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What's interesting to me is how quickly the solid body electric guitar reached its technological optimum. The Telecaster, Stratocaster, and Les Paul represent t
by vibrolax 8y ago
What's interesting to me is how quickly the solid body electric guitar reached its technological optimum. The Telecaster, Stratocaster, and Les Paul represent the iconic forms to this day (No offense towards metalheads, who tend to prefer pointier models). There have been many refinements and anti-refinements among the icons along the way, but in my opinion, no new form has become mainstream since 1960.
- jdietrich 8y agoGuitarists (and musicians in general) tend to be quite conservative. There are objective advantages to a modern design like the Strandberg Boden, but there's no history attached to such instruments. Metal players are happy to embrace new technological developments and have been early adopters of digital modelling technology, but most other players have an image of the guitar that's locked in a previous decade. https://strandbergguitars.com/product/boden-fusion-6-black/ https://strandbergguitars.com/product/boden-fusion-6-black/
- rhinoceraptor 8y agoEven the more radical shapes like the Explorer or Flying V back to that time.
- fhood 8y agoMore offended that you think that metalheads don't still use those styles of guitar gojira: http://www.charvel.com/guitars/artist/joe-duplantier-signature-pro-mod-san-dimas-style-2-hh-ebony-fingerboard-satin-white/ http://www.charvel.com/guitars/artist/joe-duplantier-signatu... Mastodon: Rythm guy plays a les paul. SOAD: Daron favors a les paul as well. Les Paul, stratocaster, and telecaster style guitars are very very common in metal as well.
- bena 8y agoI think he's just saying that things like the Flying V or Explorer are seen more in metal. If you see someone playing a Les Paul, it could be anything. If you see someone playing an Explorer, good bet it's metal.
- vibrolax 8y agoThat is what I meant, without any intention to disparage. Both Flying V and Explorer arrived in 1958 and promptly flopped until the age of metal. They are definitely icons of metal as the prototypical "pointy guitars". The classic Les Paul was discontinued around 1960 as tele-strat twang ruled that era, until revived around 1968 as heavier guitar sounds emerged. Disclaimer: I'm an LP person, but I've an equal number of Strats and Teles. I love them each for their unique qualities.
- zwieback 8y agoThere's not much to a (solid-body) electric guitar since the body isn't that involved in the tone. Basically you have a string vibrating between two points, the pickup type and position is just about the only thing that matters.