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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: stuckin93 on December 29, 2006, 04:56:43 PM

Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: stuckin93 on December 29, 2006, 04:56:43 PM
Why are these guitars not better known?? they look cool as!!


http://www.gusguitars.com/product.php?model_id=2   :twisted:
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Crazy_Joe on December 29, 2006, 05:04:28 PM
I really really hope you are joking!
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: stuckin93 on December 29, 2006, 05:07:32 PM
if i was koking i'd  say - a man walks into a bar...   :lol:

i really like it!   :(
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Ratrod on December 29, 2006, 06:05:10 PM
Looks like a Danelectro Longhorn gone wrong.
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Kepu on December 29, 2006, 06:51:30 PM
the bass version is actually nice, don't really like the guitar, except for the green one which looks pretty cool

not my cup of tea tbh :P
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: chrisbellx on December 29, 2006, 06:52:55 PM
its a banjo with a tapeworm.
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Jinskee on December 29, 2006, 08:37:55 PM
I think I could kill someobody with that guitar. :lol:
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: blue on December 29, 2006, 10:14:50 PM
i think they're beautiful things, and i'd love to be able to afford one.

at least it's not just another les paul or strat-a-like.  and the construction is genuinely innovative.  of course, the problem with innovation is it cost a bloody fortune to do!
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on December 29, 2006, 10:28:35 PM
They're cr@p.





Real guitar:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/TwilightOdyssey/Kami.jpg)
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: JamesHealey on December 29, 2006, 10:39:17 PM
pfft ben, this is a real mans guitar!!
(http://www.guitarplayer.ru/equipment/img/kramer-baretta-vh.jpg)
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Simon D on December 29, 2006, 11:08:00 PM
Ah, you gotta love the old Kramers.

Gus guitars are interesting, sure, but they're just that little bit too futuristic for my tastes. A lot of guitar players are quite conservative as far as body styles goes. I know I'm only just getting used to the Parker Fly!  :)
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Davey on December 30, 2006, 12:07:06 AM
what ben said
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on December 30, 2006, 03:59:09 AM
Quote from: JamesHealey
pfft ben, this is a real mans guitar!!
(http://www.guitarplayer.ru/equipment/img/kramer-baretta-vh.jpg)


That's a good one, too!
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Davey on December 30, 2006, 11:29:25 AM
Quote from: TwilightOdyssey

That's a good one, too!


it's just SOOO too much plastered all over guitarist forums, that it's not even funny anymore.
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Fubar on December 30, 2006, 11:47:06 AM
I've posted about this before, but imo you can't get much better looking than this (http://dozin.com/jers/guitars/tiger/info.html).
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Kepu on December 30, 2006, 12:20:20 PM
Quote from: Fubar
I've posted about this before, but imo you can't get much better looking than this (http://dozin.com/jers/guitars/tiger/info.html).


wow, the back of that guitar is GORGEOUS!!!
I'd like it more as a 2 pickup version tho, but amazing looking guitar :!:
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: _tom_ on December 30, 2006, 12:22:52 PM
Weird, I cant stand all those elaborate looking guitars, I'd much rather have something like this:

(http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/large/1/DSC01414.jpg)
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Davey on December 30, 2006, 12:39:53 PM
Quote from: _tom_
Weird, I cant stand all those elaborate looking guitars, I'd much rather have something like this:

(http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/large/1/DSC01414.jpg)


now we're talkin!!
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on December 30, 2006, 01:22:50 PM
Quote from: _tom_
Weird, I cant stand all those elaborate looking guitars, I'd much rather have something like this:

(http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/large/1/DSC01414.jpg)

Maple = cool
Those inlays = gay
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: plastercaster on December 30, 2006, 01:42:05 PM
Well while we're off topic... I have a strange hankering for this
(http://usacharvels.com/charvelgallery/4659body.jpg)
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Fubar on December 30, 2006, 01:42:13 PM
Quote from: Kepu
wow, the back of that guitar is GORGEOUS!!!
I'd like it more as a 2 pickup version tho, but amazing looking guitar :!:


I couldn't agree more, god only knows what BKP's you'd wanna stick in that choice of woods tho!  :lol:

Quote from: _tom_
Weird, I cant stand all those elaborate looking guitars, I'd much rather have something like this:


By the same token tho, I could never really get into the looks of superstrats. I've owned a couple over the years, they both sounded nice and we're very comfortable to play but pretty much every one i've seen just looks kinda uninspiring to me.
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: _tom_ on December 30, 2006, 03:12:16 PM
Quote from: TwilightOdyssey

Those inlays = gay


 :o  :o !! I think they look awesome on maple. Different at least.

Fair enough Fubar, I agree they dont exactly look flashy but I've always preferred a simple, usable design to an expensive work of art, at least with guitars.
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: maliciousteve on December 30, 2006, 03:21:21 PM
I love this graphic

(http://www.themusiczoo.com/SL2H_Nebula_U17520combo.jpg)
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Davey on December 30, 2006, 03:27:03 PM
the nebula graphic is awesome!!!
almost ordered the DK1 w/ that graphic, but talked myself out of it, cos if i buy another superstrat, it HAS to have a reverse headstock
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Fubar on December 30, 2006, 03:32:08 PM
Quote from: _tom_
Fair enough Fubar, I agree they dont exactly look flashy but I've always preferred a simple, usable design to an expensive work of art, at least with guitars.


I'd agree with that, i'm a huge fan of most of the classic guitar designs, is on of the reasons I own mostly tele's and strats. In some way, aesthetically most superstrats look like a classic design that's been watered down. Kinda like a "Tesco Value" guitar design. Slightly generic and uninteresting. I feel it's one of the reasons so many people go for OTT colourschemes and paint jobs on them (even if this does sound slightly hypocritical coming from someone in love with mr. garcia's guitar! :lol: ), it's an attempt to make up for something lacking in the overall design. Is all just my opinion, of course. Am guessing a great many people disagree with me given the huge amount of them that have sold over the last 20-odd years!  :lol:
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Fubar on December 30, 2006, 03:36:47 PM
Quote from: Davey
the nebula graphic is awesome!!!
almost ordered the DK1 w/ that graphic, but talked myself out of it, cos if i buy another superstrat, it HAS to have a reverse headstock


Why the preference for reverse headstocks?  :)
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Davey on December 30, 2006, 03:49:10 PM
Quote from: Fubar
Quote from: Davey
the nebula graphic is awesome!!!
almost ordered the DK1 w/ that graphic, but talked myself out of it, cos if i buy another superstrat, it HAS to have a reverse headstock


Why the preference for reverse headstocks?  :)


umm... cos they're the coolest you can ever have on a superstrat..
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Fubar on December 30, 2006, 03:51:24 PM
Quote from: Davey
umm... cos they're the coolest you can ever have on a superstrat..



 :lol: Fair enough! Can't say i've ever used a guitar with one, they could be more functional than standard i spose!
Title: Candidate for the best looking guitar ever!
Post by: Davey on December 30, 2006, 04:36:07 PM
the functionality is pretty much the same... apart of the fact that you can impale a dumb band member with the reverse headstock at will.

it just looks WAY cooler