[s7eve]

Originally Posted by guitarplayerone

I thought dimebag was fairly good from when I first heard him in 2000. I think his death ruins what he wanted as a musician, and endorses gear that he never really used. I loved his tone on CFH, and he used what, randalls and washburns on that cd? He is elevated to this 'guitar god/cult status' now that I dont think he ever considered himself to be nor wanted to be considered.

I thought of Von Dutch as I read that. It pisses me of that his name is now used to endorse something he was so strongly opposed to when he was alive.

Originally Posted by guitarplayerone

for the record, I'm not a huge fan of using old shit cause its old.

[Leon]

when i saw the Sovtek Mig 100H sitting in the back of the music store, i thought, "that must sound good." turns out it was partially fucked up. i decided to score it, because, "it's fucking made in Russia!"

all fixed up, it now decimates democracies

[shadowgenesis]

Originally Posted by Jongpil Yun

Gibson. Everybody has a god damned overpriced Les Paul or SG. Please at least do a LITTLE R&D... there are still improvements to be made, you guys. Be innovators.

Fender's sig series. Ridiculous. Fender's replica guitars where they beat the shit out of it and charge you extra money for it. I can put cigarette burns and dents in it myself, thank you very much.

EMGs. Sound very plain to me, and the whole size thing just blows to me. Also, the guts of the pickup are protected so you can't buy an EMG-equipped guitar and remove the pickups while leaving the case so it still looks nice.


Carvin. Every one I see has (I foresee neg reppage) a disgustingly gaudy quilted maple top.

PRS. See the crap about the quilted maple, then add in the stupid marketing around it.

All the Dimebag signature crap. My god, stop whoring his name to death like that.

Anything that any famous rocker from the 60s or 70s played that now has a horde of die-hard fans who think playing a beat to shit vintage piece of gear will make them sound better.

a man after my own heart (even though i HAVE a carvin with a quilt. i know what you mean.)

Originally Posted by CrashRG

i realize this is an older post recently brought back to life, but why all the bashing on Gibson that I've read? are they really that bad of a company? I just got a Gibson faded SG from a buddy of mine, and its one of the nicest playing guitars I've owned in a long time, and I dont recall ever playing a "bad" Gibson in the past, so why all the hate?

i think it's cuz Gibson could sell a guitar for 3 thousand dollars MUCH more easily than MusicMan, despite the fact that at a price tag like that, you'd likely be getting a better product going with MusicMan. It's not that they're bad guitars, it's that they're overrated and ride the wave of their own past success, instead of being successful by breaking new ground and trying new things (we'll see a Gibson 8 string in like 15 years IF 8 strings reach a pretty broad level of mainstream popularity). ya know what i mean?

i won't lie. i know plenty of bands that have used gibsons or do now that have a great sound and i totally respect those guitarists.. And i may own one some day when i have cash to throw around... But i dunno. They're just not all their legacy is stacked up to be.

oh. and i will probably get RIPPED for this.

but i essentially hate all gear that has that "metal" image stuck to it cept Mesas. LTD/ESP, BC Rich, EMG, Jackson, Charvel (I think... Not TOO familiar with these guys), Dean... i'm surely missing a few.
personally i'm not a fan of RGs either. And i've come to HATE floyd rose
yarr....

i dunno. I definitely can't bring myself to buy a guitar that i don't think looks good. I like a broad range of styles and types of guitars... but if i don't like the style of a guitar, i won't bother checking it out, regardless of specs. I mean there's a certain level of emotional attachment you gotta have to your instrument and i can't have that with something that i don't like to look at.

