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People often say they don't care what a guitar looks like but I think that's rarely true.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
So... it makes sense if strapping on a particular guitar might prime your mind with particular ideas, aesthetics, musical styles etc.
I've got a funny relationship going on with my Gibson Explorer these days - I'm mostly playing clean and lightly overdriven stuff in a band that's quite indie/arty, a far cry from the heavy alt-rock band I was in when the Explorer was my number one. The funny thing is, with two firebird style pickups it actually works sonically for what I'm doing, but so far I can't imagine gigging with it, or if I did I'd be doing so knowing that I was deliberately subverting expectations by playing a pointy guitar mostly clean.
Bringing it back to the thread, I've got a sparkly green Gretsch duo jet, and I find it so much fun to play partly for the looks. I'm happy doing pretty much anything with it.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I’ve no idea what the above means but it’s a sentiment I’ve seen on many of the US-based Gretsch forums.
In a kind of car wreck cut 'n' shunt type of way, I'd like to have something like a PRS SE neck on a Harmony F hole style guitar and/or Stratotone - But it would have to be at the right price as it is just a silly dream/project that probably would never work anyway - I love the old school mojo of some of these old Sears catalogue style boxes, but it needs to play like a PRS