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Skarekrough
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Re: A Gear Thread..mostly for the "older" crowd
Well, technically you do with every dollar you spend.
And I'm with you...I've just about stopped going to Blues Jams because I'm tired of hearing folks slam through renditions of "Pride and Joy" and "Cocaine."
But I do like showing up to shows from cats like Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl, performers that a modern spin on the Blues while still being able to draw attention to the original performers and show a real reverence for them as well.
And were getting to a point where the Blues is starting down the path that Jazz has. It's becoming something that folks are understanding is important to culture and history and preserving it and making available venues for performers that appreciate and play it.
And whether you like it music IS art.
We WILL look back at this era and will find the recorded music to be as intrinsic to understanding culture and history as the written word and paintings, sculpture, etc.
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....and this is where I see alot of the wheat being separated from the chaff in the realm of instruments from that era. Everyone makes the designation that all 70's Strats were boat anchors. It was a nice thing for me to believe until I got ahold of my featherweight 73'. I got told for years that my first-year Squier Tele was a knock-off...but the proof was in the pudding and all this time later I'm still playing it and finding that others have also come to that conclusion despite the fact that it was made in Japan.
There was alot of garbage...there still is! "Vintage" doesn't always mean good and shopping the market means you're willing to be at a disadvantage BECAUSE of folks like us that when they get ahold of something great, they hold onto it, and remove it from that pool of gear that can be purchased.
Plywood guitars will always be garbage. The major change I see now is that the instruments that were MIJ folks now realize weren't always sub-standard. Were fortunate to have those instruments to be able to choose from for a reasonable price still!
Well, technically you do with every dollar you spend.
And I'm with you...I've just about stopped going to Blues Jams because I'm tired of hearing folks slam through renditions of "Pride and Joy" and "Cocaine."
But I do like showing up to shows from cats like Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl, performers that a modern spin on the Blues while still being able to draw attention to the original performers and show a real reverence for them as well.
And were getting to a point where the Blues is starting down the path that Jazz has. It's becoming something that folks are understanding is important to culture and history and preserving it and making available venues for performers that appreciate and play it.
And whether you like it music IS art.
We WILL look back at this era and will find the recorded music to be as intrinsic to understanding culture and history as the written word and paintings, sculpture, etc.
*begin segue*
....and this is where I see alot of the wheat being separated from the chaff in the realm of instruments from that era. Everyone makes the designation that all 70's Strats were boat anchors. It was a nice thing for me to believe until I got ahold of my featherweight 73'. I got told for years that my first-year Squier Tele was a knock-off...but the proof was in the pudding and all this time later I'm still playing it and finding that others have also come to that conclusion despite the fact that it was made in Japan.
There was alot of garbage...there still is! "Vintage" doesn't always mean good and shopping the market means you're willing to be at a disadvantage BECAUSE of folks like us that when they get ahold of something great, they hold onto it, and remove it from that pool of gear that can be purchased.
Plywood guitars will always be garbage. The major change I see now is that the instruments that were MIJ folks now realize weren't always sub-standard. Were fortunate to have those instruments to be able to choose from for a reasonable price still!
