Can you play the blues on a pointy guitar?

[Sanctuary]

Rhoads and Kelly guitars, not to mention pretty everything made by BC Rich are truly "pointy guitars."

Not everything built by BC Rich was in fact pointy.

[Newc]

Almost everything BC Rich made had at least one point on the body, including the Eagle and Mockingbird.

The ST-3 was the only one that didn't.

[RacerX]

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 3 YEARS, I HAVE ALMOST 3000 POSTS AND I HAPPEN TO KNOW STUFF!

Thanks for your cooperation and sorry that you're not familiar with me

[charvelguy]

I would consider a ST3 a 'pointy'.. its just not a 'hockey stick'

[Bryan]

So stereotypes exist even in guitar choices....

I would say yes. After all, guitars are designed to play music, not just certain styles of music. But I also know certain guitars are associated with certain types of music. The only guitars I know of that are "universal" would be the Strat and the Les Paul.

[Sanctuary]

The ST-3 was the only one that didn't.

Meegs, Innovator, Pointless Seagull, Assassin, Outlaw, ST, Bernardo, Robert Conte, Exclusive, I could go on...there's a HEAP of guitars that BCR produced that were not "pointy".

[MadJack]

The Blues ain't in the guitar, it's in the player.

welcome newbie who speaks with a wise tounge

[daemon barbeque]

Well certain types of guitars do certain types of sounds better!
Like driving with a hummer and try to beat a Porsche on a German High-way!You still can drive fast and make people scary who drive with you ,but the Porsche will ripp you of anyways!
But i think a Flying V is a totally different pointy guitar than the King V.Differnt wood ,neck ,fretts ,headstock(wich has a ton of influences over the ton ,on a neck-thru more).The attack ,the resonance ,the range of tone.Everything plays a role.
And the PU's play a big role too.Try to play blues with Seymour Duncan Live Wires Heavy Metal!You can't!
But you can do it with a CustomShop Brobucker ,Aph-1 very well.The Dinky is not neccesarily a heavy metal isntrument.It's damn good for it.But i think it is a good allrounder!That's why top 40 bands uses mostly super strat style guitars!

[MichaelLitvak]

I think Henrik's sense of humour totally flew over yours, bro



I absolutely agree. A Dinky or a Soloist is only pointy at one end. Folks might notice they look a little sleeker than your average blues jammin axe, but they aren't so different. Now, if you turned up with a Warrior......

well what if u got the pilo o skulls graphic?


i got a pile o skulls dk2 and blues sounds awesome on these single coils... but its just weird playing blues with a guitar that has skulls on it =/

[mm2002]

Wow...very informative thread here. At first I almost thought it was one of mine.

[hippietim]

If you're not retarded, you can play any style of music on any guitar.

how unfortunate for you

[charvelguy]

I played in a blues-rock band in the 90's with a guy who was a SRV/Indigenous type style...guy was a killer blues player.. all he played were BCRich ST3's thru Ampegs V4's.

[86barettaguy]

Possibly. But it didn't appear that way. However, I'm sure we can all agree that Ralph Macchio is a serious kick ass guitar player! Even if he did have the advantage over Vai of using a tele to play the blues.

yeah, he beat Vai! He's the man!
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[JACKSONWOLF]

I used to play in a blues band 10 years ago with my Rhoads (Lightning Graphic) and it sounded fantastic. A few years ago....don't laugh but I was in a Status Quo tribute band but I refused to use a Fender Tele and went out and bought a Charvel Legend with a nice reverse pointy headstock.....a far nicer guitar than any Fender in my opinion.
Don't worry about what brand your guitar is, if it suits you then that's all that matters.

[CharvelRocker]

Exactly. Its liek people saying you cant play metal on a Strat. If you like metal and play it on a Strat more power to ya. Same for playing blues on an Explorer or Rhoads. Whatever floats your boat. Hell I play more blues on my Jackson than I play on my Tele