What are some "stupid guitar rules" you believe in?

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A_T_WA_T_W Frets: 66
edited June 2017 in Guitar
Like I feel modulation pedals shouldn't have a tone control. Yes maybe it offers more flexibility and gives you choices to express yourself properly ... but the pedal should just be made so well to start with that it doesn't need a tone control! You barely see them on trems so why should they be all over delays, analog or digital. Analog is good for the darkness, why would we want to brighten it. Gah!

Fire away with your inane, indefensible rules below :P

(And saying you hate people who have stupid rules about guitars will get you tutted at loudly)
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  • RavenousRavenous Frets: 1484
    A_T_W said:

    Fire away with your inane, indefensible rules below :P

    Stratocasters should have maple fingerboards.

    (Yes I know I'll be in trouble, but they just look nicer to me and I can't hear the difference.)

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  • underdogunderdog Frets: 8334
    No carved top guitar should have a pickguard, and all flat top guitars should have one, always.
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  • BigMonkaBigMonka Frets: 1763
    Ravenous said:
    A_T_W said:

    Fire away with your inane, indefensible rules below :P

    Stratocasters should have maple fingerboards.

    (Yes I know I'll be in trouble, but they just look nicer to me and I can't hear the difference.)

    I'd agree with you but only when talking about Teles which should always have a maple board.
    Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman, in which case always be Batman.
    My boss told me "dress for the job you want, not the job you have"... now I'm sat in a disciplinary meeting dressed as Batman.
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  • BigMonkaBigMonka Frets: 1763
    edited June 2017
    Taking all the strings off a guitar will result in the neck curling up like a snail's shell
    Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman, in which case always be Batman.
    My boss told me "dress for the job you want, not the job you have"... now I'm sat in a disciplinary meeting dressed as Batman.
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5105
    Neck pickup is for Rhythm playing only. 
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • guitarfishbayguitarfishbay Frets: 7953
    Restringing takes ages and will ruin your whole evening. Best just ignore that guitar and play another one
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5105
    Feedback destroys your pickups. 
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • NikkoNikko Frets: 1803
    edited June 2017
    Neck pickup is for Rhythm playing only. 

    That's what it says around the switch on my Les Paul so it must be true. I prefer playing rhythm than having to play everything at Treble speed anyway.
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  • LebarqueLebarque Frets: 3755
    Strats should never be fitted with a bridge humbucker.
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5105
    Tonewood makes a huge difference. 
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5105
    Nikko said:
    Neck pickup is for Rhythm playing only. 

    That's what it says around the switch on my Les Paul so it must be true. I prefer playing rhythm than having to play everything at Treble speed anyway.
    That's super fast eh?
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24578
    edited June 2017
    3 for me:

    Guitars are creative instruments. You can play it however you like. You don't have to conform to an accepted style of playing and if it sounds good, it probably is good. 

    If every guitar player churned out the same stuff and it was a rehash and repeat of the last 50 years of guitar music then the guitar definitely will have had its day. 

    If other guitarists sneer at what you do, or don't think it conforms to the accepted norm, then you're definitely on the right track

    Sadly, I posted these because some will see these as stupid rules.
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  • LestratcasterLestratcaster Frets: 1079
    EMG pickups are for metal.
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5105
    Lebarque said:
    Strats should never be fitted with a bridge humbucker.
    Total myth. 

    They should only be fitted with bridge humbuckers. 
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • professorbenprofessorben Frets: 5105
    I worry some people are answering non ironically. 
    " Why does it smell of bum?" Mrs Professorben.
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  • LebarqueLebarque Frets: 3755
    I worry some people are breaking rule 1 of the forum.
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24578
    edited June 2017
    I worry some people are answering non ironically. 
    Actually I find it ironic that the rules I think are stupid are the ones that most people don't 
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  • A_T_WA_T_W Frets: 66
    edited June 2017
    I worry some people are answering non ironically. 
    The entire point of this was to let people express their full unadulterated stupidity - don't want none of that there ironies here!
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  • not_the_djnot_the_dj Frets: 7306
    Restringing takes ages and will ruin your whole evening. Best just ignore that guitar and play another one
    I literally did that last night.  I'm gigging on Thursday and Friday this week and my guitar choice will solely be down to which of my guitars don't have rusty/grim covered strings.
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  • RavenousRavenous Frets: 1484
    A_T_W said:
    I worry some people are answering non ironically. 
    The entire point of this was to let people express their full unadulterated stupidity - don't want none of that there ironies here!
    The irony is I still don't realise how stupid I am.
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