Members Alchemist Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 is not the same as actually playing one just a little reminder for some of our newer members that love to give out advice on gear they clearly have never tried or even know about.... you know who you are..... carry on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 This is true. I usually only offer comments on stuff I've owned/own. Also, I hate sweeping generalizations, I see a lot of this towards Epiphone, whereas the4-5 Epis I've owned have all been really good. I might make a recommendation though, for something I've read about only as a starting point to at least check out. I don't bash stuff unless I've owned it. ANd if I've owned it, I've usually done enough research to knowit doesn't suck, hence I bash very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members go cat go Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 Alchemist speaks 21st century wisdom. Amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Blues Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 Good public service announcement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 Trust in Pimp Kramer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JC777 Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 is not the same as actually playing one just a little reminder for some of our newer members that love to give out advice on gear they clearly have never tried or even know about.... you know who you are..... carry on I don't know who they are......who are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ending_zero Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 is like dancing about architecture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 I try to ask more questions than give answers. If I start spouting off about things other than Epi SG's Silvertone archtops, Fender Blues Jr, Lace pickups or Gibby Burstbuckers, you can bust my chops. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ctoddrun Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 Not to derail, but how about the folks who lay on the gigging advice who really dont have any experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarmike7495 Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 yea i know very tru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 Damn, you caught me. I don't even own a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richey888 Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 yea i know very tru Dude sory gotta call ya on this; you started an Epi bashing thread just moments ago. Sorry, Epi "SG" bashing thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkmavis Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 strange that al95%l the guitars for sale on sleazebay read like so AMAZING ACTION, plays like a DREAM, the BEST guitar i have ever played ect ect.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alchemist Posted February 19, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 strange that al95%l the guitars for sale on sleazebay read like so AMAZING ACTION, plays like a DREAM, the BEST guitar i have ever played ect ect.... every guitar I have sold has been fantastic.... great intonation, played great.... I wouldnt have bought them to begin with if that wasnt the case, but there are two reasons I sell gear... completely subjective issues with the guitar, mostly to do with feel of neck, and body contours and balance which have nothing to do with build quality..... and second, and perhaps the most sickening reason of all, the constant desire to try new things, when the itch hits, you gotta scratch it, and sometimes great guitars have to be moved lol but theres a lot of people that will say anything to move a product, you cant really believe that stuff lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 Why would someone give out advice on gear they clearly have never tried or even know about?I only really comment on gear that I've owned/currently own or have played a lot of.I can't see the advantage of pretending to know about certain gear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alchemist Posted February 19, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 self-agrandizing.... nothing else, forum member joins with less than a years experience playing an epiphone into a crate.... 3 months later they are in every single thread giving advice and making comments about any and every guitar you can think of...its ok not to know about every piece of gear, thats why a forum like this is good, you can draw on other peoples experience.... however that gets ruined when people start giving out baseless advice and recommendations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 self-agrandizing.... nothing else, forum member joins with less than a years experience playing an epiphone into a crate.... 3 months later they are in every single thread giving advice and making comments about any and every guitar you can think of... its ok not to know about every piece of gear, thats why a forum like this is good, you can draw on other peoples experience.... however that gets ruined when people start giving out baseless advice and recommendations That's weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 That's weird. I think it is pretty spot on. This, and the brand new guy who writes in text message speak who has a dozen reasons why my gear sucks, are some of the most annoying things on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 I think it is pretty spot on. This, and the brand new guy who writes in text message speak who has a dozen reasons why my gear sucks, are some of the most annoying things on this board. Oh I'm not disagreeing. Alchemist is correct but I just find it weird that people would pretend to know about gear they've only read about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted February 19, 2009 Members Share Posted February 19, 2009 Oh I'm not disagreeing. Alchemist is correct but I just find it weird that people would pretend to know about gear they've only read about? Strange indeed. I guess they are trying to 'sit at the cool table'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Blues Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 Oh I'm not disagreeing. Alchemist is correct but I just find it weird that people would pretend to know about gear they've only read about? Have you read the reviews at Musician's Friend? "What's your experience with this product?" "I've tried it", my friends cousin's brother has one and he let me strum it "Comments" This Gibson Custom Les Paul is a POS. It wasn't even tuned! My Warlock is tons better and is teh AWESOME!