DISQUS

This is one of the rare occasions in our time on which I feel dignified expressing my delight with the following:

LAWLZ!!1!

That is all.

Myspace? Is that one of those whiny rock & roll bands with the black hair and the nautical star tattoos?

Liberal... Conservative... Green... Libertarian... Independent... Liberal-Learning Independent... Conservative-Minded Independent Except for X...

Man, all this shit makes me glad I'm a music blogger.

erm... ahhh.... uhhh.... gah... huh?

I just discovered the site myself not too long ago, and I've spent quite a bit of time at it already. I agree, it is an invaluable community for us GASsy fellows.

also, I've assembled my own set-up kit on my own, but I do wish I could find that nifty case to put it all in...

I think that maybe the normal way is called "Spanish style"?

Also, there's the Jimi behind-the-head style, Jimi play-with-your-teeth style, SRV's play-behind-your-back style, SRVs use-your-guitar-as-a-surf-board style... that's all I've got for now, so it's off to work.

Pile on the grease!

I rescind my comment about the finish, and would like to change it to a flamed maple top. I hope you guys at Fender haven't already gotten to work on it ;)

I'd have to have the Fender Custom Shop build me a dream strat:

probably a swamp ash body, lefty 21-fret 1-piece maple neck, gold hardware, kluson tuners, 2 point bridge, S-1 switching on my texas specials (which would have to be custom black-cover ones), on a red tigerstripe pickguard and a natural wood nitro finish.

That, or the Wangcaster... tough choice.

oh, and by the way.... stumbled! enjoy the traffic spike! find me on stumbleupon, I'm Mad Stratter there, too.

just pointing out a typo that may cause some confusion: "Fender and Gibson, as the time proved it, fits any gender. "... that is, unless you're talking about the inherent androgyny of the two ;)

feel free to edit this comment once you see it.

Otherwise, great post. I'm playing the guitars I love... two Strats for the blues and rock... Strats are hard to not love.. and a Recording King Rodeo Sweethearts that's got a beautiful bright tone. Take a look at the thing, it just screams country twang (visually and sonicly)

http://www.recordingking.com/ArtGuitars.1864.0....

I'm surprised you take issue with the inclusion of Bo Diddley... how many other guys do you know who play a shoe-box-with-a-neck-guitar?

It's apparent that they picked the number 28 ahead of time and struggled to meet that quota when they actually started thinking of guitars... they should have kept it to a list of 10 and left out all the fluff.

sounds like you've got the rock-&-roll-synesthesia!

I sometimes 'see' the guitar sounds, like you say, although I must admit, most of those times have been after a healthy dose of LSD.

Personally, the guitar comes to me in a touchy-feely sorta way more often than visual; kind of like I'm in a rock-&-roller-coaster-cart riding on the ups and downs of that twisty tape of Hendrixocity you're so visually keen on.

keep on exploring that sonic landscape!