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Kage, did Carl comment on this at Mikey's funhouse? I can't view the forum as a guest



There and everywhere else Tom... Hes constantly going on about Ralphie and I hiding behind Gain and Delay and every clip you here from the guy is no different and in many cases, worse...Shiny_Surface":23a50 said:Kage, did Carl comment on this at Mikey's funhouse? I can't view the forum as a guest![]()
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Carls problem( among MANY) is that he thinks his opinions and preferences are fact and take precedence and thats just stupid.. the guy will put down anyone that plays alot of fast alternate picked stuff or tapping, sweeps arpeggios etc yet he cant do it to save his life. He couldnt be any more transparent; anything beyond his tastes and likes is crap and we both know thats a pretty stupid stance....Odin":04c0e said:Carl is very much into the Hendrix and Trower stuff and that stuff has pedals all over it. I don't think he ever plays straight into an amp, he prefers a 100 watt head with pedals. I'd like to hear him play something without effects because I don't care for pedals much.
My criticism of Carl's playing has been his timing and the fact that he's not very versatile in his style, although that might be his choice.
I've heard him criticize other people for using too much effects and the irony in that is obvious.
Nobody would have ever criticized Carl's playing if he hadn't made guitar playing into a competitive sport, most guys just want to play and can appreciate someone else's playing without making a contest out of it. Carl makes a contest out of it.
I have always enjoyed watching Carl go off the deep end in a battle with someone online, but over the past few years he just hasn't been on his game. These days all he does is call someone a cak and talk trash about their playing. In his prime Carl was good for some really funny insults and ridiculous posts. Of course, I never took any of it seriously. Believe me, me and my guitar playing were the subject of Carl's attacks long before there was a HCAF or TGP or RT.
Nah, Carl really does believe that hes some kind of world class player. His regular predictable fallback is to claim that he was joking but trust me, He actually thinks hes some kind of guitar god...Odin":3c0a2 said:I don't believe that Carl thinks he's the best guitar player, I think he trashes other people's playing to get a reaction out of them. It works, especially when he trashes a good player.
When he trashes a hack like me it doesn't much matter because I know I'm not a great player and never claimed to be, but some really good players have taken his insults personally and that I don't understand.
Odin":ba332 said:I've never taken Carl seriously, even when we were warring with each other. I always assumed that he was full of shit and just trying to stir things up so I played along and traded insults with him.
Back in the day it was a sign of honor if you had annoyed Carl enough to earn a "cock" suffix to your name. I earned my "Odicock" years ago. In later years he changed the "cock" to "cak" but he's still handing out "caks" to people. There was actually a list on RMMG of all the people who had "cocks" and we would sign our name with our "cock" suffix.
We had Cock-cracker, Shercock, Garvcock, Sefcock, Professor Cock, Stratocock, Dale Pitzcock, Hartcock, Foscock, Robbcock, Mondocock, Polcock, Odicock, etc... (I'm sure I left some people out).
Fly that Steelcak name with pride, it means you were one of Carl's targets.
Odin":d867b said:Nobody would have ever criticized Carl's playing if he hadn't made guitar playing into a competitive sport, most guys just want to play and can appreciate someone else's playing without making a contest out of it. Carl makes a contest out of it. .
I complimented Carl's playing a few times and he actually complimented mine.Odin":40246 said:Nobody would have ever criticized Carl's playing if he hadn't made guitar playing into a competitive sport, most guys just want to play and can appreciate someone else's playing without making a contest out of it. Carl makes a contest out of it. .
Randy Van Sykes":d345a said:I complimented Carl's playing a few times and he actually complimented mine.
Though I never got into it with him.![]()
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sah5150":94522 said:Randy Van Sykes":94522 said:I complimented Carl's playing a few times and he actually complimented mine.
Though I never got into it with him.![]()
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Same here, although I actually did get into it with him at least once... he has dengirated and praised my playing at different times... depending on whether we were "getting into it" or not...![]()
Steve
sah5150":b8558 said:Randy Van Sykes":b8558 said:I complimented Carl's playing a few times and he actually complimented mine.
Though I never got into it with him.![]()
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Same here, although I actually did get into it with him at least once... he has dengirated and praised my playing at different times... depending on whether we were "getting into it" or not...![]()
Steve
Absolutely, thats why Ive saved all of the posts where hes complimented my playing, to throw it right back in his face when he starts his BS...Gainfreak":2b0ef said:sah5150":2b0ef said:Same here, although I actually did get into it with him at least once... he has dengirated and praised my playing at different times... depending on whether we were "getting into it" or not...![]()
Steve
That sounds about right. That's one of the reasons why his words don't really mean squat![]()
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HahaSTEEL KAGE":a3e32 said:Ive posted links of it to him and he went and deleted all of them where he could LOL!!! Now thats pathetic...
Odin":75eaf said:sah5150":75eaf said:Randy Van Sykes":75eaf said:I complimented Carl's playing a few times and he actually complimented mine.
Though I never got into it with him.![]()
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Same here, although I actually did get into it with him at least once... he has dengirated and praised my playing at different times... depending on whether we were "getting into it" or not...![]()
Steve
One day you're the greatest guitar player ever...the next day you've been shitcanned.
We used to take bets after Carl's glowing gear reviews on how long it would be before he shitcanned the piece of gear. That was his trademark - "Hey Carl, how are you liking that XXX these days?" "Shitcanned it, have a new XXX on the way that will blow away that other POS".
Randy Van Sykes":636be said:I complimented Carl's playing a few times and he actually complimented mine.Odin":636be said:Nobody would have ever criticized Carl's playing if he hadn't made guitar playing into a competitive sport, most guys just want to play and can appreciate someone else's playing without making a contest out of it. Carl makes a contest out of it. .
Though I never got into it with him.![]()
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danyeo":1ad2b said:Randy Van Sykes":1ad2b said:I complimented Carl's playing a few times and he actually complimented mine.Odin":1ad2b said:Nobody would have ever criticized Carl's playing if he hadn't made guitar playing into a competitive sport, most guys just want to play and can appreciate someone else's playing without making a contest out of it. Carl makes a contest out of it. .
Though I never got into it with him.![]()
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All you have to do is say anything negative about a piece of gear he owns, then he would have called you a tone deaf cack. Of course he buys something and it's gold, sells it 3 weeks later and it sucks.
Look at the JVM. He seemed to like it then after he sold it i believe he called it a Mode4 with tubes.![]()
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danyeo":53855 said:Randy Van Sykes":53855 said:I complimented Carl's playing a few times and he actually complimented mine.Odin":53855 said:Nobody would have ever criticized Carl's playing if he hadn't made guitar playing into a competitive sport, most guys just want to play and can appreciate someone else's playing without making a contest out of it. Carl makes a contest out of it. .
Though I never got into it with him.![]()
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All you have to do is say anything negative about a piece of gear he owns, then he would have called you a tone deaf cack. Of course he buys something and it's gold, sells it 3 weeks later and it sucks.
Look at the JVM. He seemed to like it then after he sold it i believe he called it a Mode4 with tubes.![]()
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