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Kilometers Davis posted:Let's just talk about Van Halen. Van Halen rules. I like to pretend they all died in a plane crash right after Diver Down came out. It's better that way. Sometimes I think 1984 is ok. It's way better than the post David Lee Roth stuff, but it's still pretty bad imo.
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Sorry guys I didn't know people were so emotionally invested in Bieber here's a funny guitar:
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Aug 15, 2017 05:16
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^^lmao the anatomy on that skullboi 1984 is really good. I don't care for anything past that but honestly I've hardly given it a chance. I'm mostly just super happy that Eddie seems to have his poo poo together and isn't a miserable sack of alcohol poisoning. He's a good guy when he lives right.
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Aug 15, 2017 05:18
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Sorry guys I didn't know people were so emotionally invested in Bieber here's a funny guitar: mr cool ice
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Aug 15, 2017 05:22
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:Yeah, I'll be honest I really don't get why some of you guys are so upset about this. He's a massive wank puffin but he did a good job covering it. Are you aware that sometimes people just like to cover music they enjoy themselves? I'm not a little Dutch boy who emigrated to America with my brother to become a mad scientist guitar wizard but I don't need to justify playing Van Halen covers beyond, "Because its fun". Speaking for myself I am definitely very upset by it rather than just feeling amusement and mild contempt at the utter absurdity of Dang It Bhabhi! posted:this molly-coddled little bitch boy (...) singing about leaving this poo poo town behind without any belongings and heading off into the unknown when he is the highest paid human being on the planet and routinely acts like a privileged rear end in a top hat because he is. But that's just me.
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Aug 15, 2017 05:46
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Kilometers Davis posted:Let's just talk about Van Halen. Van Halen rules. I'm conflicted on the Frankenstrat. On one hand, it fuckin' rules. On the other hand, I can't help but think an image of it would crop up in this thread in an alternate universe where it wasn't so iconic/tied to a prominent virtuoso. ...Hmm. Iconic guitar, tied to a virtuoso, stupid music poo poo. I got nothin'. Tweezer Reprise fucked around with this message at 06:02 on Aug 15, 2017 |
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Aug 15, 2017 05:59
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Tweezer Reprise posted:I'm conflicted on the Frankenstrat. On one hand, it fuckin' rules. On the other hand, I can't help but think an image of it would crop up in this thread in an alternate universe where it wasn't so iconic/tied to a prominent virtuoso. no no the frankenstrat is definitely dumb music poo poo, it's just proof of why we love dumb poo poo so much which, frankly, makes it all the more entertaining when someone gets all defensive about it case in point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-YU_UHX0FU that guitar is dumber than gently caress it rules
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Aug 15, 2017 06:01
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Dewgy posted:no no the frankenstrat is definitely dumb music poo poo, it's just proof of why we love dumb poo poo so much The guitar that launched a thousand shitposts. 
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Aug 15, 2017 06:36
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I bought an EVH phase 90. I'm gonna play some Van Halen, probably on my JEM. I bought an amp, too. Let's get stupid music poo poo. (gently caress the Beeb)
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Aug 15, 2017 07:43
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:It's not a loving tsk tsk you dorks. It's just funny this molly-coddled little bitch boy is singing about leaving this poo poo town behind without any belongings and heading off into the unknown But that's not what the song is about? Maybe for a line or two, but the main point of it is that you have dreams of flying away and being someone, but eventually those dreams die and you're stuck where you are. Maybe that doesn't apply to the Beebz, but it's a great, well written lyric and if a bunch of teens get to discover a classic song then why not. Even if he does get almost all the chords totally wrong.
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Aug 15, 2017 08:22
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frankenstrat's totally cool eddie van halen didn't worry about pointless things like loving up his guitar or resale value
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Aug 15, 2017 08:27
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The only dumb part of frankenstrat is all of the super expensive replicas out there
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Aug 15, 2017 12:07
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:I see what you mean it can be hard to know the difference between pathos and corpse-loving. I actually agree with your original statement, I just wanted to make a joke. There's a few styles of music endemic to a culture that feels weird to be redone by anyone else. It'd be like asians playing polka or white guys playing ska.
