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January 24, 2009 at 5:32 pm #91628CostchParticipant
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January 24, 2009 at 5:50 pm #91638CostchParticipantBump/Words too
January 24, 2009 at 6:00 pm #91642Quote:What are you? 21? Big fuck deal. Don’t act like you are superior to the oppressed youth of this country. Just because I have not lived for a certain number of years, my opinion and thoughts have no merit? What kind of shit is that?Hey Costch: I’m totally happy you’re part of the community here, and I’m also hoping you can help us to keep the conversation at “better than YouTube” quality.
Reading through this thread, I think there’s no reason to dismiss your thoughts on account of your age (whatever it may be) and I can see how that could piss you off. Personally, I don’t care how old you are, I’m glad you’re here.
To put it elsewise, I see dismissing somebody for his/her age to be roughly the same as dismissing somebody as being “emo” — neither has a place here — and I also think the forums read better if we remain somewhat mindful of the language we choose to use.
Thanks, -Scott
January 24, 2009 at 6:02 pm #91644electro-melxModeratorNote to everyone…Sarcasm, jokes and other comments can be very hard to interpret correctly online…it’s easy to take things the wrong way…please make use of the smilies to make you intentions clearer.
a wink or a smile can go a long way.
January 24, 2009 at 6:04 pm #91646btw, I’m not saying Sim Tut meant any harm either — we all know that forum posts (etc.) can sometimes be misinterpreted to have a vibe that wasn’t intended by the author.
I’m glad to know that this thread isn’t going to spiral down.
January 24, 2009 at 6:07 pm #91648BlueSteelParticipantQuote:Note to everyone…Sarcasm, jokes and other comments can be very hard to interpret correctly online…it’s easy to take things the wrong way…please make use of the smilies to make you intentions clearer.a wink or a smile can go a long way.
I hate when i’m talking to people online and im sarcastic and they start getting angry at me and then i have to explain that it was sarcasm.
Smilies are awsome
January 24, 2009 at 6:15 pm #91653BlueSteelParticipantQuote:Quote:I interpreted it as mockery (which I deserve) but if you insist that it is not, I’m sorry. How about you let hate out at any age? That means you can too.Quote:See, by apologizing you’re letting the love out. Haven’t you learned from this conversation? Ha. No sweat of course my man. Love and hate are for all of us, especially hate.hahahaha
January 24, 2009 at 6:16 pm #91654BlueSteelParticipantNoooo, i messed mine up too!
Edit: ok, now i fixed it.
sort of…
January 24, 2009 at 6:52 pm #91663JordanLikesToRockMemberQuote:You know, that was my first smiley on any post ever. No wonder I get misinterpreted so often. Probably why I got banned from disney.com. :poke:😆
That my friend was funny
January 24, 2009 at 8:50 pm #91675BlueSteelParticipantQuote:Quote:You know, that was my first smiley on any post ever. No wonder I get misinterpreted so often. Probably why I got banned from disney.com. :poke:😆
That my friend was funny
hahaha it was 😆
January 24, 2009 at 9:21 pm #91676julianModeratorOooh what’s that from. . . I’ve seen that recently. . .
January 24, 2009 at 9:23 pm #91677julianModeratorGoogle’d: The Office.
Was that from last week’s episode?
January 25, 2009 at 8:47 pm #91812Dr. MattModeratorSeeing as this is the forum for a pedal company which makes some pretty large units i’m sure there’ll be lots of people who beg to differ about “Pedalboards the size of a matress” not having mojo
I think the worst de-mojo’d guitar i’ve ever seen was a fender USA telecaster which had been modded with EMG pickups and long-shaft pots meant for les pauls so the knobs stuck out really far and looked ridiculous. The action was set so low there was no sustain and just no power to the tone and bending the strings caused them to fret out before you’d even bent the pitch half a step. And it had really light strings on. I can honestly say it was the worst sounding telecaster i’ve ever heard.
However, i disagree about fenders with humbuckers – It’s fine to have a humbucker if it’s not an aftermarket modification where once a single coil stood imo. My Cyclone has a humbucker in the bridge position, and sure it’s not the typical twangy, sparkly fender tone, but it still sounds like a fender somehow. Admittedly, the single coil neck pickup does sound heaps better.
I’ve never “de-mojo’d” any of my gear, although.. i do own a Line 6 variax, and i do admit that even though it’s cool… well, it never had any mojo in the first place (In response to line 6 being in the list). The tone is very bland compared to the real thing, or even a cheap, non-modelling alternative to the real thing.
January 25, 2009 at 9:07 pm #91817Ned FlandersModeratorI have a jaguar with humbuckers, i routed the body myself. It still sounds like a jaguar because 90% of a guitars character is the wood and body shape, not the electronics like falsely believed. It sounds sick now, jaguar with no hum and lots of guts and sustain.
I have a vintage 66 mustang that I put a humbucker in too, its a single coil size because I didn’t want to route a 42 year old guitar. And whadaya know? It still sounds like a mustang!
Both of these aren’t traditional but both sound far better than stock IMO and its MO that counts.Mojo never bothered me, I couldn’t care less about mojo!
January 25, 2009 at 10:03 pm #91826julianModeratorI saw on Ebay once a totally destroyed Gibson “Les Paul” SG. I believe it was a Right handed one but it was reversed and they actually routed for a new pickguard. But then someone else turned it back into a righty and filled in the old routing.
There was some other horrid stuff done to it, it just made me sad. That said, I’d still rock it. Even the most abused guitars need love.
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