ClintN667":334kir2i said:
I like some of his vids. From my experience most videos dont represent my experience with my amp. There are a lot of variables. His video on his Black Sun didnt sound like what I experience with mine granted its not a one to one comparison. Bubba Stain was the first person that I felt actually captured what I experienced with my KSR Ceres so anytime someone asks about it I direct it to them. So I typically just take a chance and buy an amp by word of mouth then once I have it I try to find videos that I feel do justice to MY experience. The reason why is Im not a youtuber, Im not a professional musician. I have no aspirations to be. This is a hobby for me always has been. I guess as a person with depression and anxiety issues the last thing I want to do is be famous or even internet famous. I dont want to put myself out there for general consumption.
Just about every youtuber out there should be taken with a grain of salt. I appreciate them taking the time to do it but there are two things that I cant stand to hear when someone is complaining about negativity/gear.
1- that people are just jealous... well ok that does happen but not everyone has the same goals and aspirations.
2- That $4000 amps are inherently better. I drank that cool aid before and its not an absolute. Most of my favorite tones on any album were made with relatively normal priced amps. One thing I liked about some doom, punk rock and black metal bands is they made music with whatever. Whatever inspires you. Its just a tool. Gear elitism is one of the lamest "keep up with the joneses" type behaviour. It's the equivalent of buying a Lambo just to drive around town.
Having said all of that. I like that he and other guys are making vids. It never really seems to pan out when you acknowledge haters and trolls. Just keep making content. And definitely try to be constructive on others vids if you are also making vids. You never know when a comment might bite you in the ass later. There are several times I've quit following a channel just by shitty comments left by content creators.
Funny you mention this since I actually do record with a First Act from Walmart(seriously) or old Teisco, use speakers a lot of people don't like and this is my whole recording setup........ and I don't use any eq, filters or crap. I'm too lazy to actually learn how to.
I don't actually know what they sound like until I post them up. Sometimes they come out too bright or grainy, although I do tend to like a bit more brightness and grain these days than I used to, and sometimes I think they sound pretty close to what I'm hearing in the room. I am definitely NOT a YouTuber.
Yeah, I post some chug chug clips of new stuff I get sometimes, but definitely not a Youtuber. Did I mention I'm not a Youtuber???
I liked a good amount of Rezas videos and even if I didn't like the way they sounded, that doesn't mean I didn't like to check it out. He is definitely a better guitar player than me, but I'm good enough to play what I want to play and a better player doesn't equal better (subjective) tone. I can get most amps to sound the way I like.
The best amps I have ever played are less than 10% better in tone to me than my Peavey VTM.
