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12 Oct 01 - 01:30 AM (#570277) Subject: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Marion If so, take a look at Daisy Rock Girl Guitars. |
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12 Oct 01 - 01:44 AM (#570280) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Lonesome EJ Well, if Lisa Loeb has one, you know they're cool. |
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12 Oct 01 - 01:48 AM (#570282) Subject: The things idiots do to guitars... From: Clinton Hammond That's absolutely horrid!!!! |
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12 Oct 01 - 01:56 AM (#570284) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop More horrible than a Gibson SG? |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:04 AM (#570285) Subject: Ugly guitars... From: Clinton Hammond It's the 2nd worse thing I've seen done to a guitar... The worst was that Gibson (?) that was all X-tianed up... Mother of pearl all over it... and scenes from the frigg'n bible painted on it back and front... It was absolutely uglier than anything I've ever left in a steaming heap behind me... |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:09 AM (#570288) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop No appreciation for fine art Clint? On the Daisy site, click on Product, then Heartbreaker Artist, then click the picture for a blowup. Just think of the great music you could make if you had the budget to buy that baby! |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:30 AM (#570293) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC hahahaha... Ah hahaha... I want a heart shaped accordion! |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:31 AM (#570294) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop And that powder pink Daisy acoustic, makes those Larrivees and Martins look like so much firewood. You could at least roll a good quality latex on the Larrivees and Martins to cover up their naked woody bodies. |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:35 AM (#570295) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop A heart shaped accordion, perverse! |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:36 AM (#570296) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC Go to bed, flattop. |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:36 AM (#570297) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop OK |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:38 AM (#570298) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC Good night. Have nice dreams of flower shaped guitars in pastel colors. |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:39 AM (#570299) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop Good night. You take the train to the end of the line. |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:40 AM (#570301) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC OK! |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:42 AM (#570302) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop Remember, it's an hour later in Nova Scotia than in West Virginia. The trains should run on time. |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:43 AM (#570304) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC Without batteries? |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:44 AM (#570305) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop Clinton must have printed of a coloured picture of one of those guitars and taken it to bed. |
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12 Oct 01 - 03:36 AM (#570321) Subject: Gross... like an internal organ inside out! From: Clinton Hammond I have plenty of appreciation for fine art.. and that AIN'T it!!! |
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12 Oct 01 - 07:00 AM (#570377) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Gillie Absolutly horendous!!!!! Ughhhhh..... |
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12 Oct 01 - 07:12 AM (#570383) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: catspaw49 Wow.........Cool............How can you pass up that acoustic verion that comes with all those free decals and stickers?!?!?! I think they saw that picture of the Dale Evans Gibson model that we found awhile back then took the idea and ran with it! I mean if Bo Diddly had a sex change you know he/she would have one for sure!!! Actually, I'm thinking that we all need to buy not one, but two!!! One to shit on and one to cover it up......... Spaw |
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12 Oct 01 - 08:43 AM (#570421) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Allan C. Here is one to consider. BTW, Anita has a lovely voice. The final cut on her CD is one of my favorite songs. (shameless plug for someone whose work I respect) |
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12 Oct 01 - 08:55 AM (#570426) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Grab I remember seeing those at Elderly. When Les Paul and Leo Fender realised that solid-body guitars could be any shape, I don't know if they realised what they were bringing on the world. Daisy guitars, flying-V's, and Prince's ego-monuments... urgh. As Dilbert said, "It's like nuclear power, it can be used for good or evil. And you don't want to get any on you." Graham. |
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12 Oct 01 - 08:58 AM (#570428) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: John Hardly Dear Mr Hardly, I have heard through the internet grapevine that you are soliciting helpful hints for guitar lovers. Have I got one for you! My son Jimmy came home last week with an awful eyesore of a guitar that he said was built way back in the 1930's. Well that poor guitar had certainly seen better days---it looked as though it had been through a war! I'm sure that, back when it was a decent guitar and worth something it might have been quite attractive, though certainly a bit gaudier than a good Lutheran such as myself would like---what with that pearl-like trim ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TOP AND SOUND HOLE! My! Anyway, yes, I was embarrassed for my Jimmy. But he seemed so proud that I kept my little mouth zipped tightly and just said "That's nice, Jimmy." Seems Jimmy has wanted a guitar by this Mr Martin fellow for more than 30 years now! Well, when Jimmy went to bed, I carefully sneeked into his room and got the guitar. I quietly took it down to my workshop---I'm a tole painter you see. I do folk tole and Norwegian rosemaling.
