Riffster Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Can't say I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 OK, since we've downgraded to "not like," I'd have to say a Strat like others have mentioned. I never really liked their twangy sound. Also they just didn't feel right in my hands. I decided to get a MIM one and I kinda liked it, so I bought a MIA one which I now REALLY love. I must admit that I play it more than the Lesters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Okay... First, let's put it this way: I've had guitars that were really nice and I liked, but I felt I "needed" another kind of guitar and swapped. In retrospect that was pretty dumb. Then... The guitar that I mostly use in an avatar here. I got it in '74 or 5. I tried a cupla types of strings. It just plain didn't "work" for me. There was a buzz. The flatwounds didn't "work" right. The tapewounds didn't "work" right. The whole guitar didn't "work" for me at the time. But she somehow said, "Keep me around." So she went into a case and was replaced on gigs I was doing regularly at the time with a - get this - high end single pickup Harmony archtop from the 1950s. I didn't really like the neck, but the guitar was quite versatile and sounded pretty decent. I used either the Harmony or later, a Guild S100c that's a carved-top SG "clone." Flash forward 25 years. A new set of strings - 9-42s - went on the old sunburst. The buzz was traced to the way the pick guard was set up against the bridge pickup assemblies. Suddenly... she was a different instrument and one I prefer above others I have now, or ever have had. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Two for me - Les Pauls (yes' date=' Les Pauls) and Teles.[/quote'] You love teles now? I do, but I always did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVeeWee Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I didn't had interest in Explorers, flying V's and SG's for a long time ... but thanks to you guys, I'm kinda frustrated about not having one of those ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabba2203 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I used to not like Les Pauls. I owned an old wine red plain top back in 1989 (forget what year the guitar was) and it just wasn't for me. I was heavy, just not a shape I liked at the time. I was all about Flying-V's, Explorers, SGs and whatever other odd shaped guitar was around. These days I now I have a renewed appreciation for the Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 My 1980 LPC.... I love the way she looks, but I couldn't get past the low wide frets, which is why she was put away for so long. Once I had her re-fretted, and a fretboard scallop she plays like a dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I used to hate the look and sound of Tele's as all I was into was heavy stuff back in the day....but now I own one and love it. I play it all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Can't think of any I didn't like at one time that I now like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitargreg1993 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 believe it or not, i used to dislike Les Paul's.... I thought they were butt-ugly.... and now over 50% of guitars on my wishlist are LP's.... i had quite a change of heart several years ago when I first started playing guitar.... my friend owns an early 70's LP deluxe and after messing around on it for about 5 minutes through a cranked 100-watt Marshall I suddenly was in love with Les Pauls!! Also once I started realizing how many of my heros play LPs, they started to get a lot better looking.... its funny how i used to think they were ugly, and now i consider them the most beautiful looking guitars!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Why am i in your sig eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Flying V, thanks to Joe Bonamassa they look pretty cool but still like a PITA to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitargreg1993 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Why am i in your sig eh? cuz that quote was hilarious.... just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acoustic idiot Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 this is a very generalized reply, but i used to abhore acoustic guitars, sticking to my "punk rock" ideals and whatnot, and said i'd never be a hippy, blah blah blah. now all i own is acoustic guitars. i had a few electrics, but i smashed them for one reason or another. i smash acoustics too. just have'nt figured out my next electric yet. i actually play electric better than acoustic, but like the raw unaffected sound you get from an acoustic guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnastynebr Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I played my dad's Melody maker and SG while learning guitar in the early days. No one told me is was okay to like both Gibson and Fender. I was passionately anti-Fender until my early 20s, when I acquired a Telecaster. Ended up playing the Stratocaster for several years and became anti-Gibson because I was bitter over a broken Les Paul headstock. Now I'll play anything I can get my mitts on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I don't hate anything really but I don't like to play SG's - They just feel like a toy and the balance is wrong so that's gotta be my least favorite Gibson for sure. I have a L6-S if I need the thin body SG sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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