Somewhere at the end I think. S tier 
He’s really the final boss of GAS/hoarding. Counted 3 TB-3s as well 
He’s even physically driving up the price 
5 Likes
Hoarding with culture.
1 Like
That’s a lot of bad gear.
5 Likes
5 minutes in
1 Like
Yes, of course, I did see that, it just got washed away in the flood of gear I had never heard of before. Thanks!
2 Likes
Surprised by the Neve and SSL signal path, unexpectedly fancy.
I can never tell if his praise of the tb-3 is ironic or not, but I guess owning 3 or them kind of settles the question. BUT HE IS WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!
2 Likes
I think he’s a trained audio engineer who used to do that for a living in some capacity and his comfort/familiarity with big kid production techniques and equipment is obvious in his videos I think, so having a very nice audio path for his jams that are intended to highlight the best features of often-criticized gear makes a lot of sense in letting the actual bad gear shine. Besides, he probably gets to write all this stuff off now if he’s doing the channel full time as it appears he must be. As for him liking TB-3 ironically or not, his love of gear that other people clown on is very clearly not ironic, as it drove him to creating an entire YouTube channel for the stuff, and TB-3 is kind of the archetype of what he loves about it: wacky interface, creative idea that looks dumb in hindsight, surprisingly cool sound and features.
The main surprise for me was seeing what Bad Gear he actually kept after ordering for the show and knowing that all the other stuff that wasn’t lent to him by his friends at Kleinefarber he didn’t bother keeping around. Like he really kept the Drumbrute and sold the Impact. So weird.
9 Likes
He bought it all with the blood money he received from Big Synth and Uli, open your eyes people!
7 Likes
My partner just looked at my screen and said, “Strongbad Gear”. Someone please make this happen
6 Likes
Did we hit the tips goal ?
1 Like
Pretty surprised by the amount of gear he owns. Truly a man of culture. Now it’s crystal clear how he’s exactly the right man for the Bad Gear job.
8 Likes
I was surprised how much really bad (like bad meaning bad) gear he actually still has. There were quite a few pieces that i would’ve got rid of.
3 Likes
I wonder whether he already had a ton of bad gear before he started the channel or if the bad gear came after he got the idea to start the channel 
I like to think he already had it and then got the idea to start a channel showcasing it as an excuse for having all that stuff
4 Likes
Both i guess.
I have no idea.
1 Like
This is insane. For some reason, I always thought he just buys weird shit for pennies or gets it for free from people who want to throw it away, makes an episode and then gets rid of it (instead of a few pieces that are always featured in his jams). Now I’m glad for him he managed to turn that hoarding problem into a “career”.
Why does he love that M-audio keyboard so much? Did he ever talk about that?
7 Likes
For some, perhaps less of a problem than it is a passion. I have met some very content collectors who have shelves full of things like toys and cereal boxes. Sometimes the kind of things most people would not be excited to collect. Some of them are very well-off in life and it’s a clear choice rather than a defect.
I’m certainly no angel when it comes to holding on to things that I don’t necessarily need or use, and I understand that for many who have a purge mentality that this is always viewed as a problem.
As far as the M-audio keyboard I assume the full-size keys and reliability are factors. It was very popular for many years and probably M-audio’s top selling midi keyboard (at least at the time). As far as why he sticks with it, he’s said many times that he’s not a keys player so for him, perhaps his comfort lies in the ability to confidently play that controller vs many with full size keys which take up a ton of desk space and many smaller controllers which have mini keys.
Just theorizing though!
7 Likes
I wouldn’t call it a “hoarding problem.” Or even hoarding at all. To have extra gear on shelves in one’s studio from over a lifetime of working with and collecting different gear.
For some people, that’s the fun / art of it. Being able to pull out different gear. Not everybody wants a more minimalist setup of only the gear they are currently using/will use in the immediate future.
7 Likes
It may not be “hoarding”, but at the same time, there’s no real reason to keep around a piece of gear that one has rated D, unless it is of historic interest.
7 Likes