Well you should have seen that sorry old guitar when I got done with it! One base coat of powder blue Krylon, and flowers all around the sound hole and up and down the neck. (I did a beautiful job if I do say so myself! Sorry, Lord) |
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12 Oct 01 - 09:29 AM (#570442) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: catspaw49 (:<)) Spaw |
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12 Oct 01 - 09:48 AM (#570456) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: SDShad Ah, but Carol, wouldn't a heart-shaped accordion make posing for the next Calendar a bit more dodgy? C. |
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12 Oct 01 - 10:47 AM (#570493) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Bat Goddess Gee, wish I had a pink flamingo-shaped guitar -- so I could play flamingo guitar. Bat Goddess |
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12 Oct 01 - 01:07 PM (#570619) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: 53 nope. bob |
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12 Oct 01 - 01:10 PM (#570624) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: mousethief Ever wish your guitar was more girly? No. Not ever. Alex |
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12 Oct 01 - 01:54 PM (#570658) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC Actually, SDShad, a heart shaped accordion might work perfectly for what I have in mind for the calendar. |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:05 PM (#570669) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Steve in Idaho Hmmmmmm - Steve |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:17 PM (#570678) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Steve in Idaho Must have been inspired by Buck Owens. And you don't need to get our hopes up Carol - Steve |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:20 PM (#570683) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC It wasn't your hopes I was thinking of, Steve. |
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12 Oct 01 - 02:30 PM (#570698) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Steve in Idaho LOL - Steve |
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12 Oct 01 - 04:59 PM (#570786) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk Holy friggin' Kee-Rist, those are the UGLIEST GODDAMN GUITARS I HAVE EVER SEEN! They are uglier than flattop in a G-string and braided armpits. They are uglier than Spaw's aboris pectoralis and more gross than Cletus's dirty toenails. They are for shit. Wash out my eyes! Help! I am in dire need of a mental enema to erase the memories! Where's that damn Martin catalog when I need it? *Gasp* *retch!* I must touch wood!!! - LH p.s. My answer is "No". |
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12 Oct 01 - 05:05 PM (#570792) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Steve in Idaho BTW Carol - I did say "our" in the collective sense of the calender. *BG* The darlin of my heart is learning to play the piano - wish I could get her to sing! Still quite entertaining - he said ducking and dodging his way from the area!!! And LH - you heap way too much praise on those "girly" things - Steve No for me too *G* |
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12 Oct 01 - 05:06 PM (#570793) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Clinton Hammond I got wood here you can touch if ya really want to LH... *dirty old man grin* *tap on shoulder* Huh?? What??? *whisper whisper whisper* OH!!! THAT kind of wood... sorry... ;-) |
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12 Oct 01 - 05:09 PM (#570797) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Justa Picker I could gladly pull a "Pete Townsend" on one of those. |
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12 Oct 01 - 05:11 PM (#570801) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk Ugh. And I don't mean like Tonto used to say.... - LH |
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12 Oct 01 - 05:56 PM (#570830) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC Not quite sure what you mean, Steve, but if I can get anyone's spirits up with my participation in the calendar, I think the effort will be worth it. *g* |
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12 Oct 01 - 06:03 PM (#570833) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Steve in Idaho Hmmmmm - don't want to get shot here - but let me stretch the imagination a bit - 1) Nearly nude calender 2) CarolC 3) Heart shaped accordian 4) I am up to my eyeballs in "oh poop" syndrome he said blushing a bright beet red. Meanwhile back to the forum - the guitars are ugly - don't you think?? Steve |
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12 Oct 01 - 06:08 PM (#570840) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC (heh heh heh) |
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12 Oct 01 - 10:34 PM (#570996) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: 53 no. bob |
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13 Oct 01 - 12:14 AM (#571053) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Chip2447 ACK MY EYES!!! They burn so. The do look like they are quite aerodynamic, the would probably fly pretty good, especially if I got my weight into the throw... ACK...and I thought that I was ugly... Me poor ole eyes. Chip2447 |
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13 Oct 01 - 10:46 AM (#571199) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: 53 no. |
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13 Oct 01 - 11:11 AM (#571212) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: GUEST,erica@home well, all i have to say is, a 13 year old girl may be more excited by an ugly daisy guitar than a plain old plywood yamaha. then she would spend all her teen years getting chops, confidence, and let us all hope, taste. plenty of time for martins later. i waited till i was 24 to get a guitar -- too embarrassed to try when i was young. a big big regret. i'd buy one for my niece. an aside: when building my acoustic, the luthier (an old friend) told me he was making it "look like me." by gum, he did -- blonde with hips -- pretty darn girly. I always thought Martin 000s were sexy as well.
