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hell yea surfboard dude rules e: argh, the curse of “playback disabled on other websites” strikes again but you should click it
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Shiroc posted:This thread and previous incarnations were funnier when it was primarily pictures of lovely and ridiculous guitars. I haven't seen any truly lovely or wacky guitars in a long time and surfboard guitar is pretty peak silly. Hard to top it really. If we wanna get into wacky and strange instrument territory I could link Rob Scallon's recent vid on the cristal baschet. It's a neat instrument but goddamn.
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Sep 30, 2021 20:41
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Dewgy posted:hell yea The intro to this always cracks me up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzYD56hKF-8&t=506s
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Sep 30, 2021 20:51
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Shiroc posted:This thread and previous incarnations were funnier when it was primarily pictures of lovely and ridiculous guitars. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUQWwn0FhjF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link https://reverb.com/p/backlund-model-100 $1000 
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What the gently caress What kind of pervert makes a strat with humbuckers
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It's more of a les paw-l
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Thumposaurus posted:It's more of a les paw-l Mo' paw-l for the buck, though.
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Spanish Manlove posted:https://www.instagram.com/p/CUQWwn0FhjF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link You know when you see a band in a cartoon, and it's obvious the artists have never looked closely at a guitar before? This is the guitar they draw.
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Oct 1, 2021 08:43
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I remember decades ago when these forums were largely about posting horrible stuff found on other websites seeing a really poorly drawn diaper/inflation porn comic where in the background the artist had lovingly rendered a Diezel VH4 and that panel has stuck in my brain now forever.
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massive spider posted:I remember decades ago when these forums were largely about posting horrible stuff found on other websites seeing a really poorly drawn diaper/inflation porn comic where in the background the artist had lovingly rendered a Diezel VH4 and that panel has stuck in my brain now forever. Post it coward.
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Oct 1, 2021 12:10
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syntaxfunction posted:Post it coward.
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syntaxfunction posted:Post it coward.
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Disco Pope posted:You know when you see a band in a cartoon, and it's obvious the artists have never looked closely at a guitar before? This is the guitar they draw. lol Also it's not for me or anything close to my style but something about that paint job and pickguard design is really well done and cool though. Not anywhere close to $1000 cool but still. It's neat.
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Oct 1, 2021 15:44
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John Backlund, the designer, posts over at TDPRI and has posted pics of some of the prototypes and unproduced models. He seems kind of embarrassed by some of them.
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Oct 1, 2021 17:13
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I think it's so dumb that it's cool.
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Oct 1, 2021 17:19
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Disco Pope posted:You know when you see a band in a cartoon, and it's obvious the artists have never looked closely at a guitar before? Yeah, but then you google "soviet era guitars" or "italian electric guitars from the fifties" and you realise its just YOU who hasn't been looking closely at the right guitars.
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Oct 1, 2021 19:25
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MAB is Stupid Music poo poo personified but no hiding behind distortion here, the man is a machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjYBUze4egs
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Elissimpark posted:Yeah, but then you google "soviet era guitars" or "italian electric guitars from the fifties" and you realise its just YOU who hasn't been looking closely at the right guitars. That's true! My brother's an illustrator and I was giving him poo poo lately because he drew a guitar with the 12th fret markers on the first fret for some reason.
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Disco Pope posted:That's true! My brother's an illustrator and I was giving him poo poo lately because he drew a guitar with the 12th fret markers on the first fret for some reason. I feel like I've seen a guitar with fret markers just like that recently...
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widefault posted:John Backlund, the designer, posts over at TDPRI and has posted pics of some of the prototypes and unproduced models. He seems kind of embarrassed by some of them. Some of them work! 
