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Im going to see them in April. What could be better than simple riffs and pointy hats?

I know some Red Fang is tuned really low, possibly A# and Green Lung mostly use C

He can play slap but chooses not to and for that reason alone, he's alright.

Thanks. I like a bit of Fu Manchu. Id just assumed they'd be in C

In the past Ive always tuned down to C or lower for anything heavy. I know where im going when its low but the guitarist im playing with now doesn't want to tune more than a semitone below standard. Its a new challenge for me so ill give it a bash but I need some inspiration. Classic 70's and 80's stuff doesn't really do anything for me (Sabbath being the exception) and were not going to be playing thrash, death or black metal. Has anyone got any recommendations for doom and stoner metal in standard tunings? All I can find is Clutch

I think one of their strengths is a broad range of influences. The one influence they all share is Muse but between them, theres everything from classical to Napalm Death. That and all of them absolutely love playing music. They're working hard, hopefully they'll get somewhere with it but for now, they're loving what they're doing.

50 million year trip - Kyuss

My daughters band, Butane Skies have just released their second single. It may have been written, first performed and released at Christmas but it is absolutely, definitely NOT a Christmas song. Third single coming very soon The cover art is by the singer/guitarist and all done by an actual human, not AI

Kids - Julie Christmas

Ukuleles just sound like those toy guitars your annoying sister in law would buy your young child for Christmas. I guess thats because they are just toy guitars for kids. There's a ukulele orchestra at my kids school. It sounds even worse than their string quartet made up of three violins and two cellos (quartet means four doesn't it?) all with terrible intonation.

Possibly not irrational but if I see a ukulele about to be played, Im getting out of audible range as quickly as possible. Nothing good has ever involved a ukulele whether its school concerts, buskers or huge bands like Train or Mumford & Sons. All completely unacceptable.

I like that, they've got a great sound. It sounds nicely recorded and mixed as well. I shall have a proper listen.

Is this an algebra question?

This really annoys me. Ive heard people say bands they don't like are rubbish and 90% of thevtime, they just mean "this band doesn't fit my taste". If they've made it to the radio/tv/big festival then its highly unlikely they are rubbish. Personally I don't like Taylor Swift but I appreciate she is excellent at what she does. I really can't stand classic rock but those bands probably influenced the bands who influenced my favourite bands. Simply Red however, are just rubbish.

Bertie - Meryl Streek

Id quite like an Al Cisneros signature Rickenbacker. Id also like some of his skills.

I'd love to play in a Type-O-Negative tribute. I'm not sure I've got the looks to pretend to be Peter Steele and at only 6'1" I'm far too short. I love playing their songs though.

Thanks Shoegaze is a heavy rock subgenre kind of related to grunge but more distortion, more volume and slower. Like early Smashing Pumpkins, The Verve, Lush and Slow Dive.

Ian did a series of videos promoting Spectors and then did a few videos about Spector players for SBL and spent quite a bit of time talking about how amazing the Spector tone is. Scott regularly talks about how amazing Fenders are, especially precision basses.

You mean like every to Scott Devine picks up a Fender or his mate, Ian with a Spector?

Freak on a leash - Korn Terrible song with slap bass that sounds like a filing cabinet falling down a stair case.

I want to buy my daughter a chorus pedal for Christmas and not sure what to go for, its not an effect id use. She plays in a shoegaze band so lots of fuzz on the guitars to cut through so i think she'll need a chorus that keeps plenty of bottom end. Obvious choices seem to be Boss CEB-3 or MXR Deluxe Chorus or maybe Electroharmonix Bass Clone. Are any of those particularly good or any other suggestions?

Frequent string changes are common for metal bassists, especially ones who have to cut through a wall of heavily overdriven guitar noise and double bass drums.

I always cut the string at 75mm past the post and that gives me 2-3 turns and I always wind towards the bottom. I also bend a kink in the string and cut as tight as possible to that while keeping it. I was taught that this reduces the chance of the core slipping inside the string. I don't know whether its necessary but its never caused me issues. I generally change my strings about every 3 months to keep them bright.

I still don't know what an influencer is