Recent influx of eye candy gear

[nickyseow]

Is it just me or are we softies gettin richer! 8)

left right i see high end stuff! not that its bad, its good! time to raise the bench mark in these parts!

 

[keithC]

me too! recent richest softies:
1: fenderben. hahahaha. i always DIE seeing his pedalboard.
2: was it geraldkoh's board with enhanced contrast that made the pedals look hyper boutique?
3: moolon pedals from zakk.
boutique is cool. i'd save a few hundred to waste on what i need first, then slowly save up for boutique one by one. and i'll love every single one as if their my own babies..

 

[nickyseow]

don forget the dudes here with engls, mesas, marshall heads, and that hot mesa mark IV. 8) and the vintage fender amp people here? like the chap with a '68 SF twin reverb. hawt stuff.

any orange users in the house?

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

will this turn into TGP style where everyone talking bout high end stuff and more bulls then ever when there not much hearing on how the gear are utilised in music making, instead becoming a race of who has got what and pics posting mainly?

after all the gear, how bout some ways to capture the essense of the gear thru clips and hear how it fit in to the music that one is making? A sorta progression than just drooling and gasing over the physical look and price of gear

imho.

 

[lifele55]

Well there is a the Orange Tiny Terror if you browse the gallery again.

Halfstacks at home, definitely would be a sight to see everytime I walk into the room if I own one. But yeah hopefully its doesn't turn into an all high end gear talk anytime someone asks something.

 

[ShredCow]

will this turn into TGP style where everyone talking bout high end stuff and more bulls then ever when there not much hearing on how the gear are utilised in music making, instead becoming a race of who has got what and pics posting mainly?

after all the gear, how bout some ways to capture the essense of the gear thru clips and hear how it fit in to the music that one is making? A sorta progression than just drooling and gasing over the physical look and price of gear

imho.

I dunno dude - this being the gear section and TGP being The Gear Page - methinks its cool to have the gear and just talk about it, fulfills the aspect of this section of forum.

Then again - the phenon you describe in your 2nd paragraph exists regardless of gear-age.

 

[ChanMin]

i think its great that more and more people are importing boutique effects and bigger and better tube amps... better speakers... nice guitars etc... more good stuff coming in ... and virtually no good stuff shipping out of singapore.

Great for local gigs IF they actually bring these amps/pedals/guitars out to perform with ... always cool to see some guy performing with nice gear and sounding good with it.

this is excellent for people like me... who sorta know what they want and have the patience to secretly await in the shadows of the buy/sell forum to grab a super bargain in 1-2yrs time!!

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

I dunno dude - this being the gear section and TGP being The Gear Page - methinks its cool to have the gear and just talk about it, fulfills the aspect of this section of forum

yes of course, i agree with ya, gear section, must talk gear. Sometime its a bit sad to see the course going in the way of talking gear without substance and seeing pics without looking whats inside.

wanna talk gear, at least have own idea of what it is to them, other than name dropping what others are saying so and so.

Heh, warmth to angmo might be sterile to asians, tone to asian might be ching cheong melody to angmo, in the context of words, thru reading, without hearing.

 

[Marksman]

ChanMin: Ehhh yup thats good, but if we can't afford it, then its as good as zilch haha..

Need to find ways to make me more money.

But man, imagine local gigs... with MESA/Boogies. 8O

 

[THOA]

I'm kinda nodding to PatheinRaindropMoe reply a little.

In general, I think it's great to see really cool stuff I can only dream about getting, owing to the fact that I don't earn enough to pamper my GAS inclinations, lol. (It's scary to see how the Guitar thread of the Buy/Sell section bumps faster than any other thread in this forum. People change guitar like they change clothes!)

But for some of us, owning a guitar has purpose rather than passion. Some things you just can't do without the actual equipment. Hence, my recent acquisition of my first electric guitar and my current quest to find a multi-fx (regardless of the great consensus that individual stompboxes are better sounding).

With all the guitars floating about, and the number of guitarists who own them, and how much is spent on them, I am surprised that local music has yet to make a REAL SOLID impact, except perhaps the Chinese music market (and please don't take that comment as a racist remark :roll: ).