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Aug 15, 2017 13:42
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The Muppets On PCP posted:frankenstrat's totally cool I love that he would purposefully do poo poo to the guitar just to gently caress with people trying to copy it.
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Aug 15, 2017 13:43
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The Frankenstrat is an unpretentious shred machine. It's pure. The first few album were basically straight through live recordings with hardly any overdubs while Eddie's guitar was panned hard left. As mentioned he has always been the type to gently caress with gear nerds and force them to actually play with their gear to figure things out. It's all very anti gear snob trolling in the best way. Also his signature gear as of late is awesome. Good music poo poo.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:30
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The wankiest thing on the frankenstrat is having a tone knob on his volume dial because "volume is tone  " and it's Pretty loving Wanky.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:40
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Brand logo and model have been professionally removed from the neck.   I had no idea this was a thing, but I guess I'm not surprised.
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Aug 15, 2017 14:55
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I wonder what the correlation is between doing that + having severe deep rooted fears of losing masculinity.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:09
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Kilometers Davis posted:The Frankenstrat is an unpretentious shred machine. It's pure. The first few album were basically straight through live recordings with hardly any overdubs while Eddie's guitar was panned hard left. As mentioned he has always been the type to gently caress with gear nerds and force them to actually play with their gear to figure things out. It's all very anti gear snob trolling in the best way. Also his signature gear as of late is awesome. Good music poo poo. People also have been freaking out for nearly 40 years on how to get the "brown sound" and as far as I know it's just a plexi with all the knobs turned up and a boost or two in front of it.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:21
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Kilometers Davis posted:I wonder what the correlation is between doing that + having severe deep rooted fears of losing masculinity. What's funny about it is the same thing that's funny about putting deceptive badges on a car: People who care won't be fooled (it's still got the Yamaha headstock shape) and people who would be fooled didn't actually care. Actually, having a blank headstock probably makes it look more low-rent, like it's a bootleg or something.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:24
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Anime Reference posted:What's funny about it is the same thing that's funny about putting deceptive badges on a car: People who care won't be fooled (it's still got the Yamaha headstock shape) and people who would be fooled didn't actually care. Haha yup. They always look cheap and lovely to me. It's all about the player. These guys obsess over logos to impress other gear nerds instead of getting so good at guitar that people talking down on their gear look like idiots. Spanish Manlove posted:People also have been freaking out for nearly 40 years on how to get the "brown sound" and as far as I know it's just a plexi with all the knobs turned up and a boost or two in front of it. It is oddly elusive though. I can get close (for me) with a decent amount of mids + boost on a Marshall vibe but yeah it's definitely a result of a fire breathing cranked amp.
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Aug 15, 2017 15:28
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If I bought it I'd just write "$100" on the headstock with a sharpie. If I had any space left over I'd try to draw the Yamaha logo. Cheap guitars deserve to be celebrated, not scorned.
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Spanish Manlove posted:People also have been freaking out for nearly 40 years on how to get the "brown sound" and as far as I know it's just a plexi with all the knobs turned up and a boost or two in front of it. That and whatever personal tiny habit he has with his fretting and picking hands The closest I ever came to it was done by doing palm muting in a slightly different spot that I normally will
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Aug 15, 2017 16:03
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Kilometers Davis posted:It is oddly elusive though. I can get close (for me) with a decent amount of mids + boost on a Marshall vibe but yeah it's definitely a result of a fire breathing cranked amp. if you listen to ac/dc's let there be rock album which was recorded a few months prior to van halen 1 angus young's guitar sound isn't that far off from van halen's it's pretty much a super lead with the power section pushed as far as it'll go
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Aug 15, 2017 16:09
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I've played guitar for years and am old and know about Van Halen and I didn't know about the frankenstrat. SHAME! *DING*
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Aug 15, 2017 16:17
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:I've played guitar for years and am old and know about Van Halen and I didn't know about the frankenstrat. Wait really? gently caress, man. It's peak idiot diy in the coolest way.
