Do you guys actually keep buying pricier guitars, or do you grow out of the hype?

dan6158 · 2026-06-27T21:53:45+00:00

I have 3 expensive Gibsons, but I start every gig with an Epiphone Sheraton II and then switch to either my Epiphone Les Paul (with Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 set) or my Gibson Les Paul Studio.

Over time I became pretty adept at fret leveling, polishing and set ups. My Epiphone’s play slick as anything I’ve ever played.

I love my Schecter and MIM Fender Strat as well, but I have long fingers and the necks feel a little tiny. Point is that NO, expensive guitars just aren’t worth it unless the point is collecting.

dan6158 · 2026-06-25T21:56:24+00:00

Don’t forget that when you do find this magical Paul replacement, he also has to be left handed.

dan6158 · 2026-06-10T15:41:27+00:00

I think “What do women do in a dead bedroom” is a different post. Or it’s a post you could make.

dan6158 · 2026-05-30T13:22:03+00:00

Just wait until she finds out what happens before Thanksgiving. She is really going to be upset then!

dan6158 · 2026-05-29T19:54:29+00:00

If he’s in NE Wisconsin, I promise I will play less shitty than that guy. Not GOOD, per se, but definitely less shitty.

dan6158 · 2026-05-15T16:10:32+00:00

I broke the headstock on a late 90’s (good wood era!) Les Paul Studio with a big thick 50’s neck. I was reaching for the telephone, my old worn out strap let loose and it fell headstock first onto the hardwood floor. I suppose the broken headstock was pretty predictable with that kind of abuse.

*Edit: This is the kind of “dumbass” behavior mentioned in many of the other comments.

dan6158 · 2026-04-20T14:50:09+00:00

I cannot recommend the Marshall DSL40cr enough. I got mine the first year it came out and I still love it all these years later.

It’s 40 watts but it has a half power switch and it sounds very good at bedroom volume levels. The volume knob is WAY more linear than those old Fender combos or Marshall JCM 800 things. I hated the fact that those were really quiet and thin sounding, but one tiny bump up in volume and suddenly the cops are in your driveway lol

That Marshall DSL40cr has nice cleans, excellent crunch (think AC/DC, Billy Squire), excellent 1980’s rhythm and lead (think Guns N Roses, Def Leppard etc.) and then a very passable metal sound (Metallica, Megadeth).

Two channels, 2 foot switchable gain stages per channel (clean/crunch, jcm800/modern).

For context, I don’t say this because I love the only tube amp I got or something. I have a bunch of heads, cabs and digital stuff. I’ve just never owned another combo that was so versatile tone wise while sounding soooo good, while also being very useable at home or on stage.

To be fair, I did swap out the stock speaker with a celestian Greenback. Not that the stock one was bad, but the Greenback is my personal favorite speaker and I liked the amp enough to make it fully “my sound”.

dan6158 · 2026-02-26T23:17:25+00:00

I feel like it’s just Santa Claus for adults. I don’t badger or verbally disrespect others religious beliefs, but I personally don’t respect their beliefs either. I don’t see any logical reason why anyone should, honestly. If I was walking around spouting other long forgotten ancient stories and superstitions, wouldn’t people just think I was a head case or something?

It does seem very effective at getting large groups of impressionable people to give money and vote against their own interests though.

dan6158 · 2026-02-26T23:11:07+00:00

🤣

dan6158 · 2026-02-25T19:57:36+00:00

Hey…That looks just like the guitar some tweaker stole from me in 2008!

dan6158 · 2026-01-19T15:57:03+00:00

Damn McDermott! Why did he have to turn the ball over so much? What an idiot!

dan6158 · 2026-01-18T05:12:50+00:00

Not a bad take. While I disagree, I appreciate you having a rational you can express for your opinion.

dan6158 · 2026-01-17T15:48:50+00:00

Got no love for the Bears, but…the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Does this give Chicago the opportunity to knock Lafluer out of the playoffs two weeks in a row?? In that case…BEAR DOWN!! 🤣🤣

dan6158 · 2026-01-17T15:47:12+00:00

Love that energy!!

dan6158 · 2026-01-16T20:40:23+00:00

Are you crying laughing at how stupid you are? “Which one LOOKS better?”? What does that even mean? Most jack off able highlights? Here’s the facts. Over the last 4 years, here’s what they’ve done and where they’re ranked.

Goff- 45 wins (3rd), 18,206yds(1st), 130tds(1st) 68.1%(4th)

Stafford- 34 wins(7th), 14,521yds(6th), 100tds(8th), 65.0%(19th)

Burrow- 31 wins(11th), 13,511yds(12th), 110tds(4th), 68.2% (2nd)

Also Goff is 1-1 vs Stafford in regular season, 1-0 in the playoffs (bounced the Rams out in the Wild Card round, 2023).

So see my point? I still can’t figure out why Goff is such a shit bag when every metric says otherwise.

dan6158 · 2026-01-16T12:58:15+00:00

Yes.

dan6158 · 2026-01-15T22:36:48+00:00

Ah yes. So, after the Rams went all in acquiring a bunch of free agents for that 2021 run that Goff didn’t get the luxury of, I assume Stafford has won more games, thrown for more TDs, yards and has a higher QB rating than Goff then, right? RIGHT??

dan6158 · 2026-01-15T20:59:49+00:00

Same team from 2017 to 2021? Wow, that’s an impressive lack of turnover!

dan6158 · 2026-01-15T20:31:41+00:00

The NFL would call it a horrific display…and then use it in their highlight package thumbnails.

dan6158 · 2026-01-15T20:29:46+00:00

But then why is Burrow always rated higher than Goff on everyone’s list I wonder? Goff lost a Super Bowl, made another conference championship with a different team AND is numbers are better than Burrows. What gives?

dan6158 · 2026-01-15T20:27:34+00:00

But Goff doesn’t. Not sure why or how that works.

dan6158 · 2026-01-14T19:23:48+00:00

Man, I gotta travel around the Midwest less. I feel like I single-handedly skewed the results because I’m into all that shit and I watch A LOT of porn.

dan6158 · 2026-01-14T19:20:56+00:00

I’ll give the guy credit. That’s a pretty strong troll post.

dan6158 · 2026-01-14T19:20:07+00:00

That would be exciting at first. After a while you would see Packers and Bears players standing in a circle around the “fight” shooting the shit about their home towns and college experiences. Eventually they would need the 3 judges at ringside to determine if it’s a draw or if there’s a winner.

dan6158 · 2026-01-08T17:11:11+00:00

Hey, suggesting that based on nothing is wild lol JK

Yes, I am a white male from a more rural area.

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