We all got weird guitar hang ups, whats yours?

[edonmelon]

-Finished necks, especially on bolt-on guitars.
-6-point tremolos. I hate them with a passion.
-Soapbar pickups (Lace pups are the exception).
-Horribly uncomfortable neck joints.
-Monkey grip. Oh god.
-TOMs and Bigsby's.
-The look of cheap Floyds (the ones you find in low-end Jacksons, for example).
-Graphic finishes, especially when they involve your typical edgy "skull" imagery, or even worse, FLAGS.
-I don't have a problem with bridge single coils, but when I see a guitar with a bridge SC and a humbucker in any other position, I cry.
-I can stand 22 frets, but NOT 21. Just, no.
-Bent saddles on strat hardtail/trem bridges.

I only became aware of how much I despise the last 4 things I mentioned when I came across this:

Wayne Kramer signature strat. All things ewwww.

EDIT: Also Minarik.

 

[musicman420]

i cant stand ugly tops. i ordered an ibanez RGA8 from my local shop with the quilted top, and after talking with the owner he said he could get a picture of the guitar before he ordered it to see if it was up to my specifications visually. long story short, after a month and a half of waiting for a guitar that was promised to show up within the week, the guitar that he showed me (tight quilt, very defined "pop" between the quilt pockets, overall desireable finish), I received my 8 and the quilt was NOTHING like the picture.

i mean, call me a dick, but when a seller shows me a picture of a guitar with a top thats drop dead gorgeous and i get a "hazy" top with no real definition in the quilt! i was pissed!

/end rant

 

[KarlMagnusRobin]

Headstocks!

And things I can't be without on electric guitars nowdays is.. Fat and painted necks?

..I have started to really dislike fast, thin and slippery unpainted necks..

 

[Valnob]

-P90 shape

-plastic knobs (like on a strat or a UV)

-<<Metal shape>> of a guitar (BC Rich, Dean, Jackson (except the rhoads) no pointy)

-Pointy cutaway on a hollowbody (like a Gibson L-4 CES)

-Signature models too much "sig" (like writting SYN on a fretboard, logo of the band...etc..)

-Graphic finish

-unfinished headstock

-Metal backplate (like on a strat on the neck, because sometimes i like to play without a shirt, and ... it's cold)

 

[CloudAC]

-HSH set ups

-EMG7 housings

-TOM bridges(I can deal with them, but it will sway me away from a purchase

-Stupid graphic finishes

-The plastic bit on the selector switch of an S series Ibanez... Totally lets down the look IMHO.

-Tone knobs, never found an opportunity to utilise them. Maybe one day.

-Anything less then a 24 fret and ill pass.

-Stupid inlays (hi schecter)

-Pickup rings...

-Single pick up guitars... Just no.

 

[TheBloodstained]

I guess my hang ups is when:
- there's less than 24 frets on a guitar (I can live with it on my Explorer though)
- there's a tremolo/vibrato system on a guitar, but no locking nut!
- the bridge pickup is a single coil
- the neck is bolt on! I do own guitars with a bolt on neck, but only because I couldn't buy anything else, like my RG2228 which was the only proper 27" 8-string back when I bought it. I guess this is one reason why I can't decide what to think of Ibanez?
- it's designed by Fender! Ugliest guitars ever made, imho!

 

[bytortheraindog]

Fat ass necks with shitty frets!!!

 

[NeglectedField]

Wayne Kramer signature strat. All things ewwww.

EDIT: Also Minarik.

I know right? Who puts a humbucker in the middle position, especially with two singles either side? I can't understand why Stephen Carpenter has a middle instead of a neck pickup.

Also:

Relic'd guitars - Why not just buy an old one? Or something with a thin finish so you can vintage it with a bit of gigging and whatnot?

I also second cheapo versions of Floyds. It's gotta be OFR, Schaller, Gotoh or one of the better Ibanez trems, if anything.

 

[KarlMagnusRobin]

That Wayne Kramer strat should be illegal..

EDIT: And why the fuck do you put a pup-ring on a pickguard?!?!??!?
That guitar is made out of wrongments!

