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Re: Things You Want But Can’t Justify Buying
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:37 pm
by phantasmagorovich
dubkitty wrote:my degree of enjoyment rises the less competent on the instrument i am. bass is more fun than guitar; keyboards, piano in particular, are more fun than bass; and drums are my favorite despite barely being able to play country-rock songs. i'm all set to be the poor man's Ralph Molina.
You’ve always been a man after my own heart!
(My drumming sucks so bad I absolutely love it!)
Re: Things You Want But Can’t Justify Buying
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:04 pm
by dubkitty
phantasmagorovich wrote:dubkitty wrote:my degree of enjoyment rises the less competent on the instrument i am. bass is more fun than guitar; keyboards, piano in particular, are more fun than bass; and drums are my favorite despite barely being able to play country-rock songs. i'm all set to be the poor man's Ralph Molina.
You’ve always been a man after my own heart!
(My drumming sucks so bad I absolutely love it!)
if i had a place that didn't share walls with a neighbor, you bet your sweet bippy i'd have a little Gretsch kit with one up/two down, a big deep ride, a Paiste crash, and a stunt cymbal to be named later.
Re: Things You Want But Can’t Justify Buying
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:33 am
by coldbrightsunlight
I also include myself in the bad at drumming but love drumming club
If only I lived somewhere I could have drums
Re: Things You Want But Can’t Justify Buying
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:49 am
by Dowi
Same, but I'm working to make it happen (the place where I can have drums).
Also, I would like to add to the "not justifiable" gear list:
The old Gretsch Duo Jet i played about 10 years ago in NY: affordable at the time (not for my pockets), but now probably it costs more than 4k.
Re: Things You Want But Can’t Justify Buying
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 4:55 am
by dubkitty
in the winter of 1982-83 i played a first-run 1958 Gretsch Country Gentleman. it was perfect. my friend who was with me said "that's your guitar." i said "i know." but it was $600 and i was homeless at the time, so i put it back on the rack. it's haunted me ever since, and they're like $7000 now if you're lucky.
Re: Things You Want But Can’t Justify Buying
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:10 am
by Dowi
dubkitty wrote:in the winter of 1982-83 i played a first-run 1958 Gretsch Country Gentleman. it was perfect. my friend who was with me said "that's your guitar." i said "i know." but it was $600 and i was homeless at the time, so i put it back on the rack. it's haunted me ever since, and they're like $7000 now if you're lucky.
Ooooouch, that must hurt.
Re: Things You Want But Can’t Justify Buying
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:16 am
by coldbrightsunlight
That really sucks
Re: Things You Want But Can’t Justify Buying
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:42 pm
by phantasmagorovich
dubkitty wrote:phantasmagorovich wrote:dubkitty wrote:my degree of enjoyment rises the less competent on the instrument i am. bass is more fun than guitar; keyboards, piano in particular, are more fun than bass; and drums are my favorite despite barely being able to play country-rock songs. i'm all set to be the poor man's Ralph Molina.
You’ve always been a man after my own heart!
(My drumming sucks so bad I absolutely love it!)
if i had a place that didn't share walls with a neighbor, you bet your sweet bippy i'd have a little Gretsch kit with one up/two down, a big deep ride, a Paiste crash, and a stunt cymbal to be named later.
Man, if I had the place where I could play it, I would totally make my own set out of non-matching pieces. Probably a very small bass drum like those fold-together jazz kits, a lucite floor tom and two hanging toms to be decided upon on a whim. Rototoms might be fun. Plus two opposite snare drums, some deep, resonating wooden snare and one of those super high snares made of metal.