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Kim R
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Not a bad thing, perhaps.
It's hard to keep the perspective of so many contributors and members when the doors are just hanging wide open, isn't it? We have folks on this board who have been playing and wrenching on Gibson's for 50 years without ever having more than a few people know their name, others who have collected and followed the brand for as long who could personally populate a Gibson museum, and then the few who everyone knows.
There is simply no way that the perspectives or, more importantly, the point of view of those from such a diverse group is going to line up on every topic, guitar, or tune. Personally, I would have ZERO interest in such a gathering if it were to exist, and I've never seen it here. That's why "here" is still cool.
The line:
My concept of what flies (sorry, I have to get people thinking together to actually go - fly - it's the day job and all..) is that ideas are free targets, but the people who make the effort to bring them - aren't. IOW: It's not who's right, it's what's right.
There are a multitude of ways to state one's displeasure with anyone else's product, opinion, taste, philosophy, PRESUMED knowledge, experience, etc. One way is absolutely guaranteed to bring raining fecal matter upon one's self: Attack the person. At that point, the topic is closed.
Dumb is not cool. Dumb is never gonna look smart. Informed and considerate: Can't lose that one, even if the analysis is entirely negative.. Wordy, preachy, and pedantic isn't necessary either (like this post, which is all three). But.....
LPF members are members because they love the guitar, love the electric guitar, and want to learn, discuss, and most importantly:
Share.
I like doors that are wide open. Otherwise, there's nothing here.
It's hard to keep the perspective of so many contributors and members when the doors are just hanging wide open, isn't it? We have folks on this board who have been playing and wrenching on Gibson's for 50 years without ever having more than a few people know their name, others who have collected and followed the brand for as long who could personally populate a Gibson museum, and then the few who everyone knows.
There is simply no way that the perspectives or, more importantly, the point of view of those from such a diverse group is going to line up on every topic, guitar, or tune. Personally, I would have ZERO interest in such a gathering if it were to exist, and I've never seen it here. That's why "here" is still cool.
The line:
My concept of what flies (sorry, I have to get people thinking together to actually go - fly - it's the day job and all..) is that ideas are free targets, but the people who make the effort to bring them - aren't. IOW: It's not who's right, it's what's right.
There are a multitude of ways to state one's displeasure with anyone else's product, opinion, taste, philosophy, PRESUMED knowledge, experience, etc. One way is absolutely guaranteed to bring raining fecal matter upon one's self: Attack the person. At that point, the topic is closed.
Dumb is not cool. Dumb is never gonna look smart. Informed and considerate: Can't lose that one, even if the analysis is entirely negative.. Wordy, preachy, and pedantic isn't necessary either (like this post, which is all three). But.....
LPF members are members because they love the guitar, love the electric guitar, and want to learn, discuss, and most importantly:
Share.
I like doors that are wide open. Otherwise, there's nothing here.
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