 

[Orsinium]

I personally only find myself purchasing strat shaped guitars like Ibanez, Fender, Carvin. The Ibanez rg and s being a favorite. I dont mind bolt ons as long as they are not as thick as a baseball bat. I personally hate super thick sticky finished necks like schecter some gibsons etc. I also hate super short scale length "extended range" guitars like some of the ltd and schecter 7 and 8's. Also super cheesey graphics and inlays like gothic crosses,skulls, and murals of dimebag and yes thats you Dean, Schecter, Ltd etc. Also 22 frets annoy me at times since I enjoy tapping that 24th fret when doing arpeggios and what not.

 

[Rizza]

YEs! why the hell do ESP's put the volume knob right under the pup so your hand runs into it while picking?! Love those guitars but that's just ridiculous. How did the design team look at that and go "yea that's good, whatever" did they even play it?! That's my pet peeve and also paddle board shaped headstocks like on some ESP's and Kramers

 

[sniperfreak223]

A couple more I forgot about until I walked into Guitar Center today:

-Cloud, bird, bat, and "Tree-of-Life" inlays
-The Fender-esque reversed headstocks BC Rich put on their 2012 NT Warlocks
-GOLD HARDWARE!!!
-Trans Purple finishes
-signature models with names/initals as inlays (SYNESTER GATES!!!)
-Dean's constant whoring out of Dime's name. We know Dime was awesome, but we don't need 20 Dime signature models!
-NEON STRINGS!!!

 

[teleofseven]

-lack of reverse headstock.
-bodyshape too common or ugly
-too much binding. not a fan of abalone. 3ply looks nice.
-headstock face is painted to a different colour than the body.
-neck plates.
-chrome hardware
-rosewood. it always ruins an otherwise good looking guitar.
-lack of jumbo frets (rare)
-tremolo

 

[Tyler]

Anything with a middle pickup, less than 25.5 scale, less than 24 frets or a floyd-type bridge.

Maybe im just really picky but these are total deal breakers with me

 

[zilla]

- abalone. just leave it alone.
- flat tops. give me a forearm bevel or a full/semi carved top.
- non-compound radius necks.
- rosewood fingerboards
- extra jumbo frets. i prefer med jumbo or vintage size.
- top-mount 1/4" jacks (strat style)
- anything more than 1 volume knob.
- volume knob too close to the bridge pup
- 3/3 style headstocks where the string has a very large angle between the nut and the tuning machine. the string should go straight over the nut and continue right on to the machine.
- string trees
- TOM string thru body.
- crappy fret finishing
- guitars that don't have good acoustic resonance
- high gloss finished and painted necks
- guitars with over the top graphics on the bodies
- non-standard pickup routes
- pickguards

 

[TheWarAgainstTime]

Any Dean guitar other than a few RC's I've seen

This video kinda sums up what I think most Dean owners are like
"Could you imagine that through a Dime amp?"
"URUGHUGHH"

 

[sniperfreak223]

Any Dean guitar other than a few RC's I've seen

This video kinda sums up what I think most Dean owners are like
"Could you imagine that through a Dime amp?"
"URUGHUGHH"

Hey! I happen to own one of those 8-string ML Modifiers, and that was never my reaction!!! I just wanted an 8-string that wasn't just another generic superstrat, and that was the best I could find without buying a custom-built piece.

 

[badjoker]

-I can't stand the enormous headstock like Dean's
-I need 24 frets. 22 is bad, 21 is out of question.
-I don't want any fixed bridge. But if it goes out of tune each time I touch the bar, it's not good as well !
-I don't need a middle pickup
-The pickup toggle has to be out of my playing area. I don't want to change pickup just because I played a chord.
-relic'd guitars
-old-fashioned body like telecaster, semi-hollow,...

There's a lot to say and a few guitars that fits me !

 

[slapnutz]

-almost always hate pickup rings

-Pickup rings...

You channel your hate well young Jedi.

Join me and together we shall rule the world!!!

 

[maliciousteve]

Abalone
Shitty Fret Work
Emo Stars on any part of a guitar.