Controversial guitar opinions you have.

CaseOfAce

A tube / valve amp is not required for home use. Solid state or whatever is by invariably a better (and usually cheaper) option.

Most owners of electric guitars do not have a clue what to do with them.

Wall hangers are tacky.

And don't get me started on "pedal culture".

NickB

Revolutions said:

There’s almost nothing appealing about a PRS.

I was of the same opinion until recently. Wait until you have spent some time with one.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

CaseOfAce said:

A tube / valve amp is not required for home use. Solid state or whatever is by invariably a better (and usually cheaper) option.

Most owners of electric guitars do not have a clue what to do with them.

Wall hangers are tacky.

And don't get me started on "pedal culture".

Agree with you on points one, two and four. However, wall hangers are nigh on a necessity when you're limited on space like I am.

I don't have enough space in my spare room to have guitars on stands on the floor, and would probably have to pack whichever of the 4 I wasn't using into their cases and store in the loft if it weren't for the 3 wall hangers I have. 

swiller

Offsets are turd. Had a johnny mar jag on loan for a long weekend. Like playing a garden rake and sounded similar.

carlos

If you need wall hangers, you have too many guitars.

carlos

If a guitar sounds sterile, then it's your playing that's sterile
(whatever sterile means regarding guitar sounds)

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

carlos said:

If you need wall hangers, you have too many guitars.

Touché!

Wazmeister

Anyone who recommends Blackstar amps over a Bartel, Lazy J etc is a pudding yed….

Secret_Sam

What's a pudding yed?

Tall_martin

I've no idea, but it doesn't sound complimentary 

AlbertC

99.9% of tremolos are only ever used in the first 2 days of buying the guitar

drofluf

The choice of wood is the only factor that dictates the sound of an electric guitar 

guitarjack66

Revolutions said:

There’s almost nothing appealing about a PRS.

Except that knowing the owner may get you a much faster dental appointment.

Sporky

Most guitar related jokes, like most guitar playing, are old, tired, and weren't funny to begin with. 

soma1975

I'd also add that most people I have met that are involved in music-making are among the flakiest people I have ever come into contact with. 

Appreciate the creative arts are the home of people that don't want to join the rat race but the base level of professionalism should still be higher. 

And I'm aiming that at people I do work for that are at the absolute pinnacle, as well as Joe Bloggs doing bookings in the rehearsal studio in New Cross. 

noisepolluter

The production on noughties rock albums now sounds more dated than the 80’s stuff.

OilCityPickups

soma1975 said:

I'd also add that most people I have met that are involved in music-making are among the flakiest people I have ever come into contact with. 

Appreciate the creative arts are the home of people that don't want to join the rat race but the base level of professionalism should still be higher. 

And I'm aiming that at people I do work for that are at the absolute pinnacle, as well as Joe Bloggs doing bookings in the rehearsal studio in New Cross. 

Have you ever worked with actors?  I have extensively - and they can make people in the music industry look like sane models of professional decorum. I've worked on the odd West End show that was more like working with a bunch of argumentative toddlers hyped up on blue Smarties than a professional cast. I'm afraid lack of professionalism is a creative arts disease, pandered to too often when the perpetrators are relatively famous.  :-)

soma1975

OilCityPickups said:

soma1975 said:

I'd also add that most people I have met that are involved in music-making are among the flakiest people I have ever come into contact with. 

Appreciate the creative arts are the home of people that don't want to join the rat race but the base level of professionalism should still be higher. 

And I'm aiming that at people I do work for that are at the absolute pinnacle, as well as Joe Bloggs doing bookings in the rehearsal studio in New Cross. 

Have you ever worked with actors?  I have extensively - and they can make people in the music industry look like sane models of professional decorum. I've worked on the odd West End show that was more like working with a bunch of argumentative toddlers hyped up on blue Smarties than a professional cast. I'm afraid lack of professionalism is a creative arts disease, pandered to too often when the perpetrators are relatively famous.  :-)

Yes I have. I am a cinematographer by trade. 

I think the actor thing is interesting because at one end you have the terrified youngsters, then you have the people with a hit that are enjoying the party life and then the megastars with the pressure of 100s of millions of dollars resting on them. 

Actually yeah the same as music really

Philly_Q

Wazmeister said:

Anyone who recommends Blackstar amps over a Bartel, Lazy J etc is a pudding yed….

Secret_Sam said:

What's a pudding yed?

Does it mean "someone on a realistic budget"?

OilCityPickups

soma1975 said:

OilCityPickups said:

soma1975 said:

I'd also add that most people I have met that are involved in music-making are among the flakiest people I have ever come into contact with. 

Appreciate the creative arts are the home of people that don't want to join the rat race but the base level of professionalism should still be higher. 

And I'm aiming that at people I do work for that are at the absolute pinnacle, as well as Joe Bloggs doing bookings in the rehearsal studio in New Cross. 

Have you ever worked with actors?  I have extensively - and they can make people in the music industry look like sane models of professional decorum. I've worked on the odd West End show that was more like working with a bunch of argumentative toddlers hyped up on blue Smarties than a professional cast. I'm afraid lack of professionalism is a creative arts disease, pandered to too often when the perpetrators are relatively famous.  :-)

Yes I have. I am a cinematographer by trade. 

I think the actor thing is interesting because at one end you have the terrified youngsters, then you have the people with a hit that are enjoying the party life and then the megastars with the pressure of 100s of millions of dollars resting on them. 

Actually yeah the same as music really

I worked as a theatre photographer for quite a few years - in tandem with my music career - with actors as diverse as Susannah York, Ronnie Barker, Steven Berkoff , Bonnie Langford and even Neil Patrick Harris ... and to an extent ... just like musicians, they all needed some hand-holding, even Berkoff!