Ugliest guitar finishes

[aesthyrian]

Anything like this.

 

[nedheftyfunk]

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Whatever the fuck this is, looks like you need penicillin after touching it
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It's a George St. Pierre tie dye:



That's number 70 in the series. There are worse, believe it or not.

 

[ArtDecade]

Jackson should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[odibrom]

Jackson should be ashamed of themselves.

... those are kind of nice...? I mean, a bit gaudy eventually, but nice... nothing like those Gibsons shown previously... the fretboard color is what's wrong there... a darker shade would work wonders.


... I must confess that I kind of like some of the finishes posted here...

 

[NoodleFace]

Anything BC Rich has ever done

 

[Crungy]

It'

It's a George St. Pierre tie dye:



That's number 70 in the series. There are worse, believe it or not.

He refers to it as the "zombie virus one", very fitting

The green paisley one in the video is sick!

 

[The Blue Ghost]

I mean, it's gotta be Antigua burst right?

Anti-guad-awful. I refuse to believe anyone actually like that disease stricken colour.

 

[John]

Anything BC Rich has ever done

 

[CanserDYI]

Okay someone roast my Kiesel, I always found mine to be pretty great looking, but I suppose someone would find it distasteful? I've posted it like a billion times but someone roast it. Anyone genuinely find mine gaudy? I promise I will not care

 

[John]

Okay someone roast my Kiesel

Why? Because Jeff forgot how to do that to yet another guitar?

Honestly, I've seen worse from them. Even more of the case from some iesel owners who took matters into their own hands with a variety of DIY DI-Why changes.
Personally not a fan of the shape at all, but that's just personal preference speaking out there. At least the wood choices look aesthetically fine.

 

[Crungy]

I actually dig yours, I generally like blue bursts like that. The only thing I'd change is no exposed layers via bezel.

 

[NoodleFace]

Okay someone roast my Kiesel, I always found mine to be pretty great looking, but I suppose someone would find it distasteful? I've posted it like a billion times but someone roast it. Anyone genuinely find mine gaudy? I promise I will not care

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I like the finish a lot but I absolutely hate those bare bevels. At least those bevels are less offensive than on Aries

 

[CanserDYI]

That's funny people hate the bevels so much, I really like them, at least on my Vanquish. Although, If I were to ever get an Aries it'd be a bevel delete, those look cool.

 

[Seabeast2000]

Anything like this.

Gotta agree this looks like that fake frost you get for window treatments. It seems like a factory ruined finish option. May the SS frets outlast the burst.

Okay someone roast my Kiesel, I always found mine to be pretty great looking, but I suppose someone would find it distasteful? I've posted it like a billion times but someone roast it. Anyone genuinely find mine gaudy? I promise I will not care

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That cavity cover has destroyed its value as a musical instrument. Bury it deep in an abandoned mine shaft.

 

[Thesius]

Has anyone said crackles yet

 

[John]

Has anyone said crackles yet

Yes:

Every crackle attempt by Kiesel.
They look like cows.

 

[Wiltonauer]

Okay someone roast my Kiesel, I always found mine to be pretty great looking, but I suppose someone would find it distasteful? I've posted it like a billion times but someone roast it. Anyone genuinely find mine gaudy? I promise I will not care

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The top looks like a tinted travel brochure for a cheap vacation in the Bahamas where you fly coach to Port Canaveral and catch a freight barge.

The back would look like the hardwood floor at an Arthur Murray school in the midwest that scrapes by on line dancing lessons, but as was already pointed out, the piece leftover from somebody’s failed attempt at a 335 copy pressed into service as a control cover has forever ruined it.

 

[Wiltonauer]

Wet Saran Wrap finish:
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Schecter got a good deal on the chemical stock from a bowling ball plant that shut down. If you look closely, you’ll see this model has finger holes.

 

[John]

Schecter got a good deal on the chemical stock from a bowling ball plant that shut down. If you look closely, you’ll see this model has finger holes.

Same energy:

 

[Samark]

Cheap guitars get shitty finishes and cheapo veneers, so it's par the course.

What blows my mind is when nice guitars get terrible finishes.

ESP USA is a pretty big offender for me.

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You got it in one. Watched a video of their finish process and saw they spray the trans colour as opposed to someone like PRS who apply a stain by hand. This is why a lot of their finishes look atrocious. And don't even get me started on splatter - revolting.

ESP Japan does some pretty heinous stuff too. However, I guess I can empathize as when someone is trying to pay you 10k USD for it, well, why not?