Older is always better with guitarist.....
62 strat through a 64 super reverb, with a late 60’s fuzz will ‘always’ sound better than playing a new American Standard through a modern Super Reverb and using one of countless booteek fuzz pedals on the market......
Likewise, new digital technology is ‘further’ away from the “classic” gear so it “must” be inferior.
Certain guitar players logic right there..... not all of them, but honestly I don’t think there is any type of musician as into thinking the peak of the technology was the late 50’s/early 60’s as guitar players.
The gear we lust over, the musicians we idolize, when the “classic” albums came out.... some guys just haven’t changed or tried new things, new gear, listen to new artist etc. more power to them, but doesn’t mean they are right, nor does it mean anyone else is wrong.
but most recently was Jim Root of Slipknot
I'm totally guilty of this. Most of my guitars are 50+ years old, and I have tons of old tube amps and effects. The irony is that I'm better able to get the sounds I loved from old records with my Axe-FX III than I can with my vintage equipment.
Where did Jim Root state this? Curious, thanks.
Older is always better with guitarist.....
62 strat through a 64 super reverb, with a late 60’s fuzz will ‘always’ sound better than playing a new American Standard through a modern Super Reverb and using one of countless booteek fuzz pedals on the market......
Likewise, new digital technology is ‘further’ away from the “classic” gear so it “must” be inferior.
Certain guitar players logic right there..... not all of them, but honestly I don’t think there is any type of musician as into thinking the peak of the technology was the late 50’s/early 60’s as guitar players.
The gear we lust over, the musicians we idolize, when the “classic” albums came out.... some guys just haven’t changed or tried new things, new gear, listen to new artist etc. more power to them, but doesn’t mean they are right, nor does it mean anyone else is wrong.
Tom Abraham said the exact same thing on Tone Talk a while back, starting about 1:38:58...
Different people, different experiences.
Just look at the relic market....
Heck, when I build my own I will “age” some stuff, use a tinted lacquer so it looks like 40 years of yellowing from smoke filled bars, even though the guitar is 6 months old and never had been in a bar one time lol
This made me chuckle a bit. There is a guitar store by me. And they have a fair amount of "relic's", "limited run" "59 profiled neck" "58 profiled neck" "60-62 profiled necks". Aged tuners, aged bridges and so on. And for the privilege of what I consider "window dressing" you get to pay allot more. Some of the aged Strat's, have seen prices like 3500-4000 (on the cheap side) then you go into 5000-8000 range. Of coarse there are other brands that do the same.
I'm not knocking the store, really a nice place! But I do refer to it as "The guitar store for doctors and lawyers"
Hell they seem to move the inventory so there doing something right.
What it comes down for me. Feel of coarse, but how does it sound?? But in the case of these high end relics, don't think it really matters. I suspect they just end up hanging of the wall to be admired like a painting. (a piece of art)
In some cases I agree it’s purely for looks, but, it can affect how it feels and plays too. A neck with the finish rubs off, the fretboard edges rounded etc does feel different than a sharp edged, thick sticky poly neck after all....
Likewise, you really don’t have to worry about dings, buckle rash etc, like you would on a new showroom beauty where you don’t want that first blemish.....
I know I sure don’t want the stress of building one where the slightest screwdriver slip ruins a month of painting.... I’d rather say those flaws were done on purpose and call it a relic lol
True, we are truly the most staunchly conservative lot on the planet.