Tonari no Kurokawa-san - Ch. 37 - About Takahashi's Father

[amr1t]

what a nice chapter

 

[Curccoll]

God dammit, I was just waiting for food and now I’m tearing up in public.

 

[lordchecha]

As someone that has been playing guitar for 25 years and also has never really even considered getting one of the higher end guitars, I've had this happen to me multiple times, when finally I have the money set aside for a nice upgrade something happens and I get back to square one. I own a nice, but cheap, Epiphone SG, right now I am thinking of getting a nicer Epiphone SG next month, lets hope nothing happens.

 

[ThrystaVindr]

Aww that's cute, they all really care about each other

 

[KYi7O]

ohio respect+

 

[ZorexLudwin]

 

[naofummi]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOO LES PAUL ACQUIRED

 

[AsteroidCreator99]

This made me cry

 

[Jackist]

I seriously don't understand why people are emotional over spending useless amounts of extra money on a Brand Name. A fake Les Paul is dirt cheap, sounds literally the exact same, and the only difference is what? A few extra 1000 bucks? For what? Cred?

I don't get it, what does a brand name mean to anyone? It's like kids and Nike Shoes, you just look stupid. Get a 250 buck Chibson, done. You get a guitar with NO FUCKING DIFFERENCE and you can still pay for your kids tuition. Problem solved for EVERYONE. But no, sacrifice the little money the family has for what?

 

[Jackist]

As someone that has been playing guitar for 25 years and also has never really even considered getting one of the higher end guitars, I've had this happen to me multiple times, when finally I have the money set aside for a nice upgrade something happens and I get back to square one. I own a nice, but cheap, Epiphone SG, right now I am thinking of getting a nicer Epiphone SG next month, lets hope nothing happens.

But you didn't spend the extra useless money on a brand did you? Because you care about playing, and you don't care about a Brand Name like a kid sporting fancy clothes. You care about the music and thats really cool.

 

[regred]

I hate to be that guy, but giving up an electric guitar (even if it’s been your dream for a long time) so your son can go to a super prestigious school isn’t a great sacrifice, it’s what any decent parent would do

 

[Kuraiaku]

I hate to be that guy, but giving up an electric guitar (even if it’s been your dream for a long time) so your son can go to a super prestigious school isn’t a great sacrifice, it’s what any decent parent would do

I don't even think he even considers it as "sacrifice" though, as he just drop the idea without any hesitation and regret, it's not like he's acting out like a kid.

Also, is it the trend nowadays that people try hard not to give any compliment for people doing the correct and nice things trying to be the edgy "I'm better than you all plebs"?

Like, even if a waitress's job is bringing the food I ordered to my table, I'll still say "Thank you" for them, because when you don't appreciate nice thing people do for you, you'll take everything for granted.

 

[Tokischi]

ugh borderline bullying

 

[JaxunHero]

Awww

 

[aveney41]

What a sweet family. Great way to wake up!

 

[bluenorvo]

Good chapter. I legit thought this was some weird time skip chapter cause his dad is a splitting image of him.

 

[Menhir]

As someone that has been playing guitar for 25 years and also has never really even considered getting one of the higher end guitars, I've had this happen to me multiple times, when finally I have the money set aside for a nice upgrade something happens and I get back to square one. I own a nice, but cheap, Epiphone SG, right now I am thinking of getting a nicer Epiphone SG next month, lets hope nothing happens.

Bro you forgot you were gonna buy My Neighbor Ms. Kurokawa's volumes...

 

[Twigums]

I made sure to get all the volumes on Bookwalker after this chapter. I don't want it to get the axe, ~5 USD for the third volume a small price to pay imo

 

[Stardarkdust]

This manga its so adorable. I love see the other relationships, it's a refresh see cute things

 

[jubuttib]

I seriously don't understand why people are emotional over spending useless amounts of extra money on a Brand Name. A fake Les Paul is dirt cheap, sounds literally the exact same, and the only difference is what? A few extra 1000 bucks? For what? Cred?

I don't get it, what does a brand name mean to anyone? It's like kids and Nike Shoes, you just look stupid. Get a 250 buck Chibson, done. You get a guitar with NO FUCKING DIFFERENCE and you can still pay for your kids tuition. Problem solved for EVERYONE. But no, sacrifice the little money the family has for what?

Oh there absolutely are differences!

If you get something other than a Gibson, it might actually stay in tune. =)

I'll also note that often it's way less about how a guitar sounds, and way more about how they feel, and how they make YOU feel, and that's harder to quantify.

I have found that a good quality 500 buck guitar with ~200 buck work by a good technician/luthier can easily compete with or beat most 1000+ buck guitars.

In the 250 buck range it's a bit tougher, you can absolutely get a very good guitar that plays well, but probably not quite as good. Even if you get good basic geometry etc., usually at that price the hardware and pickups just aren't as good, though those are cheap upgrades. I'm a big fan of upgrading guitars. That though only starts to really matter when you're not just playing for fun.

Sometimes there are exceptions. I've had very nice playing, very well set up LTD guitars in the 500 buck range, but having had chances to test their "proper" ESP Japan made versions, you could immediately tell that they're just better, look better, feel better, play better.

Enough for me to pay 1.5k more? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

It's never been easier to get really good playing guitars for cheap than now, which is a great thing. =)

In the case of the Gibson Les Paul though... Yeah I don't get it. Might be a controversial take, but I feel today's Gibson doesn't make anywhere near the best Les Pauls, I much prefer many of the copies... They look stunning, they've got that down.