Seriously ugly!

teb · Post by **teb** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:24 pm

While browsing G-Base I found this little number with some (but obviously not enough) Ric influence. I don't know how I'll ever live without one, but I'll try...

http://www.gbase.com/Stores/Gear/GearDetails.aspx?Item=1511241

It might even be uglier than that couch.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:43 pm

no, that would be Rath's couch...

winston · Post by **winston** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:08 pm

It looks like what happens to a wet sweater when it is hung out on a line to dry and the body and arms react to the weight of the water and become permanently elongated.

I know that from direct experience, albeit many years ago. LOL

leesh · Post by **leesh** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:20 pm

Crumpled-Paper-Bag-glo?

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:55 pm

Get me a bucket....urrrrghh.

I didn't know you could order a boat paddle with a Bigsby attached!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:44 am

Lemme at it! Just gotta have it........

Erk! On second thoughts..... pass me the bucket, Darren.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:48 am

Well, compared to Richman's works... that one looks almost nice.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:07 am

Hey, Todd, ain't you seen the thread on this running in my section? It's called "Knock-Offs, Rip-Offs and Just Plain Ugly".

I nominate this nasty pieceofwork as an Absentee Member!

teb · Post by **teb** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:16 am

Yes, but when I looked through the threads and was going to add this one I didn't see it (I think my eyes were still smoking after finding this thing). At that point, I figured that it was ugly enough to deserve it's own thread. Rarely have I seen such a combination of an ugly shape, an expensive piece of ugly wood (I love figured maple, but for some reason, absolutely detest almost all quilted maple) and over-done, cheap-looking pearly stuff. Plus, in a minimalistic sort of way, they managed to achieve this incredible degree of ugly without even going into the arenas of strange carvings, inlays that would only be appropriate on a trucker's mud flaps or other tricks. What should have just been a guitar with an unfortunate shape became a true abomination, suitable for hanging on the wall of one's mobile home between a couple of big velvet paintings. I was disappointed though, that it doesn't have all gold hardware. A hundred years from now, somebody's going to find this thing and think that we were all tastless boobs. It makes some of those duded-up cowboy Telecasters look elegant.

Tell you what though....You buy one of these, have most of your teeth gold plated, make a strap out of a big gold chain, hang a string of dingle-berries along the bottom of the body and you'd be something to see. I don't know exactly what, but it would be something...

milo · Post by **milo** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:31 am

"I didn't know you could order a boat paddle with a Bigsby attached! "

Oarlocks!!

loves4003 · Post by **loves4003** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:16 am

Chrome dog ear P90's look good.
A Bigsby looks good.
Maple looks good.
MOP inlays look good.
A pearloid PG looks good.
An F-hole looks good.
Chicken head knobs look good.
A bound fingerboard looks good.

And still this is one ugly pig of a guitar. Quite impressive, isn't it?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:49 pm

I mostly agree, Sven, but chicken heads usually belong on chickens and amps. I've seen one guitar ('60s 335 Gibbie Varitone) which had a chicken head knob that looked OK, and I think the big circular plate it was mounted on had a lot to do with that.

I've seen an electric Dobro with one (National?) that looked OK, too. But otherwise? Blecccchhhh!

loves4003 · Post by **loves4003** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:58 am

Well, I like the look of some of those ****** 60's European guitars. They usually had a lot of switches too, so you could choose between very bad, totally **** or completely useless.