Perfect design (in the mind's eye)?

tony99

hang on who the fux Jim Reed ? isn't he smokie and the bandit's mate?

SlopeSoarer

Kittyfrisk said:

There is no such thing as a perfect guitar design, or discussions like this would never occur (or need to)
I'll settle for a bit of banter & aspiration 

I've changed the title slightly because I know what you mean.

Its the sort of shit I post after a couple too many drinks: ) 

But I'm still interested!

tony99

SlopeSoarer said:

Kittyfrisk said:

There is no such thing as a perfect guitar design, or discussions like this would never occur (or need to)
I'll settle for a bit of banter & aspiration 

I've changed the title slightly because I know what you mean.

Its the sort of shit I post after a couple too many drinks: ) 

But I'm still interested!

"Mind's" needs an apostrophe 

SlopeSoarer

tony99 said:

SlopeSoarer said:

Kittyfrisk said:

There is no such thing as a perfect guitar design, or discussions like this would never occur (or need to)
I'll settle for a bit of banter & aspiration 

I've changed the title slightly because I know what you mean.

Its the sort of shit I post after a couple too many drinks: ) 

But I'm still interested!

"Mind's" needs an apostrophe 

For fecks sake.... Edited

I bet fecks is wrong as well: )

Kittyfrisk

tony99 said:

hang on who the fux Jim Reed ? isn't he smokie and the bandit's mate?

Oh bugger. I thought he was in the Jesus & Mary Chain, but the spelling is awry...
Why do I get the feeling I'm likely to be disappointed?

TTBZ

From a comfort point of view my SG is closest to perfect I’ve owned. Just seems to fit nicely. Doesn’t sound as good as a LP but also let’s me reach the higher frets and doesn’t kill my shoulder after a long rehearsal. Sustain and looks wise etc not so perfect.

A strat wth fat and middy humbuckers would probably actually be “perfect” but maybe that’s also why I find them so boring and bog-standard.

scrumhalf

The perfect guitar for me will be the one that makes me sound good all of the time.

Lord Lucan is building it, and it will be delivered by Shergar.

fastonebaz

fastonebaz

if i had £4000 "spare" i might buy that ^^^^

Philly_Q

The Stratocaster.

OK, we all have personal preferences and quibbles as regards neck shape, fret size, fretboard radius, trussrod adjustment, vintage or modern hardware, upper fret access....

But just to look at it.... the headstock shape, the body outline, the way the scratchplate complements it, the body contouring, the jack plate, the angled bridge pickup.... it's perfect, it's beautiful.  It couldn't be better.

JerkMoans

Currently, this is about as close to perfect as I can imagine.

Sassafras

The 1959 Telecaster, it's so much better than the 1960 one.
Like chalk and cheese.

skullfunkerry

I do think the Strat is a great-looking guitar, but every time I look at my GJ2 I think to myself 'ooh, that really is pretty'. If it had a thru-neck with unrestricted access to the top frets then it would actually be perfect to me...

axisus

The Strat, the Tele and the LP for me in terms of aesthetics are all perfect.

stratman3142

axisus said:

The Strat, the Tele and the LP for me in terms of aesthetics are all perfect.

For aesthetics alone I'd go with that.

Taking into account the number of frets, upper fret access, weight and balance I might go with a PRS Custom 24.

bacchanalian

Danielsguitars said:

I'd probably go junior too but I'd definitely tweak the sc junior design because the lip isn't great so a normal long tenon would sort that and a belly contour and more sculpting around the heel etc to bring it up to modern expectations 

That sounds like a Collings 290

mudslide73

Blonde Esquire. Everything you need and nowt that you don't. (Image belongs to @MikeS )

TTBZ

mudslide73 said:

Blonde Esquire. Everything you need and nowt that you don’t.

Yep. Apart from the useless switch/eldred wiring  

mbe

fastonebaz said:

*ding-ding* we have a winner!

merciful-evans

No.

All of the classic designs are flawed (yes I do have them nevertheless).

The closest thing to my perfect design only exists inside my head. It will probably never find its way out either.