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comes along bort posted:lol ed roman is that you? I forgot about this guy. Ed Roman was GBS 2.1 first.
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# ? Dec 31, 2013 21:01 |
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# ? May 14, 2024 05:44 |
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Ed Roman is the biggest douche rear end in a top hat that has ever been involved with guitars in any capacity. Think about the heights of that achievement for a second.
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# ? Dec 31, 2013 21:29 |
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supposedly he's a nice guy but the tone king dude should probably kill himself
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# ? Dec 31, 2013 21:39 |
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GreatGreen posted:Ed Roman is the biggest douche rear end in a top hat that has ever been involved with guitars in any capacity. Think about the heights of that achievement for a second. Someone at one of the guitar forums I went to swore he was a piece of poo poo and that he sold fake guitars. vv
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# ? Dec 31, 2013 22:32 |
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Rhopunzel posted:Someone at one of the guitar forums I went to swore he was a piece of poo poo and that he sold fake guitars. vv I can't say anything about the quality of any of his guitars, but what I do know is that both a good friend of mine and I have called him before with the intent to buy from him. As in he didn't even have to sell us on anything. We just wanted some information before we made our purchases. In both instances, on separate days, he answered the phone with an immediate, horrible attitude, like he just couldn't believe the audacity of someone interrupting his day to try to give him money in exchange for an instrument. My friend asked him about whether a guitar he was interested in was in stock and without another word Ed literally interrupted with "And just how do you plan to pay for this thing, kid? Are mommy and daddy going to buy it for you?" My friend was in high school at the time and had a relatively well-paying job so he could definitely afford whatever it was he was interested in. A few days before that, I had called in and asked about one of the brands of guitars he was carrying at the time, which he immediately told me were all pieces of poo poo, which honestly wouldn't be so bad on its own because hey it's just an opinion, but then he tried to sell me on I believe it was one of his Steinberger knockoffs, you know, those headless 80s style guitars with just enough body wood to house the electronics and nothing else, and would not even entertain the idea of discussing other guitars with me, even when I asked about them directly. He just kept deflecting back to whatever he wanted to talk about, which by the way was not even close to what I was looking for in any capacity, which I tried to explain to him more than once. Needless to say neither one of us bought anything from the guy. I wish this was hyperbole and that I was exaggerating. Call it anecdotal if it makes you feel any better. I really wanted to like a guy with a guitar store that kick rear end, but what a douche. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Dec 31, 2013 |
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GreatGreen posted:I can't say anything about the quality of any of his guitars, but what I do know is that both a good friend of mine and I have called him before with the intent to buy from him. As in he didn't even have to sell us on anything. We just wanted some information before we made our purchases. In both instances, on separate days, he answered the phone with an immediate, horrible attitude, like he just couldn't believe the audacity of someone interrupting his day to try to give him money in exchange for an instrument. i've got a good friend with sort of a similar story. ed overcharges, is a complete narcissist, won't shut the gently caress up, ever, and wants to chip in his two cents, no matter what the freakin' topic is. so I don't want to make a huge mistake, but is an ibanez Jet King acceptable? i mean, i really like the sound of the guitar. I think it could have done without that top bit of tortex imho, but drat i really like the feel of this fuckin guitar am i in love with an ugly guitar? its bad isnt it
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 00:38 |
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are the skeevy pics of the models holding shiny bc riches wearing like what looks like lingere from a box under the counter still on that guys site ive been waiting for them all this thread
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 00:43 |
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lost hipster treasure
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 00:51 |
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Fender Stratocaster.
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 00:51 |
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http://www.edroman.com/featured/wbg.htmquote:My criteria is fairly strict, I am a stickler for fit and finish. I don't care how good a guitar looks in a picture, if it doesn't look good from 3 feet, I reject them. There are many small builders who have some pretty good designs, they just fail in the final execution of the product. I have seen some guitars with beautiful wood, with inlay work and glue ups that are not even mildly acceptable. I have seen some guitars that play well but the paint work is horrible. I have seen guitars where the paint is flawless but there are obvious flaws in the workmanship. In short it is rare that the whole package is perfect. I can remember when I was first starting, I had some problems myself. Ha ha ha ha he's a stickler for fit and finish, as shown by every single guitar that's "featured" underneath the categories being rear end ugly and probably extremely overpriced. This guy seems like the ur-sperg when it comes to guitars, he's probably going to die alone buried under a mountain of ugly crap.
