Favorite 80's/heavy metal guitar?

[PunksisHippies]

I'm always looking at "80's" style guitars, Wild colors, funky animal prints, cheesy graphics, all ridiculous of course but I love it

What's your favorite? Mine has to be Chris Holmes zebra RR

[livebiz]

It's a newer version, but still all 80s. Funky shape, Rising Sun graphic, enigmatic number on the body, Floyd Rose, this baby has it all.

[sytharnia1560]

I'm always looking at "80's" style guitars, Wild colors, funky animal prints, cheesy graphics, all ridiculous of course but I love it

What's your favorite? Mine has to be Chris Holmes zebra RR

I'd be hard pressed to go past this as well .... maybe randy's white concorde or jakes blue burst, but I think chris' wins

[vector]

Love me some 80's graphic finishes. It seemed fitting to have such over the top finishes on the machines that, in the right hands, left me awestruck. Lynch's kamikaze and tiger striped ESPs, DeMartini's snake, crossed swords and dripping skull Charvels, Viv Campbell's various Nightswans, Vai's various inceptions of the JEM, etc.

You could say it has influenced my choice in finishes.

[PunksisHippies]

Agreed, I love RR's. But the single hum and zebra stripes are hard to top.

[PunksisHippies]

Love me some 80's graphic finishes. It seemed fitting to have such over the top finishes on the machines that, in the right hands, left me awestruck. Lynch's kamikaze and tiger striped ESPs, DeMartini's snake, crossed swords and dripping skull Charvels, Viv Campbell's various Nightswans, Vai's various inceptions of the JEM, etc.

You could say it has influenced my choice in finishes.

nice collection! that snake skin Finnish looks sweet!

[Catharpin]

For me it's anything RR, the shape is so iconic 80's metal.

[pianoguyy]

We all know how much I adore my GID Frankenstein. But in the 80's I had a deal with another brand so there weren't as many 'off-brand' units for me.
I always had a thing for the Warlock in neon colors. Which is far different than today when they are always black and evil looking.
However, for some reason, this one seemed to be my 'main' guitar for a few years...

[neilli]

This one:

[Mudlark]

Tougher question than I initially thought.
I'll go with George Lynch's Yellow Bengal from the Breaking The Chains video. Rhoads and RATT had some iconic guitars as well.

[Metal Spawn]

I've always dug Glenn Tipton's Hamer GT;

[MartinBarre]

Chris's yellow Star, Spitz's RR, Rick Savage's Hamer Scarab bass, Johnny Rod or Blackie Lawless's BC Rich's. This one of Randy Piper's was pretty weird and cool.

[dg]

I'm always looking at "80's" style guitars, Wild colors, funky animal prints, cheesy graphics, all ridiculous of course but I love it

What's your favorite? Mine has to be Chris Holmes zebra RR

Now in the very capable hands of the JCF's & Jackson Guitar Palace's own Jani:

[Force]

As long as it has a pointy headstock & bright colours/cheesy graphics, it wins. As for metal shapes, it's always been the Warlock, Ironbird, King V & Rhoads.

[Zedder]

This one: