I guess we're rule breakers...

[brasco68]

I played a show over the weekend and some random guy came up to me and said "I noticed you are a lefty,What are you playing?" So, I showed him my JP, he just kinda looked at it for a brief second and he actually said "You know, they do make Les Paul's left handed." I just looked at him, laughed, and said "I'll have to look into that."

You know...it's pretty telling when a stranger walks up and doesn't even say "nice guitar"...he assumes that you can do better by getting something else....that's when you know they are pretty narrow and uninformed in their comments.

Even after hearing the JP, he would say something like that...

I think you handled it a lot better than I would Scott.

 

[paranoid70]

I was fortunate to attend NAMM this year. I must say that there are now a lot of good quality Guitar manufacturers. It seemed that clearly Fender, Gibson and Ibanez are the largest, but compared to the rest of the group, it sure appears that EBMM & PRS were gaining serious ground in terms of volume and selection... and surpassed quality.

BTW, when I have played out, people have never made comments at all about my guitar. It was mostly, dude why don't you play some Metallica....

 

[leftyguitarblue]

...when I have played out, people have never made comments at all about my guitar. It was mostly, dude why don't you play some Metallica....

we had just played Metallica in the previous set.

 

[BucketBot]

It's weird. People will come up to me after a show and the most common comment I get is "Whoa! That's awesome! Can I play it?"

 

[balance]

As guitarists, I think it is very easy for us to get wrapped-up in not only the gear selection, but what we're actually playing. 99% of the people you are playing for have no clue that you chose a Lydian Dominant Scale for your solo choice versus a Minor Pentatonic...nor do they care as long as it sounds good.

Same applies to gear, though I would bet that more people are aware of what a Strat or Les Paul is after playing a virtual rock star in video games.

In the end, what matters is playing what you enjoy with what makes you sound good.

 

[John C]

This is a very interesting thread. I suppose that at some point everyone who has an EBMM made a cognative decision that they were confident enough in what they wanted from an instrument that they were going to make their choices with their hands, their ears, and their other senses (how it "feels" ergonomically, etc.) instead of their eyes which might tell them to go with the old F & G standbys.

That's not to say that EBMMs aren't easy on the eyes; they are. But they aren't the old standbys and it does look different to have a Silo Special hanging on you instead of a Strat. But if you don't take that leap of faith that there is something different and maybe better out there then you never try anything different.

Kind of off topic, but this really is a good "age" to be living in with guitars; in terms of "turning your head" some of the small guys are doing set necks better than the big boys. BP mentioned his love of Collings acoustics, but Collings electrics are game changers for set necks (like EBMM for bolt-ons). And I also believe that Terry McInturff might have a time machine set for 1959 with his Carolina models.

 

[zombi]

This is a very interesting thread. I suppose that at some point everyone who has an EBMM made a cognative decision that they were confident enough in what they wanted from an instrument that they were going to make their choices with their hands, their ears, and their other senses (how it "feels" ergonomically, etc.) instead of their eyes which might tell them to go with the old F & G standbys.

That's not to say that EBMMs aren't easy on the eyes; they are. But they aren't the old standbys and it does look different to have a Silo Special hanging on you instead of a Strat. But if you don't take that leap of faith that there is something different and maybe better out there then you never try anything different.

Kind of off topic, but this really is a good "age" to be living in with guitars; in terms of "turning your head" some of the small guys are doing set necks better than the big boys. BP mentioned his love of Collings acoustics, but Collings electrics are game changers for set necks (like EBMM for bolt-ons). And I also believe that Terry McInturff might have a time machine set for 1959 with his Carolina models.

That about sums it up! I do admit that ebmm COMPLETELY changed my outlook on bolt ons...