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Shiroc posted:This thread and previous incarnations were funnier when it was primarily pictures of lovely and ridiculous guitars. I just found a bunch of my posts of stupid guitars in the last thread from almost 8 years ago (jesus). 3 pages of nothing but pictures of ridiculous and insane guitars. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3597233&userid=103319 (Including Takanaka's (the surfboard guitar man) other guitar, the model train guitar)  stratdax fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Oct 2, 2021 |
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stratdax posted:I just found a bunch of my posts of stupid guitars in the last thread from almost 8 years ago (jesus). 3 pages of nothing but pictures of ridiculous and insane guitars. Gonna stare at a wall and think about going 'haha remember those dumb guitar threads almost a decade ago.' Can file that along with how often I think about Hulk Hogan Meat Shoes. Takanaka's whole vibe rules though.
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Sure it's silly, but the dude could play it comfortably in concert. I remember seeing Andrew W K in concert and his taco guitar was played for the approximate 20 seconds of the intro to She Is Beautiful and immediately given to a roadie, never to be seen again.
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mango sentinel posted:Some of them work! gently caress yes. Gimme that MDK surf rock guitar
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I feel like I got tetanus through my eyeballs just looking at these "relic" customs http://www.eastglovescustoms.com/shop/
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hexwren posted:I feel like I got tetanus through my eyeballs just looking at these "relic" customs Buying an new "pre-worn" guitar is like buying a pair of new jeans with holes in it.
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Automatic Slim posted:Buying an new "pre-worn" guitar is like buying a pair of new jeans with holes in it. Why wouldn't you buy jeans with holes in them? Where else do your legs go?
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A lot of relic jobs go way too far into the unbelievable wear, but there is something about a very light relic where it feels "broken in" but that's mostly down to the necks having the finish removed or a satin finish instead of gloss. Then again I own this At least it's a cheap Chinese copy.
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If you’re going to fake it, go apeshit and have fun
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I think whats lame about it is there's no story behind it. I can look at my guitars point out where and why stuff happened. The headstock on my Les paul broke in Denver, and I glued it together in Salt Lake City, and played it the rest of the tour. When I look at all the strap button holes, I remember ripping it out in Tulsa and having to play an 11 minute long song with no strap, the chunk out of the binding is where I hung it in the ceiling and it dropped 10 feet onto a monitor. poo poo like that. A relic'd guitar is like, oh yeah this was new, this is where I hit it with a belt sander, and this spot is where I used some steel wool.
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I'm not going to lie - I do like the ones with the gold leaf where the fake relic-ing doesn't look like an attempt at actual wear-and-tear. I probably just like gold leaf to be honest.
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"It looks cool" is a perfectly legitimate reason to get a finish on your guitar, even if it's a relic finish. Having a guitar with a story is always cooler, but that's more to do with the actual stories than the look. Getting a refinish on an old worn guitar doesn't remove the stories, and in the same way, a relic job doesn't add them. But I don't think anyone believes it does, it's just a cool look.
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Relicing is the perfect way dentists can play pretend. It's like cosplay, but instead of batman they're pretending that they did something more than just bad blues jams once in a while.
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Spanish Manlove posted:Why wouldn't you buy jeans with holes in them? Where else do your legs go? A real artist would make those leg holes with wear and tear. 
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I usually buy used guitars so mine already have a few dings or whatever. I like a beat up guitar. That being said I do think it's funny people insist on a brand new guitar that looks like it should be listed as "fair" condition on Reverb.
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muike posted:I usually buy used guitars so mine already have a few dings or whatever. I like a beat up guitar. That being said I do think it's funny people insist on a brand new guitar that looks like it should be listed as "fair" condition on Reverb. It's artisanal… Really what floats your boat is fine. It's your instrument, your style, anything beyond idle chatter like this is not worth the effort. It's the affectation of going to the effort and expense of wear and tear that's amusing and confusing.
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Hot take: any finish on a guitar is just pointless affectation. Just leave the wood as it is.
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BonHair posted:Hot take: any finish on a guitar is just pointless affectation. Just leave the wood as it is. That's right. The sweat, oil, and grime should be the only instruments finish.
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