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Aug 15, 2017 16:19
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Kilometers Davis posted:Wait really? gently caress, man. It's peak idiot diy in the coolest way. Lol yes it is I just googled it. I JUST GOOGLED THE FRANKENSTRAT YOU GUYS.
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:hahaha holy poo poo. Nah he's right. It's music dude. Who gives a poo poo if the artist performing a song actually has a background that matches the tone of the song. It's a song. It's aesthetics. It either sounds good or it doesn't. That's all that really matters. Now, if you don't personally prefer recording techniques like modern volume wars poo poo or auto tune, that's a different issue but still ultimately falls under the "I either do or don't like the sound of this" category. The simple fact that an artist is rich or poor doesn't change the aesthetics of a song they perform about being poor. Kinda like somebody's enjoyment of me singing The Hotdog Song shouldn't be dependent upon their knowledge of how many hotdogs I've eaten today. edit: oh Lawdy I just read the rest of the thread past the post I quoted. Woopsie Daisy. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Aug 15, 2017 |
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Anime Reference posted:What's funny about it is the same thing that's funny about putting deceptive badges on a car: People who care won't be fooled (it's still got the Yamaha headstock shape) and people who would be fooled didn't actually care. I like stuff without logos, because I'm not really a fan of excessive advertising  So I actually like it, it's low-key in a good way.
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Aug 15, 2017 16:53
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KozmoNaut posted:I like stuff without logos, because I'm not really a fan of excessive advertising If he'd said "for a nice clean look" instead of "because i'm insecure about playing a low-prestige guitar" I'd have been a lot less derisive.
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GreatGreen posted:Nah he's right. It's music dude. Who gives a poo poo if the artist performing a song actually has a background that matches the tone of the song. Not only don't you read but you are a windbag Jesus dude post a weird guitar or something.
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Lol yes it is I just googled it. I JUST GOOGLED THE FRANKENSTRAT YOU GUYS. *crosses self* Pretty sure this is a piece of  I'm the logo obscured by tuners. Dr. Faustus fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Aug 15, 2017 |
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Aug 15, 2017 22:31
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that guitar is a physical representation of my brain after the trump speech today. I feel it.
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Aug 15, 2017 22:44
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EVH is pinnacle grandpa garden shed engineering style dumb music poo poo genius and the Frankenstrat is one of many examples of this. I was about to type a big effort post but realised a) I'm drunk and b) a lot of the relevant info can be googled. I'll do an effort post if people want to read it tomorrow (ish... I'm working nights so "tomorrow" is more "whenever" at the moment)
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Sorry guys I didn't know people were so emotionally invested in Bieber here's a funny guitar:
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:EVH is pinnacle grandpa garden shed engineering style dumb music poo poo genius and the Frankenstrat is one of many examples of this. I was about to type a big effort post but realised a) I'm drunk and b) a lot of the relevant info can be googled. I'll do an effort post if people want to read it tomorrow (ish... I'm working nights so "tomorrow" is more "whenever" at the moment) Please do!
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There's people that even go so far when they are building clones of the frankrnstrat that they search out the correct year of quarter that he used to block (or whatever the hell it's for) the trem with.
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Thumposaurus posted:There's people that even go so far when they are building clones of the frankrnstrat that they search out the correct year of quarter that he used to block (or whatever the hell it's for) the trem with. fuckin lol Someone asked in the Wampler Tone fb group today about TONE BATTERIES doublefuckinlol
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going into the YouTube comments on sound comparison videos for different brands or ages of like capacitors and poo poo and you see everyone going all "oh the first one sounds more lemony" bitch how later you'll see the same types go on about how you really can't tell the difference because it's a YouTube video and their audio compression and your speakers affect the ~~true tone~~ and you could *definitely* tell in person
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Some people like the sound of batteries that are starting to run down. I guess you could make boutique batteries that are under voltage on purpose, and then charge 30x as much for them.
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