Pro's & con's of getting out of guitar playing / music gear.

[shar-vell Dan]

Im not "mad" at anyone nor anything. Go assainate someone else's character.
You may be a "legend" in your own mind but doesn't mean jack shit to me.
InTernet harrassment is a CRIME.

 

[DanTravis62]

Im not "mad" at anyone nor anything. Go assainate someone else's character.
You may be a "legend" in your own mind but doesn't mean jack shit to me.
InTernet harrassment is a CRIME.

Internet harassment is a crime? After you just spent multiple thread pages trying to insinuate my involvement in my FIL's murder? Oh that's rich, even for a stolen valor diabeetusaurus

 

[japetus]

DAN AND DAN PLEASE. This is a time of peace, PEACE!! Let us not argue with words but....of riffs!!!

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Guys, it is time to cool down. Charvell Dan, those are wild accusations. It's not the time or place.

His own words mang. He dishes it out but cain't take it. All of a sudden he's a victim.

 

[lol]

Im not "mad" at anyone nor anything. Go assainate someone else's character.
You may be a "legend" in your own mind but doesn't mean jack shit to me.
InTernet harrassment is a CRIME.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

DAN AND DAN PLEASE. This is a time of peace, PEACE!! Let us not argue with words but....of riffs!!!

Party on Wayne.

 

[DanTravis62]

His own words mang. He dishes it out but cain't take it. All of a sudden he's a victim.

You're the one who called out the forum for not being real guitar players Dan, how about you share some of your music with the class?

Why does getting your musicianship called out in any way respond in a fucking meltdown? Strange coincidence, that.

 

[skoora]

I am just trying to to buy new tubes for the Budda SD45. I am thinking I just want to put EL34's in it. It is a monsterous sounding amp throughout the EQ, and I almost feel that EL34's will tame the bass a bit. I am going to try 6l6 first with some new preamps

Does it come with KT66’s factory? The OT might be particular on what it will work with. Usually KT66 and EL34 is not swappable due to the primary impedance in the Transformer.

 

[japetus]

This should be a riff shoot off. Use vocaroo, and do the intro to Lay It Down.

 

[japetus]

Does it come with KT66’s factory? The OT might be particular on what it will work with. Usually KT66 and EL34 is not swappable due to the primary impedance in the Transformer.

It says it's all good I'll try 6L6 first

 

[cobrahead1030]

I think the amount of gear many members, including myself, have acquired over the years is a liability, because we should have been putting downpayments on houses and other assets that appreciate in value.

And the relationship is directly proportional, by which I mean the more the years you've been playing, the more gear you acquire, trade, pawn off, etc. This is one of the biggest cons about being a musician, especially in an internet age where everyone is showing off their cool gear on social media and forums like this and you just want to fit in.

At the same time, if you are extremely picky about the gear you choose (analog trumps digital in most cases, for example), you could make a few pennies when you decide to move some items. So that is a benefit of having good gear and good taste in gear.

But the number of people who actually see a windfall thanks to their gear collection, especially if they're not famous, is probably very limited.

So if you get out of guitar or just reduce your music collection early, before you hit that death spiral of hoarding gear, you win.

If you think about it, a career in music totally depends whether you strike it rich by the time you are 15-25. After that, the odds of becoming a musician that can earn a livelihood as a musician falls dramatically.

Apparently, this is because all the record labels are full of pedos that like to prey on young, dumb girls and guys (yes, those f*ggoty ann mofos like boys too, on account of having insatiable "appetites". This is a jibe about pedos and not sexual preference, don't know why, but I feel I have to say that everytime I reference someone who's homosexual).

So if you don't make as a musician, you lose. And if you make it as a musician, you also lose.

In that sense, I'll regurgitate what my dad told me when I was much younger and thinking I could be a good musician: "Forget it, son. Learn a trade and you'll be happier in life."

My younger self was definitely in the gear liability category. The 2008 housing crash & 3-4 years of shit economy that followed was a wake up call.

I had a major shift in career change, bought an old fixer upper home on a budget (back when that was still possible) and spent a decade laser focused on financial stability.

Now in my 40’s, I can finally save up for a used Diezel

 

[GuitarVacation]

Nailed it. But it cut me deep, so close to home LOL

 

[lol]

Nailed it. But it cut me deep, so close to home LOL

I don't have children, but I am the only musician in my family, even extended family. My niece briefly showed interest, and I was excited about that. I tried teaching her violin. Well we were learning together since I didn't know how to play it. Sadly she lost interest rather quickly. She does have my old steinberger spirit guitar because she loved it when she was a toddler. Maybe one day she will pick it up now that she is older.

 

[Monkey Man]

If it weren't for the fact that mod-Dan responded in-kind several times, you'd be receiving a time-out for disrespecting a mod Brother Danno.

Not-cool bro'.

Anywho, carry on with the tit-for-tat. It's quite-entertaining after all.

 

[nightlight]

Jeez, I did not expect this thread to go this far sideways.

*cough cough* "Colonel Mustard did it in the library with a candlestick."

I guess a pro about being a musician and having instruments is that you don't murder someone. *cough cough* Phil Spector.