Gear Doesn't Matter.........?
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Does gear really matter?
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The photo of 15 year old Fluff is priceless.
Straight Outta Dawson's Creek
He likes like one of my old buddies...PooPoo MaGoo! Exactly like him....We went to prom together tripping on Acid with some Goldschlager, zima Wine Coolers, Mad Dog 2020 and some beer Icehouse I think! And of course some Ganja! But my point is he looked so much like PooPoo it wasn't even funny! Cept PooPoo couldn't play and just really wanted to play and be a rockstar like me and Nick. So bought DJ crap! Just like everyone else!
Muff
I agree, but man when you’re in the dumps of artistic depression, a fancy new piece of gear can really inspire you to get back into it!
sometimes the feel of the *right* thing new to you can inspire - dig out the stuff on the bottom of your pile, if you have one, and rediscover why you loved them in the first place. That happens to people all the time when they go "well I really should pass on some of the stuff I haven't played in months" and then suddenly they don't have anything for sale because they started playing their old stuff again - sometimes people sell their *newer* gear off because they fall back in love with their old stuff and the new items then become unplayed :-)
@@russellzauner
It also doesn't have to be new or old gear that inspires you. Most of the time it is just the fact that you're not hearing the same sounds. Maybe just going and listening to something else can greatly inspire you.
You ain’t wrong! 😀
Maybe for commoners. Learning a different instrument or playing different genres of music help you out of ruts and help you grow.
"If a Line 6 Spider is all you have, then play what you have." - Glenn Fricker... Yes, THAT Glenn Fricker.
Not enough caps lock 😁
And Glenn would be proud
Just open insane preset!!!
If your songs are good and your performance is tight no one gives a shit apart from guitarists in the audience standing at the back with their arms folded.
This has a certain appeal for me, :). But then I am mostly telling myself this on my own channel all the time, self-therapy. So thanks for stepping in and handling this "session" for me Fluff. I feel (a little) better already.
Your channel is healing for a lot of us because you talk about this kind of stuff all the time. The perspective reset.
I saw the title and immediately though of 5 watt world.
@@Dirge4july same! 🍻
I immediately thought of you when he was making his closing points - Practice > Gear It is something I wish I had figured out when I was younger and making tons of money. Blew A LOT of it on gear which I later had to sell. Starting over again with much lower end stuff and not a lot of cover for how sloppy I actually played forced me to clean up my approach.
Just remember, you can quit whenever you want to
my uncle is a carpenter and he always said "a bad worker always blaimes the tools ... a good worker works with anything he have "
Lesson for the kids... Be happy with what you have because other people have less than you do or they cannot afford what you are currently taking for granted.
It's ok to be unhappy, if it makes you work towards the things you want in life. Don't just be happy, because others have it worse. Try improving your situation. And if you are happy, try making other people happy, especially those that are less fortunate.
so true 👍
Amen
I totally agree sir
@@Pfaeff I think he was meaning dont take your situation for granted and be grateful for what you have.
“Calm waters never made a skilled sailor”
Today I learned Fluff keeps a Go Pro running in his storage locker 24/7.
that storage locker is heaven for any guitarist
The wife making him pay a fee insteada keepin at the house is not tho😅
Yaaasss!!
@@infinidominion that's how she'll get him to buy a bigger house. ;)
next time on Storage Wars...
@@infinidominion That's how you don't end up single :)
99 percent of us have everything we need to create great music. every limitation is an opportunity for creativity
Well said
I doubt it's anything close to 99%. The strat this guy started with would have been a massive step up from the pawn shop Peavey I started with. I'm not convinced anybody could have made that thing sound good.
Completely agree with that. Not gear-wise limitation but if it weren’t for Tony Iommi’s fingers and down tuning to play the guitar we wouldn’t have doom metal sooner or even at all
When I was a starting I bought a cheap squire strat. After awhile I wanted fancy and better cause I thought I would play and sound better. My dad told me, "Clapton could make that cheap guitar sound amazing." I still have that guitar, 20 years later.
