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GuitarsCanada

11-04-2007, 12:18 PM

Let's take a look at some of the ugliest guitars you have ever seen. I mean downright fugly guitars.

Jeff Flowerday

11-04-2007, 12:38 PM

This was posted elsewhere but I think it qualifies:

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee33/jimihendrix_woodstock/untitled1.jpg

GuitarsCanada

11-04-2007, 12:39 PM

Oh ya, that one fits the description. :eek:

Roidster

11-04-2007, 01:38 PM

i always thought the overly expensive parker guitars were fugly

demon

11-04-2007, 01:40 PM

these are lovely..:eek:
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc65/tx9hemi/8015_3.jpg

Rumble_b

11-04-2007, 01:57 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen, I belive we may have a winner!

http://folk.uio.no/jonhaar/pics/stygg7.jpg

Steeler

11-04-2007, 04:13 PM

I have a guitar that is sooooo ugly, I made a truss rod cover with UG1 lettered on it (for Ugly Guitar 1)

I'm on the road now, but later this week I'll take some pix and post them.

Be warned, it's so ugly it's sad.

It's a white Guild solid body, neck thru the body, I never knew the model.
It was routed for God knows what, by an unskilled hobbyist, who never finished the job, so there's a big hole in it.

I replaced the tuners with Gibson Tuners from a 74 Les Paul. (the LP was upgraded to Grovers, and these were left laying around)

It has a poorly installed Brass Nut.

That's when it was named UG-1.

Next, I loaned it to a friend / student in need of a guitar in the 90s. She had it in her closet when when her house burnt to the ground!
The charred / water damaged case was found in the rubble.

When what was left of the the case was peeled away, the UG-1 remained!
Covered with soot, and slightly burnt. She gave it back to me...

That was about 10 years ago. I threw it (case-less) under a table in a home studio, where it still resides.

Later duuudes....

Maxer

11-04-2007, 04:48 PM

LOL

That Wangcaster is hilarious. And brutally ugly, to boot. The alien guitar barely compares, although it is very strange. As for the American guitar, cheesy for sure. Alaskans and Hawaiians ought to be grateful for having been exempted.

Penis guitar wins so far, hands down. I'd love to see some other examples though.

As for the Parkers, I think they're cool. I guess ugly is in the eye of the beholder.

Nickelo

11-04-2007, 05:38 PM

I'm quite certain the alien guitar was a concept, from Steve Vai's Ultra Zone album cover, built to scale (of some sort).

Marnacious

11-04-2007, 06:02 PM

The Wangcaster is certainly bizarre.

Budda

11-04-2007, 06:47 PM

i'd play the alien one..

bluezombie

11-04-2007, 06:54 PM

This guitar is a true work of art, but it is ugly. PLUS IT MUST WEIGH A TON!!!

http://www.makezine.com/blog/ggggtwo.jpg

cycro27

11-04-2007, 10:37 PM

bobb

11-04-2007, 11:06 PM

One word UUGGGHHHH. What do you think people are thinking when they make guitars like these :S. Well maybe they're just being creative... I guess sometimes it is better to just think inside the box XD.
http://tradingtacos.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/vox4.png

Nothing wrong with that if you drive one of these

http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/Novelty_ProductCars/images/gallery/voxmobile.jpg

violation

11-04-2007, 11:17 PM

Any Telecaster or Gretsch... lol.

cycro27

11-05-2007, 12:21 AM

Nothing wrong with that if you drive one of these

http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/Novelty_ProductCars/images/gallery/voxmobile.jpg

ahahah nice one. I wonder what it would be like if that thing actually played :O. The faster you go higher the sound and the louder the guitar screams XD.:rockon2:

Geek

11-05-2007, 01:02 AM

This one makes the "Dr. Who" theme run through my noggin' :D

This guitar is a true work of art, but it is ugly. PLUS IT MUST WEIGH A TON!!!

http://www.makezine.com/blog/ggggtwo.jpg

ne1roc

11-05-2007, 07:31 AM

I like odd shaped guitars but not ugly ones!
http://www.myrareguitars.com/musicvoxspacerangerup.jpg

laristotle

11-05-2007, 08:13 AM

Gumby's guitar?

laristotle

11-05-2007, 08:24 AM

Interesting stuff you find when you google.

http://folk.uio.no/jonhaar/pics/pks.jpg
http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/images/mosrite4.jpg
http://folk.uio.no/jonhaar/pics/stygg6.jpg
http://www.bumblefoot.com/gear/bfoot-VigierBBF4.jpg

Maxer

11-05-2007, 09:41 AM

Well, the top one is cool... I've seen it somewhere before. A pic of it, I mean. And it's sure not ugly to my eyes... daunting in its complexity, sure. I'd love to have it for a few days, just to tinker with it, see what it can produce.

The foot one is... well, words fail me.

Accept2

11-05-2007, 10:10 AM

The top one is a Manzer..........

Maxer

11-05-2007, 10:13 AM

Thanks... wonder what one of those goes for. Looks pretty much like a real one of a kind number, though.

butterknucket

11-05-2007, 10:21 PM

This thread is now officially over...

http://www.12fret.com/new/Martin_D-100_Deluxe_pg.html

Robert1950

11-06-2007, 07:23 AM

Too bad I don't have a picture of my old Fender Mustang back in 1970 - when it was painted fluorescent orange.

