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Things You Identify Yourself With - Identity Crisis?
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But John,
it wont have any chrome fins on it , Just joking
when I was younger the more buttons and gizmos you could fit into a guitar as long as it balanced south paw ,I wanted it, now my favorite guitar has one volume , one tone 2 pickups and a switch, no pedal board.
My son showed up here with his hair braided yesterday and looked great. At first I thought he'd got a hair cut. It was big improvement.
Now you tell me!
I could only play Gibson style guitars and only play with a lot of gain. Then the magic of Fenders revealed itself to me. Then playing clean became fun.
Refugee
Friend of Leo's
I don't like avocado.
That is all.
That is all.
relateable.
for instance-
I now fire a warning shot.
It's to the kneecap, but still...
I don’t think switching preferred fretboard wood is quite big enough to signify an identity change
But one day I realized I don’t actually need a pocket on my tshirt
My life is so different now
But one day I realized I don’t actually need a pocket on my tshirt
My life is so different now
you've totally compromised your core values and sold out. You have obviously softened and are losing track of who you are. Next you are going to embrace the GUI, forget how to grep, and ask other men for directions in front of your wife and children.Over the last couple of years, there have been a number of "identity items" that I have challenged and changed. My daughter jokes that I am having an identity crisis. I'm not, but I think I am "softening" on some issues. Here are some examples, all of which have come about in the last 5 years or so.
Maple Fretboards. I have had a Strat with a pao ferro fretboard since the early 90s. When I was looking to buy a Tele back in 2014, I only wanted a maple fretboard. I liked the look better, this was how a traditional Tele was, so I became a maple fretboard guy. I (internally) dismissed any guitar that did not have a maple fretboard. I ended up buying a 50s Baja.
After a few years, I really wanted something a bit different. I started looking at the American Professional line, specifically the candy apple red one with the maple fretboard. I played a used one, but it was too much money. A bit later, I played an AP-II, the mercury (reverse grey burst) with the rosewood fretboard. Boy, did that feel nice! I ended up buying an AP-II Tele in Dark Night with rosewood. I spent some time before my purchase wishing for a dark night with maple, but after playing the mercury AP-II, I pulled the trigger. I really like the feel of the rosewood. I still need to put the Baja up for sale. I now prefer rosewood - it is not an "identity", I just prefer it.
I thought I was an 11s guy. I now use 9s. My Baja does not like 9s - it works better with 10s, so that is what it has. It is funny how some guitars just want a certain gauge, regardless of what you like best.
Last year, I bought a new car. I used to identify myself as "they guy who only drives a manual, they guy who only uses analog gauges, the guy who does not rely on tech." Well, since I got a fairly nice car, guess what? I have a DSG gearbox, digital gauges including a digital numeric speedometer and a digital dial speedo, Android Carplay, traction and stability control, and a bunch of other stuff. I really like it - and I find that I don't miss the manual transmission (probably since the DSG feels very similar?). The Android CarPlay is brilliant, as I can put Waze on my main display in the center console. I always swore that HVAC systems should be three knobs only, but the new climate control system with three zones just works well.
I used to think I was a Fender Medium / punched pick guy. Blue Chip picks have convinced me otherwise. I tried a whole bunch of picks before I came to this conclusion. It was fun, and fairly inexpensive to try a bunch. Lockdown projects, amIright?
I used to think I was a Fender-only guy. Well, I have my eye on a Reverend Kingbolt. The Kingbolt has humbuckers! I am a single coil guy! Well, I prefer a brighter pickup, and the railhammer pickups in the Kingbolt are fairly bright, so maybe I did hold fast on to that one. I probably will not buy another guitar though, so this may be moot. The fretboard radius is a bit flatter than I prefer, but OMG is the Kingbolt a real looker!
Maybe it is good to challenge your preconceived notions. Maybe this is a late mid-life crisis. Maybe I am just relaxing with age. I still have some strong opinion about other things - like desktop OSs - but I feel I've grown.
It all just goes quickly downhill from there.
When in doubt just ask yourself what Archie Bunker, or the Great Santini would say.
Your very confession shows an alarming tendency to confess and apologize, and a lessening of the concentration of your basic toxicity.
All my telecasters have maple fretboards, and I drive a %100 manual jeep, I'm a little ashamed of the fact that it has coil springs in the front and that none of my tele's have 7 1/4 radiuses.
...it starts with rosewood, before you know it somebody's feeding you tapioca pudding from a spoon and using the royal we while enquiring about your bathroom habits.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
ReverendRevolver
Friend of Leo's
Man,
I'm sure glad this thread wasn't about a face tattoo.........
I'm sure glad this thread wasn't about a face tattoo.........
zeke54
Tele-Afflicted
Don't overthink these things . It'll stress you out .
A guy at a meeting came out with this: “It isn’t the changing that hurts - - it’s the resisting it.”
Change away. It’s easier.
Change away. It’s easier.
I’m 100% Fender everything. Had all sorts but now I’ll only even look at Fender. Broken the ‘only Teles’ rule with a couple of Strats, but only to cover more tones (not intending this to turn into a ‘can a Tele can sound like a Strat?’ debate) and have only maple boards. Pink Dunlop picks though I use mostly fingers. Other guitarist in the band has just bought a really nice LP custom. Can’t deny it’s a beautiful instrument but, me, not interested.Over the last couple of years, there have been a number of "identity items" that I have challenged and changed. My daughter jokes that I am having an identity crisis. I'm not, but I think I am "softening" on some issues. Here are some examples, all of which have come about in the last 5 years or so.
Maple Fretboards. I have had a Strat with a pao ferro fretboard since the early 90s. When I was looking to buy a Tele back in 2014, I only wanted a maple fretboard. I liked the look better, this was how a traditional Tele was, so I became a maple fretboard guy. I (internally) dismissed any guitar that did not have a maple fretboard. I ended up buying a 50s Baja.
After a few years, I really wanted something a bit different. I started looking at the American Professional line, specifically the candy apple red one with the maple fretboard. I played a used one, but it was too much money. A bit later, I played an AP-II, the mercury (reverse grey burst) with the rosewood fretboard. Boy, did that feel nice! I ended up buying an AP-II Tele in Dark Night with rosewood. I spent some time before my purchase wishing for a dark night with maple, but after playing the mercury AP-II, I pulled the trigger. I really like the feel of the rosewood. I still need to put the Baja up for sale. I now prefer rosewood - it is not an "identity", I just prefer it.
I thought I was an 11s guy. I now use 9s. My Baja does not like 9s - it works better with 10s, so that is what it has. It is funny how some guitars just want a certain gauge, regardless of what you like best.
Last year, I bought a new car. I used to identify myself as "they guy who only drives a manual, they guy who only uses analog gauges, the guy who does not rely on tech." Well, since I got a fairly nice car, guess what? I have a DSG gearbox, digital gauges including a digital numeric speedometer and a digital dial speedo, Android Carplay, traction and stability control, and a bunch of other stuff. I really like it - and I find that I don't miss the manual transmission (probably since the DSG feels very similar?). The Android CarPlay is brilliant, as I can put Waze on my main display in the center console. I always swore that HVAC systems should be three knobs only, but the new climate control system with three zones just works well.
I used to think I was a Fender Medium / punched pick guy. Blue Chip picks have convinced me otherwise. I tried a whole bunch of picks before I came to this conclusion. It was fun, and fairly inexpensive to try a bunch. Lockdown projects, amIright?
I used to think I was a Fender-only guy. Well, I have my eye on a Reverend Kingbolt. The Kingbolt has humbuckers! I am a single coil guy! Well, I prefer a brighter pickup, and the railhammer pickups in the Kingbolt are fairly bright, so maybe I did hold fast on to that one. I probably will not buy another guitar though, so this may be moot. The fretboard radius is a bit flatter than I prefer, but OMG is the Kingbolt a real looker!
Maybe it is good to challenge your preconceived notions. Maybe this is a late mid-life crisis. Maybe I am just relaxing with age. I still have some strong opinion about other things - like desktop OSs - but I feel I've grown.
Yep, stuck in my ways, harms no one and I’m content and no longer feel the need to justify it to myself or others.
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Interesting point. I think you know the same, but it’s a smaller %age of what there is to know, which has increased manyfold.
Think I’m edging into the decay phase!
Still got ink marks on the T-shirt but all your pens are on the floor
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