The ugliest guitar on the planet?

CHRISB50 · May 2015

Damn, I can't stand them. Variety is the spice of life and all that though.

Nah no Tele. I'm acoustic only (Lowden O22c) now, no electrics.

ICBM · May 2015

mrchi said:

Yes really :-D l love the look, proper futuristic looking guitar, not to mention great playing.

Let me guess your a tele player:-)

No, Rickenbacker

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The Fly is just hideous - I could have forgiven it if it had been ergonomic as well, but it also happens to be one of the most uncomfortable body shapes ever. Even if you're not female.

And the headstock makes it impossible to put on a guitar hanger. And they sound awful. And you can't easily change the pickups. And the frets fall off. (OK, some of this only applies to the 'proper' ones.)

4114Effects · May 2015

It does have an angled neck pickup though. I've read somewhere that gives greater harmonic catchment ...

xmrchi · May 2015

CHRISB50;640891" said:

Damn, I can't stand them. Variety is the spice of life and all that though.

Nah no Tele. I'm acoustic only (Lowden O22c) now, no electrics.

@CHRISB50 Now that's a guitar I can respect, im down to one electric now, acoustic all the way :-)

@ICBM
OK so you may have some valid points there,:-D But i have some wonderful rose tinted glasses from gigging a fly for 8 years, ignore the constant chest stabbing from the upper horn, and the weak dimarzio pickups and you do have an extremely durable/ light guitar, with a fantastic bridge.

The pickups were unacceptable on a 2.5k guitar tho I totally agree.

fretmeister · May 2015

Dominic · May 2015

The flying tele is so bizarre that its actually very cool - ideal for a Country Metal player -this should have been the John 5 model

Sassafras · May 2015

For God's sake. Why?

Dalefty · May 2015

It's almost as ugly as a Telecaster, not quite, but damn close to being as ugly as a Telecaster.

DaLefty

57Deluxe · May 2015

BUT - if Brian May and his Dad had did this....???!!

Rowby1 · May 2015

Ugly? Anyone remember the Gibson M3?

MrBump · May 2015

Can't post the image at work, but I just turned it up the right way and I think it looks a little better. Still not beautiful though. Like something Lindsdey Buckingham might play...

ICBM · May 2015

I actually like the Gibson M3, apart from the Floyd Rose (which is a matter of taste/application) and the headstock. The body shape is very ergonomic, which trumps it being a bit ugly.

It was a much better guitar than some of the other crap they've come up with in the name of "innovation", anyway.

littlethoughts · May 2015

Dusk Tiger?

fretmeister · May 2015

Rowby1 said:

Ugly? Anyone remember the Gibson M3?

Yup.

It was a brilliant guitar.

The scratch plate was foul, but I liked the headstock.

The Epi one was very good too - or at least the ones I tried were.

xmrchi · May 2015

I really liked the dusk tiger, I'd happily own one and the m3 :-) this blackbird looks like it has melted, if it was white with a floyd rose and carbon fibre neck, it would def look better :-)

GuitarMonkey · May 2015

fretmeister said:

Rowby1 said:

Ugly? Anyone remember the Gibson M3?

Yup.

It was a brilliant guitar.

The scratch plate was foul, but I liked the headstock.

I really liked the torty guard.

Jalapeno · May 2015

Nowhere near the ugliest - I give you the "Tonika"

Or even worse

Philly_Q · May 2015

The Gibson M-III was bloody cool.

I'd nitpick about details (Floyd, scratchplate, maybe the arrowhead inlays) but I really liked the original design, especially in the natural wood finish.

xmrchi · May 2015

Jalapeno;641253" said:
Nowhere near the ugliest - I give you the "Tonika"

Or even worse

I agree they are definitely uglier but I bet they wouldn't cost as much as the blackbird, which to me makes it even uglier :-D

boogieman · May 2015

Ahem

:-S

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