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  • January 24, 2009 at 6:31 am #77615
    Costch
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    Here’s the new version:

    Everything can have mojo if you want it to…

    The end.

    :clap:

    January 24, 2009 at 6:55 am #91560
    JordanLikesToRock
    Member

    Woah dude are you trippin or what

    January 24, 2009 at 7:05 am #91561
    Costch
    Participant

    Bump/Words

    January 24, 2009 at 7:30 am #91563
    dsl1
    Member

    Thanks!!

    I really enjoyed that.

    Really.

    :)

    January 24, 2009 at 7:46 am #91564
    JordanLikesToRock
    Member

    Even though this whole topic is insane, I would like to add:

    Guitars with more than 2 necks
    just stupid

    January 24, 2009 at 8:26 am #91565
    John J
    Member

    Let’s also add “stereotypical teenaged purist rants” to the list?

    No it’s okay, I’m a joyless cynic and nothing really bothers me anymore.

    Minor Administrative Babble: Aside from the possibility of an underdeveloped vocabulary, I can’t determine any real reason for the cursing in your list. I hate to sound a prude, and I’m not about to make a big deal over it, but I think I speak for everyone when I say ‘please try to keep needless obscenities to a minimum.’

    Just a thought for the future.

    January 24, 2009 at 10:10 am #91577
    julian
    Moderator

    Costch you’re pretty bitter for a 15 year old. Chill out a bit, chase girls, play your guitar and be care free.

    You seem to spend a bit too much time worrying about what you don’t like. Someday hopefully you’ll find that anything can be cool.

    Thing is, soul isn’t in the instruments, it is in the musician. I’d rock a 7 string guitar. I got one more string to do stuff with. Nothing wrong with that- you can adapt a 7 string to any style of play, it doesn’t have to be da brutal numetal. Or flat wound strings- they’re great for rockabilly or surf or jazz. Nothing wrong with Mosrite copies, many people can’t afford the real thing. And Mosrite copies date way back to the 70s. Univox High Flyers and such. Cool guitars. Kevin Shield’s pedalboard is as big as a mattress and that guy is a guitar god. And believe it or not you may have actually heard some great guitar sounds on records from solid-state amps.

    Even Christian Rock could be cool. There have been very great spiritual songs written by rock artists:
    David Bowie- Word on a Wing
    Velvet Underground- Jesus
    Spacemen 3- Lord Can You Hear Me When I Call?

    But no, Axl Rose, Satriani, Steve Vai, or any of the likes will never be cool, except maybe in a “it’s so bad it’s good kind of way.”

    January 24, 2009 at 11:40 am #91579
    electro-melx
    Moderator

    lol, pretty funny really…..I presume most of this is to be taken with a pinch of salt?

    for someone so young you sure are a traditionalist. I think my 50 year old guitar playing dentist would probably agree with most of your points.

    btw, I own a ‘squire’ (sic) with humbuckers…….I would never play christian rock on it though. ;)

    January 24, 2009 at 1:38 pm #91586
    BlueSteel
    Participant

    I like the dunlop strap lock though. i also like the one that comes with gretsch guitars
    and the wireless systems (even though i dont have one yet)
    What abuout the Fender Toronado, that guitar is cool and has humbuckers!

    I agree about squier, digital multi effects, digitech and a few other things though.

    January 24, 2009 at 4:51 pm #91607
    Costch
    Participant

    Bump/Words

    January 24, 2009 at 4:51 pm #91609
    Scott Matthews (EHX Staff)
    Member

    I don’t even want to tell you what I did to my Strat — it’s now more than 20 years later, and it still gives me the willies.

    January 24, 2009 at 4:54 pm #91610
    Goldenglove
    Member

    I really feel tempted to challenge at least some of the stuff on the list…

    Active Humbuckers – well, on guitar, maybe you’re right, but on bass – no. Bass sounds awesome with actives.
    Locking tremolos – what’s wrong with that? I have an Ibanez with a locking tremolo, and don’t use it for bomb-diving and shit, it just stays in tune for weeks. Hell, I play blues and rock on that Ibanez.
    The RG2228 is great, and so are many other RG Ibanezes. They just don’t suit every style of music – but then, no guitar does.
    Line 6 – the Vetta || blows lots of amps away.
    Digitech make excellent beginner multi-effects (I still have my RP50 – it made me understand which effects I like, which I don’t like, what they sound like and stuff). And the Hardwire series are an excellent alternative to BOSS.
    Flatwound strings are, as mentioned, indispensable for some styles, besides, I have a fretless guitar – and have to use flatwound strings.
    SS amps – JC Chorus. Line 6 Veta II (it’s more than SS – it’s digital!). The Randall V2.
    I like thin necks. I like thick necks. Basically, I like necks which feel right, and I guess I’m not alone.
    Rackmount equipment is a necessity for some – harmonizers, MIDI switchers, studio-quality reverbs and stuff.

    I guess, after all, it’s all just a matter of taste. Just don’t give it out as a fact :)

    January 24, 2009 at 5:00 pm #91613
    Costch
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    I don’t even want to tell you what I did to my Strat — it’s now more than 20 years later, and it still gives me the willies.

    (In concered parental tone) What did you do Scott? I’m sure that it can’t be as bad as trying to make your own EVH frankenstrat copy…

    January 24, 2009 at 5:27 pm #91616
    Costch
    Participant

    Bump/Words = Spitting out the demons of past stupidity and intolerance

    January 24, 2009 at 5:30 pm #91624
    Costch
    Participant

    Bump/Words = Closer to enlightenment, not in the traditional sense, but still there nonetheless.

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