# What do you think is the best looking guitar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639 "2006-02-09T01:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Armilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@Armilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Armilla)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/41 "2006-02-09T19:19:35Z")
Personally I like the 5-string Fender Jazz Bass ([http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0136600332](http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0136600332)). The slightly wider neck just seems to make it look better proportioned to me. Maybe I’ve just got used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/42 "2006-02-09T19:29:07Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > The Gibson ES-175 was the guitar of my dreams…and now that I have one, I luuuuuuve it. > > [My guitar collection.](http://members.aol.com/biffyshrew/guitars) If I could only keep one, it would be the 175, no question. If I could only keep two, it would be the 175 and the Les Paul Supreme. > > **Boo Boo Foo** : _awesome_. Heres a seconding of the Es-175 That guitar is a part of me…if only I looked as good as it does. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/43 "2006-02-09T19:50:00Z")
> [@cactus waltz](#): > > Am I first to mention [Fender Jazz basses?](http://www.fender.com/products/prod_images/basses/0193460725_xl.jpg) Hoorah! I have one, and I love it (I’m going to get a set of flatwounds for it, too.) The stock white pickguards on Fender Jazz basses look horrible, IMO. I took mine off and played without for a while, then made my own pickguard from wood and put a brown finish on it. It looks a lot better. (The bass has a sunburst finish.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/44 "2006-02-09T21:51:47Z")
I like the Rickenbacker Bass, like Geddy Lee used to play early in his career. It looks like its about 9 feet long. Very cool. I have a Yamaha BB300 in Pearl White with stickers all over it. If it was in perfect tune, I might be able to play 3 notes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/45 "2006-02-09T23:00:40Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I like the Rickenbacker Bass, like Geddy Lee used to play early in his career. It looks like its about 9 feet long. Very cool. But no love for the the bodyless Steinberger? 😉 I really like the look of my baby, which is a slightly translucent black Spector legend bass that looks like a more subtle version of [this.](http://www.spectorbass.com/images/professional/Legend4CustomSlateGrey_lrg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Azadeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cab0a1/32.png) [@Azadeh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azadeh)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/46 "2006-02-09T23:20:25Z")
The ESP Eclipse has always, always been my favorite. There’s a particular artist signature model that just… wow. I’d rather have it with the EMG 81/85 pickups instead of a strat layout, but either way… [http://www.espguitars.co.jp/gallery/sugizo/python/index.html](http://www.espguitars.co.jp/gallery/sugizo/python/index.html) [http://www.guitarsatbmusic.com.au/esp/readersrigs/andy\_s-1\_python.htm](http://www.guitarsatbmusic.com.au/esp/readersrigs/andy_s-1_python.htm) There’s also the Brilliant guitar, which was made by burning aluminum sheet metal prior to cutting… [http://www.espguitars.co.jp/gallery/sugizo/s1bmm/index\_e.html](http://www.espguitars.co.jp/gallery/sugizo/s1bmm/index_e.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/47 "2006-02-09T23:59:25Z")
> [@What the .... ?!?!](#): > > Don’t know about “best” but what’s with that ugly little thing that McCartney plays? The particular bass is probably the most famous individual bass in the history of rock & roll! Funny thing is that he bought it in Germany because it was inexpensive - he couldn’t afford a Fender at the time. Nowadays I can buy a Fender for ~$600, and a Hofner Violin Bass will run me about $1800. All because McCartney played one. My favorite? MTD Basses. No doubt about it. This guy makes the best, most beautiful instruments. I’m also a big fan of the look of Matt Pulcinella’s basses. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/48 "2006-02-10T00:51:49Z")
I second the Gibson Explorer. I’ve wanted one ever since I was a teen and had a poster of Aerosmith with Joe Perry playing one. I also like my Carvin AE-185 a lot. Kind of a telecaster-y shape but more stylish. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/49 "2006-02-11T23:38:06Z")
I’m torn between my loyalty to Mountain (Felix Pappalardi & Leslie West) and Rush. The Gibson Les Paul Junior played by West during most of his early career certainly has a look that says function and art to it. And Pappalardi’s Gibson EB-1 is certainly the coolest of the cool. Except for Geddy Lee’s Rickenbacker 4003. I’m so torn… btw, I think on a Nirvana Unplugged video, Cobain (?) used one that was similar to the EB-1. I could be mistaken, but it looks EXACTLY like one that I used to have, with a real violin-shaped head on it. Does anybody know what kind it was? Mine was an Apollo. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639/50 "2006-02-11T23:41:58Z")
I only play at guitar, but I’d love to have an ‘antique white’ (sort of a pale yellow) Fender Stratocaster with a rosewood fretboard and a white pick guard like Roy Buchanan played. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-the-best-looking-guitar/343639.md?page=2)