Losing the path

[askashrub]

Had a little stretch this week where I was retrofitting the way I make music to accommodate a bad gear purchase.
It just wasn't what I imagined, but I wanted to make it work. I could still imagine tons of useful applications for it.

But shit.
That's no good at all.

I'm returning the babe, that's no problem.
Just an interesting little episode.

It could be that easy to start pandering to devices and stray from what inspires me.

[Jwar]

WHUT WAS IT???????????



Also, I've done this a hundred times. LOL! It sucks.

[rustywire]

Yeah there comes a point when you find yourself looking to abandon what works for you, to try and make something that doesn't work for you play nicely... ...and you realize it's been a fool's errand to invest so much effort in putting cart before horse.
This is why I always recommend against selling a long-time-coming pedal board, to fund the newest amp/effect modeling supercomputer or similar destroy & rebuild approach when one finds themselves on a restless plateau or in an angsty rut.

[dubkitty]

i have a similar affliction...lately i've been on something of a Jimi Hendrix kick, and find myself thinking of revamping the fuzz section of my board, which i love, in order to squeeze in a Fuzz Face or variant thereof. and i don't play anything like Hendrix.

[OddKnowledge]

if askaknobs can't bend a pedal to his will and starts changing how he plays for the pedal, what kind of unwieldy beast is it?

seriously though, this is why I've simplified my set up. i would have pedals on my board and start looking to fit them into places in songs that i really shouldn't. as if i needed to justify the usefulness of the pedal to myself at the disservice of whatever the music was.

[askashrub]

if askaknobs can't bend a pedal to his will and starts changing how he plays for the pedal, what kind of unwieldy beast is it?

seriously though, this is why I've simplified my set up. i would have pedals on my board and start looking to fit them into places in songs that i really shouldn't. as if i needed to justify the usefulness of the pedal to myself at the disservice of whatever the music was.

That's a pretty good summary.
Like "I spent money on this, I must use it."

It wasn't a pedal.
It's really more about the method than the device itself (which I think is cool and good at what it does).
I'm just not into sequencing. It's too rigid for me.

As soon as I start thinking in steps, the whole fucking thing falls apart.

[D.o.S.]

Had a little stretch this week where I was retrofitting the way I make music to accommodate a bad gear purchase.
It just wasn't what I imagined, but I wanted to make it work. I could still imagine tons of useful applications for it.

But shit.
That's no good at all.

I'm returning the babe, that's no problem.
Just an interesting little episode.

It could be that easy to start pandering to devices and stray from what inspires me.

Imagine how many of these you've inspired directly.

[askashrub]

Had a little stretch this week where I was retrofitting the way I make music to accommodate a bad gear purchase.
It just wasn't what I imagined, but I wanted to make it work. I could still imagine tons of useful applications for it.

But shit.
That's no good at all.

I'm returning the babe, that's no problem.
Just an interesting little episode.

It could be that easy to start pandering to devices and stray from what inspires me.

Imagine how many of these you've inspired directly.

Ahaha yes.
Oh dear.
That's real...

[aholidayatthesea]

What a twist of irony.

[BoatRich]

sequencing can be really cool, and sometimes really fun, but drums sequencing just fucking eludes me

i bought the korg er-1 and had a blast with it but i can't dig into it like i do with a lot of other stuff.
pocket piano grandmaster over here tho.

I'm having the same issue with my ER-1 and every other drum machine I've had. Sequencing drums just feels weird.

Knobs has directly caused me to flip 2 CT5's and a Bitquest lol. I want another Bitquest though

[friendship]

I live in a thin-walled apartment so 90% of electric guitar playing is done with POD+headphones. I actually like the way the POD sounds and everything, but I've recently come to suspect that I kind of hate playing this way. Like it puts up a weird mental barrier somehow?

[PeteeBee]

^^^ im in the same spot. At home (with my in laws, wife, and two small children) it's headphones only. Whenever I'm able to actually move some air around I have so much more creativity and fun.

[DRodriguez]

I live in a thin-walled apartment so 90% of electric guitar playing is done with POD+headphones. I actually like the way the POD sounds and everything, but I've recently come to suspect that I kind of hate playing this way. Like it puts up a weird mental barrier somehow?

Get a butt thumper. Basically a drum throne sub. Keeps things quiet, but it'll give you that feeling of vibrations again

[friendship]

Am I going to regret googling "butt thumper"

[friendship]

ok I didn't regret it. I feel like I could just get one of those little Roland Cubes for cheaper, I've played one and thought it sounded fine. I can't get to the earliest sweet spot on my 15w amp without knowing at least two dozen people can hear it, and nobody likes a guitarist.