[psychoticsnoman]

Dimebag Signature gear. The amount of signature equipment put out by Dean and Krank, post-death, is insulting. They STILL use his name and likeness for their products, ESPECIALLY Dean. Dean keeps putting out NEW guitars that Dime never played. It's sickening.

first off they are selling his SIGNATURE AMP!!
and second Dimebag was working with dean guitars to create a new model for him, the razorback, which is the only new model that came out since, but he didn't live long enough to see his creation come to life, so dean decided to produce it anyways as a TRIBUTE as well as most of the other limited paint jobs they had on guitars after his death were tributes

and how could them using his name possibly be insulting?? he was one of the greatest guitarists in the history of metal, for the companies that endorsed like krank and dean him to just drop his name and forget that he ever lived would be insulting to him and his family

[guitarplayerone]

Originally Posted by psychoticsnoman

first off they are selling his SIGNATURE AMP!!

because the tone that most people associate with pantera and dimebag was not produced by Kranks. He only used them for a very short period of time before his death. Additionally, I dont think too many on this board have experienced this firsthand, but im sure that 'designing a guitar' and 'holding a production model guitar off the shelf and liking it' are two entirely different worlds

[Randy]

Dimebag Razorback bass guitar... it's pretty much self explainitory; plus, I'm sure it's already been gone over.

[Ojinomoto]

Originally Posted by s7eve

I thought of Von Dutch as I read that. It pisses me of that his name is now used to endorse something he was so strongly opposed to when he was alive.

What? Did I miss something?

[s7eve]

Originally Posted by Ojinomoto

What? Did I miss something?

Kenny Howard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is not a lot of detail there. Von Dutch was against being famous, did not support or buy brand names, made his own clothes as well as most of what he owned, he believed in only taking what you need. After he died his family sold his name and trademark flying eyeball and now we have Von Dutch the fashion label.

[John_Strychnine]

Peavey took 14 months to fix my cab... and they didn't even fix it, the only reason something got done was coz i started screaming at the store's area manager.

oh yeh, did i mention Peavey's customer service is lacklustre?

[DrakkarTyrannis]

1) I fucking hate fenders..multiple reasons, I just fucking hate them. Too basic, too many dumb colors and they remind me of men in their 50's slowly dying inside and playing songs no one gives a shit about while their wife yells at them to take the kids to Chuck E. Cheese's.
2)I usually hate "normal" shaped guitars. I like a weird shapes within reason and if the sound is good. (Higher end BC Rich, Moser, Monson, etc) In my personal opinion guitars should reflect the personality of the player, and having what everyone is having because it's conventional doesn't do much.
3)I won't buy an amp unless it has 3 channels even if I'll primarily just use 2. 20 years from now I just might want that unused channel..I want that option.
4)The amp HAS to be black, other colors are stupid. I'm not a goddamn rainbow.
5)I usually don't like anything stock and I have to customize it to be happy. So I'm never 100% satisfied with any brand until I make it better.
6)Mesa Triple Rectos....can't stand them, never could. I can't even stand things that sound like it (Yet I own a XXX and JSX..it's all about the EQ). They remind me of moronic kids who aren't really into guitar, but it's the new fad and their idiotic parents have the cash. And I'm sure other brands might be this way, but I have NEVER in my life seen gear that sold for list price. Mesa sells for list price (more actually once you add tax) for it's shit instead of knocking a couple hundred off like everyone else. Why? Because you'll pay for it.
7) I hate signature series (Except for the JSX, which I had to mod tone and looks wise until it's no longer a JSX). Stop trying to be "him" and be you, you no identity having condom spill.
8)And who the fuck ever decided everything "high end" needed a goddamn tremolo? Companies like BC Rich make their better axes standard with the things and if I want something without a tremolo I have to take a step down to some entry level shit. Gimme a goddamn string thru
9)I no longer care for ESP because compared to their Japanese counterpart, the Americans get jack shit..the same dumb ass models in a million colors as if that somehow gives variety. And STUPID ass signature models which cost close to double regular production models with the same if not more features (Check out the Wayne Static EX)
10)And last but not least..the Marshall 1960A cab. UTTER SHIT. The price is astronomical for a goddamn box with speakers and wheels and the sound transforms every amp you pair it with into garbage. "The broken in ones are great" you say? For all the goddamn money they charge they should break it in for you, and offer a couple BJ's to sweeten the deal. And still I wouldn't take it.

Shew! I feel better now...what was the topic again?