Probably if we mentioned that the pickups purchased is WCR, Lollar, DeTemple, Bare Knuckles, there would be a different statement.
(Lollars I don't like and I have exchanged my Bare Knuckle Single Coils for Don Mares but have remained on Bare Knuckles for humbuckers. And I still don't like Fender Pickups even after all these years.)
Darating ang tamang panahon masasagot yang tanong na yan.
Ditto.
(Agree)
Yeah it's really ok, because there are affordable gear that sounds great, and can be equal to the boutique products that you are a strong advocate of. That is why we try to promote affordable gear. Kasi nga yan ang kayang bilhin namin.
(When I check my gear now or what remains to be kept, I hardly call it affordable with what I have. There maybe an overlap with some affordable and some boutique stuff, but the higher end boutique stuff have magic and character that the best affordable doesn't have. This is my opinion.)
Nakita mo na Alex? You are simply affirming what is everyone's view against you.
I don't think anyone did or does that here. Pag pangit ang gamit, you can be sure maraming nagsasabi na ganun. The thing is ikaw lang kasi ang laging may negative opinions about standard gear that people are much happy with. Masaya na sila sa ganun, respetuhin mo na lang. Sabihin na natin na you are an authority on gear and tone and most are not. Maooffend talaga sila sa opinions mo kasi nga you are trying to give them a hint na you are not respecting their choices. What happens is that you defend your side too much without giving credit to the other. Talagang on the bat, sinasabi mo na "I tried that gear pangit talaga". Pakunswelo di [grape] sana is "you can sell that gear for another alternative product na ganiyan din ang presiyo." Ang siste, you will say "my boutique gear has all the virtues I am looking for."
Sa tingin mo may matutuwa?
(Would you rather I lie and pretend to be cute with other people here? With all due respect and no offense, I think standards have to go up. Just because I criticize -- sometimes rather harshly at that -- it does not mean I do not have concern over what will benefit people in the long run. P.S. I have not criticized Mang Max's pickups yet but I will be clear that I will not spend and take a risk on them because of reasons cited previously.
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Agree, you are not yet giving an opinion about Mang Max's pickups yet pero inunahan mo agad na "what pickups have you owned in your lifetime" or something like that? Diba you are already being skeptical in a negative way? Kasi you also have to be aware how would people react. A person can be correct but he is still not in the right. If you addressed your skepticism in a more gentle way, magkakaroon ka pa ng credibility rito. But if you come as too strong and snobbish, wala. It's all about being a gentleman my friend.
Walang pinagkaiba yan sa skuwelahang pinasok ng bata. Porke ba graduate ng FEATI hindi na puwedeng makipagsabayan sa graduate ng HARVARD? Just because the FEATI graduate cannot afford to go to HARVARD e inferior student na siya? You are making them feel inferior kasi. At least you could have said something like "I like my products better but then again if your products makes you feel good about it then by all means you made the right choice."
(This is the exact thing I am avoiding. Feel good and sweep it under the rug. Walang nangyayaring improvement sa Feel Good -- in fact there is so much feel good and less objectivity with Filipino products thats we rarely acheive world class status with them -- kaya tayo tinatalo ng Chinese. Which would you rather have as a leader, the best of HARVARD or the best of FEATI?)
You still don't get it right? It's not feel good, it's RESPECT. R E S P E C T find out what it means to me. R E S P E C T, takin' care of T C B. To answer your question "which would you have as a leader, the best of Harvard or the best of FEATI?" - my answer is - the best man for the job. I don't care if he is a Feati or a Harvard graduate. Nasa tao yun wala sa iskuwela. You don't need just education to be a leader, you need character. To put it in a guitar context - naka Suhr na guitar ka with Kinmans on a reference audio 24karat gold cable to a Klon Centaur overdrive to another reference audio 24 karat gold cable to a Diezel amp or a Dumble amp. But if your guitar playing stinks, did you give justice to your gear? Likewise, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford back in the day just plugged their stock guitars on stock Fenders or Marshalls with probably simple fuzz pedals and wah and they made beautiful music for more than 30 years. They did give justice to their gear.
Hintayin na lang natin ang sagot mo pag nasubukan mo na, til then, wait and see na lang kami.
(Sumubok rin kayo ng Kinmans to check out something truly world class. Baka kaya naman ni Mang Max but since nobody will supply a sample I will just wait for it USED in the classifieds.)
