Seabeast2000
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We need a Tapped Sweeps based language, culture and economy.
The CRAZIEST guitar gear collection on the internet?
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jaxadam
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jaxadam
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I'm not sure, but I've been seeing it around here a lot lately too.
People want more gear when they surf forums and youtube, full stop. Get offline and watch GAS dissipate.
The norlin 95-2024 pricing is also people going “its vintage now!” And a lot of them are overpriced. I absolutely foresee people trying to milk 2002 recto cabs, but used 412s have been a harder sell for a while. No one’s getting younger
. And i say that as someone likely to sell their 412 for a different 412.
The norlin 95-2024 pricing is also people going “its vintage now!” And a lot of them are overpriced. I absolutely foresee people trying to milk 2002 recto cabs, but used 412s have been a harder sell for a while. No one’s getting younger
. And i say that as someone likely to sell their 412 for a different 412.
profwoot
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nah cabs make more of a tonal difference than amps do. They're just big and awkward and also a lot of us use monitors at least half the time so it's harder to justify cabs. (I still have 3 cabs)
You know, I tend to disagree with you half the time, (and the other half I tend to agree strongly) but I very much appreciate how you own your shit
Drew
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I never know what to make of these threads, because you don't want to go around yucking someone else's yum, exactly, but also the biggest limiting factor to having a huge gear collection is money, and disposable income specifically, and that has... very little to do with most of the things I care about in music. But, that doesn't mean it's wrong for someone else to care about it either, of course, too. I just feel like it's a can of worms, and only rarely worth opening.
narad
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I suppose you'd hate my craziest cans of worms collection...
Drew
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Depends. How'd you get them?
Spinedriver
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For me, I'd just like to have the disposable income they must have to be able to buy whatever amp/pedal/etc,,, they want, whenever they want.
odibrom
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The original post video is kind of... boring. It makes me sad to see a bunch of what seems to be great (as functional with good of quality but not necessarily expensive) gear not being used for years or so. I have no problem with owning these collections, but it makes me sad for the instruments not being used.
... and it's impossible to know how to make the most of all this gear...
.... and the video gets so boring with the "I have this, I have that" over and over again, like 2 or 3 times every minute... what a headache.
... and it's impossible to know how to make the most of all this gear...
.... and the video gets so boring with the "I have this, I have that" over and over again, like 2 or 3 times every minute... what a headache.
TheInvisibleHand
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That all just seems like a lot of gear to play the same riff dialed in to sound the same as every other amp it's played on... I mean, wouldn't a tagline of "beligerant drop c hardore riffs" by definition imply that the player would be playing through whatever amp they could get their hands on?
I don't know, this amount of redundant gear seems less like a hobby/ career move than an addiction to amassing a huge amount of crap they'll never use.
I don't know, this amount of redundant gear seems less like a hobby/ career move than an addiction to amassing a huge amount of crap they'll never use.
jaxadam
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I hear you. That’s why I have an RG570 with EMG 81-S-85 9 volts. One with EMG 81-S-60 18 volts. One with EMG 85-SA-60A 18 volts. One with TZ-FS1-AN. One with PRS Santanas. One with Evo2-HS3-Evo2. Variety is the spice.
owlexifry
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i can understand the desire to want to have at least x1 of each cool thing that tickles the curiosity, maybe play it a couple times and let it sit in your collection. come back to it whenever you feel like it, or not.
for me the main obstacle to a growing gear collection isn't a concern about hoarding or sunk costs or even physical space to keep it all.
for me, its fucken housing security.
been living on rental / lease properties all my adult life, currently have about 8 guitars, a few heads, x1 cab, and a tonne of pedals.
genuinely concerned that one day I might have to sell the lot when i can't find a new lease.
for me the main obstacle to a growing gear collection isn't a concern about hoarding or sunk costs or even physical space to keep it all.
for me, its fucken housing security.
been living on rental / lease properties all my adult life, currently have about 8 guitars, a few heads, x1 cab, and a tonne of pedals.
genuinely concerned that one day I might have to sell the lot when i can't find a new lease.
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You are not free until you have a paid off house. Remember that and make it your goal. Until then you are firmly stuck in the consumerist trap. If your employer on a whim can toss you aside and you lose your housing that is a big problem.
Even with that reality don’t stress about housing security. It can seriously fuck with your head. Just move forward to put yourself in the best position you can and don’t beat yourself up.
No gear hoards until you own your house and won’t have it taken away if you are out of work for 6 months!
owlexifry
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yep
it sure does. i just tell myself that things can always get worse, and that many others have it way worse.
this.
but, i may never own a house.
australia is fucked.
might never get a chance to retire. probably gonna just keep working til im dead and/or take a long walk off a short jetty.
Shask
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Been my goal the last few years. I dont buy a lot of gear because I pay a ton extra towards the house. I want that mortgage gone.
complex-barb.0t
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Yeah man Australia when you are a not a baby boomer is life on hard mode. Insane housing prices and totally crappy wages.
Immigrate to the US mid-west. The spiders are less scary and houses with basements to store 100 cabinets are still cheap compared to Australia. The weather is crazy in the winter though.
Seriously with what is going on right now in Australia and Canada I dunno why you have not replaced your entire governments (via voting). The US it’s screwed up, but not like those two countries. On a total depressing path for the middle class…well what’s left of it.
Doesn’t the government realize if you spend all your money on housing you can’t work on your gear hoard?
narad
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Now you've gone and opened it!
