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Just to show it can be used... [url="http://www.myspace.com/onceburningearth"]http://www.myspace.com/onceburningearth[/url] In "Season Of Thunder" I double the lead guitar's sweep at 38 secs.

Unwound as in flatwound? If so that could well be your problem. If you wanna sound like Billy get some nice zingy roundwounds on there. And practice 8 hours a day for the rest of your life.

[quote name='bremen' post='151553' date='Mar 5 2008, 10:05 AM']Who said that? I Googled it but it only came back to your sig. "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best." -FVZ, RIP[/quote] Its from Alasdair Gray's epic (and very very strange) [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lanark-Life-Books-Canongate-Classics/dp/1841959073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205067213&sr=8-1"]"Lanark".[/url]

I ripped my sweeping technique pretty much wholesale from this Scott Hubbell lesson... [url="http://www.scotthubbell.com/lessons/L13.htm"]http://www.scotthubbell.com/lessons/L13.htm[/url] Its a technique that does take a looooooot of slow painful practice and is of limited usefulness in most musical contexts, although I must say I do love being to double my guitarists' sweeps. (yeah, I copied this from the previous thread. This is far and away the best lesson I've found on the toppic and I have looked quite a bit.)

TBH you're entirely right, the time I've invested in stuff like sweeping would almost certainly have been better spent learning more practical stuff and keeping up my upright chops. It was just something I got a bit carried away with; that said, I do play in a band where there is actually opportunities to deploy stuff like this and I'm given free reign to do so, and the look on my guitarist's face the first time I doubled one of his sweeps was well worth the effort. If I was playing in a less technical outfit it would most probably have stayed a neat bedroom trick.

[quote name='Alun' post='107297' date='Dec 20 2007, 07:47 PM']Adam Nitti and Scott Hubbell both use sweeping a fair amount. This technique is discussed quite often on Talkbass so you might want to pop over and have a rummage. Cheers, Alun[/quote] I ripped my sweeping technique pretty much wholesale from this Scott Hubbell lesson... [url="http://www.scotthubbell.com/lessons/L13.htm"]http://www.scotthubbell.com/lessons/L13.htm[/url] Its a technique that does take a looooooot of slow painful practice and is of limited usefulness in most musical contexts, although I must say I do love being to double my guitarists' sweeps.

Peavey TVX 4x10. Certainly wouldn't go with a single 15 for volume as it will almost certainly be 8 ohms and you'll get about 1/4 of the amp's power through it.

[quote name='dlloyd' post='64654' date='Sep 24 2007, 10:48 AM']. I'd have difficulty with some of the more complicated music that they throw at you around grade 8, particularly with some of the 20th century composers who [b]had issues with diatonic harmony[/b] etc.[/quote] That's a great way to put it!

I have a Scott Sound Systems 15" cab. Don't realy know anything about it, I got it cheap from a friend. Doesn't seem terribly proffessional to be honest. Here's a pic... Any relation you think?

[quote name='Mikey D' post='62007' date='Sep 18 2007, 02:32 AM']I suppose what is seen as the 'proper' technique would be M-I fingers in strict alteration. However, you should never limit yourself as you may be better off playing some parts different, possibly incorporating raking. Example: I learnt to play with MI with my thumb floating a string behind to mute, but you can also anchor your thumb on the pickup or E string. I also use my little finger to mute to get a different tone when playing with two fingers, it's a little awkward at times, but I like the sound. Then I learnt a bit of the billy sheehan and gary willis three finger style as I found I could play faster and smoother. As said above, Jamerson used one. For playing reggae, I used my thumb and mute the strings with the side of the palm, like many others including Marcus Miller. I also use T-I-M or T-I-M-R fingers quite a lot now as I can string cross and play lines that would be almost impossible with two alternating fingers. Just whatever technique you use, make sure it is secure and comfortable. If you find you can't execute things, then you need to start looking in detail why. However I don't advocate sitting and doing boring right hand only exercises. Your technique should be learnt and fed from the music you are playing. Slow, deliberate practice on the music you find hard to execute will give greater rewards in technique than doing finger drills. There is so much you can do with your right hand, and a lot of people neglect this as part of their playing. So when I learn something, I try playing with lots of different right hand techniques to see the difference each bring, but at the start you should just use one and get it working well.[/quote] Excellent advice as ever.

I'll stick and wait for the Pod X3 Pro I think.

That is correct, the bridge and sound post are held solely by the pressure of the strings, so don't slacken all the strings off together.

No pics, no blueburst testicles.

AKA keyword spamming, which I believe is now banned.

[quote name='sirmontofgue' post='60243' date='Sep 14 2007, 09:01 AM']Guys, Thanks for all your replies and help. I bought the lot for just under £300 and have since gigged it. It is a fantastic set up and [b]gives me a testicle shaking lower end[/b], and a lovely warm top, which is great for a blues/rock band. Once again thanks[/quote] Always a good sign. Congratulations on the new rig

Maybe check out the Boss V-Wah. No doubt FX purists hate it but it does have a variety of wahs, 3 presets and tank like construction in its favour.