Guitars get you chicks

poetinahat · Nov 18, 2009

Judg said:
Well, you are the glorious exception, my dear. Where were you when I was younger, anyway?

I don't know, but I'm still just as susceptible to flattery! *grin*

Judg said:
I didn't play music to attract men anyway, and ended up with a husband who is not particularly interested in music. I got quite enough pleasure out of making the music for its own sake.

Ironically, there is *nothing* hotter than that!

RG570 said:
Haha! No, really, one of the reasons I practiced and learned my theory and did all the stuff guitarists never do, like become a really good one, was because I thought it would make me popular.

Ted Kooser says exactly the same thing about why he took up poetry as a teen. He ended up as the US Poet Laureate - eventually. No shame in wanting to be popular or get laid! Look where it led him - and where led you.

(I hope both of you are doin' all right, anyway, ifyaknowwhatimean...)

RG570 said:
I honestly thought that people could tell how hard something was to play, but it's so not true. It's easier for a kid fumbling with a stupid pointy Dean guitar doing clumsy tapping licks to impress his girl than it is to get someone to recognize just how hard it is to improvise over the changes in Giant Steps . . . such is life.

This is of no help to you, but I would be waaaay into hearing Giant Steps - and I hope to be able to manage something near that before I die.

ChunkyC · Nov 19, 2009

Judg said:
And I'm sure the original poster was complaining a little bit tongue-in-cheek, but seriously, you don't expect groupie types to be impressed by quality performances. They just want the glamour of the guy on stage.

How true. The last chick I picked up in a club who told me I was a great player was....

I'll get back to you on that.

RG570 said:
Haha! No, really, one of the reasons I practiced and learned my theory and did all the stuff guitarists never do, like become a really good one, was because I thought it would make me popular.

Now I go into guitar shops and play and people just roll their eyes at my self indulgent wanking. Either that or there's some stupid fifteen year old sitting there who does the "I'll play everything you play" pissing contest. And he wins. Sometimes.

I honestly thought that people could tell how hard something was to play, but it's so not true. It's easier for a kid fumbling with a stupid pointy Dean guitar doing clumsy tapping licks to impress his girl than it is to get someone to recognize just how hard it is to improvise over the changes in Giant Steps . . . such is life.

Amen, brother! (especially the stupid pointy Dean guitar -- gawd those things are FUGLY!!)

RG570 · Nov 19, 2009

And I hate how guitar shops cater to the fifteen year old clumsy-tapping-on-a-Dean-guitar scowling greasy haired kids.

You go into the room to try a guitar and they've got some stupid Mesa in there when all you want is a Fender Twin or a JC-120. Why the hell would you put a fucking 120 watt head and stack in a room the size of a one-person sauna????

Imagine working there and having to hear the same Metallica licks all day, played with that horrible fizzy sound kids get when they turn the gain up all the way without thinking . . .

Judg · Nov 19, 2009

poetinahat said:
(I hope both of you are doin' all right, anyway, ifyaknowwhatimean...)

Doing just fine. *hums a happy tune*

ChunkyC · Nov 19, 2009

RG570 said:
And I hate how guitar shops cater to the fifteen year old clumsy-tapping-on-a-Dean-guitar scowling greasy haired kids.

You go into the room to try a guitar and they've got some stupid Mesa in there when all you want is a Fender Twin or a JC-120. Why the hell would you put a fucking 120 watt head and stack in a room the size of a one-person sauna????

The guitar mags have gone the same way. Just look at the covers; most of the time it's some death-metal player I've never heard of or a trio of skanky ho's on the latest 'gear roundup' issue profiling 90% shred-head gear.

RG570 said:
Imagine working there and having to hear the same Metallica licks all day, played with that horrible fizzy sound kids get when they turn the gain up all the way without thinking . . .

Back in the day it was the intro to "Stairway to Heaven" that drove music store employees nuts. *gazes skyward and whistles*

Judg · Nov 19, 2009

Guitar shops, like almost every other retailer, cater to younger people because they are still establishing their alliances. At our age, we walk in, we know what we want, and we get it. We don't need to be catered to and it's very hard to seduce us (in a retail sense anyway). So energy spent chasing after us is energy badly invested.

I've got a son who works in a music store. I'll ask him how conscious it is.

ChunkyC · Nov 20, 2009

I think you're totally right, Judg. Same thing goes for the magazines. I buy a mag because I see it has an interview with a particular player I admire or a review of the type of gear I'm currently ~~considering purchasing~~ lusting after, not because of the hot babes on the cover....

... okay, the real reason I avoid those is because the wife won't believe any explanation I might give for tossing it in with the groceries:

"It fell off the shelf as I walked by, honest."
"I like the articles."
"Check the centrefold..." (shows her two page spread of Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Stratocaster)

Judg · Nov 20, 2009

I totally sympathize with your wife.

Advertisers always put the bulk of their energy in chasing young people who haven't yet established brand loyalty. Older people are harder to sway and might actually require, you know, evidence.

This has a significant impact on what gets shown on television, but now I'm derailing, so I'd better stop.

Guitars get you chicks

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ChunkyC

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RG570

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ChunkyC

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Judg

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ChunkyC

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