Rate all your guitars, ever!

[JonnyScaramanga]

OK people!

Rate every guitar you've every owned out of 5, as if you were reviewing for Total Guitar (or Guitarist, but without all the sub-categories).

Since some of you have owned a million guitars, I'd suggest not rating more than ten guitars (or this thread will get monumentally boring). Rate your first ever guitar, and nine other memorable axes, I reckon.

Me:

Encore E76 -- 3.5/5

Yamaha RGX121D -- 4.5/5

Carvin DC125 -- 2/5

Ibanez SC420 -- 4/5

Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus -- 4.5/5

Ibanez RG505 -- 2/5

Yamaha RGX820Z -- 3/5

Fender American Stratocaster -- 5/5

Fender Classic 50s Strat -- 3/5, 5/5 after modifying

PRS Corvette Standard 22 -- haven't owned it long enough to say, 4/5 so far.

[suityou316]

K Les Paul (K not Kay) 1/5

Dean '92 Superstrat 4/5

Stagg LP 3/5

Gibson SG Standard 5/5 (hangs head in shame for selling it)

Fender US Tele 5/5

BFG 4/5

PRS Standard 24 5/5

[smokingbeagle]

Peavey Falcon 'str*t-alike' - 3.5 / 5

Peavey Falcon 't*le-alike' - 3 / 5

Fender Mex Strat 1 - 3.5 / 5

Danelectro U2 - 4 / 5, wish I'd kept it

Ibanez RG450 - 3 / 5, really not my thing

Fender Mex Strat 2 - 5 / 5 once modded, 4 / 5 before

'Mania' EBay special T*le - 4.5 / 5

Washburn D10 acoustic - 3 / 5

Tanglewood electro - 4 / 5

Ozark resonator - 4.5 / 5

That's not taking basses into account Strange how I've kept or wish I'd kept everything above a '4' and got rid of the rest...

[evilmags]

All ratings are relative to cost.

Yamaha SG200 5/5
Yamaha SG 2000 4/5 (much better guitar than the 200, but a lot more expensive)
Columbus ES 335 copy 0.5/5
Marlin Sidewinder 0/5
Aria Pro LP Copy 2/5
Ibanez RG 550 4.5/5
Lowden LS-1 5/5
Gibson LP Standard 2.5/5
Gibson LP Custom Shop Class 5 3.5/5
PRS Custom22 4.5/5 (only guitar I've regreteed selling TBH)
NSG 26 3.5/5
Patrick Eggle Vienna Pro 4/5
Heritage H 575 4.5/5
Wechter "Aitana" steel string 5/5
Wechter "Miranda" nylon string 5/5 (possibly the best nylon jazz guitar resident in the UK)
Morganez 7 string 3.5/5 (Evo pickups suck big time)
Maton 12 string 4/5
Phillipe Dubriulle Bass 3.5/5

[guitargeek62]

F*cking hell thisll be hard, ratings are based on overall satisfaction compared to cost. I know theres a few missing too but i cant remember what they were! :\

Yamaha F310 -- 3.5/5
Stagg Flying V -- 2/5
Yamaha RGX121 -- 4/5
70s Hondo LP copy -- 2.5/5
Squier Affinity Tele -- 4/5
Epiphone 58 Vee -- 4/5
CIJ Fender 62 Strat -- 4.5/5
Schecter C1 Classic - 4/5
MIJ Signature LP clone -- 4.5/5
Martin DX1 - 3.5/5
PRS Soapbar SE -- 10/5
Nathan Sheppard NSG26 -- 4/5
PRS Cu22 -- 4.8/5
Ashton Joeycoustic -- 3.5/5
Fender So-Cal Strat -- 5/5 (Only guitar i regret selling tbh!)
PRS EG II -- 3.5/5
Caliber Tele -- 3/5
PRS Cu22 -- 4.5/5
Squier Tele 69 Thinline -- 4/5
Fender Classic Player 60s strat -- 4/5
PRS SC245 - 10/5
Fender USA strat - 4/5
Taylor 214 - 4.5/5

Favourite, well the 245 is the best in the tone stakes for me but for value and all-round love its my soapbar


Add to this a few gibsons that ive nearly bought but pulled out for one reason or another

[guitargeek62]

ps, Mags, i think ive got the guys email addy who bought the cu22 still if you want to see if hell sell?

