Re: Gear snobbery and stereotypes
A very important thing to remember is that some of the absolute BEST songs and albums were made with the absolute WORST gear.
The Stairway to Heaven solo? A telecaster (good) into a small, cheap, 1x10"ish amp. The lead runs towards the end of Bohemian Rhapsody? May's Red Special (which he revealed was pieced together from SCRAPS of a fireplace mantle and veneers, a bicycle handle, and a part from a sewing machine for the G tuning peg), into a semi-broken tiny tiny tiny cheap, single 6" speaker no-name amp Roger Taylor had. Black Sabbath's debut album? They couldn't even afford to put on new strings and recorded the entire album in one take, non-stop, as a live set in the studio because they could only afford two studio sessions (the second day was for mixing).
A very important thing to remember is that some of the absolute BEST songs and albums were made with the absolute WORST gear.
The Stairway to Heaven solo? A telecaster (good) into a small, cheap, 1x10"ish amp. The lead runs towards the end of Bohemian Rhapsody? May's Red Special (which he revealed was pieced together from SCRAPS of a fireplace mantle and veneers, a bicycle handle, and a part from a sewing machine for the G tuning peg), into a semi-broken tiny tiny tiny cheap, single 6" speaker no-name amp Roger Taylor had. Black Sabbath's debut album? They couldn't even afford to put on new strings and recorded the entire album in one take, non-stop, as a live set in the studio because they could only afford two studio sessions (the second day was for mixing).
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