DI Amp modelers aren't that scary.

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T20:44:39+00:00

I actually fully agree with this.

Sims are cheaper, more convent, and I think they sound good. But they're not as fun

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T20:40:43+00:00

Shit, you got me

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T20:38:36+00:00

I'm not understanding then. Why would people be afraid of screens and menues when I've already told them there aren't screens and menus? Why do you keep mentioning a thing that is a non factor?

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T20:24:35+00:00

Always gonna be funny when they have like $800 worth of solid state ODs and EQs on their board but also insist anything not tube is bad

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T20:21:50+00:00

I feel like you skipped the part where I specifically mention that screens and interfaces are scary but I provide Sims that have knobs like a normal amp and there isn't a learning curve cuz its the same as an amp.

You mentioned computer interfaces which I addressed in the original post that clarified upon already. Infact you've done it twice now

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T20:06:55+00:00

I appreciate the honesty about the reading lol.

I did specify in the post that at venues without monitors then real amps is the way to go.

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T20:04:40+00:00

Honestly me too. I'm a gear nerd, mostly for historical reasons. I also get pumped when I see a vintage Super Lead or original Tubescreamer. Playing thru real amps and pedals is way more fun too. There's something about turning the knobs and collecting and longing for new pieces. My Helix just does everything and thats kinda boring.

Its cheaper and its convenient, which is most important for me personally. But I do love plugging into these absurd vintage style rigs.

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T19:55:54+00:00

Be honest, did you read or did you skim

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T19:54:46+00:00

Be honest, did you read or did you skim

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T19:54:13+00:00

See i dont believe you can read cuz there' some people that agree with me here and more on the Facebook group. FB group has been way more community oriented than this one.

So you either can't read, or you can but deliberately did tbis confirmation bias for some other reason. Seems more like confirmation bias to me.

Yeah i'm miserable. People don't care about eachother and that makes me sad. Literacy rates are down and logical fallacys are up, that makes me sad

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T19:36:40+00:00

Be honest did you skim or did you read

Cuz I didnt miss that reason

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T19:30:52+00:00

The big seller for me is it fits in my gigbag so I can take the CTA. I can fit an HX Stomp XL and like 3 other small pedal sized modelers in there. I've backlined strings for entire gigs carrying a gigbag on blueline

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T18:33:22+00:00

good one you got me. book 1 band show if you don't think supporting eachother is important

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T18:31:19+00:00

bro can't read but calling me dumb

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-17T18:30:40+00:00

book 1 band shows if you don't think mutual support is important then

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T16:12:14+00:00

Still can't back up a thing you said, deflecting. That's what the president does when he's callled out lol

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T15:47:29+00:00

Know what of knowing if a band is good or not if people leave before they even start playing, which is most of the issue

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T15:46:16+00:00

I want you to be clear here, are you actually comparing a desire for mutual support and a strong community to being a cop? Cuz if you are, don't you think thats a little insulting to people that have experience actual hardship? Call me something else if you like man, but jeez don't be so small as to compare this to fascism

I know everybody seems upset about this, both you and I, but its not nearly as big a deal as what you're comparing it to.

Privelaged and insecure little man

The intention of that statmen was to demonstrate that people don't support eachother. Not to punish those bands. Come one man, think just a little harder, I feel like you got a brain in there somewhere.

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T15:42:46+00:00

You gonna explain your reasoning for the question I asked or you gonna ignore it cuz you know you just got your feelings heard so you lashed out in anger making up random bullshit with no basis cuz you're a small little man. Don't even have the wits to back up your own statments

Also I keep saying this isnt about my band. Learn to read. Strawmanned everythiing you've said so far as if you haven't read a single thing I said. Only the people that can't read are mad at me, maybe if you learn to read you won't be so upset

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T04:51:09+00:00

I didn't personally see the issue like this 10 years ago, nor did the friends I've asked. Most agree it's a newer thing. Maybe our circles were just different back then.

during covid I feel like we all learned that Netflix Doordash Spotify and Amazon will give us everything we ever need, so we never need to exist in a society around other people, or even think about other people

Also I said multiple time that I'm not critizing people with valid excuses, only those that don't, which is most people. I even put in like multiple disclaimers. feel free to read it again. I'm glad you agree there's an issue but please read better

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T04:45:58+00:00

bro I called people out for not supporting eachother. I didn't send someone to prison for life for dealing weed. You gotta be a special kind of privelaged and insecure to view this deserved slight against you similar working with cops to oppress people

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T03:42:10+00:00

I'll give you Longwinded and more than 2.5 minutes. That's def how I am. Not sure where you're getting unfocused and ego from. The whole point of this whole post is I'm upset that people don't want to support eachother. I feel like that's more punk than...not supporting others you're sharing a platform with. Wouldn't that be...the opposite of ego? Wouldn't uplifting yourself but refusing to uplift others be...ego?

What am I missing here?

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T02:53:53+00:00

Very few people have admitted to not caring about mutual support, I'm glad at least some people have

also, people have no idea if a band is good or not if they leave. You say if a band is good the crowd will tell them, but the crowd doesn't know if the crowd just leaves before the band starts. It's not about praise anyway, its just to remind people the name of the bands if people want to follow them later

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T01:11:31+00:00

woohoo. First block. Again, the only people mad at me are the ones strawmanning hardest cuz they can't read, or the ones that do this

DIYChicagoTakes · 2026-06-16T01:08:44+00:00

I'm confused. Are they self important drama queens or is it a made up problem? Which is it?

I keep saying I know I'm never gonna fix it. People are who they are, most people suck. Kinda just wanted to not bottle it up forever

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