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Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 6:50 pm
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:TIL wease plays the drums
Since I was 10.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 7:32 pm
by Self
wease wrote:Bammer wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:I have zero views about Mayer but I couldn't imagine ever buying a PRS, whether it's the Silver Sky or whatever.
Ugly guitars.
From the nut down it’s a strat.
Anyway … interesting how more guitarists aren’t sponsored by a certain brand, like athlets are with sneakers ot even drummers are with drums. There must be a lot to the idea that you need different guitars for different sounds.
Am I wrong about sponsorships? Does Fender sponsor McCready even though he plays several other brands regularly? (Just as an example)
I don’t think it’s sponsorships per se. McCready has a signature model Strat. Matt had signature model drumsticks for a while. (And they were great. It’s the only sticks I’ve used since the mid-90s). Steve Ferrone had a signature snare. Etc… Back in the old days I remember in album liner notes “so and so artist uses Gibson guitars, Fender amps, Ernie Ball strings” and such and they were probably given shit from each of those companies, but I don’t know if stuff like that really happens anymore.
The Gibson custom shop sold replicas of his 59 burst, too.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 7:32 pm
by Self
doug rr wrote:i think self is sponsored by ibanez...
love you justin
I can't get mad at you, Dougray.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 7:59 pm
by Ello Sailor
I kinda sorta hated Ibanez until I heard Gary Willis' signature fretless bass, which is unbelievably dope.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 8:05 pm
by Ello Sailor
I still think their headstocks are wack as fuck, but they sure do sound good.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 8:29 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 8:49 pm
by Ello Sailor
The Roadstar 2 and 2 headstock looked great. I think around 84-85 they started aping the Fender and it turned out shitty. The modern Soundgear headstock, though, is one of the worst I've ever seen. Someone once likened it to a deformed seahorse. Harsh as hell, but I see it.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 8:51 pm
by Ello Sailor
Also Trag's dad is cooler than every one of you.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 9:08 pm
by Bammer
Well my dad was referred to as a “fucking legend” by a former Husky football coach at the team’s spring practice event yesterday, so…
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 9:50 pm
by surfndestroy
Bammer wrote:Well my dad was referred to as a “fucking legend” by a former Husky football coach at the team’s spring practice event yesterday, so…
My Dad and his antics are still remembered in his hometown some 70 years after the fact.
Seems stampeding cows by car, that were waiting to be taken by rail to meat processing plants, into the Rocky Mountains is a memorable event in a small town. Best part is that my Dad’s Dad was that small town’s brimstone and fire preacher. He had my Dad and the other hooligans up on that church stage the next Sunday as examples of people making sinful choices.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 10:11 pm
by Ello Sailor
Very cool Kanye, but Trag's dad played fretless bass. That's the coolest thing anyone can do. I don't make the rules.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 10:28 pm
by Self
my dad left before I woke up, and came back when I was ready for bed. drove trucks, a spent a portion of his income supporting my wayward musical interests. he could also beat up your dad.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 10:32 pm
by doug rr
my dad used to have the biggest record collection i had seen in the 90s before he sold a great deal of it...never played an instrument in his life..he's still alive though..his love of the the guitar and piano is why he had so many chet atkins records along with liberace...i kid you not
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 10:39 pm
by Ello Sailor
You're all Jackson headstocks to me.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 10:45 pm
by doug rr
Self wrote:my dad left before I woke up, and came back when I was ready for bed. drove trucks, a spent a portion of his income supporting my wayward musical interests. he could also beat up your dad.
this reminds me that my dad bought this for me while he was on a road trip through nebraska in the early 80s..i had just started to play my old gold top hondo les paul copy that was $100 about 2 years prior..he upgraded me...check out that headstock..

Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 11:41 pm
by Self
christ. do you still have it?
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Sun August 22, 2021 11:52 pm
by Strat
Buch of guitar finger tappers in this thread apparently.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Mon August 23, 2021 1:48 am
by Strat
Hot take:
All guitars sound (basically) the fucking same so it really doesnt matter. It all comes down to how they look and what other gear you are using and fingers.
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Mon August 23, 2021 1:49 am
by Strat
And on that note Ibanez and PRS are ugly as fuck
Re: Gearhead Thread
Posted: Mon August 23, 2021 2:07 am
by Bammer
Strat wrote:Hot take:
All guitars sound (basically) the fucking same so it really doesnt matter. It all comes down to how they look and what other gear you are using and fingers.
Mostly agree except some are very cheap total pieces of shit, like the Glarry bass I got just to have a bass.