Poor Flying V. Gibson premiered the V shape in 1958- 4 years after the Strat, 6 years after the Les Paul, and 8 after the Tele*- yet somehow it's treated as this wild and crazy outsider design.

*(All dates from Wikipedia, margin of error 61 years)

 

[guitareben]

I don't like spikes or points

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Poor Flying V. Gibson premiered the V shape in 1958- 4 years after the Strat, 6 years after the Les Paul, and 8 after the Tele*- yet somehow it's treated as this wild and crazy outsider design.

I thought the same thing.

 

[xCaptainx]

haha I LOVE odd shaped guitars. Warlocks are insanely comfortable to play sitting down, the wings fit between your legs perfectly. Much easier to track with than an RG/super strat

 

[DrZoidberg]

I've got one of these, and that's about as oddly shaped as I can handle.

 

[Don Vito]

I've got one of these, and that's about as oddly shaped as I can handle.

I had a dream last night that I owned a Parker. I totally want one now.

 

[DrZoidberg]

Sounds like a good dream! I just love the neck on it. It's really easy to maneuver with efficiency. I do tend to prefer small and then necks though, which is why I love this one so much. The top cut-away can sometimes be annoying when playing sitting down, but it keeps me from slouching. If I slump over the 90 degree bend part that I call the "horn" kind of pokes me in the sternum.

 

[thatguy87]

If it isn't a traditional style (super-strat, tele, LP, SG) then KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FUCKING FIRE!! Yeah, I hate anything pointy. Iceman, V, anything BC, Jackson Warrior, ESP F series, Xiphos, RR, etc. All shit.

Glad I could get this off my chest

 

[Dooky]

The only "silly" shaped guitars I like are the classics, ie: Flying Vs (Gibson V, Jackson KV2 and RR1) & Explorers (Gibson Explorers and Jackson Kelly).

 

[80H]

I like foreign shapes, but I also only prefer them when it's either a new take on something that I already like or something that looks like it should have been made by now.

I know minarik guitars get a lot of negative response because of their shapes. There's some of them I don't like at all, but then you have stuff like this. I'd totally rather have this than an es-335 or pretty much any similar shape that I've seen so far.

Then there's this guy which is just a mandolin shape with a different horn and a more guitarly-shaped body overall (note: i do not dig this headstock):

 

[80H]

and goddamn those pictures are bigger than i thought lol

 

[decypher]

Usually I just like regular modern strats and can't get into explorers, flying v's, bc rich's, I always loved this - especially as he came up with it so he could take a second guitar to Europe back then.

And I definitely like this

 

[MikeH]

I can't stand "extreme" shapes. Super-strat, PRS, LP, and that's about it.

 

[Jake]

I can deal with a decent king v/ rhoads, but that's about it. Some explorers are okay too