Went to a guitar store in 1Utama and first tried a seagull, was a cherry back n sides, then asked to try their martin. The staff brought me in and ask me to tune the guitar myself, with ears ,which I couldn't . Then I played the guitar n said the words in the topic, and to my surprised he was triggered

He said if I cant tune the guitars by ear, it means my ears aren't good enough to differentiate a high quality guitar from a lower

Any of you experienced this before? I still find Martins overpriced , RM8000 for a guitar that sounds like a RM2000 one

Lol, Guitar Collection, really hope they get pushed out by someone else

The reason why 8k martins cost that much is cause they are made by old people in USA with top drawer import woods, Martin methods of production. Seagull on the other hand is the opposite, its cheaper cause it uses china methods of production and it sources wood from its backyard - similar to a godin.

They have their differences, the martin standards are nitro finished, MOP inlay, well figured woods ; the seagull is poly finished, mother of toilet seat inlay and whatever they can find in their backyard. Then theres the whole martin history and experience going on (a new martin guitar smells amazing). They both also play very differently.

Now both make great guitars, personally i would take a seagull to a gig or a friends house, also because of "china production" the guitars from seagull/godin can be a huge hit and miss from a quality perspective.

If you think they are no different, then you are the lucky ones, wont need to throw cash on expensive martins.

I wonder how you differentiate sound if you are tone deaf

think they were hoping you pop one of their strings so they could charge you

haha then i decided not to spend my money in this shop, they dont deserve my money
So I went to another shop and ordered a RM14000 custom Lakewood

dont forgot show us all the guitar picture and the receipt date of purchase with a video how good you playing

nah dont have time for that, busy earning money and planning to get a second one, might get a Lakewood again, but this time Rm20000


But hey, if you wanna have a look at the receipt n guitar I can do it when Im free, its not very time consuming after all

This post has been edited by Username is for the weak: Jan 18 2018, 02:56 AM

i'm more surprised in how arrogant the sales man in guitar collection.. ask customer to tune the guitar? that's his f**king job. so what if customers can't tune by ears? the customer can afford the guitar. u blow? that's y they are forever selling guitars and seeing the expensive guitars bought by ppl who can't even tune the guitar by ear.

well, dont need to learn to tune to exact pitch...
but everyone should learn how to tune to relative pitch la.
so even if ur 6th is like Eb or slightly off...at least get the other 5 strings in tune relative to it...so when ur testing it in the shop strumming chords or whatever etc it sounds in tune to itself.

This post has been edited by Everdying: Jan 24 2018, 12:51 PM

yea. unless he/she is a perfect pitch. else, one string needs to be in tune in order for the rest to be tuned perfectly.

nope...since that's only half step up.
but i think if u play somewhat, u can feel the tension already and know ur too high.

Haha I agree with you
That's why I only upgrade my guitar to Lakewood after playing Sungha's songs for eight year and can perform his songs flawlessly.
Before I got this guitar I always told myself that I shouldn't degrade a lengendary guitar with my skills.
Now when I use this guitar to play all the old songs I have learnt and it sounds just like what Ive dreamt of

Any Youtube channel?

no i just play for fun

What a waste bro. Entertain us a bit la...good stuff don't keep to yourself. Who know you can gather some subscribers and fans? hehe

umm, u do realise sponsored means only from 1 brand right...
but many other guitarists out there even tho sponsored by say fender...go out of their way to purchase good vintage guitars from other brands.

a good guitarist can adapt for sure...but i've also heard them complain about the guitars given to them to play ad hoc.

just like football boots, even tho sponsored, well a certain footballer is currently suing new balance for their boots causing injuries.
a couple other footballers previously under new balance have had similar issues...so gg new balance.

This post has been edited by Everdying: Jan 25 2018, 11:21 AM

I don't think getting sponsored is so easy
I think it takes more than the ability to play arrangement done by other guitarists
IMHO I nid to write arrangement by myself n sound very good n unique, which frankly I can't , I don't know how to arrange songs
It only takes time to master an arrangement written by others , but it takes both time n talent n lots of musical knowledge to write one

Is this happening recently?

I know all the guys there? The one triggered who? skinny guy wears eye glass? But I really have a strong feeling its a slightly fit guy with hipster hair whos triggered

Dun quite remember the face
All I remember was his hair is damn long

This post has been edited by Username is for the weak: Jan 29 2018, 04:41 PM

I haven't been to any GC in ages except the one in TTDI one time recently. The uncle there is actually pretty friendly so YRMV