Unpopular opinions on gear

[CanserDYI]

While I am in agreement that the idea of using nitro over poly, the latter being a much better protective finish, is silly in theory and from a durability standpoint, but if you haven't played a worn in nitro body/neck, you're missing out. It feels awesome, smells awesome, and just has an indescribable quality when it wears that just scratches all the right itches for me. I love playing old nitro guitars.

Again, it is stupid if you think about it too long, but what isn't?

 

[STRHelvete]

While I am in agreement that the idea of using nitro over poly, the latter being a much better protective finish, is silly in theory and from a durability standpoint, but if you haven't played a worn in nitro body/neck, you're missing out. It feels awesome, smells awesome, and just has an indescribable quality when it wears that just scratches all the right itches for me. I love playing old nitro guitars.

Again, it is stupid if you think about it too long, but what isn't?

I'd imagine the feel is better.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I bet nitro guitars look much cooler when they catch on fire at least

 

[ShredmasterD]

Guitarists who keep chasing higher and higher wattage tube power amps in the name of headroom should maybe just consider buying a 2kW class D power amp and calling it a day.

1.21 gigawatts

 

[STRHelvete]

1.21 gigawatts

*Plugs guitar into the sun*

 

[TedEH]

I'd do it. It would probably sound stellar.

 

[STRHelvete]

I'd do it. It would probably sound stellar.

It'd sound a little too bright for me

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

It'd sound a little too bright for me

I would have thought it's a warmer tone tbh

 

[Emperoff]

1.21 gigawatts

 

[KnightBrolaire]

oil/wax finish on a neck>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>anything else

 

[Matt08642]

Not an unpopular opinion per se, more just an opinion, but I think that the guitar shapes someone likes are heavily dependent on their frame/stature and how they hold the instrument. I've been trying for nearly 20 years to enjoy playing Les Pauls (I try high end models at any store I go to in the hopes one will really click) and it just never feels "good". It could be because I'm taller with longer limbs, but everything just feels weird and cramped (I'd love to try a buckethead LP to see if it's any different feeling to me), either way the shape has never felt right. I don't think it's the scale length either since I love playing SGs, really just how the whole thing comes together.

That being said, an Alpine White LP with gold hardware has been something I've wanted for years and years.

 

[Seabeast2000]

1.21 gigawatts

 

[STRHelvete]

Not an unpopular opinion per se, more just an opinion, but I think that the guitar shapes someone likes are heavily dependent on their frame/stature and how they hold the instrument. I've been trying for nearly 20 years to enjoy playing Les Pauls (I try high end models at any store I go to in the hopes one will really click) and it just never feels "good". It could be because I'm taller with longer limbs, but everything just feels weird and cramped (I'd love to try a buckethead LP to see if it's any different feeling to me), either way the shape has never felt right. I don't think it's the scale length either since I love playing SGs, really just how the whole thing comes together.

That being said, an Alpine White LP with gold hardware has been something I've wanted for years and years.

Yep. I think the combination of body shape, scale length, and neck shape really seal the deal for a player. I went through this for years before finding the guitar that was perfect for me and I still remember years ago trying the right guitar and thinking "Oh my god...THIS is how guitar playing is supposed to feel?"

 

[budda]

*Plugs guitar into the sun*

Model T or Beta Lead?

 

[cmpxchg]

Not an unpopular opinion per se, more just an opinion, but I think that the guitar shapes someone likes are heavily dependent on their frame/stature and how they hold the instrument. I've been trying for nearly 20 years to enjoy playing Les Pauls (I try high end models at any store I go to in the hopes one will really click) and it just never feels "good". It could be because I'm taller with longer limbs, but everything just feels weird and cramped (I'd love to try a buckethead LP to see if it's any different feeling to me), either way the shape has never felt right. I don't think it's the scale length either since I love playing SGs, really just how the whole thing comes together.

That being said, an Alpine White LP with gold hardware has been something I've wanted for years and years.

I have this exact experience every time I pick up my LP. Sounds great, plays well, and yet after ten minutes I'm always uncomfortable and kind of hating it. It weighs a ton so playing it standing up isn't my favorite (I know, I know, it's an LP, that's the point), but the balance when sitting down feels awkward and uncomfortable. Meanwhile, my SG was my first not-cheap guitar and it whips ass no matter what.

 

[ExMachina]

The shape of the guitar body and neck has a huge impact on the tone. Thick necks and Les Paul bodies provide a creaminess to the mids that the strat shape just can't reproduce. The strat provides that twang in the highs, due to the missing wood and thinner paint.

 

[LiveOVErdrive]

I have this exact experience every time I pick up my LP. Sounds great, plays well, and yet after ten minutes I'm always uncomfortable and kind of hating it. It weighs a ton so playing it standing up isn't my favorite (I know, I know, it's an LP, that's the point), but the balance when sitting down feels awkward and uncomfortable. Meanwhile, my SG was my first not-cheap guitar and it whips ass no matter what.

Same here. Love the shape but they sit so bad on my lap. I have two agile ALs that I love but I really need to get rid of.

 

[STRHelvete]

The shape of the guitar body and neck has a huge impact on the tone. Thick necks and Les Paul bodies provide a creaminess to the mids that the strat shape just can't reproduce. The strat provides that twang in the highs, due to the missing wood and thinner paint.

 

[budda]

I have this exact experience every time I pick up my LP. Sounds great, plays well, and yet after ten minutes I'm always uncomfortable and kind of hating it. It weighs a ton so playing it standing up isn't my favorite (I know, I know, it's an LP, that's the point), but the balance when sitting down feels awkward and uncomfortable. Meanwhile, my SG was my first not-cheap guitar and it whips ass no matter what.

You’d probably love my 7.8lb les paul classic then

 

[PK317]

Right, Les Pauls never felt comfortable for me either. I like the look a lot, was hoping to add one to my collection. Never liked Gibsons/Epiphones that I tried. Then I got to thinking, what if there were a lighter version of les paul shaped guitar? So I tried some models with chambered bodies and other models with light basswood bodies - still no good. Then I thought that maybe it is a scale length that is problematic. Found Hagstrom guitar with 25,5 scale - well, still no . Finally accepted that I am not a les paul guy