OT: Massive Misconceptions you had about sounds before you knew what you know now.

[sommy]

- I used to think (based on an article I'd read in Guitar that I misinterpreted) that fuzz objectively was "bad" distortion because it was so primitive. Guitar technology has come so far that we can now achieve truly great high gain distortion, and it has to come from the amp itself. All pedal distortion is bad and primitive.

- Guitar players who don't spend most of their time shredding at impossible speeds are talentless and should be ignored.

- Playing fast is a mark of true ability on guitar.

- The Boss DS-1 sounds bad because it's digital.

- When you're playing through a high gain amp, it doesn't matter what guitar you play, because it all sounds the same. The amp is the important piece.

- Failing to realize that music theory is more a standardized system of communicating musical ideas verbally rather than a system of rules for a piece of music to be good.

[9520575]

WHOA sommy!

Hey, love your music

[DigiTechRep]

I didn't even know what a bass was until I was told that I had to have one in order to be in a band.

I thought that drummers played the kick through rolls.

I thought that playing a guitar in the rain wouldn't hurt it.

[caeman]

 

Originally Posted by DigiTechRep

I thought that drummers played the kick through rolls.

 

Sometimes, we do.

[DigiTechRep]

 

Originally Posted by caeman

Sometimes, we do.

 

Sometimes, but I thought it was always.

Oh, and I thought you couldn't play a bass through a guitar amp.

[BAXANDALL]

I used to think you had to be more talented, older and from another state to "make it" in the music business.

[frenchji]

I used to think bass guitar was distorted guitar.. and 6-string(normal guitars) was the clean guitar. Then I realized how silly that was.. because strats are the clean sounding guitars and les pauls are the distorted guitars. Then my friend brought over a ds-1... mind = blown.

[Phil O'Keefe]

 

Originally Posted by Zetor

I thought that a whammy bar was operated by rotating the bar itself clockwise or anti-clockwise depending on how you wanted to change the pitch. I still don

[RadioSilence]

I thought you used chorus pedals during choruses.

[TravvyBear]

 

Originally Posted by RadioSilence

Come on, you've confessed this much. Who was it?

 

Joe Meredith, from The Merediths

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[christianatl]

 

Originally Posted by BAXANDALL

I used to think you had to be more talented, older and from another state to "make it" in the music business.

 

"make it" always makes me lol.

[echodeluxe]

i thought telecasters were the ugliest guitars ever. les pauls were the coolest/best guitars.

[LSDis4me]

I only learned within the last year how much I love Tonebender fuzz.

[guitardustin]

I was always stuck in "the more pickups the better" mindset so wouldn't even look at Teles...I attempted to wire a bunch of random cheap pickups I bought stretching from the neck to the bridge of my strat copy. None of the switches or knobs worked but I had like 10 lbs of magnets on that bad boy and played through an old portable karaoke machine for a long time.

Also at one point I put all Low E strings on because some random dude in guitar magazine said heavier gauges are better for heavy tones.

[arthurdent'd]

 

i thought telecasters were the ugliest guitars ever. les pauls were the coolest/best guitars.

 

 

you were correct.....well at least the second part.

[guitardustin]

Oh also, when I first joined this crazy place I thought that guys with crazy high post counts were probably in famous rock bands and pretty much the best guitar players ever...Oooooh man I learned quickly

[big_cat]

you were correct.....well at least the second part.

 

[arthurdent'd]

 

sicko

[echodeluxe]

i also thought slapback delay was only for rockabilly or country.

[Taylor.]

I thought you used chorus pedals during choruses.

This.

[npfrs]

My first real electric + amp was a 60's Tele RI with bigsby and 90's Fender Blues Deluxe, tweed.

 

I kept the amp around 2 or less and tried to make it sound "more acoustic."

 

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