10 Guitars that Changed Music Forever

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Jan 16, 2013

Randy Bachman: 10 Guitars that Changed Music Forever

http://music.cbc.ca/#/concerts/10-Guita ... 2012-10-31

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday Jan 16, 2013

Seeing that back when all that great music was being made, they were pretty much the only guitar brands that were available to purchase. Now-a-days there are thousands of brands to choose from.

They forgot to mention Hofner in the list ..

P MAC · Post by **P MAC** » Friday Jan 18, 2013

Inovation and creativity give rise to great things. Truely new and original ideas come along rarely, and when they do they typically have a profound impact on the culture from which they rise. There is a reason that the Telecaster and the Precision Bass have remained essentially unchanged and relevant for 65 years. All the modern electric guitars are evolved from those original forms......which also borrowed from earlier ideas. Right time right place!
Better mouse trap??!! Simplicity and purity vs form over function.
Sorry about the rant. From a perspective of old school and proud of it.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Friday Jan 18, 2013

f.sciarrillo wrote:
They forgot to mention Hofner in the list ..

Ugg...I've played both real Hofners and Hofner copies. I never dug them. I always thought they had a real ugly high mid-range to them and they always felt really delicate in my hands. It's funny that the originals are so highly sought after now, because Sir Paul started playing one in the early Beatles days due to them being a relatively cheap bass. Sir Paul really stepped up his tone game when he started playing a Ric. Just IMHO of course. No offense to any Hofner players out there.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Friday Jan 18, 2013

P MAC wrote:Inovation and creativity give rise to great things. Truely new and original ideas come along rarely, and when they do they typically have a profound impact on the culture from which they rise. There is a reason that the Telecaster and the Precision Bass have remained essentially unchanged and relevant for 65 years. All the modern electric guitars are evolved from those original forms......which also borrowed from earlier ideas. Right time right place!
Better mouse trap??!! Simplicity and purity vs form over function.
Sorry about the rant. From a perspective of old school and proud of it.

I remember BassNW had this Mark King style Alembic bass on their used page for a while. I think I actually counted 24 knobs, switches, and buttons on the thing. It even had its own XLR jack. That's definitely not simplicity. When my bass has more knobs and doo-dads than my amp, something ain't right.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Saturday Jan 19, 2013

bassist_25 wrote:
f.sciarrillo wrote:
They forgot to mention Hofner in the list ..
Ugg...I've played both real Hofners and Hofner copies. I never dug them. I always thought they had a real ugly high mid-range to them and they always felt really delicate in my hands. It's funny that the originals are so highly sought after now, because Sir Paul started playing one in the early Beatles days due to them being a relatively cheap bass. Sir Paul really stepped up his tone game when he started playing a Ric. Just IMHO of course. No offense to any Hofner players out there.

He did upgrade his tone by switching to Rick, but there is no arguing that it was a Hofner he started with and it was Hofner that was used on all those great early songs. So in essence, Hofner would be a brand that changed music.

Did they also use Vox guitars back then? Of cours they used Vox amps.