We all got weird guitar hang ups, whats yours?

[guitareben]

Ebony fingerboard (Unless it is a really really good guitar... but still...). I just really dislike them

 

[eddiewarlock]

maple fretboards, and light colored rosewood fretboards are 2 things that come to mind...

Absolutely hate the look of maple fretboards...

80's neon colours

Thin necks

Vintage style tremolos on anything that is not a Strat

Basswood, ugh...

 

[Qweklain]

Control layouts.

I can not stand having the pickup toggle between two knobs, or a blade selector below knobs, etc.. It is just so annoying when you want to switch pickups, but the you have to be so precise as to not accidentally nudge a knob a little, throwing off your tone or volume.

 

[Gabe_LTD]

IDk IF its just me But I hate when guitarists don't use their pinky.
IT bothers the shit out of me.
Like dammit, use your pinky.

Also I hate Bands That are stuck in the 80's , Or guitarist.
IT just bothers me.
( no offense guys D: )

 

[SenorDingDong]

I hate bolt ons.

 

[Dan_Vacant]

I'm thinking I'm going to be a odd ball with this one but...
Thin necks.

 

[vampiregenocide]

- Huge headstocks
- Pickup rings (direct mount ftw)
- Neck dive
- Kahlers
- Guitars shapes like objects (cows etc)
- Huge neck heels

 

[Qweklain]

- Huge headstocks
- Pickup rings (direct mount ftw)
- Neck dive
- Kahlers
- Guitars shapes like objects (cows etc)
- Huge neck heels

I completely forgot huge neck heels and Kahlers.

I LOVE the feel of Kahlers, but the fact that you use it for whammying, and the damn thing does not come back to the tuning right, is just an absolutely fail. I mean they have been back in production for how long now? And they still can't fix the current one or make one that does not have that problem? I mean seriously... come on Kahler...

As for huge neck heels, this is 20-freaking-12!! There is no reason to still be using fat brick-styled vintage heels under ANY circumstance, other than being too damn cheap and lazy to alter your builds to a more ergonomic shape. When I look at bolt-on guitars, if it has a completely obtrusive heel, I will not take a second look under any circumstance.

 

[Gnarism]

Gloss necks
And even though two of my guitars are black, I'm starting to regret it since they get dirty before I"m even done cleaning the damn things!

 

[Ginsu]

26.5" scale lengths on 8-strings. With a 25.5" I can get a high A (or at least G), and 27" I can go Drop F# (NOT F# standard )....But 26.5"? Ehhh. Yeah, to my ears the half-inch does make a difference, maybe I'm just crazy. XD

 

[tank]

middle pick up!!! fuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[ArkaneDemon]

TOMS = yuck
painted neck = yuck
only has a bridge pickup = yuck
pickup rings = yuck
non-matching (colour) headstock = yuck
maple fretboard with a dark body colour = yuck
and about a million other things

 

[infernalservice]

Three things:

Upper fret access (or lack thereof)

The way the bridge feels under my palm (some dig in while others are glass smooth)

The way an instrument balances sitting vs. standing

 

[Djentai]

Gloss.
Paint AND Gloss together.
Crappy headstocks that don't flow/are awkward.
Vintage or strat-style trems.
The strat body shape and LP body shape. Shapes of other things as the guitar body shape.

 

[onionofdoom]

*PUTS ON FLAME RETARDANT SUIT*
-Anything with Dean, BC rich, metal series, Djent (ahem, mayones, ahem), or dimebag in the name (don't get me wrong, love dimebag but dean, stop whoring out his name already yeah!)
-Stupid shaped guitars (everything ever made by bc rich) - V shapes i can live with but wouldnt ever buy one
-middle pickups (just why?!?!)
-vintage style strat trems
-those tribal designs
-"flaming knife-impaled exploding blood and guts" finish that i saw on a dean once
-singlecoils of all types
-Seymour Duncan blackouts
-24.75 scale sevens (again, just why?!?!)
-Pickguards

 

[GeoMantic]

Headstocks that don't allow the strings to pass in a straight line into the tuners.
Terrible access to upper frets through body shape/heel size.
Raised Bridges and trem systems.
Rosewood fretboards.
Only one bridge pickup.
Dot Inlays.
Pickup rings/Large routes

 

[Purelojik]

devries

 

[Al NiCotin]

B-i-g-s-b-y
M-a-e-s-t-r-o-V-i-b-r-o-l-a
Frequensator tailpiece

Too much screws
Too much polyurethane

Oiled body, blank fretboard, this I can understand, I have some and I love blank fretboard. But hey! luthier 4k??!! Are you Suhr? no? R u Ltd? either? so what? -15%? ok?
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[etb1234]

For me it is les paul style pickup switches. Gets in the way of my right hand. I move them all. That and terrible fret access.

 

[MrYakob]

7 string les pauls, middle pick ups, and any colour hardware that isn't black (obviously some exceptions to that) and 5 way selector switches.. not really sure why, they just feel so dinky to me