For me, the most tiresome part of our endless search for a new lead guitarist is having to listen to all of the guys in the band geek out about guitar amps and guitars…over and over and over. After every audition, they all stand around and talk about their musical equipment for hours.
You’d think that since my husband is a drummer, he wouldn’t be a part of such a conversation. However, he’s also a recording engineer, so he’s made a special point of learning everything there is to know about guitars and basses, their amps, strings, pickups, etc., ad nauseum. That means he, too, can say things like, "Oh yes, I had a couple of Mesa Boogies, but I preferred the tone of the Marshall, so I sold them."
My eyes started glazing over just trying to think of that example sentence.
I own music gear myself, but nobody wants to hear about my AKG microphone, my Crown power amps and my JBL PA speakers. I am fully aware of this, which is why this is the first time I’ve ever brought them up by brand name.
Do people in other professions talk endlessly about their equipment? I can’t imagine farmers getting together to debate the merits of Pequea Fluffer Tedders. (Yes, that’s a real piece of farm equipment. I did a Google search.)
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