Maxer

11-06-2007, 08:43 AM

That lefty Martin.... I wouldn't call it ugly so much as over the top, totally baroque... waaaaaay too much pretty detailing for my tastes. Six figure price tag, too eh? Wow.

zontar

11-06-2007, 11:21 PM

I like odd shaped guitars but not ugly ones!
http://www.myrareguitars.com/musicvoxspacerangerup.jpg

I want one--I wouldn't refer to this as any form of ugly--odd--yes, but if I had the cash I'd be tempted.

I like the US shaped one--I'd love to see a Canada map one.

I guess this really is beauty in the eye of the beholder (although some of these are quite ugly.) I've always found tortoise shell pickguards ugly, but some people love them.

I'd have to say the ugliest production model (not the custom jobs that have mostly filled this thread) is the Ovation Breadwinner (http://fretboardjournal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/catalog2.jpg).

I'll be on the lookout for guitars to add.

Renvas

11-07-2007, 12:04 AM

wtf are u ppl LOL

these guitars look awesome... they actually have an original shape compared to the overly used standard guitar shapes.

they only problem is.. that if they actually sound good.

Mogwaii

11-07-2007, 08:57 AM

I like odd shaped guitars but not ugly ones!
http://www.myrareguitars.com/musicvoxspacerangerup.jpg

OMG ITS A LP ON ACID!

Maxer

11-07-2007, 10:06 AM

I'd have to say the ugliest production model (not the custom jobs that have mostly filled this thread) is the Ovation Breadwinner (http://fretboardjournal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/catalog2.jpg).

LOL

You know, I used to know a Toronto guitarist back in the early 80s who had a trans cherry Breadwinner. It was a beautiful guitar. I always dug its dynamic lines. Goes to show how subjective it all is. I'd kill to run across a used Breadwinner on Craigslist or Kajiji...

Mooh

11-07-2007, 10:52 AM

Yeah, I knew a guy in high school in the '70s who had a Breadwinner. I've always liked the lines too. The only ones I've heard since have sounded good too.

Peace, Mooh.

zontar

11-07-2007, 10:04 PM

I don't know if it's ugly so much as overdone and gaudy-And I love Les Pauls-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/cflstampman/guitaroverdone.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/cflstampman/samuraiguitar.png

(images from The Gibson Les Paul Book by Tony Bacon & Paul Day.)

Maxer

11-08-2007, 06:51 AM

Ugly? No. Overdone and gaudy? Yep. Looks like real museum piece, though. I wouldn't be comfortable playing it, for a variety of reasons.

Michelle

11-08-2007, 05:43 PM

OMG ITS A LP ON ACID!

haha! And if you look at it long enough, it wiggles!

Sneaky

11-08-2007, 06:25 PM

We had a wangcaster... how about a boobcaster...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300166227239&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fse arch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D 300166227239%2B%2B%26fvi%3D1

http://www.eazyapp.com/auctions/breast_2.jpg

Maxer

11-08-2007, 06:42 PM

Ouch!

That's just very sad.

Budda

11-08-2007, 08:00 PM

www.nammoddities.com

the weirdest stringed instruments you'll see. ever.

zontar

11-08-2007, 09:31 PM

www.nammoddities.com

the weirdest stringed instruments you'll see. ever.

Some of those are mighty odd, not necessarily ugly--but odd--
Okay some are ugly.

-I actually like the split level doubleneck--it looks cool.
-The people who make the skull guitar make some odd electrics--none really catch my eye--and this acoustic (http://www.guitarsla.com/product/traditional-bajo-quinto-with-white-micas) qualifies as a contender in ugliest acoustic.
-Check out the White castles amps on the other goodies page--and check out past years--some cool stuff and some "huh?" stuff.

Thanks for posting the link.

Spikezone

11-11-2007, 09:12 PM

I like odd shaped guitars but not ugly ones!
http://www.myrareguitars.com/musicvoxspacerangerup.jpg

That is the FUGLIEST guitar there is, hands-down. I remember when they came out and GP did a serious benchtest on them. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! It just HURTS MY EYES!
-Mikey

sgiven

11-12-2007, 12:11 AM

Rydock

11-12-2007, 12:33 AM

Please tell me those are tone knobs.

Hilarious!

Is it just me, or does that look like a silly face to me :D

NB-SK

11-12-2007, 06:14 AM

www.nammoddities.com

the weirdest stringed instruments you'll see. ever.

The 'Dokdo-Korea' guitar. For those of you who aren't in the know, the Liancourt Rocks/Dokdo/Takeshima is a little islet located between Korea and Japan. These two countries share the fishing rights, but it is in South Korean territorial waters (Korean soldiers are on the island). The governments of these two countries use the dispute over the possession of the islet to fan nationalistic sentiment, although the South Korean government does so in much greater degree. Ask Sneakypete. I bet he has never heard of the dispute, or very little of it.

Here in Korea, it was all over the news, in TV ads, on stamps, children were taught songs about it in school, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks

Much ado about nothing, really. Possession is 9/10 of the law, and South Korea is in possession of the islet.