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 00:52 |
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Harry in Rio posted:welp dude, it's japan... they get a pass for any weird poo poo
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 01:06 |
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Spanish Manlove posted:thread challenge; show me a five string bass that isn't goofy and retarded A little late, but The hardware on this thing is rock-solid. The input jack is reinforced like a loving tank. The body is e: Ibanez Ergodyne EDB405, one of the early models (the later ones were a little weirder in shape and lost the 3-band EQ). I only bought it because my guitarist decided to write a bunch of songs for a 7-string and basically demanded I pick up a 5-string to match; I bought it on CL for $225 with a hardcase, straplocks and an extra set of strings (bass strings are loving expensive, a 5-string set is like $30-40) Snow Cone Capone fucked around with this message at 03:29 on Jan 1, 2014 |
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drunk asian neighbor posted:A little late, but I'm not going to say that's ugly but are the strings blue as well?
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 02:19 |
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I Might Be Adam posted:I'm not going to say that's ugly but are the strings blue as well? No, just the lighting. Colored strings are goofy as gently caress
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 02:21 |
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drunk asian neighbor posted:A little late, but thats not that offensive tbqh and i have the worlds ugliest soundgear 500 - it was splattered with brown housepaint, covered in skull stickers and had the fret numbers CARVED INTO THE NECK
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 02:21 |
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that's goofy, but not all the way retarded. then again this is subjective
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 02:29 |
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all of these guitars, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FfGvhDYjyA also holy gently caress this guy just wont shut the gently caress up
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 02:55 |
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Spanish Manlove posted:that's goofy, but not all the way retarded. Kinda like that spergy guy with all the ugly guitars who wants to have Vai's manbabies.
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 02:56 |
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oh and that's totally a wig/weave
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 02:59 |
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Rob Ford posted:Kinda like that spergy guy with all the ugly guitars who wants to have Vai's manbabies. Don't compare me to that fucknugget
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 03:05 |
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Harry in Rio posted:i've got a good friend with sort of a similar story. ed overcharges, is a complete narcissist, won't shut the gently caress up, ever, and wants to chip in his two cents, no matter what the freakin' topic is. guitar is butt ugly but if you like the sound and feel it Does Not Matter plus it's cool ugly not sperg ugly so if your halfway attractive you can probably pull it off
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 03:22 |
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drunk asian neighbor posted:A little late, but no need ot justify the purchase, man. those basses always have great action. i'm a split-pickup purist, but you're not going to find one on a 5 string in that price range. best thing you could get that suits your needs, there still ugly tho the curvy shiny smooth bodies are what alien poop looks like
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 03:27 |
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mclast posted:no need ot justify the purchase, man. those basses always have great action. i'm a split-pickup purist, but you're not going to find one on a 5 string in that price range. best thing you could get that suits your needs, there It does but it's heavy and I barely use the low string and I bought a Spector Performer for $80 (I think they were like $5-600 new) and it's the greatest thing ever
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 03:33 |
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just tell me you play through a 15'' speaker any other transgression is forgivable
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 03:39 |
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Don't compare me to that fucknugget Not you, that Professor Guitar guy who keeps giving the history lessons and lectures in here. Hey OP, is it cool to also post ugly/dumb/stoopid guitar poo poo, cause there's a lot of it.
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 03:43 |
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Handen posted:For me it may have been down to how the guitar hadn't been that well kept in the 20+ years it had been around. It felt super light and the neck was bowed, but every attempt to adjust the neck just made it worse thanks to the "stabilizer" fin. If you can find a nice CLEAN example of a G707 that had been taken care of, maybe think about it, but I won't ever buy one again and I've got a GR700 with the revision v1.5 chip. this definitely sounds like the previous owner treated it like poo poo. everyone i know who has owned any piece of roland equipment (guitar, keyboard or drum) has had nothing but awesome things to say about the build quality of them.
