Only i'm probably quite a bit more judgemental with the beginners when they talk a whole bunch of shit on the internet, pretending to be advanced crystal lettuce/haunting mids toan experts.My self imposed rules regarding this:
Beginner hack (or playing like a beginner) with expensive guitars and amps (quantity irrelevant) = embarrassing and pointless
Intermediate player with 1 or 2 expensive guitars and amps each = perfectly fine
Intermediate player with a warehouse of expensive shit = fine as well but the intermediate player with just a few guitars/amps is probably better than you.
Pro/advanced players = anything is fine. You've earned the right to play whatever you want and I don't mean that in a financial sense.
You’ve NEVER been told that. You ROCK!Yes I’ve Been told that. I answer ‘fuck you I buy what I want’.
I had crystal lettuce on my salad for lunch today.. it was…. DELICIOUS!!!Only i'm probably quite a bit more judgemental with the beginners when they talk a whole bunch of shit on the internet, pretending to be advanced crystal lettuce/haunting mids toan experts.
I had crystal lettuce on my salad for lunch today.. it was…. DELICIOUS!!!
As long as you can either play or record, I wont judge you sweetheart
Feast on those woody mids
I had crystal lettuce on my salad for lunch today.. it was…. DELICIOUS!!!
Well to be brutally honest, I’ve always said that.
Why?
Because if you concentrate on your playing and theory to make a shit setup sound good, then you’ll appreciate better gear that makes it easy. How many decent players can plug into garbage and still sound good? You know why? Because they’ve put the time in that matters and likely didn’t start out on premium gear, and even if they did, they’ve spent the time woodshedding and practicing.
I honestly feel like this thread is a chest pump for those that treat it as a hobby. It wreaks of TGP brown pants.
If you’re serious about your playing you’ll cut your teeth on whatever you can get your hands on and do the work. Good gear shit gear solid state or tubed.
I have more of a problem with people that go insane with nice gear and don’t even try when they play. If you don’t know how to roll your guitar volume back, basic chords, or how to solo in any key other than E or A, then you need to spend less time on the gear to sound good and more time playing. Because at the end of the day we make music for enjoyment - it’s about what you’re playing through the gear, not the gear itself.
How do I fucking like something 5 times because this is the most relatable comment I’ve ever read.I'm fairly sure I would be a richer man if I had never discovered TGP or RT.
You win. Everything.I'm an old man who can't fuck for shit anymore.
I'm slow and sloppy. I have to use lots of whiskey and coke to last longer than 5 minutes.
But nobody says a fucking word when I bust out my $7k Real Doll that looks like Morgan Fairchild in her prime.
Wait....what were we talking about?
I think that's complete rubbish. Who are you to tell anyone how they spend their time? WTF does it matter to you if someone spends majority of his/her time buying/selling gear vs practicing? Why do you care? The reality is, unless music is your income, nobody "needs" to practice more. I "need" to put food on the table, I "need" to keep a roof over our heads. Why do I have to take learning guitar seriously? I take my job that pays me 6 figures seriously. Guitar allows me to wank around every so often and not be serious. I have fun when I play and screw everyone for thinking I should treat this any differently.
Not really, the only time I ever justify a gear purchase vs not is based on how much I'm going to use it with where my playing focus lies at the time...
So that Nash strat that I bought last year would've been perfect for my previous band, who played a lot of grooving hard rock and cover tunes that any decent versatile guitar would've been fine for. That's a justifiable purchase.
However, at the moment I'm playing in a heavier band using 7 strings, so dropping that kinda cash on a vintage style strat would be harder to justify. I bought it anyway because I wanted it.
I do feel that your playing skills need should probably be at a certain level before you go dropping a lot of money on gear. It's pretty ridiculous to buy a $4,000 first guitar if you've never played a note, because you literally have no idea what you even want or need out of an instrument. Once you get a few years beyond that, buy whatever the hell you want.
I probably don't take you very seriously as a musician if I see you with expensive gear and your playing sucks, but it's not my place to judge you based on it. If you're part of a scene where the kind of thing matters, it's good to be aware of it. Don't be too proud to invest in some lessons or ever think you're too good to sit with a metronome for a few hours on some easy riffs.
My dogs tooFor me I’m really helping my ears have a heavenly experience.