I think I saw a video once of Satriani with a cheap guitar and it sounded great of course lol dad is wise
Fluff: “Gear doesn’t matter.”
Also Fluff: “Buy gear with my links.”
Lol. Just kidding. I love your videos, perspective, and experience. Thank you!
I found that amusing..lol
I like that you keep your guitars in your murder room.
dude. I respect that you're open about being homeless. I was homeless and had a drug habit the size of a small country. A lot of people forget where they come from, and pretend it never happened. Props my dude.
“You just need to practice more.”
And there it is.
EVH is another good example. He made those Franken-Strats to work good enough for him and I think it turned out pretty good. 😉
PAF > Dimed Marshall or practiced unplugged. You play dynamically or sound like crap.
And tons and tons of band practice. Those were your only options in the 70’s-80’s. Do the same.
Guitar>TubeHead>Cab + skills + mates = endless fun
KISS theory.
You also weren't FLOODED with gear pictures/videos and gear ads from social media back when you were playing that strat. You were just jammin' with your boys. Everyone is now inundated with everything on RUclips and Instagram. This was needed.
that's why personal responsibility, accountability and agency are important. we're inundated with consumerism constantly, girls and women especially. In the US, 80% of consumer spending is controlled by women, the shows, media, advertisers, and entire industries, etc. all know this, and target girls and women.
Oh really? Ever been to a guitar store? Or read a guitar magazine? If you were even vaguely into guitar back in the 90s that was what you did, and guess what.... ads EVERYWHERE - and usually ones that couldn’t even show you how the gear sounded in any meaningful way.
Gear lust has been around since the 60s, and people have always wanted easy ways to sound “better” because that’s how humans are.
@@adamsteelproducer I think it is different now a days when kids follow people on social media, respect the individuals and look up to them, and those individuals are marketing products while being in rooms that are surrounded with high dollar gear. I will agree that people have been chasing for decades though.
Yes to this. I've been gigging for decades. 90% of the gigs I could have shown up to with a tube amp and a decent guitar and been just fine.
Gear matters when it allows or doesn’t allow you the creative freedom of playing the thing. Huge thumbs up on the
Strung Out sticker!
This is one of your best videos. This should be shown to every musician starting out.
1:15 Your hair made you look like a backing guitarist for Hanson
I was thinking ball boy in tennis or football in the 70's
1000% support this video message. If you wanna get better and make it known...work your ass off! Thank you Fluff.
Love the vlog style videos! I appreciate the effort you put into the storage space scene.
100% agree. Back when I was touring and poor I made do with cheap gear and wished I had quality stuff. Now I am old and record in my little studio and don't play out, I can afford all the new shiny I want but basically choose not to. Ironic isn't it.
Such a great perspective! Proud to see the growth you’ve had
You gotta have the struggle. And you’re a prime example of someone that worked their butt off and is reaping the benefits. But without that struggle I don’t think you’d be as successful as you are today. I think is deeper than gear man because most people only look at the short term comfort over the long term rewards. Awesome video man!
GREAT video and VERY IMPORTANT topic, nowdays music/audio marketing is savage 'cause all the tools we can get and the easy way to get them, it's very important to think about what tools fit for our own purpose instead got for the new stuff just because it's new and bunch of people made a video about it (sometimes that helps btw). Love this kind of videos, keep crushing it man, cheers from Venezuela.
This! This is legit. I remember back when I was a teenager and I had Samick Silvertone Strat copy and a Crate SS amp, I never cared about gear, I just played! My first band, we all had crappy equipment but we loved making MUSIC!! Now, 20 years later, I’ve kind of come back to that point. I have a simple amp, a couple guitars, and I just PLAY. This video is spot on!!! Cheers!
"Great tools don't make you a great carpenter", wise words indeed.
This is a really good way of illustrating a point, Fluff. Well done, man.
