Ugly guitars....

[JimmyD]

Don't know if this thread is a redo of one in existence. I do know, without going the whole crazed custom route, that there are some guitars wherein one has to wonder what the designer may have been thinking/consuming. In an case, I am not slamming someone's work, per se, but I do want to see some pics of what you think constitutes an ugly guitar, acoustic or electric. Here are some of my picks:

 

[Huggy Love]

The Ibanez Destroyer was pretty fugly, ................. don't know what made me buy one back in the 80's.
Sold it 2 months later.

 

[Tosca]

All the guitars without PRS on the headstock.

 

[Lee B.]

EVH’s Frankenstein. Hacked, scraped, and gouged to heck, the wiring looks like an entire middle school shop class took a go at it one wire at a time in no particular order. It even has screw in wire hook loops for strap buttons.

 

[bodia]

Paging Mr. deblanc......I'll start for you....."all other guitars are..."

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Paging Mr. deblanc......I'll start for you....."all other guitars are..."

stupid.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

There's a Facebook group devoted to this.

 

[Wakester]

Posted this in another thread, it really belongs here.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Maybe a contender?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/jwlQ1RhLAZnkRfxj2

 

[Bill SAS 513]

The Ibanez Destroyer was pretty fugly, ................. don't know what made me buy one back in the 80's.
Sold it 2 months later.

except when Phil Collen was playing old Def Leppard

 

[BrianC]

Not a fan of the Tele...

 

[JustRob]

except when Phil Collen was playing old Day Leppard

Adrian Smith with Iron Maiden too.

Not a fan of the Tele...

I've always wanted to be a fan, but every time I hold one it's so uncomfortable.

This one gives me a headache.

 

[JimmyD]

This is my current favorite for sound, playability, weight, etc. I know that it isn't the prettiest--angular and all, but it is akin to being with the semi-good looker that rocks your world.

 

[JimmyD]

Maybe a contender?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/jwlQ1RhLAZnkRfxj2

Yeah, bizarre. Plastic body as well. Just try to buy one at a decent price. Good luck. I guess we can thank Jack White for that.

 

[JimmyD]

The Ibanez Destroyer was pretty fugly, ................. don't know what made me buy one back in the 80's.
Sold it 2 months later.

Ahhh, the Explorer wannabe. Guess Ibanez learned its lesson with the Les Paul debacle.

 

[Collywobbles]

This one gives me a headache.

Oh no! I always thought this one of Rick's looked great!

 

[JustRob]

Oh no! I always thought this one of Rick's looked great!

I don't hate it, it just doesn't play nice with my old eyes.

 

[Collywobbles]

I don't hate it, it just doesn't play nice with my old eyes.

Uncle Dick says that's cool - each to their own

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Yeah, bizarre. Plastic body as well. Just try to buy one at a decent price. Good luck. I guess we can thank Jack White for that.

It was for sale locally on Facebook marketplace, for not a lot of money. Just made me say out loud “you what?!”

 

[Wakester]

Now this is FUGLY.
https://buffalo.craigslist.org/msg/d/1952-fender-telecaster/6626655638.html