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 03:49 |
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Rob Ford posted:
hey boo, go apeshit. try to not to break any tables even if i like silverburst guitars baby don't hurt me
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 03:56 |
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those old john patrucci Mesa/Boogie adds that used to run in guitar world were just so hilariously terrible
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:06 |
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Spanish Manlove posted:all of these guitars, man dont get my wrong all his guitars are terrible and he's basically everything i hate about music but listening to him jjust talk about guitars he just seenms like some dork that really likes guitars and gets to play with his favorite toy all the time and i just want to be happy for him
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 04:06 |
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man thats gross posted:man dont get my wrong all his guitars are terrible and he's basically everything i hate about music but listening to him jjust talk about guitars he just seenms like some dork that really likes guitars and gets to play with his favorite toy all the time and i just want to be happy for him i think like many things, batio himself probably sucks a lot less than his fans do
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 05:31 |
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I just want to wish everyone in this thread a happy new year would anyone like to play a game of AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 06:13 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjAPyN7NJDo happy new year
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 07:23 |
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Don't compare me to that fucknugget I bet if my collection was all Fenders or Gibsons I'd get a different response here. Is this Spector Legend 5 Classic an ugly bass? Do you even like this Ibanez USA Custom, built in California, with Tiger-stripe maple and a Bird's-eye maple neck, with a Mahogany body? If not, is it because of the zebra H/S/H electronics? Or some other reason that isn't personal to me? Or how about the hard-tail swamp ash RG471AH, with Eric Johnson pickups that I covered and potted myself? That's a DiMarzio True Velevet in the middle. Both of these last two guitars have series/parallel push/pull pots. This one and the Strat Style are the ones I play these days, because they don't have vibrato bars to set up, and stringing them/detuning them takes minutes. Well, please listen to some Robben Ford. Not Rob Ford. The guitarist, not the Toronto fatso. Politician (Cream cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkeYT62T1k Worried Life Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XontsTA2zaU Happy New Gear, everyone. VVV I get your message. Dr. Faustus fucked around with this message at 10:06 on Jan 1, 2014 |
# ? Jan 1, 2014 09:49 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3JDXnK2Xc
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 10:00 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3robgQz4Ig
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 10:03 |
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Dr. Faustus posted:I don't think I am a "fucknugget." I've just been trying to GBS with people who kicked off the thread with my beloved guitars; and show some of the technical side of owning and playing. I don't think you have to be either to make good music. My favorite guitarist is Robben Ford and I started playing because of SRV, not EVH or Vai. I never even got into Malmsteen. Spectors are sweet fucken basses and that Ibanez has a pretty cool finish but that doesn't change the fact that you're a tremendous sperglord and nobody is going to forget how you spent 10 pages of this thread acting like a loving jackass. Also stop trying to show off your guitars. We get it, you have a bunch of them. Some of them are loving ugly and were posted in this thread, because this is the ugly guitar thread. Nobody cares about your custom Eric Johnson pickups or whatever the gently caress. e: please make your new years resolution to not post in this thread anymore
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 10:08 |
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But they're not ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and if you're not from my generation or my background you probably don't understand why these instruments are so inherently special. They may not look nice to you but they have features that didn't exist before they came along, so we love them. Calling me names doesn't make you any more correct in your opinions.
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 10:14 |
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please go away
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 10:19 |
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GreenAcidRage posted:please go away I mean, I have to go because it's New Year's Day and I still have to work. See you soon, unless you just, you know, leave me alone.
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# ? Jan 1, 2014 10:23 |
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# ? May 14, 2024 05:44 |
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Rank these three things that ruin a guitar thread: 1) Faustus 2) People who can't stop talking about (how much they hate) Steve Vai 3) Faustus making long posts about Steve Vai
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