For decades, Jack White put out amazing music on a rig that probably cost $500.
Wow, I've never seen "Jack White" and "amazing music" in the same sentence before. Unless the sentence is "Jack White never has and never will make amazing music".
@@Sandman60077 You must be that guy that no one likes.
@@yungstaben7675 he’s definitely jealous cuz he probably spent thousands of dollars to sound like ass 😂
@@Sandman60077 You crack me up. Very Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@Sandman60077 Dont worry about the Haters, fuck Jack White
I don't need another guitar etc, I need to make more music
Rinse
Repeat.
5:08 *”great tools won’t make you a great carpenter”*. So true!! Unless you are a doctor or lawyer 🤣. There is having quantity and there is having quality. Ryan?! You have both my good man!!
this is gold. thank you for sharing and reminding us man 🤟🏼
One of your best Fluff. Parkway have always sounded phenomenal. Love your work.
This was a wonderful video Fluff. Thank you man. Seriously.
Pretty inspirational. Thanks, Fluff
This is the equivalent of a rich guy saying money doesn't matter. It's laughable
Been really enjoying your videos as of late Fluff. You add wisdom and experience not a lot of others see or realize. Best thing that could happen to me was growing up poor, made me realize if you're smart enough you can make any thing work with research and trial and error. Now I have enough gear to open up a small shop. Keep up the great work!
This is a great video Fluff. Thanks for making it.
As someone who does music full time and has done the gear grind for years...
Use what inspires you to play
Buy the best you can afford at the time
Get the right tool for the job and learn how to use it
Great job Fluff, this should help alot of people get what they need.
YES. THIS
The thing with gear is that it has never been this easy to find and acquire gear. I wouldn't have half myself without reverb and affirm. I would had never found my bass without the resources we have now.
Amen to that Reverb and affirm is a godsend. The minute petrucci decides to sell his old gear on reverb is the day I go bankrupt
Great video! You almost sound like a counselor from a GAS Rehab... you did a great job identifying what’s actually important for gear.
This video is amazing Fluff!
Very, VERY well said!
Thank you for sharing your experience of being broke and homeless; it gives me hope for better days one day...
This feels like throwback RBG vlog content. Love it!
This was really cool! Maybe you should do more of this stuff. Stay safe 💪
I can agree with all of what you said and also relate to your struggles to get to where you are now.
Thank you for the motivation man, cheers 🍻
Shiny new Gear is sometimes really helpful, rarely essential... But always fun.
Hear hear, Fluff!
Before I could afford any pro gear, I had the first guitar I could find nearest the amount that wouldn’t leave me without gas money, the amp that could stand a gig and leave me money for lunch in college, and cables good enough not to go out mid-gig.
Also, string would last months!
Get a Line 6 wire-less system
GAS money? Thats how new gear ends up in my man cave...
Strings do last months, if you take care of them that is.
@@jacketyt6992 They can if you don't work the instrument that often, brightness disappears nonetheless. But, if you are playing 6+ gigs a week, plus practice, every week and a half is the norm. For my flamenco and classical guitars, I go through a case every 4 months :(
I started using Paradigms on the electrics and they do last longer.
I love this video, I have never been able to afford big awesome gear. This gives me hope, honestly.
Great video Fluff!
This video is a godsend! Thank you fluff for speaking the truth. I tell this all the time to new musicians or friends of mine that wanna step into some what of a musical space. It’s not about the gear you have it’s what you learn about and can do with the gear you have! 9 times out of 10 it’s something you want not something you need! I learned that by going on a plugin binge only to find out that the list of plugins I actually really needed was far less than I initially thought.
Loved the message!
Well said, Fluff! I think we all need to hear this, not just in guitar, but in a lot of aspects of life!
Lol great vid IMO but it is hilarious you give a sweetwater plug at the end 🤣🤣🤣
Agree with everything said here. Well put, wish even I head some of this when I was younger. Better late then never!
