Re: HIGH SPEED AMPED UP AND LOUD!!!!
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:14 pm
Yeah, I suppose it was a bit harsh. The issue for me is with corporate capitalism in our consumeristic society. Where there are companies who are more legally bound to make a profit for CEO's and share holders than provide consistent quality products and services. It's a system that allows one group to easily screw another group in ass (monetarily speaking). The reason I suppose some of my angst was directed to the consumer, is because our government claims that we are able to vote with our dollar, but that doesn't work as well as they claim it should because a lot of people just aren't worried with how they spend their hard earned dollars.
I understand that there are people who just don't really care. I'm cool with that. I see it like there are some people who only buy clothes, because they don't want to walk around naked. They don't particularly care about style, they just want something comfortable. But what about the people who enjoy expressing themselves by what they wear? There are companies that do a good job with this concept. Gap Inc is one of those companies. Under that umbrella they have Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, etc. Different brands, different price-points. For someone who wants to spend more, and buy a higher quality, they can shop at Banana Republic. If you just want to run in and buy a new sweatshirt because your old one disintegrated from wearing it every day, you can save a lot of money buy shopping at Old Navy. Different strokes for different folks. There are gear companies that do that too. API Audio is well known in the recording industry as being an industry standard. But they saw a market that they weren't reaching. Instead of lowering their standards of greatness to release something that was just 'good', they decide to create another brand JDK Audio. That way they avoid the possibility of cheapening their reputation. Bjorn Juhl has done this, Visual Sound has also in a way.
Then there are companies that the lines are so blurred between brands that you're always a bit unsure, if not skeptical, of what you are actually getting. Fender is one of those companies. At one point they did start to draw distinctions. If you wanted to buy a cheaper starter guitar you could buy a Squire. If you had a money or was a pro player you could hit up the Custom Shop. And the MIA guitars are always going to be better than the MIM. But now it's kind of a shot in the dark. There are Squire guitars that are just as good as those that are MIA. It makes it difficult to keep up with if you want to be an informed buyer.
And then they start regurgitating ideas. If you regurgitate something enough times, even though it may have started out as something awesome, it always ends up like barf.
When did...
start to mean the same as...
???
Why do they have to name their crappiest products Starcasters? And why do they have to name this amp Mustang? I just don't get the logic behind some of these decisions. Are they really thinking that people who have come to love Mustangs will be excited about buying this amp? I don't apologize for my passion, but I do apologize if I came across like Tag. He knows tone, I am nothing in his presence.
I understand that there are people who just don't really care. I'm cool with that. I see it like there are some people who only buy clothes, because they don't want to walk around naked. They don't particularly care about style, they just want something comfortable. But what about the people who enjoy expressing themselves by what they wear? There are companies that do a good job with this concept. Gap Inc is one of those companies. Under that umbrella they have Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, etc. Different brands, different price-points. For someone who wants to spend more, and buy a higher quality, they can shop at Banana Republic. If you just want to run in and buy a new sweatshirt because your old one disintegrated from wearing it every day, you can save a lot of money buy shopping at Old Navy. Different strokes for different folks. There are gear companies that do that too. API Audio is well known in the recording industry as being an industry standard. But they saw a market that they weren't reaching. Instead of lowering their standards of greatness to release something that was just 'good', they decide to create another brand JDK Audio. That way they avoid the possibility of cheapening their reputation. Bjorn Juhl has done this, Visual Sound has also in a way.
Then there are companies that the lines are so blurred between brands that you're always a bit unsure, if not skeptical, of what you are actually getting. Fender is one of those companies. At one point they did start to draw distinctions. If you wanted to buy a cheaper starter guitar you could buy a Squire. If you had a money or was a pro player you could hit up the Custom Shop. And the MIA guitars are always going to be better than the MIM. But now it's kind of a shot in the dark. There are Squire guitars that are just as good as those that are MIA. It makes it difficult to keep up with if you want to be an informed buyer.
And then they start regurgitating ideas. If you regurgitate something enough times, even though it may have started out as something awesome, it always ends up like barf.
When did...
start to mean the same as...
???Why do they have to name their crappiest products Starcasters? And why do they have to name this amp Mustang? I just don't get the logic behind some of these decisions. Are they really thinking that people who have come to love Mustangs will be excited about buying this amp? I don't apologize for my passion, but I do apologize if I came across like Tag. He knows tone, I am nothing in his presence.
