I do understand your point when you started this thread. The serious musician with the right purchase of gear is a definite must. Again as most would understand it's a case to case basis may it be because of funds, genre, application, and a whole lot of others.
Man, if there is one attitude I really hate, it's the people who blame the economic situation for their misgivings. Some say, piracy is ok because we cannot afford original CDs. Some say, it is ok to steal because they're poor. Some say, ok lang bumili ng nakaw na cellphone dahil mahirap ang buhay.
Look at our beloved percussionists. Not all bring their own cars. They have tons of stuff like congas, bongos, stands, and whatnot, but their economic situation does not devoid them from bringing their stuff to gigs, just to find out the PA lacks mics for the percs, thus they can be barely heard in the mix. Imagine their discipline when it comes to playing?
Here in the Philippines we only have limited dealers who would bring in the good stuff. Not all musicians here will be blessed to purchase gears abroad specially amplifiers. As you may see, there are serious musicians here that get his income by just gigging, most would apply to musicians who are in the variety genre. Their nightly gigging is not enough to fund their lust for a good tube amp. And you equate their purchase of boutique pedals as almost the same sum as the price of a tube amp. True when you add it up! But the circumstances when purchasing is different. The pedals may it be boutique or just the branded ones can be purchased individually. Ika nga kaya bilihin nang paisa-isa, kaya nang bulsa.
Dude, again, this contradicts your statement. BOUTIQUE PEDALS AREN'T READILY AVAILABLE HERE! So the mere fact that you have a couple of boutique pedals in your stash, means you went the extra mile to acquire them. But NOT coupling them with a tube amp
even for home use is ridiculous. And what do you mean isa-isa? I got my Bassman 135 for 10K, and I've seen boutique distortions go for as high as $250-300. So how can you say I cannot acquire a tube amp but I can acquire pedals one by one?
Chromeknive says you have a criteria when you brand people as "totoy". So lets say you were at a gig and you see a guitarist with a bunch of boutique pedals and a coffin sized pedalboard but back at home he has a tube amp. Is this guitarist for you "totoy" already? Oh yeah, Chromeknive quickly said that these people are not "totoy" kasi may tube amp. Willl that be the same statement from you? So how would you know if the guitarist has a tube amp at home?
Una, I am not branding anyone. I just said "FOR ME, it is so totoy to..." Haaay.
For me, pag wala kang matinong amp at gumastos ka sa boutique pedals, totoy ka.
Anyway this thread is going nowhere. Your thread went off with a good start, very informative. Sayang lang, it had a pushy statement that has an ounce of let down.
And at the start of the thread we though you just wanted to know "no more, no less"
As far as I know, it is only you and a couple of oversensitive folks who feel there is some let-down happening here.
