local kids educated

[rsm]

Good work!

I had a conversation about this the other day...we were discussing how younger players don't know/have the chance to play a big, loud tube amp at volume. The closest many get is to plug into a tube amp at GC or local music store at low volume not knowing how it works / or how to get the best sounds from it...which probably does even more damage by giving them a bad or underwhelming experience with a tube amp.

It's not going to change unless younger players have the opportunity to experience it. I know a few local musicians here, but not enough or who would be open to this; but having a free amp room session on a Saturday afternoon and inviting younger guitarists to bring their guitar and try a few 100W 50W tube half stack / full stacks with someone guiding them would be a worthwhile experience for them. Maybe pitch it to a local music store pr local GC,...


Coming from tube amps and rack gear, I had the opposite problem, like many others, when using digital modelers. A completely different user experience and result. Even if it sounded good, it was like plating with your senses dulled. I had to adjust my expectations and how I play, and what i hear - modelers and FRFR are the full signal chain like a recorded / FOH tone vs amp in the room.

 

[Anje]

Well, maybe some good will come from this. I've been texting with my buddy this morning, and it sounds like the other bands at the gig are also amp-less. It'll be a real interesting post-gig conversation with the boys. I hope they have fun and wake up those other bands.

I hope they (event owners) are not enforcing an amp-less policy for this gig

 

[japetus]

I hope they (event owners) are not enforcing an amp-less policy for this gig

If so, I wish on them a crowdless and sales-less night

 

[rsm]

adding to my last post....

I'm surprised GC hasn't thought of an amp fest or gear fest to get younger guitarists to try different gear, especially big tube amps.

I'm sure having the chance and experience will have many younger players wanting a tube amp, which can potentially lead to future sales of gear at GC.

If SW, or GC did this, they could probably get some support or sponsorship (e.g., win a tube amp or other giveaway for people who sign up and show up) from music companies.

If you don't invest in or educate your future customers, you won't have as many future customers.

A chance to play loud with 3-5 tube amps from different brands, advertise the event on the GC website or to local GC customers, ...


some of us here have enough amps to do it ourselves I'd participate in one with my amps and time, but finding younger players and getting them there would be challenging for me; not for my local GC or other local music stores, guitar teachers etc.

 

[japetus]

adding to my last post....

I'm surprised GC hasn't thought of an amp fest or gear fest to get younger guitarists to try different gear, especially big tube amps.

I'm sure having the chance and experience will have many younger players wanting a tube amp, which can potentially lead to future sales of gear at GC.

If SW, or GC did this, they could probably get some support or sponsorship (e.g., win a tube amp or other giveaway for people who sign up and show up) from music companies.

If you don't invest in or educate your future customers, you won't have as many future customers.

A chance to play loud with 3-5 tube amps from different brands, advertise the event on the GC website or to local GC customers, ...

This is why when Mars Music was open, they got a lot of my business when I was younger. So many amps, pedals and guitars ready to rip. The hands on experience in any sales situation cannot be defeated.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Playing only direct leads to a horrible, sometimes incurable disease: bitchpicking.

Yes, this is a major problem. People don't understand with just picking technique and a Princeton Reverb biased hot from the factory, you can get a tremolo, chorus, flanger, echo, delay, wah, effect.

 

[thegame]

Except in that case it would be an accurate description. Uncompromising soundmen=dipshits who don't actually know how to run sound.

Ok, in typical Gen Z fashion in which I’ve gone from my first introduction to the basic facts to full blown one sided activism in 7.5 minutes, I am too now proclaiming my commitment to this cause.

We’re gonna need an acronym to identify with, a slogan to shout, a flag to wave around and “a look”.

I propose 100w4x12OGFU++ be the acronym for the identity group
The slogan is Silent Stages are Violence
The look shall be wearing huge old school hearing aids (mandatory on both ears) even if you don’t need one. Dying your hair grey even if you’re young shows extra commitment.
But I’m stumped on what the flag should be. I’m thinking 3 stripes of to be determined colors with the outline of a half stack or speaker with lightning bolts shooting out of it in the middle?

 

[VonBonfire]

This is why when Mars Music was open, they got a lot of my business when I was younger. So many amps, pedals and guitars ready to rip. The hands on experience in any sales situation cannot be defeated.

Still the biggest music store I've ever been in.....