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Their new album is good, sure, but I still hope for the day they return to this kind of blistering, defiant, shamelessly grand brilliance.

[quote name='ryan0583' post='1123345' date='Feb 10 2011, 10:42 PM']Here's mine. Recently added Pork Loin and XBlender.[/quote] , how much did that Ezekiel set you back? To be honest any answer is going to make me sad.

I didn't keep up with the TB thread, but Jeff Berlin's whoel attitude seems a bit arrogant: "But some guys over there just talk the talk and don't have the musical experience to know that what they subscribe to in regards to music education doesn't work. But, they think that it does. " That just reads me to as: "You guys aren't famous musicians, you're wrong, I'm right because I'm Jeff Berlin. Deal with it." There's a thousand and one ways to teach music. As long as you're teaching the actual correct information I don't think there's a wrong way. I know he's a Berklee alum so I imagine he was advocating a strict traditional academic music education, which is great for some people, but some people learn best other ways. I don't imagine TB is innocent to be honest, I don't like it much because it's way too cliquey, I can imagine the mods practicing double standards.

Err....why would he be tuning if they were miming? Asides from not been neccasserry, it's a dead giveaway. Sounds live anyway, and it looks like he's fretting to let the note ring while he tunes. He was probably having problems, it does happen, bad string, dodgy bridge saddle, the string could have been slipping out of tune, happens to the best of us.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1111092' date='Feb 1 2011, 03:02 PM']But what about if you have to deliver BNP (or whoever)promo material? Would you flat out refuse to deliver it,or just get on with it and do your job?[/quote] That doesn't really work because people would know you're just the postman. We've gotten BNP and EDL stuff through the door during elections and I've yet to consider the postman a xenophobic racist. I think if you were up on stage doing a benefit gig then there'd be a tendency to assume that you were supporting the cause. I certainly wouldn't do it if I was a pro. Playing with a band you don't like is different, okay somebody might assume you're in a crappy band or like country and western, but that wouldn't bother me. People assuming I supported the BNP would bother me. The perfect illustrtion of my point. Actual relevant stuff starts at 2:04ish

That's a big enclosure for a feedback loop, I'd say you'd want an MXR size box, they should have those on Banzai.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1107442' date='Jan 29 2011, 06:13 PM']Are you telling me the body looks like wood to the un-trained eye? [/quote] It depends if you consider a knowledge of lacquer to be training.

John Bonham, Dave Grohl and Mark Heron.

With my extremely limited knowledge, I think for the sound to continue you'd need a buffer of some description. As it is I'd imagine it'd just mute the signal instantly. I'm probably wrong though.

No idea about those albums in particular but I'm pretty sure he used a Ric most of the time.

Josh Homme, Mike Vennart or Stuart Braithwaite. Or all 3 of them. That would be one HELL of a band.

[quote name='dumelow' post='1095213' date='Jan 19 2011, 02:38 PM']does this apply to these pedals that are not true bypass too? could you use any cheapish tremolo or phaser and it wont affect your tone?[/quote] The type of bypass doesn't effect the tone while it's on, only when it's off. It depends on the pedal really, true bypass is very overhyped, I've used some great cheap pedals with very clean bypass, most of BOSS's stuff for example. A good clean buffered bypass is actually better than true bypass because it keeps the tone clean and keeps the signal strong, true bypass can attenuate and degrade the signal if you run lots of them in succesion.

Delay is just a time effect, it doesn't affect the tone at all, any delay should work. Same with tremolo, phaser, and reverb.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1084778' date='Jan 10 2011, 08:20 PM'] [/quote] Jim is a geniusly unique bassist. These are the two I'm loving at the moment: Both take a while to get going bass wise, but they're brilliantly creative lines, that manage to stand out with 3 guitars in the mix.

[quote name='blind pilot' post='1079839' date='Jan 6 2011, 01:48 PM']WOW, looks a nice bit of kit, but new they are over £350.00 plus you then have to factor in the expression pedal. Have seen the red Whammy IV's for £150.00![/quote] You can get a wh-4 for about £100 2'nd hand, xp-100's can generally be had for less than £100. I had both for a while, and If you're going to do tool covers, I think the xp-100 is the best bet.

Just get an XP-100, less than £100, has more modes than the bass whammy, and it has the fabled 5'th up/octave up that the bass whammy seems to be prized for and it sounds great with bass. The bass whammy does sound slightly better, but not £400 better.

Not the most obviously brilliant bassline, but listen closely and you'll realize the bass is doing completely it's own thing, considering there's 3 guitars, it's amazing how he can still do something completely different with the bass and still keep it harmonious.

DR's have the longest life of any normal string I've ever played and they sound amazing.

Hi-Beams for standard tuning, DDT's for Drop C. Best strings in the world.

The best one I've heard is "King of the accidental orgasm".