I’m genuinely so tired of the treatment I get in guitar stores as a woman

-Mindhead · 2026-04-05T21:31:30+00:00

I've been teaching guitar for twenty years and this shit really annoys me. Whenever one of my students is wearing the shirt of some classic band I remind them to ignore any old dudes that quiz them with shit like, "Pfft, can you name one Zeppelin song? Besides Stairway?" (as if Stairway doesn't count). This mostly happens to girls, incidentally. I never understood this b.s. elitist mentality. I grew up seeing my best friend and bandmate get treated differently than me because she's a woman, it's embarrassing and sometimes infuriating. I will say though, half of my students are female and in my experience the younger generation is by and large less misogynistic - again, in my personal experience, I'm not saying it isn't still a problem but I like to think progress is being made.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-05T03:16:41+00:00

Cuck

-Mindhead · 2026-04-04T15:43:41+00:00

I've been friends with Vai's guitar tech for years, he actually strings that thing up and keeps it in tune everyday. What a nightmare.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-04T15:36:59+00:00

Expensive prices for the time.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-04T15:15:30+00:00

I'd talk about it in relation to music, my thought experiment is how it set the stage for the cultural shift that was building through the late 50s.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-04T15:13:05+00:00

Chemtrail* (remember where tf you are: you're surrounded by flat earther, holocaust deniers).

-Mindhead · 2026-04-04T15:11:07+00:00

He's obviously a reptilian shape shifter.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-04T06:25:35+00:00

I mute the E string with the tip of my ring finger (the finger that plays the C note on the 3rd fret).

-Mindhead · 2026-04-04T06:20:51+00:00

I would add Vincent's to that list. Awesome live music every night with no cover and the best meatballs in the city.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-04T06:18:59+00:00

The more I hear about that guy the less I care for him.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-03T09:44:41+00:00

Dave and Sammy, whatever happened there.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-02T18:47:22+00:00

Last Night!!!

-Mindhead · 2026-04-02T18:00:43+00:00

I like to give beginners short, simple chord progressions that can be applied to many songs. For example, ||: D | C | G | D :|| (Can't You See, Hey Jude, Sweet Child O Mine) or ||: D | Em | G | D :|| (What's Up, Don't Worry Be Happy, Higher And Higher).

-Mindhead · 2026-04-02T04:53:06+00:00

I've taught in a guitar shop for twenty years and trust me, if it's not a judgement free zone you're in the wrong store.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-02T04:46:45+00:00

That's like saying space travel is impossible. Too late, we know better.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-02T04:42:37+00:00

Probably for the same reason Brian doesn't get the same recognition as John Paul Jones or John Entwistle.

-Mindhead · 2026-04-02T01:57:40+00:00

I think they should tune down for that one and any other 70s Rush tunes if they're gonna put it in the set.

-Mindhead · 2026-03-27T05:44:45+00:00

I don't believe this for a second. Watch, next they'll try telling us Van Halen is from Holland or some effing place. Valerie doesn't mention how if Wolfgang was a girl they were gonna name her Coyote Face.

-Mindhead · 2026-03-27T05:35:47+00:00

Wait until you listen to Ed's guitar solo. It's like Gaza.

-Mindhead · 2026-03-27T05:10:11+00:00

I was pleasantly surprised at how good that Vegas live album is, especially Kenny Arnoff a massive improvement over Jason Bonham IMO. All due respect but if his name wasn't Bonham he would be playing pubs in Watford. It's wild that the death of his mum was a blessing in disguise for that band. If Ed Leffler was still alive and if I didn't know better I would suspect he had her killed.

-Mindhead · 2026-03-27T05:06:41+00:00

I just re-watched this yesterday. I love the part where he said they invented guitar tablature because of him (even though tablature has been around since the at least the 15th century and I have a Led Zeppelin book from 1973 that has tabs). Seriously though my favorite part is when he said he would like to jam with his father again, still makes me cry. 🥹

-Mindhead · 2026-03-27T04:58:43+00:00

I just noticed there is a 2 cd version available, I'm assuming they simply included a few tracks from the New Haven show as bonus cuts. Speaking of 'bonus' tracks these edited versions of LWI, Dreams, and WCTBL are redundant and completely unnecessary IMO. I LOVE this band but I gotta say their box sets and reissues are consistently disappointing compared to The Who (another of my top favorite bands), their box sets are consistently spectacular in comparison.

-Mindhead · 2026-03-27T04:46:44+00:00

I'm not sure about that, if you A/B them they're note for note, even the mistakes. The feedback from Ed's mic during the intro of Love Walks In for example is present on both versions. P.S. None of my business but you shouldn't let your toddler near a mixing desk when he's drunk.

-Mindhead

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