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I'm sure you've played many more gigs than me, but in my limited experience it's very rarely a problem to bring your own combo amp to a gig, as long as you're sensible in where it's stored and able to quickly set up and tear down. And where it is a problem, you either know about it in advance or it's immediately obvious when you walk through the door - in which case, you go and talk to people and decide on the best way to proceed.
It seems to me you must have had some pretty bad experiences in the past with unreasonable guitarists (and I admit there are plenty of those about) to have arrived at the position that anyone who expresses a preference to use their own gear is being unreasonable/ lacking in common sense, even more so if they think what they're doing matters?
I'm imagining a situation where we cross paths at a gig, and you're sitting in the corner quietly scoffing at me because I'm using my own amp... just doesn't seem reasonable to me.
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For my purposes, it's more or less irrelevant anyway; with my amp-based rig it takes no more than five minutes to set up my whole rig if I've already got it prepped at the side of the stage, and with my board-based rig I don't really care what amp I'm using as long as it has an effects loop so I can use the power amp
I was actually really quite fussy about my sound, too. Being willing to use any available amp is not the same as not caring.
That's exactly the point I'm making . If you think ahead you can get your sound through anything, yours or anyone else's, while carrying the minimum of gear and being able to set up quickly.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
So I used a guvnor 2 which will get me ion the ball park with pretty much mostly heads that I'm likely to use in my travels.
I can get a decent sound from most amps I've tried and sometimes from unpoplar amps (JTM 60 TSL60). However there are some amps Fender HRD, Blackstar HT60 that are just awful as as subjective opinion. As a disclaimer I love the sound of other people playing a Boogie but cannot operate them myself I even owned a F30 for two weeks.
I've done gigs with no sound check, I've looked at the other guitarists amp settings and set mine accordingly (no problem). I've done a funeral on a really feedbacky archtop with no soundcheck, again no problem. So I'm no prima donna.
So whilst I'll have a go to fit in with other people's convenience why do I bother with a shoddy amp when I have a Matchless and a Badcat? Why bother buying decent amps?
I like Vox type amps and use a number of gain pedals. If I'm playing a proper gig why do I have to screw around trying to make a Fuzz Factory work with a Fender Twin? (which I love sans pedals btw)
So yes people should always be prepared to use anything but if you have a choice or can negotiate why wouldnt you use your amp?
Too many guitarists won't do either though, that's what I'm moaning about .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein