Ugliness of the 90's? Or retro fun?

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 11:36 pm

compared to a more modern style offering...

..by the way, long time no see shortscale! I'm back in Japan again, and moving to Osaka soon.

Mattsican · Post by **Mattsican** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:09 am

That Universe is fucking savage.

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:26 am

Mattsican wrote:That Universe is fucking savage.

In a good way? I'm pretty sure the dots/pickups glow in the dark...which was a big 90's rage if anyone remembers.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:48 am

I dig.

Aesthetically, I can't hardly play a beast like that. Go hard if u can.

Mattsican · Post by **Mattsican** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:35 am

JJLipton wrote:
Mattsican wrote:That Universe is fucking savage.
In a good way? I'm pretty sure the dots/pickups glow in the dark...which was a big 90's rage if anyone remembers.

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Yes in a good way

Mattsican · Post by **Mattsican** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:37 am

I had an RG7321 which was KINDA like a Universe, but with a hard tail string thru... I always wanted to swap the pups and knobs to look like that. I love the funky ugliness of it.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:44 am

I think shredder guitars are largely ugly but somehow, ridiculous color schemes make it fun for me, and then I like the look again. Green pickups definitely bring it into the fun factory for me.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:54 am

7 strang?

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:58 am

You cant have glow in the dark pups and knobs and NOT make it a seven string.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:15 am

I've found that nice bursts on bound flame maple can be very nice looking pieces that have a subtle touch of class, even on pointy things with Floyds. My LP7's tangerine burst has really grown on me based on that point alone.

The above haunted-house party favor combo is in another category altogether.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:16 am

JJLipton wrote:
Mattsican wrote:That Universe is fucking savage.
In a good way? I'm pretty sure the dots...glow in the dark...which was a big 90's rage if anyone remembers.

...And the glow be ragin' loud into the 2000s!!!11

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mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:42 am

90s ugly is my favorite kind of ugly. The neon green totally works.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:42 am

I really like both those guitars, but I'm not sure how modern the second one is. It still looks kind of dated to me. In fact, I'm struggling to think of a modern equivalent to the first guitar. The closest I can think of would be the Korn ones with the metallic slate sort of finish from a few years back.

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:23 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:I really like both those guitars, but I'm not sure how modern the second one is. It still looks kind of dated to me. In fact, I'm struggling to think of a modern equivalent to the first guitar. The closest I can think of would be the Korn ones with the metallic slate sort of finish from a few years back.

You're right, i get a very distinct early 2000's retro revival feel from it.

Here's a modern and boring example

drBenway · Post by **drBenway** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:18 pm

"A Squier VM Jag you say?

Didn't you get the memo? All the cool kids play JEMs now."

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:20 pm

Oh, the Universe is gorgeous. Still would prefer a PWH. Should ALWAYS have pyramids wherever possible

But yeah, 90s Ibanez shred guitars are gorgeous.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:21 pm

gross. all of them.

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:22 pm

drBenway wrote:"A Squier VM Jag you say? Didn't you get the memo? All the cool kids play JEMs now."

Oooh, custom swirl on the RB, or was it black?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:39 pm

Always prefered how Jackson Charvel look to Ibanez, with Superstrats anyway. The horns look too spikey for me on RG, Jem and Universe models and i'm not keen on the headstock.

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:43 pm

Fran wrote:Always prefered how Jackson Charvel look to Ibanez, with Superstrats anyway. The horns look too spikey for me on RG, Jem and Universe models and i'm not keen on the headstock.

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