I'd say that even if that's the case, him having a net worth of an amount anywhere near that means he's clearly at a level higher than the vast majority of citizens.
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He got help from a black magic woman
No. It's really bad
There is an irony there yes, lol. But I got lucky and enjoy that particular set of EMG's enough to leave them aloneThe irony that your profile pic features a direct mounted guitar
Unless I like the pickups that come stock in the guitar, I won't touch it. I like switching out pickups here and there, so rings just work way better for me. I have thought about installing rings over the pickup routes if there is a guitar that comes along that ticks all the other boxes though.
I wasn't so much commenting on the one piece, I just meant to say that country music by a good guitarist is still country music. It's very common, when I say I don't like country, for someone to jump in with "yeah, but what about [good guitarist who plays country]?" as if being a musician means that I must enjoy anything that's competently performed. And I don't. I dislike the genre because of the qualities of the genre, not because of a lack of skill in the bands. In the same way that I can acknowledge that a rapper might be very clever with their lyrics or something, but I still don't like rap - they're competent at their craft - but I don't enjoy the craft on the face of it.
After reading some of the comments in here, I've got an actual unpopular opinion (and sincerely held) - country music is the best form of music to have ever been conceived. It's depth and breadth far outpace anything in other music forms in that it has genuinely incorporated all manner of musical innovation and contains the full range of emotional expression, political discourse and social commentary into a continuous, cohesive style that is strikingly diverse and yet undeniably country.
Where rock falls short with nothing left to rebel against, country comfortably occupies the "normal". Where popular music may tend towards vapid, meaningless drivel, country can turn to inspection of culture's darkest corners. Country is outlaw, it's conformist, it's big trucks and NASCAR, it's a solemn lament to God, it's calling for social justice, it's "kids ain't right these days", it's virtuosic musicianship, it's three chords over and over.
So yeah, TL;DR - country doesn't suck, you suck
To be fair, I can't think of anyone who has told me they "dislike metal" because of 5FDP who would be convinced by any "real metal" I would show them. It's not like they'd go "man, this 5FDP is too abrasive for me, but I sure could go for some Dying Fetus."