[evilmags]

Originally Posted by guitargeek62

F*cking hell thisll be hard, i know theres a few missing too but i cant remember what they were! :\

Yamaha F310 -- 3.5/5
Stagg Flying V -- 2/5
Yamaha RGX121 -- 4/5
70s Hondo LP copy -- 2.5/5
Squier Affinity Tele -- 4/5
Epiphone 58 Vee -- 4/5
CIJ Fender 62 Strat -- 4.5/5
MIJ Signature LP clone -- 4.5/5
Martin DX1 - 3.5/5
PRS Soapbar SE -- 10/5
Nathan Sheppard NSG26 -- 4/5
PRS Cu22 -- 4.8/5 (didnt like the colour!)
Ashton Joeycoustic -- 3.5/5
PRS EG II -- 3.5/5
Caliber Tele -- 3/5
PRS Cu22 -- 4.5/5
Squier Tele 69 Thinline -- 4/5
Fender Classic Player 60s strat -- 4/5
PRS SC245 - 10/5
Fender USA strat - 4/5
Taylor 214 - 4.5/5

Favourite, well the 245 is the best in the tone stakes for me but for value and all-round love its my soapbar

Try some proper accosutics

[Niallmo]

Guitars past and present:

Squier Tele Custom II (Stripped finish) 10/10 Superb, my current fave. Beautiful gnarly sound. Now looks amazing too.

Fender Lite Ash tele 9/10 Super Tele Tones, Wonderful bridge pick-up

Gibson LP Standard Plus: 5/10 Stunning visually but lacked tone from the 498/490 P/ups

Epi LP Standard with SD '59's 8/10 Sounded better than the Gibbo! It didn't click at the time to put the '59's in the Gibbo D'oh!

EBMM Petrucci: 8/10 didn't bond with it.

Parker Nite-Fly M : 8/10 Too clinical a sound

Ibanez RG550 6/10 Ten a penny, bland sound without distortion and effects

Ibanez RG 575 (I think) 8/10 Better sound, must have been a good slab of basswood!

PRS Tremonti SE: 9/10 Wonderful guitar, sorry too see that one go.

[GuitarZorz]

Cimar by Ibanez Fat strat copy - 3.5/5 - Great playing/quality beginner guitar, for £70 who could complain, still have it now.

ESP Viper Standard - 4.5/5 - The only thing that let this guitar down was the horrible camo finish, it got an extra .5 for being so cheap second hand because of the ugly finish.

MIJ Fender Esquire 54 re-issue - 4.5/5 - Love it, just has the cheap jap electronics so it can't get the full 5/5.

Epiphone LP Black Beauty 3 - 2.5/5 - Good guitar but weighed a tonne (even for an LP) and had 3 crappy epiphone pickups, it just never won me over.

Squier Standard Tele (black/chrome edition) - 3.5/5 - Plays/feels great but suffered from the usual poor electronics/hardware that cheaper guitars do. After my mods I've done I give it a 4.5/5 loses .5 because of the price of the BKPs otherwise it'd be a 5.

Epiphone Gothic Explorer w/ OFR - 4/5 - Great guitar that could get the perfect action, was upgraded when I got it with EMGs and the LFR swapped for an OFR. Sold it because I never use the trem and CBA with setting it up all the time.

Vester MIK 'Tradition' Tele copy - 4.5/5 - for £95 this was probably the best guitar I've got yet, easily on par with MIM Fenders, if not better. Great hardware/electrics/body/neck. Awesome guitar for silly money.

That'll do I guess. Its weird rating all the old guitars you've had and seeing which ones you wish you still had and which you're glad you don't have.

[arrowodd]

something nasty from 'Kay' ? 1/5
Westone Thunder 1 (lefty) 4/5
Tokai Goldstar Sound 5/5

err... haven't bought myself a new 'leccy since

also:
Admira Almeria 3/5
Contreras C4 5/5