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Post your pictures, Lets see what you all look like.
SteveXFR replied to slaphappygarry's topic in General Discussion
I only play 4 of those strings. Supporting Hellbastard back in December -
Name a Genre an give me your top 3 tracks from it
SteveXFR replied to Mykesbass's topic in General Discussion
Stoner metal Kyuss - Gardenia Down - Losing All Fu Manchu - Evil Eye -
I think I've got the fill. A couple pull off and hammer ons seems to be getting me there. I don't have a fretless so I won't use one
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I got the notes, I just can't play it!
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I've been learning Even Flow by Pearl Jam and it's not too difficult except for the descending scale runs. Is it just me or is it actually difficult to play it clean? Any tips? Its 8 seconds in, ending with the harmonic
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Guitarist insisted I needed to buy a Ampeg SVT Classic plus 8x10 and an active sub. A reasonable request if we were a headlining, touring band playing big stages to big crowds. This was in preparation for our first gig which wasn't yet booked. I told him to get stuffed and the drummer said "wot he said" and followed me out
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I've had friends who turned pro in mountain biking or as musicians and they're all absolutely skint and never get to do what they loved just as a bit of fun with mates any more. I'll give it a miss I think
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Which companies are dead to you?
SteveXFR replied to Jean-Luc Pickguard's topic in General Discussion
The entire bicycle industry for making 27.5" wheels obsolete and messing up production so badly last year that now all bikes are extremely heavily discounted. These two factors combined mean my top spec, incredibly good enduro mountain bike is now worth half of bugger all. The whole bike is now worth less than I could have sold the frame for last year. -
Ebay fees have just got too high for me. I'm selling stuff elsewhere now
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Which companies are dead to you?
SteveXFR replied to Jean-Luc Pickguard's topic in General Discussion
I can't stand the whole "we're punk, now buy shares in the company because that's what punks would do" thing. -
Which companies are dead to you?
SteveXFR replied to Jean-Luc Pickguard's topic in General Discussion
Jaguar. No more V8 saloons, not ever. How's a gentleman supposed to get around with less than 8 cylinders? Triumph motorcycles. No more sports tourers. Its just pretend classics or massive off road style adventure bikes. -
Eyes of the south - Down
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Swimming lessons - The Skints
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Caffeine bomb - Wildhearts
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I tried Ableton live and found it lacked user friendliness. Nothing seemed very intuitive about it. I'm now using Reaper which is much better and only about £60 although the free trial never actually ends.
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White Pony - Deftones Dammit. Beaten to it
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Snapped string after swapping: what did I do wrong?
SteveXFR replied to chyc's topic in General Discussion
I find work hardening works well -
Snapped string after swapping: what did I do wrong?
SteveXFR replied to chyc's topic in General Discussion
But we're not American are we? We are civilised, tea drinking, English spelling, sarcasm using, human beans -
Snapped string after swapping: what did I do wrong?
SteveXFR replied to chyc's topic in General Discussion
That's not right. Tempering is a treatment used after hardening to remove some of the hardness and increase toughness. It makes it less brittle, not more. -
Snapped string after swapping: what did I do wrong?
SteveXFR replied to chyc's topic in General Discussion
Repeatedly fitting and removing strings is not normal behaviour and will lead to failure occasionally. Bass strings don't need pre-stretching, that's more of a guitar thing. Just fit them, tune up and play them until they've lost too much brightness for you then bin them. If you want to vary the tone a bit then try some different playing techniques (fingers, slap, pick or try picking harder or lighter etc) or get some effects pedals. -
The Bristol shop used to be pretty decent but last time I went in to try basses, I waited ages for one to be taken off the wall then got given a tiny practice amp a few feet from a guitarist trying out a big valve amp so couldn't hear what the bass sounded like. I asked to try it where I can hear it and was told to come back another time. I bought one elsewhere. It's even worse since they moved to a shop where there's no parking.
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How Clean/Overdriven Is Your Basic "Clean" Tone?
SteveXFR replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in General Discussion
It's similar to the bass strap height discussions. What works for a finger style tech wizard or slapper isn't going to be right for a super fast down picking punk using a plectrum- 28 replies
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- bascic clean tone
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