Are we being fooled by Gear Demos?
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Re: Are we being fooled by Gear Demos?
In my opinion, gear demos videos have extremely limited usefulness. They give you a broad brush stroke idea of what something sounds like, but you really cannot properly judge something until you've heard it in real life, being played by your hands and (ideally) tried it with your gear.
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Re: Are we being fooled by Gear Demos?
I enjoy watching the demos but if I'm serious about buying something that I can't play locally before purchasing I'll try and find an iPhone recorded type demo. It doesn't sound as good generally good but I know the iPhone well enough for it to be a perfect common reference point for me to compare with. I can get a much better idea of what it sounds like with those demos than a Proguitarshop demo.
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Re: Are we being fooled by Gear Demos?
Andy's demos are great, but they are also kind of the worst. He is a monster player and gets a unique tone from not using a pick. Because of this, he makes most drives sound like Andy....HackSaw wrote:I pretty much only watch the proguitarshop demos, but only because I enjoy Andy's playing. Every now and then one of the demos will convince me to buy a pedal though, like the recent carcosa fuzz. Which by the way, is a fucking instant classic. Killer fuzz!
Pete Thorn is one of my favourites. Yes he is a monster, but I do feel like he lets the guitar/amp/pedal shine through.
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Re: Are we being fooled by Gear Demos?
Funny timing reading this post after coming from looking at Andy demoing /13 amps. Just some monstrously good fingerpicking action. Following this up by watching Pete Thorn Suhr demo. Spooky. Or not.MattAnt wrote:Andy's demos are great, but they are also kind of the worst. He is a monster player and gets a unique tone from not using a pick. Because of this, he makes most drives sound like Andy....HackSaw wrote:I pretty much only watch the proguitarshop demos, but only because I enjoy Andy's playing. Every now and then one of the demos will convince me to buy a pedal though, like the recent carcosa fuzz. Which by the way, is a fucking instant classic. Killer fuzz!
Pete Thorn is one of my favourites. Yes he is a monster, but I do feel like he lets the guitar/amp/pedal shine through.
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