Guitar Selection Opinions please...

robinbowes

Flanging_Fred said:

Cols said:

A gig at a primary school fete is probably the least worst time to break out a kid-themed guitar.  Just don’t get carried away and start doing hip-thrusting Hendrixisms towards the audience.

Weirdly our band play a lot of our gigs for the vintage biker crowd. The Hello Kitty guitar goes down surprisingly well at these events as it obvious that it’s just a bit of a laugh.  For a middle age bloke to be playing one in maybe its ‘natural’  environment loses the irony a bit and I started questioning myself...

Maybe you *are* questioning yourself, which is why you're asking the question? 

Flanging_Fred

I guess I could take Spongebeb too, but I’d need to do a bit of work on it first. It’s nowhere near as good to play as the Squier.  I’ve got a SD custom pickup kicking around in a box somewhere, I could put that in the Spongebob and pep it up a bit.

It is however, possibly less creepy than the Squier.

hmm decisions deductions.

breadfan

Just leave the Wangcaster at home 

Simon_M

thegummy said:

skunkwerx said:

Play creep on it. 

Or "I Love Little Girls" by Oingo Boingo

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H2LQMElLoLs

No way anyone could take offence at that.  

Cols

On reflection, we could probably have an entirely new thread titled “Songs Which Will Result In @Flanging_Fred Never Being Invited To Play The School Fete Ever Again, And Will Most Likely Result In A Court Order Forbidding Him From Coming With 200 Yards Of School Gates”.

thegummy

Fiddle About by the Who 

dazzajl

Doesn’t seem at all creepy to me. If I turned up to our school fete and saw you playing that, I’d be pretty impressed. As would my smalls 

HAL9000

Cols said:

On reflection, we could probably have an entirely new thread titled “Songs Which Will Result In @Flanging_Fred Never Being Invited To Play The School Fete Ever Again, And Will Most Likely Result In A Court Order Forbidding Him From Coming With 200 Yards Of School Gates”.

Likewise, a guitar adorned with the Blind Faith album cover could go a long way in achieving this.

Kittyfrisk

Cols said:

On reflection, we could probably have an entirely new thread titled “Songs Which Will Result In @Flanging_Fred Never Being Invited To Play The School Fete Ever Again, And Will Most Likely Result In A Court Order Forbidding Him From Coming With 200 Yards Of School Gates”.

The Commodores "Young girls are my weakness"  is probably best avoided.

stickyfiddle

Has anyone suggested My Ding-a-ling yet...? 

Flanging_Fred

OilCityPickups

Gary Glitter medially? My Sharona?  

Funkfingers

IMO, the very fact that anyone feels the need to ask this question proves that political correctness has gorn mad.

What is Rock ‘n’ Roll if not sexually suggestive? Should primary school children be exposed to this depraved and corrupting influence? Maybe, some of them already have been corrupted by local clergy, scoutmasters and sports coaches? Who knows?

I suggest that the OP’s school entertainment event be likened to pantomime at the theatre. Family entertainment with elements designed to appeal to all age groups in different ways. 

Song suggestion - Too Much Monkey Business in the style of Michael Jackson.

TADodger

Kittyfrisk said:

Cols said:

On reflection, we could probably have an entirely new thread titled “Songs Which Will Result In @Flanging_Fred Never Being Invited To Play The School Fete Ever Again, And Will Most Likely Result In A Court Order Forbidding Him From Coming With 200 Yards Of School Gates”.

The Commodores "Young girls are my weakness"  is probably best avoided.

Also perhaps one to avoid: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - Young Girl.

Flanging_Fred

Ack! I tried to post a picture of the event but it’s not playing ball atm. 

TL:DR. I took the Hello Kitty Strat and it went down a storm...

axisus

It's a bit sad that we live in a world where some people consider this creepy rather than fun.