danktat
Award winning tattoo artist ... Amateur guitarist
Just something I have never quite gotten with people who can't seem to NOT mod their instruments is , why not just buy the instrument that sounds like you want it to from the beginning?
I always hear stuff like, "yeah, I spent a couple of grand on this guitar, and I love it, BUT, if I just swap out these pups I can make it sound more like a strat". Or, "Yeah man, this guitar is sick, but what can I put in here that will make it sound more like Gibson PAF". Or, "If I just take this Archon and swap these tubes into it, it'll sound just like a Mesa".
For, me, part of what I like about an instrument is the combination of things the manufacturer did to make it the instrument it is. I, for example, don't want my PRS to sound like a Gibson. I wouldn't want my Strat to sound like a PRS. If I bought I Hot Rod DeVille, I don't want it to sound like a Marshall. I bought the instruments that fit my tastes in both sound and look and playability.
Now, granted, not only musicians do this. Everyone I know who has a Harley is on a non stop rampage to change things on it to "Make it their own". All of my tattoo artist friends and colleagues are on a never ending quest to tweak their machines to make them run more like ANOTHER MACHINE! You have no idea how many of them say "I have this rotary running JUST LIKE A COIL machine". To which I always say, "If you wanted it to run like a coil, why did you buy a rotary"?
Granted, I know it can be fun to play around and see what you can get from some swaps. Also, I know it is possible to buy a not very expensive guitar, and improve on some of the elements that make it "cheaper" so that it sounds, plays and feels like a more expensively produced instrument. I also realize that, often, sheer boredom with the same old same old can set in and make people just decide to look for change. BUT, if I am going to invest a good amount of money in an instrument, I try to spend that money on the instrument that works best for me.
Just a thought/rant. I am pretty sure I am in the minority on this one though.
I always hear stuff like, "yeah, I spent a couple of grand on this guitar, and I love it, BUT, if I just swap out these pups I can make it sound more like a strat". Or, "Yeah man, this guitar is sick, but what can I put in here that will make it sound more like Gibson PAF". Or, "If I just take this Archon and swap these tubes into it, it'll sound just like a Mesa".
For, me, part of what I like about an instrument is the combination of things the manufacturer did to make it the instrument it is. I, for example, don't want my PRS to sound like a Gibson. I wouldn't want my Strat to sound like a PRS. If I bought I Hot Rod DeVille, I don't want it to sound like a Marshall. I bought the instruments that fit my tastes in both sound and look and playability.
Now, granted, not only musicians do this. Everyone I know who has a Harley is on a non stop rampage to change things on it to "Make it their own". All of my tattoo artist friends and colleagues are on a never ending quest to tweak their machines to make them run more like ANOTHER MACHINE! You have no idea how many of them say "I have this rotary running JUST LIKE A COIL machine". To which I always say, "If you wanted it to run like a coil, why did you buy a rotary"?
Granted, I know it can be fun to play around and see what you can get from some swaps. Also, I know it is possible to buy a not very expensive guitar, and improve on some of the elements that make it "cheaper" so that it sounds, plays and feels like a more expensively produced instrument. I also realize that, often, sheer boredom with the same old same old can set in and make people just decide to look for change. BUT, if I am going to invest a good amount of money in an instrument, I try to spend that money on the instrument that works best for me.
Just a thought/rant. I am pretty sure I am in the minority on this one though.