Re: Is downsizing a trend?
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:57 am
Downsizing is absolutely a trend, and--like all trends--it's made up of equal parts people who have come to legitimate realizations about themselves and people who are just following suit. There's a lot to be said for focusing more on instrumentation, but there's also a lot to be said for focusing on song-writing or on capturing the sounds you're after. The three are not mutually exclusive, nor are they each essential.
I have a reasonably big board, and for me song-writing and honing sounds are much more important than dazzling instrumentation. I'm always impressed by really great guitarists, but many of them make music that sounds awful to me because they're terrible song-writers and/or their rigs sound like garbage. I always cringe a bit at the association between big boards and talentless hacks, because it seems so baseless and reactionary. It's the sort of knee-jerking, out-of-touch garbage that BossManny would spew on here. Is it sometimes true? Obviously, but pedals are just paintbrushes, and the qualities that make art "good" are varied and context-dependent.
I have a reasonably big board, and for me song-writing and honing sounds are much more important than dazzling instrumentation. I'm always impressed by really great guitarists, but many of them make music that sounds awful to me because they're terrible song-writers and/or their rigs sound like garbage. I always cringe a bit at the association between big boards and talentless hacks, because it seems so baseless and reactionary. It's the sort of knee-jerking, out-of-touch garbage that BossManny would spew on here. Is it sometimes true? Obviously, but pedals are just paintbrushes, and the qualities that make art "good" are varied and context-dependent.