nodehopper Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Those guys over on Acoustic Guitar forum tend to be a bunch of rich christian DADGAD playing guitar snobs. Basically if it isn't a $15K custom build they turn their arrogant noses up and tell someone who is posting about a new guitar acquisition that until they have also played a "REAL" guitar they are complete losers! A bunch of those guys over there are like if Rush Limbaugh played guitar and posted on guitar forums. Here is an example ...someone over there started a Gibson bashing thread and all the snobs are piling on! AGF Gibson Bashing Thread In case anyone wants to defend our Gibby Babies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 one of them did make a point in saying that they mature (age) well. Some where complete snobbs who dont know what they're talkin bout some where reasonable and gave a good reason for their dislike... on said he didnt like the slightly "woody" sound of some gibsons. I'm fine with that. Don't go bashing stuff that has been widely accepted to be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G McBride Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I was on there defending our Gibsons. I did go and listen to the links for music that some have posted and they are decent player. I guess some people can not accept diversity. There are going to be good and bad instruments made by all manufacturers. We will all prefer a different sound occasionally. Those who bash Gibson have just not had the chance to play my Songwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Yuppies!!! Can't live with them, & ya can't kill them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkharmony Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 It's pretty easy to just make blanket statements about Taylors and Martins without actually knowing anything. You're guaranteed to get a chorus of backslappers concurring. But the ****** that started the thread owned a Takamine, for Pete's sake. Who cares what idiots think? Not gonna change the sound of my guitar any. In fact, if fools like that with more money than sense want to artificially inflate the prices of Taylors and Martins (and I assume Breedloves and Larrivees), then PLEASE stay away from Gibsons. I can barely afford them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Lawton Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 "I guess some people can not accept diversity." Unfortunately this applies to issues far more important and crucial than the quality of guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geelinus Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I think you mean that they're like Keith Olbermann if he played guitar. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkharmony Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I think you mean that they're like Keith Olbermann if he played guitar. . . Why bring politics into it? Are you hoping someone will counter with Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity and then we can get a nice flamewar going? Think before you post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodehopper Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 I think you mean that they're like Keith Olbermann if he played guitar. . . LOL !!! Linus ..... Or really anyone who holds an personal opinion and thinks that those who do not agree are simply wrong or idiots! Perhaps - Glenn Beck if he played guitar. . .? :D/ I tried to get into that forum because JR ...the guy who started AFG ..I met him at Healdsberg Guitar Festival (He was a very cool guy to meet) and we both bough John How guitars that day. But the elitism ...blatant Christian bias.....cliquishness ....and snobbery just really turned me off. And to point out what great Mods we have here....over there if you make a comment the Mods over there disagree with personally....they will actually delete your ENTIRE thread with out even a PM with an explanation. Besides that I just thought everyone here would get a kick out of the narrow-mindedness going on over there about Gibsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodehopper Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Why bring politics into it? Are you hoping someone will counter with Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity and then we can get a nice flamewar going? Think before you post. OPPS ...I guess I took the bait ....I was only trying to point to people who hold an "OPINION" then denigrate those who disagree instead of allowing for respectful differences of opinion. Lets keep it at that please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I have many cheap guitars I love and many expensive guitars I love. Guess I wouldn't fit in over there. Anyone who hangs onto the Ford vs Chevy mentality has bigger and more deeply rooted ego and self esteem issues than the brand of car/guitar/camera/stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderful remark Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 IMO, no guitar companies built their guitars like gibson does.. There is just something about it... perhaps, gibson guitars sound very raw, untamed and unpretty(in a good way).... Taylor makes fine guitars, but all their guitars sound too pretty to me. people just don't know to appreciate a different kind of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwolf Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I don't know--I read the thread and didn't find it too offensive. At least a few posters had some justification for their opinions. I don't know about the tenor of the entire site. If they are single minded and don't allow much diversity of opinion, then that really narrows the appeal and inherent value of their own forum. And that's the real sad part. I don't feel compelled to defend Gibsons in any forum. I will correct obvious misinformation, but I don't think there's much value in trying to change opinions that may be based on personally subjective qualities or bias. Life's too short, and often those opionions may be based on extraneous variables and values that no one would have any possibility of changing, altering or modifying. It's like the old saying--"Never wrestle with a pig. You both end up muddy and the pig enjoys it." I think diversity is a good thing. I also recognize that there are a lot of less secure folks that are threatened by diversity and need to be a part of a bigger group to validate their own narrow views. Too bad those issues distract from discussions of music and guitars. Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Lawton Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 dwolf I like your 'wrestle with the pig' saying. The one I know goes something like, "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It can't be done and it only angers the pig." Something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Rondack Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Those guys over on Acoustic Guitar forum tend to be a bunch of rich christian DADGAD playing guitar snobs. Basically if it isn't a $15K custom build they turn their arrogant noses up and tell someone who is posting about a new guitar acquisition that until they have also played a "REAL" guitar they are complete losers! A bunch of those guys over there are like if Rush Limbaugh played guitar and posted on guitar forums. Here is an example ...someone over there started a Gibson bashing thread and all the snobs are piling on! AGF Gibson Bashing Thread In case anyone wants to defend our Gibby Babies! Not really trying to stoke the fire, but I find it interesting that nobody objected to the original poster's usage of "christian" as a negative term... shouldn't it work both ways? I'm a Christian and I can easily get past the name-calling, but it does trouble me a bit... Why not let's all move on and rest in the secret knowledge that our Gibsons are just fine with us regardless of what "they" say? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I'm a Christian and I can easily get past the name-calling' date=' but it does trouble me a bit...[/quote'] same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 My god..that forum is sooooo low tech! God who made that forum a 12 yr old? What's with all the anti-gibson guys there to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Even the website is anti gibson... I go on there and I get this Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Keith Olbermann would definitely be a Gibson man :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Keith Olbermann would definitely be a Gibson man :-) Seems more of a Rainsong guy to me?? :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 I couldn't really give a monkey's what they think. This is the only guitar forum I subscribe to and whose opinions I value. Modfather, are we allowed to say "wankers" on this site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 This is the only guitar forum I subscribe to and whose opinions I value. +1 I have an account on MLP but well...... it sucks over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwolf Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 The Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum is worth a look for anyone that hasn't seen it. They do a very nice job, discussions are respectful and there's a wealth of knowledge. I bounce back and forth between the two forums and find them to be quite complementary to one another. Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodehopper Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Not really trying to stoke the fire' date=' but I find it interesting that nobody objected to the original poster's usage of "christian" as a negative term... shouldn't it work both ways? I'm a Christian and I can easily get past the name-calling, but it does trouble me a bit... Why not let's all move on and rest in the secret knowledge that our Gibsons are just fine with us regardless of what "they" say? Cheers![/quote'] Eddie and DAS44 - just to clarify so I don't offend my friends here on the Gibby Forum. 1) even though they state in their Forum rules no religious posts ......it is still very pervasive and overlooked by the mods because there is an unwritten Christian bias. 2) the real eye opener for me over there was a thread that asked the question "What custom builder would you like to commission a guitar from?" and one reply was from a user who simply oozes that he is very Christian ...even his user name is something like "Worship Guitar" and he has a Psalm as his tag line. He replied that he would choose a specific builder who posts there and his reasoning was because the builder seemed to be such a good Christian. This builders guitar base price is close to $7K so I replied that I felt if Jesus was going to pick a guitar to sing praise that, with starving and sick children still in the world, he would never spend $7,000 to $10,000 on a guitar. He would probably buy a $500 Seagull and spend the rest on humanitarianism. My post was, with in 10 minutes, deleted by a Mod (who is also very openly Christian) with out even a PM to me explaining why. So if there was a bit if an edge to my initial post....I wanted to explain so we understand why. I hope you understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 it's nothing against you .... some people just connect christian ----> snob and that is sooooooo wrong a lot of the time I'm not saying you do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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