BassMunkee

Hmmm, Metal - Death Metal, Doom Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Drone Doom, Melodic Death, Noise Metal, Industrial Metal... Rock - MOR, AOR, Post Rock, Pop Rock, Punk Rock, Gothic Rock... Specifity.

Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV

[quote]ok, first off....why does "the" tend to get spelt "teh" (ref. above post)?[/quote] It's a deliberate mispelling done to poke fun at people who do it accidentally, sometimes used ironically, like: ZOMFG111!!!111!!11!1111!!!!! or WTF???////?/?

Plus: JFGI - Just F*****g Google It Owned, which is like Pwned and also ownage/pwnage LEET - Elite - (you may also see L33T or 1337) WOOT or W00T or W007 - literally: "Wow Loot" but in most forums used either sincerely or sarcastically in a similar fashion to "hooray". So for example: "W007 I just totally pwned his ar5e, I am teh 1337."

There was a really great one I remember of Jason Newstead flinging his head back with all his hair streaming in front of him which was brilliant, oh yeah and another of him with a look on his face that quite frankly can only be described as murderous. Looked brilliant. Unfortunately I'm blocked at work from posting photos, so you'll just have imagine it from my descriptions!

Can't help you with the Reggae I'm afraid, but Atmospheric Post-Rock...? That's my favourite kind! Webiste? Samples...?

I have a steel one but I rarely use it because although it has monstrous attack, every other sound it makes again the strings is utterly hideous.

Do not touch this. Just walk away.

Simon Gallup. Justin Sullivan. Melissa Auf De Maur. D'arcy Wretsky.

Cocteau Twins - Lullabies To Violaine vol 2 disk 2 "Feet Like Fins". Nice.

Buy a sequencer. Job done.

Patricia Morrison.

"Harsh Times" Here we go: [url="http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=1143749&t=8620"]http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=1143749&t=8620[/url]

If it was good enough for Pete Murphy...

[quote]It was a thought, but i think I'd then have to've grown my hair (check my profile pic as to the main reason why this'd be an issue) and made it do that flicky kinda-across-the-face thing...ooh, and dyed it black, and worn my jeans round the middle of my thighs, and started wearing black checkerboard belts/ties/scarfs etc etc etc...it looked to be one of those bands, if you know what I mean![/quote] Good grief man, that's Emo not industrial - next time bone up on some Appolyon [sp] Sun or Ministry - that'll see you right. Oh and check your strap length. If you can see your belt buckle below your bass then clearly you don't belong in an industrial band. I personally adopt the Peter Hook ® style of bass - comfortable, functional, poseable - which keeps my options nicely open should I ever be bothered to inflict myself upon real human beings rather than just the internet.

Explosions In The Sky Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever.

4/4 FTW. What I found useful, and to be honest I now do it unconsciously, was to count 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4... and so on whilst I was listening to a song and feel myself fit into the rythm. Once you've done that try combining it with tapping your feet and/or your hands/fingers. Pretty soon you'll find that you do it unconsciously. You don't necessarily need to be using your bass to practice your rythm, it's not dependant on the instrument, only you really. make sure that you pick something obvious to count to - hat, snare, kick. If there is a silent bit or a long intro, try counting in or counting through so that the rythm comes in on the right beat.

I play this: And I Love It

Hi there, I'm self-taught as well, and whilst I am fairly certain that some of the theorists out there will wade in with the "correct" way (KIDDING) what I can say is this - My grip on the neck depends very much on what and where I am playing on the frets. I've never found there to be a "right" way of doing it, merely a way that feels right for what you are trying to achieve. That's what I think anyway...

Hi there, Can anyone suggest a decent, but cheap, guitar stand for a Thunderbird...? Ta!

Always make sure that you wear clean underwear, and that you bring a towel or a suitable cloth to mop up after the drummer when he starts to dribble.

I have found that if I turn up the attack on my noise gate and fiddle with the decay I can get a pick-like sound. It is however only "pick-like" - I play with a pick mostly anyway to be honest and there is no substitute that will satisfactorily replicate the sound imo. As was said earlier, you would be better off buying a couple of picks for 50p, and just practicing, it's all technique and as you appear to have discovered, only being able to play one way can be a limiting factor. If nothing else it's a lot cheaper than buying a (possibly unsatisfactory) pedal to replicate a sound yo could easily get for 50p and a bit of practice.

[quote]you could try red onion...lovely people and excellent units[/quote] +1 I've bought a couple of things from them and they are brilliant. As it happens I recently purchased a loop switch off of them, first class and TOTALLY silent. They'll customise things pretty much anyway you want too.

I use an RC20XL and it's great, I looked into loads, and IMO this one is the best, for bang for your buck, and functionality - again in my opinion. If I had but one criticism of it it would be that I wish it had a better way of dialling in the tempo, but that really is clutching at straws to be honest, and it's never been a problem for me.