This is... One of the best videos you've done. I'm not always a fan of every video because there's a lot of stuff that's way more than I'll spend on gear or nothing that I'm interested in, I'm a fan of your faq videos or gear in the affordable range.... but this one wins man. I will never judge or shame people that want 20 amps and dozens of guitars, if they love it them I'm happy for them and that's awesome you've worked hard and gotten what you want. What I can't handle is people that buy 3k dollar guitars and boutique amps that think it'll make them better or get them attention. Spend that money on lessons and make the most out of the gear you have, then show us all how you can tear shit up on a 500 dollar guitar and an hx stomp!
Great video, Fluff. I love your content. Very educational and you explain things so well. I'm glad you made it clear that you didn't always have the gear you had, but worked for it. People choose to see what they want to see sometimes. It's very inspirational that you were once even homeless and you've made this progress and name for yourself. Maybe you could even do a separate video about that if you wouldn't mind since it can serve as great inspiration.. Props to you, man. Keep posting the great videos. My background is in music and audio as I attended a school for music in Boston, however I am a future audiologist. If you are ever in the Philly area and would like a routine hearing health checkup, lemme know! Cheers, my friend! : )
That was awesome 😀 so much truth in your words!
I've known for a while that practice and learning songs is what I need to work on, but when the G.A.S. is real and one has the means, buying new shiny gear is hard not to do... Kinda caught in a loop. Gotta break the cycle.
The story of your first guitar told a story of love for music. Thank you for that :)
Holy crap did I seriously need to hear this right now. Thank you Fluff.🤘
Very well put!!
You've just done one of the most interesting and honest guitar related video I've ever seen
Beautiful video man! I love your style. I also love your studio, I want a studio like yours if I become famous with my youtube videos!
Great video, true happiness come from inside, not from always chasing the next best thing
This video is so spot on.
That word at the end nailed it, practice more! Nice storage locker of gear! Like, wow!
No matter what effect I use I end up play the same things. For me. I’m a student of the guitar. Pedals are to emphasize. Tone is in your hands. Great Chanel.
I love you Fluff!
I have been playing guitar for quite some time now. I never been in a band or anything, I just play at home, jam with friends etc. It really hit me when you said that before, you were not able to buy the things you have right now. I have been playing my very first guitar ever since, changed pickups, bridge, tuners etc because it got so rusty after years. This year I was able to buy my first "pro gear / guitar" and it made me so happy.
This is the problem with music these days we have lost passion due to being inundated with so much gear that we don't just sit down and write a kickass record we write something lame and expect the gear to make it up to be incredible
Thanks for this very honest video
Very well said. Totally agree!
Nice video! Would love to see a storage unit tour.
Very insightful and delightful
Great vid and advice. 🤙
Talk about making people do some self reflection man you hit the nail on the head!
I want to add that I recently picked up an PRS Paul’s Guitar SE and it’s the first PRS I have ever owned much less played and I will say I played differently from what I would normally play I dunno maybe it’s just me but I can say that for sure that has never happened to me any way great video 👍
Great video!! In a world where everyone strives for perfection the purity and charm is often found in the imperfections. It also applies to gear.
Loved the video! Represents something I always had in mind: best gear is the one you have =]
I have that same Strat.... I got it as a college graduation present in '96. I played it forever and still have it too.
My first guitar was a Squier Strat. The frets were sharp, the neck was rough, and the bridge saddle screws were too long the string action was unadjustable. It wasn’t until I got an Epiphone SG that I understood the joy of playing when your gear doesn’t suck.
1. Creativity you have
2. Work & heart you put in
3. Gear you use
That is how I see it.
These aren't entirely separate things, though. Gear can make your work easier, so you can achieve more by putting in the same amount of time. Gear can also enable and enhance creativity.
@@Pfaeff That one way of looking at it. I sometimes think that the more awkward and limited your gear is can sometimes push your creativity. Having to many options can lead to creative paralysis.