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 Yes, this is good advice to the noobs, for one because it protects other noobs from sucking into crap advice.I have over one hundred stripes on my sleeves so I occasionally comment on familiar gear. And when I do extrapolate from my knowledge base, I state it as such. And I still leave plenty of wiggle room for "your experience may vary".I've learned for example that even with experience, the truth is some p'ups work much better on some guitars than others. "No duh", I know; but, yes, noobs should not comment from an ill informed knowledge base. I think even commenting on gear that one played briefly at a GC store should almost be worthy of a HCEG banning. That's like saying you know what a woman is like in bed just because you pinched her ass on the platform at the subway station during rush hour. The "user reviews" are just as humorous on MF. One of the last ones I read was about an amp. I was sucking into it until I saw under "experience with the product" it read, - "owner- soon to be". I mean, if the thing is still in the mail, then your review might be a bit premature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted February 20, 2009 Members Share Posted February 20, 2009 Speaking of user reviews - Do any of you remember And could you find again, The one where the guy is playing something like a Randy Rhoads, or something like that, and he's making the neighbors fip out and giving the raccoons going through the garbage cans a heart attack. It was pure poetry. Written in the style of "Jay", Silent Bob's buddy. Oh wait, I was just lucky enough to find it again, Best review EVAR!Product: Jackson Rhoads Custom Shop Polka Dot V Price Paid: US $2000 Submitted 07/25/2001 at 02:21pm by Rip Glitter Features : 10 All right, {censored} is just getting out of hand here. People keep e-mailing me wanting to know all about my SIGNATURE Randy Rhoads Jackson V. Like I don't have anything better to do than sit here and write reviews? {censored} that. When I'm not pulling double shifts at Walgreens, I'm spending my time the way any true rocker knows how -- banging HEADS and banging SLUTS, with some quality brew time with my good buddy Dino on the side. Whether it's shredding out with my new band SLUTBANGER, or my side project LETHALICON, I always keep the intense metal mayhem BURNING like the crotch of a Vietnamese whore. You know what I'm talking about. Anyways, I'm not going to tell you all that technical bull{censored} that you don't want to hear. All that {censored} about double-locking tremoloes, humbuckers, strings, and all the stuff that dudes who liked Slayer's "Diabolus In Musica" better than "South of Heaven" probably care about. If you don't own "South of Heaven," then give me call so I can come over and beat you senseless with my SIGNATURE Randy Rhoads Jackson V, because you're about as metal as that kid whose ass I stomped at the last Insatanity show because he asked me if i liked the latest GORETICIAN disc. On the other hand, if you didn't know that "South of Heaven" is a Slayer album, then you should probably call your mom or whoever it is that kept your crib too close to the microwave and thanks them for {censored}ing up your BRAIN so much that you're totally ignorant of the most savagely INTENSE metal album since Blizzard of Ozz. As for my Signature - you bet your ass - SIGNATURE Randy Rhoads Jackson V, it used to be all polka dot and {censored}, but Dino hooked me up with this wicked artist named Arturo who works down in Romeoville. He did a sweet-ass painting of a wolf pack hunting at night. Even though I had to stop playing with Rabid Wolf after that {censored}head Jimmy actually asked me to turn it DOWN one day at practice, probably because he's what we true metal maniacs like to call "a {censored} assed bitch," it's still a killer wicked paint job that I'm gonna match on my Camaro hood once I finish up my neighbor's lawn. Sound : 10 You want to know what the SIGNATURE Randy Rhoads Jackson V sounds like? Let me introduce you to a little something called UNCAGED METAL DESTRUCTION. When I first got my V, I went down into my basement, plugged it into my EVH 5150 custom half-stack with a 300-foot cord, and then I climbed up into my attic and stood in the window, looking over my neighborhood and wondering if they had any idea that there was about to be a full-frontal metal assault rolling straight through their homes. As I hit that first power G chord, I felt my house rumble as the sonic metal INVASION trampled its way through its walls and loosed itself upon my unsuspecting neighbor, who was stupid enough to come out from his backyard and ask me what was going on. I mean, by now the neighbors know that when I'm standing in that attic window, they should watch where they step because their BALLS are about to be rocked off. So ANYWAY, there I am, giving my neighbor a good look at what it means to be a true rocker, and just for fun I start practicing some killer Maiden licks when he tries to tell me to turn it down