Worst guitar brand names

[ZLE]

I take your Bad Stroke and raise you:
Dot on Shaft

Dot on Shaft Double Cutaway Electric Guitar - Quilted Maple top | Reverb

Dot on Shaft was a Canadian company in Ontario manufacturing unique guitars in the mid-2000's. This beauty is a double cutaway SG style with a gorgeous quilted maple top, and is in excellent condition. Grover tuners and double humbuckers set it up to rock, and a Dot on Shaft logo MOP inlay provid...

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They may as well have called it "herpes"

They did change their name to something else shortly after though

Shaft?

 

[ThomasUV777]

Not sure if it's the name or the logo design but it upsets me whenever I see it

 

[spudmunkey]

Not sure if it's the name or the logo design but it upsets me whenever I see it

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James Tyler is the John Carter of guitar brand names.

 

[Lozek]

Four pages and no Bang Dream? I mean, in some circumstances it's an enjoyable thing to have, but I'm not sure guitar branding is one of them.

 

[gasolinedreams]

Crews Maniac Sound is a bad one.

 

[HB_GuitarPlayer]

Vagina

Vagina Guitars

Hot Rodded interpretations of the classics. For whom it may concern: Fuck you, Gibson. We aren't using your specs. Back the fuck off, dipshits. People make exact copies of your shit. Not us. Try working on your credit instead of stalking Vagina.

www.vaginaguitars.com

 

[The Monster With .]

I hate to break it to you...


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It is indeed pronounced "hoe tone"

The only people thinking it's "hot one" are ignorant optimists...but all of the videos I've seen where a representative of the company pronounces their name, like in NAMM coverage, they say "hoe tone".

How about Ho-to-né?

 

[Crungy]

Ernie Ball contains the word "ball"

The worst part of that is their merch, because I've had a few of their shirts that say "Ball's are best"

I think you can figure what most people might joke about with that.

 

[spudmunkey]

Four pages and no Bang Dream? I mean, in some circumstances it's an enjoyable thing to have, but I'm not sure guitar branding is one of them.

There is a Chinese online retailer called "bang good"...I assume the use of "bang" has the same meaning...maybe?

 

[crushingpetal]

The worst part of that is their merch, because I've had a few of their shirts that say "Ball's are best"

I think you can figure what most people might joke about with that.

I do a bit of extra processing when I see / read "Ball family reserve".

 

[lost_horizon]

There is a Chinese online retailer called "bang good"...I assume the use of "bang" has the same meaning...maybe?

I prefer Bang Dream

 

[Wiltonauer]

I’ve always wanted a fold-away V that would fit in a Strat case!

 

[Crungy]

That V/Arrow doest look half bad, are Bang Dream guitars really poor quality?

 

[lost_horizon]

That V/Arrow doest look half bad, are Bang Dream guitars really poor quality?

Made in China by ESP - who knows. I'll go 50/50 to find out.

 

[rokket2005]

Driftwood guitars doesn't inspire much confidence. I think it's just a 1 or 2 person boutique operation and it seems like they just wanted something with wood in the name because at 20k a pop they obviously aren't building with driftwood.

 

[Whoman Bean]

Vagina

Vagina Guitars

Hot Rodded interpretations of the classics. For whom it may concern: Fuck you, Gibson. We aren't using your specs. Back the fuck off, dipshits. People make exact copies of your shit. Not us. Try working on your credit instead of stalking Vagina.

www.vaginaguitars.com

Bet you can get hoe tone out of it.

 

[PuckishGuitar]

Driftwood guitars doesn't inspire much confidence. I think it's just a 1 or 2 person boutique operation and it seems like they just wanted something with wood in the name because at 20k a pop they obviously aren't building with driftwood.

I dunno, you hear stories of old trees dragged out of rivers and lakes for big $$$, maybe they build guitars only out of what washes up. Dibs on a wrecked whaling ship keel for a build for my Mastodon cover band.

 

[Manurack]

Minarik. Such an odd name for such odd guitars.

 

[nightsprinter]

Minarik. Such an odd name for such odd guitars.

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Reminds me of Spitfire Wheels.

 

[Shawn]

I had this idea for a thread after stumbling across this Reverb listing for a guitar made by Roidz.

Roidz Dark Singlecut | Reverb Greece

We present to sell one of our last creations under our own brand - Roidz Guitars. We normally don’t make such modern models for stock but we had the wood and the idea laying around our heads for too long. This guitar is as we call a double top, as the main piece of the body is made of Purple hear...

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What are some other terrible names for guitar brands?

*Krappy Guitars doesn't count. They know what they are, and living their truth.

What a name...