I’m no guitarist (too ham-fisted) but I agree with Chrono. Electric guitars have much more bite and precision to them on the Clear. The LCD2-C can bring out more of the growl or crunch of some guitar riffs, and I actually find them to be more appealing on a few songs. But this is a tonal and textural preference, not really a superior presentation of the sound.
Where the Clear really step ahead is in resolution and imaging - if you have several guitars playing at once, and at times overlapping, you’ll hear them separately and distinctly on the Clear. There’s more precision; the Clear are also much faster headphones, which makes a difference with electric guitars. The LCD2-C can be more mellow, though, and less fatiguing, for longer sessions. But the Clear have far superior treble extension. Chiming guitars sound muted on the LCD2-C.
As I posted above, I’ve yet to listen to the LCD2-C with EQ or the Reveal plugin. Another caveat: don’t forget that the Clear are twice the MSRP than the LCD2-C, so they really ought to be a significant step up!
A few tracks I used for comparative purposes for electric guitars re. the above statements:
The Stooges, I Wanna Be Your Dog
Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Down by the River
The Breeders, MetaGoth
Stone Roses, Daybreak
Terminal Cheesecake, Poultice
Nirvana, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Melody’s Echo Chamber, Some Time Alone, Alone
Mint Field, Párpados Morados
Mogwai, Rano Pano, Glasgow Mega-Snake, and Like Herod