Guitar Accessories/Mods That Drive You Nuts

[David Wiese]

Need to vent a little today, so I thought I'd try this as a topic.

What annoys you when you see it hooked onto, bolted onto, clipped onto, or screwed onto a guitar?

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Good question.hummmmm.well off hand it would be when people put Bigsbys on there guitars and put wood plugs or screws or stickers or custom made patches in the tailpiece holes.id either leave the hole or i used a Towner Bar .i know the Towner Bar meant for the B3 mostly but at least it looks like it belongs.just my opinion,no offence to anyone.

 

[David Wiese]

I'm going with DiMarzio clip-on straps. Hated them in the hairmetal days, and still do.

 

[BlankinLoud]

The ugliness of those ubiquitous clip-on head-stock tuners is a pet peeve of mine.

 

[Razz]

The ugliness of those ubiquitous clip-on head-stock tuners is a pet peeve of mine.

^ this

 

[David Wiese]

I use the clip-ons, but not while I'm playing, ie take them off when not tuning. On stage I use tuner pedals. I remember my old music professor saying "...nothing should be clamped on to a headstock".

A big one for me is the B-Bender. I hate those things.

 

[Paruwi]

The ugliness of those ubiquitous clip-on head-stock tuners is a pet peeve of mine.

That's why Henry J fits nearly all of the 2015 Gibbo line with the G-Farce...

 

[Alex_SG]

My pet hate on guitars is stickers. I bought an old (1988) Aria bass a while back, and immediately had to spend the next 3 hours removing what I originally thought were stickers, but were actually pictures cut from magazines and GLUED to the body! Sacrilege!
I think anyone who does that should be smacked around the head with a baseball bat! Or a bass guitar - It would have the same effect!!!

 

[RTH]

My pet hate on guitars is stickers. I bought an old (1988) Aria bass a while back, and immediately had to spend the next 3 hours removing what I originally thought were stickers, but were actually pictures cut from magazines and GLUED to the body! Sacrilege!
I think anyone who does that should be smacked around the head with a baseball bat! Or a bass guitar - It would have the same effect!!!

I totally agree. I like stickers, just not on a guitar. I'm not even really a fan of graphics on a guitar usually.

 

[fishered]

I agree 100% stickers

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Another for Stickers

 

[David Wiese]

Remember those leather "straplock" things? Yeah. I hate them too.

 

[DPaulCustom]

Well, not hooked, bolted, or clipped, but uncut strings flopping around the peghead really annoy the pi$$ outa me, & I guess stickers too, though I do have a couple waterslides on my old strat.

 

[Alex_SG]

This is what the bass I bought looked like when I got it home:

This was after 3 hours of scraping, peeling, scrubbing and wearing my nails out:

 

[RTH]

It looks much better! Nice Aria Pro II!

 

[Paruwi]

or screwed onto a guitar?

pickguard

beautiful flamed/quilted tops should not be covered with a PG

 

[DPaulCustom]

This is what the bass I bought looked like when I got it home:

This was after 3 hours of scraping, peeling, scrubbing and wearing my nails out:

A much deserved improvement!

 

[David Wiese]

Anything more than 5 knobs on a Les Paul (or any Gibson-esque guitar for that matter).

 

[RTH]

Not really an accessory or mod, but I cant stand it when people refuse to do simple maintenance on their axe. I've been in bands where the guitarist would deal with a binding nut, sharp saddles and old strings, then take 30 minutes to tune the guitar and another 5 minutes between every song. Insanity, I tell you!

 

[David Wiese]

Not really an accessory or mod, but I cant stand it when people refuse to do simple maintenance on their axe. I've been in bands where the guitarist would deal with a binding nut, sharp saddles and old strings, then take 30 minutes to tune the guitar and another 5 minutes between every song. Insanity, I tell you!

Sounds like a drummer thing...