Unpopular Opinions
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Captain Shoggoth
Gotoh 1996T shill
Everything should have gold hardware
Leaving the stock screw collar arm on a Floyd is like driving a sports car in first gear... with the handbrake on
Mankind has advanced beyond the need for push-pull pots
Mankind has advanced beyond the need for truss rod covers
Mankind has NOT advanced beyond the need for pickup rings
Guitar weight doesn't matter until you're doing vocals, in which case for the love of God and your audience play something light
Leaving the stock screw collar arm on a Floyd is like driving a sports car in first gear... with the handbrake on
Mankind has advanced beyond the need for push-pull pots
Mankind has advanced beyond the need for truss rod covers
Mankind has NOT advanced beyond the need for pickup rings
Guitar weight doesn't matter until you're doing vocals, in which case for the love of God and your audience play something light
Probably not an "unpopular" opinion per se, but in the current guitar landscape where there are so many different scale lengths I can't understand why there aren't more string manufacturers doing "in between" string sets. I'd probably use 9.5s in more of my guitars if there were more choices available. Building custom sets with single strings gets expensive quickly, and if you use coated strings you're out of luck.
MetalDestroyer
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jaxadam
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Imagine how much better that would look, sound, feel, and play with EMGs.
Or a JB/Jazz combo, some acid washed jeans, your girlfriend's eyeliner and Aquanet...
SSO: "Strats and LPs with chunky heels are stupid. You can't play above 12th fret."
Literally every neoclassical shredder ever:
Buckethead: "Don't forget about me!"
Me: "Why do you need the upper fret access?"
SSO:
Literally every neoclassical shredder ever:
Buckethead: "Don't forget about me!"
Me: "Why do you need the upper fret access?"
SSO:
HeHasTheJazzHands
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They do
...kinda. lol
SSO: "Strats and LPs with chunky heels are stupid. You can't play above 12th fret."
Literally every neoclassical shredder ever:
Buckethead: "Don't forget about me!"
Me: "Why do you need the upper fret access?"
SSO:
Historically, there have been amazing performers in all areas with subpar equipment. That doesn't mean the equipment shouldn't improve.
wheresthefbomb
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this is the unpopular opinions thread, not the awesome opinions thread.
This is a take I can get behind. Good thing I don't play fast.
What a rollercoaster post. At first I was like
then I was like 
now I'm like 
Historically, there have been amazing performers in all areas with subpar equipment. That doesn't mean the equipment shouldn't improve.
"Improve"
Not trying to be a richard here... but one person's idea of "improving" upon a design may not be another's. I don't have any issue soloing on LPs and Strats. 9" radius or flat, heel shape, chunky or thin necks, etc. doesn't bother me.
I prefer 24.75 with 9s and in E-flat because I bend a lot *, but I also have plenty of fav guitars that are 25.5 so it doesn't bother me that much. I also prefer 22 frets (because there isn't much that requires the last two frets that I can't achieve by moving a string up, and the last two on the high E I think sound better with a full bend and vibrato anyways). So my idea of "improving" would be going from 24 to 22 frets and the shorter radius -- something many on here would hate. YMMV.
[*E-flat or Drop-C# also sounds better to my pedestrian ears than E]
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But we come circles to the same thing. Radius, fret sizes, neck profiles. Different strokes for different folks. Very different playing experiences and what can be better for one, can be worse for another.
Now. What exactly are the advantages of a neck joint with poor fret access? You might not care if you don't play up there, or you like other aspects of the guitar so much that you don't care. Fine. But what about its advantages over a better design?
So far I have heard zero convincing reasons. I don't like pickup rings, but besides aesthetics they're more practical than the alternatives, so there's logic on preferring them.
Because it's like changing out a split rear window on a '63 Corvette. No one will argue that there is any advantage to having it, only negatives such as poorer visibility. But who says let's change it? *
Besides, the point I was making earlier is that there are tons of "Strats" with modified neck heels. You can also buy set-neck / neckthru "Strats". So why does Fender need to change out their vintage spec Strats? Which btw outsell all modified "improved" Strats.
Furthermore, I'd argue that if you list two identical Strats - one with and one without the modern neck joint, the one without that is vintage spec will outsell the "improved" one by a lot.
[* I get that modern Corvettes don't have this, but there's also a reason why vintage Corvettes outsell new ones and sell for more money]
Do they still sell brand new '63 spec'd Corvettes? If so we're referring to a collector's niche than a regular car production line.
Oh. I don't doubt that. I'm 120% positive that would be the case. Which is exactly the point. My point all along was why people prefer an older, objectively worse design with zero advantages over new designs? And the answer is again, the same. Because it's a purists' sin to alter the aesthetics of "a classic".
Which is fine. It's the attitude of mocking others and the "work on your technique br0" or "this guy totally ripped on a strat" (which I'd dare to try Rusty Cooley's stuff on) comments what I find amusing. Kinda similar to the "yo bro do you ever work out?" if you don't like heavy guitars.
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wheresthefbomb
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heavy gear=heavy tone, that's just science
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In no order, my replies to this thread:
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Ok.....
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Agree
A hard cheese if I had to
Not today Satan
Doesn't bother me
Just no
Always
Where did the boost hurt you
Disagree
Allow
Ok.....
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Agree
Agree
A hard cheese if I had to
Not today Satan
Doesn't bother me
Just no
Always
Where did the boost hurt you
Thought there'd be a "just have fun with it" in there
HeHasTheJazzHands
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Schecters didn't have baseball bat necks. At worst they're '60s Gibson profile. Ain't shit compared to '50s Gibson profiles or some true baseball bat necks out there. Y'all were just mad they weren't Ibanez Wizard thin
Also God I hated the Wizard profile.
Also God I hated the Wizard profile.
GunpointMetal
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People liking things they are familiar with doesn't mean that thing is the best. Traditionalists and purists always slow progress.
Do those have the III on them, or still the II? Either way, it's fine but I wouldn't say it's better than the 2pt options.
