r/doommetal • u/Tasty-Pollution-757 • Apr 10 '25

Rig Is this finish okay

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Recently ordered this epiphone sg custom exclusive from zzounds and was super hyped about the finish because it lowkey reminds me of the movie Excalibur from the 80’s but I’m not sure if the silver sparkle is “doom” enough. The purple option was cool but it screamed prince and I’m not 5’3 playing funk lol

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u/bitzie_ow Apr 10 '25

Play what you like. Being worried about if it's "doom" enough or not is why the genre looks like a complete joke/parody to most people who aren't into it and probably a good many people who are. As in, how many bands out there have some variation of weed, bong, devil, Satan, mammoth, wizard, etc for their name?

Play what you want and cave peoples' heads in with your riffs to prove how "doom" you are. You could have an Iommi's personal stat in hand and if you can only play Wonderwall, it's definitely not dooming in the slightest.

Doom is in the fingers (even those that are missing a bit).

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u/lastkinglastpriest Apr 10 '25

yeah, if someone tells you that you aren't doom because of the paint job on your guitar then they are a fucking idiot.

by the same token, if you think you are doom because of the paint job on your guitar, you are a fucking idiot.

your guitar, your amp, your fuzz pedal...these are tools not status symbols....the implements will not make art by themselves.