Unpopular opinions on gear

[TheBlackBard]

I don't understand what people are talking about when they say a particular amp's tone is "boring" or "overused" or whatever.

It's not the tone guys, it's the songwriting.

Like, I have no idea how people are "sick of 5150 tone". I could listen to fucking Heartwork every day before I die and still love that tone.

No difference in songwriting will ever make me love the following again: squish, bwong, jun jun jun. For some reason, I don't hear that out of any other amp, save for the excessive squish out of rectifiers.

 

[StevenC]

Lol would never have expected low tier god to show up here lol

Pretty sure that's Nick Young.

 

[Gmork]

Pretty sure that's Nick Young.

Oh!?... Looks SO much like a guy called low tier god in the fighting game community! ANYWAY... back on topic

 

[StevenC]

Oh!?... Looks SO much like a guy called low tier god in the fighting game community! ANYWAY... back on topic

 

[Gmork]

Really now?!?! Lol, give me a break. NO!, infact they share MANY important features. Same eyes, at times the same hair cut, large tattoo in similar forearm spot. They could legit be siblings. So gtfo with that shit.

 

[WarMachine]

I don't understand what people are talking about when they say a particular amp's tone is "boring" or "overused" or whatever.

It's not the tone guys, it's the songwriting.

Like, I have no idea how people are "sick of 5150 tone". I could listen to fucking Heartwork every day before I die and still love that tone.

Exactly. People DGAF about what you are using, they care about the songs. Groove, hook, etc. The only ones caring about what you are using are the other guitarists at the venue. In 07 i opened for Soil and Drowning Pool and after we got done with our set i had about 8-10 guitarists that came up before us with the "Bruh! What are you using with that 5150??? I've NEVER head one sound like that!". My response, some cheap madison minstrel speakers, a wah out front and delay in the loop. They thought i was bullshitting them

 

[StevenC]

Really now?!?! Lol, give me a break. NO!, infact they share MANY important features. Same eyes, at times the same hair cut, large tattoo in similar forearm spot. They could legit be siblings. So gtfo with that shit.

I'm just messing with you. I'm really only here to quote Community and, if I'm forced to, talk about guitars.

 

[Gmork]

I'm just messing with you. I'm really only here to quote Community and, if I'm forced to, talk about guitars.

Lol jeezus... Ya jerk ok GUITARS!

 

[Emperoff]

Guitarists will go on and on about how an amp or modeler "lacks dynamics" or how a clean channel is "too harsh" and then talk about how they wish their guitars didn't have volume or tone controls.

 

[youngthrasher9]

Guitarists will go on and on about how an amp or modeler "lacks dynamics" or how a clean channel is "too harsh" and then talk about how they wish their guitars didn't have volume or tone controls.

I’m a death/thrash metal guy generally. I’ve never encountered an amp or humbucker guitar (sans tele style bridges), that I found uncontrollably bright/harsh. I put a 500k pot in my poplar body baritone guitar after a year of 1meg and that was the closest I’ve ever been to “taming” brightness.

 

[BenjaminW]

Sustainer pickups should be more common on guitars.

I've always had this theory that "this amp needs to be loud to sound good" is code for "this amp doesn't sound good, but it's very loud, and past a certain volume all amp character is drowned in unintelligible noise anyway".

I was expecting my 2203 to only sound good cranked, but it does really well on 2 as long as I attenuate it by 3 dB or so.

 

[Emperoff]

Gonna take it one more step and say tone knobs AND volume knobs are useless. Always planned for my next custom to have nothing but a kill switch.

Don't forget to do the same on your amp. Noithing better than a killswitch with OFF-FULLBLAST mode!

 

[Gmork]

Don't forget to do the same on your amp. Noithing better than a killswitch with OFF-FULLBLAST mode!

LOLOLOL
Hey guys, wanna check out my new amp! Ill just plug in.. Aaaaannnd... BOOOOM!

 

[WarMachine]

Don't forget to do the same on your amp. Noithing better than a killswitch with OFF-FULLBLAST mode!

I got one of those.

It's called a 5150, they are pretty badass, or so I hear.

 

[budda]

I'm just messing with you. I'm really only here to quote Community and, if I'm forced to, talk about guitars.

He got into the no-no juice.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Fender and Gibson doesn't need to release anything "new" or "innovative". Y'all just want a dumb reason to hate on popular shit. They probably make most of their money selling vintage reissue or vintage-spec stuff.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Fender and Gibson doesn't need to release anything "new" or "innovative". Y'all just want a dumb reason to hate on popular shit. They probably make most of their money selling vintage reissue or vintage-spec stuff.

Gibson has earned their ire online, but Fender I don't really get.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Gibson has earned their ire online, but Fender I don't really get.

Yeah Gibson does deserve ire for other reasons. But them making more of what sells? Nah.

Fender... Shrug. You can call it "resting on your laurels." I call it "not making New Coke."

 

[LostTheTone]

Yeah Gibson does deserve ire for other reasons. But them making more of what sells? Nah.

Fender... Shrug. You can call it "resting on your laurels." I call it "not making New Coke."

Fender don't even make shit with humbuckers in, so are obviously not a real guitar company in any meaningful sense.

And seriously, if one of your flagship models is the terminally disappointing Jazzmaster maybe a little bit of a shake up is necessary.

Sure, no-one likes New Coke, but if Coke Classic originally had asbestos, broken glass and the zika virus in it then maybe a tiny little change to a new formulation would be positive for all involved.

 

[technomancer]

It's hilarious seeing people not realize EVH, Jackson, Charvel, and Fender are all the same company...