sleepkid wrote: (oh, and fooled me? who says I was talking to you? I didn't say bent_christian... I said "people who are taking offense" - obviously I meant the guy who tried to sell me that hideous guitar. He must have been offended, otherwise why would he try and unload something like that on me. . . . . . . )

sleepkid wrote:My favourites are the ones with photo posts though. Displaying the gear like it's a prize girl. They kind of remind me of cheescake photos. The owner of said equipment does not display his face with his prize treasure, it sits alone, an acquisition, to be lusted over by others who might covet his rare original '59 goldtop Les Paul which was signed by both Slash and Englebert Humperdink. Or his HiWatt head which he's driven to produce not 50, not 100, but 400 watts of ridiculous power. It's so loud he can't even play it. It would take your head off way out there in South Dakota, or wherever you might be with your puny Crate practice amp.

Maybe I'm being a little harsh, but if I can't play it or hear it, then I'm just supposed to admire it's beauty - and looking at pics of guitars is a little too fetishist for me. (seen one SG, you've pretty much seen them all) You won't hear me argue against good equipment, because I've met thousands of guitarist (and bass players, and drummers, and sax players) who had chops, but didn't know crap about tone. But also the gear doesn't make the musician.