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I wouldn't shut up about the growing up in the 60s and how amasing the beatles were

I'm a drummer but I don't know how I did it, sorry! There are loads of videos on youtube it might be worth watching. I do like a lot of Benny Greb's stuff but I don't know if that's relevant I was playing drums in a band before I could really play, so that helped a load. I guess the next best thing is to play along to some "drumless" backing tracks, which I've seen advertised online

Not bad at all! How are you recording it? Do you have a mic on the kick drum? The best tip I can pass on is to get the drummer to take it easy on the cymbals

To my ears, they're pretty much identical. The only difference I can notice is that the bass is slightly louder in the 2nd version, which I liked, so I voted for that

I quite like the burned look but the gaffa tape is really not for me. Also, when you start using it, if you play with a pick you'll muck up the tape and it'll become very sticky and nasty

very interesting, thanks!

put another player on my bass through my rig and they will sound like they never have before. Obviously they will sound different to me, but it's not ALL in the fingers Anyway, I practise acoustically, and I find this lets me hear the true sound before I even get to an amp. I can get as much or as little "fret clank" as I want without messing with EQ. I can get the punchy middle sound of playing right next to the bridge, or the thick woolly sound playing up next to the neck. After practising acoustically it's just second nature. If you're not happy with the sounds your techniques are producing, I'd highly recommend practising un-plugged.

It could be too low at the nut so check that as well as the bridge

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1461317582' post='3033585'] Exploiting quantum uncertainty [i]in the time domain[/i] raise the possibility of negative delay, where the delayed signal occurs fractionally before the played signal. At present the theoretical maximum for a negative delay stage is in the picoseconds, but by chaining many stages in a chip (much as bucket brigade chips chain multiple stages), it could be possible to generate negative delays long enough for us to hear. Imagine hearing your echo signal just before you play it! I think it will be a few years yet before the costs come down though - I would expect the first units to be expensive high-end studio rack units. [/quote] I know nothing about quantum computing. Is there a simple way you can explain negative delays? Obviously a computer won't be able to tell which note I'm going to play before I play it, so how does it work?

On the video it sounds like the E string is "choking" and the only times I've had this problem have been because the action is too low, or the tuning too low for the string gauge.

nice one!

this is ace! Thanks very much! I'm normally tempted to critique the sound/production but this is pretty much perfect Great rhythm section too, playing about with timing in a groovy but interesting way. Right up my street!

I'd never heard of this mega cone, is it worth getting?

it does sound like the action is too low on the E string

they look yellow to me?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1460991493' post='3030439'] I'm just lucky my band plays the music I love. I was never restricted by it. My point was I'd rather work than restrict my opportunities by only playing in bands that play what I personally like. Seems simple to me. Blue [/quote] I'm just reading between the lines a bit as I read a lot of your contributions, and the general impression I get is that you're not interested in anything outside of "your era", and that you only play the music you want to. So, yeh, your point was that to make a living from it, you have to compromise on the music you play, and I think that's a valid point. However, you do often go on about how you only play the music you like, almost as if you're saying that you wouldn't compromise. It just seems a bit confused to me. I guess the fact of the matter is that you would compromise on the music you play, rather than go back to working "for the man", but it just so happens that you're lucky enough not to have to compromise

So you only play the music you love, and you're making a living from it, but if you only played the music you love you'd be broke and bandless?!?!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1460988284' post='3030406'] Really, my love grew for it when I realized I could make a living from it. And I am playing the music I love. [/quote] [quote name='blue' timestamp='1460741820' post='3028429'] If I restricted myself to only the music like, I'd be broke and bandless. [/quote] Don't you think these two statements contradict?

It looks amasing, well done!!!

distortion was probably the first effect? Interesting though, I'd like to read a "history of effects" All the newer effects seem to be variations on existing ideas. Controlling a parameter with playing dynamics, or with a midi pattern or a fancy expression gizmo. Having said that some of the newer pedals from EH seem almost like new effects, and the Korg Miku pedal is definitely a bit new - I couldn't think of how to recreate that sound with "normal" pedals!

[quote name='probablypike' timestamp='1460922773' post='3029864'] Just out of interest, do many people use it as an always on pedal? I've never really been that interested in chorus, really, but I'm starting to see how good it can sound on gentle settings in combination with other things like distortion and octave etc. [/quote] I like it when chorus is just used as a "thickener" where you can't actually tell it's chorus but the whole thing is fatter. That's how I use mine and it's always on

I just realised I never share any Headsticks stuff here. I play drums in this band and recorded both albums. The 2nd one was released just over a month ago and it's going down really well! Any comments/criticism is welcome, especially in terms of production/mix You can hear a few songs and buy the album here [url="http://headsticks.co.uk/listen.html"]http://headsticks.co.uk/listen.html[/url]

boss slicer, but that's total overkill. I can't think of any others off the top of my head

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1458659853' post='3009537'] I built a Ram's Head Muff and a Musket into one box with an order switch. I love it. They both sound very different to each other allowing for a huge variety of sounds. But using them together and being able to change the order adds even more variety and massive amounts of filth. And when you consider all the mods that you can add very easily... My electronics workbench is almost finished being rebuilt and when it is done I shall finish the mods I still have planned for my muffs (I have named the box Dank & Fetid) and finally get around to recording a demo of it. [/quote] This sounds great, I'd buy one!

I don't know about 2 guys in a hedgehog suit but you can clearly tell it's been sped up