punchymonkey

I was just playing my strat and my long trem are was really egging me on. I thought it would make for an interesting topic to see things you guys really dislike about your guitars.

Also, whenever I lean my guitar against something and it falls over, I hate that!

Any other thoughts

gregs1020

guitar stands exist for this reason.

ibacred

Middle single coils, for some reason I always hit them with my pick.

Headstocks with an odd number of tuners on each side, like two on one side and four on the other.

For music instead of the guitar itself, 'solos' that are just whammy wankery. I get it, it counts as a solo, but seriously, do more then 5 divebombs

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Carvin Bolt Classic
LTD EC-400
Epiphone Standard Pro Les Paul
Currently no amp
Line 6 Pod 2.0

Controlpanel

When it doesn't sound like it looks...

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nickdohle

I think many many moons ago there was a thread like this. But, i very well may be wrong.

I hate when people pick up my guitar and start wailing on the strings just making noise and breaking strings.

Also, when my 3 year old niece had my Special II on the ground and she was jumping on the neck. I guess I was too vague saying my niece and nephew could play with that one but not my others. lol.

W4RP1G

Humbucker rings. I think they generally look cheap, and even the nicer ones(wood, gold, ect.) look bad because they crowd that area. But I've always had a "less is more" attitude towards guitars.

Bulky neck heels. Even the slanted square heels are too bulky for me. I see no reason not to round it and use recessed screws, especially on a 24 fret guitar.

Flush-mount output jacks. They always go bad on me after just a few years, they are expensive, and they can't be fixed. Being recessed isn't worth it.

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lemurflames

Bad design decisions getting past the prototyping stage and going into a production model. Good thing I don't have to put up with it anymore. An instrument I kinda wish I never had.

Also has those terrible pickup rings and a big square neck joint. :P

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Peavey Grind 5 string
ESP LTD AW-7
Schecter Loomis NT
Peavey 5150 212
ProTone DeadHorse OD

Ghostmaker

- Dot inlays. How boring.
- Creme binding. Most of the time, pure white would like MUCH better. In my opinion.
- Bad placement of the pickup switch.

slapsymcdougal

That I suck at playing them.

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Bastyn99

Volume knob too close to the bridge, makes me accidentally turn it with my pinkie. Also, black guitars, I need colours. And the way the cord gets twisted over time.

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Ibanez RG1570Z w/ BKP Holy Divers
Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 /w Guitar Rig 5
Stupid clumsy fingers

JAHellraiser

Similarly, when you like the look but not the sound or feel of the guitar.

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Fisheth24

When your guitar feels great one day but horrible the next.

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T00DEEPBLUE

Bad fret levelling and poor intonation.

Necks that are too thin.

Guitars that are unbalanced.

Chunky neck heels.

Overly gaudy tops on guitars.

Floyds w/ EMG's. Not because i don't like them but that they're WAAAY too common.

Schecters. Partly because of the previous point but mostly because they're overpriced.

Deans. Overpriced garbage.

Pickup rings are fine though.

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FireFromTheVoid

My guitar in general, always wanted a off-set V and loved it at first, but I`m really pretty tired of it.

Feels way to light

Floyd rose (don`t know why I keep buying guitars with them, I do not like them.)

its to long to fit on a guitar stand

to long to sit and play with out hanging off the edge of what I`m sitting on

and couple of other things I can`t think of right now.

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MegadethFan18

The only thing I really don't like is dot inlays, which are a total deal breaker for me except on stuff like Strats.

T00DEEPBLUE

I think dots look great some some guitars, usually guitars that have always had dots for inlays.

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2ndslash

I hate badly made guitars that fall apart really easily, I also hate most guitars built for metal, but that's just because I don't play it.

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MegadethFan18

I actually like them on Maple like a Strat or a Kramer but I don't like Rosewood Strats.

I just feel they take away from the visual impact of something like a King V by having no visual impact.

Also I think that because when I was new to buying guitars I noticed manufacturers put them on their cheapest guitars to cut cost, I associate them with cheap guitars which makes me think they look cheap. I have nothing against cheap guitars but if I went all out on a guitar I'd want it to look like I'd gone all out. An example is the Vai Jem, as you move up the models you get more vine and less dots.

T00DEEPBLUE

I think that dot inlays have their own functional aspect more than anything else. It gives off the impression fo a guitar that is purely function over form and depending on what you look for in a guitar, dots may be desirable on pretty much any guitar.

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