I was a longtime regular poster at a guitar forum which will go unnamed, up until about December this last year. A combination of personal reasons and a change in forum character from wild-west opinionating to "politics and religion will get you banned, so will questioning moderators (even in private! Ask me how I know!)"
I regard this forum as my "home" forum. I also read and post at TTA, The Jazz Guitar Forum, Guitar Forums (though I'm getting tired of that place, there's some cockknockers who spew their faith but get butthurt when answered in kind), and SoberRecovery.com.
The unnamed guitar forum mentioned above is like that. Too often those opinionated folks are guys who took up guitar again at 57 after a 30-year layoff, but because they own expensive kit, think themselves qualified to shit on anyone whose gear was bought on the cheap, 'though they've been playing all this time. You can't buy experience, and your gear is nice, but ony as good as you are, y'know? The best telescope in the world discovers nothing when pointed at a mountain, and the best guitar/amp/etc makes nothing remotely musical when you're still learning "Baa Baa Black Sheep." Pickguard on or off?, Do You Like This Finish? and so on are grist for that particular mill. Yeah, I know where you're coming from.
I regard this forum as my "home" forum. I also read and post at TTA, The Jazz Guitar Forum, Guitar Forums (though I'm getting tired of that place, there's some cockknockers who spew their faith but get butthurt when answered in kind), and SoberRecovery.com.
(July 22, 2016 at 5:45 am)Alex K Wrote: I considered frequenting foto and astronomy forums, but many of them are so dominated by people with strong opinions and big mouths. It's always, Ok I consider getting a 9 inch telescope, what do you guys think. And then a bunch of people start lecturing how nothing short of a space telescope can beat their magical 2 inch APO refractor which even shows crisp images if you have the lens cap on, while all schmidt cassegrains have no contrast. Same with many fotography forums.
The unnamed guitar forum mentioned above is like that. Too often those opinionated folks are guys who took up guitar again at 57 after a 30-year layoff, but because they own expensive kit, think themselves qualified to shit on anyone whose gear was bought on the cheap, 'though they've been playing all this time. You can't buy experience, and your gear is nice, but ony as good as you are, y'know? The best telescope in the world discovers nothing when pointed at a mountain, and the best guitar/amp/etc makes nothing remotely musical when you're still learning "Baa Baa Black Sheep." Pickguard on or off?, Do You Like This Finish? and so on are grist for that particular mill. Yeah, I know where you're coming from.
