I realise it's probably a bit late to open this can of worms now
But to all you naysayers who snubbed that hollow-body Gretsch in the OP:

I have it on good authority that the thunderous, resonant power chords on Who's Next and Quadrophenia (and most of The Who's output since those) were created by - wait for it...a Gretsch hollow-body!

Still looking at it the same way?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 8:15, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

yes
I don't like the look of them or playing on them. I don't care what sound they make :-P
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 9:03, Reply)

Fair enough.
I've always had the same prejudice against those Hohner 'Violin'-type Basses, though I'm assured they do sound nice.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 9:17, Reply)

sound isn't everything unfortunately
they've got feel nice and play nice.

I have something against maple fretboards. I don't think they look nice, but also find them worse to play on, which is weird because you don't really actually touch it
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 9:26, Reply)

Really?
I agree that rosewood/ebony fretboards look a lot nicer, but I've a maple fretboard on my P-bass and I think the sound and feel are awesome. But then I've never played a P-bass with a rosewood fretboard for comparison.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 10:03, Reply)

don't like them at all
I've played the exact some model strat as mine, same colour, but with maple fretboard, and it just wasn't as nice. weird.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 10:36, Reply)