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13 Oct 01 - 04:00 PM (#571377) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop Anita's front would be good, if only she'd add a John Deere or a Holstien, but the back is almost as ugly as Van Gough's sunflowers, Alan. I don't know where people get their taste. |
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13 Oct 01 - 04:34 PM (#571387) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop Little Hawk, you'll never see me in my G-string if you keep stealing them for your Takamine. |
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13 Oct 01 - 04:48 PM (#571391) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk It's all right, flattop. I can live without the experience. I just bet Barbi has one of those Daisy guitars, made out of really chintzy looking bright plastic, with little silver decorations on it. - LH |
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13 Oct 01 - 05:07 PM (#571398) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop I suppose it is great that we can feel better than Barbi. Is it her fault that she was born with good looks and we weren't? |
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13 Oct 01 - 09:33 PM (#571505) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: 53 what do you mean by girly? |
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13 Oct 01 - 09:50 PM (#571514) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk Go out and get all the old "Calvin & Hobbes" collections you can, 53, and read up on the GROSS Club. Your question will soon be answered. - LH |
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14 Oct 01 - 12:06 PM (#571773) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: WyoWoman Bat Goddess: Brilliant! Hey, Erica@home, I waited until I was 50 to buy my first guitar. I've finally gotten brave enough to take it out in public, but I still can't sing and play at the same time! Maybe one of those daisy thaings would make me better. I bet I could barre chord on one o' them ... ww |
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14 Oct 01 - 01:29 PM (#571829) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop I'm surprised to discover that WyoWoman could be made better. Although I prefer women with dark hair and dark eyes, I think a Martin is a shallow immitation of a blonde with hips. Is this thread about the boys finding a rare opportunity to snicker at girls' guitars. I still don't see great beauty in Gibson SGs. Guys have played thousands of them for years without getting laughs from the girls. |
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14 Oct 01 - 01:39 PM (#571841) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk Well, I have seen uglier guitars than the Daisyrock Heartbreaker. That one Kurt Cobain designed is pretty awful, and I never liked the angular, vicious looking ones favoured by heavy metal bands. But...the daisy-shaped one has gotta be the ugliest guitar body design ever! Looks good on a flower, terrible on a guitar. - LH |
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14 Oct 01 - 01:43 PM (#571844) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: catspaw49 Sorry Flats, but I always kinda' liked the SG. I'm not an electric player, but I always found it pretty dent looking. 'Course I'm an asshole so what the fuck...... Spaw |
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14 Oct 01 - 01:48 PM (#571851) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop I'll take the Daisyrock Heartbreaker. It looks better. It has a choice of pickup types but the trebble one should be the one near the bridge. No wonder Pete always sounded muddy with his butt ugly guitar. |
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14 Oct 01 - 01:58 PM (#571866) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk Now that I get to thinking about it, I HAVE had girls whom I wished were more like a guitar in certain respects. - LH |
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14 Oct 01 - 02:06 PM (#571871) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: catspaw49 So you like the girls with long necks who aren't afraid of having nuts close to their heads or what? Spaw |
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14 Oct 01 - 02:10 PM (#571874) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk ROTFLMAO!!! Well, more resonance would be nice... - LH |
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14 Oct 01 - 08:20 PM (#572066) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: GUEST,erica@home,still cool for you, WyoWoman. if you learn the key for singing and playing at the same time, lemme know . . . else i'll be stuck as a first position player forever! (ah yes . . . now i remember . . . practice, practice!) i still won't say a bad word about any guitar that encourages girls pick up and play. girls/women get treated like shite in most music stores. i shop only at matt umanov's (nyc) -- the only clerks who actually help me. but i digress . . .
