ok, some of y'all have some fugly guitars

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not sure if this is real? I hope not


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psychodave said:
Some days I look in the classified, shake my head and wonder who the fuck wants to buy the abomination guitar they are selling 🤣
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Ain't that the truth. I think Savage Riffer called this his #1. "Best guitar I've ever played. I'll definitely own another one".

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My first guitar in grade school was a Harmony special from Sears that was barely a real guitar…finally after a year of suffering, my folks conceded I wasn’t going to quit and surprised me with this Westone Monark they found at a local shop.

I always thought it was fugly, but oh well it played a helluva lot better than that pos Harmony.

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Bought this a year or so ago, had one as my first good guitar. Purchased it new in ‘81 and sold it after a few years.
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Turns out it is my actual first guitar so I restored it back to about what it used to be. Color turned out more red, but close enough. I like odd guitars.
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There's the guitar abominations that some guy built in his shed. Then there's the big brands, of whom Gibson stands out for how incredibly min-maxed their designs are.

LP, Explorer, V, etc. Some of the greatest shapes of all-time.

Various mid-tier stuff that wasn't offensive yet not a hit, too many to name here.

Corvus, Futura, Moderne? Some of the worst shapes of all-time. Easily. That's not even mentioning the reverse V, reverse Firebird, etc. that made the company look like it ran out of ideas. Gibson has made a shocking number of models where your best guess is that they designed it as a joke.

I know people pick on the Norlin era, but it continues into the present day. Really bizarre company with more R&D dollars than sense when it comes to thinking outside the box.
 
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Greazygeo said:
Bought this a year or so ago, had one as my first good guitar. Purchased it new in ‘81 and sold it after a few years.
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Turns out it is my actual first guitar so I restored it back to about what it used to be. Color turned out more red, but close enough. I like odd guitars.
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That is cool. That shape may have influenced the Alias design by BR Jr.

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thegame said:
That is cool. That shape may have influenced the Alias design by BR Jr.

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Probably a few guitars were influenced by that shape. It is one piece mahogaby body and neck with ebony fingerboard. Cost me $650.00 with the case back in 81. Can’t believe I got it back after almost 40 years.
 
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