@@TheInternetIsDeadToMe I agree with both of you. I think the best thing about limitations is exploring them AFTER you’ve had experience with a lot of gear.
I love this episode. I'm 52 yrs old I have played through many different configurations of amps and pedals, eventually going all rack with a Peavey Rockmaster pre amp and a Boogie 50/50 power amp with a variation of effects and gates. But that was years after playing through gear that I could afford and still had a great sound. It's a maturing experience.
Thank you so much for putting this out! I myself have struggled for years with gear, tome chasing and option paralyses. Two years ago I sold over half my gear and started with workhorse tools to focus and live in. I also realized that I need to practice and dive more into how to play. Thanks to Five Watt World, I have completely changed my view on gear and the need to acquire. While I have worked also to attain nice gear strictly in a minimalist sense when I off sold my gear, I enjoy playing on cheap instruments that force me to play better, such as my daughters Glarry Start that really only needed minor tweaking to be a workhorse. I wish I had heard this also a couple years back, but glad to see it and relearn it again!
I love this video. Well done, well said.
Love this. Wish I heard this kind of advice years ago. Especially before selling my Line6 Floor Pod so I could buy a small GX. I made so much progress with the floor pod and was inspired to play every day - the small pocket GX had the opposite effect.
Fluff me boi. You're looking good. Keep doing what you're doing.
All so true, great advice for anyone 👍
Yo man, it's pretty dope that you're in a spot in your life where you can afford/acquire higher quality gear. I respect your hustle and know it's taken years of hard work to get to where you are now.
Practice, skill, and putting in the work to become a better player is more important to me. I have some nice guitars, but I'm still grinding out stuff on a first gen Marshall DSL 100 and first gen EVH 5150 III. They sound great for being cheaper amps, but with a good overdrive and eq in the loop, they slay.
Man you inspire me, along with other folks who owns top tier gear. I started off with a local brand electric guitar pack here in the Philippines, i remember seeing old(or mid aged) people posting their stuff, envy and desire were in my bones. Fast forward today, i have decent MIJ guitars, 5150, friedman smallbox 50(diy clone), etc. and realize that gear really matters because it lights that fuel inside of you to play more and more. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk
P.S. I still want more and i aint stopping anytime soon.
Thanks, Ryan. This was a great video!. When i was young jamming with high school friends, the big thing that sucked was jamming with guitarists with underpowered amps. This is where my gear acquisition syndrome started lol. I think it might be fair to note that when looking to buy new gear when the time comes is to buy it and buy it once. I made a shot PA system work with a DOD grunge for a long time before I got my High school job and got my JSX. Everyone were buying line 6 in my town , MG's, Tone Blasters...that kinda stuff and got pressured a lot to do that same because my skill level just did't add up to the gear I was using. It was actually my music teacher that told me to avoid the quick solutions and to save and buy a tube amp. I slaved every day in a machine shop and farmed on weekends to buy this thing and I still have it to this day. I retired the amp and own the physical version of your plugin. My High School rig was a TS-7, NS-2, JSX and an MG cab and my tone was pimpin and loud AF!. I agree that gear don't matter tooooo much but I do feel tone can be inspiring. This was a dope video and I also appreciate you sharing some personal information as well. Take care
Every syllable of this was accurate. Thank you. While I do relate to a lot of what you said here, I don’t rent storage room to keep the things I’m not currently using!! Ha ha!! Keep doing what you do. It’s phenomenal and people benefit from your experience.
So true! I argue with my rythem player on gear. He wants the newest most expensive gear, but you can't buy talent.
You can buy talent, it’s called fiverr
@@PooNinja or the entire music industry
Love, love, love this
Excellent video my dude
Gear do matter, but talent and skills matter more. Love your stuff! ❤️🤘🏻
This is one of your best videos ever. :)
this applies to everything in life...except toilet paper. never compromise with that.
Facts!
Truth!!!