Buy With Your Ears Not With Your Wallet

[axe4me]

WTF is wrong????

 

[Calebz]

I tried paying for a guitar with other people's ears.

Didn't turn out how I had hoped.

And honestly, retail workers always seem to respond better when I pull out my wallet than they do when I pull out a bag of ears.

A weird quirk of human nature, I guess.

 

[AdrianDSL]

Sorry, what is the actual question here?

 

[mark123]

My cat’s breath smells like cat food.

 

[Cal Nevari]

Sorry, what is the actual question here?

My sense is that the OP suggests we should give more credence to the tone of the instrument, amp, or other gear we are considering rather than its cost, similar to other threads, and is lamenting how infrequently this approach is practiced. Not sure there is a question.

 

[Calebz]

Sorry, what is the actual question here?

I'm just here so others can share stories of buying gear with body parts.

I hate feeling alone in this.

 

[PowerTube44]

Guitar buying was never the same after they switched Darrens on Bewitched.

 

[StrummerJoe]

WHAT???

 

[Wildeman]

How come pork is the other white meat but my doctor calls it red meat?

 

[Wildeman]

My sense is that the OP suggests we should give more credence to the tone of the instrument, amp, or other gear we are considering rather than its cost, similar to other threads, and is lamenting how infrequently this approach is practiced. Not sure there is a question.

Yeah well, here's to more Credence...

 

[LPMarshall hack]

You know when people say, "If you masturbate too much, you'll go blind!"

It's BS.

 

[mickeydg5]

It is always best to smell, touch and play with before you buy.
You are looking for the full package.

 

[PowerTube44]

You know when people say, "If you masturbate too much, you'll go blind!"

It's BS.

Would you mind enlarging your text?

 

[Rocktane]

My ears have about the same amount of cash in them as my wallet so......

 

[Jimi-C]

Live and learn , give it time , you might find that you like the instrument after all . a senior musician and well known luthier ounce told me that there are only two guitars , a Fender or a Gibson, anything else wants to be a Fender or Gibson.

 

[paul-e-mann]

But I dont have any money in my ears!

 

[Cal Nevari]

You know when people say, "If you masturbate too much, you'll go blind!"

It's BS.

I would reply but my eyesight is so poor that I cannot read your post…

 

[Cal Nevari]

It is always best to smell, touch and play with before you buy.
You are looking for the full package.

Same with hookers…

 

[TheLoudness!!]

Live and learn , give it time , you might find that you like the instrument after all . a senior musician and well known luthier ounce told me that there are only two guitars , a Fender or a Gibson, anything else wants to be a Fender or Gibson.

With that kind of thinking, he is missing out on some great instruments. I am into the Gibson thing for sure. In reality, I will play any guitar that I think sounds good and feels right. Not every Fender or Gibson is great.

I been stalking old Guild electrics on Reverb. I like stuff that is different...

The great thing about modern times is that we a lot of options. The bad thing is that we have a lot of options!!

 

[crossroadsnyc]