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Ibanez RGs are cool, Suhrs don’t have the same heritage and are too blingy
Is it still cool to say that something is 'cool'? I'm a bit out of touch. I seem to remember that if something was cool enough then is became hot, but I could be a couple of generations out.
Anyway I think that all my guitars, including the PRS's, a totally hip - and my Dentist agrees with me.
Maybe my experience is skewed because I have only experienced the lower end of the PRS catalogue, not the very expensive blingy stuff. But it seems to me that the prices generally are similar to Gibson and Fender, if you look at the USA built stuff.
In terms of cool - yeah, they don't have the history, except maybe the Santana thing. But whenever I've bought something on the basis of it being cool, I've never kept it. I think maybe people are mistaking cool for what they like. I think Strats are cool and whenever I see Ritchie Blackmore playing one in the old days, I really want one. But I find them a bit meh when I play them - plus single coils aren't my thing and I feel like there's no point in buying a humbucker one. Same with Les Pauls - when I see Jimmy Page or Slash ripping away, or when I see an awesome old one, I really want one - but I just don't get on with the design when I have it in my hands.
I dunno - I don't have a strong hatred for any guitar though. It seems weird that PRS engenders such strength of feeling. Maybe it is the dentist cliche. But as I say - I suspect the average spend on Gibson on this forum would be at least as much if not more than the average spend on PRS.
I think Fender Jaguars are ugly. But I don't hate them. If I was looking for a guitar and I tried one and I loved the feel I'd probably buy it.
Can just imagine some sitting in slippers with their belly hanging over their cargo shorts arguing about what's cool.
It's an abstract concept but if there's anything universally accepted about "cool" it's that middle aged men (or anyone over 30 basically) have no idea about it.
A bunch of middle-aged men have spent nine pages of this thread getting our knickers in a twist about whether or not something is cool. So apparently some of us give some kind of toss.
But when actually buying a guitar I definitely don't give a toss about "cool" - it doesn't even come in to mind, only the function of the guitar and how the form appeals to my own taste.
P.S. Sorry for the denseness but what's the kleptomania reference?
Though, as a bunch of internet guitar nerds we're probably not best qualified to judge what's cool.
Recorded music is invisible.
An audience at a gig is all about the sound and the show.
The ‘exclusive geek club’ culture exists for all things but is - by and large - irrelevant.
If I see someone with a PRS my interest is do I like the music they are making? I don’t make assumptions about their bank balance. They could’ve won it in a competition for all I know and care.
And if you think that having a reliced Fender (for example) immediately makes you cool... well, er... if you’re playing Mustang Sally in a Wedding Band then probably not.