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[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='605736' date='Sep 22 2009, 04:07 PM']Explain dirt...? I would consider 'dirt' to be overdrives etc... I have an overdrive, a really really heavy distortion and a synth with squarewave/bit cruncher style distortions on it as well, so id say I have more than enough!... or do you mean something else?[/quote] You got it, but that only gives you 12ish combinations of dirt. Clearly everyone needs 50+ possible dirty tones on their pedalboard.

for a whole week, all food and drinks included, in a nice place in a decent hotel, £500 would be a steal!

Nice board! Needs moar dirt though.

It could also be your amp positioning etc, but obviously that will affect your overall tone, not just in distorted bits. I used to use distortion 80% of the time, and I never had trouble, but I had a guitar combo right next to my ear feeding me all the nasty high mids and highs.

That's ace! LOOOOOAAAADS of room.

The new zoom pedals are great IMO.

EQ is the only answer. Perhaps you need an EQ pedal after the dirt pedal (put them both in a bypass loop or close together for simultaneous switching) bringing up the highs and hi mids should help. EDIT: What EQ do you have on your amp? I'm just thinking if you get a sound you want when playing on your own, then it's just the guitars and drums drowning out certain frequencies, and you need to boost these.

[quote name='davidmpires' post='601144' date='Sep 17 2009, 11:08 AM']Every single one???? ......Nowadays every single radio plays Muse. Does that make them a worse band or a sucessful one?[/quote] Sorry, yeh, I was being sarcastic. There are lots of people who like to feel like a band belongs to them, or to a particular scene (usually determined by them all dressing the same) etc. and then turning on the band like they're the devil as soon as they get some major radio play. Having said that it may be common for bands to be more prolific and energetic and unusual in their early writing, for obvious reasons.

[quote name='OldGit' post='601037' date='Sep 17 2009, 08:38 AM']Why do popular tunes always get slagged off?[/quote] Probably because they get played so f*cking often on the radio, TV, tv adverts, idiots in the pub etc etc. It gets annoying hearing the same thing over and over, especially if it's a "catchy" tune. Personally, I heard it the first time and thought "that's another catchy tune form them, nice one". Now I can't stand it. [quote name='Killstarz' post='601053' date='Sep 17 2009, 09:12 AM']Kings of Leon stopped being good when they cut their hair. Fact.[/quote] Every band in the world were amazing for their first 1 or 2 albums and then "sold out" or "turned commercial" or just basically got too trendy for people who consider themselves "alternative".

I'm impressed! Nice one.

Sorry I didn't see this thread, I would have sorted you with some free software and advice for latency free recording on a sh*t PC. I have a line6 backtrack, I use it loads for just recording ideas in the living room, or for recording samples to go on proper songs.

Very impressive! If you have the pics, a retrospective build diary or two would be a great addition to the forum!

[quote name='nash' post='598435' date='Sep 14 2009, 05:30 PM']My old band played the norfolk about a month ago. the promoter tried to cancel on us after we arrived. he's a kid in his late teens early twenties. he was being lazy by not actually promoting it.[/quote] We played on Saturday. We got there just after some 16 year old kids from down south. 5 minutes later the landlord calls up to say "cancel the gig, I need the PA at my other pub". So we went to get our own PA and sorted out the sound. It was OK, but you'd think after all that effort the other bands would have stayed around to watch us. cnuts. Anyway, we played to about 20 people and trashed the "stage" (floor) at the end.

It might be an idea to try an MDF bass though and see how it sounds.

That looks great! Where are your builds 1 and 2?

downer. Try for a gig at The Underground in stoke, or at The Rigger in newcastle-under-lyme. If they ask you to organise support my band can bring plenty of people.

Finbar - get your booking man to check out about the Norfolk. The landlord said he might be stopping gigs at the end of October. [quote name='Doddy' post='596556' date='Sep 12 2009, 02:09 PM']I think it's about time I posted a pic of my pedal board .....[/quote] Nice board! We need a night shot.

B&Q but it's way too expensive. I'm sure someone else has a better source.

I do that as well, even now i'm playing drums. Gigging with ear-plugs in just doesn't feel right. I'll have to change my attitude.

they go farther down on the lower horn I really like it but I would take it back to her and ask if she can go over the rings around the screw holes. EDIT: Then ask if you can go around the rings of her screw holes.

heh, mine was a big keyboard flightcase with 20 odd pedals in it - heavier than my peavey 15" combo! Just checked your dates (can't listen to the music at work) and you're playing at the norfolk!! I hope you're used to little pubs with a PA for vox only. We're actually playing there tomorrow night. I'll deffinitely come, I love gigs there. You won't get much of a local crowd without a local support band. Is someone on with you yeh?

actually I just found this pic of my gear and thought i'd stick it up. I used to gig this whole lot, and more pedals at one point.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='594616' date='Sep 10 2009, 11:18 AM']Check this out - sleeping and playing. Who said men can't multi-task? [url="http://img34.imageshack.us/i/baknak.jpg/"][/url][/quote] Heh, cool, I recognise you from the shop!! I've been looking for a bad bass face (of me) all day long and I can't find one! I seem to just do a weird pout. However, when I play the drums I do all sorts of weird stuff with my face to the extent that my whole jaw aches after!