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14 Oct 01 - 08:29 PM (#572074) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk You wouldn't have that problem at The Arts Music in Newmarket, Ontario or the 12th Fret in Toronto, but you are right about most music stores for sure. - LH |
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14 Oct 01 - 11:44 PM (#572164) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: 53 try shopping at mcfadyen music in myrtle beach s.c. and i think you'll like it. |
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14 Oct 01 - 11:55 PM (#572176) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Rory B Yes Erica sadly I have also found that to be true. I often feel very out of place in music stores. They usually ask my husband if he wants help. Why is that? I still can't figure it out! huggggs -Rory- |
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14 Oct 01 - 11:57 PM (#572180) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Little Hawk It's called the "old boys club", and it's an attitude sadly out of date. - LH |
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15 Oct 01 - 12:03 AM (#572189) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: CarolC Ignoring fifty percent of one's potential market doesn't sound like a very intelligent way to try to make a living, either. |
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15 Oct 01 - 01:32 AM (#572209) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop Little Hawk, have you shopped in either of those stores as a girl? How do you know they would treat you as well as male personna? Why are Toronto music stores mainly staffed by men? |
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15 Oct 01 - 02:05 AM (#572216) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: Benjamin Man, I'd get beat up if I got caught playing one of those. I'd take an SG any day. Of course, I'm not an electric player. But a Kirk Sand hallow body always sounds nice (and out of my price range). That's an interesting topic LH. Guitars never say no when you want to play them. Though if we take this further, I couldn't imagine what a simple string change is going to turn into (not to mention the price of a decent guitar, ouch!). Erica, I can't really add anything about how women get treated in music stores as I'm not a women and don't work in a music store. But if you're ever in Seattle, you might want to try Dusty Strings. They always seem to treat everybody fairly. Though if there is any problems, just PM John P. He's been there a while I believe. |
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15 Oct 01 - 03:23 AM (#572238) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: BlueJay I may be wrong, but I'd guess the "girl guitars" are made by Samick in Korea. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think all their guitars are butt ugly, and woud be difficult to hold sitting down. Pre-teen girls may well flock to these guitars. Very clever marketing ploy. But I think a lot of the girls buying these alleged guitars will eventually learn out what guitars are all about, and figure out on their own that they need to buy a decent guitar. There is hope for the future. Thanks, BlueJay |
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15 Oct 01 - 09:42 AM (#572406) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop Again we have a slur of the "girl guitars" because they are made by Samick when most guitars and amps sold are made by Samick. Why aren't the boys criticized for buying Samick? Why can't we accept girls playing electric guitars? One of the major musical instrument retailers in the U.S. advertised Samick amps on their web site by saying that most of the other amps they sell are Samick with OEM stickers on them. I can't find that site right now but I found this. Examples would be Fender's alternate badging of their guitars as being "Squier", "Fender", or "Yorkville/Traynor", and the world's largest guitar maker Samick badging their guitars as for "Epiphone/Gibson", "Washburn", "Hammer", "Slammer", "Kima", "Danelectro", "Archer", "Ibanez", "Rogue", "Hohner", "Slammer", "Memphis", "Montana", "Grand", "Dean", "Johnson", "Hondo", "Cruise", "Kramer", "Karera", "Sterling", "Lyon", "Mitchell", "Music Drive", "Santa Rosa", "Jay Turser", "DeArmond", "Abilene", "Shredder", "Sigma", "Sebring", "Eagle", "Rokker", "Joshua", and dozens of other marketed brands. ... Two examples would be Fender's alternate badging of the same amps as "Squier", "Fender", or "Yorkville/Traynor", and Korg/Marshall's alternate badging of the same amps as "Marshall" or "Park." The world's largest instrument maker Samick badges their amps for OEM brands such as "Epiphone/Gibson", "Washburn", "Hammer", "Cort", "Kima", "Dinosaur", "Kustom", "Ric", "Danelectro/Honeytone", "Archer", "Ibanez", "Gretsch Rogue", "Hohner", "Yorkville", "Beckener", "Electra", "Brownsville", "Gorilla", "Ibanez", "Dean", "Hiwatt", "Dean Markley", "Johnson", "Pyramid", "Performance Plus", "Abilene", "Prime", and dozens of other marketed brands. |
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15 Oct 01 - 09:52 AM (#572411) Subject: RE: Ever wish your guitar was more girly? From: flattop Perhaps Samick was so busy suckering the boys into buying "boy guitars" that they forgot about the girls. Many of the girls have fine strong legs and they are less likely to be shooting junk into their viens. They can probably play their electric guitars standing up. A few of them might even be able to play their Daisyrock Heartbreaker well while standing up and wiggling their bums. Wouldn't that be frightening, boys! |
