
LanierP
Active member
If I see one more "never gigged" or "pulled it out once, and it went right back in the case" I think I'm gonna friggin barf. Granted, the occasional bedroom only guitar collector may be on here and true, he may take that prized PRS out once every 6 months to wipe it with a diaper, but Christ, isn't anyone in a friggin band on this forum? When you buy an amp, and your in a band, you friggin turn that shit up dudes. I just can't believe some of the ads on here...,for example, a dude has a DiezEl Herbert for sale and he's the original owner, bought in 2008, never gigged it and only turned it on a couple times. A couple is 2 dudes. You've had the amp for 8 years and you've only turned it on a couple times. That's like a power up every leap year man. The never gigged thing gets me just as much. Who cares if the amps been gigged. If you think about it, if you gigged the amp, that would mean the thing sounded awesome enuff to your ear that you wanted your audience to enjoy the sonic bliss as well. That's the amp I want. Gigged or not, the amps face and head shell is going to say a lot as to how it was treated, not whether it was gigged. I know dudes that after a gig, they buff, shine, and armorall their gear to a showroom finish. Amps that have been pushed are made to be pushed. The don't mind. They like it dudes. Tubes and speakers sound great broken in a little bit.
I think this embellisent about how minty friggin fresh your gear that's for sale is has gotten a bit out of hand. Just be upfront. The market on all this shit has been in the tank for a while anyways. Very little of what floats around in these classified ads are good investments as far as resale goes, we all taKe a bath if you buy new and sell used. Trying to make a few extra bucks by telling me your amp has never left your bedroom or your "smoke free, air Conditioned and humidity controlled studio is hilarious. Everybody got the smoke free music studio these days. Or the one about the fact that your mint amp with its and quad of KT88 nuclear brain damage pumpin tubes has never seen light of day from your bedroom.....just a total joke. And I haven't even spoke of the guys that buy stuff and play it for 15 minutes and then it's right back up on RT classifieds with that the Windex price bump, and you know who you are.
Can I get an Amen?
Ok. I'm off the soapbox.
I think this embellisent about how minty friggin fresh your gear that's for sale is has gotten a bit out of hand. Just be upfront. The market on all this shit has been in the tank for a while anyways. Very little of what floats around in these classified ads are good investments as far as resale goes, we all taKe a bath if you buy new and sell used. Trying to make a few extra bucks by telling me your amp has never left your bedroom or your "smoke free, air Conditioned and humidity controlled studio is hilarious. Everybody got the smoke free music studio these days. Or the one about the fact that your mint amp with its and quad of KT88 nuclear brain damage pumpin tubes has never seen light of day from your bedroom.....just a total joke. And I haven't even spoke of the guys that buy stuff and play it for 15 minutes and then it's right back up on RT classifieds with that the Windex price bump, and you know who you are.
Can I get an Amen?
Ok. I'm off the soapbox.