Wall of Mouths

Ummm… I’ll just slink away and forget that ever happened.

You did see the design on the inside of that, right? Just BUILD one!

Just awful playing, looking and sounding. Eugh. Begone!

Unless the acoustic version’s different (Hey, it might be), that’s a tone sharp.

ITs way better than the other options, that’s for sure.

Well, I don’t like them. That enough?

Not familiar- but it’s an Ampeg- it’s gonna be good.

The above is, amazingly wrong, but I refuse to correct it, as it is mind-blisteringly simple.

You’re right- it’s rubbish.

I’d just get a software sequencer and drum machine. Like Reason Adapted… it’s free and sounds OK-ish.

I thought he changed how he plays songs constantly (on Johnathan Ross he played the intro/verse of Time is Running Out on a keyboard). I geuss he started off using fingers because there’s some tapping at the start of Stockholm, I believe?

Meh… not Les, but I’d love almost everybody else to sound like Wooten. It’d make Coldplay bearable, at least.

Red5 (http://www.red5audio.com) have a Valve Condensor on offer for £170. Anyone else VERY interested? Its supposed to stand up to an equivilant Neumann or AKG (but, obviously, different- it has its own sound).

Spaceball 1 wrote:

Ah, NON-T? bassriffs…

I’d say anything by Primus, but that’s just the sweaty little bass-playing Les Claypool fanboy inside me talking.

Yeah, any ‘best bass riff’ questions have to exclude Primus, or else (by rights), that’s all there’d be. Bet he could play Hysteria, slapping every note, at twice that speed. Hmm… that sounds like a larf, actually.

I’ve heard that positioning the mic above the vocalist can cause the vocal chords to open up more for a stronger vocal…

There are no rules in recording- and if there are, then they should be broken.

Like you MUST use a condenser for vocals? prefer my Beta 57, to be honest.

I’m constantly changing… usually stick to standard, but I mess about a lot. Tuning the open strings to weird chords is cool, and DADGAD is always fun.

buffalo-boy wrote:

Looks to me like Asus2, C#sus2, Bsus2.

He’s right, y’know.

Singing while playing Screamager… it’s just the ‘but’ in the chorus that knocks me off… now I leave it out.

Try singing accellorator and playing the riff… it IS difficult… the strumming is awkward.

Misanthropologist wrote:

No proplem, hope you find something you like. :)

Idlevice, there’s no supposed to about it: if you only like the sounds of new strings then fine, change them, but if you don’t, it’s ok to keep them. The only ‘correct’ way is the way that suits you personally.
I’m just saying, because if there’s any newer players reading, they might think they’re doing it wrong to not be constantly replacing the strings. *shrugs*

Sure, but if you keep dead strings on for too long, it can wreck your intonation. I’ve heard it happen (to someone else).

Just for information’s sake, the speakers WORK… but sound like ass. Just needs new ones. I got 2 2x12s, 2x 3x10s and a 150 watt WEM PA amp for £30… I soon found out why. Still good for that price, though. Make-things-louder box is always good to have.

Get Elixers…

Honestly, I’d WANT to change by strings every couple of gigs anyway, you’re supposed to.

Title: Hardest Song to Play

By Therapy?, what is it?

Hardest I’ve tried to play is accellerator, I think. Hard to sing and play, at any rate.

That’s F#, G# A# for people who prefer it that way.

And yeah, really easy… that gives me a thread idea.

I’ve actually got a spare 2x12 8ohm cab… but it might as well be scrap metal. You’d need to get new speakers anyway, and even then… its covered in some weird oily glue…

ctrlaltdelete wrote:

how did u come up with that..?

Band were jamming and I thought it’d be fun. Played it at a battle of the bands in Larne, but a lead guitar player from another and was playing crazy Malmstein-like solos upside down and put me to shame. Ah well…

Tag! Mein Deutch ist FÜRCHTBAR!!!

Mein Onkel verbrennt. Jehman helfen Ihr.

Ihr Baby ist sehr hässlich

Es tut ich Leid. Ich habe Ihren Viehbestand gegessen.

Ich machte GCSE auf Deutsch. Ich habe ein „D“ erhalten.

Play it upside down (with you fretting hand over the top of the fretboard, fingers facing the floor)- tonnes of fun! Stretching to the high E’s the tricky bit.

E down to D? Why? The song’s in A…

Am I missing summit?

EDIT:

Oh, you mean like

G————-
D————-
A————-
D-0-2-2-2-

…Don’t think so.

I had just normal tuning and basic power-chords- but I was never very fond of this song, so I didn’t give it much effort.