I posted on TGP today

Stone said:
Kirk is a great Player and he loves guitars, the whole Wah thing is really all Bob Rocks fault to certain degree
Joe Satriani said oh yeah Kirk is a really great guitar player seeing as how he taught Kirk
and as for this Greeny think that's Gibson who approached him and said hey want to make some Money and make us a whole bunch as well
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I’m a wah junkie just the same. And really, Vai probably steps on his wah more than Hammett does during a gig but no one gives him sh*t for it. Kirk definitely had a few years he was playing fairly sloppy, but in the last 8 years or so he’s been pretty damn great. I caught them twice in the same weekend last November and I honestly didn‘t even catch a single mistake, he was flawless both those shows (I watched the live vids after since I was fairly inebriated both nights) Wahs are awesome, they can make any lead line considerably more emotive/expressive without being intrusive or impeding the whole thing.
 
I made a post about picks and the second reply in, a guy opened with a response to another guy saying "that's not what the OP asked for at all" before suggesting I thrash my strings too hard and gives me wildly inaccurate information.

Saw the same guy in another thread about expression pedal compatibility and his only reply was super rude, very RTFM-ish and ended with the suggestion of plugging the AC outlet into an active toaster.
 
Alex Kenivel said:
I made a post about picks and the second reply in, a guy opened with a response to another guy saying "that's not what the OP asked for at all" before suggesting I thrash my strings too hard and gives me wildly inaccurate information.

Saw the same guy in another thread about expression pedal compatibility and his only reply was super rude, very RTFM-ish and ended with the suggestion of plugging the AC outlet into an active toaster.
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I don’t even bother because the people left over there can’t express themselves freely …

You’re just not allowed to push back on the bullshit

Lying Season 4 GIF by Curb Your Enthusiasm
 
fretworn said:
I don’t even bother because the people left over there can’t express themselves freely …

You’re just not allowed to push back on the bullshit

Lying Season 4 GIF by Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Yup. I also refuse to contribute to their bottom line. EVER! Full stop.

 
Yeah, TGP has its idiosyncrasies and most of them are into classic era gear.

I like the Member videos & technique sections. Those jazz guys are quite helpful, must say.
 
fretworn said:
Fractal Vibralux patch gets solid play for Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits
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LOL. You quoted my post which I instantly deleted because whilst I believe that there is a lot of truth in it... I just went over to TDPRI to check and see if any more of them had been talking about modellers recently (they don't much)...

And they HAD! So then I felt somewhat stooopid.

Man, I gotta be quick around here 😅
 
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I’ve spent more time than I should have in the Flailing In My Turds thread about the band cancelling a headlining festival gig because they lost their laptops and couldn’t do the set.

I’ve said it numerous times in the thread, I LOVE bands that utilize the same elements as Flailing In My Turds; backing tracks, loops, samples, plenty of sh*t running on tracks that can’t really be done live without a huge synth/sampler rig. My issue isn’t with that at all. It’s the fact that FIVE F*CKING GUYS on a stage can’t even figure out alternate arrangements of their own damn songs to pull off a show.

The younger TGP’ers can’t stop calling anyone who looks down on the band a boomer, while the older crowd just talks sh*t about anyone using samples live.

It‘s 30 pages of TGP hot takes from both the older and younger guys.
 
DrewJD82 said:
I’ve spent more time than I should have in the Flailing In My Turds thread about the band cancelling a headlining festival gig because they lost their laptops and couldn’t do the set.

I’ve said it numerous times in the thread, I LOVE bands that utilize the same elements as Flailing In My Turds; backing tracks, loops, samples, plenty of sh*t running on tracks that can’t really be done live without a huge synth/sampler rig. My issue isn’t with that at all. It’s the fact that FIVE F*CKING GUYS on a stage can’t even figure out alternate arrangements of their own damn songs to pull off a show.

The younger TGP’ers can’t stop calling anyone who looks down on the band a boomer, while the older crowd just talks sh*t about anyone using samples live.

It‘s 30 pages of TGP hot takes from both the older and younger guys.
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I’m gonna go there and throw myself smack in the middle and upset everyone!!!
 
DrewJD82 said:
I still post there for two reasons-

-I really like gear.

-The stereotypical TGP’er, the guys that give it it’s reputation, crack me the f*ck up.

There’s a 30-page thread about the Greeny Les Paul filled with all kinds of gems about how Kirk doesn’t deserve to be the owner, how it’s original owners actually played something that meant something….but my personal favorite was the guy who said Kirk only bought Greeny to help him remain relevant in pop culture. :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

It’s those golden posts that can only be outstanding satire or completely “WTF, dude. Like what the actual f*ck.” that keep me going back. There IS a great amount of information and experience on there, I can totally geek out on some vintage stuff, I nerd out on pedal history and the different specs between pedals, the actual reason why it’s called The Gear Page.

I really wish I could have seen it in the early days and forward to see where the feel of that forum took root and became the stereotype.
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I barely even know who Peter Green is, except that he’s the guitarist before Fleetwood Mac got good, right? Never listened to Gary Moore. Metallica made me pick up guitar. Fuck those boomers at TGP. Fucking imbeciles.
 
DrewJD82 said:
I’ve spent more time than I should have in the Flailing In My Turds thread about the band cancelling a headlining festival gig because they lost their laptops and couldn’t do the set.

I’ve said it numerous times in the thread, I LOVE bands that utilize the same elements as Flailing In My Turds; backing tracks, loops, samples, plenty of sh*t running on tracks that can’t really be done live without a huge synth/sampler rig. My issue isn’t with that at all. It’s the fact that FIVE F*CKING GUYS on a stage can’t even figure out alternate arrangements of their own damn songs to pull off a show.

The younger TGP’ers can’t stop calling anyone who looks down on the band a boomer, while the older crowd just talks sh*t about anyone using samples live.

It‘s 30 pages of TGP hot takes from both the older and younger guys.
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Haha! You'd pen a killer memoir someday, Drew. :chef

My beef with modern live performance is that the production aesthetic of the studio
is now EXPECTED on stage. You don't do it you're fucked!

People won't believe it (apart form the old turds flailing in their fleeting days here on
earth :LOL: ), but we all used to expect a different experience/product when we went to see
bands play live. Maybe they even took a song out and extended the Outro (Hello, Rush) or
they doubled the length of the guitar solo in that single---and they could do it, and we all
loved it, because they were not locked into playing along to a click and being forced to hit
specific cues where samples/tracks come in on the Chorus.

This Pro Tools Generation needs their 128 tracks backing up/playing along with the
4 dudes on stage. WTF?? :hmm

It blows. It cheats what the live experience could be. They might as well be up their miming
their performances as far as I am concerned----because there is less and less "live" and "in
the moment" about it as time goes on.

I don't want/need TV Production standards from the Kelly Clarkson show determining
what my fave band is gonna do on stage? When I go see a band live I expect it to be LIVE
and not Post-Modern Karaoke. Is that too much to ask??

Yes, I know it's too much to ask. :lol
 
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