7 Reasons to buy a Gibson Guitar…
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Fricker is pretty entertaining, although a bit too shouty after a while. I've learned a bunch about recording from watching his channel. He is pretty down to earth and informative, so I've watched a lot of his videos. I've not seen him like gear that isn't his, and he clearly is geared to the bruuuutz metalz, so I get his dislike of a guitar brand stuck in 1959. I agree that Gibson makes some trash, but good ones are really great. Might not be his thing, but they work for me...at least the good ones.
Of course, I'm a blues doctor, except for all the years where I wasn't and still played guitar. I find that classist bullshit exactly that, bullshit. While he was assembling minivans at Chrysler, I was unloading rail cars at Wabash national, at night and going to grad school at the same time during the day. He put his free time into music, which is why I watch his channel, and I put my free time into virology.
I edited this after people had liked it, so feel free to change that vote or add comments. I just got a bit annoyed and added more.
Of course, I'm a blues doctor, except for all the years where I wasn't and still played guitar. I find that classist bullshit exactly that, bullshit. While he was assembling minivans at Chrysler, I was unloading rail cars at Wabash national, at night and going to grad school at the same time during the day. He put his free time into music, which is why I watch his channel, and I put my free time into virology.
I edited this after people had liked it, so feel free to change that vote or add comments. I just got a bit annoyed and added more.
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Knox in Box
Rustbelt refugee.
He forgot that we were ordered to play authentic, or else.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I agree with this 100%.
I've played several Gibsons that were "Ooohhh... I really like this!"... but when I started looking for one of them...
"Eww... garbage... what about... ugh...."
It's understandable that vintage instruments (more hand made, more fly by the seat of the pants engineering) and the best ones eventually sift to the top and are the halo instruments.
It's just frustrating that even today, they are stuck in this limbo where one has to sift through so many meh and ugh instruments to find the great ones, while simultaneously unable to effectively innovate because they're afraid that any change that's made will make the guitars undesirable by the Gibson faithful.
ellengtrgrl
Guitar Old Timer
Gibson - some are good, and some are bad, just like with Fenders, Schecters, etc., and I oughta know, I've owned guitars from all 3 brands. Glenn's channel can be pretty interesting, but at times, it meanders into "all modern metal tones ala Trivium, 6 Feet Under, etc., all the time", including the type of gear used to play that stuff. As a longtime listener & player of metal (along with other forms of music like jazz, folk, country rock, and straight-ahead rock), that gets kind of boring for me. I usually want something new and fresh, not what's flavor of the month.
I read an interview years ago. I can't remember what guitar player made the statement, but it's stuck with me ever since I read it:
"If you listen to only one kind of music, your music will sound derivative. Listen to all kinds of music, and you'll create music that is unique, and sounds like you" (sic).
I feel that way about gear - everybody and his dog plays the same "appropriate for the musical genre" gear. It tends to result in guitar tones, that are the same old, same old.
I read an interview years ago. I can't remember what guitar player made the statement, but it's stuck with me ever since I read it:
"If you listen to only one kind of music, your music will sound derivative. Listen to all kinds of music, and you'll create music that is unique, and sounds like you" (sic).
I feel that way about gear - everybody and his dog plays the same "appropriate for the musical genre" gear. It tends to result in guitar tones, that are the same old, same old.
Pine Apple Slim
Armchair Expert
I absolutely despise Gibson as a company.
But I'm really loving my SG Standard.
But I'm really loving my SG Standard.
wok
Nasi Goreng Afficionado
to be fair, even though Glen specialises in metal, he often rants about most modern metal sounding the same and he tries quite a few different approaches to get something ‘unique’.