The "Wrong" gear?

[gingataff]

A guy I know who wants a Jimmy Page tone just went and bought a Marshall MG and a Boss OD/DS cos of the names, rather than a Epi VJ (which is about 70quid here BTW!!!) and a fuzz or booster.
Oh well, he's very happy with his purchase so I guess that's most important.

[indysmith]

bah i dont care about all these people as long as they're comfortable in blissful ignorance.

[dave_mc]

This thread makes me think of the other guitarist in my band. He bought a DSL head over a GH50L simply because it was a Marshall and it would therefore sound better. Plus it matched his cab! 1!! :lol: But it works for him and he seems to be happy with his sound, although I'm not a fan of it really (he has about 4 behringer pedals which dont really have good bypass).

at least he bought a dsl and not an MG...

[Deadstar]

Don't tell me music is about conformity. Stick it to the man! 

Yeah! Although I'm sure we all value traditionalist means we must look
forward, as Fleetwood Mac say "You can go your own way"

Obscure gear rules!

With real musos, it's about exploration not verbal exploitation.

Yeah! So cool it's not  cool! I like weird stuff - not too weird but nice,
artistic. And I'm particuarly fond of messing with people who are stuck in
their ways, Definitely would have the balls to play some screwed up Jazz
with a Jazzmaster plugged into a mental fuzz pedal :twisted:

I was playing last week, and had some scuttering gobsheen tell me off because I dared to play stoner-ish rock with
a: A hollowbody(My eggle)
b: P-90 pickups(BKP, of course)

This guy never heard of Queens of the Stone Age?!?

and yet still sometimes I lament the fact that it doesn't have Fender on the headstock.

Ahhh, Brand naming, why bother with what other people think if your
getting great tone on something individual that you love, then I'm sure, if
you ever became famous all the fans would lust after it themselves.

oh and as for image i agree with JT... trying to have the right image just feels weird to me... i buy something guitar related cause it sounds/feels nice e.t.c...

Image is a tricky buisness, there are certainly limitations, I'm sure if I played a B.C. Rich and it sounded/felt nice I still wouldn't buy it I guarantee, for the taste factor.
Then theres the dress codes etc.....

[Fourth Feline]

I just remembered about one of my favourite 'out there' guitarists - Marc Ribot, who did the most compelling session playing for three or more great Tom Waits albums/tours (and so much more in his own right besides)

I searched for years to find out on which instrument he got that killer tone on the 'Raindogs' session - and eventually found out:

A Ģ100 Telecaster copy...

 8)

[jt]

:D Talking about gear & image i just rememberd.....When Eric Johnson hit the scene everybody went out & bought Fender Strats because he was seen playing & endorsing one. People talked constantly about how great a guitar sound he had & allways quoted "Cliffs Of Dover" as to highlight how great his sound was. The problem was after Fender sold countless thousands of Strats it came to light that he actually played the song with a Gibson 335 !!

As I said earlier people wont no what gear you used there`ll only be able to hear it on your CD`s

 :D  8)

[willo]

I just remembered about one of my favourite 'out there' guitarists - Marc Ribot, who did the most compelling session playing for three or more great Tom Waits albums/tours (and so much more in his own right besides)

I searched for years to find out on which instrument he got that killer tone on the 'Raindogs' session - and eventually found out:

A Ģ100 Telecaster copy...

 8)

Saw Ribot in London last Saturday, he's currently getting amazing tones from an old Harmony Stratotone - a catalogue guitar from the '50's...

[lulusg]

Duke Ellington said  "If it sounds good, then It is good" :)

[Fourth Feline]

I just remembered about one of my favourite 'out there' guitarists - Marc Ribot, who did the most compelling session playing for three or more great Tom Waits albums/tours (and so much more in his own right besides)

I searched for years to find out on which instrument he got that killer tone on the 'Raindogs' session - and eventually found out:

A Ģ100 Telecaster copy...

 8)

Saw Ribot in London last Saturday, he's currently getting amazing tones from an old Harmony Stratotone - a catalogue guitar from the '50's...

WOW ! you actually saw him here in the UK ! I did not even know he was on tour .. I must get in the habit of checking these artist websites more often  :roll:

You lucky, lucky, man  :D

[plastercaster]

and someone else a few weeks later said "didn't know strats could sound heavy, thought only metal looking guitars sounded heavy"..

But he did say that over "Strats cant sound heavy, only metal looking guitars sound heavy" to be fair to him.

[mattisfrommars]

When i walked into a shop with my long hair, torn black jeans and ill fitting t-shirt and asked to try some amps, i was steered by the shop assistant to the line6s.

"Um, can i go on the Hughes and Kettner?" Which completley bemused the guy. When i picked up a squier tele (the same model as my guitar at home) his bemused expression deepened.

I then proceded to play the most hardcore riffs i could. And i swear, a kid in a slipknot hoodie walked away from the line6 to be next in line for the H&K.

Was hilarius

[screamingdaisy]

I was playing last week, and had some scuttering gobsheen tell me off because I dared to play stoner-ish rock with
a: A hollowbody(My eggle)
b: P-90 pickups(BKP, of course)
c: A Laney VC-30(I don't think he noticed I was running a 1x15 cab as an extension)
d: Only a clean boost and a wah

P90s into an off brand amp is way more Stoner than some mainstream wannabe wanking a Gibson and fuzzbox into a lame ass Marshall.

Next time tell him to f*ck off.

IMO.

[Ratrod]

When i walked into a shop with my long hair, torn black jeans and ill fitting t-shirt and asked to try some amps, i was steered by the shop assistant to the line6s.

"Um, can i go on the Hughes and Kettner?" Which completley bemused the guy. When i picked up a squier tele (the same model as my guitar at home) his bemused expression deepened.

I then proceded to play the most hardcore riffs i could. And i swear, a kid in a slipknot hoodie walked away from the line6 to be next in line for the H&K.

Was hilarius

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I wish I was there.

Personally, I wouldn't touch a Line6 with a ten foot pole. If some shop assistant steering me towards one, I would be insulted.

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

OK,my 666 cents.
ahahahahahahaha
the key word here is PERCEPTION.
if yu donīt have it,then itīs good to hear form someone else regarding your gear.
if you have. filter the infos they gave to you, and the compare it with the bands/guitarrists you like.. and see which one is more accurate!
Q:)
JP

[mattisfrommars]

Personally, I wouldn't touch a Line6 with a ten foot pole. If some shop assistant steering me towards one, I would be insulted.

To be fair, the other guitarist in my band has the SpiderII halfstack, and at about half volume, the distortion sound is very good. A little trebly and thin, but a better than many amps selling for the same amount (for what we play anyways). Any less than half volume and it sounds like it's lacking too much. Any more than that and it turns to fizz