Go Fund Me. Anyone want to buy this lad a 1962 Strat?

Drew_TNBD · July 2017

It's kinda like when you're jacking off without using porn and you manage to spaff. You feel like you excelled yourself.

TimmyO · July 2017

The common theme with this and the one where they wanted fans to pay for their lost gear was that they don't really want to do and and feel bad about it.

Don't then!

dindude · July 2017

TimmyO said:

The common theme with this and the one where they wanted fans to pay for their lost gear was that they don't really want to do and and feel bad about it.

Don't then!

Quite, have some self respect for goodness sake

richardhomer · July 2017

Barney said:

Just curious ...so what happens with the money iff he dosnt reach his target of 7 grand..?..does he end up with a mexican strat or something

Perhaps he'll get into Master Builder territory.

Personally I wouldn't want to see him at Marlin Sidewinder level....

TimmyO · July 2017

This reminds me of the ads in the back of Private Eye. I always wondered whether anyone sent money or not. Evidence here suggests perhaps they did!

Flink_Poyd · July 2017

Seems like the amount has dropped to £5k now

Barney · July 2017

Flink_Poyd said:

Seems like the amount has dropped to £5k now

Im tempted myself at that price.....go fund me...! Or do i need a vid with some SRV licks...?

Myranda · July 2017

Strange - this guy wants a very expensive guitar when a much cheaper one would do, and wants someone else to pay for it.

But I'm struggling to convince a friend to make a Go Fund Me page where she's moved to the UK from the US (and is an EU citizen) gone to uni and then after starting got told that because she's not back in the EU for two year so wont get a student loan, so had to pay for her first year and doesn't know how she's going to pay for the second year... she's frantically applying for jobs and I thought go fund me to help out would be a good idea... but she wants to do it on her own effort and merit

Different strokes for different folks I guess

Funkfingers · July 2017

Philtre said:

Good to see a fair portion of Daily Mail and Sun readers here.

I wouldn't wipe on either of those.

In what we laughingly call the real world, musical instruments are either the tools by which we make our living or an indulgence. Either way, they have to be paid for.

Option 1) work and save up
Option 2) borrow and repay out of future earnings

The latter involves convincing some stuffed suit that you will be able to make regular repayments. Can you see that happening for young Dave?

Iamnobody · July 2017

Most undignified.

The only slight thing I'll say in poor Dave's defence is that he's obviously some sort of z list youtuber.

He probably thinks he's asking the people who follow him and like his stuff. Whatever that is?

I'm sure he's not expecting random people who know nothing about him to stump up the cash.

Back to the principle side of things I wouldn't lower myself to this personally. I'd rather sell my arse* than beg on a YouTube video.

*Thankfully I've never needed to. And for clarity I wouldn't to fund a guitar!

Philtre · July 2017

Funkfingers said:

Option 1) work and save up
Option 2) borrow and repay out of future earnings

Option 3) Run a GoFundMe campaign

And, happily, this seems to be working for "young Dave". As of writing this he's over 25% on the way to this goal. Result.

And, if he also manages to piss off the miserable grinches in this thread, double result. :-)

Funkfingers · July 2017

A pessimist is how an optimist describes a realist.

I have not said anything personally derogatory about the guy.

I would be perfectly happy if Dave gets his wish and launches a fabulously successful career in Blues guitar. Unfortunately, as a former work colleague of mine used to say, Dave has more chance of getting a gobble from The Queen.

littlegreenman · July 2017

£7k guitar? Pfft.

A cycling Youtuber I follow has recently raised over AUS$50k on Kickstarter to go vlog at the 3 Grand Tours with his girlfriend (and do a lot of nice holidaying in Europe and the UK in between the Tours.) Hit the target within 4 weeks!

His channel is pretty good (did the Indypac) and has 40k+ followers though, so maybe it's just a case of "if you don't ask, you don't get"?

Philly_Q · July 2017

He seems like a nice enough bloke - never seen him before - but then I think would I ever dream of doing that myself? And the answer's no, it's inconceivable.

I do struggle with the whole notion of crowdfunding because I'm not sure I trust them to spend the money on what it's intended for, worthy cause or not. It's probably better policed than I realise but it's enough to put me off.

Barney · July 2017

Philtre said:

Funkfingers said:

Option 1) work and save up
Option 2) borrow and repay out of future earnings

Option 3) Run a GoFundMe campaign

And, happily, this seems to be working for "young Dave". As of writing this he's over 25% on the way to this goal. Result.

And, if he also manages to piss off the miserable grinches in this thread, double result. :-)

One of my pet hates is greed...and this is it on a large scale ...asking for people to pay for a 7 grand strat is not good in my books...but good luck to him ...not a very good career move i dont think though...

Dominic · July 2017

I find this whole digital begging -bowl thing very distasteful .
I assume that the purpose of this site has been perverted from the original purpose. Presumably it was intended to launch business ideas / seed capital or fund community type projects ;Scout Huts, Adventure playground etc
I don't know much about these things ......was it ever meant to be a personal gratification assist / chancer's mea culpa ?

gubble · July 2017

Is this strat worth £7k ?

If so maybe someone could loan him the money with the guitar being put up as security for that loan.

Ravenous · July 2017

gubble said:

Is this strat worth £7k ?
If so maybe someone could loan him the money with the guitar being put up as security for that loan.

Good point actually - in the classical music world lots of super-expensive instruments are owned by wealthy individuals who "sponsor" a young musician by letting them keep & use the instrument. I wonder how many old 50s/60s instruments are languishing in display cases right now...

axisus · July 2017

I'm amazed that anyone has the balls to just say give me money cos I want something, but at the end of the day I'm not bothered by it. Good luck to him.

stickyfiddle · July 2017

I haven't watched the video but agree that gofundmes for creative stuff are usually nonsense.

I have no trouble with kickstarter where they've done all the design & prototyping and lined up a manufacturer for something and CLEARLY have a good product, but just need capital to put an order in. That's great and I've supported several of them.

But the ones that are "I have an idea for a game where you're a witch but you're actually a pirate and you go on adventures in the style of the goonies in the 16-bit era but it's going to be in 3D and with a heavy metal soundtrack and art by my brother dave who is really good and it's going to take about 3 years to finish the game but you're basically paying my living costs for that time and there's only a very limited chance I'll a) finish the thing and b) deliver something that's even remotely how I describe it today...

No thanks...

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