Are YOU a guitar contrarian???

[duhvoodooman]

I won't delve any further into this topic than to say that, if somebody tries to sell you something and uses the term "mojo" as part of the sales spiel, head for the exit.... :thwap

 

[mainestratman]

DVM... I thought you had a "mojo-something" pedal? LOL

If not, you should make one... the "Mighty Mojo Magical Music Machine", or M5 for short. ;-)

(It would have to be a double-wide pedal just to get all that writing on it.. lol)

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

Which is good, because I'm flat as a floogie.

The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
Floy doy, floy doy, floy doy, floy doy.

When you're feeling low down,
And don't know what to do,
Have yourself a hoedown
Here's the dance to do

The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
Floy doy, floy doy, floy doy, floy doy.

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

I sniff players. ;-)

I play corks.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

When I was in my 20's and played only Bass guitar once I got a real bass A Peavey T-40 and a real amp A Peavey Centurion 250 watt head and a double 15" cabinet also by Peavey.

I really went on a high end bass trip for a minute bought a
Alembic bass over 4K for a college kid in 1981 that was crazy.
Then followed up with a BC Rich B!tXX Bass with more builtin pedals than some modern combo bass pedals and exotic woods another 3,8K spent. Then I added 3 or 4 more basses all over 1.5 to 2 K plus a 500 watt Peavey tube head and another double 15" cab. and Electra voice stage monitors. I was sold on the theory if it wasn't high end gear it wasn't good gear.

Fast forward 30 years later almost to the day I got my 1st Peavey Bass Amp Head. I have a much different out like on musical gear. I am more concerned about feel and sound than name and price.

I do want a Ibanez SR Prestige Bass 5000E but I currently have a SR 500 and it works for me quit well and when I play with the fellas at a local bar on Jam night other players think it is a high end bass Their ears much be telling them that.

As far as the art of the 6 string goes I have not paid more then $800.00 for a guitar and more than $500.00 for an amp. Although the amp thing might go up just a few dollars if I get a Fender Deluxe VM ( TUBE Power :drool).
But all in all unless you are playing live a lot in decent size venues there is no need for high end/high price amp rig unless you just have to have it mike the amp and rock on. So, many great amps under 2K these days.

The Guitar thing I have only been at this for a little more than a year so I am still learning. But Guitars are such a personal thing so giving ones skill level, style, and income I could see someone easily dropping 2K or 3K on an axe but it is far from necessary with the quality of guitars coming out of Asia currently i.e. Korea (Micheal Kelly, Fender, Ibanez) China (Hagstrom, Squire, Epiphone). Japan (Ibanez, Fender) This a great time to be playing guitar because you can get such great guitars for under $600.00 by so many venders its just to damn cool.

The guitar I play the most is a 2006 MIM Fender Strat bought for under $400.00. But we'll see if it stays that way now that I have some higher priced gear to choose from and as my skill level gets better.

 

[6string]

I don't know much about it all, so with guitars and playing them I go by the saying " the end justifies the means"

 

[Brian Krashpad]

The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
Floy doy, floy doy, floy doy, floy doy.

When you're feeling low down,
And don't know what to do,
Have yourself a hoedown
Here's the dance to do

The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
The flat foot floogie with the floy floy,
Floy doy, floy doy, floy doy, floy doy.

The only reason I know the saying "flat as a floogie" is that I heard Curly say it in a Three Stooges short once. Have no idea what a floogie is or was.

 

[Geraint Jones]

I won't delve any further into this topic than to say that, if somebody tries to sell you something and uses the term "mojo" as part of the sales spiel, head for the exit.... :thwap

Hey DVM I take it that you are not a huge fan of this road worn / relic phenomena then . I`ve been looking at a few Teles recently and most seemed to come with this added mojo thing , is this not a good 'thing' [and where is it kept / located ].

 

[bek]

I'm firmly in the "whatever works" camp, knowing that can be different for everyone. I have accumulated various instruments, usually because I had some extra cash when a good one came up used. Most of them are US-made, but one is an aluminum/phenolic hollobody with buckers (and obviously a bolt-neck), one is a Hamer (perfect, by cork-sniffer standards), another is a US Washburn Telecaster (perfect, by classic ash/maple Tele standards), two are Linderts (which are essentially made of Masonite, of all things). I also have an Indonesian hardtail plywood Squier Strat and a Korean Epi Dot, and a Korean Epi LP. They all play fine, but only three of them are carrying their stock electronics. As long as you like the way they look, and they play and stay in tune, it's mostly pickups and switching. Find the combination that works for that guitar and you're as good as that guitar gets. I think I could pretty easily sell everything but the anti-cork-sniffer Squier, the Dot, the Industrial and one of the Linderts. The only one of those that would usually be considered a "decent" guitar by snooty standards would be the Dot. At least it's a good copy of a good guitar. With VintageVibe Charlie Christian single-coils and phase and series switching. Hot dog!

 

[mainestratman]

I guess I just lost my "cork sniffer status" due to my recent purchase of a made-in-China copy knockoff.

:beer: