Members Pedaltones Posted September 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Check out the flame on that door! So what you're saying is you'd rather be a mediocre carpenter hanging flamed-wooden doors than a great carpenter hanging plain-wooden doors? Coz that's soooo TCP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trainbridge Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 If it has to be one or the other I like flame. Quilt has never been appealing to me. I don't find the super over the top flame appealing either. If anything I prefer a subtle flame or plain top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taylor. Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Holy crap, a thread about guitar stuff. Flame maple can be okay occasionally. Quilt maple is usually pretty awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Check out the flame on that door! Nice subtle flame on the amp tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 My guitar is from Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 I also have a cat named Taco. Wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 dios mio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSDis4me Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Quilt looks cheesy. Flame this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 *throws up in mouth* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Quilt looks cheesy. Flame this: Holy smokes. That is weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pedaltones Posted September 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Damn that's pretty horrific alright LSD but that's due to the technicolour dreamcoat tye-dye scheme rather than the flame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSDis4me Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 I think it looks like one of those big popsicles you get from the ice cream man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pedaltones Posted September 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 What about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 For the lawyer who want it all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I know both catch a lot of general disdain here as excessively showy/garish/:lem:/TGP or what have you but I'm wondering between the two which does HCFX reckons looks better when done right. Yes yes, plain/sparkly/metallic/seafoam dreams are clear favourites here but out of the figured maple tops which do you think looks better? So... v IMHO, it really depends on the color and the individual guitar... of those two, I definitely prefer the quilted maple top, but on other guitar models, I'd prefer a flame maple top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 christian i have always wondered this but is the amp tape to help ur toan? is that how u get ur guitar to react so peffectly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 If it has to be one or the other I like flame. Quilt has never been appealing to me. I don't find the super over the top flame appealing either. If anything I prefer a subtle flame or plain top. My '96 Epi Les Paul is a Limited Edition model with a "trans red" finish over a supposedly flame maple top... it's pretty subtle, and I like that about it. There's enough figuring there to give it a little character, but IMO it's not gnarly, garish, and over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 It's pretty darned flashy, but that finish "fits" the guitar IMO. I know they're not very popular here on HCFX, but I do like some PRS guitars. I've heard guys coax some really cool sounds out of some of them. I just can't play them comfortably, so I'll probably never own one. I've never met him, but I know a couple of people who know Paul. I should try to see if I can get someone to ask him "why the heck don't you offer a third neck size that's more suited to those of us with average to smaller sized hands?" Wide / flat and wide / fat just doesn't do it for me... sorry. And that's WAY more important to me that the guitar's cosmetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSDis4me Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 My main guitar as a subtle quilt to it. I try not to hold that against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Interesting looking inlays. Who built that Strat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 christian i have always wondered this but is the amp tape to help ur toan? is that how u get ur guitar to react so peffectly? I thought you'd never ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSDis4me Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Interesting looking inlays. Who built that Strat? Wilburn Custom Shop. But I changed out the whammy (Wilkinson) and the pickups (Dragonfire David Gilmours, active pu's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pedaltones Posted September 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 It's pretty darned flashy, but that finish "fits" the guitar IMO. I know they're not very popular here on HCFX, but I do like some PRS guitars. I've heard guys coax some really cool sounds out of some of them. I just can't play them comfortably, so I'll probably never own one. I've never met him, but I know a couple of people who know Paul. I should try to see if I can get someone to ask him "why the heck don't you offer a third neck size that's more suited to those of us with average to smaller sized hands?" Wide / flat and wide / fat just doesn't do it for me... sorry. And that's WAY more important to me that the guitar's cosmetics. That green/blue quilt top is Dave Weiner's (of the Steve Vai band) commissioned PRS. I don't have overly large hands or Buckethead-like fingers but the wide-thin 25" scale of my PRS is the most comfortable neck I've ever played. I just HATE the rotary selector switch. Clean, it's versatile but not special sounding so I'm thinking of selling it towards a Suhr (of which there's a likelihood will feature a wonderfully vulgar quilt that would tent most blues-lawyers suitpants) When you say a you wish PRS would release a third size neck do you mean a narrower fretboard width or shorter scale length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pedaltones Posted September 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 My main guitar as a subtle quilt to it. I try not to hold that against it. It's a unique looking guitar but I'd agree that I wouldn't be mad about quilts on strats (and LPs) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSDis4me Posted September 23, 2012 Members Share Posted September 23, 2012 Maybe I can relic it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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