Maybe the collective cash spent on such gears can be used to hire a good producer who coax the best out the band and their gear (guitar included) and come out with a SUPER album? Cos all that gear is only satisfactory to one's OWN ears, but to the rest of the music audience and market, a guitar is a guitar is a guitar.

In the end, though, nothing wrong with showing off. Just my humble opinion to share with everyone, really

Post away!

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

heh, how to make impact locally with all the best gear when end of the day we might sound like any other things that come out from else where(angmo music that is). Chinese market, will and continue to be leap ahead than angmo counterpart.

its no wrong to show off, but sometime to those who just started out, it seem like only money can get tone. If not, no music can be made.

 

[thor666]

its no wrong to show off, but sometime to those who just started out, it seem like only money can get tone. If not, no music can be made.

Aye.

 

[THOA]

heh, how to make impact locally with all the best gear when end of the day we might sound like any other things that come out from else where(angmo music that is).

Exactly the point I am trying to push. No harm having the gears to emulate the most beatiful guitar sounds. But if it can't be captured, it's money down the drain. Even during live performances, an eye and ear candy guitar means squat if you are trying to fight the din of the drums, bass, vocals and the audience.

Also, guitar sound is only the tip of the iceberg of what makes a good song (or a good album for that matter).

It isn't WRONG to spend on a guitar if you are thorough enjoying the sound of the guitar and only doing for your personal love of guitar. Whatever it is, getting a great gear that everyone could only dream about... yeah, you have the privilege to exercise your bragging rights :lol:.

However, I think that if you are a performer/band who is serious about making it, I kinda think all that money would be worth spending on something that is more productive for the MUSIC as a whole.

 

[Whitestrat]

its no wrong to show off, but sometime to those who just started out, it seem like only money can get tone. If not, no music can be made.

I mentioned once that I did a contest where we rounded up 12 guitarists for a performance. The winner played a self scalloped squier. Talk about cheap equipment man... He was awesome.

Soul is in the fingers... Not in the equipment

 

[Mobius]

Well, its because your audience is not gonna care whether your guitar is the top of the end Relic/Reissue/Custom Shop or whether ur amps are handwired/one of a kind or whether your pedals are boutique/modded/true bypass/ .... They jus wanna hear good songs......... and of cos u need good marketing of your band/music as well

 

[THOA]

......... and of cos u need good marketing of your band/music as well

Ahhh... marketing. That's something alot of people put LITTLE attention to...

 

[Marksman]

+1 to Mobius.

 

[ShredCow]

Heh, warmth to angmo might be sterile to asians, tone to asian might be ching cheong melody to angmo, in the context of words, thru reading, without hearing.

heh, how to make impact locally with all the best gear when end of the day we might sound like any other things that come out from else where(angmo music that is). Chinese market, will and continue to be leap ahead than angmo counterpart.

Pathin, I hear you on this point of originality - its a personal pain I tell you.

This whole arguement of originality and the persuit of real self-expression doesn't do much though, other than serve reading purpose. Many are contented with just cloning songs (note: not covering, cloning) from others.

However, I fail to see how abundance of gear contributes to this because, I believe, if you ain't got it in you, you don't have it then - regardless of gear-age or whatever technical virtousity you can muster.

Its more the mindset to tackle IMO.

 

[ShredCow]

Exactly the point I am trying to push. No harm having the gears to emulate the most beatiful guitar sounds. But if it can't be captured, it's money down the drain. Even during live performances, an eye and ear candy guitar means squat if you are trying to fight the din of the drums, bass, vocals and the audience.

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It isn't WRONG to spend on a guitar if you are thorough enjoying the sound of the guitar and only doing for your personal love of guitar. Whatever it is, getting a great gear that everyone could only dream about... yeah, you have the privilege to exercise your bragging rights

Interesting THOA.

I'm not sure I get your drift.

On one hand, its "no harm trying to emulate the most beatiful guitar sounds" and "It isn't WRONG to spend on a guitar if you are thorough enjoying the sound of the guitar and only doing for your personal love of guitar."

Yet you later thrash it all down with

1) Audience don't care
2) Exercising bragging rights

So... which... "side" are you on?

 

[ShredCow]

I mentioned once that I did a contest where we rounded up 12 guitarists for a performance. The winner played a self scalloped squier. Talk about cheap equipment man... He was awesome.

Dude, thought you mentioned it was some chinese dude with a prs?