Gear snobbery

[Empty Pockets]

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I dunno why you'd use such a piece of **** amp.

I know they all sound like crap, never heard a good one. I can't get a good sound out of one so it's not possible.

Etc etc

 

[Wattage]

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It probably had less to do with snobbery than "I got better **** than you got".

My thinking is just stfu and play for the most part.

Who knows? There is certainly gear I think is garbage but one man's trash right?

It wasn't really the comments themselves that bugged me, I could care less what someone thinks of my gear just the fact that someone thinks that way period didn't sit right.

 

[Frankly]

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Frank Lee: Some people make the wine. Some people drink the wine. And some people sniff the cork and wonder what could have been.

Thank you.

 

[Frankly]

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Did he also mention that you can't play the blues in a cardigan?

Thank you.

 

[Wattage]

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Frank Lee: Some people make the wine. Some people drink the wine. And some people sniff the cork and wonder what could have been.

Thank you.

Even better is the guitar belongs to Earl Hooker, worth 2x as much now!:biglaugh:

 

[Edgecrusher]

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One time setting up for a show the band that was to open for us came to set up just after our sound check. The guitarist starts hauling his gear in and looks at my amp and not exaggerating says "WTF sort of piece of **** amp is that?" looking at my Mesa MKIV. "It looks like a bass amp, you know guitars and basses use different amps right" I smiled at him and said "No im pretty sure its a guitar amp, you've never seen a boogie before?" "No havent seen one looks like some bass junk"

Later he had problems with his rig and mid set asked if they could use mine. I let him plug in and he promptly ran over to it and ganked the knobs every which way for "His" settings. This was mid way through their set and I just wanted them off the stage so I didnt argue. After 20 minutes of fuzz and flub they ended their set. As they got off and we got on he told me how terrible my amp was and how i needed to buy a real amp like his. ( was some sort of peavey transtube bandit half stack thing) My only reply was "Hey mine works yours doesnt" I"m sure that dude to this day bad mouths MKIV's

 

[crguti]

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sound demos or it sounds like ****.

 

[ItsaBass]

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People are dicks. **** 'em.

I get asked all the time, "What's wrong with your bass," or, "Why do you play that piece of crap?" I find it hilarious. It's going on 40 years old, and it has been in the family since it was new, first as my dad's, and then as mine. This thing has seen more gig hours than most guitar wankers will ever give bedroom hours to their guitars. And it has cost a total of about $20 over the years to repair some pots (a few times). So, **** 'em. Do what you want; play your heart out with what you have, and ignore the critics.

 

[Funkfingers]

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Despite the fact that music is about sound, some people still insist on judging by appearances.

There seems to be an expectation that Country bands, for example, should twang away through one brand of 2x12 combo whilst rock bands should pose in front of a wall of stacks. It doesn't seem to matter if most of the 4x12 cabinets are just empty stage props. Ultimately, it doesn't even matter if the objects behind the rock band are industrial washing machines or a rotisserie full of chickens.

 

[ItsaBass]

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mmmmmm.......chickens......

 

[James Rock]

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Thats the advantage of playing less known amp and guitar brands... Never had anyone say anything negative about my gear but I havent played that many gigs as an adult and most of the time as a teen people dont know enough, care enough or arent game enough to be snobby *******s plus most of the musos I have met around here are real modest guys and not really into gear I sometimes find myself thinking they'd sound great if he had a different amp (but im not gonna give him **** about it). Just think about the fact that they arent good enough to get the kinda awesome tone you can out of the gear and pride yourself on that.

 

[El Dunco]

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Just laugh it off. I have a fun time listening to a guy tell my an amp I was using a while back "wasn't a big marshall" without realizing that it was the amp Marshall got the idea from and was twice the wattage. Go figure that one out...

 

[crusty philtrum]

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"I thought you sounded great ...UNTIL I saw what you were using ...."

Man, I turned up to a couple of auditions years ago with my self-designed, custom built mini headless LP and a 1964 crocodile-skin tolex Selmer Thunderbird amp (50 watts, 2 x 12 combo with EL34s, quite Marshallesque) and got nothing but strange looks and stupid comments. Probably every other applicant had turned up with an EVH or Ibanez guitar, and a Marshall or Peavey EVH rig. After i'd played, there would be comments that were simply serious backpedalling, while they offered to help me carry my gear out.

When i use my Matchless clone that I built (it looks very good and sounds incredible), these so-called 'musicians' will be buzzing about 'he built his amp', as if they're expecting nothing but a sonic disaster.

It makes me angry thinking about these twats. They have no place being in the same room as me. A lot of people play guitars, a few of them might actually be musicians, very few show any imagination whatosever and most should stick to their day jobs. Very few are able to listen with their ears. Personally i think it's because deep down they know they have nothing to offer the world of music in terms of anything useful or creative.

My favourite things are when i see some guys with the most beat-up, bizarre gear and they play like demons and sound awesome. Most of the big-money stuff will never get beyond the rehearsal rooms.

Anyway, it's always some hopeful at your gig, and the answer is simple. Just tell them "Well, i'd like to chat more but i have a gig to do. Don't you have a gig to be performing at with your superior rig ?"

 

[Chris of Arabia]

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Ultimately, it doesn't even matter if the objects behind the rock band are industrial washing machines or a rotisserie full of chickens.

You've been to a Rush gig then

 

[JCM900MkIII]

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"Meh... 900.... it has diodes...." :fing2::fing2::fing2:

Untill they hear it ofcourse... :nana::nana::nana:

 

[Aceman]

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Before you can say: It's the amp that is used by players. A lot of people in the audience don't know things like that.

After: Man, I SAW that awesome rig you had - but it sounded like crap. Did you pay much for it?

 

[sosomething]

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I wouldnt put vht and fryette in bogner class.

Why not? I would. Without hesitation.

There is nothing about a Bogner that makes it inherently better or higher quality than a Fryette.

This is coming from someone who owned an Uberschall.

 

[That90'sGuy]

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Why not? I would. Without hesitation.

There is nothing about a Bogner that makes it inherently better or higher quality than a Fryette.

This is coming from someone who owned an Uberschall.

I concur. Granted the sound is radically different; Bogners are more compressed with lower mid focus and VHT/Fryettes have a drier overdrive tone, are less compressed with a tighter lowend.

 

[Jeffrec]

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Scott,

A jackasses job is to irritate and annoy someone else. This jerk is good at his "craft".

 

[mwalluk]

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I was just mainly basing it off price.

VHT, Fryette, Orange, Splawn, Mesa all tend to fall in the same price range with Bogner costing a lil more.