On what have you changed your mind over the years?

[OmegaWoods]

That guitars have to cost a lot to be of playable quality.

That Hondas are better than Toyotas.

That meat needs to be part of my diet.

That I'm too old to learn to play guitar.

That I don't like SGs.

And a few things that would get this comment deleted...

 

[willietheweirdo]

Once upon a time, the best guitars/cars/bikes were all late model year, high-end/boutique stuff that was made up almost entirely from aftermarket parts.

Now I prefer ancient, mass-produced, poor man's crap the way it came from the factory.

I will say that I used to put the toilet paper in the holder "under", now I am an "over" kinda guy!

"Under" is essential with some cats in the house!

 

[HoodieMcFoodie]

as a kid, I thought SG's were sinister.

Doesn't SG stand for "Sinister Guitar"?

 

[HoodieMcFoodie]

I used to not like country music.

 

[Cali Dude]

I used to be a single coil guy. Now all of my guitars are hum cancelling.

 

[Red Ryder]

I decided at 10 or 11 that girls were not, after all, icky.

Yes they are, you just put up with it to achieve the ultimate goal.

 

[BobbyMac]

Never ever thought I'd buy a Squier guitar, then these came along...

 

[Danb541]

That I need a wah wah pedal.

 

[Lawdawg]

If I include all the stupid opinions I had when I was younger it would be a long list.

I got over my long standing aversion to Gibsons last year when I bought my first Les Paul. I'll probably always prefer single coils, but man it's been nice to finally rock out with one of these

 

[HaWE]

I used to think that I needed more than 30 tube watts.
I also used to think that I preferred hotter pickups.

Count me in... I thought that I needed a 100 watt amp for our gigs ... so I got me a Marshall JCM 800 ..way too loud but didnt notice it in that days ...

 

[northernguitar]

That the phalllc headstock on a Telecaster was a deal-breaker for me.

I still believe the Warlock headstock is modelled on a hanging ballsack.

 

[radtz]

I used to just like K-Pop, but now it's ... SUPER YUPPERS

The video was too cerebral for my tastes.

 

[Dennyf]

I have always believed the adage that "the only constant in the universe is change".

I will say that I used to put the toilet paper in the holder "under", now I am an "over" kinda guy!

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[chris m.]

I've gone from mostly humbuckers to mostly single coils;
From knowing nothing about offsets and then evolving from Jazzmasters to Jaguars
From Marshalls to classic Fender amps (and also really digging Orange)
From Floyd Roses to vintage tremolos that stay perfectly in tune (using Frudua method and keeping nut lubed)
From big amps to small amps
From loud stage volume to low stage volume miked through PA
From dirty to a whole lot cleaner
From playing lots of blues scale, pentatonic, and modes to more chordal/arpeggio playing over the changes
From focusing on guitar and guitar leads to focusing on the whole song and how the guitar contributes to the song in a truly musical way.
From owning my music to being content streaming everything via Spotify, Pandora, and YouTube, and being exposed to all kinds of stuff.

 

[Engine Swap]

I still believe the Warlock headstock is modelled on a hanging ballsack.

If that were true they would have named it the Bullocks

 

[Jakedog]

I swore I would never again own a guitar with 7.25” radius, or without noiseless pickups. But here I am. Playing a guitar with 7.25” radius and noisy singles.

I also thought I was totally over S-style guitars with three singles. Didn’t have one for the longest time. They sure came back at me with a vengeance in the last year.

I didn’t think I’d ever own another Fender amplifier. Now I do.

 

[The Angle]

That Telecasters were only for guys who speak with a drawl and wear Nudie suits . . .
That any guitar without two humbuckers was a toy . . .
That the blues were all about flashy guitar licks . . .
That music theory was only for poindexters in turtlenecks . . .
That I was a helluva lot smarter than people gave me credit for . . .

 

[no doz]

i became a light pick guy, still shudder at the thought

 

[Ronzo]

i became a light pick guy, still shudder at the thought

Right dere wit’cha!

 

[Ronzo]

If I include all the stupid opinions I had when I was younger it would be a long list.

I got over my long standing aversion to Gibsons last year when I bought my first Les Paul. I'll probably always prefer single coils, but man it's been nice to finally rock out with one of these

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Horses for courses.