or he'd call the police. Do I look like I have time for his rules?? I'm {censored}ing rocking out, man! I unzipped my pants and told him what he could do with his police. Anyway, the point is, the SIGNATURE Randy Rhoads Jackson V, if you're lucky enough to own one, will grab you by the throat and spit nothing but pure, UNADULTERATED METAL TONE in your face. Why am I telling you this? If you haven't heard this guitar by now, then you obviously have no concept of what true METAL is all about. You've heard what I've said about Mexican Stratocasters? I bet you play one, don't you, you little bitch? That's what I thought. The Randy Rhoads V gives you maximum tonal definition while acting as a massive slut magnet at every show you bring it to. Just keep a rag handy, because chicks get so wet around this baby, they might end up dripping all over the EQ knobs, and that can seriously {censored} up your electronics Action, Fit, & Finish : 10 Does this guitar have any flaws? Maybe the fact that you'll have to waste more time kicking the asses of punks that come over and hang around in your basement trying to get a look at it. Like when I came home one day from Dino's, and I heard some totally un-metal, {censored}-ass, limp-wristed NON-POWER-CHORDS coming from my basement. I kicked open the door with my boot and found my {censored}ing little brother Randy actually trying to PLAY MY {censored}ING GUITAR. Now as you know, this was just one of the many occasions that I found Randy {censored}ing with my {censored}. Mom says that I should be nicer to him because he looks up to me. {censored} that! I was the one who named him Randy (after you-know-who), in the hopes that he might end up being a brutal demon of speed metal and we could rock out like true brothers of doom, but instead he's just a snotty little punk who likes to get his grubby little hands on my {censored}. So I had to teach him a lesson. I grabbed that Jackson V out of his hands and twisted the guitar strap around his neck while it was still on the guitar, and then I put the guitar on his shoulders, strapped his hands to either end with a couple spare cables I had lying around, and I pulled off my belt. Man, could he scream! After five or six whips across the back with my studded Motorhead belt buckle, Mom came down and started yelling at me. She started unstrapping him from the guitar, and I only got a couple more licks in across his shoulders before I had to stop my axe from hitting the ground. That paint job was {censored}ing expensive, you know? Mom kept screaming and Randy's blowing snot everywhere because he was crying like a {censored}ing little mama's boy. I mean, if he's not ready to face the lion, then why'd he walk in the cage? That's what I say. I tried to explain to my mom that, quite obviously, Randy had not grown up to be as metal as we both had hoped, but she totally didn't understand. But I'll tell you one thing - it was a lon time before Randy {censored}ed with any of my {censored} anymore. Reliability/Durability : 10 Have you ever grabbed your axe by the neck and clocked some punk in the teeth with it because he said that "Powerslave" is a better album than "Seventh Son"? I have, and let me tell you, my SIGNATURE Jackson V split his face without picking up a scratch. This baby has taken more beatings than Cannibal Corpse's drum kit on "The Bleeding." As for reliability, do I sound like the kind of poser who would play anything but the BEST guitar for hours upon hours of thrashing metal annihilation? Not ONCE has my V let me down, not even when I got so overwhelmed by its killer tone that I had to climb up on my 5150 half stack and jump onto my lead singer's back, guitar and all. I mean, sometimes there's just so much metal pounding through my brain that I just have to let it out, you know? Anyway, after I started chewing on his ear, he threw me and my Jackson V on the ground, but the V never once stopped ejaculating its hot metal love juice all over me. Customer Support : No Opinion Dude, haven't I told you that I NEVER, EVER TALK TO CORPORATE NON-ROCKERS about my gear? You might as well just buy yourself a pretty little keyboard and start up some {censored} dance pop band, because those are the only people who would actually call somebody in an OFFICE and ask them how to rock. Overall Rating : 10 This guitar cost about five times more than my car, but it's worth every penny. Do you want to get swallowed up by a WHIRLWIND OF BRUTALITY, not to mention by all those metal sluts who will be dropping to their knees for you when they see you walking backstage with that alligator-skinned guitar case and a pair of electric blue spandex pants? If not, then stay on your couch and strum your Simon and Garfunkel songs on whatever lame acoustic guitar you just found in your closet. But if you're ready to get sweaty with the hottest metal sluts this side of Gary, Indiana, then grab your wallet and stop acting like such a bitch. Once, when I hit a particularly animalistic harmonic on this baby, I heard this ear-shattering screech. It wasn't coming out of my amp, but from the alley behind my dad's garage. When I walked out back, I found that my precisely honed chops, when matched up with the SIGNATURE Jackson V, were enough to induce seizures into the family of raccoons that live in our dumpster. So don't buy this guitar if you're someone who only goes halfway, because the SIGNATURE Randy Rhoads Jackson V will know. So if you try to plug this thing into a Fender Blues Combo or some other {censored} piece of {censored} amp that isn't ready to unleash an unrelenting METAL STORM on the world, it will probably just stop working, or maybe even attempt to choke you to death with the guitar strap. Don't ask me how. This thing is {censored}ing brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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