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Larsongs Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 34 minutes ago, Dub-T-123 said: ??? I wrote my comment late last night.. Corrected some typos & spell checks that had a mind of their own… I think there’s a lot of phishing or something weird occurring on this Forum.. So many Threads started by new people that never respond to their own Threads? Or ever again? I don’t see that on other Guitar forums. Whether the answers are stupid or not.. It opens the conversation & the OP’s always respond.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I've been a career musician for a long time. When I was young, I'd buy the top-of-the-line everything. Now that I'm older and hopefully wiser, I usually buy just below the top. There is a point of diminishing returns, where X amount of additional dollars brings less and less advantage, until it's no longer worth it for me to throw more dollars into it. Often the break for me is when the money just starts buying bling instead of performance. The second line Yamaha sax I own is just like the top of the line but it has plastic key buttons instead of real mother-of-pearl, and no fancy floral engravings on the bell. And it cost over $1,000 less. My Parker guitar is the DF (Maxxfly), just natural wood, without a fancy top. But I sprung for the P-Rail pickups because that's where the sound comes from. So I get the body, neck, frets, tuner, of the expensive Maxxfly, better pickups, and save about $1,000. Since I play music for a living, that's $1,000 worth of gigs. To each person, that point of diminishing returns is different. I have a 1970 Gibson ES-330 and a 2002 Epiphone Korean (Peerless) Casino. Sound wise, the Casino is a little brighter, and turning down the tone knob a bit makes them sound close enough. The Gibson sounds better unplugged though, because the wood is better, but the wood does nothing for the tone of magnetic pickups (I know people will disagree with that). I love the P90 sound of the Duncan P-Rails. It's somewhere between the P90 sound of my Gibson and my Epiphone, and definitely good enough for me. I also believe, finer points of tone are lost on the audience, but better expressive playing, even with worse tone, moves them more. So rather than chase tone, I work on technique and expression. Insights and incites by Notes ♫ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Nothing wrong with what you’ve got & your reasons for doing them.. I’ve been doing this for quite some time as well.. I do a lot of Session work besides Playing in 3 Bands.. I really like Session work these days.. Although, Session playing calls for Guitars that achieve ultimate quality Sound for me to be satisfied with the end results.. I know I can come close with cheaper Offshore versions but I won’t be satisfied that it’s the best I can do.. For that reason I have some Top end Guitars of different types.. I will play out with some of them for gigs.. Although I don’t think it’s necessary.. I will usually use different mid range USA Guitars & some good Offshore Guitars for playing out but most of them have USA Fender & Gibson Pickups.. They’re more than good enough. I like them so I can have more freedom to move around too… There aren’t many Offshore Pickups that I like more than USA Gibson, Fender, Gretsch, Rickenbacker.. They just Sound right.. To me.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 I've done a lot of session work, but I really prefer live performance. Most of my gear gets beat up on the road. We do from 15 to 20 gigs per month. Each one involves set up and tear down, 13 this month are under a canvas cover about 300' from the Atlantic Ocean, with salt spray as a fact of life. There is more than one right way to make music. Insights and incites by Notes ♫ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Notes_Norton said: I've done a lot of session work, but I really prefer live performance. Most of my gear gets beat up on the road. We do from 15 to 20 gigs per month. Each one involves set up and tear down, 13 this month are under a canvas cover about 300' from the Atlantic Ocean, with salt spray as a fact of life. There is more than one right way to make music. Insights and incites by Notes ♫ I played a lot of live gigs from Virginia, to Minnesota, to California & in between… Not much in the deep South but would’ve liked to.. It was all mostly good.. Got in a few fights, some Guns were drawn to get paid a couple times, some Gear stolen but it was an adventure.. I should probably write a book some day.. I prefer playing live but I’m in a creative phase writing & recording lots of Songs.. Recording with others who write & record too. A Country Band, a Surf Band & a Rock Band.. Some Gigging with all of them too.. We, “The Larson Brothers Band” recently finished our 4th Album.. Titled “4”….. It has just been released.. Our brand of Country Rock…. Here are a couple Tunes… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 ^^ Nice! ^^ --- I'm not much of a songwriter. It's the lyrics that get me. Everything I write either sounds too much like everything else there (but not quite as good) or they sound really, really stupid to me. I am good at improvising a solo on my sax, flute, and wind synthesizer, though. Getting good at the guitar -- at least good enough for a non-musician audience. 😄 Notes ♫ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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