Trustworthiness of guitars poster

Chris Gregori says:

A couple months back I worked with my friend Jeremy on a Trustworthiness of Guitars poster… an idea that was taken from Matt Mcinerney’s Trustworthiness of Beards poster. He runs a music giveaway site and asked his readers to do a poll that shares how they felt about certain guitars. Out of the over 500 responses, the list was created and I illustrated all of the 32 guitars picked. Since the response to the poll was so big, they were printed 39″ x 8.5″ and for sale here. A full set of the guitar illustrations can be downloaded here for free.

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feetleet

Damn it Prince, the gift was supposed to be from both of us!
splashu

Ouch, pretty harsh on the Parkers and Steinbergers. I agree with Deans being where they are though.
- http://boingboing.net/ The Life Of Bryan
  
  My bass is a Steinberger knockoff, so hopefully that somehow exempts me from the realms of lower douchebagistan?
http://profile.yahoo.com/42GXRI3XJ4FEJFI6T2OK74C7D4 Darren

Where are all the BC Rich’s?
- feetleet
  
  Norway.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOibIxl3dLo
  - Boundegar
    
    That was satire, right?
    - feetleet
      
      I have no idea. I lost that part of my brain in a slipping-on-ice-while-running accident.
    - arikol
      
      You’ll have to be the judge of that. Here’s an even better example of their style :D
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh8CfWEnSJ8
      - feetleet
        
        That’s not fair. Their drummer is so on HGH.
mappo

I like how amp stealers are two notches more repugnant than girlfriend stealers.
WaylonWillie

This would put Judas Priest firmly in the “girlfriend stealer” category. Is this appropriate? Much thought and futher research is necessary.
- Navin_Johnson
  
  I suppose if Halford played guitar he could go in a boyfriend stealer category.
Navin_Johnson

Looks pretty accurate, although I’m sad to see Prince lumped in with all those cheezy guitars and the anonymous hacks who wield them. Prince kind of exists in his own separate universe.
- Halloween_Jack
  
  Frankly, putting a custom guitar easily identifiable with a well-known player (and one who’s undeniably brilliant, whatever you think of him personally) puts the maker of this poster in the douchebag category, IMO.
feetleet

Almost every song out of Nashville is about infidelity and alcoholism. And indie’s big on irony. So what exactly makes a Tele-player the knight of knights-and-knaves? I mean, I play Tele, and I’m a dick.
- mccrum
  
  Must be the brutal self-aware honesty. :)
http://ok-cleek.com/blogs cleek

i see no evidence that Parker Fly advocate, Adrian Belew, is a Total Douchebag.

and what’s that on the left? a strat with a PRS neck?
http://twitter.com/Fornicus Fornicus

The douchiness of Parkers is rebutted by the Parker Fly’s most vocal proponent, Adrian Belew.
http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby

My Firebird makes me a creep. Does it count if I can’t really play it?
for_SCIENCE

Funnily enough, the guy who stole my pedals for drug money only played Deans.
- Donald Petersen
  
  And yet somewhere out there is the thievin’ bastard who made off with my Telecaster. Thanks to this chart, I assume he burns his fingertips every time he tries to play it.
Chris Early

I call bullshit. Roine Stolt is a profoundly decent human being and his axe is the reddest of the red, yet Ted Nugent is a complete dick and his Gibson is way up in Boy Scout land. WTF?
And, BTW, Adrian Belew is so not a douchebag.
- Navin_Johnson
  
  I think the tongue in cheek joke is that you may not be a douche, but will still look like one. The ones on the douchey side of the chart are kind of like the aesthetic version of what a Hummer is for automobiles.
- conflator
  
  Ted Nugent’s douchiness must be counter-balanced by the likes of Dave Gilmour.
  
  It’s a fine line, but it’s good to maintain one’s optimism.
wildemar

Owning a 7-String makes you a repugnant individual. New Metal bands take note.
http://twitter.com/greenerboyfloyd Michael Greenwood

Travis Bean?
http://www.facebook.com/harrkev Kevin Harrelson

I did not notice a Fender Resonator! Must be off the scale to the right.
pjcamp

Beg to differ.

Bo Diddly is not a douchebag and Albert King is not an amp stealer.
soundslike

Judging by the chart and my two main axes I’m a workingman’s hero who can be trusted with band money. Patently untrue but I feel kind of smug nonetheless.