User:Tremspeed

Sup.

My interests on Wikipedia extend mostly to Music and music-equipment-related topics such as Electric Guitars, Amplifiers, and Effect pedals, specifically Fuzzboxes.

It's my hope that a comprehensive, coherent collection of articles relating to music-making equipment can replace dozens of haphazard review sites and web forums for the musician, amusing as all of the misinformation and pov-laden arguments can be.

I listen to mainly Alternative Rock and Classic Rock, with dashes of first/second wave Emo and mid-90s IDM.

Why did I delete your favorite guitarist from some gear page???!?

I wrote this for the Fuzz Factory talk page, but it applies to most gear entries as well. Please, lets try to keep 'notable users' lists brief, concise, and filled with persons of some repute. Use some common sense, and for the love of god, don't add yourself.

Are they a 'notable' guitarist? Sure this is pretty subjective, but if the player in question is a red link, that should be a hint that said guitarist does not fit the bill.

Have they ever been featured in a guitar magazine? Do they have a signature line of products? Do people describe their tone and technique as distinct, i.e. Hendrix-ish phrasing, Gilmour-esque tone? Are they, or their band considered a household name? Indicators like these signify that a given player is considered notable and worthy of inclusion on what should be a brief list.

If they pass that test, think about the role that the Fuzz Factory plays in their music. Are they known for a fuzz-based style or a noisy lead on a specific song?

A substantial amount of time is spent undoing unneeded additions to the list. It exists to serve as an representative overview, nothing more.

Articles I've Penned

• Fender Custom Shop
• Fender Prosonic
• Jingle Cats

Articles I've Significantly Expanded

• Neil Young (Instruments)
• Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
• Fender Twin Reverb

Articles I'm Thinkin Bout Rewriting/Expanding (as time permits)

• Zachary Vex / Z.Vex Effects
• Tweed(Fender)
• Blonde(Fender)
• Brownface(Fender)
• Blackface(Fender)
• Silverface(Fender)
• Fender Deluxe Reverb

Long-Delayed Replies

Sorry if this is the wrong place to reply to things you wrote in my User:WinkJunior section. If there is a better place, can you please put a reference to it at the top of this page for morons like myself.

Re: Samplers & Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson - I don't want to get into a big debate about it. If "samplers" have been decided they must be digital, then I guess his doesn't count. I just know it's a sticking point with him. Re: Mellotrons and Chamberlains, yes, I am very experienced with them, I owned a Mellotron and have serviced them over the years - I'm sorry, its' a tape loop. Any strip of tape that plays and then repeats - well, just because it wasn't spliced together but just refeeds into the system - I guess I'm just saying you seem to be really trying to push the definition as something specific, whereas to me, it's "tape" and it "loops" hence it's a "tape loop". All that said, you have plenty of reasons. I was just trying to get info in there about Peter that was accurate, but he himself has decided that Wikipedia means nothing to him, that misinformation, rumors, hearsay and incorrect info will always be there, so he stopped caring and no longer feels I need to try to make the page accurate. He would rather it didn't exist at all, but he knows as soon as it was removed, it would come back as I explained.

Re: Why would I leave an album credit but quote Peter verbatim himself who told me he wasn't involved? Because at at this point, folks like yourself and others have made me scared to make any changes to Wikipedia. So I have taken the tack of of just putting in the info I know is true, and leaving it to others, like yourself, to decide to remove things, etc. It seems like every time I try to add, change, remove, etc. anything on Wikipedia, someone bites my head off, so now I've given up altogether.

Re: other stuff you posted - you win. You're right. Always. I'm no longer attempting to help improve Wikipedia, esp. since it seems like anything I do gets removed or reverted or catches me shit. So I guess I just wanted to say "Go ahead, it's all yours" because I've given up, and so I defer to your expertise. I do not mean this sarcastically or as an insult, but rather as an admission that I obviously cannot contribute in a positive way, so I want you to be sure that I will not interfere and that I appreciate the time and effort you've taken.

Again, if this is not the right place to reply, please do put a note at the top of the page and point to where one should , again, for people like myself who obviously don't qualify to contribute to Wikipedia (seriously.) Peace and thanks again for all your time and effort.