Non-Fender relic replicas - who builds them?

[Twinfan]

I always feel a bit of a fraud in guitar shops because I'm not a proper guitar player.

Define 'proper' Phil?  If you can play, you're a guitar player!

[Philly Q]

I always feel a bit of a fraud in guitar shops because I'm not a proper guitar player.

Define 'proper' Phil?  If you can play, you're a guitar player!

Well, I can play compared with someone who... can't. 

But I'm never going to be "good enough" to play in public.  Unless there are people around who want to watch several hours of clumsy and slightly aggressive 12-bar blues improvisation.  :roll:

[Twinfan]

You'd be surprised!  Hasn't Clapton made a career out of that?  ;)

[Kilby]

I would class myself in the same manner as Philly regarding my playing.

In my case though I would use the phrase "deeply unhappy with the quality of my playing" (especially for the amount of time spent ), though sometines it manages to get to "not completely cr@p" and then I do feel happy.

However I am constantly told by people that I am better than I think I am (which wouldn't be hard)

As for V&R I always found the Denmark St shop staff to be incredibly friendly & helpful and prone to having conversations with potential customers. Wunjo have a similar attitude (but much less interesting stock)

Rob...

[Philly Q]

I would class myself in the same manner as Philly regarding my playing.

In my case though I would use the phrase "deeply unhappy with the quality of my playing" (especially for the amount of time spent ), though sometines it manages to get to "not completely cr@p" and then I do feel happy.

However I am constantly told by people that I am better than I think I am (which wouldn't be hard)

Yep, that's me too, exactly.  Well put, Rob.  :)

[Twinfan]

You two need to get into bands - you'll realise you aren't as bad as you think you are!

[AndyR]

Twinfan's right - you only need to put yourself on the line once in front of people and you suddenly join the ranks of "oh yeah, I do that..." I haven't done it in years, and I still think I'm brilliant :D

Dare I say it, did anyone watch that Dawn Porter thing on BBC 2 last night? (Er, the guide said there was wimin taking their clothes off - and it turned out to be true! :lol:) It was very thought provoking and interesting - seriously. Anyway, my point, if you saw it, is that it's just like what she went through, exactly like that...

Actually, Twinfan might know for certain whether playing guitar in public and "baring all" really do present similar hurdles to overcome - do you do a "full" Angus impersonation TF? :lol:

[Philly Q]

Dare I say it, did anyone watch that Dawn Porter thing on BBC 2 last night? (Er, the guide said there was wimin taking their clothes off - and it turned out to be true! :lol:) It was very thought provoking and interesting - seriously. Anyway, my point, if you saw it, is that it's just like what she went through, exactly like that...

I didn't see it, what was she doing, wandering around naked or something?  That's not exactly building my confidence...

[Twinfan]

:lol:  I don't even wear the unform or shorts, let alone do the strip during The Jack!!!  :o

I just play a lot like him instead  ;)

[AndyR]

I thought it was going to be cr@p and just an excuse for nudity, but BBC 2 standards were upheld!!

It had issues about of lack of body esteem. About what the media does to women. About being comfortable with what you've got cos it's ace... She started by learning to be a topless stripper. Then she tried life modelling. Then she had pictures doctored same as your modern images in magazines - remove the moles, stretch marks, swap the left eye for a copy of the right because it looks better - that kinda thing.

She ended up starting a "Get Naked With Me" and... oh sod it... hang on

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008ysrg/

I've not tried this iplayer thing before, but it seems to work!

Anyway, once she got going, she arranged an event where she was on the top of an open bus in London with a bunch of other women with no clothes on...

The emotional journey she went through is roughly the same as the "I'm not good enought to be in a band..." through to "...yeah I'm a musician, wot of it?" :D

And somehow Twinfan, I didn't think you'd have gone "all the way" - perhaps you need to watch it too :lol:

[Philly Q]

The emotional journey she went through is roughly the same as the "I'm not good enought to be in a band..." through to "...yeah I'm a musician, wot of it?" :D

Neither of them is a journey I'm likely to be making.  The nudie one even less so!

[AndyR]

:lol: somehow I knew you'd say that :D

[Philly Q]

:lol: somehow I knew you'd say that :D

Ah, now we're getting into Matrix Reloaded territory!

"How did you...?"
"I knew that was going to happen."
"But if you knew that was going to happen, why didn't you do something to stop it happening?"
"Ah, if I knew that you knew that I knew that.... "

(etc)

God, what a load of old rubbish that was.  :?

[sambo]

^ :lol:

The first Matrix was great. All of us watching the 2nd lost interest in about 10 minutes, and I literally fell asleep after 20 minutes of the 3rd.

[Philly Q]

I literally fell asleep after 20 minutes of the 3rd.

Then you woke up an hour later and it was still the same battle with those poxy robot squid things.