TheFretboard "Cool Wall'

ICBM

Not cool. It contains elements of PRS (not cool), Floyd (not cool) and Fender Starcaster (cool), so that's two out of three for not cool, and even being black can't save it. Even if the body shape is also partly nicked from a Gretsch Astro-Jet .

hobbio

Yamaha make some lovely guitars, but imo they are rarely cool. Perhaps the SG series guitars are cool, but I can't think of anything else.

meltedbuzzbox

CloudNine said:

@meltedbuzzbox You telling me you have never had a 3 saddle Tele that can be intonated properly?

I have had plenty.

Anyway, 'coolness' is not about ability to intonate properly, so you have also clearly missed the point of the thread.

I'm not really a fan of teles. They tend to be a bit of an old mans guitar and the slab board styling isnt for me...

capo4th

I like this thread

Lixarto

capo4th said:

I like this thread

Liking it is fine, as long as you realise it isn't cool.

bigfuzz

that yammy is seriously uncool IMO, just no

Iamnobody

fnpt;463503" said:

CloudNine said:

He is now a millionaire who continues to dress up as a hobo, which is definitely not cool.



As for the guitar, looks a bit contrived to me. All the regular hobo's with guitars just have one of those cheapo Stagg or Encore strat's or something.














Maybe, but before he was famous and rich and truly hobo, he was the coolest cat around:

He hasn't been a hobo for over forty years...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/14/folk

He's been a session guy and studio engineer since the seventies.

Philly_Q

FretKing said:

Does my Tylerbastar qualify in the coolness stakes ?????

I know I'm very late to this thread, and I'm not putting forward any of my own guitars, but that is the coolest looking Tyler I've ever seen.

I know some people hate the headstock, some people hate the finishes, but on this particular guitar everything looks exactly right.

Loobs

Marantz won this thread.

I'd like to say that Ricky basses are ice cold. The tones that Geddy Lee & Mike Rutherford (and Macca) got with them are just great. 

Loobs

Tylers are cool because they are just so uncool. 

Gassage

Loobs said:

Marantz won this thread.

I'd like to say that Ricky basses are ice cold. The tones that Geddy Lee & Mike Rutherford (and Macca) got with them are just great. 

Bruce Foxton too. Show some historical perspective please!

Loobs

Can't make up my mind on the Wes Borland guitar. 

Loobs

Gassage said:

Loobs said:

Marantz won this thread.

I'd like to say that Ricky basses are ice cold. The tones that Geddy Lee & Mike Rutherford (and Macca) got with them are just great. 

Bruce Foxton too. Show some historical perspective please!

That's more your period mate

ICBM

http://www.theangelconversations.com/pics/4001.jpg

Paul McCartney, John Entwistle, Roger Waters, Roger Glover, Geezer Butler, Geddy Lee, Glen Matlock, Bruce Foxton, Cliff Burton and LEMMY can't all be wrong .

Loobs

Agreed. Coolest thing Rickenbacker make, IMO.

Well, the 660 in blue is also nice. 

Paul_C

although Foxton mostly played P basses in The Jam and after.

bigfuzz

ok rickys come close to the lovely 58' DC jr..

Loobs

shaunm

But Macca isn't cool

He might have been then though

bigfuzz

shaunm said:

But Macca isn't cool

He might have been then though

+1 to that