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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Musical Elitsts

I've a bit of a musical "bent" and that means I'm constantly viewing various music and guitar forums, and I've noticed something. There are a lot of elitist fucks out there. Just because I can't afford a custom made guitar, and boutique amplifier*, it's simply not possible that I'm as good a guitar player, if not better than they are. They have this strange need to justify every purchase they make, by making people who buy different, or less expensive gear feel like crap, or like they made the wrong choice.

For some reason, no amplifier with a valve* pre-amp* can ever be good, EVER, and it's all just a marketting gimmick. Well i'm sorry you payed $5000 on your all valve amp, and effects chain* just for practice, and then played a Vox Valvetronix* amp and realized that IT'S BETTER!
Music is about personal taste. If I went and bought your gear because you told me to, then it wouldn't be my music anymore, it'd be a copy of yours.

Just try not to forget, there's room for everyone in this musical world, and it's a process of individuality, and if the whole world sounded, and acted like you, then the world would suck pretty bad.

*Footnote: I'm sorry about all the jargon involved. For those of you who don't know quite as much about music technology, here's a little lexicon
Boutique Amplifier: handmade, usually high quality amplifier
Valve: transistor technology used back before they created solid state transistors
Pre-Amp: The part of the amplifier that effects the sound (equalizer)
Effects chain: Set of pedals linked together to create sound effects
Vox Valvetronix: Vox made amplifier which has a valve pre-amp, and in-built effects
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  1. LeoKimMay 20, 2009 at 4:58 PM

    Just on old valve amps, I have an Australian made Maton V606 Studio Professional, and a god knows what Maton speaker box underneath,. all up it around 5 ft high.

    Years ago when I was a wee lad it was given to me by a very nice guy I knew in a model plane flying club, he was a Jazz player in a band and needed to make space at home.

    I have never had a transistor amp, so I can't comment how much different the sound is.

    Your blog reminded me of a kid I once saw in a music store asking for a fx pedal which gave him a Angus Young sound, (that’s the lead guitar in ACDC) what was worse was the shop keeper proceeded with this request and in a moment a Boss super overdrive pedal appeared, without even trying the kid bought the pedal, and it was back in the days when all that stuff was deadly expensive, well before online purchasing.

    I won't mention the story, it’s in a fairly well to do part of town where the kids are usually loaded with mum and dad dollars, after witnessing this sale I never went back.

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