This could be interesting

[Jusatele]

Everyone likes certain types of guitars, and lump them in to categories according to what we like.
But what is the idea we each get when thinking of a body style?
So if we all picked 3 styles and wrote a couple of ideas we get about them, and post them it could be fun
I will start

Strats... Range of sound...... extreme ease of play, they feel right

Teles..... Raw and twangy...they give me an attitude just playing one, I want to just get nasty. nothing is fancy, a players guitar

PRS..... Smooth, fat sound with no flaws....... super fit and finish, plays smooth,a axe that looks as good as it sounds

Post up your thoughts on any 3 styles, it will be fun to see how we all differ and agree

 

[rockskate4x]

Strat: so useful but SO vanilla. It's a yes-man: it gives you everything you ask it for but not everything that you want.
Tele: your best bud from college. You could always depend on him to say it straight, but he was crass and rough and had a limited vocabulary.
Les Paul: it feels like and sings of a heavy burden.

 

[AndyG]

Explorer .... all the tone with way more attitude!
Strat ... a jack of all trades, and a master of some.
Flying V .... Explorer lite (literally!)

 

[jay4321]

LPs where a metal rhino isn't available

Strats because they're comfortable and look nice, even if you don't play it much

Superstrats/Ibanez for where you just can't let the 80s go

Teles for anything, or its just you

Vs when you can't sit down

Jags because they look cool and that dude from ______ had a beat up one

 

[mullyman]

Strat - Like a good worn in pair of shoes that you just can't throw away. Looks, class, tone, comfortable to play.

Tele - Hillbilly. Twangy, ugly headstock. But still something about it that makes it OK in the right situations.

Les Paul - My shoulder begins to hurt just looking at one. Great tone, easy to play, but too heavy to enjoy playing it.

PRS - Overblown hype. Ugly bridge that looks outdated. Baseball bat neck. Gorgeous tops.

V - Heil Hitler!! Not enough ass to pad a crutch. Uncomfortable to play sitting down.

Explorer - Killer design, huge body that produces great tone and sustain, but the case is too huge to carry around. Careful where the mic stand is, you have 6 feet of guitar sticking out behind you.

 

[JamesL]

PRS - Overblown hype. Ugly bridge that looks outdated. Baseball bat neck. Gorgeous tops.

Explorer - Killer design, huge body that produces great tone and sustain, but the case is too huge to carry around. Careful where the mic stand is, you have 6 feet of guitar sticking out behind you.

Re: PRS - SINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Explorer - LOL, seriously, I laughed my ass off.


Strat - classic, great array of tones, but it's just not me

Tele - Classic, I use them for things others normally wouldn't love em all the way around, and I used to hate the headstock but it's grown on me.

LP -  Love the tone but not the scale.

PRS - sex in instrument form

 

[mullyman]

PRS - Overblown hype. Ugly bridge that looks outdated. Baseball bat neck. Gorgeous tops.

Explorer - Killer design, huge body that produces great tone and sustain, but the case is too huge to carry around. Careful where the mic stand is, you have 6 feet of guitar sticking out behind you.

Re: PRS - SINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Explorer - LOL, seriously, I laughed my ass off.

Hey, isn't this thread for each person's opinion and not to take shots on each other. You like what you like, I like what I like. I've never played a PRS that felt right to me. I like the body shape, love the tops. The affair ends there. My friend has a PRS that cost about $15,000 and I honestly can't find the appeal in it. The neck feels like a baseball bat. Quick turn off for me. As for the Explorer, it is a good design and it's got more balls than any guitar out there. There's so much wood on there it's like playing a coffee table. But, at the end of the day they are just too big. I've had 2 of them in the past. Loved them for what they were but just too bulky to carry around.
MULLY

 

[JamesL]

Hey now brown cow... There was no offense intended.  ccasion14: ccasion14: