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It’s awesome to see this—the post makes it look quite straightforward to build your own guitar! But: As a guitar player myself I have learnt that GAS is ever-te
by periheli0n 5y ago
It’s awesome to see this—the post makes it look quite straightforward to build your own guitar!
But: As a guitar player myself I have learnt that GAS is ever-tempting, especially pickups.
Personally I think that if all the time I spent reading “sound descriptions” on pickup manufacturers’ websites I would instead have spent playing, not only would I play much better, I would also sound much better.
Sound comes out of your fingers more than out of anything else. Billy Gibbons would sound like Billy Gibbons no matter what pickups one puts in his guitar. He would surely notice the difference, the vast majority of his audience wouldn’t.
- tuxie_ 5y agoWhat about the time you spent telling someone else how to spend their time? Wouldn't that have been better spent playing instead?
- periheli0n 5y agoGood point. In fact, since a large portion of my day job consists of teaching, and teaching involves a substantial portion of helping students allocate their time, I would probably have loads more time for playing if I stopped doing that. Problem is, I wouldn’t have any money to pay for gear, let alone a roof over my head. By the way I thought I had expressed clearly in my comment that I found the post amazing. Sorry if this didn’t come through.