What’s your unpopular guitar take?

[Rock Chalk]

I love Gibsons. They have a sound and a feel that is my favorite of all the guitars I’ve ever used.

Me too.
Seems like it's the new "in" thing to bad mouth Gibson and Les Pauls...thing is, they're still the same great guitars they were when they were "in".
I think I'll hang on to mine.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Can we talk about Eric Clapton?

 

[GuitarGorilla]

Can we talk about Eric Clapton?

Great guitarist. Even better candidate for postpartum abortion.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Unpopular Takes Are The Best Takes™

 

[Sascha Franck]

Great guitarist.

Until ca. 1970. Which makes him a less than great guitarist for 50+ years already.

 

[JiveTurkey]

His best song obviously.

 

[Mooselake]

-Stainless frets are best

-I don't care if what comes out of my modeler sounds just like a particular amp brand/model

-The neck pickup on a strat can never be overused

 

[Tenebris]

Ok... I'll start light:

All modern high gain / metal amps sound the same or, at least, similar enough that they can easily be EQ'd to sound the same.

this is literally how I ended up loving a fractal, I flipped about twenty-five amps in ten years and the only one I kept was the most unique sounding (mark iii). you can go down a rabbit hole about cab and boost but you're still just EQ'ing the amp. I can make a recto do a marshall's job in the mix even if it doesn't sound exactly like a marshall in the room.

-Stainless frets are best

-I don't care if what comes out of my modeler sounds just like a particular amp brand/model

both of these are good takes

I will add mine that pickups don't do shit except determine the sweep of your volume knob and that actives are better for any recording application because the benefits of the mild compression outweighs any feel/dynamics bullshit, ain't no one gonna hear that

 

[Eagle]

Strandbergs are way overpriced (I own and love one)

Gibson guitars are dope and the QC complaints are largely overblown internet stuff

If you can’t play the gig aith a $150 guitar that’s a you problem . Of course…. Why the fuck would you want to play a gig with a $150 guitar. Nothing wrong with being a snob

I can’t get on with modellers for everyday/live use

No, Strandberg have the same margin as almost the whole industry and Gibson build on most models is shit. It’s not QC it’s just how they do it.

 

[Eagle]

Bigsby trems are utter shit and Victorian farming tools should not be screwed to a guitar no matter how much you think Duesenberg are good.

 

[newholland]

Bigsby trems are utter shit and Victorian farming tools should not be screwed to a guitar no matter how much you think Duesenberg are good.

hahaha.. amazing... so what do you think of mosrite trems?

 

[Eagle]

hahaha.. amazing... so what do you think of mosrite trems?

A big pile of Duesenberg

 

[littlebadboy]

There are differing opinions on GOC Guitars, but I think they're awesome for it's price point.

This is my Material 7:

 

[Dimiguitar]

That gear accumulation is often meaningless.

 

[joezlo]

Digital Modelers need to get off my lawn.

 

[Devin]

"Rolling tubes" is a dumb waste of time and/or money

 

[Devin]

Can we talk about Eric Clapton?

An absolute kimg

 

[Eagle]

Don’t meet your hero’s.

 

[DrewJD82]

Those with a strong preference to captures/profiles aren’t confident enough about dialing in their own tones.

If you don’t believe tone is in the fingers, there’s a good chance the gear is playing you.

 

[Mooselake]

...

If you don’t believe tone is in the fingers, there’s a good the gear is playing you.

A big turning point for me came when I had the epiphany that I was trying to coax music out of a guitar rather than putting music into a guitar, or as I thought of it at the time, "I'm not playing the guitar, the guitar is playing me." It was especially true when it came to loudish electric guitar. Watching SRV, either his first Austin City Limits appearance, or his first MJF appearance is that made the light bulb go off.