louderthangod wrote:I was really digging that except for the drummer and all the cymbal crashes...waaaaaaay too much. It seems like drummers that play heavy on the toms in a riffy, almost melodic way are nearly impossible to find after the 70's. The last few went into jazz-fusion and the world of rock was forever left with guys that wanted to be in the marching band or on the gong show. Actually gongs are the only cool cymbals made. Drummers should be the god of thunder not the clumsy waiter that dropped a tray of silverware.
That's an interesting perspective. I know some people, including myself, that don't like recordings with heavy cymbals because of sibilance. This is mostly due to poor quality speakers though. Once I upgraded to amateur studio monitors I could listen to Deftones without any of that annoying sibilance and sizzle. Some drummers use cymbals
D-Day wrote:Now I'm not saying grown ups can't make up their own mind about chorus but it's a bit of a funny proposition around here. People are very very very self conscious about their possibly sounding remotely 'grunge'. That's like a dirty word around here now. You especially don't EVER want to sound like Nirvana. So chorus is just plain O-U-T out. Which is retarded as fuck. Music is art and art should be free. I mean having freedom, not no monetary value. So anyhow, I recently received the entire line of Mr Black pedals. The ones I was specifically after were AMAZING. But the secret sleeper of the whole deal was that Double Chorus. It's great fun and sounds real good. So my buddy who is one of the self conscious, deathly afraid to be viewed as unhip by the local hipster intelligentsia type hipsters, says on the phone that he wants to try 'em all out. Especially the phaser (which is just fucking filthy btw). I tell him that yeah the phaser is fucking sweet but the real hidden gem is that chorus... dead air. Then we go up to my practice space and as he's hooking up I reiterate how nice the chorus is. He again says nothing. So he spends the next hour diligently playing all these pedals. Except the chorus. Wouldn't even touch the chorus. I'm 100% certain that chorus is just not allowed in his mind and I'm 100% certain that 90s Grunge Fear Syndrome is to blame. That is fucking sad. Trying to specifically avoid a thing is almost exactly the same level of cliche as trying to specifically copycat a thing.
I've received a small bit of flack for rocking a Walrus Audio pedal, basically just a RAT clone with pretty graphics and hipster videos. The DIY community don't like their ethic. But it's just a pedal. It sounds good, looks cool, and probably won't break for a long, long time. And I'm definitely one of those proud to be be a Doom player who rocks a flanger not set to jet plane sounds. I also love grunge music. I grew up on Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Melvins, etc. No shame. It's part of my heritage, as cocky as that sounds.
t-rey wrote:NEW GUITAR DAY BISHES. So I finally broke down and bought that Schecter tele I've been wanting. Plays really well. Never had a guitar with a bigsby, I enjoy it so far, but it will take a bit of getting used to. Needs new (heavier) strings, but other than that it's a really nice guitar. Also, it's green. Which is the cat's pajamas. I acknowledge, but do not apologize for posting too many pics:
Congrats, mate! Your amp and guitar match.
Ancient Astronaught wrote:On an unrelated note.... Does anyone have any experience with Pigtronix pedals? I'm heading to my local used gear shop this weekend with Skully and I'm bring a bunch of excess rack and PA gear I have lying around as well as possibly my p-bass and they have a Philosophers Tone and an Infinity Looper there that I'm thinking of trying to trade for. Both look absolutely tits, and the demos sound tits as well, I just have no personal experience with their pedals.
I've had a couple of Pigtronix pedals over the years and found them a little hit and miss. The prices are sometimes good and sometimes bad. I think they have a lot of potential, but the developers seem to choose features that no one else has almost for the sake of it. It's like the engineers think, "Hey, no one has made a pedal that pisses urine. Lets do that!" I feel like they could simplify certain pedals and complicate others. They're rugged enough for touring but I had issues with my Echolution. The Philosophers Tone is a very cool pedal though, and the Infinity Looper is my going to be the next looper I buy. They have some really, really intuitive and clever designs, but overdo it in places and under-do in others.
Ancient Astronaught wrote:It's better to be silent, then to spurt out random words if you forget the lyrics.
If you can handle a patient in cardiac arrest, you can handle the stress of a first gig with a band. I fear my first gig with the new project, it will be my first time using 4 huge cabs and a master / slave 2 amp setup with 2 pedalboards, it ain't gonna be fun... Except while playing.
I wish I could just transport myself to and from shows. Transplant myself onto the stage with no concerns or worries, have someone strap my perfectly set-up guitar onto my shoulders and take it off when the set is over. I prefer taking things down than setting things up. There is a satisfaction and a relief to putting it all away.
