dewayne Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Ok, in your opinion, what is the ugliest guitar ever mass produced? My ugliest guitar vote would go to a Gibson "60's firebird. It is the equivalent of my 1983 jeep J-10. Gatemouth Brown's is the only one I've seen...and I'm only referring to looks. I love my jeep and at least it's not International Quote
ezbass Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Non reverse Firebirds are . Bo Diddley’s rectangular Gretsch is just plain daft. The Burns Bison isn’t great either. Quote
dewayne Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 Those Lazer (I think) headless played by Johnny winter. Come to think of it other than being a nice piece of lumber, reverse firebird's weren't that great looking either. Quote
EdwardMarlowe Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Anything pointy. I like Firebirds BUT Explorers, Vs, all the rest: ugly AF. Those uber-figured fancy maple tops like you get on a LP Supreme: UGLY AF. I think the ugliest guitar it would be possible to make would be a Reverse V with an AAAA+ Quilted maple top. With a Floyd Rose and HSH pickups. I feel quite ill at even the thought of it... Oh.... I DO like the Gretsch Billy Bo. I'd love eventually to get a guitar body that shape with a Telecaster bridge and a Filtertron in the neck, bolt on Telecaster neck... CAR, or metalflake red... that would be a cool guitar. Quote
EdwardMarlowe Posted February 14 Posted February 14 On 29/01/2025 at 02:00, dewayne said: Bo frickin' Diddly still around? He died in 2008, but he was still playing until shortly before that I believe. Great artist. Supported the Clash on a US tour back in the day when they were on the way up and he was not doing as well. Joe Strummer's doing, Joe was a big fan. Quote
