People who don't like flame tops on PRS guitars...

CloudNine

Definitely not keen on any guitars with flame tops, whatever they may be. 

The only PRS I ever really wanted from their range was a Goldtop DGT, with moons. Had one, was good, but kind of knew from the outset it would never be a keeper. 

I think PRS already has that blingy vibe, so a flamey top just pushes it over the edge into total blingdom. So would probably rather have the flamey LP if pushed.

jd0272

Not fussed re figured tops, I have one but would have been just as pleased with a plain top.

I do like a 'nice' sunburst finish tho.

Fave guitar tho? My blonde Esquire.

Sporky

I like figuring in woods (I've started liking it more as I work with wood more) but I prefer the uneven stuff as it looks more natural.

relic245

the only real flame top was on Jimmy's strat an Monterey.

fretfinder

Sporky said:

I like figuring in woods (I've started liking it more as I work with wood more) but I prefer the uneven stuff as it looks more natural.

I like wood too, which is why I like sunbursts - with solid colours you can't see the wood! The LP in my avatar pic is a plain top but I do like flamers too...

ICBM

That's nice. Subtle but dark burst, not too flamey, a bit uneven and with plenty of grain figure as well. If only they were all like that!

Sporky

Yeah - there's a lot more character there. If only it was 1-piece...

Lew

Depends. I used to be bananas for OTT flame and quilt tops. Not so much these days - grown to dislike perfect tops now. Love interesting tops, though like the Lester above.

 

ICBM

Sporky said:

Yeah - there's a lot more character there. If only it was 1-piece...

Noooo! The perfect - ie positive/negative - bookmatching is superb on that one. I know some people don't like it, and when its very tight even flame some think the two pieces are misaligned because there's always a light stripe on one side of the join and a dark on the other - but that one illustrates exactly why it should be like that. I love the way the two halves shift and reverse when you alter the lighting angle. One-piece tops just don't look right.

That one really is one of the best-looking Les Pauls I've ever seen... or it would be if someone got rid of that horrid cheap-looking cream plastic triangle slapped on the front of it, anyway .

fretfinder

ICBM said:

That one really is one of the best-looking Les Pauls I've ever seen... or it would be if someone got rid of that horrid cheap-looking cream plastic triangle slapped on the front of it, anyway .

Wot, u mean that Fatboy aged guard?! I'm such a traditionalist that I think: they were designed to have a guard, therefore I must have one on there. I really must put some pickups in the guitar though, I'm sure it would improve the sound...

WezV

Sporky said:

I like figuring in woods (I've started liking it more as I work with wood more) but I prefer the uneven stuff as it looks more natural.

i think that happened to me.   I get excited by interesting looking pieces of wood because i start to think what i would like to build with them.

Sometimes i have gone specifically for a tight even flame

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete guitars/wv22.jpg

sometimes a ridiculously perfect quilt

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete guitars/IMG_4862.jpg

for colours like this it really needs to be perfect in colour as well as figure, and that makes it more expensive if it was not super pale that blue would turn green or even muddy.   it really is a wonder of nature

i really like unique pieces of wood

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/stratele-2.jpg

but i find something like these equally exciting

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete guitars/LPJfin3.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/complete guitars/Img_0682.jpg

what can i say... i like them all.  

Paul_C

I dislike the PRS headstock shape more than any figuring on the top

limpymcginty

Natural wood is nice for acoustics .DuPont custom colours for electrics or sparkle...no flame for me. As someone said earlier it looks nice but I could never play anything that pretty ....couldn't keep up with my guitar which is no place to be.

Roland

Flame tops don't bother me. I'd much rather see the wood grain than have a plain finish, and a little figuring make it interesting. Having said that, I quite like plain colour Strats. Ostentatious finishes do irritate me though, whether it's quilt, bulls eyes or glitter. There's a point where it seems, and this is totally personal subjectivity, that more attention has gone into the looks than into the sound, and that turns me off.

thomasw88

flame, quilts etc are up there with chorus pedals as the most yucktastic guitary things you can have.

monquixote

I like solid colours on a PRS like the Navarro model, it's just something about them looking like they are ready for business. I also really like a bashed up PRS, it's wrong, but right. 

I like figuring, but I prefer it to be interesting. As others have mentioned really over the top quilts just make me think of blingy Schecters and the like that are always a letdown when you play them. 

On LPs I like a plaintop burst. 

fretfinder

Well I like it!

http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j359/Fretfinder/C26C87BC-9810-45F8-AD04-A5B897DF59E9-534-0000003B6CBEEEF6.jpg

monquixote

I like that a lot. 

Deffo on the "Not overly blingy" end of PRS.

Sporky

Indeed - despite meeting one of ICBM's generally decent rules of "NO!", that's quite pretty. I still prefer satin finishes though.

ICBM

Nah, it's fine. It is very tight and even, but there's enough variation in the angle of the stripes to make it not look too artificial, and the colour tones it down. Most importantly it's not sunburst . Even more so, no birds...