I love my Fender Stratocaster
but I played many when choosing one and some were awful and others were great. However my best sounding and playable guitar has OLP on the headstock, is called the MM1 and was £120 brand new. medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/olp-mm1-trans-color-511728.jpg mine is this one but unsigned by whoever the fuck that is. Who would sign an OLP? it say Ernie ball licenced it on the back of the headstock so I assume its and Officially licenced copy of the music man.
( Peej, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:12, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

Due to my sausagefingers and lack of talent I don't play electric guitars
I've always had a sneaking suspicion that 99% of the 'sound' of an electric comes from amplification, not the guitar itself. I could be (and I probably am) wrong.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:16, Reply)

I have three electric guitars that sound distinctly different through the same amp.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:18, Reply)

See! Told you I could be wrong.
Could be the pickup placement/electrics pots etc in the guitar rather than the wood though.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:19, Reply)

The base you attach the strings to is bound to have an effect on the sound
although probably much less in a solid body guitar than a hollow one.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:34, Reply)

Yes it does
However, the electrics/electronics will always have a more profound effect. Having said that, playability is entirely different, a guitar that suits your hands/style/build etc will always be played more*.

*My Ovation double-neck sounds OK unplugged, much better when amplified but it's a bastard to play - too unwieldy.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 17 Oct 2013, 11:48, Reply)