Oddball looking guitars that somehow look cool...

ICBM

roberty said:

I always liked this. Sort of anti-design

It’s a tribute to the old bluesmen’s cigar-box guitars.

It’s funny how what might be assumed to be the most conservative of genres featured some of the most radical designs - Albert King and Lonnie Mack with Flying Vs, Muddy Waters with a Guild Thunderbird...

prowla

Bigsby said:

I thought this was cool, and really wanted a white S-300 back in 1978:

I would very much like one of those B-301 basses.

They're a bit pricey these days, though.

Philly_Q said:

Ovation solidbodies.

IMHO, one of the ugliest guitars ever made.

prowla

blobb said:

Kramer XL

I would really like one of those

prowla

My contributions...

This is a factory model - I think they gave someone a hacksaw after a liquid lunch!

I've only ever seen two of these: one was in a shop back in the day, and mine.

Complete junk - great, aren't they! (It has a Strat pickup pending/if the original pickup is repaired and sounds really good!)

These were possibly the worst basses ever made, but I quite like them; I sold this one on to another victim.

Even shorter scale.

Chucking in this one I made - the Rickenberger.

maltingsaudio

Burns Flyte Bass? 

Remember as a kid seeing Marc Bolin on a tv show throwing one of the 6 string models across a stage

https://imgur.com/Pg8lbGD

kennyabis

Late 60s Tokai Hummingbird 200s

Philly_Q

prowla said:

Bigsby said:

I thought this was cool, and really wanted a white S-300 back in 1978:

I would very much like one of those B-301 basses.

They're a bit pricey these days, though.

Philly_Q said:

Ovation solidbodies.

IMHO, one of the ugliest guitars ever made.

It's funny that you should like the Guilds but hate the Ovations, I like them both very much. 

It's something to do with the big scratchplates, I think scratchplates are both ugly and cool.  And I like the modular nature of scratchplates, being able to assemble everything away from the guitar then just attach it with a few screws and a couple of solder joints.

Offset

^^ I love the Breadwinner but by the same token, I hate these - which somehow has an oddly similar vibe to my eyes:

Philly_Q

^^ I love the Corvus as well!  I wish I'd bought one many years ago when (I would imagine) they were cheap.  Not worth it now though.

Philly_Q

I don't expect many people to agree, but I think the PRS S2 Singlecut Standard has some of the vibe of those guitars above.

Offset

Philly_Q said:

I don't expect many people to agree, but I think the PRS S2 Singlecut Standard has some of the vibe of those guitars above.

Yep - it's the scratchplate.

Neilybob

kennyabis said:

Late 60s Tokai Hummingbird 200s

Have always loved the look of these. 

Neilybob

carlos

Portuguese luthier Ergon guitars 

Offset

^^ Wow I adore that!!!!!!

duotone

carlos

Offset said:

^^ Wow I adore that!!!!!!

His stuff is great. This one named after the city where I was born is my favourite. 

chromatuna

prowla said:

Philly_Q said:

Ovation solidbodies.

IMHO, one of the ugliest guitars ever made.

Oddly enough I was just going to say that of all the unusual guitar shapes this is one I like and could even imagine owning one. I remember them from the 70s and thought they were cool then. Different strokes and all that…

As for Tiger above I am a huge Garcia fan but that’s so much his guitar I couldn’t imagine owning or playing one. Prefer his earlier Strat tones in any case.

LionAquaLooper

Jimmy Page and Andy Summers with an ugly Roland GR700 (with an endorsement from Lee Ritenour as well!)

https://www.joness.com/gr300/roland-currents_guitar-greats-and-the-gr-700_andy_summers_robert-fripp_jeff-baxter_lee-ritenour_jimmy-page.html

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Svartmetall

You too can own one for a measly $48 from this very legitimate looking online store   

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