This month I’ve posted a few news stories and web links that I’ve had hanging around for a long time and, keeping up with that theme, today I’m going to put up a quote I’ve had for a long time.
I’ve wanted to write something to go along with this, but I’ve never gotten around to writing anything. Someday I’ll get back to this.
Today’s post is a quote about guitars.
I did a post a while back about some of the things I think about when I pick out a guitar.
Quasi Una Red Guitar Fantasia
I do get attached to things, but I don’t get, so to speak, religious, about my attachments. I like my guitar very much, but if I could afford it I’d almost certainly replace it with one of the new Moog guitars or a semi-custom Carvin synth access guitar.
Today’s post is a quote about equipment from a punk guitar player.
Now, I read a lot of interviews. I love talking to people and I love listening to people talk. (With some very rare exceptions.) But these days—especially in mainstream magazines—you read a lot of really stupid things. Almost everything that appears in mainstream publications (or at mainstream websites) is idiocy crafted to support mindless fashion and mindless consumerism.
I’m not particularly a fan of the punk world—although I certainly liked the movie “Sid and Nancy”—and I never would have expected a punk musician would say anything I’d want to put up on my blog. But that’s one of the weird things about reading a lot of interviews: Every now and then—once or twice a year?—someone completely surprises you and makes the whole endeavor extra interesting.
So here’s Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols answering 06/10 Guitar World’s insipid question about his equipment.
I’ve wanted to write something to go along with this, but I’ve never gotten around to writing anything. Someday I’ll get back to this.
Today’s post is a quote about guitars.
I did a post a while back about some of the things I think about when I pick out a guitar.
Quasi Una Red Guitar Fantasia
I do get attached to things, but I don’t get, so to speak, religious, about my attachments. I like my guitar very much, but if I could afford it I’d almost certainly replace it with one of the new Moog guitars or a semi-custom Carvin synth access guitar.
Today’s post is a quote about equipment from a punk guitar player.
Now, I read a lot of interviews. I love talking to people and I love listening to people talk. (With some very rare exceptions.) But these days—especially in mainstream magazines—you read a lot of really stupid things. Almost everything that appears in mainstream publications (or at mainstream websites) is idiocy crafted to support mindless fashion and mindless consumerism.
I’m not particularly a fan of the punk world—although I certainly liked the movie “Sid and Nancy”—and I never would have expected a punk musician would say anything I’d want to put up on my blog. But that’s one of the weird things about reading a lot of interviews: Every now and then—once or twice a year?—someone completely surprises you and makes the whole endeavor extra interesting.
So here’s Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols answering 06/10 Guitar World’s insipid question about his equipment.
What is your favorite piece of gear?
I haven’t got one because I don’t get attached to things like a lot of people do. A lot of guitar players collect loads of guitars and all that, but that is not my thing. If someone offered me the right price for my Les Paul, I would fuckin’ sell it. At the end of the day, it’s how you play that matters, not your gear.
Inquirer: Steve Jones
By Joe Matera
Guitar World, June 2010
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